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Life expectancy (from birth) in Bangladesh from 1865 to 2020*

Characteristic	Life expectancy in years
2020	72.15
2015	70.79
2010	68.83
2005	66.6
2000	64.01
1995	59.9
1990	56.7
1985	53.84
1980	51.57
1975	45.81
1970	48.63
1965	46.66
1960	43.86
1955	40.54
1950	38.3
1945	29.6
1940	32.12
1935	28.7
1930	25.2
1925	23.42
1920	20.66
1915	21.96
1910	21.22
1905	21.1
1900	20.44
1895	21.48
1890	22.66
1885	23.68
1880	24.88
1875	25.44
1870	25.44
1865	25.1

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August 2019

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Bangladesh

Survey time period

1865 to 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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In 1865, the average person born in Bangladesh could expect to live to just over the age of 25 years old. This figure would gradually decline throughout the remainder of the 19^th century, falling to just over 20 years by 1900, as the Bengal region of British Raj would see several severe famines in this time period. However, life expectancy would begin to increase gradually in the early 1900s, outside of a small decline in the late 1910s from the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic. Beginning in the 1930s, life expectancy in Bangladesh would begin to grow rapidly, as wartime exports and industrialization would lead to significant improvements in standards of living in the region. This growth would continue steadily throughout the rest of the century, declining only with the Bangladesh War of Independence in 1971. As access to and quality of healthcare in Bangladesh continuously improves, in 2020, the average person born in Bangladesh can expect to live to just over the age of 72 years old, which is higher than most other countries on the Indian subcontinent.