"Figure 4: The high variants show a faster increase in life expectancy while the low variants show a slower increase","" "2018-based period life expectancy at birth, principal projection compared with high and low life expectancy variants, UK, 1981 to 2043","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Life expectancy at birth" "","" "Year","Male high life expectancy","Male principal","Male low life expectancy","Male historical","Female high life expectancy","Female principal","Female low life expectancy","Female historical" "1981","","","","70.87","","","","76.90" "1982","","","","71.05","","","","76.96" "1983","","","","71.30","","","","77.23" "1984","","","","71.71","","","","77.58" "1985","","","","71.65","","","","77.39" "1986","","","","71.85","","","","77.70" "1987","","","","72.26","","","","77.99" "1988","","","","72.38","","","","78.09" "1989","","","","72.62","","","","78.12" "1990","","","","72.88","","","","78.52" "1991","","","","73.10","","","","78.63" "1992","","","","73.53","","","","78.97" "1993","","","","73.47","","","","78.79" "1994","","","","74.05","","","","79.34" "1995","","","","74.00","","","","79.25" "1996","","","","74.22","","","","79.37" "1997","","","","74.54","","","","79.54" "1998","","","","74.74","","","","79.76" "1999","","","","74.95","","","","79.82" "2000","","","","75.37","","","","80.18" "2001","","","","75.68","","","","80.41" "2002","","","","75.83","","","","80.52" "2003","","","","76.07","","","","80.51" "2004","","","","76.60","","","","81.05" "2005","","","","76.87","","","","81.21" "2006","","","","77.17","","","","81.51" "2007","","","","77.40","","","","81.64" "2008","","","","77.59","","","","81.70" "2009","","","","78.06","","","","82.22" "2010","","","","78.39","","","","82.36" "2011","","","","78.79","","","","82.73" "2012","","","","78.97","","","","82.67" "2013","","","","78.99","","","","82.76" "2014","","","","79.26","","","","83.01" "2015","","","","79.05","","","","82.72" "2016","","","","79.22","","","","82.88" "2017","","","","79.30","","","","82.99" "2018","79.61","79.61","79.61","79.61","83.16","83.16","83.16","83.16" "2019","79.96","79.75","79.53","","83.44","83.25","83.06","" "2020","80.09","79.88","79.66","","83.53","83.34","83.15","" "2021","80.23","80.01","79.78","","83.63","83.43","83.23","" "2022","80.36","80.14","79.90","","83.72","83.52","83.32","" "2023","80.49","80.26","80.02","","83.82","83.61","83.40","" "2024","80.63","80.39","80.13","","83.92","83.71","83.48","" "2025","80.76","80.51","80.23","","84.02","83.80","83.55","" "2026","80.90","80.63","80.33","","84.12","83.89","83.63","" "2027","81.03","80.75","80.42","","84.22","83.98","83.70","" "2028","81.17","80.87","80.51","","84.32","84.07","83.77","" "2029","81.31","80.99","80.60","","84.43","84.17","83.84","" "2030","81.45","81.11","80.67","","84.54","84.26","83.90","" "2031","81.59","81.23","80.75","","84.65","84.35","83.96","" "2032","81.73","81.34","80.82","","84.77","84.45","84.02","" "2033","81.88","81.46","80.88","","84.88","84.54","84.07","" "2034","82.02","81.58","80.94","","85.00","84.64","84.12","" "2035","82.17","81.69","80.99","","85.13","84.73","84.17","" "2036","82.32","81.81","81.04","","85.25","84.83","84.21","" "2037","82.48","81.92","81.08","","85.38","84.93","84.25","" "2038","82.64","82.04","81.11","","85.51","85.03","84.28","" "2039","82.80","82.16","81.14","","85.65","85.13","84.31","" "2040","82.96","82.27","81.17","","85.79","85.23","84.34","" "2041","83.13","82.39","81.19","","85.93","85.33","84.36","" "2042","83.29","82.50","81.20","","86.08","85.43","84.38","" "2043","83.46","82.62","81.21","","86.23","85.54","84.39",""