List of Indian states by life expectancy at birth

Indian states and union territories life expectancy at birth (2025)

Life expectancy at birth in Indian states and union territories (2025)

Rank	State/UT	Life expectancy (Total)	Male	Female	Gender Gap
1	Kerala	78.26	76.48	80.96	4.48
2	Puducherry	77.80	76.05	80.42	4.37
3	Goa	77.28	75.57	79.80	4.23
4	Jammu and Kashmir	76.47	74.82	78.83	4.01
5	Arunachal Pradesh	76.35	74.71	78.70	3.99
6	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	75.95	74.33	78.21	3.88
7	Daman and Diu	75.93	74.32	78.19	3.87
8	Sikkim	75.77	74.17	78.00	3.83
9	Tamil Nadu	75.18	73.62	77.30	3.68
10	Chandigarh	74.90	73.35	76.95	3.60
11	Maharashtra	74.74	73.20	76.76	3.56
12	Manipur	74.56	73.03	76.56	3.53
13	Karnataka	74.47	72.94	76.45	3.51
14	Lakshadweep	74.48	72.83	76.65	3.82
15	Mizoram	74.41	72.89	76.37	3.48
16	Nagaland	74.34	72.82	76.28	3.46
17	Himachal Pradesh	74.32	72.80	76.25	3.45
18	West Bengal	74.29	72.77	76.23	3.46
19	New Delhi	73.97	72.47	75.85	3.38
20	Telangana	73.87	72.37	75.72	3.35
21	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	73.32	71.86	75.07	3.21
22	Punjab	73.12	71.66	74.82	3.16
23	Gujarat	72.94	71.50	74.60	3.10
24	Assam	72.92	71.48	74.58	3.10
25	Meghalaya	72.83	71.40	74.48	3.08
26	Andhra Pradesh	72.68	71.24	74.29	3.05
27	Rajasthan	72.58	71.15	74.18	3.03
28	Haryana	72.51	71.08	74.08	3.00
–	India	72.20	71.79	73.71	2.96
29	Uttarakhand	72.18	70.76	73.69	2.93
30	Odisha	71.99	70.58	73.45	2.87
31	Chhattisgarh	71.55	70.16	72.92	2.76
32	Tripura	71.34	69.97	72.68	2.71
33	Jharkhand	71.23	69.87	72.55	2.68
34	Madhya Pradesh	70.84	69.48	72.06	2.58
35	Bihar	69.97	68.64	71.00	2.36
36	Uttar Pradesh	69.77	68.43	70.75	2.32

Estimations of SRS

These are data of Indian national demographic survey "Sample Registration System" (SRS). Tables below contains only data for biggest states and union territories. Record "India on average" contains averaged data for all states and union territories.

2016—2020

Indian states by life expectancy in 2016—2020, according to estimation of SRS^[1]

