Life expectation at birth by sex in France
France: Life expectation at birth by sex was 86.09 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
86.09
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
13th
of 236 countries
All-time high
86.09
in 2023
All-time low
32.58
in 1871
Years of data
208
1816–2023
Life expectation at birth by sex in France, 1816–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectation at birth by sex in France stood at 86.09. That is the highest value across all 208 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectation at birth by sex in France peaked at 86.09 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.58, in 1871.
That places France 13th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 208 years of available data.
Life expectation at birth by sex in France, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1816 | 41.12 | — |
| 1817 | 40.23 | -2.2% |
| 1818 | 39.1 | -2.8% |
| 1819 | 37.94 | -3.0% |
| 1820 | 39.98 | +5.4% |
| 1821 | 40.43 | +1.1% |
| 1822 | 39.04 | -3.4% |
| 1823 | 40.82 | +4.6% |
| 1824 | 39.97 | -2.1% |
| 1825 | 39.07 | -2.3% |
| 1826 | 38.33 | -1.9% |
| 1827 | 40.14 | +4.7% |
| 1828 | 38.31 | -4.6% |
| 1829 | 40.27 | +5.1% |
| 1830 | 40.37 | +0.2% |
| 1831 | 40.57 | +0.5% |
| 1832 | 36.54 | -9.9% |
| 1833 | 39.59 | +8.3% |
| 1834 | 35.81 | -9.5% |
| 1835 | 40.45 | +13.0% |
| 1836 | 42.79 | +5.8% |
| 1837 | 40 | -6.5% |
| 1838 | 40.01 | +0.0% |
| 1839 | 41.56 | +3.9% |
| 1840 | 41.17 | -0.9% |
| 1841 | 41.76 | +1.4% |
| 1842 | 40.91 | -2.0% |
| 1843 | 41.42 | +1.2% |
| 1844 | 42.97 | +3.7% |
| 1845 | 44.22 | +2.9% |
| 1846 | 41.32 | -6.6% |
| 1847 | 41.21 | -0.3% |
| 1848 | 41.13 | -0.2% |
| 1849 | 36.7 | -10.8% |
| 1850 | 44 | +19.9% |
| 1851 | 42.41 | -3.6% |
| 1852 | 41.95 | -1.1% |
| 1853 | 43.24 | +3.1% |
| 1854 | 37.02 | -14.4% |
| 1855 | 39.5 | +6.7% |
| 1856 | 41.32 | +4.6% |
| 1857 | 40.16 | -2.8% |
| 1858 | 40.06 | -0.2% |
| 1859 | 35.94 | -10.3% |
| 1860 | 43.87 | +22.1% |
| 1861 | 41.03 | -6.5% |
| 1862 | 43.31 | +5.6% |
| 1863 | 42.45 | -2.0% |
| 1864 | 42.78 | +0.8% |
| 1865 | 40.93 | -4.3% |
| 1866 | 42.57 | +4.0% |
| 1867 | 43.21 | +1.5% |
| 1868 | 41.19 | -4.7% |
| 1869 | 42.12 | +2.3% |
| 1870 | 38.47 | -8.7% |
| 1871 | 32.58 | -15.3% |
| 1872 | 43.63 | +33.9% |
| 1873 | 42.81 | -1.9% |
| 1874 | 45.28 | +5.8% |
| 1875 | 44.11 | -2.6% |
| 1876 | 44.72 | +1.4% |
| 1877 | 45.31 | +1.3% |
| 1878 | 44.42 | -2.0% |
| 1879 | 45.09 | +1.5% |
| 1880 | 43.81 | -2.8% |
| 1881 | 44.66 | +1.9% |
| 1882 | 44.41 | -0.6% |
| 1883 | 44.55 | +0.3% |
| 1884 | 43.78 | -1.7% |
| 1885 | 45.28 | +3.4% |
| 1886 | 44.49 | -1.7% |
| 1887 | 44.99 | +1.1% |
| 1888 | 45.68 | +1.5% |
| 1889 | 46.97 | +2.8% |
| 1890 | 44.84 | -4.5% |
| 1891 | 45.56 | +1.6% |
| 1892 | 45.03 | -1.2% |
| 1893 | 45.14 | +0.2% |
| 1894 | 47.15 | +4.5% |
| 1895 | 46.91 | -0.5% |
| 1896 | 49.13 | +4.7% |
| 1897 | 49.55 | +0.9% |
| 1898 | 47.69 | -3.8% |
| 1899 | 46.95 | -1.6% |
| 1900 | 46.95 | +0.0% |
| 1901 | 48.86 | +4.1% |
| 1902 | 49.77 | +1.9% |
| 1903 | 50.12 | +0.7% |
| 1904 | 49.78 | -0.7% |
| 1905 | 50.27 | +1.0% |
| 1906 | 49.67 | -1.2% |
| 1907 | 50.26 | +1.2% |
| 1908 | 51.3 | +2.1% |
| 1909 | 52.04 | +1.4% |
| 1910 | 53.33 | +2.5% |
| 1911 | 50.16 | -5.9% |
| 1912 | 53.73 | +7.1% |
| 1913 | 53.43 | -0.6% |
| 1914 | 53.29 | -0.3% |
| 1915 | 52.73 | -1.1% |
| 1916 | 52.39 | -0.6% |
| 1917 | 51.89 | -1.0% |
| 1918 | 42.97 | -17.2% |
| 1919 | 50.32 | +17.1% |
| 1920 | 53.71 | +6.7% |
| 1921 | 54.77 | +2.0% |
| 1922 | 56.85 | +3.8% |
| 1923 | 56.67 | -0.3% |
| 1924 | 57.4 | +1.3% |
| 1925 | 56.7 | -1.2% |
| 1926 | 56.18 | -0.9% |
| 1927 | 57.8 | +2.9% |
| 1928 | 57.56 | -0.4% |
| 1929 | 56.55 | -1.8% |
| 1930 | 59.31 | +4.9% |
| 1931 | 59.27 | -0.1% |
| 1932 | 59.73 | +0.8% |
| 1933 | 60.2 | +0.8% |
| 1934 | 61.2 | +1.7% |
| 1935 | 61.17 | -0.0% |
| 1936 | 61.71 | +0.9% |
| 1937 | 62.13 | +0.7% |
| 1938 | 62.03 | -0.2% |
| 1939 | 62.6 | +0.9% |
| 1940 | 59.04 | -5.7% |
| 1941 | 61.22 | +3.7% |
| 1942 | 61.46 | +0.4% |
| 1943 | 58.09 | -5.5% |
| 1944 | 53.64 | -7.7% |
| 1945 | 58.59 | +9.2% |
| 1946 | 64.96 | +10.9% |
| 1947 | 66.65 | +2.6% |
| 1948 | 68.73 | +3.1% |
| 1949 | 67.52 | -1.8% |
| 1950 | 69.19 | +2.5% |
| 1951 | 68.9 | -0.4% |
| 1952 | 70.22 | +1.9% |
| 1953 | 70.23 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 71.22 | +1.4% |
| 1955 | 71.54 | +0.5% |
| 1956 | 71.67 | +0.2% |
| 1957 | 72.21 | +0.8% |
| 1958 | 73.23 | +1.4% |
| 1959 | 73.36 | +0.2% |
| 1960 | 73.61 | +0.3% |
| 1961 | 74.37 | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 73.9 | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 73.81 | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 74.82 | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 74.72 | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 75.18 | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 75.2 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 75.22 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 75.05 | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 75.81 | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 75.87 | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 76.19 | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 76.32 | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 76.75 | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 76.87 | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 77.2 | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 