Colombia · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
74.5 years2021
Unit: years. Publisher measure: Life expectancy at birth (years).
Life expectancy at birth for the country population, both sexes, under the mortality rates of the reference year.
Measurement basis: WHO modelled period life-table estimates based on sex- and age-specific mortality.
Reference-period cadence: annual.
Source update cadence: biennial. This does not establish a publication date for an individual reading.
Displayed values are rounded, with extra precision when needed to keep a positive estimate positive. Downloads retain the full numeric estimate and the publisher's original display text separately.
A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Numeric readings and uncertainty endpoints keep their own comparison signs. A number without a sign does not establish certainty or an observed outcome.
World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 22 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 2000 | 72.53854433 | 72.29390933 | 72.87247924 | — |
| Colombia | 2001 | 72.62895792 | 72.38120665 | 72.98842647 | — |
| Colombia | 2002 | 72.8310481 | 72.56790751 | 73.17260708 | — |
| Colombia | 2003 | 73.54484514 | 73.24895085 | 73.88161197 | — |
| Colombia | 2004 | 73.98320442 | 73.71151081 | 74.32406092 | — |
| Colombia | 2005 | 74.43998835 | 74.14655777 | 74.82547936 | — |
| Colombia | 2006 | 74.69666325 | 74.45706306 | 75.03050214 | — |
| Colombia | 2007 | 75.19865773 | 74.90323482 | 75.54888913 | — |
| Colombia | 2008 | 75.40888643 | 75.11356531 | 75.7310633 | — |
| Colombia | 2009 | 75.75932913 | 75.50331402 | 76.12340878 | — |
| Colombia | 2010 | 75.96054748 | 75.62052326 | 76.30919341 | — |
| Colombia | 2011 | 76.68552906 | 76.40759716 | 77.0197872 | — |
| Colombia | 2012 | 76.94484313 | 76.67053176 | 77.25489845 | — |
| Colombia | 2013 | 77.2278702 | 76.9615181 | 77.52358474 | — |
| Colombia | 2014 | 77.36559952 | 77.11692704 | 77.64257713 | — |
| Colombia | 2015 | 77.34484367 | 77.11461577 | 77.61207581 | — |
| Colombia | 2016 | 77.57662615 | 77.33302587 | 77.90705443 | — |
| Colombia | 2017 | 77.7944403 | 77.59563721 | 78.05714302 | — |
| Colombia | 2018 | 77.82372796 | 77.6508758 | 78.13392499 | — |
| Colombia | 2019 | 77.9535847 | 77.7344436 | 78.23699776 | — |
| Colombia | 2020 | 76.17457612 | 75.96516816 | 76.44571499 | — |
| Colombia | 2021 | 74.53297363 | 74.08451665 | 75.07185108 | — |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.