Use the menu below to view graphs comparing period and cohort expectations of life at birth and at age 65 for the United Kingdom and its constituent countries. The life expectancy statistics used to produce these graphs are based on historic mortality rates (1981 to 2006) and projected mortality rates from the 2006-based national population projections (for 2007 onwards). For further information on the 2006-based mortality assumptions please click the link.
Period and cohort expectation of life at birth, 1981-2056
Principal projection
High life expectancy variant*
Low life expectancy variant*
Period and cohort expectation of life at age 65, 1981-2056
Principal projection
High life expectancy variant*
Low life expectancy variant*
For period and cohort expectation of life tables please click the link.
* Variant projection expectations of life are not available for England & Wales and Great Britain