Remaining Life Expectancy by Age (US Life Table 2024)
A newborn in the US has a life expectancy of 79.0 years on the 2024 table, 76.5 for a boy and 81.4 for a girl. A 40-year-old has 41.0 years left on average, a 65-year-old 19.7 and an 85-year-old 6.7.
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Life expectancy chart by age
The solid line is women and the dashed line men. At birth women are 4.9 years ahead, at 65 they are 2.5 ahead and at 85 only 0.9.
How many people reach each age
Out of 100,000 babies on the 2024 table, 98,027 are still alive at 30 and 84,133 at 65. At 85 the count is 43,776, and at 100 it is 2,116. Girls do better at every step: 50,535 of them reach 85, against 37,049 boys.
Years left at each age
Ages 46 to 100 link to their own page with the median age, the odds of reaching 90 and 100, and a survival curve.
| Age | Male | Female | Everyone |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 76.5 | 81.4 | 79.0 |
| 1 | 76.0 | 80.9 | 78.4 |
| 2 | 75.0 | 79.9 | 77.4 |
| 3 | 74.0 | 78.9 | 76.5 |
| 4 | 73.1 | 77.9 | 75.5 |
| 5 | 72.1 | 76.9 | 74.5 |
| 6 | 71.1 | 75.9 | 73.5 |
| 7 | 70.1 | 75.0 | 72.5 |
| 8 | 69.1 | 74.0 | 71.5 |
| 9 | 68.1 | 73.0 | 70.5 |
| 10 | 67.1 | 72.0 | 69.5 |
| 11 | 66.1 | 71.0 | 68.5 |
| 12 | 65.1 | 70.0 | 67.5 |
| 13 | 64.1 | 69.0 | 66.6 |
| 14 | 63.2 | 68.0 | 65.6 |
| 15 | 62.2 | 67.0 | 64.6 |
| 16 | 61.2 | 66.0 | 63.6 |
| 17 | 60.2 | 65.1 | 62.6 |
| 18 | 59.3 | 64.1 | 61.7 |
| 19 | 58.3 | 63.1 | 60.7 |
| 20 | 57.4 | 62.1 | 59.7 |
| 21 | 56.4 | 61.1 | 58.8 |
| 22 | 55.5 | 60.2 | 57.8 |
| 23 | 54.6 | 59.2 | 56.9 |
| 24 | 53.6 | 58.2 | 55.9 |
| 25 | 52.7 | 57.3 | 55.0 |
| 26 | 51.8 | 56.3 | 54.0 |
| 27 | 50.9 | 55.3 | 53.1 |
| 28 | 49.9 | 54.3 | 52.1 |
| 29 | 49.0 | 53.4 | 51.2 |
| 30 | 48.1 | 52.4 | 50.3 |
| 31 | 47.2 | 51.5 | 49.3 |
| 32 | 46.3 | 50.5 | 48.4 |
| 33 | 45.3 | 49.5 | 47.5 |
| 34 | 44.4 | 48.6 | 46.5 |
| 35 | 43.5 | 47.6 | 45.6 |
| 36 | 42.6 | 46.7 | 44.7 |
| 37 | 41.7 | 45.7 | 43.8 |
| 38 | 40.8 | 44.8 | 42.8 |
| 39 | 39.9 | 43.9 | 41.9 |
| 40 | 39.0 | 42.9 | 41.0 |
| 41 | 38.2 | 42.0 | 40.1 |
| 42 | 37.3 | 41.1 | 39.2 |
| 43 | 36.4 | 40.1 | 38.3 |
| 44 | 35.5 | 39.2 | 37.4 |
| 45 | 34.6 | 38.3 | 36.5 |
| 46 | 33.7 | 37.3 | 35.6 |
| 47 | 32.9 | 36.4 | 34.7 |
| 48 | 32.0 | 35.5 | 33.8 |
| 49 | 31.1 | 34.6 | 32.9 |
| 50 | 30.3 | 33.7 | 32.0 |
| 51 | 29.4 | 32.8 | 31.1 |
| 52 | 28.6 | 31.9 | 30.3 |
| 53 | 27.7 | 31.0 | 29.4 |
| 54 | 26.9 | 30.1 | 28.5 |
| 55 | 26.1 | 29.2 | 27.7 |
| 56 | 25.2 | 28.4 | 26.8 |
| 57 | 24.4 | 27.5 | 26.0 |
| 58 | 23.6 | 26.6 | 25.2 |
| 59 | 22.8 | 25.8 | 24.4 |
| 60 | 22.1 | 24.9 | 23.6 |
| 61 | 21.3 | 24.1 | 22.8 |
| 62 | 20.6 | 23.3 | 22.0 |
| 63 | 19.8 | 22.4 | 21.2 |
| 64 | 19.1 | 21.6 | 20.4 |
| 65 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 19.7 |
| 66 | 17.6 | 20.0 | 18.9 |
| 67 | 16.9 | 19.2 | 18.2 |
| 68 | 16.2 | 18.5 | 17.4 |
| 69 | 15.6 | 17.7 | 16.7 |
| 70 | 14.9 | 16.9 | 16.0 |
| 71 | 14.2 | 16.2 | 15.3 |
| 72 | 13.5 | 15.4 | 14.6 |
| 73 | 12.9 | 14.7 | 13.9 |
| 74 | 12.2 | 14.0 | 13.2 |
| 75 | 11.6 | 13.2 | 12.5 |
| 76 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 11.8 |
| 77 | 10.4 | 11.9 | 11.2 |
| 78 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 10.6 |
| 79 | 9.2 | 10.5 | 10.0 |
| 80 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 9.4 |
| 81 | 8.1 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| 82 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| 83 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 7.7 |
| 84 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| 85 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| 86 | 5.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 |
| 87 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| 88 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 89 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| 90 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 4.6 |
| 91 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 |
| 92 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.0 |
| 93 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 |
| 94 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 95 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| 96 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
| 97 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 |
| 98 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.5 |
| 99 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
| 100 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
Source: CDC NCHS, United States Life Tables, 2024, Tables 1–3 (period life tables). Averages for the whole US population, not a prediction for one person.
Questions
What is the life expectancy of a 65-year-old man?
18.4 more years on the 2024 US table, to about 83.4. A 65-year-old woman has 20.8 years left, to about 85.8.
What is the life expectancy of a 70-year-old woman?
16.9 years, so about 86.9 on average. Half of women that age live past 87.5.
Why is the age reached higher for older people?
A newborn is expected to reach 79.0, but a 65-year-old 84.7. Anyone who is 65 has already come through the risks of the years before.