state	on the whole				urban				rural				urban Δ rural
	overall	males	females	F Δ M	overall	males	females	F Δ M	overall	males	females	F Δ M
India on average	70.0	68.6	71.4	2.8	73.2	71.9	74.5	2.6	68.6	67.2	70.1	2.9	4.6
Delhi	75.8	74.1	77.7	3.6	75.8	74.1	77.8	3.7	74.0	—	76.6	—	1.8
Kerala	75.0	71.9	78.0	6.1	74.7	71.5	78.0	6.5	75.2	72.3	78.1	5.8	−0.5
Jammu and Kashmir	74.3	72.6	76.3	3.7	78.1	76.0	80.5	4.5	72.7	71.1	74.6	3.5	5.4
Himachal Pradesh	73.5	70.3	77.5	7.2	77.1	74.7	81.0	6.3	73.2	69.9	77.2	7.3	3.9
Tamil Nadu	73.2	71.0	75.5	4.5	75.8	73.7	78.2	4.5	70.5	68.3	72.9	4.6	5.3
Maharashtra	72.9	71.6	74.3	2.7	74.6	73.4	76.1	2.7	71.6	70.2	73.0	2.8	3.0
Punjab	72.5	70.8	74.5	3.7	75.5	73.3	78.1	4.8	70.9	69.2	72.9	3.7	4.6
West Bengal	72.3	71.1	73.6	2.5	74.5	73.8	75.3	1.5	71.1	69.6	72.7	3.1	3.4
Andhra Pradesh	70.6	69.1	72.2	3.1	72.7	71.6	73.8	2.2	69.7	68.0	71.6	3.6	3.0
Uttarakhand	70.6	67.5	73.9	6.4	71.0	68.8	73.7	4.9	70.3	67.0	73.9	6.9	0.7
Gujarat	70.5	68.1	73.2	5.1	72.2	70.9	73.6	2.7	69.2	65.9	73.1	7.2	3.0
Odisha	70.3	69.1	71.4	2.3	72.2	70.9	73.2	2.3	69.8	68.7	71.0	2.3	2.4
Telangana	70.0	68.7	71.4	2.7	72.2	72.0	72.4	0.4	68.4	66.5	70.5	4.0	3.8
Haryana	69.9	67.3	73.0	5.7	72.0	69.5	75.1	5.6	68.7	66.1	71.9	5.8	3.3
Karnataka	69.8	67.9	71.9	4.0	73.3	71.9	74.8	2.9	68.2	66.0	70.6	4.6	5.1
Jharkhand	69.6	70.5	68.9	−1.6	72.2	71.9	72.4	0.5	68.8	70.0	67.9	−2.1	3.4
Bihar	69.5	69.7	69.2	−0.5	71.9	72.3	71.3	−1.0	69.1	69.3	68.9	−0.4	2.8
Rajasthan	69.4	67.1	71.7	4.6	72.6	71.5	73.6	2.1	68.4	65.8	71.2	5.4	4.2
Assam	67.9	67.3	68.6	1.3	74.1	73.3	75.0	1.7	66.7	66.2	67.4	1.2	7.4
Madhya Pradesh	67.4	65.5	69.5	4.0	70.8	69.3	72.4	3.1	66.4	64.3	68.7	4.4	4.4
Uttar Pradesh	66.0	65.3	66.7	1.4	69.2	69.1	69.3	0.2	65.0	64.2	65.9	1.7	4.2
Chhattisgarh	65.1	63.5	66.8	3.3	68.0	66.7	69.4	2.7	64.3	62.6	66.0	3.4	3.7

Data source: RCCGI^[1]

2015—2019

