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Life expectancy (from birth) in Africa from 1950 until 2023

Characteristic	Life expectancy (from birth)
2023	63.8
2022	62.9
2021	61.8
2020	62.3
2019	62.4
2018	62.2
2017	61.5
2016	61.2
2015	60.8
2014	60.5
2013	60.3
2012	59.8
2011	59
2010	58.8
2009	57.8
2008	57.7
2007	57.1
2006	56.5
2005	55.8
2004	55.3
2003	54.8
2002	54.4
2001	54
2000	53.7
1999	53.1
1998	52.4
1997	52.6
1996	52.4
1995	52.3
1994	50
1993	51.8
1992	51.4
1991	51.5
1990	51.7
1989	51.7
1988	51.1
1987	51.2
1986	50.6
1985	50.1
1984	49.7
1983	49.5
1982	50.2
1981	49.8
1980	49.4
1979	49
1978	48.4
1977	48
1976	47.5
1975	46.8
1974	46.4
1973	46.1
1972	45.5
1971	45.4
1970	45
1969	44.5
1968	44.3
1967	43.7
1966	43.5
1965	43.4
1964	43.1
1963	42.7
1962	42.3
1961	41.8
1960	41.4
1959	41.2
1958	40.2
1957	39.9
1956	40
1955	39.5
1954	39.1
1953	38.7
1952	38.3
1951	37.8
1950	37.2

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July 2024

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Africa

Survey time period

1950 to 2023

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Life expectancy from birth in Africa was just over 37 years in 1950. As a wave of independence movements and decolonization swept the continent between the 1950s and early 1970s, life expectancy rose greatly in Africa; particularly due to improvements and control over medical services, better sanitation and the widespread promotion of vaccinations in the continent resulted in a sharp decrease in child mortality; one of the most significant reasons for Africa’s low life expectancy rates. Life expectancy in the continent would continue to steadily increase for much of the second half of the 20^th century; however, life expectancy would slow down in the latter half of the 1980s, as the HIV/AIDS epidemic quickly grew to become one of the leading causes of death in the continent. After hovering around the low-fifties in the 1980s to and 1990s, life expectancy would begin to rise again at the turn of the millennium, and is estimated to be over 64 years in 2023.