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WORLD STATISTICS

Rankings

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

years. Source: UN DESA World Population Prospects, via World Bank.

217 countries. Each uses its most recent reported year (2024); countries without a report in the last five years of coverage are excluded. Regional aggregates are not ranked.

  1. 1Monaco86 yrs2024
  2. 2San Marino86 yrs2024
  3. 4Kuwait85 yrs2024
  4. 5Switzerland84 yrs2024
  5. 6Liechtenstein84 yrs2024
  6. 7French Polynesia84 yrs2024
  7. 8Andorra84 yrs2024
  8. 9Sweden84 yrs2024
  9. 10Japan84 yrs2024
  10. 11Italy84 yrs2024
  11. 12Spain84 yrs2024
  12. 13Gibraltar84 yrs2024
  13. 14Korea, Rep.84 yrs2024
  14. 15Singapore83 yrs2024
  15. 16Macao SAR, China83 yrs2024
  16. 17Israel83 yrs2024
  17. 18Luxembourg83 yrs2024
  18. 19Norway83 yrs2024
  19. 20Faroe Islands83 yrs2024
  20. 22Australia83 yrs2024
  21. 23Ireland83 yrs2024
  22. 24France83 yrs2024
  23. 25Malta83 yrs2024
  24. 26Iceland83 yrs2024
  25. 27Qatar83 yrs2024
  26. 28Bermuda82 yrs2024
  27. 29Portugal82 yrs2024
  28. 30Finland82 yrs2024
  29. 31Belgium82 yrs2024
  30. 32Slovenia82 yrs2024
  31. 33Denmark82 yrs2024
  32. 34Canada82 yrs2024
  33. 35New Zealand82 yrs2024
  34. 36Austria82 yrs2024
  35. 37Netherlands82 yrs2024
  36. 38Puerto Rico (US)82 yrs2024
  37. 39Greece82 yrs2024
  38. 40Cyprus82 yrs2024
  39. 41Bahrain81 yrs2024
  40. 42United Kingdom81 yrs2024
  41. 43Chile81 yrs2024
  42. 44Maldives81 yrs2024
  43. 45Channel Islands81 yrs2024
  44. 46Isle of Man81 yrs2024
  45. 47Costa Rica81 yrs2024
  46. 48Germany81 yrs2024
  47. 50Cayman Islands81 yrs2024
  48. 52Oman80 yrs2024
  49. 53Czechia80 yrs2024
  50. 54Albania80 yrs2024
  51. 55Panama80 yrs2024
  52. 56Estonia79 yrs2024
  53. 57Saudi Arabia79 yrs2024
  54. 59Croatia79 yrs2024
  55. 60New Caledonia79 yrs2024
  56. 61United States79 yrs2024
  57. 62Poland78 yrs2024
  58. 63Slovak Republic78 yrs2024
  59. 64Armenia78 yrs2024
  60. 65Uruguay78 yrs2024
  61. 66Cuba78 yrs2024
  62. 67Kosovo78 yrs2024
  63. 70China78 yrs2024
  64. 71Jordan78 yrs2024
  65. 72Lebanon78 yrs2024
  66. 73Peru78 yrs2024
  67. 74Colombia78 yrs2024
  68. 75Montenegro78 yrs2024
  69. 76Iran, Islamic Rep.78 yrs2024
  70. 78Sri Lanka78 yrs2024
  71. 79Ecuador78 yrs2024
  72. 80Argentina78 yrs2024
  73. 82Guam77 yrs2024
  74. 83Turkiye77 yrs2024
  75. 84Lithuania77 yrs2024
  76. 85Curacao77 yrs2024
  77. 86Malaysia77 yrs2024
  78. 87Hungary77 yrs2024
  79. 88Tunisia77 yrs2024
  80. 89North Macedonia77 yrs2024
  81. 90Thailand77 yrs2024
  82. 92Aruba77 yrs2024
  83. 93Algeria76 yrs2024
  84. 94Romania76 yrs2024
  85. 95Latvia76 yrs2024
  86. 96Barbados76 yrs2024
  87. 97Seychelles76 yrs2024
  88. 98Cabo Verde76 yrs2024
  89. 99Brazil76 yrs2024
  90. 100Serbia76 yrs2024
  91. 101Bulgaria76 yrs2024
  92. 102Brunei Darussalam76 yrs2024
  93. 103Morocco75 yrs2024
  94. 104Grenada75 yrs2024
  95. 105Mexico75 yrs2024
  96. 106Nicaragua75 yrs2024
  97. 107Bangladesh75 yrs2024
  98. 108Viet Nam75 yrs2024
  99. 109Bahamas, The75 yrs2024
