Life Expectancy in South Asia

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First published: Sunday November 14th, 2021

Among all South Asian countries, life expectancy has increased dramatically in the past 50 years, with especially impressive gains in Nepal and Bangladesh.

Source: World Bank

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Year	Bangladesh	India	Pakistan	Nepal	Sri Lanka
1970	46.9	47.7	52.6	40.9	64.1
1971	46.6	48.4	53.2	41.5	64.5
1972	46.5	49.1	53.7	42	64.9
1973	46.8	49.7	54.2	42.6	65.3
1974	47.4	50.4	54.6	43.2	65.7
1975	48.3	51	55	43.7	66
1976	49.4	51.6	55.4	44.3	66.5
1977	50.5	52.2	55.8	44.9	66.9
1978	51.5	52.8	56.2	45.5	67.3
1979	52.3	53.3	56.5	46.1	67.8
1980	52.9	53.8	56.9	46.7	68.2
1981	53.4	54.3	57.2	47.5	68.5
1982	53.8	54.7	57.5	48.1	68.8
1983	54.2	55.1	57.9	48.9	69
1984	54.7	55.4	58.2	49.6	69.1
1985	55.2	55.8	58.5	50.3	69.1
1986	55.8	56.2	58.9	51.1	69.1
1987	56.4	56.6	59.2	51.9	69.1
1988	57	57	59.5	52.7	69.2
1989	57.6	57.4	59.8	53.6	69.4
1990	58.2	57.9	60.1	54.4	69.5
1991	58.9	58.4	60.4	55.3	69.6
1992	59.6	58.9	60.7	56.1	69.6
1993	60.4	59.3	61	57	69.6
1994	61.2	59.8	61.2	57.8	69.4
1995	62	60.3	61.5	58.6	69.3
1996	62.8	60.8	61.8	59.4	69.2
1997	63.6	61.2	62	60.1	69.4
1998	64.2	61.7	62.3	60.9	69.8
1999	64.9	62.1	62.6	61.6	70.5
2000	65.5	62.5	62.8	62.3	71.3
2001	66	62.9	63.1	63	72.2
2002	66.4	63.3	63.3	63.6	73.1
2003	66.9	63.7	63.5	64.2	73.8
2004	67.3	64.1	63.7	64.7	74.3
2005	67.7	64.5	64	65.3	74.7
2006	68.2	64.9	64.2	65.8	74.9
2007	68.6	65.4	64.4	66.2	75
2008	69.1	65.8	64.7	66.7	75.2
2009	69.5	66.2	65	67.2	75.3
2010	69.9	66.7	65.3	67.6	75.4
2011	70.3	67.1	65.6	68	75.6
2012	70.6	67.5	65.8	68.4	75.8
2013	71	67.9	66.1	68.8	76
2014	71.2	68.3	66.4	69.2	76.1
2015	71.5	68.6	66.6	69.5	76.3
2016	71.8	68.9	66.8	69.8	76.5
2017	72.1	69.2	66.9	70.2	76.6
2018	72.3	69.4	67.1	70.5	76.8
2019	72.6	69.7	67.3	70.8	77

Level 54

Nov 15, 2021

Oh, wow! Nepal surprised me a lot! I knew it increased, but not as it's shown here.

Interesting and surprising chart! Good job!

Level 71

Nov 15, 2021

Thanks! I agree it's very crazy (and inspiring) how much of a difference has happened in the past generation in these countries. I was initially planning on focusing on just Bangladesh, but after seeing the statistics for Nepal I figured there was no way I could ignore that :)

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