Indian states by life expectancy in 2015—2019, according to estimation of SRS^[2]

state	on the whole				urban				rural				urban Δ rural
	overall	males	females	F Δ M	overall	males	females	F Δ M	overall	males	females	F Δ M
India on average	69.7	68.4	71.1	2.7	73.0	71.8	74.2	2.4	68.3	66.9	69.7	2.8	4.7
Delhi	75.9	74.3	77.5	3.2	75.9	74.4	77.6	3.2	73.6	71.3	75.6	4.3	2.3
Kerala	75.2	72.3	78.0	5.7	75.1	72.1	78.0	5.9	75.2	72.4	78.1	5.7	−0.1
Jammu and Kashmir	74.2	72.6	76.1	3.5	77.6	75.7	79.6	3.9	72.8	71.2	74.6	3.4	4.8
Himachal Pradesh	73.1	69.9	77.1	7.2	77.8	74.9	82.3	7.4	72.8	69.4	76.8	7.4	5.0
Punjab	72.8	71.1	74.7	3.6	75.4	73.0	78.6	5.6	71.3	69.7	73.3	3.6	4.1
Maharashtra	72.7	71.6	74.0	2.4	74.5	73.2	76.0	2.8	71.4	70.2	72.5	2.3	3.1
Tamil Nadu	72.6	70.6	74.9	4.3	74.9	73.0	77.1	4.1	70.4	68.3	72.7	4.4	4.5
West Bengal	72.1	71.0	73.2	2.2	74.3	73.6	75.1	1.5	70.9	69.5	72.2	2.7	3.4
Uttarakhand	70.6	67.6	73.9	6.3	71.0	68.7	73.7	5.0	70.4	67.1	73.9	6.8	0.6
Andhra Pradesh	70.3	68.9	71.8	2.9	72.7	71.8	73.5	1.7	69.4	67.7	71.2	3.5	3.3
Gujarat	70.2	67.9	72.8	4.9	72.0	70.8	73.2	2.4	68.9	65.7	72.5	6.8	3.1
Haryana	69.9	67.7	72.6	4.9	72.4	70.1	75.0	4.9	68.6	66.3	71.4	5.1	3.8
Telangana	69.8	68.6	71.1	2.5	71.9	71.7	72.1	0.4	68.3	66.6	70.1	3.5	3.6
Odisha	69.8	68.5	71.1	2.6	72.2	71.3	73.1	1.8	69.3	68.0	70.7	2.7	2.9
Karnataka	69.5	67.9	71.3	3.4	72.8	71.7	73.9	2.2	67.9	66.0	70.0	4.0	4.9
Jharkhand	69.4	70.2	68.8	−1.4	72.2	71.8	72.6	0.8	68.6	69.6	67.7	−1.9	3.6
Bihar	69.2	69.6	68.8	−0.8	72.0	72.5	71.4	−1.1	68.8	69.2	68.4	−0.8	3.2
Rajasthan	69.0	66.8	71.3	4.5	72.6	71.8	73.3	1.5	67.9	65.4	70.6	5.2	4.7
Assam	67.5	66.8	68.3	1.5	74.1	73.3	74.9	1.6	66.2	65.6	67.0	1.4	7.9
Madhya Pradesh	67.0	65.2	69.1	3.9	70.7	69.4	72.2	2.8	65.9	63.8	68.1	4.3	4.8
Uttar Pradesh	65.6	65.0	66.2	1.2	68.9	68.8	69.0	0.2	64.6	63.8	65.3	1.5	4.3
Chhattisgarh	65.3	63.7	66.9	3.2	68.3	67.0	69.8	2.8	64.4	62.8	66.0	3.2	3.9

