Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2001

Countries217

1. Monaco82.5

Median70.8

Japan81.44 / 217

World67.9

Top 20

Monaco82.5

Andorra82.2

Hong Kong81.4

Japan81.4

San Marino80.8

Iceland80.7

Macau80.6

Gibraltar80.4

Switzerland80.2

Italy80.1

Sweden79.8

Australia79.6

Israel79.4

Canada79.4

Spain79.4

French Polynesia79.3

Liechtenstein79.3

France79.2

Channel Islands79.0

Malta78.8

Bottom 10

Chad48.3

Nigeria47.5

Zambia47.4

Malawi47.2

Lesotho47.2

Angola47.0

Central African Republic46.7

Eswatini46.3

Sierra Leone45.4

Zimbabwe44.5

Biggest increases since 2000

Eritrea+3.7%

Rwanda+3.5%

Liechtenstein+3.2%

Liberia+2.4%

Bhutan+2.4%

Croatia+2.3%

Malawi+2.2%

South Sudan+2.0%

Uganda+1.9%

Burundi+1.9%

Biggest decreases since 2000

Lesotho-3.3%

Zimbabwe-3.3%

Eswatini-2.7%

South Africa-2.1%

Venezuela-1.9%

Namibia-1.8%

Palestinian Territories-0.8%

Belarus-0.6%

Lithuania-0.5%

Estonia-0.2%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	82.5	1
2	Andorra	82.2	2
3	Hong Kong	81.4	4
4	Japan	81.4	3
5	San Marino	80.8	5
6	Iceland	80.7	10
7	Macau	80.6	6
8	Gibraltar	80.4	7
9	Switzerland	80.2	9
10	Italy	80.1	8
11	Sweden	79.8	11
12	Australia	79.6	12
13	Israel	79.4	17
14	Canada	79.4	13
15	Spain	79.4	16
16	French Polynesia	79.3	15
17	Liechtenstein	79.3	36
18	France	79.2	14
19	Channel Islands	79.0	18
20	Malta	78.8	22
21	Norway	78.8	20
22	New Zealand	78.7	19
23	Bermuda	78.6	23
24	Faroe Islands	78.6	21
25	Austria	78.6	24
26	Greece	78.4	29
27	Germany	78.3	27
28	Singapore	78.3	26
29	Netherlands	78.2	25
30	Cyprus	78.2	28
31	United Kingdom	78.0	31
32	Belgium	78.0	32
33	Finland	78.0	33
34	Luxembourg	77.8	30
35	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.6	39
36	United Arab Emirates	77.6	42
37	Costa Rica	77.6	34
38	Chile	77.6	35
39	Ireland	77.1	41
40	St. Martin	77.0	37
41	United States	76.8	38
42	Portugal	76.8	43
43	Denmark	76.8	40
44	Cuba	76.4	45
45	South Korea	76.4	46
46	Kuwait	76.4	44
47	Puerto Rico	76.0	47
48	Slovenia	75.8	48
49	Bosnia & Herzegovina	75.6	49
50	Qatar	75.5	50
51	Northern Mariana Islands	75.4	52
52	Isle of Man	75.3	54
53	Guam	75.2	53
54	Czechia	75.2	51
55	Antigua & Barbuda	75.1	56
56	Albania	75.1	55
57	Uruguay	75.0	58
58	Bahrain	74.9	59
59	British Virgin Islands	74.8	57
60	Barbados	74.7	60
61	Cayman Islands	74.5	62
62	Sint Maarten	74.5	61
63	Croatia	74.5	78
64	Turks & Caicos Islands	74.4	64
65	Lebanon	74.4	66
66	Brunei	74.2	63
67	Poland	74.2	67
68	Argentina	74.2	65
69	Oman	74.0	68
70	New Caledonia	74.0	69
71	Panama	73.8	70
72	Montenegro	73.6	71
73	North Macedonia	73.4	75
74	Slovakia	73.4	73
75	Curaçao	73.4	72
