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Life expectancy (from birth) in France from 1765 to 2020*

Characteristic	Life expectancy in years
2020	82.46
2015	81.94
2010	80.95
2005	79.6
2000	78.45
1995	77.35
1990	76.13
1985	74.77
1980	73.66
1975	72.43
1970	71.46
1965	70.75
1960	69.39
1955	67.27
1950	64.7
1945	54.12
1940	57.2
1935	57.71
1930	55.28
1925	54.38
1920	43.11
1915	44.92
1910	49.34
1905	47.98
1900	46.36
1895	44.4
1890	44
1885	43.3
1880	43.59
1875	40.29
1870	40.39
1865	41.41
1860	39.61
1855	39.86
1850	40.11
1845	41.46
1840	40.39
1835	37.76
1830	38.71
1825	39.15
1820	38.84
1815	33.12
1810	35.22
1805	33.13
1800	34.78
1795	27.1
1790	29.32
1785	26.77
1780	29.23
1775	27.88
1770	29.11
1765	26.95

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Release date

June 2019

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Region

France

Survey time period

1765-2020

Supplementary notes

*All data given is an average of the preceding five year period.
Data for the second source can be found .

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Life expectancy in France was below thirty in the late 1700s, but over the course of the next two and a half centuries it is expected to reach 82.5 by the year 2020. Although life expectancy has generally increased throughout France's history, there were several times where the rate deviated from its previous trajectory. The most noticeable changes were because of smallpox and influenza epidemics in the 1700s, medical advancements (such as vaccination and pasteurization) saw life expectancy increase in the 1800s, and then both World Wars and the epidemics that followed caused brief drops in the first half of the twentieth century.