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Life Expectancy by Age

In the United States, a newborn boy can expect to live 75.8 years and a newborn girl 81.1 years at 2023 death rates. By 65, men have 18.1 years left on average and women 20.7 (SSA 2023 period life table, 2026 Trustees Report).

75.8 / 81.1years at birth, men / women

18.1 / 20.7years left at 65, men / women

24.1% / 34.9%chance a 65-year-old reaches 90

Source: SSA Actuarial Life Table, 2023 period table for the Social Security area population, 2026 Trustees Report. Captured 2026-10-19.

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Each page shows remaining years, median and mean age at death, odds of reaching 75 to 100, and how the figure compares with the other sex and with five years younger or older.

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Survival odds: odds of living to 80 · odds of living to 85 · odds of living to 90 · odds of living to 95 · odds of living to 100.

Life expectancy table by age and sex, 0 to 100

“Years left” is period life expectancy e(x). “Death within 1 year” is q(x). “Survivors” is l(x), the number of 100,000 newborns still alive at that age. Click a column heading to sort.

Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary. Actuarial Life Table: 2023 period life table for the Social Security area population, as used in the 2026 Trustees Report. Ages 101 to 119 are in the SSA source table.
Age	Men: years left	Men: expected age at death	Men: death within 1 year	Men: survivors	Women: years left	Women: expected age at death	Women: death within 1 year	Women: survivors
0	75.8	75.8	0.602%	100,000	81.1	81.1	0.513%	100,000
1	75.3	76.3	0.048%	99,399	80.5	81.5	0.039%	99,487
2	74.3	76.3	0.032%	99,351	79.5	81.5	0.023%	99,448
3	73.3	76.3	0.025%	99,319	78.5	81.5	0.019%	99,426
4	72.3	76.3	0.019%	99,294	77.5	81.5	0.015%	99,407
5	71.3	76.3	0.016%	99,275	76.5	81.5	0.013%	99,392
6	70.3	76.3	0.014%	99,259	75.6	81.6	0.011%	99,378
7	69.4	76.4	0.013%	99,246	74.6	81.6	0.011%	99,367
8	68.4	76.4	0.012%	99,233	73.6	81.6	0.010%	99,357
9	67.4	76.4	0.012%	99,221	72.6	81.6	0.010%	99,347
10	66.4	76.4	0.013%	99,210	71.6	81.6	0.010%	99,337
11	65.4	76.4	0.014%	99,197	70.6	81.6	0.011%	99,327
12	64.4	76.4	0.017%	99,183	69.6	81.6	0.013%	99,316
13	63.4	76.4	0.023%	99,166	68.6	81.6	0.015%	99,303
14	62.4	76.4	0.033%	99,143	67.6	81.6	0.019%	99,288
15	61.5	76.5	0.046%	99,111	66.6	81.6	0.023%	99,270
16	60.5	76.5	0.063%	99,065	65.7	81.7	0.027%	99,247
17	59.5	76.5	0.082%	99,002	64.7	81.7	0.032%	99,220
18	58.6	76.6	0.100%	98,921	63.7	81.7	0.037%	99,188
19	57.6	76.6	0.114%	98,822	62.7	81.7	0.041%	99,151
20	56.7	76.7	0.123%	98,709	61.7	81.7	0.044%	99,110
21	55.8	76.8	0.132%	98,588	60.8	81.8	0.048%	99,066
22	54.8	76.8	0.138%	98,458	59.8	81.8	0.051%	99,019
23	53.9	76.9	0.144%	98,322	58.8	81.8	0.055%	98,968
24	53.0	77.0	0.151%	98,181	57.9	81.9	0.058%	98,914
25	52.1	77.1	0.160%	98,033	56.9	81.9	0.061%	98,857
26	51.1	77.1	0.169%	97,876	55.9	81.9	0.064%	98,797
27	50.2	77.2	0.178%	97,711	55.0	82.0	0.068%	98,733
28	49.3	77.3	0.188%	97,537	54.0	82.0	0.074%	98,666
29	48.4	77.4	0.197%	97,354	53.0	82.0	0.081%	98,593
30	47.5	77.5	0.209%	97,162	52.1	82.1	0.088%	98,513
31	46.6	77.6	0.220%	96,960	51.1	82.1	0.095%	98,427
32	45.7	77.7	0.231%	96,746	50.2	82.2	0.102%	98,333
33	44.8	77.8	0.241%	96,523	49.2	82.2	0.109%	98,233
