India is composed of 28 states and 8 union territories (including Delhi). The last change in the administrative structure took place in 2019-2020, when the two union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli were merged into one, called Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Life expectancy in India is below the global average, but is increasing at a rate that exceeds the global average.

According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in India was 72.00 years (70.52 for male, 73.60 for female). — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)" For comparison, life expectancy in the world was 73.17.

Estimation of the World Bank Group for India for 2023 is exactly the same: 72.00 years in total (70.52 for male, 73.60 for female). With average life expectancy in the world 73.33 years.

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.

2020-2024

stateon the wholeurbanruralmalesfemalesoverallmalesfemalesF overallmalesfemalesF India on average 70.6 68.7 72.8 4.1 73.2 71.6 75.1 3.5 69.4 67.4 71.8 4.4 3.8Kerala 75.6 72.5 78.7 6.2 75.0 72.0 78.0 6.0 76.2 72.9 79.4 6.5 −1.2Himachal Pradesh 74.7 71.3 78.4 7.1 76.1 75.0 77.1 2.1 74.5 71.0 78.5 7.5 1.6Jammu and Kashmir 74.6 73.8 75.4 1.6 76.4 75.5 77.5 2.0 73.8 73.2 74.4 1.2 2.6Delhi 73.9 72.1 76.1 4.0 74.0 72.0 76.6 4.6 71.5 68.2 75.6 7.4 2.5Tamil Nadu 73.6 71.7 75.8 4.1 76.3 74.9 77.8 2.9 70.7 68.1 73.5 5.4 5.6Maharashtra 73.1 70.9 75.6 4.7 75.2 73.4 77.3 3.9 71.5 69.0 74.4 5.4 3.7West Bengal 72.7 71.5 74.1 2.6 74.8 73.6 76.2 2.6 71.7 70.3 73.1 2.8 3.1Uttarakhand 71.7 68.6 75.3 6.7 71.4 69.5 73.5 4.0 71.8 68.2 75.9 7.7 −0.4Andhra Pradesh 71.1 68.8 73.8 5.0 73.1 71.2 75.3 4.1 70.1 67.6 73.0 5.4 3.0Punjab 71.0 68.9 73.4 4.5 72.8 71.6 74.3 2.7 69.7 67.1 72.7 5.6 3.1Telangana 71.0 68.6 73.7 5.1 72.0 70.5 73.8 3.3 70.1 67.0 73.5 6.5 1.9Rajasthan 70.9 68.3 73.8 5.5 72.9 70.3 75.7 5.4 70.3 67.7 73.2 5.5 2.6Gujarat 70.7 67.8 74.1 6.3 73.3 71.2 75.8 4.6 68.7 65.3 72.8 7.5 4.6Odisha 70.4 69.2 71.8 2.6 72.1 70.6 73.7 3.1 70.1 68.9 71.4 2.5 2.0Karnataka 70.2 68.0 72.6 4.6 72.8 72.2 73.5 1.3 68.6 65.5 72.1 6.6 4.2Bihar 69.5 69.1 70.0 0.9 71.5 71.5 71.6 0.1 69.2 68.6 69.8 1.2 2.3Jharkhand 69.5 68.4 70.7 2.3 71.4 70.7 72.3 1.6 68.8 67.5 70.1 2.6 2.6Assam 69.0 67.1 71.4 4.3 73.7 72.2 75.3 3.1 68.2 66.2 70.8 4.6 5.5Haryana 68.9 66.1 72.3 6.2 70.0 67.9 72.4 4.5 68.2 65.0 72.2 7.2 1.8Uttar Pradesh 68.7 67.0 70.7 3.7 70.5 68.9 72.2 3.3 68.2 66.5 70.3 3.8 2.3Madhya Pradesh 68.0 65.7 70.8 5.1 70.7 68.3 73.5 5.2 67.1 64.8 69.9 5.1 3.6Chhattisgarh 64.7 62.5 67.1 4.6 66.5 63.7 70.1 6.4 64.1 62.1 66.3 4.2 2.4

