In 2022, the life expectancy at birth for women born in the UK was 82.57 years, compared with 78.57 years for men. By age 65 men had a life expectancy of 18.25 years, compared with 20.76 years for women.
Life expectancy at birth in the United Kingdom in 2020/22, by age and gender
Characteristic
Males
Females
0
78.57
82.57
1
77.91
81.86
2
76.93
80.88
3
75.94
79.89
4
74.95
78.9
5
73.96
77.9
6
72.96
76.91
7
71.97
75.91
8
70.97
74.92
9
69.98
73.92
10
68.98
72.92
11
67.99
71.93
12
66.99
70.93
13
66
69.94
14
65.01
68.94
15
64.01
67.95
16
63.02
66.96
17
62.04
65.97
18
61.06
64.98
19
60.08
63.99
20
59.11
63
21
58.14
62.01
22
57.17
61.03
23
56.2
60.04
24
55.23
59.06
25
54.26
58.07
26
53.29
57.08
27
52.33
56.1
28
51.36
55.12
29
50.39
54.13
30
49.43
53.15
31
48.47
52.17
32
47.51
51.19
33
46.55
50.21
34
45.6
49.24
35
44.65
48.27
36
43.69
47.3
37
42.75
46.33
38
41.81
45.36
39
40.86
44.4
40
39.93
43.44
41
39
42.48
42
38.07
41.53
43
37.14
40.58
44
36.22
39.63
45
35.3
38.68
46
34.39
37.74
47
33.48
36.8
48
32.58
35.87
49
31.69
34.94
50
30.8
34.02
51
29.92
33.1
52
29.04
32.18
53
28.17
31.27
54
27.3
30.36
55
26.43
29.46
56
25.58
28.56
57
24.73
27.66
58
23.89
26.78
59
23.05
25.89
60
22.23
25.02
61
21.41
24.15
62
20.61
23.29
63
19.81
22.44
64
19.03
21.6
65
18.25
20.76
66
17.48
19.93
67
16.73
19.12
68
15.99
18.31
69
15.26
17.51
70
14.54
16.72
71
13.84
15.94
72
13.14
15.17
73
12.46
14.41
74
11.78
13.66
75
11.12
12.92
76
10.47
12.2
77
9.86
11.51
78
9.26
10.83
79
8.68
10.16
80
8.12
9.53
81
7.6
8.91
82
7.08
8.32
83
6.6
7.75
84
6.12
7.2
85
5.68
6.67
86
5.25
6.17
87
4.85
5.7
88
4.48
5.26
89
4.14
4.85
90
3.81
4.47
91
3.52
4.11
92
3.25
3.78
93
3
3.49
94
2.78
3.23
95
2.57
2.97
96
2.4
2.74
97
2.22
2.54
98
2.07
2.35
99
1.91
2.2
100
1.8
2.04
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