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China vs Germany: Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Side-by-side comparison from World Bank Open Data.

In , China's Life expectancy at birth, total (years) was 78.02, compared to Germany's 80.79. That makes China's value 3.4% lower than Germany's.

China

Rank #70 of 217 globally

China trend
Latest (2024)
78.02
Year-over-year
+0.1%
10-year change
+1.7%
Peak
78.20 (2022)
Trough
74.09 (2005)

Germany

Rank #48 of 217 globally

Germany trend
Latest (2024)
80.79
Year-over-year
-0.3%
10-year change
-0.4%
Peak
81.29 (2019)
Trough
78.93 (2005)

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Source: World Bank Open Data (SP.DYN.LE00.IN), CC BY 4.0.