Data source: RCCGI — statement 3, page 6

2016—2020

stateon the wholeurbanruralmalesfemalesoverallmalesfemalesF overallmalesfemalesF 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 4.6Delhi 75.8 74.1 77.7 3.6 75.8 74.1 77.8 3.7 74.0 — 76.6 — 1.8Kerala 75.0 71.9 78.0 6.1 74.7 71.5 78.0 6.5 75.2 72.3 78.1 5.8 −0.5Jammu 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 5.4Himachal 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 3.9Tamil 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 5.3Maharashtra 72.9 71.6 74.3 2.7 74.6 73.4 76.1 2.7 71.6 70.2 73.0 2.8 3.0Punjab 72.5 70.8 74.5 3.7 75.5 73.3 78.1 4.8 70.9 69.2 72.9 3.7 4.6West 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 3.4Andhra 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 3.0Uttarakhand 70.6 67.5 73.9 6.4 71.0 68.8 73.7 4.9 70.3 67.0 73.9 6.9 0.7Gujarat 70.5 68.1 73.2 5.1 72.2 70.9 73.6 2.7 69.2 65.9 73.1 7.2 3.0Odisha 70.3 69.1 71.4 2.3 72.2 70.9 73.2 2.3 69.8 68.7 71.0 2.3 2.4Telangana 70.0 68.7 71.4 2.7 72.2 72.0 72.4 0.4 68.4 66.5 70.5 4.0 3.8Haryana 69.9 67.3 73.0 5.7 72.0 69.5 75.1 5.6 68.7 66.1 71.9 5.8 3.3Karnataka 69.8 67.9 71.9 4.0 73.3 71.9 74.8 2.9 68.2 66.0 70.6 4.6 5.1Jharkhand 69.6 70.5 68.9 −1.6 72.2 71.9 72.4 0.5 68.8 70.0 67.9 −2.1 3.4Bihar 69.5 69.7 69.2 −0.5 71.9 72.3 71.3 −1.0 69.1 69.3 68.9 −0.4 2.8Rajasthan 69.4 67.1 71.7 4.6 72.6 71.5 73.6 2.1 68.4 65.8 71.2 5.4 4.2Assam 67.9 67.3 68.6 1.3 74.1 73.3 75.0 1.7 66.7 66.2 67.4 1.2 7.4Madhya 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 4.4Uttar 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 4.2Chhattisgarh 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 — statement 3, page 6

1990-2019

stateon the wholeurbanruralmalesfemalesoverallmalesfemalesF overallmalesfemalesF 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 4.7Delhi 75.9 74.3 77.5 3.2 75.9 74.4 77.6 3.2 73.6 71.3 75.6 4.3 2.3Kerala 75.2 72.3 78.0 5.7 75.1 72.1 78.0 5.9 75.2 72.4 78.1 5.7 −0.1Jammu 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 4.8Himachal 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 5.0Punjab 72.8 71.1 74.7 3.6 75.4 73.0 78.6 5.6 71.3 69.7 73.3 3.6 4.1Maharashtra 72.7 71.6 74.0 2.4 74.5 73.2 76.0 2.8 71.4 70.2 72.5 2.3 3.1Tamil 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 4.5West 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 3.4Uttarakhand 70.6 67.6 73.9 6.3 71.0 68.7 73.7 5.0 70.4 67.1 73.9 6.8 0.6Andhra 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 3.3Gujarat 70.2 67.9 72.8 4.9 72.0 70.8 73.2 2.4 68.9 65.7 72.5 6.8 3.1Haryana 69.9 67.7 72.6 4.9 72.4 70.1 75.0 4.9 68.6 66.3 71.4 5.1 3.8Telangana 69.8 68.6 71.1 2.5 71.9 71.7 72.1 0.4 68.3 66.6 70.1 3.5 3.6Odisha 69.8 68.5 71.1 2.6 72.2 71.3 73.1 1.8 69.3 68.0 70.7 2.7 2.9Karnataka 69.5 67.9 71.3 3.4 72.8 71.7 73.9 2.2 67.9 66.0 70.0 4.0 4.9Jharkhand 69.4 70.2 68.8 −1.4 72.2 71.8 72.6 0.8 68.6 69.6 67.7 −1.9 3.6Bihar 69.2 69.6 68.8 −0.8 72.0 72.5 71.4 −1.1 68.8 69.2 68.4 −0.8 3.2Rajasthan 69.0 66.8 71.3 4.5 72.6 71.8 73.3 1.5 67.9 65.4 70.6 5.2 4.7Assam 67.5 66.8 68.3 1.5 74.1 73.3 74.9 1.6 66.2 65.6 67.0 1.4 7.9Madhya 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 4.8Uttar 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 4.3Chhattisgarh 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 — statement 3, page 6

Estimations of NFHS

Data about life expectancy according to alternative survey "National Family Health Survey" (NFHS). These table allow to estimate influence of the COVID-19 pandemic to various Indian territories.

