Egypt vs India: Life expectancy by sex
Egypt
73.81 years
in 2023
India
73.6 years
in 2023
Egypt rank
161st
India rank
164th
Life expectancy by sex over time
- Egypt
- India
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 73.81 years against 73.6 years in India, a difference of 0.21 years.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was India ahead.
Egypt ranks 161st and India ranks 164th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 7 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 41.7 years | 42.55 years | 0.8497 years | India |
| 1960s | 50.03 years | 45.83 years | 4.2 years | Egypt |
| 1970s | 54.29 years | 50.14 years | 4.15 years | Egypt |
| 1980s | 60.77 years | 56.33 years | 4.44 years | Egypt |
| 1990s | 66.77 years | 61.27 years | 5.5 years | Egypt |
| 2000s | 70.65 years | 66.09 years | 4.55 years | Egypt |
| 2010s | 72.44 years | 70.67 years | 1.77 years | Egypt |
| 2020s | 72.45 years | 71.91 years | 0.5436 years | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher life expectancy by sex, Egypt or India?
- Egypt, at 73.81 years against 73.6 years in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in life expectancy by sex between Egypt and India?
- 0.21 years, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and India?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and India rank globally for life expectancy by sex?
- Egypt ranks 161st and India ranks 164th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.