Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Malaysia

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Malaysia was 76.66 years. A difference of +1.22 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Malaysia were 74.27 years and 79.37 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 Malaysia for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Malaysia (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Malaysia (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	57.17	56.32	58.18
1961	58.02	57.13	59.06
1962	58.86	57.94	59.92
1963	59.67	58.71	60.78
1964	60.45	59.41	61.65
1965	61.14	60.05	62.41
1966	61.68	60.55	62.97
1967	62.04	60.89	63.35
1968	62.44	61.22	63.82
1969	62.87	61.57	64.31
1970	63.3	61.96	64.77
1971	63.77	62.39	65.28
1972	64.23	62.82	65.78
1973	64.72	63.28	66.3
1974	65.2	63.71	66.82
1975	65.7	64.17	67.35
1976	66.23	64.55	68.06
1977	66.72	64.84	68.76
1978	67.17	65.09	69.43
1979	67.61	65.51	69.88
1980	68.06	65.94	70.36
1981	68.46	66.3	70.8
1982	68.88	66.71	71.22
1983	69.21	67.04	71.55
1984	69.55	67.39	71.89
1985	69.86	67.64	72.27
1986	70.13	67.86	72.59
1987	70.35	68.04	72.86
1988	70.55	68.26	73.04
1989	70.76	68.49	73.22
1990	70.95	68.69	73.41
1991	71.22	68.95	73.68
1992	71.48	69.19	73.98
1993	71.72	69.37	74.29
1994	71.86	69.45	74.52
1995	71.98	69.52	74.69
1996	72.12	69.61	74.89
1997	72.3	69.73	75.14
1998	72.39	69.79	75.28
1999	72.43	69.84	75.33
2000	72.73	70.19	75.58
2001	73.08	70.58	75.88
2002	73.47	71	76.23
2003	73.73	71.25	76.51
2004	74.03	71.57	76.79
2005	74.37	71.93	77.11
2006	74.7	72.29	77.39
2007	74.96	72.56	77.66
2008	75.15	72.77	77.84
2009	75.27	72.89	77.96
2010	75.38	73	78.06
2011	75.49	73.12	78.17
2012	75.55	73.21	78.22
2013	75.46	73.12	78.13
2014	75.35	72.97	78.06
2015	75.29	72.9	78.03
2016	75.37	72.97	78.13
2017	75.54	73.17	78.26
2018	75.73	73.38	78.43
2019	75.9	73.54	78.6
2020	76.06	73.69	78.77
2021	73.92	71.52	76.71
2022	75.44	73.06	78.19
2023	76.66	74.27	79.37