What is life expectancy in Pakistan?

Life expectancy in Pakistan was 67.65 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 Pakistan?

The highest recorded value was 67.65 years in 2023.

What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Pakistan?

The lowest recorded value was 20.13 years in 1921.

How does Pakistan rank for life expectancy?

Pakistan ranks 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is life expectancy rising or falling in Pakistan?

Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Pakistan 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 Pakistan

Name: Life expectancy in Pakistan
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)

Pakistan: Life expectancy was 67.65 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

67.65 years

Change on year

up 0.3%

World rank

187th

of 236 countries

All-time high

67.65 years

in 2023

All-time low

20.13 years

in 1921

Years of data

1921–2023

Life expectancy in Pakistan, 1921–2023

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

Analysis

Pakistan recorded 67.65 years for life expectancy in 2023. That is the highest value across all 77 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy in Pakistan peaked at 67.65 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20.13 years, in 1921.

That places Pakistan 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 77 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1920s	20.13 years	20.13 years	20.13 years	1
1930s	26.75 years	26.75 years	26.75 years	1
1940s	31.76 years	31.76 years	31.76 years	1
1950s	38.99 years	34.25 years	43.33 years	10
1960s	48.25 years	44.1 years	52.32 years	10
1970s	54.21 years	49 years	56.61 years	10
1980s	58.72 years	57.2 years	59.53 years	10
1990s	60.39 years	59.73 years	61.54 years	10
2000s	63.07 years	61.9 years	64.21 years	10
2010s	65.54 years	64.38 years	66.73 years	10
2020s	66.64 years	65.7 years	67.65 years	4

Countries ranked near Pakistan

184 Uganda 68.25 years compare
185 Rwanda 67.79 years compare
186 East Timor 67.69 years compare
188 Namibia 67.38 years compare
189 Malawi 67.35 years compare
190 Fiji 67.32 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More health data for Pakistan

Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 3.07 million (2025)
Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 2.85 million (2025)
Age dependency ratio 68.4% (2025)
Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 3.04 million (2025)
Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 2.90 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 3.06 million (2025)
Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 2.93 million (2025)
Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 2.94 million (2025)
Age dependency ratio, old 7.3% (2025)
Population, female 125.91 million (2025)

All data for Pakistan →

Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy in Pakistan?: Life expectancy in Pakistan was 67.65 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 Pakistan?: The highest recorded value was 67.65 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Pakistan?: The lowest recorded value was 20.13 years in 1921.
How does Pakistan rank for life expectancy?: Pakistan ranks 187th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy rising or falling in Pakistan?: Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Pakistan 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.