34	43.9	77.9	0.249%	96,291	48.3	82.3	0.115%	98,126
35	43.0	78.0	0.258%	96,051	47.3	82.3	0.121%	98,013
36	42.1	78.1	0.266%	95,803	46.4	82.4	0.126%	97,895
37	41.2	78.2	0.276%	95,548	45.5	82.5	0.135%	97,771
38	40.4	78.4	0.286%	95,284	44.5	82.5	0.144%	97,639
39	39.5	78.5	0.299%	95,011	43.6	82.6	0.153%	97,499
40	38.6	78.6	0.311%	94,727	42.6	82.6	0.164%	97,350
41	37.7	78.7	0.325%	94,432	41.7	82.7	0.174%	97,190
42	36.8	78.8	0.342%	94,125	40.8	82.8	0.184%	97,020
43	36.0	79.0	0.360%	93,803	39.9	82.9	0.195%	96,841
44	35.1	79.1	0.378%	93,465	38.9	82.9	0.207%	96,652
45	34.2	79.2	0.393%	93,112	38.0	83.0	0.219%	96,452
46	33.3	79.3	0.407%	92,746	37.1	83.1	0.231%	96,241
47	32.5	79.5	0.424%	92,369	36.2	83.2	0.244%	96,019
48	31.6	79.6	0.448%	91,977	35.3	83.3	0.260%	95,785
49	30.8	79.8	0.479%	91,565	34.4	83.4	0.279%	95,536
50	29.9	79.9	0.513%	91,126	33.5	83.5	0.303%	95,269
51	29.1	80.0	0.550%	90,659	32.5	83.5	0.329%	94,981
52	28.2	80.2	0.592%	90,160	31.7	83.7	0.355%	94,668
53	27.4	80.4	0.640%	89,627	30.8	83.8	0.385%	94,332
54	26.6	80.5	0.692%	89,053	29.9	83.9	0.417%	93,969
55	25.7	80.7	0.749%	88,436	29.0	84.0	0.453%	93,577
56	24.9	80.9	0.817%	87,774	28.1	84.1	0.492%	93,153
57	24.1	81.1	0.894%	87,056	27.3	84.3	0.536%	92,694
58	23.3	81.3	0.971%	86,278	26.4	84.4	0.582%	92,197
59	22.6	81.6	1.049%	85,440	25.6	84.6	0.633%	91,661
60	21.8	81.8	1.134%	84,544	24.7	84.7	0.692%	91,080
61	21.0	82.0	1.223%	83,585	23.9	84.9	0.756%	90,450
62	20.3	82.3	1.320%	82,563	23.1	85.1	0.822%	89,767
63	19.6	82.6	1.423%	81,473	22.3	85.3	0.888%	89,029
64	18.8	82.8	1.532%	80,314	21.5	85.5	0.951%	88,238
65	18.1	83.1	1.646%	79,084	20.7	85.7	1.019%	87,399
66	17.4	83.4	1.757%	77,783	19.9	85.9	1.088%	86,508
67	16.7	83.7	1.874%	76,416	19.1	86.1	1.166%	85,567
68	16.0	84.0	1.998%	74,984	18.3	86.3	1.254%	84,569
69	15.3	84.3	2.137%	73,486	17.5	86.5	1.358%	83,509
70	14.7	84.7	2.290%	71,916	16.8	86.8	1.477%	82,374
71	14.0	85.0	2.462%	70,269	16.0	87.0	1.615%	81,158
72	13.3	85.3	2.650%	68,539	15.3	87.3	1.770%	79,847
73	12.7	85.7	2.865%	66,722	14.5	87.5	1.949%	78,433
74	12.1	86.0	3.107%	64,811	13.8	87.8	2.153%	76,904
75	11.4	86.4	3.380%	62,797	13.1	88.1	2.385%	75,248
76	10.8	86.8	3.701%	60,675	12.4	88.4	2.646%	73,454
77	10.2	87.2	4.116%	58,429	11.7	88.7	2.970%	71,510
78	9.6	87.6	4.546%	56,024	11.1	89.1	3.313%	69,387
79	9.0	88.0	5.035%	53,477	10.4	89.4	3.698%	67,087
80	8.5	88.5	5.563%	50,785	9.8	89.8	4.118%	64,606
81	8.0	89.0	6.176%	47,960	9.2	90.2	4.596%	61,946
82	7.5	89.5	6.836%	44,998	8.6	90.6	5.128%	59,099
83	7.0	90.0	7.542%	41,922	8.1	91.1	5.726%	56,068
84	6.5	90.5	8.336%	38,760	7.5	91.5	6.411%	52,857
85	6.0	91.0	9.268%	35,529	7.0	92.0	7.175%	49,469
86	5.6	91.6	10.346%	32,236	6.5	92.5	8.049%	45,919
87	5.2	92.2	11.550%	28,901	6.0	93.0	9.057%	42,223
88	4.8	92.8	12.902%	25,563	5.6	93.6	10.220%	38,399
89	4.5	93.5	14.381%	22,265	5.2	94.2	11.518%	34,475
90	4.1	94.1	15.946%	19,063	4.8	94.8	12.918%	30,504
91	3.8	94.8	17.655%	16,023	4.4	95.4	14.423%	26,564
92	3.5	95.5	19.536%	13,194	4.1	96.1	16.035%	22,732
93	3.2	96.2	21.629%	10,617	3.8	96.8	17.764%	19,087
94	3.0	97.0	23.880%	8,320	3.5	97.5	19.650%	15,697
95	2.8	97.8	26.227%	6,333	3.2	98.2	21.685%	12,612
96	2.6	98.6	28.629%	4,672	3.0	99.0	23.875%	9,877
97	2.4	99.4	31.094%	3,335	2.8	99.8	26.136%	7,519
98	2.3	100.3	33.233%	2,298	2.6	100.6	28.390%	5,554
99	2.1	101.2	34.904%	1,534	2.4	101.4	30.649%	3,977
100	2.0	102.0	36.657%	999	2.2	102.2	32.968%	2,758

