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 ...

This infographic shows life expectancy at birth in selected G20 countries and worldwide between 1960 and 2023.

Once driven by dramatic drops in early-life mortality, life expectancy gains are now losing momentum, signaling that today’s generations may never match the near-linear longevity climb of the past.

The international study was done in conjunction with researchers at the Imperial College London’s school of public health and the World Health Organization. For the study, researchers used a set of 21 ...

THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Bad news for folks hoping to become a centenarian: Average life expectancy isn’t expected to exceed 100 years anytime soon, a new study says. Life expectancy ...

Back in 1950, the global average life expectancy was just 48 years. Today, it has risen to 72.6 and is projected to climb into the high 80s by 2050. Check out this video to see the top ten countries ...

Spain has climbed back to third in OECD life expectancy after its post-pandemic recovery, driven by diet, lifestyle and ...

If Moore’s law applies to life expectancy the way it does to electronics, then we’ll have to spend and innovate exponentially ...

(CNN) — The United States is expected to make only minor gains in life expectancy over the next few decades, and this minimal improvement highlights an “alarming trajectory of health challenges” ...