What is life expectancy in Colombia?

Life expectancy in Colombia was 77.72 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Colombia?

The highest recorded value was 77.72 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Colombia?

The lowest recorded value was 29 years in 1900.

How does Colombia rank for life expectancy?

Colombia ranks 81st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Colombia?

Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Colombia data come from?

The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy in Colombia

Name: Life expectancy in Colombia
Creator: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Colombia: Life expectancy was 77.72 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

77.72 years

Change on year

up 1.6%

World rank

81st

of 236 countries

All-time high

77.72 years

in 2023

All-time low

29 years

in 1900

Years of data

1900–2023

Life expectancy in Colombia, 1900–2023

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

The most recent figure for life expectancy in Colombia is 77.72 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 82 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Colombia peaked at 77.72 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 29 years, in 1900.

Colombia ranks 81st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 82 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1900s	29 years	29 years	29 years	1
1910s	31.49 years	31 years	31.99 years	2
1920s	32 years	32 years	32 years	1
1930s	35.3 years	34 years	36.6 years	2
1940s	39.93 years	38 years	41.85 years	2
1950s	51.81 years	48.28 years	55.86 years	10
1960s	58.93 years	56.61 years	61.03 years	10
1970s	63.84 years	61.46 years	66.16 years	10
1980s	67.69 years	65.36 years	68.62 years	10
1990s	69.72 years	68.7 years	70.92 years	10
2000s	72.78 years	70.91 years	74.53 years	10
2010s	75.95 years	74.88 years	76.79 years	10
2020s	75.42 years	72.7 years	77.72 years	4

Countries ranked near Colombia

78 Lebanon 77.82 years compare
79 Jordan 77.81 years compare
80 Peru 77.74 years compare
82 Iran 77.65 years compare
83 Antigua and Barbuda 77.6 years compare
84 Sri Lanka 77.48 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Colombia

Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 354,166 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 376,697 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 361,302 (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 371,494 (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 356,348 (2025)
Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 369,195 (2025)
Population ages 65 and above, total 5.45 million (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 362,241 (2025)
Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 355,775 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 347,595 (2025)

All data for Colombia →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Colombia?: Life expectancy in Colombia was 77.72 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Colombia?: The highest recorded value was 77.72 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Colombia?: The lowest recorded value was 29 years in 1900.
How does Colombia rank for life expectancy?: Colombia ranks 81st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Colombia?: Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia data come from?: The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.