Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Dominican Republic

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Dominican Republic was 73.72 years. A difference of -0.49 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Dominican Republic were 70.53 years and 76.97 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 Dominican Republic for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Dominican Republic (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Dominican Republic (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	51.71	50.26	53.31
1961	52.45	50.98	54.07
1962	53.2	51.71	54.84
1963	53.75	52.29	55.36
1964	54.65	53.13	56.33
1965	52.84	49.43	56.79
1966	55.97	54.39	57.69
1967	56.65	55.03	58.42
1968	57.27	55.61	59.09
1969	57.89	56.2	59.73
1970	58.49	56.78	60.37
1971	59.09	57.35	60.99
1972	59.66	57.9	61.57
1973	60.23	58.46	62.14
1974	60.76	58.96	62.69
1975	61.25	59.43	63.21
1976	61.74	59.89	63.73
1977	62.2	60.31	64.23
1978	62.62	60.7	64.68
1979	62.43	60.63	64.33
1980	63.39	61.43	65.47
1981	63.78	61.79	65.89
1982	64.2	62.18	66.33
1983	64.63	62.55	66.82
1984	65.13	62.97	67.41
1985	65.61	63.37	67.98
1986	66.06	63.72	68.53
1987	66.49	64.06	69.06
1988	66.91	64.38	69.6
1989	67.33	64.69	70.13
1990	67.75	65	70.67
1991	68.15	65.31	71.18
1992	68.53	65.6	71.63
1993	68.86	65.88	72.02
1994	69.16	66.13	72.37
1995	69.39	66.33	72.63
1996	69.6	66.5	72.87
1997	69.81	66.68	73.11
1998	69.88	66.76	73.16
1999	70.18	67	73.53
2000	70.36	67.15	73.75
2001	70.55	67.33	73.95
2002	70.72	67.52	74.08
2003	70.86	67.72	74.15
2004	70.73	67.71	73.88
2005	71.04	68.16	74.03
2006	71.05	68.3	73.89
2007	71.1	68.35	73.93
2008	71.33	68.41	74.37
2009	71.59	68.4	74.94
2010	72.04	68.61	75.68
2011	72.5	68.86	76.38
2012	72.82	69.16	76.71
2013	73.04	69.45	76.83
2014	73.15	69.69	76.76
2015	72.98	69.7	76.38
2016	72.89	69.42	76.52
2017	73.37	70.07	76.78
2018	73.56	70.29	76.94
2019	73.11	69.9	76.45
2020	72.64	68.93	76.72
2021	71.76	68.31	75.45
2022	74.21	70.66	77.91
2023	73.72	70.53	76.97