Age at death calculator

What Age Will I Die?

Most people today can expect to live into their 70s or 80s, depending on their country and sex. This age at death calculator gives your own estimate, plus your chance of reaching 70, 80, 90 and 100. For the full breakdown with a countdown and survival curve, use the death clock.

Date of birth
Sex Picks one of two baseline curves for your country.
201 countries and territories, UN 2024 data.
The strongest lifestyle input here. Not sure? Use the helper below. Source: Global BMI Mortality Collaboration, The Lancet, 2016.
Calculate my BMI

Five optional questions
Source: Doll and Peto, BMJ, 2004 (50 years of British doctors).
Source: GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators, The Lancet, 2018.
Source: Moore and colleagues, PLOS Medicine, 2012 (654,827 adults).
Sources: PREDIMED, NEJM, 2018; Fadnes and colleagues, PLOS Medicine, 2022.
Sources: Lee and colleagues, PNAS, 2019; Alimujiang and colleagues, JAMA Network Open, 2019.

How is my age at death calculated?

We take your age today and add the average number of years people like you still have. “People like you” means the same age, sex and country, adjusted for your BMI and any optional answers. The average comes from a survival curve tuned to UN World Population Prospects 2024.

The headline number is the average. Under it you’ll see the middle half: the ages between which the middle 50% of people with your answers die. A quarter die younger, a quarter older.

What are my chances of reaching 70, 80, 90 or 100?

The bars in your result show these odds. For comparison, here are the model’s figures for healthy, non-smoking 40-year-olds in four countries:

Chance of reaching each age for a 40-year-old, healthy BMI, never smoked.
GroupReach 70Reach 80Reach 90Reach 100
United States, men81%59%25%3%
United States, women86%68%36%7%
United Kingdom, men84%66%35%6%
United Kingdom, women88%71%41%10%
India, men68%36%7%0%
India, women72%41%9%0%
Pakistan, men52%17%1%0%
Pakistan, women63%29%3%0%

Most 40-year-olds reach 70. Reaching 90 is well under a coin flip everywhere, and much rarer in countries with lower life expectancy. Reaching 100 is rare everywhere, but more likely for women.

What age will I die if I was born in 2010, 2012 or 2014?

If you are still in school, here is the good news: the answer is a long way off. The tables below show the expected age at death for people born in each year, using today’s death rates. Healthy BMI and no smoking are assumed.

Expected age at death by year of birth, men. Healthy BMI, never smoked. Model calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024.
Born inUnited StatesUnited KingdomIndiaPakistanWorld
19508890848284
19558688827982
19608587807680
19658386787478
19708385777277
19758284767176
19808184757075
19858183746974
19908083746974
19958082736873
20007982736873
20057982726773
20087981726772
20097981726772
20107881726772
20117881726772
20127881726772
20137881726772
20147881726672
20157881726672
Expected age at death by year of birth, women. Healthy BMI, never smoked. Model calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024.
Born inUnited StatesUnited KingdomIndiaPakistanWorld
19509091858386
19558889828084
19608788807882
19658687797681
19708587787580
19758586777479
19808486767379
19858485767378
19908485767278
19958385757278
20008385757277
20058384757177
20088384757177
20098384747177
20108384747177
20118384747177
20128384747177
20138384747177
20148384747177
20158284747176

Two things to keep in mind. These numbers use death rates from today. Medicine and living standards usually improve, so people born recently will probably live longer than shown. And these are averages. Your own habits over the next 60 or 70 years matter far more than any table.

At what age do most people die?

In high-income countries, the most common age at death is now in the mid to late 80s, and many people live into their 90s. Worldwide, life expectancy at birth in 2023 was about 70.5 years for men and 75.9 for women, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024. That average is pulled down by deaths in childhood and young adulthood in some regions. Once people reach adulthood, most live well past the at-birth figure.

Does being a man or a woman change what age I will die?

Yes. Women outlive men in every country in the UN data, by about 5.2 years on average. Part of the gap comes from habits: in many countries men smoke and drink more and take more risks. Part is biological. In our calculator, sex simply chooses which of the two survival curves applies to you. The lifestyle questions then adjust from there.

Why does my estimated age go up as I get older?

Because every year you live, you move past some of the risks that pulled the average down. A newborn’s life expectancy includes everyone who dies young. By the time you are 60, you have already survived those years, so your expected age at death is higher than it was at birth.

In our model a healthy American man has an expected age at death of about 77 at birth, 81 at age 40 and 86 at age 70. You can see this at every age on our life expectancy by age page.

How old will I be when I die compared with my parents?

Your parents’ ages at death give a small hint about your genes, but less than most people think. Studies of twins suggest genes explain only a modest share of how long people live. Habits, income, where you live and access to care matter more. If a close relative died young of a heart condition or cancer, tell your doctor. That is useful for screening, even though this calculator can’t use it.

Working out someone’s age at death?

If you have a birth date and a date of death, for family history or a record, use this:

Age at death from two dates
For family history and records. Enter a birth date and a date of death.

Frequently asked questions

What age will I die?

For most adults today the average is somewhere in the 70s or 80s, depending on country and sex. Use the calculator on this page for your own estimate. It shows an average age for people like you, the middle half range and your odds of reaching 70, 80, 90 and 100.

How old will I be when I die?

Our age at death calculator adds your age today to the average years left for people of your age, sex and country, adjusted for BMI and habits. The result is an average, not a forecast. Many people with your answers live well past it.

What age will I die if I was born in 2012?

In our model, using today’s death rates, a healthy boy born in 2012 in the United States has an expected age at death of about 78, and a girl about 82. With future medical progress, the real figure is likely to be higher. See the born-in-year tables on this page.

What is the average age of death?

Worldwide, life expectancy at birth in 2023 was about 70.5 years for men and 75.9 for women (UN World Population Prospects 2024). In richer countries it is around 80 or higher. Adults can expect to live longer than these at-birth figures.

What are the chances of living to 100?

Small but real, and higher for women. In our model, a healthy 40-year-old woman in the UK has about a 10% chance, and a man in the United States about 3%. In countries with lower life expectancy, the chance is close to zero.

If you are feeling low

If this topic is weighing on you, please talk to someone today. You do not need to be in crisis to call.

  • United States: call or text 988 (988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline)
  • United Kingdom and Ireland: Samaritans, call 116 123 for free
  • India: Tele-MANAS, call 14416 (free, 24 hours, government of India)
  • Anywhere else: findahelpline.com lists free, confidential helplines by country

If you are in danger right now, call your local emergency number.

Try the other views of the same calculator: your death date by date of birth, the days you have left, or the when will I die quiz. Or go back to the full death clock calculator.