Longer lives
Life expectancy at birth in Gapminder's four world regions, 1950 to 2019.
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Credits
Source: Based on free material from Gapminder, life expectancy at birth v15 (5 April 2026), regional averages weighted by population; CC BY 4.0.
Source: the chart’s Gapminder data, at one decimal.
Photograph: Loume Visser, Unsplash photo and credit.