Life expectancy at birth in United Kingdom was 80.9 years in 2012: 82.7 for women and 79.0 for men, a gap of 3.7 years. 573,444 people died; 83.9% of them were 65 or older and 0.7% children under five. The most common age at death was 85-89. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 2012

Life expectancy at birth

80.9

Women

82.7

Men

79.0

Life expectancy at 65

19.6

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

4.1

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

4.8

Deaths

573,444

Deaths per 1,000 people

9.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2012's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2012

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	3.64	4.62	82.7	79.0
1-4	0.15	0.18	82.0	78.3
5-9	0.08	0.09	78.0	74.4
10-14	0.08	0.11	73.0	69.4
15-19	0.15	0.33	68.1	64.4
20-24	0.21	0.50	63.1	59.5
25-29	0.29	0.63	58.2	54.7
30-34	0.43	0.83	53.3	49.9
35-39	0.65	1.17	48.4	45.1
40-44	1.04	1.74	43.5	40.3
45-49	1.65	2.51	38.7	35.6
50-54	2.61	3.76	34.0	31.0
55-59	4.15	6.07	29.5	26.6
60-64	6.35	9.60	25.0	22.3
65-69	9.98	15.13	20.7	18.3
70-74	16.82	25.43	16.7	14.5
75-79	29.31	42.26	12.9	11.1
80-84	54.64	74.11	9.5	8.2
85-89	101.38	132.70	6.7	5.7
90-94	183.19	225.63	4.5	3.9
95-99	302.54	353.46	3.1	2.7
100+	466.72	513.98	2.1	2.0

Mortality in United Kingdom by year

Mortality in United Kingdom, 2012

Year

Country