Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Kuwait

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Kuwait was 83.19 years. A difference of +2.6 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Kuwait were 82.7 years and 83.7 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 Kuwait for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Kuwait (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Kuwait (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	59.2	57.32	61.18
1961	60.24	58.38	62.19
1962	61.26	59.42	63.19
1963	62.27	60.45	64.18
1964	63.26	61.45	65.16
1965	64.22	62.42	66.11
1966	65.15	63.36	67.03
1967	66.03	64.25	67.9
1968	66.85	65.07	68.71
1969	67.58	65.79	69.45
1970	68.2	66.38	70.11
1971	68.72	66.84	70.68
1972	69.12	67.17	71.17
1973	69.44	67.4	71.59
1974	69.71	67.57	71.96
1975	69.96	67.72	72.31
1976	70.2	67.88	72.64
1977	70.47	68.08	72.97
1978	70.77	68.34	73.31
1979	71.09	68.65	73.66
1980	71.46	69	74.04
1981	71.85	69.38	74.44
1982	72.27	69.8	74.87
1983	72.71	70.24	75.31
1984	73.17	70.71	75.75
1985	73.62	71.2	76.17
1986	74.07	71.7	76.56
1987	74.51	72.23	76.9
1988	74.93	72.76	77.21
1989	75.3	73.25	77.46
1990	73.42	70.12	76.88
1991	73.91	70.38	77.61
1992	76	74.18	77.92
1993	76.05	74.23	77.96
1994	76.03	74.19	77.97
1995	75.98	74.09	77.96
1996	75.93	73.99	77.96
1997	75.91	73.93	77.98
1998	75.96	73.98	78.05
1999	76.08	74.1	78.16
2000	76.23	74.26	78.29
2001	76.38	74.44	78.43
2002	76.53	74.6	78.56
2003	76.65	74.71	78.68
2004	76.73	74.78	78.78
2005	76.8	74.83	78.87
2006	76.89	74.92	78.96
2007	77.01	75.06	79.06
2008	77.19	75.29	79.18
2009	77.43	75.63	79.33
2010	77.73	76.04	79.5
2011	78.05	76.48	79.7
2012	78.4	76.94	79.93
2013	78.74	77.37	80.18
2014	79.08	77.77	80.45
2015	79.38	78.1	80.72
2016	79.68	78.42	81
2017	79.92	78.66	81.24
2018	80.11	78.84	81.44
2019	81.97	80.96	83.03
2020	78.76	77.2	80.4
2021	78.74	78.2	79.3
2022	80.59	80.1	81.1
2023	83.19	82.7	83.7