Life Expectancy at Birth in Bangladesh: 1800 to Today (and Tomorrow)

Life expectancy at birth measures how many years a newborn could expect to live, given the mortality of the time and place. For Bangladesh, every value is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there. Behind these figures lie generations of families experiencing the profound reality of human survival across centuries, tracing an arc from the distant past through the modern era and into the horizon of future decades.

The historical trajectory unfolds decade by decade across three centuries. In the 1800s estimate it stood at 25.3 years, moving slowly through the 1810s estimate at 25.21, the 1820s estimate at 25.12, the 1830s estimate at 25.03, the 1840s estimate at 24.94, the 1850s estimate at 24.85, the 1860s estimate at 24.76, the 1870s estimate at 24.67, the 1880s estimate at 24.58, the 1890s estimate at 24.49, and the 1900s estimate at 24.4. From there, the numbers rose through the 1910s estimate at 26.87, the 1920s estimate at 29.34, the 1930s estimate at 31.81, the 1940s estimate at 34.28, the 1950s at 36.75, the 1960s at 42.96, the 1970s at 49.16, the 1980s at 55.37, the 1990s at 59.61, the 2000s at 63.85, and the 2010s at 68.12.

In the 2020s, life expectancy at birth in Bangladesh stands at 72.4 years — ranking #106 of 157 countries (Source: UN WPP / World Bank / Gapminder, compiled by MYRIAD). Looking forward, projections anticipate continued growth through the 2030s projection at 73.6, the 2040s projection at 74.8, the 2050s projection at 76, the 2060s projection at 77.2, the 2070s projection at 78.4, the 2080s projection at 79.6, the 2090s projection at 80.8, and the 2100s projection at 82. For comparison, in 1900 it was 24.4 years.

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