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Life expectancy: compare countries

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Life expectancy by country

Annual, Years

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy: latest observations by country
Date	China	Germany
Dec 31, 2001	72.7	78.3
Dec 31, 2002	73.0	78.2
Dec 31, 2003	73.4	78.4
Dec 31, 2004	73.7	78.7
Dec 31, 2005	74.1	78.9
Dec 31, 2006	74.4	79.1
Dec 31, 2007	74.8	79.5
Dec 31, 2008	74.8	79.7
Dec 31, 2009	75.3	79.8
Dec 31, 2010	75.7	80.0
Dec 31, 2011	75.9	80.4
Dec 31, 2012	76.2	80.5
Dec 31, 2013	76.5	80.5
Dec 31, 2014	76.7	81.1
Dec 31, 2015	77.0	80.6
Dec 31, 2016	77.2	81.0
Dec 31, 2017	77.2	81.0
Dec 31, 2018	77.7	80.9
Dec 31, 2019	77.9	81.3
Dec 31, 2020	78.0	81.0
Dec 31, 2021	78.1	80.8
Dec 31, 2022	78.2	80.6
Dec 31, 2023	78.0	81.0
Dec 31, 2024	78.0	80.8