Remaining years at every age

Life Expectancy by Age

Your life expectancy goes up as you get older, because you have already survived the years that pull the average down. A healthy 40-year-old man in the United States can expect about 39 more years, to around 79. At 70, he can expect about 15 more years, to around 85. The tables below show every 5-year age for five places.

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By the Death Clock Calculator editorial team · Last reviewed September 2026 · How we calculate

Life expectancy by age illustration: bars showing years left at every age

Tables assume a healthy BMI and no smoking. For a figure with your own answers, use the death clock calculator or the age at death calculator.

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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.
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Why does life expectancy rise with age?

Life expectancy at birth is an average over everyone born, including those who die as babies, children or young adults. Once you pass an age, those early risks are behind you. So the expected age at death for people your age is always a bit higher than the at-birth figure, and the gap grows as you get older. Demographers call this survivorship.

Life expectancy by age: years left at every age for women in four places
Life expectancy by age: remaining years at every age for women in the UK, US, world and Pakistan.

Life expectancy by age in the United States

Remaining years and expected age at death by current age, United States. Healthy BMI, never smoked.
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 76.9 76.9 81.8 81.8
5 72.0 77.0 76.9 81.9
10 67.2 77.2 72.0 82.0
15 62.5 77.5 67.2 82.2
20 57.7 77.7 62.3 82.3
25 52.9 77.9 57.4 82.4
30 48.2 78.2 52.6 82.6
35 43.6 78.6 47.8 82.8
40 39.1 79.1 43.0 83.0
45 34.6 79.6 38.4 83.4
50 30.3 80.3 33.8 83.8
55 26.2 81.2 29.4 84.4
60 22.3 82.3 25.2 85.2
65 18.7 83.7 21.2 86.2
70 15.3 85.3 17.5 87.5
75 12.4 87.4 14.2 89.2
80 9.8 89.8 11.2 91.2
85 7.5 92.5 8.6 93.6
90 5.7 95.7 6.4 96.4

Life expectancy by age in the United Kingdom

Remaining years and expected age at death by current age, United Kingdom. Healthy BMI, never smoked.
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 79.4 79.4 83.2 83.2
5 74.5 79.5 78.3 83.3
10 69.7 79.7 73.4 83.4
15 64.8 79.8 68.5 83.5
20 60.0 80.0 63.6 83.6
25 55.2 80.2 58.7 83.7
30 50.4 80.4 53.8 83.8
35 45.6 80.6 48.9 83.9
40 40.8 80.8 44.1 84.1
45 36.2 81.2 39.3 84.3
50 31.6 81.6 34.6 84.6
55 27.2 82.2 30.0 85.0
60 22.9 82.9 25.6 85.6
65 19.0 84.0 21.3 86.3
70 15.3 85.3 17.4 87.4
75 12.0 87.0 13.8 88.8
80 9.1 89.1 10.6 90.6
85 6.7 91.7 7.9 92.9
90 4.8 94.8 5.7 95.7

Life expectancy by age in India

Remaining years and expected age at death by current age, India. Healthy BMI, never smoked.
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 70.5 70.5 73.6 73.6
5 65.7 70.7 68.7 73.7
10 61.0 71.0 63.9 73.9
15 56.2 71.2 59.0 74.0
20 51.5 71.5 54.2 74.2
25 46.9 71.9 49.5 74.5
30 42.3 72.3 44.8 74.8
35 37.8 72.8 40.2 75.2
40 33.4 73.4 35.7 75.7
45 29.2 74.2 31.3 76.3
50 25.2 75.2 27.2 77.2
55 21.4 76.4 23.2 78.2
60 17.9 77.9 19.5 79.5
65 14.8 79.8 16.1 81.1
70 11.9 81.9 13.0 83.0
75 9.4 84.4 10.4 85.4
80 7.3 87.3 8.0 88.0
85 5.6 90.6 6.1 91.1
90 4.2 94.2 4.6 94.6

