What is life expectancy in Kazakhstan?

Life expectancy in Kazakhstan was 74.4 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 Kazakhstan?

The highest recorded value was 74.4 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Kazakhstan?

The lowest recorded value was 23.58 years in 1868.

How does Kazakhstan rank for life expectancy?

Kazakhstan ranks 130th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Kazakhstan?

Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan

Name: Life expectancy in Kazakhstan
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)

Kazakhstan: Life expectancy was 74.4 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

74.4 years

Change on year

up 1.2%

World rank

130th

of 236 countries

All-time high

74.4 years

in 2023

All-time low

23.58 years

in 1868

Years of data

1868–2023

Life expectancy in Kazakhstan, 1868–2023

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 Kazakhstan is 74.4 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 81 years on record.

The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Kazakhstan peaked at 74.4 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.58 years, in 1868.

That places Kazakhstan 130th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 81 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1860s	23.58 years	23.58 years	23.58 years	1
1870s	23.8 years	23.8 years	23.8 years	1
1890s	28.6 years	28.6 years	28.6 years	1
1900s	28.1 years	28.1 years	28.1 years	1
1910s	30.6 years	30.6 years	30.6 years	1
1920s	36.87 years	36.87 years	36.87 years	1
1930s	44.47 years	44.47 years	44.47 years	1
1950s	56.69 years	55.59 years	57.72 years	10
1960s	58.92 years	57.95 years	59.84 years	10
1970s	61.02 years	60.05 years	62.07 years	10
1980s	64.73 years	62.52 years	66.03 years	10
1990s	64.21 years	63.32 years	65.7 years	10
2000s	65.36 years	63.79 years	67.46 years	10
2010s	71.4 years	68.26 years	73.66 years	10
2020s	72.31 years	70.13 years	74.4 years	4

Countries ranked near Kazakhstan

127 Georgia 74.5 years compare
128 Belarus 74.43 years compare
129 Azerbaijan 74.43 years compare
131 Paraguay 73.84 years compare
132 Dominican Republic 73.72 years compare
133 North Korea 73.64 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Kazakhstan

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Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 188,220 (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 179,710 (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 192,431 (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 184,179 (2025)
Population, female 10.69 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 195,183 (2025)
Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 199,883 (2025)
Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 195,326 (2025)
Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 202,070 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Kazakhstan?: Life expectancy in Kazakhstan was 74.4 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 Kazakhstan?: The highest recorded value was 74.4 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Kazakhstan?: The lowest recorded value was 23.58 years in 1868.
How does Kazakhstan rank for life expectancy?: Kazakhstan ranks 130th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Kazakhstan?: Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Kazakhstan 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.