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 77.4 years (74.7 years for male and 80.5 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 68.5 years (67.2 years for male and 70.0 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

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

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

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

See also

• List of Chinese cities by life expectancy
• List of Asian countries by life expectancy
• List of countries by life expectancy
• Demographics of China

References

1. "World Population Prospects 2024" (XLSX). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 27 July 2024. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
2. "Life expectancy at birth, total - China". World Bank Group.
3. "Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy, data by country". World Health Organization. 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
4. "Life expectancy 2022 - Maps | Subnational HDI (v8.0)". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
5. 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. — 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.

• National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
• The World FactBook
• List of Chinese cities by life expectancy