Singapore life expectancy rises to 83.9 years

The resident male and female life expectancies at birth were 81.8 years and 86 years respectively in 2025. This is up 0.3 year for males and 0.2 year for females from 2024.

Over the last decade, male life expectancy improved by 1.3 years from 80.5 years in 2015, while female life expectancy improved by 0.9 years from 85.1 years in 2015.

The expected survival rates of Singapore resident newborns also continued to improve between 2015 and 2025, with newborn girls having a higher rate.

The proportion of newborn girls expected to be alive at age 65 years increased from 93.6 in 2015 to 94.4 per cent in 2025, while the proportion expected to be alive at age 85 years showed a larger increase from 59 per cent to 64.3 per cent.

The proportion of newborn boys expected to be alive at age 65 years also increased from 89 per cent in 2015 to 90.3 per cent in 2025. The proportion of this group expected to be alive at age 85 years rose from 42.3 per cent to 47.6 per cent.

In 2021, Singapore residents’ life expectancy fell for the first time since such data became available over 60 years ago, due to higher mortality rates during the Covid-19 pandemic.