Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Afghanistan

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Afghanistan was 66.04 years. A difference of +0.42 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Afghanistan were 64.47 years and 67.54 years respectively in 2023.

You can see similar information for other countries.

The World Bank defines life expectancy at birth as "the average number of years a newborn is expected to live if mortality patterns at the time of its birth remain constant in the future".

The chart and table below shows the total, male, and female life expectancies of Afghanistan for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Afghanistan (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Afghanistan (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	32.8	32.14	33.55
1961	33.29	32.63	34.04
1962	33.76	33.1	34.5
1963	34.2	33.54	34.95
1964	34.67	34	35.43
1965	35.12	34.44	35.9
1966	35.58	34.88	36.38
1967	36.04	35.32	36.85
1968	36.51	35.83	37.28
1969	36.98	36.29	37.76
1970	37.46	36.75	38.26
1971	37.93	37.2	38.75
1972	38.42	37.68	39.26
1973	38.95	38.21	39.78
1974	39.47	38.73	40.29
1975	39.99	39.26	40.81
1976	40.52	39.79	41.33
1977	41.08	40.36	41.88
1978	40.09	38.85	41.48
1979	38.84	37.09	40.88
1980	39.26	37.43	41.38
1981	39.41	37.43	41.7
1982	36.06	33.25	39.52
1983	36.52	33.6	40.09
1984	31.47	27.82	36.42
1985	32.13	28.39	37.1
1986	38.4	35.27	42.07
1987	38.83	35.6	42.6
1988	43.24	40.74	45.96
1989	44.5	42.13	47.04
1990	45.12	42.71	47.7
1991	45.52	42.96	48.28
1992	46.57	43.77	49.61
1993	51.02	49.76	52.3
1994	50.97	48.88	53.14
1995	52.1	50.54	53.69
1996	52.83	51.26	54.43
1997	53.21	51.73	54.72
1998	52.49	50.64	54.39
1999	54.53	53.1	55.97
2000	55.01	53.46	56.56
2001	55.51	53.94	57.09
2002	56.23	54.99	57.44
2003	57.17	55.85	58.47
2004	57.81	56.52	59.07
2005	58.25	56.88	59.59
2006	58.55	56.97	60.12
2007	58.96	57.12	60.8
2008	59.71	57.98	61.43
2009	60.25	58.68	61.79
2010	60.7	59.1	62.28
2011	61.25	59.63	62.85
2012	61.74	60.1	63.34
2013	62.19	60.53	63.81
2014	62.26	60.5	64.01
2015	62.27	60.36	64.18
2016	62.65	60.66	64.64
2017	62.41	59.39	65.61
2018	62.44	59.18	65.94
2019	62.94	59.91	66.14
2020	61.45	58.46	64.66
2021	60.42	57.05	64.08
2022	65.62	63.94	67.24
2023	66.04	64.47	67.54