Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Myanmar

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Myanmar was 66.89 years. A difference of +0.38 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Myanmar were 63.79 years and 70.16 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 Myanmar for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Myanmar (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Myanmar (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	44.09	42.41	45.84
1961	44.6	42.94	46.35
1962	45.26	43.54	47.08
1963	45.95	44.27	47.71
1964	46.65	44.9	48.49
1965	47.41	45.7	49.19
1966	48.18	46.44	50.01
1967	48.86	47.05	50.76
1968	49.4	47.55	51.35
1969	50.02	48.15	51.99
1970	50.47	48.52	52.53
1971	51.03	49.11	53.04
1972	51.4	49.47	53.43
1973	51.76	49.84	53.79
1974	52.09	50.11	54.17
1975	52.49	50.47	54.62
1976	52.91	50.89	55.04
1977	53.27	51.22	55.42
1978	53.52	51.41	55.76
1979	54.03	51.95	56.22
1980	54.37	52.29	56.58
1981	54.7	52.6	56.92
1982	55.03	52.88	57.32
1983	55.31	53.11	57.63
1984	55.6	53.4	57.92
1985	55.82	53.56	58.2
1986	56.08	53.81	58.49
1987	56.35	54.05	58.79
1988	56.57	54.24	59.04
1989	56.89	54.57	59.35
1990	57.16	54.8	59.66
1991	57.4	54.99	59.95
1992	57.68	55.17	60.35
1993	58.03	55.53	60.7
1994	58.33	55.73	61.09
1995	58.67	56.01	61.51
1996	59.17	56.38	62.15
1997	59.52	56.64	62.61
1998	59.9	57	63.01
1999	60.11	57.21	63.21
2000	60.36	57.42	63.51
2001	60.64	57.69	63.8
2002	60.93	57.96	64.09
2003	61.2	58.26	64.33
2004	61.44	58.54	64.53
2005	61.72	58.84	64.78
2006	62.03	59.15	65.08
2007	62.37	59.53	65.36
2008	56.36	55.12	57.59
2009	63.1	60.28	66.07
2010	63.48	60.66	66.46
2011	63.86	60.98	66.89
2012	64.25	61.4	67.25
2013	64.62	61.78	67.6
2014	64.99	62.11	68.03
2015	65.29	62.38	68.35
2016	65.64	62.75	68.67
2017	65.91	63.04	68.92
2018	66.23	63.38	69.22
2019	66.46	63.57	69.48
2020	66.61	63.68	69.7
2021	65.55	62.48	68.82
2022	66.51	63.28	69.94
2023	66.89	63.79	70.16