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

When we look at life expectancy at birth, we are looking at the fundamental horizon of human experience. How many years a newborn could expect to live, given the mortality of the time and place, shapes every choice, loss, and milestone in a society. For Philippines, the story across three centuries is below — every value is a statistical fact about the lives actually lived there.

The historical arc reveals a slow beginning followed by profound change. In the 1800s estimate it stood at 28.48 years, inching upward through the 1810s estimate at 28.65, the 1820s estimate at 28.83, the 1830s estimate at 29.01, the 1840s estimate at 29.18, the 1850s estimate at 29.36, the 1860s estimate at 29.53, the 1870s estimate at 29.71, the 1880s estimate at 29.89, and the 1890s estimate at 30.06. By 1900 it was 30.24 years, and in the 1900s estimate it was 30.24. Momentum gathered through the decades: the 1910s estimate at 32.91, the 1920s estimate at 35.58, the 1930s estimate at 38.25, the 1940s estimate at 40.92, the 1950s at 43.59, the 1960s at 49.9, the 1970s at 56.22, the 1980s at 62.53, the 1990s at 65.18, the 2000s at 67.83, and the 2010s at 69.97.

In the 2020s, life expectancy at birth in Philippines stands at 72.1 years — ranking #107 of 157 countries. Looking ahead, the trajectory continues upward through the 2030s projection at 73.3, the 2040s projection at 74.5, the 2050s projection at 75.7, the 2060s projection at 76.9, the 2070s projection at 78.1, the 2080s projection at 79.3, the 2090s projection at 80.5, and the 2100s projection at 81.7. Where do YOU rank among everyone ever born? →