  100. 110Ukraine75 yrs2024
  101. 111Georgia75 yrs2024
  102. 112Azerbaijan75 yrs2024
  103. 113Kazakhstan75 yrs2024
  104. 114Belarus74 yrs2024
  105. 115Paraguay74 yrs2024
  106. 116Dominican Republic74 yrs2024
  107. 117Mauritius74 yrs2024
  108. 118Suriname74 yrs2024
  109. 120Belize74 yrs2024
  110. 121Trinidad and Tobago74 yrs2024
  111. 122Russian Federation73 yrs2024
  112. 123Bhutan73 yrs2024
  113. 124Tonga73 yrs2024
  114. 125Honduras73 yrs2024
  115. 126American Samoa73 yrs2024
  116. 127St. Lucia73 yrs2024
  117. 128Guatemala73 yrs2024
  118. 129Venezuela, RB73 yrs2024
  119. 131Uzbekistan73 yrs2024
  120. 132Iraq72 yrs2024
  121. 133Kyrgyz Republic72 yrs2024
  122. 134Mongolia72 yrs2024
  123. 135El Salvador72 yrs2024
  124. 136St. Kitts and Nevis72 yrs2024
  125. 137India72 yrs2024
  126. 138Tajikistan72 yrs2024
  127. 139Samoa72 yrs2024
  128. 140Egypt, Arab Rep.72 yrs2024
  129. 141Vanuatu72 yrs2024
  130. 142Jamaica72 yrs2024
  131. 144Moldova71 yrs2024
  132. 145Dominica71 yrs2024
  133. 146Indonesia71 yrs2024
  134. 147Libya71 yrs2024
  135. 148Cambodia71 yrs2024
  136. 149Solomon Islands71 yrs2024
  137. 150Nepal71 yrs2024
  138. 151Guyana70 yrs2024
  139. 152Greenland70 yrs2024
  140. 153Turkmenistan70 yrs2024
  141. 154Philippines70 yrs2024
  142. 156Yemen, Rep.69 yrs2024
  143. 157Palau69 yrs2024
  144. 158Botswana69 yrs2024
  145. 159Lao PDR69 yrs2024
  146. 160West Bank and Gaza69 yrs2024
  147. 161Senegal69 yrs2024
  148. 162Eritrea69 yrs2024
  149. 163Bolivia69 yrs2024
  150. 164Mauritania69 yrs2024
  151. 165Gabon69 yrs2024
  152. 166Uganda68 yrs2024
  153. 167Rwanda68 yrs2024
  154. 168Timor-Leste68 yrs2024
  155. 169Pakistan68 yrs2024
  156. 170Ethiopia68 yrs2024
  157. 171Malawi68 yrs2024
  158. 172Namibia68 yrs2024
  159. 173Fiji67 yrs2024
  160. 175Tuvalu67 yrs2024
  161. 176Tanzania67 yrs2024
  162. 177Myanmar67 yrs2024
  163. 178Marshall Islands67 yrs2024
  164. 179Comoros67 yrs2024
  165. 180Kiribati67 yrs2024
  166. 181Zambia67 yrs2024
  167. 182Sudan67 yrs2024
  168. 183South Africa66 yrs2024
  169. 184Afghanistan66 yrs2024
  170. 185Papua New Guinea66 yrs2024
  171. 186Djibouti66 yrs2024
  172. 187Gambia, The66 yrs2024
  173. 188Congo, Rep.66 yrs2024
  174. 189Ghana66 yrs2024
  175. 190Haiti65 yrs2024
  176. 191Angola65 yrs2024
  177. 192Eswatini64 yrs2024
  178. 193Guinea-Bissau64 yrs2024
  179. 194Cameroon64 yrs2024
  180. 195Equatorial Guinea64 yrs2024
  181. 196Madagascar64 yrs2024
  182. 197Kenya64 yrs2024
  183. 198Burundi64 yrs2024
  184. 199Mozambique64 yrs2024
  185. 200Zimbabwe63 yrs2024
  186. 201Togo63 yrs2024
  187. 202Liberia62 yrs2024
  188. 203Naoero62 yrs2024
  189. 204Cote d'Ivoire62 yrs2024
  190. 205Congo, Dem. Rep.62 yrs2024
  191. 206Sierra Leone62 yrs2024
  192. 207Niger61 yrs2024
  193. 208Burkina Faso61 yrs2024
  194. 209Benin61 yrs2024
  195. 210Guinea61 yrs2024
  196. 211Mali61 yrs2024
  197. 212Somalia, Fed. Rep.59 yrs2024
  198. 213Lesotho58 yrs2024
  199. 214South Sudan58 yrs2024
  200. 216Chad55 yrs2024
  201. 217Nigeria55 yrs2024