Health1960–2024years

Life expectancy at birth by country (World Bank)

Name: Life expectancy at birth
Creator: World Bank Open Data
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Life expectancy at birth in years. In Poland it increased from around 68 to 78 years, although the pandemic temporarily interrupted that rise.

78.4 yearsPoland · 2024

World Bank Open DataPublished by source: 2026-07-13

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Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID e1bc887ec627Warehouse version at build: v45

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Poland: 1960–2024; observations: 65; missing years: 0

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67.7→78.4

Total change: +10.7 years
Period: 1960–2024

Poland: 67.7 (1960) → 78.4 (2024). Difference: +10.7 years. Peak value of 78.4 in 2024; lowest value of 67.4 in 1962.

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Life expectancy at birth — Poland
Year	Country	Value
2024	Poland	78.4 years
2023	Poland	78.3 years
2022	Poland	77.2 years
2021	Poland	75.4 years
2020	Poland	76.4 years
2019	Poland	77.9 years
2018	Poland	77.6 years
2017	Poland	77.8 years
2016	Poland	77.9 years
2015	Poland	77.5 years
2014	Poland	77.6 years
2013	Poland	77 years
2012	Poland	76.7 years
2011	Poland	76.7 years
2010	Poland	76.2 years
2009	Poland	75.7 years
2008	Poland	75.5 years
2007	Poland	75.2 years
2006	Poland	75.1 years
2005	Poland	75 years

Source: World Bank Open Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Published by source: 2026-07-13
Retrieved: 2026-09-15
Indicator code in source: SP.DYN.LE00.IN
Unit of measure: years
Data version: v45

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Longseries, “Life expectancy at birth”. World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), 1960–2024, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: e1bc887ec62733a6159371904520e816a92a4105edc84b1d4e6a136c4ef0ed1f. https://longseries.com/en/d/life-expectancy/

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Extremes among countries with the same observation year: for 2024: highest — Sweden; lowest — India

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15 places — sorted by value, highest first
Country
Highest value in the comparable yearSweden	2024	84.1 years84.1 years
Japan	2024	84 years84 years
Italy	2024	84 years84 years
Spain	2024	83.9 years83.9 years
France	2024	83 years83 years
Netherlands	2024	82 years82 years
United Kingdom	2024	81.4 years81.4 years
Germany	2024	80.8 years80.8 years

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About this series

Life expectancy at birth, years, 1960–.

Indicator definition

Period life table measuring life expectancy at birth, not the age at death of people currently alive. Infant and child mortality pull the average — see Infant mortality and Under-5 mortality.

How to read the data

Life expectancy at birth in Poland increased from roughly 68 to 78.4 years, and globally from 51 to 73 years. Germany stands at around 81 years and the US near 79 years. The pandemic temporarily interrupted this upward trend. Healthcare spending is tracked in Health expenditure.

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