Life expectancy by age in Pakistan

Remaining years and expected age at death by current age, Pakistan. Healthy BMI, never smoked.
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 65.3 65.3 70.2 70.2
5 60.6 65.6 65.3 70.3
10 55.9 65.9 60.5 70.5
15 51.3 66.3 55.7 70.7
20 46.7 66.7 51.0 71.0
25 42.3 67.3 46.4 71.4
30 37.9 67.9 41.8 71.8
35 33.7 68.7 37.4 72.4
40 29.6 69.6 33.1 73.1
45 25.7 70.7 28.9 73.9
50 22.1 72.1 25.0 75.0
55 18.7 73.7 21.3 76.3
60 15.6 75.6 17.9 77.9
65 12.8 77.8 14.7 79.7
70 10.4 80.4 12.0 82.0
75 8.3 83.3 9.5 84.5
80 6.5 86.5 7.5 87.5
85 5.0 90.0 5.8 90.8
90 3.8 93.8 4.4 94.4

Life expectancy by age, world average

Remaining years and expected age at death by current age, World. Healthy BMI, never smoked.
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 70.6 70.6 75.9 75.9
5 65.8 70.8 71.0 76.0
10 61.1 71.1 66.2 76.2
15 56.4 71.4 61.4 76.4
20 51.8 71.8 56.7 76.7
25 47.2 72.2 52.0 77.0
30 42.7 72.7 47.4 77.4
35 38.4 73.4 42.8 77.8
40 34.1 74.1 38.4 78.4
45 30.1 75.1 34.1 79.1
50 26.2 76.2 30.0 80.0
55 22.5 77.5 26.1 81.1
60 19.1 79.1 22.4 82.4
65 16.0 81.0 19.0 84.0
70 13.2 83.2 15.8 85.8
75 10.7 85.7 13.0 88.0
80 8.6 88.6 10.5 90.5
85 6.7 91.7 8.4 93.4
90 5.2 95.2 6.6 96.6

The world rows use the UN’s 2023 world estimates of 70.6 years for men and 75.9 for women at birth.

How were these tables made?

We built a survival curve for each country and sex with the Gompertz-Makeham formula and tuned it so its life expectancy at birth matches the UN World Population Prospects 2024 figure for 2023. Then, for each age, we worked out the average years remaining for people who have reached that age. Our method page explains each step.

These are model figures. They are close to official life tables for adults in most countries, but official national tables will differ a little, especially at very young and very old ages. In countries where many children die young, the model can look slightly pessimistic for healthy adults.

Life expectancy by age in Canada

Canada is near the top of the world for both sexes, so life expectancy by age there is high from the first row to the last. Here is life expectancy by age in Canada for every 10 years of age, from our model.

Life expectancy by age: life expectancy at 65 in six countries
More years expected at 65, men and women.
Life expectancy by age in Canada: remaining years and expected age at death by current age, Canada. Our model, healthy BMI, never smoked, calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates).
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 80.4 80.4 84.8 84.8
10 70.8 80.8 75.0 85.0
20 61.1 81.1 65.2 85.2
30 51.5 81.5 55.4 85.4
40 41.9 81.9 45.7 85.7
50 32.7 82.7 36.2 86.2
60 24.0 84.0 27.1 87.1
70 16.3 86.3 18.8 88.8
80 10.0 90.0 11.8 91.8
90 5.5 95.5 6.5 96.5

A healthy 40-year-old man in Canada can expect to reach about 81.9 in our model, and a woman about 85.7. These are estimates for people with a healthy BMI who never smoked. More detail is on life expectancy in Canada.

Life expectancy by age in Australia

Australian men have the second highest life expectancy at birth in the UN data, after Hong Kong. In our model, life expectancy by age in Australia stays high at every age.

