"Figure 6b: Mortality rates in years before the base year combined with the impact of COVID-19 mean that life expectancy projections are lower initially but then follow a similar trend","" "Historic trend and principal projection of period life expectancy at birth: changes between 2012-based and 2020-based projections, UK, females ","" "","" "Notes","" "Unit","Life expectancy at birth " "","" "","Historical data (Females)","2012 projections","2014 projections","2016 projections","2018 projections","2020 projections" "2000","80.2","","","","","" "2001","80.4","","","","","" "2002","80.5","","","","","" "2003","80.5","","","","","" "2004","81.0","","","","","" "2005","81.2","","","","","" "2006","81.5","","","","","" "2007","81.6","","","","","" "2008","81.7","","","","","" "2009","82.2","","","","","" "2010","82.4","","","","","" "2011","82.7","82.7","","","","" "2012","82.7","82.7","","","","" "2013","82.8","82.8","82.8","","","" "2014","83.0","83.3","83.0","","","" "2015","82.7","83.6","82.9","82.7","","" "2016","82.9","83.8","83.4","82.9","","" "2017","83.0","84.0","83.6","83.1","83.0","" "2018","82.9","84.2","83.8","83.4","82.9","" "2019","83.3","84.4","84.0","83.5","83.4","83.3" "2020","","84.6","84.2","83.6","83.3","82.4" "2021","","84.9","84.4","83.8","83.4","83.1" "2022","","85.0","84.5","83.9","83.5","83.2" "2023","","85.2","84.7","84.1","83.6","83.4" "2024","","85.4","84.9","84.2","83.7","83.5" "2025","","85.6","85.1","84.3","83.8","83.5"