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Life expectancy in China 2016

China: Life expectancy at birth from 2006 to 2016 (in years)

The data displays the life expectancy at birth in China from 2005 to 2015. In 2015, the average life expectancy at birth in China had reached about 76 years.

Demographic development in China – additional information Life expectancy at birth refers to the average number of years a group of people born in the same year would live, assuming constant mortality rates. The country with the highest life expectancy at birth was Japan, while China had reached a life expectancy above global average. People who were born in Japan in 2009 had a life expectancy of approx.

2006 74.3
2007 74.6
2008 74.8
2009 75
2010 75.2
2011 75.4
2012 75.6
2013 75.8
2014 75.9
2015 76.1
2016 76.3