Life expectancy in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Life expectancy was 77.39 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in North Macedonia, 1950–2023
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 North Macedonia is 77.39 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in North Macedonia peaked at 77.39 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 48.52 years, in 1951.
North Macedonia ranks 86th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 54.99 years | 48.52 years | 60.31 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 62.3 years | 59.3 years | 64.57 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 67.16 years | 64.97 years | 69.16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.08 years | 69.05 years | 71.12 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.74 years | 71.3 years | 72.31 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 73.48 years | 72.57 years | 74.47 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.75 years | 75.04 years | 76.88 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.45 years | 73.29 years | 77.39 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
- 83 Antigua and Barbuda 77.6 years compare
- 84 Sri Lanka 77.48 years compare
- 85 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.44 years compare
- 86 Argentina 77.39 years compare
- 88 Ecuador 77.39 years compare
- 89 British Virgin Islands 77.28 years compare
More health data for North Macedonia
- Population ages 65 and above, total 337,300 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 10,788 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 10,939 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 10,651 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 10,993 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 18.5% (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 10,818 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 11,016 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 11,358 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 11,103 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in North Macedonia?
- Life expectancy in North Macedonia was 77.39 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 North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 77.39 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.52 years in 1951.
- How does North Macedonia rank for life expectancy?
- North Macedonia ranks 86th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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
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.