List of Chinese administrative divisions by life expectancy

China at the 1st level of administrative division is divided to 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 direct-administered municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions (plus 1 claimed province).

According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in China was 77.95 years (75.20 for male, 80.93 for female). This is 0.25 years less than it was in 2022.[1]

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023 is exactly the same: 77.95 years total (75.20 for male, 80.93 for female).[2]

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in China was 77.31 years (74.58 years for male and 80.36 years for female).
And healthy life expectancy was 68.45 years (66.99 years for male and 70.08 years for female).[3]

Life expectancy in China is several years lower than in neighboring South Korea, Japan and Singapore, but several years higher than in Vietnam, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Russia and India.[1][2]

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

Main article: List of Asian regions by life expectancy

This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.) in order of their life expectancy in 2019–2022, including all provinces and autonomous regions, but not including special administrative regions.[4]

Life Expectancy by Chinese Administrative Division in 2019.
  85.0 and Over
  82.0-84.99
  79.0-81.99
  76.0-78.99
  73.0-75.99
  70.0-72.99
  69.99 and Below
region 2019 2019
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2019
→2022
overall male female F Δ M overall overall male female F Δ M
China on average 77.97 75.30 80.82 5.52 0.24 78.21 0.38 78.59 75.96 81.34 5.38 0.62
Shanghai 82.38 80.11 84.68 4.57 0.17 82.55 0.40 82.95 80.75 85.14 4.39 0.57
Beijing 82.32 80.16 84.43 4.27 0.17 82.49 0.40 82.89 80.79 84.89 4.10 0.57
Tianjin 81.11 79.07 83.16 4.09 0.19 81.30 0.39 81.69 79.67 83.66 3.99 0.58
Zhejiang 80.00 77.78 82.39 4.61 0.19 80.19 0.38 80.57 78.44 82.84 4.40 0.57
Jiangsu 79.11 76.72 81.57 4.85 0.21 79.32 0.38 79.70 77.36 82.09 4.73 0.59
Guangdong 79.08 76.42 81.98 5.56 0.23 79.31 0.38 79.69 77.09 82.48 5.39 0.61
Shandong 78.96 76.16 81.85 5.69 0.22 79.18 0.38 79.56 76.80 82.37 5.57 0.60
Hainan 78.83 75.51 82.60 7.09 0.22 79.05 0.38 79.43 76.17 83.10 6.93 0.60
Liaoning 78.50 75.72 81.32 5.60 0.18 78.68 0.38 79.06 76.30 81.80 5.50 0.56
Chongqing 78.33 75.54 81.38 5.84 0.23 78.56 0.38 78.94 76.20 81.90 5.70 0.61
Fujian 78.27 75.50 81.31 5.81 0.22 78.49 0.38 78.87 76.15 81.81 5.66 0.60
Jilin 78.24 75.42 81.15 5.73 0.17 78.41 0.38 78.79 75.96 81.66 5.70 0.55
Heilongjiang 78.08 75.10 81.21 6.11 0.17 78.25 0.38 78.63 75.67 81.68 6.01 0.55
Guangxi 77.82 74.30 81.73 7.43 0.24 78.06 0.37 78.43 74.97 82.24 7.27 0.61
Hubei 77.74 75.37 80.26 4.89 0.26 78.00 0.37 78.37 76.07 80.78 4.71 0.63
Anhui 77.73 75.18 80.48 5.30 0.23 77.96 0.37 78.33 75.86 80.97 5.11 0.60
Shanxi 77.66 75.31 80.20 4.89 0.25 77.91 0.37 78.28 75.98 80.72 4.74 0.62
Hunan 77.62 75.00 80.47 5.47 0.26 77.88 0.37 78.25 75.70 81.00 5.30 0.63
Shaanxi 77.54 75.26 79.94 4.68 0.26 77.80 0.37 78.17 75.93 80.49 4.56 0.63
Sichuan 77.54 74.68 80.64 5.96 0.25 77.79 0.37 78.16 75.34 81.18 5.84 0.62
Hebei 77.53 74.90 80.26 5.36 0.22 77.75 0.37 78.12 75.53 80.77 5.24 0.59
Jiangxi 77.36 74.71 80.22 5.51 0.28 77.64 0.37 78.01 75.41 80.77 5.36 0.65
Henan 77.35 74.26 80.56 6.30 0.25 77.60 0.37 77.97 74.92 81.09 6.17 0.62
Inner Mongolia 77.30 74.63 80.18 5.55 0.26 77.56 0.37 77.93 75.31 80.70 5.39 0.63
Ningxia 76.31 74.48 78.18 3.70 0.27 76.58 0.37 76.95 75.22 78.65 3.43 0.64
Xinjiang 75.37 73.27 77.63 4.36 0.28 75.65 0.36 76.01 73.99 78.14 4.15 0.64
Gansu 75.35 73.28 77.52 4.24 0.29 75.64 0.36 76.00 73.97 78.10 4.13 0.65
Guizhou 74.84 71.67 78.29 6.62 0.36 75.20 0.36 75.56 72.41 78.96 6.55 0.72
Yunnan 73.62 70.54 77.08 6.54 0.40 74.02 0.36 74.38 71.30 77.79 6.49 0.76
Qinghai 73.61 71.31 76.04 4.73 0.35 73.96 0.35 74.31 72.04 76.67 4.63 0.70
Tibet 71.84 69.83 74.32 4.49 0.35 72.19 0.35 72.54 70.58 74.99 4.41 0.70


Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2019)

Life expectancy in Chinese regions in 2019 according to an article in the journal CCDC Weekly published by CCDC:[5]

Life expectancy in Chinese regions in 2019[5]
region overall male female sex gap
China 77.6 74.7 80.7 6.0
Shanghai 82.7 80.3 85.0 4.7
Beijing 82.7 79.6 85.9 6.3
Zhejiang 81.5 78.8 84.5 5.7
Guangdong 81.1 77.8 84.7 6.9
Jiangsu 80.8 77.9 83.8 5.9
Fujian 79.7 76.6 83.1 6.5
Tianjin 79.5 76.8 82.7 5.9
Shandong 78.7 75.7 81.9 6.2
Anhui 78.0 75.3 81.1 5.8
Jiangxi 77.6 74.8 80.6 5.8
Hubei 77.5 75.0 80.3 5.3
Henan 77.5 74.4 80.7 6.3
Liaoning 77.2 73.8 81.0 7.2
Jilin 77.1 75.8 78.4 2.6
Hainan 77.0 74.6 79.7 5.1
Shaanxi 76.7 74.4 79.4 5.0
Hunan 76.6 73.6 80.1 6.5
Chongqing 76.5 73.8 79.5 5.7
Shanxi 76.4 73.9 79.3 5.4
Inner Mongolia 76.3 73.5 79.7 6.2
Gansu 76.1 73.6 78.9 5.3
Guangxi 76.1 72.6 80.2 7.6
Ningxia 75.9 73.4 78.6 5.2
Hebei 75.7 72.6 79.1 6.5
Heilongjiang 75.5 72.5 79.0 6.5
Sichuan 75.5 72.5 79.0 6.5
Guizhou 74.8 72.1 77.8 5.7
Yunnan 74.2 71.1 77.9 6.8
Qinghai 72.1 70.1 74.4 4.3
Xinjiang 71.9 70.0 74.2 4.2
Tibet 70.1 67.6 72.9 5.3


World Bank Group (2023)

Life expectancy in the special administrative regions of China according to the World Bank Group:[6]

World Bank Group (2023)
Countries and
territories 		2023 Historical data recovery from
COVID-19:
2019→2023
All Male Female Sex gap 2014 2014
→2019 		2019 2019
→2020 		2020 2020
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2022
→2023 		2023
 Hong Kong SAR, China 85.25 82.54 88.09 5.55 83.94 1.22 85.16 0.34 85.50 0.04 85.53 −1.87 83.66 1.59 85.25 0.09
 Macao SAR, China 83.18 80.40 86.10 5.70 83.02 0.91 83.93 0.20 84.13 −0.40 83.73 −0.65 83.08 0.10 83.18 −0.75
China on average 77.95 75.20 80.93 5.73 76.71 1.23 77.94 0.08 78.02 0.10 78.12 0.08 78.20 −0.25 77.95 0.01


Charts

  • Development of life expectancy in China according to estimation of the World Bank Group[2]
    Development of life expectancy in China according to estimation of the World Bank Group[2]
  • Life expectancy with calculated sex gap[2]
    Life expectancy with calculated sex gap[2]
  • Life expectancy in comparison to president of PRC[2]
    Life expectancy in comparison to president of PRC[2]
  • Life expectancy in China according to estimation of Our World in Data[7]
    Life expectancy in China according to estimation of Our World in Data[7]
  • Comparison of life expectancy development in China, USA, Russia[2]
    Comparison of life expectancy development in China, USA, Russia[2]
  • Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to some big countries of the world[2]
    Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to some big countries of the world[2]
  • Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to other big countries of Asia[2]
    Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to other big countries of Asia[2]
  • Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania[2]
    Development of life expectancy in China in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania[2]


  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in China on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[3]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in China on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[3]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[3]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[3]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in China on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019[3]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in China on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019[3]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[3]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[3]


See also

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References

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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Life expectancy at birth, total - China". World Bank Group.
  3. ^ a b c d e "The Global Health Observatory: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy". World Health Organization. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  5. ^ a b Jing Yang, Ruhai Bai, Lijun Wang, Xiaoqi Feng, Yunning Liu, Maigeng Zhou (13 January 2023). "Healthy China: A Projection of Life Expectancy Based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 — China, 1990–2030". China CDC Weekly. doi:10.46234/ccdcw2023.008. PMID 36776687. Retrieved 12 April 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) — table 1, page 42
  6. ^ "Life expectancy at birth, total - Hong Kong SAR, China, Macao SAR, China". World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Life expectancy at birth: China". Our World in Data.
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