state2015-20162019-2021malesfemalesoverallmalesfemalesF India on average 66.6 64.3 69.2 4.9 −0.8 65.8 62.9 68.9 6.0Nagaland 76.2 73.0 79.8 6.8 −0.8 75.4 71.5 79.9 8.4Kerala 73.9 70.1 77.8 7.7 −2.7 71.2 67.1 75.5 8.4Chandigarh 73.3 69.1 79.5 10.4 −6.8 66.5 64.1 69.4 5.3Dadra and Nagar Haveli 73.0 73.4 72.7 −0.7 — — — — —Mizoram 72.1 66.1 81.0 14.9 0.0 72.1 66.9 78.4 11.5Punjab 71.1 69.0 73.5 4.5 −4.9 66.2 63.3 69.4 6.1Himachal Pradesh 70.8 67.5 74.3 6.8 −0.2 70.6 67.9 73.2 5.3Maharashtra 70.2 67.9 72.8 4.9 −0.9 69.3 66.4 72.4 6.0Rajasthan 70.2 67.3 73.4 6.1 1.3 71.5 68.1 75.4 7.3Manipur 70.1 66.0 74.5 8.5 −2.5 67.6 63.7 71.7 8.0Sikkim 69.8 69.4 70.7 1.3 −3.9 65.9 62.7 70.2 7.5Goa 69.7 66.1 74.0 7.9 3.6 73.3 68.7 79.1 10.4Jammu and Kashmir 69.2 67.6 70.8 3.2 2.6 71.8 70.9 72.8 1.9Delhi 69.2 66.8 73.1 6.3 −1.2 68.0 65.2 71.3 6.1Gujarat 68.7 65.9 72.0 6.1 −1.0 67.7 64.3 71.5 7.2Lakshadweep 68.5 65.9 71.6 5.7 2.7 71.2 66.1 76.3 10.2Meghalaya 68.5 65.0 72.6 7.6 0.3 68.8 66.5 71.4 4.9Haryana 68.4 65.8 71.9 6.1 −2.4 66.0 61.9 71.0 9.1West Bengal 68.3 67.4 69.2 1.8 −3.6 64.7 63.0 66.6 3.6Karnataka 68.2 64.6 72.3 7.7 −0.9 67.3 63.2 72.0 8.8Tripura 67.8 64.4 71.8 7.4 −1.8 66.0 63.7 68.6 4.9Uttarakhand 67.6 64.1 71.6 7.5 0.7 68.3 65.4 71.4 6.0Andaman andNicobar Islands 67.4 64.1 71.5 7.4 −0.3 67.1 62.1 84.3 22.2Jharkhand 66.7 64.9 68.6 3.7 −2.0 64.7 62.7 66.7 4.0Chhattisgarh 66.4 64.6 68.3 3.7 −2.6 63.8 60.8 67.0 6.2Puducherry 66.3 60.3 73.9 13.6 −1.7 64.6 59.0 70.7 11.7Daman and Diu 66.2 61.7 72.5 10.8 — — — — —Madhya Pradesh 66.0 63.6 68.8 5.2 0.2 66.2 63.2 69.5 6.3Uttar Pradesh 64.9 63.3 66.6 3.3 −1.9 63.0 60.6 65.6 5.0Odisha 64.7 63.4 66.1 2.7 −0.5 64.2 61.4 67.1 5.7Arunachal Pradesh 64.6 63.0 66.5 3.5 2.9 67.5 65.0 70.2 5.2Andhra Pradesh 64.2 59.9 69.2 9.3 −0.8 63.4 59.6 67.8 8.2Tamil Nadu 63.6 60.2 67.4 7.2 0.3 63.9 59.3 69.1 9.8Assam 63.5 61.0 66.4 5.4 2.6 66.1 63.1 69.5 6.4Bihar 63.0 62.0 64.0 2.0 1.4 64.4 63.3 65.4 2.1Telangana 62.4 58.4 66.8 8.4 1.4 63.8 60.4 67.3 6.9Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu — — — — — 70.6 67.7 76.9 9.2

Data source: NFHS via Yadav et al. — Additional file 1: Supplementary Table S1.

Estimations of the Global Data Lab

region2023malefemale India on average 72.00 70.52 73.60 3.08 Kerala 78.04 76.18 80.83 4.65 Puducherry 77.59 75.76 80.29 4.53 Goa 77.07 75.29 79.67 4.38 Jammu and Kashmir 76.26 74.53 78.71 4.18 Arunachal Pradesh 76.15 74.43 78.58 4.15 Andaman andNicobar Islands 75.74 74.05 78.09 4.04 Daman and Diu 75.72 74.03 78.07 4.04 Sikkim 75.57 73.89 77.88 3.99 Tamil Nadu 74.98 73.34 77.18 3.84 Chandigarh 74.69 73.07 76.84 3.77 Maharashtra 74.53 72.92 76.65 3.73 Manipur 74.36 72.76 76.44 3.68 Karnataka 74.27 72.67 76.33 3.66 Lakshadweep 74.27 72.56 76.53 3.97 Mizoram 74.21 72.62 76.26 3.64 Nagaland 74.13 72.54 76.17 3.63 Himachal Pradesh 74.11 72.52 76.14 3.62 West Bengal 74.09 72.50 76.11 3.61 New Delhi 73.77 72.20 75.72 3.52 Telangana 73.67 72.10 75.60 3.50 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 73.12 71.59 74.95 3.36 Punjab 72.91 71.39 74.70 3.31 Gujarat 72.74 71.23 74.49 3.26 Assam 72.72 71.21 74.47 3.26 Meghalaya 72.63 71.12 74.36 3.24 Andhra Pradesh 72.48 70.98 74.17 3.19 Rajasthan 72.38 70.89 74.06 3.17 Haryana 72.31 70.82 73.97 3.15 Uttarakhand 71.98 70.50 73.57 3.07 Odisha 71.79 70.31 73.34 3.03 Chhattisgarh 71.35 69.90 72.81 2.91 Tripura 71.15 69.70 72.56 2.86 Jharkhand 71.04 69.60 72.43 2.83 Madhya Pradesh 70.64 69.21 71.95 2.74 Bihar 69.78 68.38 70.89 2.51 Uttar Pradesh 69.57 68.18 70.64 2.46

Data source: Global Data Lab

Other estimations

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 and Sample Registration Survey (SRS) based life table 2010–14.

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