Life expectancy 1751-2006

Year	Life expectancy in years
	Men			Women
	At	At	At	At	At	At
	birth	age 50	age 65	birth	age 50	age 65
1751-1790	33.72	18.16	10.02	36.64	19.59	10.51
1791-1815	35.35	17.26	9.29	38.44	18.68	9.84
1816-1840	39.50	17.55	9.58	43.56	19.60	10.44
1841-1850	41.66	18.10	9.62	46.10	20.24	10.57
1851-1860	40.49	18.49	10.03	44.40	20.26	10.77
1861-1870	42.80	19.40	10.40	46.37	21.30	11.40
1871-1880	45.27	20.80	11.20	48.62	22.60	12.20
1881-1890	48.55	21.94	11.96	51.47	23.64	12.92
1891-1900	50.94	22.44	12.24	53.63	24.04	13.13
1901-1910	54.53	23.17	12.81	56.98	24.74	13.69
1911-1920	55.60	23.35	12.84	58.38	24.79	13.69
1921-1930	60.97	24.15	13.24	63.16	25.14	13.85
1931-1940	63.76	24.08	13.06	66.13	25.13	13.64
1941-1950	68.06	25.01	13.60	70.65	26.27	14.30
1951-1960	70.89	25.54	13.85	74.10	27.47	15.00
1961-1970	71.73	25.70	13.93	76.13	28.87	16.05
1971-1980	72.26	25.82	14.10	78.10	30.41	17.47
1981-1985	73.55	26.46	14.60	79.53	31.45	18.39
1986-1990	74.37	27.17	15.09	80.22	32.06	18.91
1991-1995	75.60	28.03	15.70	80.98	32.59	19.42
1996-2000	76.89	28.95	16.35	81.83	33.19	19.93
2001-2005	77.99	29.89	17.11	82.41	33.64	20.30
1983	73.62	26.51	14.65	79.61	31.59	18.49
1984	73.84	26.73	14.81	79.89	31.72	18.65
1985	73.79	26.60	14.66	79.68	31.59	18.50
1986	73.97	26.83	14.80	79.99	31.84	18.69
1987	74.16	26.99	14.99	80.15	31.99	18.90
1988	74.15	26.99	14.95	79.96	31.85	18.70
1989	74.79	27.56	15.40	80.57	32.37	19.17
1990	74.81	27.50	15.30	80.41	32.20	19.04
1991	74.94	27.60	15.42	80.54	32.34	19.21
1992	75.35	27.82	15.55	80.79	32.42	19.27
1993	75.49	27.91	15.56	80.79	32.40	19.19
1994	76.08	28.43	16.03	81.38	32.92	19.75
1995	76.17	28.42	15.97	81.45	32.90	19.70
1996	76.51	28.61	16.10	81.53	32.95	19.73
1997	76.70	28.77	16.25	81.82	33.20	19.92
1998	76.87	28.94	16.34	81.94	33.30	20.03
1999	77.06	29.11	16.45	81.91	33.23	19.92
2000	77.38	29.41	16.69	82.03	33.30	20.08
2001	77.55	29.6	16.88	82.07	33.36	20.06
2002	77.73	29.64	16.90	82.11	33.37	20.01
2003	77.91	29.83	17.01	82.43	33.67	20.32
2004	78.35	30.19	17.39	82.68	33.92	20.56
2005	78.42	30.21	17.36	82.78	33.93	20.61
2006	78.70	30.45	17.60	82.94	34.13	20.75

Source: Statistics Sweden

Official Statistics of Sweden

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Life expectancy has increased mostly because of fewer infant deaths.

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Updated: 2007-12-14