Life expectancy by age in Australia: remaining years and expected age at death by current age, Australia. Our model, healthy BMI, never smoked, calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates).
Age today Men: years left Men: expected age at death Women: years left Women: expected age at death
0 82.1 82.1 85.7 85.7
10 72.4 82.4 75.9 85.9
20 62.7 82.7 66.1 86.1
30 53.0 83.0 56.2 86.2
40 43.3 83.3 46.4 86.4
50 33.8 83.8 36.7 86.7
60 24.6 84.6 27.4 87.4
70 16.3 86.3 18.7 88.7
80 9.5 89.5 11.3 91.3
90 4.6 94.6 5.9 95.9

In our model, a healthy 40-year-old man in Australia can expect to reach about 83.3, and a woman about 86.4. At 65, the remaining years are about 20.3 for men and 22.9 for women.

How to read life expectancy by age tables

Every life expectancy by age table on this page has the same layout. Here is how to use it in four steps:

  1. Find your country. If yours is not here, the death clock calculator covers 201 countries and territories.
  2. Find the row closest to your age. Rows go up in steps of 5 or 10 years.
  3. Read “years left” for your sex. This is the average number of years people of that age still live.
  4. Read “expected age at death”. This is your age plus the years left. It is an average, not a date.

For example, in the US table a healthy 50-year-old woman has about 33.8 years left, which gives an expected age of about 83.8. Half of a group like her would live past that age, and half would not.

If your age falls between two rows, the answer is between the two rows too. For an exact figure, enter your date of birth in the calculator, which works out life expectancy by age to the day.

Life expectancy by age: years left at 65 in 12 countries

Age 65 is where many people start to think seriously about retirement. The UN publishes life expectancy at 65 for every country. These are official UN figures, not our model, so they include everyone, smokers and non-smokers alike.

Life expectancy by age 65: average years left for people who reach 65. Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023.
Country Men: years left at 65 Women: years left at 65
Hong Kong 21.2 25.2
Japan 20.0 24.9
France 20.0 23.8
Australia 20.3 22.9
Canada 20.0 22.8
United Kingdom 19.0 21.3
Germany 18.2 21.3
United States 18.7 21.2
China 15.6 19.3
India 14.8 16.1
Pakistan 12.8 14.8
Nigeria 12.0 12.3

Across all 201 countries and territories in the UN data, the average is about 15.2 years left at 65 for men and 17.9 for women. The full list is on life expectancy by country.

Our model is tuned so that its figure at 65 matches the UN figure for each country and sex. That is why the 65 rows in our life expectancy by age tables line up closely with this table.

Life expectancy by age for men and women

Women have a higher life expectancy than men at every age in every table on this page. But the gap in years gets smaller as people get older. Here is life expectancy by age for men and women in the United States, from our model.

How the gap between women and men shrinks with age. Our model, United States, healthy BMI, never smoked, calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates).
Age today Men: expected age at death Women: expected age at death Gap in years
0 76.9 81.8 4.9
40 79.1 83.0 3.9
70 85.3 87.5 2.2
90 95.7 96.4 0.7

The gap shrinks because many of the extra deaths among men happen at younger ages, from injuries and heart disease. Men who survive into old age have already passed many of those risks.

Life expectancy by age: your chance of reaching 70, 80, 90 and 100

An average is one number. Life expectancy by age can also be shown as odds, which many people find easier to picture. This table shows it for a healthy 40-year-old in four countries.

Chance a 40-year-old reaches each age. Our model, healthy BMI, never smoked, calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates).
Group Reach 70 Reach 80 Reach 90 Reach 100
United States, men 76% 52% 23% 4%
United States, women 84% 64% 34% 7%
United Kingdom, men 82% 59% 24% 2%
United Kingdom, women 87% 68% 35% 6%
India, men 63% 35% 10% 1%
India, women 69% 42% 14% 1%
Pakistan, men 51% 24% 5% 0%
Pakistan, women 61% 34% 10% 1%

So about 1 in 4 healthy 40-year-old men in the US or UK reach 90 in our model, and about 1 in 3 women. Odds at 100 are rough in any model, because so few people reach that age.

What changes life expectancy by age?

