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Life expectancy around the world
Life expectancy, 2023: highest in Monaco, at 86.4 years, and lowest in Nigeria, at 54.5 years, of 229 countries with a value. The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.
years · UN
Every country, by its latest figure
years · UN
| # | Country | Latest | Latest | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.4 | 2023 | |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.7 | 2023 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong SAR China | 85.5 | 2023 | |
| 4 | Japan | 84.7 | 2023 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 84.3 | 2023 | |
| 6 | St. Barthélemy | 84.3 | 2023 | |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.1 | 2023 | |
| 8 | Andorra | 84 | 2023 | |
| 9 | Switzerland | 84 | 2023 | |
| 10 | Australia | 83.9 | 2023 | |
| 11 | Singapore | 83.7 | 2023 | |
| 12 | Italy | 83.7 | 2023 | |
| 13 | Spain | 83.7 | 2023 | |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 83.6 | 2023 | |
| 15 | France | 83.3 | 2023 | |
| 16 | Norway | 83.3 | 2023 | |
| 17 | Malta | 83.3 | 2023 | |
| 18 | Guernsey | 83.3 | 2023 | |
| 19 | Sweden | 83.3 | 2023 | |
| 20 | Macao SAR China | 83.1 | 2023 | |
| 21 | Vatican City | 83 | 2023 | |
| 22 | United Arab Emirates | 82.9 | 2023 | |
| 23 | Iceland | 82.7 | 2023 | |
| 24 | Canada | 82.6 | 2023 | |
| 25 | Israel | 82.4 | 2023 | |
| 26 | Ireland | 82.4 | 2023 | |
| 27 | Qatar | 82.4 | 2023 | |
| 28 | Portugal | 82.4 | 2023 | |
| 29 | Bermuda | 82.3 | 2023 | |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 82.2 | 2023 | |
| 31 | Netherlands | 82.2 | 2023 | |
| 32 | Belgium | 82.1 | 2023 | |
| 33 | New Zealand | 82.1 | 2023 | |
| 34 | Austria | 82 | 2023 | |
| 35 | Denmark | 81.9 | 2023 | |
| 36 | Finland | 81.9 | 2023 | |
| 37 | Greece | 81.9 | 2023 | |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 81.7 | 2023 | |
| 39 | Cyprus | 81.7 | 2023 | |
| 40 | Slovenia | 81.6 | 2023 | |
| 41 | Germany | 81.4 | 2023 | |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 81.3 | 2023 | |
| 43 | Bahrain | 81.3 | 2023 | |
| 44 | Chile | 81.2 | 2023 | |
| 45 | Maldives | 81 | 2023 | |
| 46 | Isle of Man | 81 | 2023 | |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 80.8 | 2023 | |
| 48 | Taiwan | 80.6 | 2023 | |
| 49 | Kuwait | 80.4 | 2023 | |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 80.4 | 2023 | |
| 51 | St. Martin | 80.2 | 2023 | |
| 52 | Faroe Islands | 80.2 | 2023 | |
| 53 | Oman | 80 | 2023 | |
| 54 | Czechia | 79.8 | 2023 | |
| 55 | Jersey | 79.7 | 2023 | |
| 56 | Albania | 79.6 | 2023 | |
| 57 | Panama | 79.6 | 2023 | |
| 58 | Anguilla | 79.3 | 2023 | |
| 59 | United States | 79.3 | 2023 | |
| 60 | Falkland Islands | 79.2 | 2023 | |
| 61 | Estonia | 79.2 | 2023 | |
| 62 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.8 | 2023 | |
| 63 | New Caledonia | 78.8 | 2023 | |
| 64 | Saudi Arabia | 78.7 | 2023 | |
| 65 | Poland | 78.6 | 2023 | |
| 66 | Wallis & Futuna | 78.6 | 2023 | |
| 67 | Croatia | 78.6 | 2023 | |
| 68 | Slovakia | 78.3 | 2023 | |
| 69 | Uruguay | 78.1 | 2023 | |
| 70 | Cuba | 78.1 | 2023 | |
| 71 | Kosovo | 78 | 2023 | |