Data source: RCCGI^[2]

Estimations of the Global Data Lab

Main article: List of Asian regions by life expectancy

region	2019				2019 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
	overall	male	female	F Δ M		overall		overall	male	female	F Δ M
India on average	70.91	69.53	72.40	2.87	−3.67	67.24	0.50	67.74	66.26	69.38	3.12	−3.17
Kerala	76.86	75.11	79.51	4.40	−3.98	72.88	0.55	73.43	71.58	76.20	4.62	−3.43
Puducherry	76.41	74.69	78.98	4.29	−3.96	72.45	0.55	73.00	71.18	75.69	4.51	−3.41
Goa	75.90	74.22	78.37	4.15	−3.93	71.97	0.54	72.51	70.73	75.11	4.38	−3.39
Jammu and Kashmir	75.10	73.48	77.42	3.94	−3.89	71.21	0.54	71.75	70.03	74.20	4.17	−3.35
Arunachal Pradesh	74.99	73.38	77.29	3.91	−3.88	71.11	0.54	71.65	69.93	74.08	4.15	−3.34
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	74.59	73.00	76.81	3.81	−3.86	70.73	0.53	71.26	69.57	73.62	4.05	−3.33
Daman and Diu	74.57	72.99	76.79	3.80	−3.86	70.71	0.53	71.24	69.56	73.60	4.04	−3.33
Sikkim	74.42	72.84	76.61	3.77	−3.85	70.57	0.53	71.10	69.42	73.42	4.00	−3.32
Tamil Nadu	73.84	72.30	75.92	3.62	−3.82	70.02	0.52	70.54	68.90	72.76	3.86	−3.30
Chandigarh	73.56	72.04	75.58	3.54	−3.81	69.75	0.52	70.27	68.65	72.44	3.79	−3.29
Maharashtra	73.40	71.89	75.39	3.50	−3.80	69.60	0.52	70.12	68.51	72.26	3.75	−3.28
Manipur	73.23	71.73	75.19	3.46	−3.79	69.44	0.52	69.96	68.36	72.06	3.70	−3.27
Karnataka	73.14	71.64	75.08	3.44	−3.78	69.36	0.52	69.88	68.28	71.96	3.68	−3.26
Lakshadweep	73.15	71.53	75.28	3.75	−3.79	69.36	0.52	69.88	68.17	72.15	3.98	−3.27
Mizoram	73.08	71.59	75.01	3.42	−3.78	69.30	0.52	69.82	68.23	71.89	3.66	−3.26
Nagaland	73.01	71.52	74.92	3.40	−3.78	69.23	0.52	69.75	68.16	71.81	3.65	−3.26
Himachal Pradesh	72.99	71.50	74.89	3.39	−3.78	69.21	0.52	69.73	68.14	71.78	3.64	−3.26
West Bengal	72.96	71.47	74.87	3.40	−3.77	69.19	0.51	69.70	68.12	71.75	3.63	−3.26
New Delhi	72.65	71.18	74.49	3.31	−3.76	68.89	0.51	69.40	67.83	71.39	3.56	−3.25
Telangana	72.55	71.08	74.37	3.29	−3.76	68.79	0.52	69.31	67.74	71.28	3.54	−3.24
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	72.01	70.58	73.73	3.15	−3.72	68.29	0.51	68.80	67.26	70.66	3.40	−3.21
Punjab	71.81	70.38	73.48	3.10	−3.72	68.09	0.51	68.60	67.07	70.42	3.35	−3.21
Gujarat	71.64	70.22	73.27	3.05	−3.71	67.93	0.51	68.44	66.92	70.23	3.31	−3.20
Assam	71.62	70.20	73.25	3.05	−3.71	67.91	0.51	68.42	66.90	70.20	3.30	−3.20
Meghalaya	71.53	70.12	73.15	3.03	−3.70	67.83	0.51	68.34	66.82	70.10	3.28	−3.19
Andhra Pradesh	71.38	69.97	72.96	2.99	−3.69	67.69	0.50	68.19	66.68	69.93	3.25	−3.19
Rajasthan	71.28	69.88	72.85	2.97	−3.68	67.60	0.50	68.10	66.60	69.82	3.22	−3.18
Haryana	71.21	69.81	72.76	2.95	−3.68	67.53	0.50	68.03	66.53	69.73	3.20	−3.18
Uttarakhand	70.89	69.50	72.37	2.87	−3.67	67.22	0.50	67.72	66.24	69.36	3.12	−3.17
Odisha	70.70	69.32	72.14	2.82	−3.66	67.04	0.50	67.54	66.06	69.14	3.08	−3.16
Chhattisgarh	70.27	68.91	71.62	2.71	−3.64	66.63	0.50	67.13	65.67	68.64	2.97	−3.14
Tripura	70.07	68.72	71.38	2.66	−3.63	66.44	0.50	66.94	65.49	68.41	2.92	−3.13
Jharkhand	69.96	68.62	71.25	2.63	−3.62	66.34	0.50	66.84	65.39	68.28	2.89	−3.12
Madhya Pradesh	69.57	68.24	70.77	2.53	−3.60	65.97	0.49	66.46	65.03	67.83	2.80	−3.11
Bihar	68.72	67.41	69.73	2.32	−3.56	65.16	0.49	65.65	64.24	66.83	2.59	−3.07
Uttar Pradesh	68.52	67.21	69.49	2.28	−3.55	64.97	0.49	65.46	64.05	66.60	2.55	−3.06

Data source: Global Data Lab^[3]

Other estimations

Alternative visualization for 2019—2021, according to NFHS^[4]

Life expectancy in states and union territories of India, an estimated average for 2011-2016

This is a list of Indian states by life expectancy at birth. The figures come from the Human Development Index Report, published in 2011, by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) India^[5] and Sample Registration Survey (SRS) based life table 2010–14.^[6][7]

The report provides life expectancy at birth based on mortality rates in years 2002–06, 2010–14, 2019, and 2019-21.

