Probability that a man will outlive a woman in India
India: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 44.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
44.0%
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
23rd
of 236 countries
All-time high
50.9%
in 1950
All-time low
43.0%
in 2020
Years of data
74
1950–2023
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in India, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, probability that a man will outlive a woman in India stood at 44.0%.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in India peaked at 50.9% in 1950 and was at its lowest, 43.0%, in 2020.
That places India 23rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 50.9% | — |
| 1951 | 50.8% | -0.1% |
| 1952 | 50.8% | -0.1% |
| 1953 | 50.8% | -0.1% |
| 1954 | 50.7% | -0.0% |
| 1955 | 50.7% | -0.0% |
| 1956 | 50.7% | -0.0% |
| 1957 | 50.7% | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 50.7% | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 50.7% | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 50.7% | -0.0% |
| 1961 | 50.7% | -0.1% |
| 1962 | 50.6% | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 50.6% | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 50.5% | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 50.4% | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 50.4% | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 50.4% | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 50.5% | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 50.5% | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 50.4% | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 50.4% | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 50.3% | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 50.3% | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 50.2% | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 50.0% | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 49.9% | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 49.7% | -0.4% |
| 1978 | 49.4% | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 49.1% | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 48.8% | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 48.4% | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 48.1% | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 47.7% | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 47.4% | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 47.1% | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 46.8% | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 46.5% | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 46.3% | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 46.1% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 45.9% | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 45.8% | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 45.8% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 45.8% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 45.8% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 45.8% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 45.8% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 45.7% | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 45.6% | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 45.5% | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 45.2% | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 45.0% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 44.8% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 44.5% | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 44.3% | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 44.1% | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 43.9% | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 43.8% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 43.6% | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 43.6% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 43.5% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 43.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 43.6% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 43.7% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 43.8% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 43.9% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 44.0% | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 44.1% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 44.2% | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 44.2% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 43.0% | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 44.1% | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 44.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 44.0% | -0.2% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 44.0% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41.9%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 44.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 42.8%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 50.8% | 50.7% | 50.9% | 10 |
| 1960s | 50.5% | 50.4% | 50.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 50.0% | 49.1% | 50.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.3% | 46.1% | 48.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.7% | 45.5% | 45.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.3% | 43.6% | 45.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 43.8% | 43.5% | 44.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.8% | 43.0% | 44.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
- 20 Burundi 44.1% compare
- 21 Cote d'Ivoire 44.1% compare
- 22 Congo 44.0% compare
- 24 United Arab Emirates 44.0% compare
- 25 East Timor 43.8% compare
- 25 Nepal 43.8% compare
More gender data for India
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 341,454 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.5667 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1.18 million (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1.18 million (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.17 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 10.96 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 11.71 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 10.92 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 11.70 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 10.89 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in India?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in India was 44.0% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 50.9% in 1950.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.0% in 2020.
- How does India rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- India ranks 23rd out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.