Countries Where People Live the Shortest 1950-2100

In this video, we track where people live the shortest from 1950 to 2100.

Life expectancy at birth (in years) reflects how long people are expected to live, based on current mortality patterns. This chart highlights countries with the lowest life expectancy, showing how rankings change over time and how gaps persist or narrow across decades. The timeline includes both historical data and future projections.

Periods of very low life expectancy often reflect broader conditions rather than individual lifespans. Factors such as high infant and child mortality, limited access to healthcare, infectious disease outbreaks, conflict, famine, and economic instability can all sharply lower average life expectancy, especially in earlier decades.

Data source:
United Nations and other public datasets

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