Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Syria

Updated on March 17, 2026.

According to data from the World Bank, in 2023, the total life expectancy at birth for Syria was 72.12 years. A difference of -0.67 compared to 2022. The most recent figures on male and female life expectancies at birth for Syria were 69.83 years and 74.41 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 Syria for recent years.

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Data Source: World Bank.

Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Syria (Years)

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Trend of Life Expectancy at Birth for Syria (Years)

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Year	Total (Yrs)	Male (Yrs)	Female (Yrs)
1960	52.72	52	53.54
1961	53.65	52.98	54.39
1962	54.57	53.99	55.2
1963	55.39	54.88	55.95
1964	56.17	55.7	56.67
1965	56.9	56.46	57.37
1966	57.55	57.07	58.06
1967	58.05	57.37	58.77
1968	59.12	58.68	59.58
1969	59.84	59.39	60.32
1970	60.61	60.08	61.17
1971	61.33	60.68	62.03
1972	61.97	61.19	62.8
1973	60.83	58.4	63.59
1974	63.44	62.14	64.87
1975	64.19	62.52	66.05
1976	64.84	62.9	67.03
1977	65.4	63.26	67.82
1978	65.93	63.66	68.52
1979	66.24	63.92	68.89
1980	66.55	64.24	69.16
1981	64.6	61.79	67.82
1982	60.84	56.88	65.54
1983	67.35	65.43	69.48
1984	67.72	65.92	69.71
1985	68.05	66.34	69.93
1986	68.42	66.72	70.27
1987	68.8	67.05	70.72
1988	69.17	67.34	71.19
1989	69.49	67.54	71.65
1990	69.83	67.75	72.15
1991	70.08	67.9	72.51
1992	70.24	68.01	72.74
1993	70.31	68.07	72.81
1994	70.3	68.11	72.72
1995	70.21	68.11	72.52
1996	70.16	68.14	72.37
1997	70.16	68.23	72.26
1998	70.24	68.38	72.26
1999	70.51	68.71	72.45
2000	70.86	69.11	72.75
2001	71.3	69.56	73.17
2002	71.74	69.97	73.66
2003	72.19	70.36	74.17
2004	72.49	70.61	74.55
2005	72.8	70.91	74.85
2006	73.04	71.14	75.1
2007	73.26	71.32	75.36
2008	73.37	71.44	75.47
2009	73.5	71.55	75.6
2010	73.54	71.61	75.62
2011	72.26	69.86	74.86
2012	66.21	61.63	71.53
2013	65.15	60.25	70.87
2014	65.49	60.58	71.2
2015	63.27	57.2	70.65
2016	65.19	59.5	71.92
2017	65.65	60.29	71.88
2018	67.37	63.03	72.19
2019	70.97	67.83	74.25
2020	71.94	69.17	74.81
2021	72.42	70.24	74.59
2022	72.79	70.38	75.2
2023	72.12	69.83	74.41