Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Bangladesh

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Bangladesh was 74.67 years. A difference of +0.4 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Bangladesh were 73.03 years and 76.37 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 Bangladesh for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Bangladesh (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Bangladesh (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	43.98	44.72	43.18
1961	44.89	45.69	44.02
1962	45.77	46.54	44.93
1963	45.72	46.61	44.77
1964	46.75	47.56	45.88
1965	46.05	47.08	44.95
1966	47.64	48.5	46.72
1967	48.07	48.96	47.11
1968	48.4	49.32	47.41
1969	48.69	49.65	47.65
1970	42.67	44.6	40.71
1971	26.52	22.8	32.72
1972	49.65	50.66	48.58
1973	49.91	50.92	48.84
1974	49.59	50.52	48.6
1975	50.63	51.61	49.58
1976	50.95	51.93	49.91
1977	51.27	52.23	50.24
1978	51.6	52.54	50.59
1979	51.96	52.87	50.99
1980	52.28	53.13	51.37
1981	52.64	53.44	51.78
1982	53.01	53.73	52.24
1983	53.44	54.06	52.76
1984	53.83	54.33	53.26
1985	53.94	54.38	53.44
1986	54.59	54.9	54.24
1987	54.9	55.15	54.61
1988	55.17	55.41	54.91
1989	55.51	55.74	55.26
1990	55.82	56.05	55.57
1991	53.78	54.43	53.1
1992	56.59	56.77	56.4
1993	57.07	57.19	56.96
1994	57.64	57.66	57.63
1995	58.24	58.15	58.36
1996	58.94	58.72	59.19
1997	59.67	59.33	60.06
1998	60.43	59.96	60.95
1999	61.24	60.67	61.89
2000	62.05	61.38	62.81
2001	62.84	62.08	63.7
2002	63.59	62.75	64.55
2003	64.29	63.38	65.32
2004	64.91	63.94	66.01
2005	65.51	64.48	66.67
2006	66.05	64.95	67.27
2007	66.46	65.31	67.74
2008	67.05	65.79	68.45
2009	67.53	66.16	69.06
2010	68.01	66.52	69.69
2011	68.5	66.89	70.32
2012	68.99	67.28	70.94
2013	69.49	67.68	71.54
2014	70.02	68.17	72.1
2015	70.54	68.68	72.6
2016	71.08	69.23	73.07
2017	71.61	69.8	73.51
2018	72.12	70.38	73.95
2019	72.63	70.93	74.4
2020	71.42	69.58	73.43
2021	71.1	69.48	72.85
2022	74.27	72.57	76.05
2023	74.67	73.03	76.37