Singapore Longevity Research

How long will
Singaporeans live?

Trend-adjusted longevity projections · Singapore DOS 2024
35
175
2024 baseline: male 81.2 · female 85.6 yrs
Projected lifespan for your birth cohort
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years old
Years remaining
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estimated from today
Birth year
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your cohort
Singapore global rank
#7
highest life expectancy
Male (actual) Female (actual) Male projected Female projected Your cohort
Baseline (2024)
Male 81.2 yrs · Female 85.6 yrs
Singapore DOS, Complete Life Tables 2023–2024
Gain rate applied
+0.9 years per decade
Observed 2014–2024 (DOS), consistent with UN WPP 2024
Why younger = higher projection
More decades of medical advancement before reaching old age. A 25-year-old reaches 80 in ~2081 — decades of compounding healthcare progress.
UN long-range projection
~92.7 yrs overall by 2100
UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium fertility variant)
Accuracy note: This model is illustrative, not actuarial. The gain rate is already decelerating (from ~3–4 yrs/decade in 1980s to 0.9 yrs/decade now). Biological ceilings, the widening healthy-vs-total lifespan gap, and black swan risks (pandemics, climate) are not modelled. Use as a planning compass, not a precise forecast. For retirement funding calculations, anchor to CPF's cohort life tables.
01 Singapore Department of Statistics — Complete Life Tables 2023–2024 (published May 2025). Baseline LE: male 81.2 yrs, female 85.6 yrs.
02 Mothership — Life expectancy rises to 83.5 years in 2024 (May 2025). Decade gain: +0.9 yrs (2014–2024).
03 UN World Population Prospects 2024 (via database.earth). Singapore projected to reach 92.7 yrs overall by 2100.
04 SmartWealth SG — Average Life Expectancy in Singapore 2025 (Jan 2025). Healthy life expectancy gap, gender breakdown, global ranking.
05 Population.gov.sg — Longevity trends (2025). Citizens aged 65+ rose from 13.1% (2015) to 20.7% (2025). 1 in 4 by 2030.