Life Expectancy in Chinese Administrative Divisions:
– Hong Kong: 85.49
– Macau: 85.40
– Shanghai: 83.43
– Beijing: 83.34
– Tianjin: 82.00
Development of Life Expectancy in China:
– Estimation by World Bank Group
– Gender gap in life expectancy
– Comparison to other country leaders
– Estimation by Our World in Data
– Comparison to USA and Russia
Comparison of Life Expectancy in China:
– Other big countries worldwide
– Other big countries in Asia
– Healthy life expectancy comparison globally
– Gender-specific life expectancy
– Rank and life expectancy by administrative division
References:
– Life expectancy data from Global Data Lab
– World Bank data on life expectancy in Hong Kong and Macau
– Wikimedia Commons resources on life expectancy in China
– List of Asian countries by life expectancy
– Subnational HDI data for life expectancy
China at the 1st level of administrative division is divided to 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions (plus 1 claimed province).
According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in China was 77.95 years (75.20 for male, 80.93 for female). This is 0.25 years less than it was in 2022.
Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023 is exactly the same: 77.95 years total (75.20 for male, 80.93 for female).
According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in China was 77.4 years (74.7 years for male and 80.5 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 68.5 years (67.2 years for male and 70.0 years for female).
Life expectancy in China is several years lower than in neighboring South Korea, Japan and Singapore, but several years higher than in Vietnam, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Russia and India.