Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2000

Countries217

1. Monaco82.1

Median70.5

Japan81.13 / 217

World67.7

Top 20

Monaco82.1

Andorra81.9

Japan81.1

Hong Kong80.9

San Marino80.5

Macau80.2

Gibraltar80.1

Italy79.8

Switzerland79.7

Iceland79.7

Sweden79.6

Australia79.2

Canada79.2

France79.1

French Polynesia79.0

Spain79.0

Israel79.0

Channel Islands78.8

New Zealand78.6

Norway78.6

Bottom 10

Eswatini47.6

Burundi47.6

South Sudan47.6

Nigeria47.1

Central African Republic46.6

Zambia46.6

Angola46.5

Malawi46.2

Zimbabwe46.0

Sierra Leone44.8

Biggest increases since 1999

Timor-Leste+28.4%

Eritrea+26.5%

Kosovo+22.4%

U.S. Virgin Islands+7.7%

South Sudan+6.9%

Sierra Leone+6.8%

Rwanda+4.5%

Guinea-Bissau+4.3%

Armenia+3.8%

Congo - Kinshasa+3.6%

Biggest decreases since 1999

Lesotho-3.2%

Liechtenstein-2.9%

Eswatini-2.4%

Namibia-1.9%

Greenland-1.6%

South Africa-1.4%

Fiji-0.8%

Russia-0.8%

Zimbabwe-0.7%

Palestinian Territories-0.7%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	82.1	1
2	Andorra	81.9	2
3	Japan	81.1	3
4	Hong Kong	80.9	4
5	San Marino	80.5	5
6	Macau	80.2	13
7	Gibraltar	80.1	6
8	Italy	79.8	9
9	Switzerland	79.7	7
10	Iceland	79.7	10
11	Sweden	79.6	8
12	Australia	79.2	14
13	Canada	79.2	15
14	France	79.1	16
15	French Polynesia	79.0	19
16	Spain	79.0	17
17	Israel	79.0	18
18	Channel Islands	78.8	12
19	New Zealand	78.6	23
20	Norway	78.6	20
21	Faroe Islands	78.4	21
22	Malta	78.3	32
23	Bermuda	78.3	25
24	Austria	78.1	24
25	Netherlands	78.0	26
26	Singapore	78.0	31
27	Germany	77.9	28
28	Cyprus	77.9	30
29	Greece	77.9	22
30	Luxembourg	77.9	27
31	United Kingdom	77.7	33
32	Belgium	77.7	29
33	Finland	77.5	34
34	Costa Rica	77.3	35
35	Chile	77.1	36
36	Liechtenstein	76.8	11
37	St. Martin	76.8	38
38	United States	76.6	37
39	U.S. Virgin Islands	76.6	93
40	Denmark	76.6	39
41	Ireland	76.5	40
42	United Arab Emirates	76.3	48
43	Portugal	76.3	42
44	Kuwait	76.2	41
45	Cuba	75.9	43
46	South Korea	75.9	44
47	Puerto Rico	75.5	45
48	Slovenia	75.4	47
49	Bosnia & Herzegovina	75.3	49
50	Qatar	75.2	46
51	Czechia	75.0	51
52	Northern Mariana Islands	74.9	59
53	Guam	74.9	50
54	Isle of Man	74.8	55
55	Albania	74.8	54
56	Antigua & Barbuda	74.8	56
57	British Virgin Islands	74.8	52
58	Uruguay	74.7	58
59	Bahrain	74.7	57
60	Barbados	74.6	53
61	Sint Maarten	74.4	61
62	Cayman Islands	74.4	60
63	Brunei	74.0	62
64	Turks & Caicos Islands	74.0	64
65	Argentina	73.9	63
66	Lebanon	73.9	65
67	Poland	73.7	71
68	Oman	73.6	66
69	New Caledonia	73.6	69
70	Panama	73.4	70
71	Montenegro	73.4	68
72	Curaçao	73.3	67
73	Slovakia	73.1	72
74	Grenada	73.0	73
75	North Macedonia	72.9	75
76	Aruba	72.9	74
77	Armenia	72.9	107
78	Croatia	72.8	77
79	Seychelles	72.8	76
80	Vietnam	72.7	78
81	Malaysia	72.7	79
82	Saudi Arabia	72.6	81
83	Tunisia	72.6	80
84	Mexico	72.6	82
85	Bahamas	72.5	83
86	Venezuela	72.4	84
87	China	72.3	85
88	Ecuador	72.1	86
89	Lithuania	72.0	88
90	Türkiye	71.9	98
91	Jordan	71.9	87