Rank	State			Life expectancy at birth
		2021	2019-21[4][8]	2019[9]	2014–17[10]	2010–14[7]	2002–06[11]
0	India	67.24	65.8	70.91	69[12][13]	68	63.5
1	Nagaland	69.84	75.4	73.65	-	-	-
2	Goa	72.59	73.3	76.55	-	-	-
3	Mizoram	67.15	72.1	70.81	-	-	-
4	Jammu and Kashmir	69.56	71.8	73.36	74.1	72.6	-
5	Rajasthan	67.13	71.5	70.80	68.5	67.7	62.0
6	Kerala	74.23	71.2	78.29	74.7	69.9	64.1
6	Lakshadweep	71.01	71.2	74.88	-	-	-
8	Himachal Pradesh	69.19	70.6	72.96	72.6	71.6	67.02
8	Daman and Diu		70.6	74.04	-	-	-
8	Dadra and Nagar Haveli		70.6	73.57	-	-	-
11	Maharashtra	70.6	69.3	74.46	72.5	71.6	67.2
12	Meghalaya	68.93	68.8	72.69	-	-	-
13	Uttarakhand	67.66	68.3	71.35	71.7	71.7	60.0
14	Delhi		68.0	74.19	75.2	74.9	73.8
15	Gujarat	68.44	67.7	72.18	69.7	68.7	-
16	Manipur	70.87	67.6	74.73	-	-	-
17	Arunachal Pradesh	69.87	67.5	73.68	-	-	-
18	Karnataka	70.5	67.3	74.34	69.2	68.8	65.3
19	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	73.31	67.1	77.32	-	-	-
20	Chandigarh	70.71	66.5	74.57	-	-	-
21	Punjab	69.73	66.2	73.54	72.4	71.6	69.4
21	Madhya Pradesh	65.05	66.2	68.60	66	64.2	58.0
23	Assam	66.38	66.1	70	66.2	63.9	58.9
24	Haryana	69.12	66.0	72.90	69.7	68.6	-
24	Tripura	70.25	66.0	74.08	-	-	-
26	Sikkim	71.04	65.9	74.92	-	-	-
27	West Bengal	69.48	64.7	73.27	71.2	70.2	64.9
27	Jharkhand	66.49	64.7	70.12	68.6	66.6	58.0
29	Puducherry	71.6	64.6	75.51	-	-	-
30	Bihar	66.3	64.4	69.92	68.9	68.1	61.6
31	Odisha	66.62	64.2	70.16	68.4	65.8	59.6
32	Tamil Nadu	71.4	63.9	75.29	71.7	70.6	66.2
33	Telangana	68.59	63.8	72.33	-	-	-
33	Chhattisgarh	64.76	63.8	68.30	65.2	64.8	58.0
35	Andhra Pradesh	67.69	63.4[14]	71.39[15]	69.7	68.5	64.4
36	Uttar Pradesh	63.39	63.0	66.85	65	64.1	60.0

Data about life expectancy according to a 2024 study by Yadav et al. which estimates district and state-wise life expectancy model-based (Bayesian hierarchical model) using NFHS-5 data on infant mortality rate and life tables showing age-specific mortality rates.^[16]

state	2019-2021[16]
	overall	males	females	F Δ M
India on average	73.2	71.9	74.5	2.6
Nagaland	84.1	82.5	85.9	3.4
Sikkim	83.0	82.8	83.2	0.4
Tamil Nadu	81.3	80.1	82.7	2.6
Kerala	79.9	80.1	79.7	-0.4
Goa	78.7	79.0	78.3	-0.7
Puducherry	78.2	78.2	78.2	0.0
Lakshadweep	78.2	78.2	78.2	0.0
Karnataka	75.9	73.8	78.2	4.4
Haryana	75.8	73.2	78.7	5.5
Punjab	75.1	74.6	75.7	1.1
Jammu and Kashmir	75.0	75.0	75.0	0.0
Mizoram	74.9	74.8	74.9	0.1
Maharashtra	74.6	74.3	74.9	0.6
Meghalaya	74.4	72.9	76.0	3.1
Gujarat	74.3	74.0	74.7	0.7
Himachal Pradesh	74.2	73.9	74.5	0.6
Arunachal Pradesh	74.2	73.7	74.7	1.0
Manipur	74.0	71.4	76.7	5.3
Delhi	72.4	72.6	72.3	-0.3
Uttarakhand	72.3	72.6	72.0	-0.6
Assam	71.6	68.9	74.5	5.6
Tripura	71.1	69.9	72.2	2.3
Rajasthan	70.9	65.7	76.8	11.1
Chhattisgarh	70.2	69.6	70.9	1.3
Uttar Pradesh	69.8	68.9	70.7	1.8
Odisha	69.5	68.5	70.6	2.1
Bihar	69.3	68.5	70.3	1.8
Telangana	69.0	69.2	68.7	-0.5
Jharkhand	68.4	66.9	70.1	3.2
West Bengal	68.1	68.0	68.1	0.1
Madhya Pradesh	68.1	66.7	69.6	2.9
Chandigarh	65.9	61.9	70.7	8.8
Andhra Pradesh	64.8	62.2	67.7	5.5
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	—	—	—	—
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	—	—	—	—

