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Your years ahead

Choose an age, sex and country to see what published WHO life tables say about the years ahead for people in that group — expected remaining years, and the chance of reaching later ages. These are population statistics, not a prediction of how long you personally will live.

0–85. Published tables end at the 85+ band.

Your years ahead

38.8further years, on average

United States of Americaall peopleWHO age band 40–44

This is the expected further years for all people in the 40–44 age band in United States of America, from the published WHO life table. It describes a population, not you.

Survival from here

The share of people in this population still alive at each later age band, starting from 100% at your current band.

0%50%100%Age 40: 100%Age 45: 98%Age 50: 96%Age 55: 93%Age 60: 89%Age 65: 84%Age 70: 77%Age 75: 67%Age 80: 55%Age 85: 39%Your band405060708085
Share of all people in United States of America surviving from the 40–44 age band to each later age.
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  • Age 40: 100%
  • Age 45: 98%
  • Age 50: 96%
  • Age 55: 93%
  • Age 60: 89%
  • Age 65: 84%
  • Age 70: 77%
  • Age 75: 67%
  • Age 80: 55%
  • Age 85: 39%

Chance of reaching each age

Calculated from the ratio of published survivor counts, for someone alive at the start of the 40–44 band.

  • Age 65

    84%

  • Age 70

    77%

  • Age 75

    67%

  • Age 80

    55%

  • Age 85

    39%

WHO's abridged life tables end at the 85+ band, so survival to 90 or 100 cannot be derived from this source and is not shown.

How does this compare?

Having already reached the 40–44 band means the risk of dying earlier has been survived — so the expected total age here sits above the life expectancy quoted at birth for the same population.

  • Expected total age from the 40–44 band

    78.8

    40 years already lived + 38.8 further years

  • Life expectancy at birth, United States of America

    76.4

    The figure usually quoted for all people in this country.

  • Highest published, Japan

    84.5

    Life expectancy at birth, the top country in this dataset.

  • Healthy years at birth, United States of America

    63.9

    How much of that span WHO counts as lived in full health.

How to read this result

A population statistic

The average experience of everyone of this age, sex and country under one year's death rates. Remaining life expectancy is the expected further years for people who have already reached this age band, and each survival probability is a ratio of two published survivor counts.

An individual prediction

Your own health, circumstances and future medical progress are not in the calculation. Nothing here estimates when a particular person will die, and it is not designed to.

WHO publishes abridged life tables in five-year bands ending at 85 and over, which is why a chosen age is shown as its official band and survival to 90 or 100 is marked unavailable rather than estimated.
Where the number comes from

  1. Observed deaths

    Recorded death rates by age group and sex.

  2. Life table

    Rates converted into survivors and person-years.

  3. Published figures

    Expected remaining years and survivor counts.

  4. This page

    Those published values, shown unchanged.

No step between the source and the screen adds an estimate of its own.

Source, data year and method

WHO Global Health Observatory — life tables by country · 2021 data · abridged life tables, five-year bands to 85+ · retrieved 2026-09-09

WHO abridged life tables. Ages are grouped in five-year bands up to 85+, so a selected age is mapped to its official band. Survival to a milestone age is the ratio of official lx values and is not interpolated.

  • LIFE_0000000031 (lx) — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/LIFE_0000000031
  • LIFE_0000000035 (ex) — https://ghoapi.azureedge.net/api/LIFE_0000000035
  • The published table ends at the 85+ band, so survival to ages 90 and 100 cannot be derived from this source.

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