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). 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 expectany in the world 73.33 years.
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.
Data source: RCCGI
Data source: RCCGI
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.
Data source: NFHS via Yadav et al.
Data source: Global Data Lab
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 2010âÂÂ14.
The report provides life expectancy at birth based on mortality rates in years 2002âÂÂ06, 2010âÂÂ14, 2019, and 2019-21.
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.
Data source: Yadav et al.