The “UN World Population Prospects 2024” is now finally published (on 12 July 2024), including real-life data on global life expectancy for 2023 and 2024.
The great news, according to this report:
“Following the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy is rising once again [!]
Globally, life expectancy at birth reached 73.3 years in 2024 [73.17 in 2023], an increase of 8.4 years since 1995. Further reductions in mortality are projected to result in an average longevity of around 77.4 years globally in 2054.
Since 2022, life expectancy has returned to levels observed before the emergence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in nearly all countries and areas. At the height of the pandemic (during 2020 and 2021), global life expectancy at birth fell to 70.9 years, down from 72.6 in 2019.”
Thus, globally, in 2024 the life expectancy increased by 0.7 years, compared to the pre-COVID 2019: from 72.6 to 73.3!
Congratulations World! We can now all resume our progress toward decreasing mortality and increasing life expectancy, toward practical life extension for all.
Data
https://population.un.org/wpp/
Data portal (interactive)
World Population Prospects 2024: Summary of Results
https://desapublications.un.org/publications/world-population-prospects-2024-summary-results