Denmark · Life Expectancy at Birth (WHO)
81.2 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 2000 | 76.93482299 | 76.91275835 | 77.02269495 | — |
| Denmark | 2001 | 77.04219494 | 77.01839201 | 77.13149441 | — |
| Denmark | 2002 | 77.0288458 | 77.00495156 | 77.12224098 | — |
| Denmark | 2003 | 77.31785032 | 77.28438762 | 77.40856817 | — |
| Denmark | 2004 | 77.68985024 | 77.67162853 | 77.78002507 | — |
| Denmark | 2005 | 78.13130379 | 78.1090938 | 78.23031971 | — |
| Denmark | 2006 | 78.19096238 | 78.17997536 | 78.27821653 | — |
| Denmark | 2007 | 78.29892667 | 78.28547519 | 78.38139107 | — |
| Denmark | 2008 | 78.63896492 | 78.61348804 | 78.73171915 | — |
| Denmark | 2009 | 78.87762743 | 78.8610092 | 78.96149418 | — |
| Denmark | 2010 | 79.16903741 | 79.15179368 | 79.2628241 | — |
| Denmark | 2011 | 79.68812406 | 79.67466309 | 79.77104498 | — |
| Denmark | 2012 | 79.96581949 | 79.93746603 | 80.0642871 | — |
| Denmark | 2013 | 80.1645831 | 80.14262375 | 80.25635595 | — |
| Denmark | 2014 | 80.51401409 | 80.49407153 | 80.6012257 | — |
| Denmark | 2015 | 80.59412958 | 80.57892759 | 80.68538831 | — |
| Denmark | 2016 | 80.71406105 | 80.69139495 | 80.80328882 | — |
| Denmark | 2017 | 80.94104357 | 80.92225247 | 81.03015155 | — |
| Denmark | 2018 | 80.82345271 | 80.79802014 | 80.90968047 | — |
| Denmark | 2019 | 81.27895276 | 81.24820208 | 81.3793289 | — |
| Denmark | 2020 | 81.36821984 | 81.34074317 | 81.46173902 | — |
| Denmark | 2021 | 81.18400442 | 81.14951508 | 81.28273017 | — |
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.