92	Dominica	71.7	89
93	Bulgaria	71.7	91
94	Mauritius	71.7	95
95	Serbia	71.6	113
96	American Samoa	71.4	90
97	Kosovo	71.3	173
98	Jamaica	71.3	92
99	Hungary	71.2	100
100	Thailand	71.2	94
101	Sri Lanka	71.2	105
102	Romania	71.2	103
103	Colombia	70.9	96
104	Maldives	70.9	109
105	Syria	70.9	104
106	Samoa	70.8	102
107	St. Lucia	70.8	99
108	Algeria	70.6	110
109	Libya	70.5	101
110	Estonia	70.4	111
111	Dominican Republic	70.4	108
112	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	106
113	Latvia	70.3	115
114	Palestinian Territories	70.3	97
115	Iran	70.2	116
116	Georgia	70.1	112
117	Paraguay	70.0	114
118	Peru	69.8	118
119	Tonga	69.6	117
120	Brazil	69.6	119
121	St. Kitts & Nevis	69.2	121
122	Belarus	68.9	127
123	Belize	68.9	120
124	Trinidad & Tobago	68.6	123
125	Vanuatu	68.6	126
126	Kyrgyzstan	68.6	122
127	Honduras	68.3	124
128	Cape Verde	68.1	129
129	Philippines	67.8	128
130	Ukraine	67.8	125
131	El Salvador	67.7	130
132	Moldova	67.5	131
133	Egypt	67.3	132
134	Solomon Islands	67.1	133
135	Guatemala	67.1	135
136	Morocco	66.8	136
137	Nicaragua	66.4	139
138	Indonesia	66.3	137
139	Fiji	66.2	134
140	Russia	65.5	138
141	Uzbekistan	65.5	141
142	Azerbaijan	65.4	142
143	Turkmenistan	64.9	145
144	Iraq	64.9	144
145	Greenland	64.8	140
146	Kiribati	64.7	146
147	Palau	64.5	147
148	Suriname	64.4	148
149	Micronesia	64.3	143
150	Guyana	64.1	149
151	Kazakhstan	63.8	150
152	Tajikistan	63.5	153
153	Tuvalu	63.5	152
154	Marshall Islands	63.3	151
155	Mongolia	63.2	154
156	Yemen	62.8	156
157	India	62.7	155
158	Nepal	62.6	157
159	Bolivia	62.1	160
160	Bangladesh	62.0	163
161	Pakistan	61.9	161
162	Bhutan	61.8	158
163	Gabon	61.8	159
164	Papua New Guinea	61.6	162
165	São Tomé & Príncipe	61.2	164
166	Mauritania	61.0	166
167	North Korea	60.9	165
168	Myanmar (Burma)	60.4	167
169	Nauru	59.6	168
170	Cambodia	59.5	171
171	Sudan	58.9	172
172	Comoros	58.9	170
173	South Africa	58.4	169
174	Laos	58.3	174
175	Haiti	58.2	176
176	Ghana	58.1	175
177	Timor-Leste	58.1	213
178	Madagascar	58.0	177
179	Senegal	57.6	178
180	Gambia	56.9	180
181	Djibouti	56.7	179
182	Benin	56.6	181
183	Eritrea	56.3	216
184	Kenya	56.1	182
185	Congo - Brazzaville	55.4	184
186	Afghanistan	55.0	183
187	Togo	54.6	185
188	Equatorial Guinea	53.4	188
189	Cameroon	53.3	187
190	Tanzania	53.2	190
191	Namibia	52.9	186
192	Guinea	52.4	191
193	Botswana	52.3	189
194	Congo - Kinshasa	51.9	197
195	Liberia	51.9	195
196	Côte d’Ivoire	51.4	192
197	Ethiopia	50.9	199
198	Burkina Faso	50.8	194
199	Somalia	50.7	193
200	Mali	50.6	198
201	Guinea-Bissau	50.6	203
202	Uganda	49.6	200
203	Mozambique	49.5	201
204	Niger	49.2	204
205	Lesotho	48.8	196
206	Chad	47.9	205
207	Rwanda	47.8	212
208	Eswatini	47.6	202
209	Burundi	47.6	206
210	South Sudan	47.6	215
211	Nigeria	47.1	208
212	Central African Republic	46.6	207
213	Zambia	46.6	210
214	Angola	46.5	211
215	Malawi	46.2	214
216	Zimbabwe	46.0	209
217	Sierra Leone	44.8	217

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