Use the menu below to view tables showing period and cohort expectations of life at birth and five yearly age intervals for the United Kingdom and its constituent countries. These life expectancies have been calculated using historic mortality rates and projected rates from the 2004-based national population projections.
Period expectation of life, 1981-2054
Principal projection
High life expectancy variant *
Low life expectancy variant *
Cohort expectation of life, 1981-2054†
Principal projection
High life expectancy variant *
Low life expectancy variant *
For period and cohort expectation of life graphs please click the link.
* Variant projection data is not available for England & Wales and Great Britain.
†The cohort expectation of life tables were revised on 3 January 2006 to allow for the assumed annual mortality improvement at 2103 to continue into later years. These revised tables replace those published on 20 October 2005.
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