Global life expectancy by gender 1950-2100

Over the past 75 years, women have generally had a higher life expectancy than men by around 4-6 years. Reasons for this difference include higher susceptibility to childhood diseases among males; higher rates of accidental deaths, conflict-related deaths, and suicide among adult men; and higher prevalence of unhealthy lifestyle habits and chronic illnesses, as well as higher susceptibility to chronic diseases among men. Therefore, men not only have lower life expectancy than women overall, but also throughout each stage of life.

Throughout the given period, there were notable dips in life expectancy for both sexes, including a roughly four year drop in 1960 due to China's so-called Great Leap Forward, and a 1.8 year drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021.

Across the world, differences in life expectancy can vary between the sexes by large margins. In countries such as the Nordics, for example, the difference is low due to high-quality healthcare systems and access, as well as high quality diets and lifestyles. In Eastern Europe, however, the difference is over 10 years in Russia and Ukraine due to the war, although the differences were already very pronounced in this region before 2022, in large part driven by unhealthier lifestyles among men.

Global life expectancy at birth by gender from 1950 to 2023, with projections until 2100

Characteristic	Men	Women
2100	79.8	83.7
2099	79.7	83.7
2098	79.6	83.6
2097	79.5	83.5
2096	79.5	83.4
2095	79.4	83.3
2094	79.3	83.3
2093	79.2	83.2
2092	79.1	83.1
2091	79	83
2090	78.9	82.9
2089	78.8	82.8
2088	78.7	82.8
2087	78.6	82.7
2086	78.5	82.6
2085	78.4	82.5
2084	78.3	82.4
2083	78.2	82.4
2082	78.1	82.3
2081	78	82.2
2080	77.9	82.1
2079	77.8	82
2078	77.7	82
2077	77.6	81.9
2076	77.5	81.8
2075	77.4	81.7
2074	77.3	81.6
2073	77.2	81.6
2072	77.1	81.5
2071	77	81.4
2070	76.9	81.3
2069	76.8	81.2
2068	76.7	81.1
2067	76.6	81
2066	76.5	81
2065	76.4	80.9
2064	76.3	80.8
2063	76.1	80.7
2062	76	80.6
2061	75.9	80.5
2060	75.8	80.4
2059	75.7	80.3
2058	75.6	80.2
2057	75.5	80.1
2056	75.3	80.1
2055	75.2	80
2054	75.1	79.9
2053	75	79.8
2052	74.9	79.7
2051	74.8	79.6
2050	74.7	79.5
2049	74.5	79.4
2048	74.4	79.3
2047	74.3	79.2
2046	74.2	79.1
2045	74	79
2044	73.9	78.8
2043	73.8	78.7
2042	73.6	78.6
2041	73.5	78.5
2040	73.3	78.4
2039	73.2	78.2
2038	73	78.1
2037	72.9	78
2036	72.7	77.9
2035	72.6	77.7
2034	72.4	77.6
2033	72.3	77.5
2032	72.1	77.3
2031	72	77.2
2030	71.8	77
2029	71.7	76.9
2028	71.5	76.7
2027	71.3	76.6
2026	71.2	76.4
2025	70.9	76.2
2024	70.7	76
2023	70.5	75.9
2022	70	75.4
2021	68.3	73.5
2020	69.3	74.7
2019	70.1	75.2
2018	69.8	75
2017	69.5	74.7
2016	69.3	74.5
2015	69.1	74.2
2014	68.9	74
2013	68.6	73.7
2012	68.3	73.4
2011	67.9	73
2010	67.6	72.7
2009	67.1	72.3
2008	66.8	71.9
2007	66.5	71.6
2006	66.1	71.2
2005	65.7	70.7
2004	65.3	70.3
2003	65	69.9
2002	64.6	69.6
2001	64.3	69.2
2000	64	68.9
1999	63.6	68.5
1998	63.3	68.2
1997	63.1	68
1996	62.7	67.7
1995	62.4	67.5
1994	61.8	66.9
1993	61.9	67
1992	61.8	66.8
1991	61.6	66.5
1990	61.5	66.4
1989	61.4	66.3
1988	61	65.8
1987	60.8	65.6
1986	60.3	65.2
1985	59.8	64.7
1984	59.5	64.3
1983	59.1	64
1982	58.9	63.8
1981	58.5	63.3
1980	58.2	62.9
1979	57.9	62.5
1978	57.3	61.8
1977	56.9	61.4
1976	56.4	60.7
1975	56.1	60.5
1974	55.9	60.2
1973	55.6	59.8
1972	55.1	59.3
1971	53.7	58.4
1970	54.3	58.3
1969	54	58.1
1968	53.6	57.7
1967	53.1	57.1
1966	52.6	56.6
1965	52	56.1
1964	52.4	56.2
1963	51.9	55.6
1962	51.4	55.1
1961	48.6	52.2
1960	46.1	49.6
1959	47.8	51.4
1958	49.9	53.4
1957	49.3	52.8
1956	49	52.5
1955	48.5	51.9
1954	48	51.3
1953	47.2	50.5
1952	46.5	50
1951	45.3	49
1950	44.5	48.4