01.01.05. Ageing and life expectancy | Mexico

01.01.05. Ageing and life expectancy | Mexico

11 Jul 2022

According to INEGI (INEGI, 2010a), life expectancy in Mexico in the year 2010 was 77 years for women and 71 for men, while 2016 estimates show an increment to 78 and 73 years for women and men, respectively. There are important differences by states, in parallel with socioeconomic development in the country with northern states showing notably higher life expectancy than southern states. For example, in northern states like Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Baja California life expectancy in 2015 was 76.4, 75.7 and 76 years, in southern states like Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca was 72.8, 72.9 and 73, respectively (INEGI, 2015c). The latest World Population Prospects (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2017b) estimate that by the year 2050 life expectancy in Mexico will be 82.6 years, 84.2 years for women and 81 for men. By 2100 this is expected to increase to and 88.9 years, with 90.1 and 87.7, for men and women, respectively (Table 1).

Table 1. Life expectancy In México for several years and projections to 2100

1950 1970 1990 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2030 2050 2075 2100
Life expectancy at birth 50.7 60.3 69.8 73.7 74.9 75.7 76.5 77.4 79.2 82.6 86.1 88.9
Male life expectancy at birth 48.9 58.2 66.8 71.3 72.4 73.3 74.0 75.0 77.0 81.0 84.9 87.7
Female life expectancy at birth 52.5 62.5 73 76.1 77.4 78.1 78.9 79.8 81.4 84.2 87.2 90.1
Life expectancy at age 15 49.3 54.3 58.8 61.5 62.1 62.9 63.5 64.2 65.6 68.5 71.7 74.3
Life expectancy at age 65 12.6 14.8 16.5 17.4 17.7 18.5 18.9 19.3 20.1 21.8 23.9 25.8

Source: (United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, 2017b)

References:

INEGI. (2010a). Banco de indicadores.

INEGI. (2015c). Mortalidad. Esperanza de vida al nacimiento por entidad federativa.

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, P. D. (2017b). World population prospects: the 2017 revision. Volume II: Demographic Profiles, 2, 1–883. https://population.un.org/wpp/publications/Files/WPP2017_Volume-II-Demographic-Profiles.pdf