"Figure 14: Period and cohort life expectancy at birth, 1981 to 2066, UK","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Data from 1981 to 2016 are based on historical mortality rates, while data from 2017 to 2066 use projected mortality rates. 2. We have published an article explaining the difference between period and cohort life expectancy, see [Period and cohort life expectancy explained: December 2017] (https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/lifeexpectancies/methodologies/periodandcohortlifeexpectancyexplained). " "Unit","Years" "","" "Year","Male period","Female period","Male cohort","Female cohort" "1981","70.9","76.9","83.5","87.1" "1982","71.1","77.0","83.6","87.2" "1983","71.3","77.2","83.9","87.4" "1984","71.7","77.6","84.1","87.5" "1985","71.7","77.4","84.3","87.7" "1986","71.9","77.7","84.4","87.8" "1987","72.3","78.0","84.6","88.0" "1988","72.4","78.1","84.8","88.1" "1989","72.6","78.1","85.0","88.3" "1990","72.9","78.5","85.2","88.4" "1991","73.1","78.6","85.4","88.6" "1992","73.5","79.0","85.6","88.8" "1993","73.5","78.8","85.8","88.9" "1994","74.1","79.3","86.0","89.1" "1995","74.0","79.2","86.1","89.2" "1996","74.2","79.4","86.3","89.3" "1997","74.5","79.5","86.5","89.5" "1998","74.7","79.8","86.6","89.6" "1999","74.9","79.8","86.8","89.7" "2000","75.4","80.2","86.9","89.9" "2001","75.7","80.4","87.1","90.0" "2002","75.8","80.5","87.2","90.1" "2003","76.1","80.5","87.4","90.3" "2004","76.6","81.0","87.6","90.4" "2005","76.9","81.2","87.7","90.5" "2006","77.2","81.5","87.9","90.6" "2007","77.4","81.6","88.0","90.8" "2008","77.6","81.7","88.2","90.9" "2009","78.1","82.2","88.3","91.0" "2010","78.4","82.4","88.5","91.2" "2011","78.8","82.7","88.6","91.3" "2012","79.0","82.7","88.8","91.5" "2013","79.0","82.8","88.9","91.6" "2014","79.3","83.0","89.1","91.7" "2015","79.1","82.7","89.2","91.9" "2016","79.2","82.9","89.3","91.9" "2017","79.6","83.1","89.5","92.1" "2018","79.9","83.4","89.6","92.2" "2019","80.1","83.5","89.7","92.4" "2020","80.3","83.6","89.9","92.5" "2021","80.5","83.8","90.0","92.6" "2022","80.7","83.9","90.2","92.7" "2023","80.9","84.1","90.3","92.9" "2024","81.0","84.2","90.4","93.0" "2025","81.2","84.3","90.6","93.1" "2026","81.4","84.5","90.7","93.2" "2027","81.5","84.6","90.8","93.4" "2028","81.7","84.7","91.0","93.5" "2029","81.8","84.8","91.1","93.6" "2030","82.0","85.0","91.3","93.7" "2031","82.1","85.1","91.4","93.9" "2032","82.3","85.2","91.5","94.0" "2033","82.4","85.3","91.7","94.1" "2034","82.6","85.4","91.8","94.2" "2035","82.7","85.6","91.9","94.3" "2036","82.8","85.7","92.1","94.5" "2037","83.0","85.8","92.2","94.6" "2038","83.1","85.9","92.3","94.7" "2039","83.2","86.0","92.5","94.8" "2040","83.3","86.1","92.6","95.0" "2041","83.4","86.2","92.7","95.1" "2042","83.6","86.3","92.9","95.2" "2043","83.7","86.4","93.0","95.3" "2044","83.8","86.6","93.1","95.4" "2045","83.9","86.7","93.3","95.6" "2046","84.0","86.8","93.4","95.7" "2047","84.2","86.9","93.5","95.8" "2048","84.3","87.0","93.7","95.9" "2049","84.4","87.1","93.8","96.1" "2050","84.5","87.2","93.9","96.2" "2051","84.6","87.3","94.1","96.3" "2052","84.8","87.4","94.2","96.4" "2053","84.9","87.5","94.3","96.5" "2054","85.0","87.6","94.5","96.7" "2055","85.1","87.7","94.6","96.8" "2056","85.2","87.8","94.7","96.9" "2057","85.3","88.0","94.9","97.0" "2058","85.5","88.1","95.0","97.1" "2059","85.6","88.2","95.1","97.3" "2060","85.7","88.3","95.3","97.4" "2061","85.8","88.4","95.4","97.5" "2062","85.9","88.5","95.5","97.6" "2063","86.0","88.6","95.7","97.8" "2064","86.2","88.7","95.8","97.9" "2065","86.3","88.8","95.9","98.0" "2066","86.4","88.9","96.1","98.1"