List of German states by life expectancy

Germany is administratively divided into 16 partly sovereign states. 13 of them are so-called area-states and 3 are city-states.

According to estimation of the United Nations, in 2023 life expectancy in Germany was 81.38 years (79.02 for male, 83.76 for female). — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 80.54 years total (78.20 for male, 83.00 for female).

Estimation of Eurostat for 2023: 81.1 years total (78.7 for male, 83.5 for female). — Dataset — Table. For visualization use the tab "Map"

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in Germany was 80.97 years (78.75 years for male and 83.19 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 69.44 years (69.00 years for male and 69.86 years for female).

As of 2023, life expectancy in Germany is lower than in neighboring Denmark, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Sweden, Norway, France, and Switzerland. However, it is higher than in Czechia, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

The official statistics of Germany, available on the Destatis website, do not include total life expectancy for the population as a whole. For a more correct comparison of regions with various differences in life expectancy for men and women, a column with the arithmetic mean of these indicators was added to the tables.

Destatis (2022/2024)

By default, the table is sorted by 2022/2024 period, the arithmetic mean.

state2021/20232022/2024malefemalemalefemalesex gaparith. mean Germany on average 78.17 82.99 4.82 80.58 0.25 78.47 83.19 4.72 80.83 Baden-Württemberg 79.64 83.93 4.29 81.78 0.24 79.92 84.13 4.21 82.02 Bavaria 78.94 83.51 4.57 81.22 0.31 79.34 83.74 4.40 81.54 Hesse 78.63 83.11 4.48 80.87 0.21 78.88 83.28 4.40 81.08 Saxony 77.41 83.61 6.20 80.51 0.52 78.04 84.02 5.98 81.03 Berlin 78.08 83.17 5.09 80.62 0.21 78.37 83.29 4.92 80.83 Rhineland-Palatinate 78.34 82.92 4.58 80.63 0.18 78.60 83.03 4.43 80.82 Hamburg 78.14 82.98 4.84 80.56 0.19 78.41 83.10 4.69 80.76 Schleswig-Holstein 78.25 82.72 4.47 80.48 0.07 78.34 82.76 4.42 80.55 Brandenburg 77.17 83.09 5.92 80.13 0.41 77.66 83.42 5.76 80.54 North Rhine-Westphalia 77.91 82.43 4.52 80.17 0.18 78.13 82.58 4.45 80.35 Lower Saxony 77.77 82.59 4.82 80.18 0.11 77.96 82.63 4.67 80.29 Thuringia 76.76 82.59 5.83 79.68 0.58 77.38 83.14 5.76 80.26 Saarland 77.09 81.92 4.83 79.50 0.17 77.38 81.97 4.59 79.68 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 76.24 82.58 6.34 79.41 0.25 76.53 82.78 6.25 79.66 Bremen 76.74 82.08 5.34 79.41 −0.01 76.74 82.06 5.32 79.40 Saxony-Anhalt 75.49 82.07 6.58 78.78 0.32 75.93 82.27 6.34 79.10

Data source: Destatis

Destatis (2016/2018) This is a list of German states by life expectancy at birth (average of 2016 to 2018) according to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany. RankStateLife expectancy in years(mean of both)Life expectancy in years(men)Life expectancy in years(women)181.8879.6684.10281.5679.3383.56381.3279.1583.48480.9578.5383.37580.9477.9783.91680.8478.6283.06780.7578.3083.19880.5177.7683.26980.4878.1882.781080.4778.1182.821080.4778.1782.761280.2377.4483.021379.9576.7683.141479.8877.6282.141579.8377.1882.471679.4676.2882.6380.8878.4883.27

Eurostat (2014—2023)

By default the table is sorted by 2023.

