Global life expectancy returned in 2023 to levels seen before the Covid-19 pandemic, rising to 76.3 years for women and 71.5 years for men, according to Global Burden of Disease, a long-running study ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Key Takeaways Average life expectancy in the year 1800 was no older than 40 years globally, but longer for those who survived childhood.Modern life expectancies of around ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the average life expectancy was 75.8 years for males, 81.1 years for females, and the average for both sexes is 78.4 years in 2023. 1 ...

Using the statistics from the WHO, the gap between lifespan and health span is nearly 9.5 years worldwide and 12.5 years in the U.S. as of 2021. In other words, the world gained years of life faster ...

An American born in 2024 can expect to live to be 79, on average. But people in other wealthy countries can expect to live longer.