The life expectancy by age tables above assume a healthy BMI and no smoking. Those two things move the numbers more than most other habits. Here is what our model shows for a 40-year-old in the United Kingdom:

  • BMI of 30 to 34.9. About 3.6 years fewer for men and 3.5 for women, compared with a healthy BMI.
  • BMI of 40 or more. About 9.6 years fewer for men and 9.5 for women.
  • Smoking for life. About 10 years fewer in the model.

Quitting smoking wins back a lot, and the earlier the better. For UK men who smoked for 30 years or more, quitting at 30 gains about 10.1 years in our model, at 50 about 5.8 years and at 70 about 0.8 years. See smoking and life expectancy and BMI and life expectancy for the full tables.

Why remaining years fall slower than your age rises

This part of life expectancy by age surprises people. Many expect that each birthday takes one full year off their remaining life. It doesn’t. Look at life expectancy by age for a healthy US man in our model. At 40 he has about 39.1 years left. At 70 he has about 15.3. He is 30 years older, but his remaining years fell by about 24, not 30.

The missing 6 years are survivorship at work, and they are the main idea behind life expectancy by age. Each year you live, you pass through a year of risk that some of your age group did not. Your expected age at death climbs a little, from about 79.1 at 40 to about 85.3 at 70.

This is also why simply taking your age away from life expectancy at birth gives the wrong answer, especially for older people. An 80-year-old woman in the UK does not have 3 years left on average. Our model gives about 10.6.

Using life expectancy by age to plan

Life expectancy by age is useful for practical plans, like how long savings or a pension need to last. But plan past the average, not to it. Half of any group lives longer than its average.

  • For a quick guide, use the “expected age at death” column for your age.
  • For a safer plan, use an age that only 1 in 4 or 1 in 10 people like you reach. The life expectancy calculator shows those ages.
  • For money decisions, talk to a qualified adviser. These tables are general information, not financial advice.

If looking at these numbers makes you uneasy, that is normal. Our death anxiety help page has calm, practical steps.

Frequently asked questions

What is my life expectancy at my age?

Find your age in the tables on this page for a quick answer, or use the calculator for your own figure. Your remaining life expectancy depends on age, sex and country, and on habits like smoking and BMI.

How many years do I have left at 50?

In our model, a healthy 50-year-old in the United States has about 30 more years if male and about 34 if female. In the UK it is a little more, and in India and Pakistan a little less. See the tables for each age.

Why is life expectancy higher for older people?

Because they have already survived the risks of earlier ages. Life expectancy at birth includes people who die young, so the average for people who reach 60 or 70 is always higher.

What is the life expectancy of a 70-year-old?

In our model, a healthy 70-year-old man in the United States can expect about 15 more years, to around 85. A woman can expect about 17 to 18 more years. The exact figure depends on health and habits.

What is the life expectancy of a 65-year-old?

In UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates), people who reach 65 live about 18.7 more years for US men and 21.2 for US women, and about 19.0 and 21.3 in the UK. In India it is about 14.8 and 16.1. The table above shows life expectancy by age 65 for 12 countries.

What is the life expectancy of a 40-year-old?

In our model, a healthy 40-year-old man in the United States can expect to reach about 79.1, and a woman about 83.0. In Canada it is about 81.9 and 85.7. These are estimates for people with a healthy BMI who never smoked, and real lives spread widely around them.

What are my chances of living to 90?

In our model, about 23% of healthy 40-year-old US men and 34% of women reach 90. In the UK it is about 24% and 35%, and in India about 10% and 14%. These figures assume a healthy BMI and no smoking. The life expectancy calculator shows your own odds.

Does life expectancy by age differ for men and women?

Yes. Women have a higher figure at every age in every country on this page. The gap gets smaller with age. In our US model it is about 4.9 years at birth, 3.9 at 40, 2.2 at 70 and 0.7 at 90, for healthy non-smokers.

Compare the at-birth figures for every country on life expectancy by country, or see your own estimate on the death clock.

Data: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024. Method: how we calculate.

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