region2014201920232014→2023malefemale overallmalefemale overallmalefemale Germany on average 81.2 78.7 83.6 4.9 0.1 81.3 79.0 83.7 4.7 −0.2 81.1 78.7 83.5 4.8 −0.1 DE14 Tübingen 82.4 79.9 84.8 4.9 0.0 82.4 80.3 84.6 4.3 0.4 82.8 80.7 84.8 4.1 0.4 DE21 Upper Bavaria 82.6 80.4 84.6 4.2 0.2 82.8 80.9 84.7 3.8 −0.1 82.7 80.6 84.8 4.2 0.1 DE11 Stuttgart 82.5 80.2 84.7 4.5 0.1 82.6 80.4 84.7 4.3 0.0 82.6 80.4 84.7 4.3 0.1 DE13 Freiburg 82.2 80.0 84.2 4.2 0.1 82.3 80.2 84.4 4.2 0.0 82.3 80.3 84.2 3.9 0.1 DE27 Swabia 82.0 79.6 84.3 4.7 0.1 82.1 80.0 84.2 4.2 −0.1 82.0 79.9 84.2 4.3 0.0 DE12 Karlsruhe 81.9 79.6 84.0 4.4 −0.1 81.8 79.6 84.0 4.4 0.2 82.0 79.8 84.1 4.3 0.1 DED2 Dresden 81.6 78.6 84.6 6.0 0.3 81.9 79.1 84.8 5.7 0.0 81.9 79.0 85.0 6.0 0.3 DE71 Darmstadt 81.9 79.7 83.9 4.2 0.2 82.1 80.1 84.0 3.9 −0.4 81.7 79.6 83.7 4.1 −0.2 DE26 Lower Franconia 81.9 79.5 84.3 4.8 0.2 82.1 80.0 84.3 4.3 −0.4 81.7 79.5 83.9 4.4 −0.2 DEB3 Rheinhessen-Pfalz 81.4 79.0 83.7 4.7 −0.1 81.3 79.2 83.4 4.2 0.1 81.4 79.1 83.6 4.5 0.0 DE25 Middle Franconia 81.2 78.7 83.7 5.0 0.1 81.3 79.0 83.4 4.4 0.0 81.3 79.0 83.6 4.6 0.1 DEA2 Cologne 81.2 79.0 83.3 4.3 0.1 81.3 79.2 83.4 4.2 −0.1 81.2 78.9 83.3 4.4 0.0 DE30 Berlin 80.9 78.3 83.5 5.2 0.6 81.5 79.1 83.9 4.8 −0.3 81.2 78.7 83.7 5.0 0.3 DED5 Leipzig 80.8 77.7 84.0 6.3 0.2 81.0 78.1 84.0 5.9 0.2 81.2 78.3 84.3 6.0 0.4 DEA4 Detmold 81.4 79.0 83.8 4.8 0.2 81.6 79.2 83.9 4.7 −0.5 81.1 78.7 83.5 4.8 −0.3 DEB2 Trier 81.2 78.7 83.7 5.0 0.5 81.7 79.6 83.7 4.1 −0.7 81.0 78.7 83.3 4.6 −0.2 DE22 Lower Bavaria 80.7 78.3 83.2 4.9 0.7 81.4 79.4 83.5 4.1 −0.4 81.0 78.6 83.4 4.8 0.3 DEB1 Koblenz 80.8 78.5 83.0 4.5 0.3 81.1 79.0 83.1 4.1 −0.2 80.9 78.6 83.2 4.6 0.1 DE60 Hamburg 81.2 78.7 83.5 4.8 0.3 81.5 79.2 83.8 4.6 −0.6 80.9 78.5 83.3 4.8 −0.3 DEF0 Schleswig-Holstein 80.8 78.5 83.1 4.6 0.1 80.9 78.6 83.3 4.7 −0.1 80.8 78.6 83.1 4.5 0.0 DE23 Upper Palatinate 80.9 78.5 83.4 4.9 0.4 81.3 79.1 83.4 4.3 −0.5 80.8 78.6 83.0 4.4 −0.1 DE72 Giessen 81.3 79.0 83.5 4.5 −0.3 81.0 78.8 83.2 4.4 −0.3 80.7 78.4 83.0 4.6 −0.6 DE24 Upper Franconia 81.0 78.5 83.4 4.9 0.2 81.2 78.7 83.6 4.9 −0.5 80.7 78.2 83.2 5.0 −0.3 DE40 Brandenburg 80.7 77.9 83.5 5.6 0.5 81.2 78.4 84.0 5.6 −0.5 80.7 77.8 83.7 5.9 0.0 DE93 Lüneburg 80.7 78.1 83.4 5.3 0.2 80.9 78.5 83.2 4.7 −0.3 80.6 78.2 83.0 4.8 −0.1 DEA3 Münster 80.9 78.4 83.3 4.9 0.2 81.1 78.7 83.4 4.7 −0.5 80.6 78.2 82.9 4.7 −0.3 DED4 Chemnitz 80.9 77.8 83.9 6.1 −0.1 80.8 77.8 83.9 6.1 −0.2 80.6 77.5 83.9 6.4 −0.3 DE73 Kassel 81.2 78.6 83.6 5.0 0.1 81.3 79.0 83.6 4.6 −0.8 80.5 78.0 83.1 5.1 −0.7 DEG0 Thuringia 80.6 77.6 83.6 6.0 0.1 80.7 78.0 83.5 5.5 −0.2 80.5 77.7 83.5 5.8 −0.1 DE94 Weser-Ems 80.8 78.5 83.1 4.6 0.2 81.0 78.6 83.4 4.8 −0.6 80.4 78.1 82.8 4.7 −0.4 DE92 Hanover 80.7 78.0 83.3 5.3 0.3 81.0 78.4 83.5 5.1 −0.6 80.4 78.0 82.8 4.8 −0.3 DE91 Braunschweig 80.7 78.2 83.1 4.9 −0.1 80.6 78.4 82.9 4.5 −0.4 80.2 77.9 82.6 4.7 −0.5 DEA1 Düsseldorf 80.5 78.1 82.8 4.7 0.2 80.7 78.4 82.9 4.5 −0.5 80.2 77.9 82.5 4.6 −0.3 DEC0 Saarland 80.2 77.7 82.6 4.9 0.0 80.2 77.9 82.5 4.6 −0.2 80.0 77.6 82.4 4.8 −0.2 DE80 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 80.4 77.2 83.7 6.5 −0.1 80.3 77.3 83.5 6.2 −0.3 80.0 76.9 83.3 6.4 −0.4 DEA5 Arnsberg 80.2 77.6 82.7 5.1 0.2 80.4 78.0 82.7 4.7 −0.5 79.9 77.5 82.3 4.8 −0.3 DE50 Bremen 80.1 77.4 82.7 5.3 0.6 80.7 78.0 83.3 5.3 −1.0 79.7 77.0 82.4 5.4 −0.4 DEE0 Saxony-Anhalt 79.8 76.6 83.0 6.4 0.2 80.0 77.0 83.1 6.1 −0.8 79.2 76.1 82.4 6.3 −0.6