| 72 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 78 | 2023 | |
| 73 | China | 78 | 2023 | |
| 74 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 77.9 | 2023 | |
| 75 | Lebanon | 77.8 | 2023 | |
| 76 | Jordan | 77.8 | 2023 | |
| 77 | Peru | 77.7 | 2023 | |
| 78 | Colombia | 77.7 | 2023 | |
| 79 | Iran | 77.7 | 2023 | |
| 80 | Antigua & Barbuda | 77.6 | 2023 | |
| 81 | Sri Lanka | 77.5 | 2023 | |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 77.4 | 2023 | |
| 83 | Ecuador | 77.4 | 2023 | |
| 84 | Argentina | 77.4 | 2023 | |
| 85 | British Virgin Islands | 77.3 | 2023 | |
| 86 | Guam | 77.2 | 2023 | |
| 87 | Türkiye | 77.2 | 2023 | |
| 88 | Montenegro | 77.1 | 2023 | |
| 89 | Hungary | 77 | 2023 | |
| 90 | Curaçao | 76.8 | 2023 | |
| 91 | St. Helena | 76.8 | 2023 | |
| 92 | Serbia | 76.8 | 2023 | |
| 93 | St. Pierre & Miquelon | 76.8 | 2023 | |
| 94 | Malaysia | 76.7 | 2023 | |
| 95 | Tunisia | 76.5 | 2023 | |
| 96 | Thailand | 76.4 | 2023 | |
| 97 | Sint Maarten | 76.4 | 2023 | |
| 98 | Aruba | 76.4 | 2023 | |
| 99 | Algeria | 76.3 | 2023 | |
| 100 | Latvia | 76.2 | 2023 | |
| 101 | Montserrat | 76.2 | 2023 | |
| 102 | Barbados | 76.2 | 2023 | |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 76.1 | 2023 | |
| 104 | Lithuania | 76 | 2023 | |
| 105 | Romania | 75.9 | 2023 | |
| 106 | Brazil | 75.9 | 2023 | |
| 107 | Armenia | 75.7 | 2023 | |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 75.6 | 2023 | |
| 109 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 75.5 | 2023 | |
| 110 | Brunei | 75.3 | 2023 | |
| 111 | Morocco | 75.3 | 2023 | |
| 112 | Cook Islands | 75.3 | 2023 | |
| 113 | Grenada | 75.2 | 2023 | |
| 114 | Mexico | 75.1 | 2023 | |
| 115 | Nicaragua | 75 | 2023 | |
| 116 | Mauritius | 74.9 | 2023 | |
| 117 | Bangladesh | 74.7 | 2023 | |
| 118 | Vietnam | 74.6 | 2023 | |
| 119 | Bahamas | 74.6 | 2023 | |
| 120 | Georgia | 74.5 | 2023 | |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 74.4 | 2023 | |
| 122 | Belarus | 74.4 | 2023 | |
| 123 | Kazakhstan | 74.4 | 2023 | |
| 124 | Paraguay | 73.8 | 2023 | |
| 125 | Dominican Republic | 73.7 | 2023 | |
| 126 | North Korea | 73.6 | 2023 | |
| 127 | Suriname | 73.6 | 2023 | |
| 128 | Belize | 73.6 | 2023 | |
| 129 | Trinidad & Tobago | 73.5 | 2023 | |
| 130 | Ukraine | 73.4 | 2023 | |
| 131 | Russia | 73.2 | 2023 | |
| 132 | Bhutan | 73 | 2023 | |
| 133 | Tonga | 72.9 | 2023 | |
| 134 | Honduras | 72.9 | 2023 | |
| 135 | Seychelles | 72.9 | 2023 | |
| 136 | American Samoa | 72.9 | 2023 | |
| 137 | St. Lucia | 72.7 | 2023 | |
| 138 | Guatemala | 72.6 | 2023 | |
| 139 | Venezuela | 72.5 | 2023 | |
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 72.4 | 2023 | |
| 141 | Iraq | 72.3 | 2023 | |
| 142 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 72.1 | 2023 | |
| 143 | Syria | 72.1 | 2023 | |
| 144 | El Salvador | 72.1 | 2023 | |
| 145 | India | 72 | 2023 | |
| 146 | Tajikistan | 71.8 | 2023 | |
| 147 | Mongolia | 71.7 | 2023 | |
| 148 | Samoa | 71.7 | 2023 | |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.7 | 2023 | |
| 150 | Egypt | 71.6 | 2023 | |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 71.5 | 2023 | |
| 152 | Jamaica | 71.5 | 2023 | |
