This animated map shows each country’s life expectancy from 1950 to 2021. You can see just how much advancements in technology, public health, and well-being have impacted life expectancy. Learn more ...

Life expectancy is the average number of years a person is expected to live. Depending on the healthcare, food, lifestyle, and living standards of a particular country, life expectancy changes. Life ...

A new study released in JAMA finds life expectancy has still not bounced back from pre-pandemic 2019 levels, attributing the ...

In 2020, there were just three states where older adults outnumbered children—Maine, Vermont and Florida—but in 2024, this ...

Governments need to do more to address a gap in life expectancy between richer and poorer countries that is costing millions of lives, according to a report from the World Health Organization.

Comparing the life expectancy of people born from 1900 to 2000, a study published Monday found that in many southern states, life expectancy changed very little, especially for women.

With medical science making rapid advancement in recent years, life expectancy has increased the world over, and here are 10 countries with the highest life expectancy.

The decline in US life expectancy is well documented, perhaps to the point of being too well documented and very predictable.

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Discover the longest life expectancy country and learn the factors contributing to longer lives, from excellent healthcare to low-stress lifestyle.

Life expectancy gains in Europe slowed after 2011, with the COVID-19 pandemic further accelerating declines—while some countries maintained progress through sustained public health policies.

Countries with healthier populations in the 2010s were less likely to be affected by the pandemic’s hit to life expectancy.