77.84 | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 77.95 | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 78.28 | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 78.4 | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 78.5 | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 78.89 | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 78.81 | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 79.35 | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 79.45 | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 79.71 | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 80.29 | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 80.48 | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 80.66 | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 80.96 | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 81.17 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 81.46 | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 81.46 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 81.88 | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 81.9 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 82.05 | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 82.3 | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 82.41 | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 82.51 | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 82.79 | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 82.94 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 83.03 | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 82.95 | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 83.86 | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 83.83 | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 84.18 | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 84.39 | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 84.34 | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 84.43 | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 84.66 | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 85 | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 84.86 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 85.07 | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 85.46 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 85.17 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 85.36 | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 85.31 | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 85.45 | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 85.57 | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 85.14 | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 85.3 | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 85.56 | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 86.09 | +0.6% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 86.09 is above the median for high income countries, which is 83.13, 1.0× the median. (85 countries reporting)
- France's 86.09 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.57, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Life expectation at birth by sex in France changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1872 | +33.9% | 32.58 | 43.63 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1810s | 39.6 | 37.94 | 41.12 | 4 |
| 1820s | 39.64 | 38.31 | 40.82 | 10 |
| 1830s | 39.77 | 35.81 | 42.79 | 10 |
| 1840s | 41.28 | 36.7 | 44.22 | 10 |
| 1850s | 40.56 | 35.94 | 44 | 10 |
| 1860s | 42.35 | 40.93 | 43.87 | 10 |
| 1870s | 42.64 | 32.58 | 45.31 | 10 |
| 1880s | 44.86 | 43.78 | 46.97 | 10 |
| 1890s | 46.8 | 44.84 | 49.55 | 10 |
| 1900s | 49.9 | 46.95 | 52.04 | 10 |
| 1910s | 51.42 | 42.97 | 53.73 | 10 |
| 1920s | 56.42 | 53.71 | 57.8 | 10 |
| 1930s | 60.94 | 59.27 | 62.6 | 10 |
| 1940s | 61.99 | 53.64 | 68.73 | 10 |
| 1950s | 71.18 | 68.9 | 73.36 | 10 |
| 1960s | 74.59 | 73.61 | 75.22 | 10 |
| 1970s | 76.91 | 75.81 | 78.28 | 10 |
| 1980s | 79.46 | 78.4 | 80.66 | 10 |
| 1990s | 81.81 | 80.96 | 82.51 | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.67 | 82.79 | 84.43 | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.19 | 84.66 | 85.57 | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.52 | 85.14 | 86.09 | 4 |
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- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.028 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.1885 % change on previous year (2100)
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- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate 0.1075 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population growth rate -0.033 (2100)
- Population density 125.07 (2100)
- Projected population under age 5 3.16 million (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectation at birth by sex in France?
- Life expectation at birth by sex in France was 86.09 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectation at birth by sex recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 86.09 in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectation at birth by sex recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.58 in 1871.
- How does France rank for life expectation at birth by sex?
- France ranks 13th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectation at birth by sex rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectation at birth by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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