Data source: Eurostat — Dataset — Table. For visualization use tab "Map"

Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

region201920212021→202220222019→2022malefemale overalloverallmalefemale Germany on average 81.56 79.13 83.97 4.84 −0.93 80.63 0.36 80.99 78.51 83.49 4.98 −0.57 Baden-Württemberg 82.49 80.22 84.72 4.50 −0.63 81.86 0.34 82.20 79.94 84.42 4.48 −0.29 Bavaria 82.22 80.03 84.38 4.35 −1.01 81.21 0.49 81.70 79.34 84.08 4.74 −0.52 Hesse 81.94 79.75 84.07 4.32 −0.97 80.97 0.27 81.24 79.02 83.52 4.50 −0.70 Berlin 81.68 79.18 84.18 5.00 −0.95 80.73 0.45 81.18 78.44 83.84 5.40 −0.50 Saxony 81.46 78.46 84.56 6.10 −1.80 79.66 1.47 81.13 78.03 84.31 6.28 −0.33 Hamburg 81.68 79.28 84.08 4.80 −0.85 80.83 0.25 81.08 78.65 83.54 4.89 −0.60 Rhineland-Palatinate 81.46 79.26 83.60 4.34 −0.74 80.72 0.15 80.87 78.57 83.19 4.62 −0.59 Schleswig-Holstein 81.08 78.68 83.58 4.90 −0.35 80.73 −0.05 80.68 78.34 82.93 4.59 −0.40 Brandenburg 81.38 78.48 84.28 5.80 −1.64 79.74 0.84 80.58 77.54 83.64 6.10 −0.80 North Rhine-Westphalia 81.13 78.73 83.45 4.72 −0.78 80.35 0.16 80.51 78.12 82.86 4.74 −0.62 Lower Saxony 81.08 78.56 83.56 5.00 −0.64 80.44 0.00 80.44 78.00 83.01 5.01 −0.64 Thuringia 80.88 78.08 83.78 5.70 −2.04 78.84 1.23 80.07 77.14 83.03 5.89 −0.81 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 80.48 77.38 83.78 6.40 −1.04 79.44 0.43 79.87 76.74 83.13 6.39 −0.61 Saarland 80.38 77.98 82.77 4.79 −0.84 79.54 −0.07 79.47 76.94 82.23 5.29 −0.91 Bremen 80.88 78.08 83.58 5.50 −0.94 79.94 −0.47 79.47 76.74 82.23 5.49 −1.41 Saxony-Anhalt 80.18 77.08 83.37 6.29 −1.84 78.34 0.73 79.07 75.84 82.53 6.69 −1.11

Data source: Global Data Lab

Charts

See also

List of countries by life expectancy List of European countries by life expectancy Demographics of Germany

References

External links Federal Statistical Office