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Life expectancy by sex in Poland

Poland: Life expectancy by sex was 82.35 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
82.35 years
Change on year
up 0.8%
World rank
59th
of 236 countries
All-time high
82.35 years
in 2023
All-time low
61.08 years
in 1950
Years of data
74
1950–2023

Life expectancy by sex in Poland, 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

Poland recorded 82.35 years for life expectancy by sex in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy by sex in Poland peaked at 82.35 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61.08 years, in 1950.

That places Poland 59th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

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

Life expectancy by sex in Poland, year by year

Year years Change
1950 61.08 years —
1951 61.63 years +0.9%
1952 62.25 years +1.0%
1953 63.98 years +2.8%
1954 64.94 years +1.5%
1955 65.68 years +1.1%
1956 65.95 years +0.4%
1957 67.04 years +1.7%
1958 67.63 years +0.9%
1959 69.21 years +2.3%
1960 69.9 years +1.0%
1961 70.65 years +1.1%
1962 70.95 years +0.4%
1963 71.22 years +0.4%
1964 71.83 years +0.9%
1965 72.27 years +0.6%
1966 72.63 years +0.5%
1967 72.97 years +0.5%
1968 73.01 years +0.1%
1969 73.07 years +0.1%
1970 72.91 years -0.2%
1971 73.23 years +0.4%
1972 73.62 years +0.5%
1973 74.13 years +0.7%
1974 74.17 years +0.1%
1975 74.25 years +0.1%
1976 74.23 years -0.0%
1977 74.32 years +0.1%
1978 74.46 years +0.2%
1979 74.41 years -0.1%
1980 74.63 years +0.3%
1981 74.72 years +0.1%
1982 74.96 years +0.3%
1983 74.86 years -0.1%
1984 74.71 years -0.2%
1985 74.69 years -0.0%
1986 74.75 years +0.1%
1987 75.01 years +0.3%
1988 75.13 years +0.2%
1989 75.26 years +0.2%
1990 75.2 years -0.1%
1991 75.31 years +0.1%
1992 75.49 years +0.2%
1993 75.81 years +0.4%
1994 76.1 years +0.4%
1995 76.34 years +0.3%
1996 76.63 years +0.4%
1997 76.93 years +0.4%
1998 77.22 years +0.4%
1999 77.55 years +0.4%
2000 77.9 years +0.5%
2001 78.34 years +0.6%
2002 78.67 years +0.4%
2003 78.96 years +0.4%
2004 79.15 years +0.2%
2005 79.38 years +0.3%
2006 79.53 years +0.2%
2007 79.7 years +0.2%
2008 79.83 years +0.2%
2009 80.09 years +0.3%
2010 80.38 years +0.4%
2011 80.66 years +0.3%
2012 80.81 years +0.2%
2013 81.02 years +0.3%
2014 81.2 years +0.2%
2015 81.47 years +0.3%
2016 81.52 years +0.1%
2017 81.54 years +0.0%
2018 81.49 years -0.1%
2019 81.74 years +0.3%
2020 80.81 years -1.1%
2021 79.83 years -1.2%
2022 81.72 years +2.4%
2023 82.35 years +0.8%

Poland compared with similar countries

  • Poland's 82.35 years is below the median for high income countries, which is 83.13 years, 99% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
  • Poland's 82.35 years is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 82.57 years, 100% of the median. (56 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1950s 64.94 years 61.08 years 69.21 years 10
1960s 71.85 years 69.9 years 73.07 years 10
1970s 73.97 years 72.91 years 74.46 years 10
1980s 74.87 years 74.63 years 75.26 years 10
1990s 76.26 years 75.2 years 77.55 years 10
2000s 79.15 years 77.9 years 80.09 years 10
2010s 81.18 years 80.38 years 81.74 years 10
2020s 81.18 years 79.83 years 82.35 years 4

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 56 Czechia 82.64 years compare
  2. 57 Panama 82.56 years compare
  3. 58 Faroe Islands 82.5 years compare
  4. 60 Bahrain 81.99 years compare
  5. 61 Uruguay 81.92 years compare
  6. 62 Oman 81.88 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy by sex in Poland?
Life expectancy by sex in Poland was 82.35 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 Poland?
The highest recorded value was 82.35 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy by sex recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 61.08 years in 1950.
How does Poland rank for life expectancy by sex?
Poland ranks 59th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy by sex rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Poland 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.