Life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: Life expectancy by sex was 80.3 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands is 80.3 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 80.3 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.68 years, in 1950.
Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 87th 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.
Life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 52.68 years | — |
| 1951 | 53.46 years | +1.5% |
| 1952 | 54.22 years | +1.4% |
| 1953 | 54.94 years | +1.3% |
| 1954 | 55.58 years | +1.2% |
| 1955 | 56.27 years | +1.2% |
| 1956 | 56.93 years | +1.2% |
| 1957 | 57.58 years | +1.1% |
| 1958 | 58.22 years | +1.1% |
| 1959 | 58.92 years | +1.2% |
| 1960 | 59.54 years | +1.1% |
| 1961 | 60.29 years | +1.3% |
| 1962 | 60.73 years | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 61.23 years | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 61.76 years | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 62.3 years | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 62.79 years | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 63.27 years | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 63.71 years | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 64.19 years | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 64.7 years | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 65.14 years | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 65.56 years | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 65.97 years | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 66.39 years | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 66.74 years | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 67.13 years | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 67.54 years | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 67.92 years | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 68.28 years | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 68.67 years | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 69.05 years | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 69.39 years | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 69.7 years | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 70.07 years | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 70.42 years | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 70.8 years | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 71.21 years | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 71.67 years | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 72.07 years | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 72.46 years | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 72.81 years | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 73.16 years | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 73.36 years | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 73.66 years | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 73.96 years | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 74.28 years | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 74.63 years | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 75.04 years | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 75.49 years | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 76.03 years | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 76.57 years | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 77.1 years | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 77.6 years | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 78.01 years | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 78.34 years | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 78.56 years | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 78.74 years | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 78.2 years | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 78.89 years | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 78.95 years | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 79.05 years | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 79.13 years | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 79.26 years | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 79.4 years | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 79.54 years | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 79.71 years | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 79.77 years | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 79.88 years | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 79.97 years | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 80 years | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 79.63 years | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 80.22 years | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 80.3 years | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 55.88 years | 52.68 years | 58.92 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 61.98 years | 59.54 years | 64.19 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 66.54 years | 64.7 years | 68.28 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 70.3 years | 68.67 years | 72.07 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 73.89 years | 72.46 years | 75.49 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 77.8 years | 76.03 years | 78.89 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 79.47 years | 78.95 years | 79.97 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.04 years | 79.63 years | 80.3 years | 4 |
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- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -0.5174 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.6421 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate 0.1655 % change on previous year (2100)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.9459 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.6% (2100)
- Population density 40.72 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 1,466 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -0.6% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate 0.9322 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Life expectancy by sex in Turks and Caicos Islands was 80.3 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 80.3 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy by sex recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.68 years in 1950.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for life expectancy by sex?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 87th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy by sex rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos 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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Period life expectancy at birth among females, in a given year.