| 153 | Western Sahara | 71.4 | 2023 | |
| 154 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 71.2 | 2023 | |
| 155 | Moldova | 71.2 | 2023 | |
| 156 | Indonesia | 71.2 | 2023 | |
| 157 | Dominica | 71.1 | 2023 | |
| 158 | Cambodia | 70.7 | 2023 | |
| 159 | Solomon Islands | 70.5 | 2023 | |
| 160 | Nepal | 70.4 | 2023 | |
| 161 | Guyana | 70.2 | 2023 | |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 70.1 | 2023 | |
| 163 | Greenland | 70.1 | 2023 | |
| 164 | Niue | 70 | 2023 | |
| 165 | Philippines | 69.8 | 2023 | |
| 166 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 69.7 | 2023 | |
| 167 | Libya | 69.3 | 2023 | |
| 168 | Yemen | 69.3 | 2023 | |
| 169 | Palau | 69.3 | 2023 | |
| 170 | Botswana | 69.2 | 2023 | |
| 171 | Laos | 69 | 2023 | |
| 172 | Senegal | 68.7 | 2023 | |
| 173 | Eritrea | 68.6 | 2023 | |
| 174 | Bolivia | 68.6 | 2023 | |
| 175 | Mauritania | 68.5 | 2023 | |
| 176 | Gabon | 68.3 | 2023 | |
| 177 | Uganda | 68.3 | 2023 | |
| 178 | Rwanda | 67.8 | 2023 | |
| 179 | Timor-Leste | 67.7 | 2023 | |
| 180 | Pakistan | 67.7 | 2023 | |
| 181 | Namibia | 67.4 | 2023 | |
| 182 | Malawi | 67.4 | 2023 | |
| 183 | Fiji | 67.3 | 2023 | |
| 184 | Ethiopia | 67.3 | 2023 | |
| 185 | Micronesia | 67.2 | 2023 | |
| 186 | Tuvalu | 67.1 | 2023 | |
| 187 | Tanzania | 67 | 2023 | |
| 188 | Marshall Islands | 67 | 2023 | |
| 189 | Myanmar (Burma) | 66.9 | 2023 | |
| 190 | Comoros | 66.8 | 2023 | |
| 191 | Kiribati | 66.5 | 2023 | |
| 192 | Zambia | 66.4 | 2023 | |
| 193 | Sudan | 66.3 | 2023 | |
| 194 | South Africa | 66.1 | 2023 | |
| 195 | Papua New Guinea | 66.1 | 2023 | |
| 196 | Afghanistan | 66 | 2023 | |
| 197 | Djibouti | 66 | 2023 | |
| 198 | Gambia | 65.9 | 2023 | |
| 199 | Congo - Brazzaville | 65.8 | 2023 | |
| 200 | Ghana | 65.5 | 2023 | |
| 201 | Palestinian Territories | 65.2 | 2023 | |
| 202 | Haiti | 64.9 | 2023 | |
| 203 | Angola | 64.6 | 2023 | |
| 204 | Eswatini | 64.1 | 2023 | |
| 205 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.1 | 2023 | |
| 206 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.7 | 2023 | |
| 207 | Cameroon | 63.7 | 2023 | |
| 208 | Kenya | 63.7 | 2023 | |
| 209 | Burundi | 63.7 | 2023 | |
| 210 | Madagascar | 63.6 | 2023 | |
| 211 | Mozambique | 63.6 | 2023 | |
| 212 | Zimbabwe | 62.8 | 2023 | |
| 213 | Togo | 62.7 | 2023 | |
| 214 | Liberia | 62.2 | 2023 | |
| 215 | Nauru | 62.1 | 2023 | |
| 216 | Côte d’Ivoire | 61.9 | 2023 | |
| 217 | Congo - Kinshasa | 61.9 | 2023 | |
| 218 | Sierra Leone | 61.8 | 2023 | |
| 219 | Niger | 61.2 | 2023 | |
| 220 | Burkina Faso | 61.1 | 2023 | |
| 221 | Benin | 60.8 | 2023 | |
| 222 | Guinea | 60.7 | 2023 | |
| 223 | Mali | 60.4 | 2023 | |
| 224 | Somalia | 58.8 | 2023 | |
| 225 | South Sudan | 57.6 | 2023 | |
| 226 | Central African Republic | 57.4 | 2023 | |
| 227 | Lesotho | 57.4 | 2023 | |
| 228 | Chad | 55.1 | 2023 | |
| 229 | Nigeria | 54.5 | 2023 |
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Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- The chart shows the 5 most populous countries with figures; the table ranks every country by its own latest year.
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