Period vs cohort life expectancy

Period life expectancy is the number in this table. It answers: if the death rates of 2023 stayed fixed forever, how many more years would a person of this age live on average? It is a snapshot of current mortality, which makes it easy to compare across years and countries.

Cohort life expectancy follows a real generation, for example everyone born in 1960, and uses the death rates that generation actually experienced or is projected to experience as it ages. When mortality improves over time, cohort figures are higher than period figures, because people benefit from medical and social progress during their lifetimes.

That is why the same person can see different numbers in different places. Period values are the right choice for comparing ages and sexes on one footing, as this page does. Cohort projections are used for long-range planning, such as pensions. Neither is a personal forecast.

Why expected age at death rises with age

A newborn boy's expected age at death is 75.8, but a 65-year-old man's is 83.1 and a 90-year-old man's is 94.1. Each birthday you pass removes the risk of dying before it, so the remaining average is computed only over survivors.

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Curious whether your habits make your body older or younger than your calendar age? Try the biological age calculator. To see how US life expectancy differs by household income, use the life expectancy by income calculator. For every state ranked, see life expectancy by US state.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average life expectancy in the US by age?

At birth, the SSA 2023 period life table gives 75.8 years for males and 81.1 for females. At 65, men have 18.1 years left on average and women 20.7. At 80, the figures are 8.5 and 9.8.

What is the difference between period and cohort life expectancy?

Period life expectancy applies one year's death rates (here 2023) to a person's whole remaining life. Cohort life expectancy follows people born in the same year and uses the death rates they are projected to face as they age, so if mortality keeps improving it is usually higher than the period figure.

Why does expected age at death rise as you get older?

Because survivors have already avoided the risks that ended other lives. A newborn boy's expected age at death is 75.8, but a 65-year-old man's is 83.1 and an 85-year-old man's is 91.0.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the Social Security Administration's Actuarial Life Table (2023 period table, used in the 2026 Trustees Report), which covers the Social Security area population. The table is a US federal work in the public domain.

Sources and method

Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary. Actuarial Life Table: 2023 period life table for the Social Security area population, as used in the 2026 Trustees Report. www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html

Remaining life expectancy e(x) and survivors l(x) are taken directly from the SSA table (captured 2026-10-19). Survival odds are computed as l(target age) ÷ l(current age). Median ages are interpolated linearly between whole years of the l(x) column. See our methodology for how the personalised calculator builds on these baselines.

Last reviewed: October 19, 2026 · By the Lifespan Check editorial team · Data: SSA 2023 period life table, 2026 Trustees Report

Educational estimate, not medical advice. These figures are population averages from a US period life table. They describe groups, not individuals, and do not account for your health, habits or family history. Talk to a doctor about your own health. See our medical disclaimer.