Life expectancy in Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands: Life expectancy was 78.81 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Northern Mariana Islands, 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
Northern Mariana Islands recorded 78.81 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 78.81 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.21 years, in 1950.
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 66th 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 | 59.62 years | 58.21 years | 61.05 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 62.85 years | 61.39 years | 64.47 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.58 years | 64.83 years | 68.12 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.09 years | 68.3 years | 69.78 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.9 years | 70.04 years | 74.26 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.82 years | 74.9 years | 77.94 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 77.55 years | 77.36 years | 77.84 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.38 years | 78.03 years | 78.81 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands
- 63 United States 79.3 years compare
- 64 Falkland Islands 79.21 years compare
- 65 Estonia 79.15 years compare
- 67 New Caledonia 78.77 years compare
- 68 Saudi Arabia 78.73 years compare
- 69 Poland 78.63 years compare
More health data for Northern Mariana Islands
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 343 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 367 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 336 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 354 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 323 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 333 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, male, interpolated 322 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, female, interpolated 298 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 351 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 311 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Life expectancy in Northern Mariana Islands was 78.81 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 Northern Mariana Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 78.81 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.21 years in 1950.
- How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for life expectancy?
- Northern Mariana Islands ranks 66th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Mariana Islands 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.