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Life expectancy by sex in Northern Mariana Islands

Northern Mariana Islands: Life expectancy by sex was 80.74 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
80.74 years
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
79th
of 236 countries
All-time high
80.74 years
in 2023
All-time low
61.79 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy by sex in Northern Mariana Islands, 1950–2023

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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 Northern Mariana Islands stood at 80.74 years. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy by sex in Northern Mariana Islands peaked at 80.74 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61.79 years, in 1950.

That places Northern Mariana Islands 79th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 74 years of available data.

Life expectancy by sex in Northern Mariana Islands, year by year

Year years Change
1950 61.79 years —
1951 62.11 years +0.5%
1952 62.33 years +0.4%
1953 62.65 years +0.5%
1954 62.92 years +0.4%
1955 63.19 years +0.4%
1956 63.44 years +0.4%
1957 63.73 years +0.5%
1958 64.01 years +0.4%
1959 64.3 years +0.4%
1960 64.62 years +0.5%
1961 64.87 years +0.4%
1962 65.17 years +0.5%
1963 65.53 years +0.6%
1964 65.84 years +0.5%
1965 66.25 years +0.6%
1966 66.66 years +0.6%
1967 67.08 years +0.6%
1968 67.52 years +0.6%
1969 67.93 years +0.6%
1970 68.34 years +0.6%
1971 68.76 years +0.6%
1972 69.22 years +0.7%
1973 69.67 years +0.7%
1974 70.2 years +0.8%
1975 70.72 years +0.7%
1976 71.17 years +0.6%
1977 71.6 years +0.6%
1978 71.78 years +0.2%
1979 71.88 years +0.1%
1980 71.86 years -0.0%
1981 71.81 years -0.1%
1982 71.75 years -0.1%
1983 71.59 years -0.2%
1984 71.54 years -0.1%
1985 71.47 years -0.1%
1986 71.4 years -0.1%
1987 71.42 years +0.0%
1988 71.53 years +0.2%
1989 71.84 years +0.4%
1990 72.38 years +0.8%
1991 73.09 years +1.0%
1992 73.92 years +1.1%
1993 74.79 years +1.2%
1994 75.61 years +1.1%
1995 76.36 years +1.0%
1996 77.06 years +0.9%
1997 77.45 years +0.5%
1998 77.73 years +0.4%
1999 77.84 years +0.1%
2000 77.79 years -0.1%
2001 77.66 years -0.2%
2002 77.87 years +0.3%
2003 78.3 years +0.5%
2004 78.51 years +0.3%
2005 79.13 years +0.8%
2006 79.56 years +0.5%
2007 79.78 years +0.3%
2008 79.91 years +0.2%
2009 79.91 years +0.0%
2010 79.81 years -0.1%
2011 79.72 years -0.1%
2012 79.61 years -0.1%
2013 79.51 years -0.1%
2014 79.44 years -0.1%
2015 79.41 years -0.0%
2016 79.43 years +0.0%
2017 79.51 years +0.1%
2018 79.47 years -0.0%
2019 79.82 years +0.4%
2020 80 years +0.2%
2021 80.1 years +0.1%
2022 80.47 years +0.5%
2023 80.74 years +0.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 63.05 years 61.79 years 64.3 years 10
1960s 66.15 years 64.62 years 67.93 years 10
1970s 70.33 years 68.34 years 71.88 years 10
1980s 71.62 years 71.4 years 71.86 years 10
1990s 75.62 years 72.38 years 77.84 years 10
2000s 78.84 years 77.66 years 79.91 years 10
2010s 79.57 years 79.41 years 79.82 years 10
2020s 80.33 years 80 years 80.74 years 4

Countries ranked near Northern Mariana Islands

  1. 76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 80.9 years compare
  2. 77 Thailand 80.86 years compare
  3. 78 Curacao 80.82 years compare
  4. 80 Lithuania 80.67 years compare
  5. 81 Saint Helena 80.62 years compare
  6. 82 Sri Lanka 80.59 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy by sex in Northern Mariana Islands?
Life expectancy by sex in Northern Mariana Islands was 80.74 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 Northern Mariana Islands?
The highest recorded value was 80.74 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy by sex recorded in Northern Mariana Islands?
The lowest recorded value was 61.79 years in 1950.
How does Northern Mariana Islands rank for life expectancy by sex?
Northern Mariana Islands ranks 79th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy by sex rising or falling in Northern Mariana Islands?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Northern Mariana Islands 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.

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Indicator
Life expectancy by sex
Unit
years
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,722 data points, 1751–2023
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Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.