Life expectancy by sex in Mongolia
Mongolia: Life expectancy by sex was 76.43 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy by sex in Mongolia, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, life expectancy by sex in Mongolia stood at 76.43 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy by sex in Mongolia peaked at 76.43 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 41.71 years, in 1950.
Mongolia ranks 139th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 43.43 years | 41.71 years | 46.17 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 50.07 years | 46.9 years | 53.08 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 55.64 years | 53.69 years | 56.89 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 58.52 years | 57.08 years | 60.56 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 63.73 years | 61.4 years | 65.48 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.13 years | 66.41 years | 71.39 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 73.55 years | 71.55 years | 75.46 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 75.25 years | 73.14 years | 76.43 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 136 Seychelles 76.51 years compare
- 137 Venezuela 76.5 years compare
- 138 Belize 76.49 years compare
- 140 Tonga 76.41 years compare
- 141 Bangladesh 76.37 years compare
- 142 Saint Lucia 76.3 years compare
More population data for Mongolia
- World population growth 0.1% (2100)
- Population density 3.54 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 297,893 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development 0.1% (2100)
- Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 2.5 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 2.5 births per woman (2024)
- Refugees by country of asylum 11 people (2024)
- Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 2.5 births per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Share of people who are religious 2.69 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age 2.63 children per women (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy by sex in Mongolia?
- Life expectancy by sex in Mongolia was 76.43 years in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy by sex recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.43 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy by sex recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.71 years in 1950.
- How does Mongolia rank for life expectancy by sex?
- Mongolia ranks 139th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy by sex rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy by sex. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 74 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
The period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.