Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 56.8 | 68.2 | 72.3 | 74.1 | 75.7 | 75.9 | 76.2 | 76.5 | 76.7 | 77.0 | 77.2 | 77.2 | 77.7 | 77.9 | 78.0 | 78.1 | 78.2 | 78.0 |
| Russian Federation | 68.1 | 68.9 | 65.5 | 65.5 | 68.8 | 69.7 | 70.1 | 70.6 | 70.7 | 71.2 | 71.7 | 72.5 | 72.7 | 73.1 | 71.3 | 69.9 | 72.5 | 73.3 |
| Brazil | 57.3 | 65.9 | 69.6 | 71.8 | 73.8 | 74.0 | 74.3 | 74.6 | 74.8 | 75.1 | 75.1 | 75.4 | 75.6 | 75.8 | 74.5 | 73.0 | 74.9 | 75.8 |
| India | 48.6 | 58.6 | 62.7 | 64.9 | 67.2 | 67.6 | 68.1 | 68.5 | 68.9 | 69.3 | 69.7 | 70.1 | 70.4 | 70.7 | 70.2 | 67.3 | 71.7 | 72.0 |
| South Africa | 55.7 | 62.9 | 58.4 | 53.9 | 58.9 | 60.6 | 61.7 | 62.4 | 63.2 | 64.1 | 64.7 | 65.4 | 65.7 | 66.1 | 65.2 | 62.0 | 65.5 | 66.1 |