Data source: Yadav et al.^[16]

Expectation of life at birth by sex and residence, India

Year	Combined			Rural			Urban
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
1973	49.7	50.5	49.0	48.0	48.9	47.1	58.9	58.8	59.2
1978	52.3	52.5	52.1	50.6	51.0	50.3	60.1	59.6	60.8
1983	55.4	55.4	55.7	53.7	54.0	53.6	62.8	61.6	64.1
1988	57.7	57.7	58.1	56.1	56.1	56.2	63.4	62.0	64.9
1989	58.3	58.1	58.6	56.8	56.7	56.9	63.8	62.3	65.3
1990	58.7	58.6	59.0	57.4	57.2	57.4	64.1	62.8	65.5
1991	59.4	59.0	59.7	58.0	57.9	58.1	64.9	63.5	66.3
1992	60.0	59.4	60.4	58.6	58.2	58.7	65.4	64.1	66.7
1993	60.3	59.7	60.9	58.9	58.5	59.3	65.9	64.5	67.3
1994	60.7	60.1	61.4	59.4	58.9	59.8	66.3	64.9	67.7
1995	61.1	60.4	61.8	59.9	59.3	60.2	66.6	65.1	68.0
1996	61.4	60.6	62.2	60.1	59.5	60.5	66.8	65.3	68.2
1997	61.5	60.8	62.3	60.3	59.7	60.9	66.4	65.1	67.9
1998	61.9	61.2	62.7	60.7	60.1	61.3	66.7	65.4	68.3
1999	62.3	61.4	63.3	61.1	60.3	61.9	67.1	65.7	68.7
2000	62.9	61.9	64.0	61.6	60.7	62.5	67.6	66.1	69.2
2001	63.4	62.3	64.6	62.2	61.1	63.2	68.0	66.5	69.7
2002	63.9	62.8	65.2	62.7	61.6	63.8	68.4	66.9	70.0
2003	64.3	63.1	65.6	63.0	61.9	64.2	68.6	67.2	70.3
2004	64.7	63.5	66.1	63.5	62.3	64.7	68.9	67.4	70.6
2005	65.0	63.7	66.5	63.8	62.6	65.2	69.0	67.5	70.7
2006	65.4	64.0	66.9	64.2	62.9	65.7	69.0	67.5	70.8
2007	65.7	64.3	67.2	64.5	63.2	66.0	69.2	67.6	71.0
2008	66.1	64.6	67.7	64.9	63.5	66.5	69.6	68.0	71.4
2009	66.5	64.9	68.2	65.3	63.8	67.0	70.1	68.4	71.9
2010	67.0	65.4	68.8	65.8	64.2	67.6	70.6	69.0	72.4
2011	67.5	65.8	69.3	66.3	64.6	68.1	71.2	69.6	73.0
2012	67.9	66.4	69.6	66.7	65.1	68.4	71.5	70.0	73.5

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Charts

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  Development of life expectancy in India according to estimation of the World Bank Group^[17]
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  Life expectancy with calculated sex gap^[17]
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  Life expectancy in comparison to president of the country^[17]
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  Life expectancy in comparison to prime minister of the country^[17]
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  Life expectancy in India according to estimation of Our World in Data^[18]
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  Development of life expectancy in India in comparison to some big countries of the world^[17]
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  Development of life expectancy in India in comparison to other big countries of Asia^[17]
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  Development of life expectancy in India in comparison to some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania^[17]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in India on the background of other countries of the world in 2019^[19]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[19]

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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in India on the background of countries of Asia and Oceania in 2019^[19]
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  Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[19]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of Asian countries by life expectancy
• Administrative divisions of India
• Demographics of India