76	Seychelles	73.3	79
77	Malaysia	73.1	81
78	Aruba	73.0	76
79	Grenada	73.0	74
80	Vietnam	73.0	80
81	Armenia	73.0	77
82	Saudi Arabia	73.0	82
83	Mexico	72.9	84
84	Tunisia	72.8	83
85	Bahamas	72.8	85
86	China	72.7	87
87	Ecuador	72.6	88
88	Türkiye	72.3	90
89	Hungary	72.2	99
90	Serbia	72.2	95
91	Jordan	72.1	91
92	Dominica	71.9	92
93	Sri Lanka	71.8	101
94	Kosovo	71.8	97
95	Bulgaria	71.8	93
96	Mauritius	71.8	94
97	Maldives	71.7	104
98	Lithuania	71.7	89
99	American Samoa	71.6	96
100	Thailand	71.5	100
101	St. Lucia	71.4	107
102	Syria	71.3	105
103	Jamaica	71.3	98
104	Colombia	71.2	103
105	Romania	71.2	102
106	Samoa	71.0	106
107	Algeria	71.0	108
108	Venezuela	71.0	86
109	Latvia	70.8	113
110	Libya	70.7	109
111	Iran	70.6	115
112	Dominican Republic	70.6	111
113	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	112
114	Georgia	70.4	116
115	Peru	70.3	118
116	Paraguay	70.3	117
117	Estonia	70.3	110
118	Brazil	70.0	120
119	Tonga	69.8	119
120	St. Kitts & Nevis	69.8	121
121	Palestinian Territories	69.8	114
122	Belize	68.9	123
123	Trinidad & Tobago	68.9	124
124	Vanuatu	68.7	125
125	Kyrgyzstan	68.7	126
126	Cape Verde	68.7	128
127	Belarus	68.5	122
128	Honduras	68.5	127
129	El Salvador	68.0	131
130	Philippines	67.8	129
131	Ukraine	67.7	130
132	Moldova	67.7	132
133	Egypt	67.6	133
134	Guatemala	67.4	135
135	Solomon Islands	67.2	134
136	Morocco	67.2	136
137	Nicaragua	67.0	137
138	Indonesia	66.6	138
139	Fiji	66.2	139
140	Azerbaijan	66.0	142
141	Uzbekistan	65.9	141
142	Russia	65.4	140
143	Turkmenistan	65.3	143
144	Iraq	65.3	144
145	Greenland	65.0	145
146	Kiribati	64.9	146
147	Suriname	64.8	148
148	Micronesia	64.8	149
149	Palau	64.8	147
150	Guyana	64.4	150
151	Tajikistan	64.2	152
152	Kazakhstan	64.1	151
153	Marshall Islands	63.7	154
154	Tuvalu	63.7	153
155	Mongolia	63.4	155
156	Bhutan	63.3	162
157	Nepal	63.3	158
158	Yemen	63.3	156
159	India	63.2	157
160	Bangladesh	62.8	160
161	Bolivia	62.5	159
162	Pakistan	62.2	161
163	Gabon	62.0	163
164	Mauritania	61.7	166
165	Papua New Guinea	61.6	164
166	São Tomé & Príncipe	61.5	165
167	North Korea	60.9	167
168	Myanmar (Burma)	60.6	168
169	Cambodia	60.5	170
170	Comoros	59.6	172
171	Nauru	59.5	169
172	Sudan	59.3	171
173	Laos	58.9	174
174	Timor-Leste	58.8	177
175	Madagascar	58.7	178
176	Haiti	58.6	175
177	Ghana	58.4	176
178	Eritrea	58.4	183
179	Senegal	58.2	179
180	Djibouti	57.5	181
181	Gambia	57.3	180
182	South Africa	57.2	173
183	Benin	56.7	182
184	Kenya	56.5	184
185	Congo - Brazzaville	55.9	185
186	Afghanistan	55.5	186
187	Togo	54.8	187
188	Tanzania	54.1	190
189	Equatorial Guinea	53.8	188
190	Cameroon	53.6	189
191	Liberia	53.1	195
192	Guinea	52.7	192
193	Botswana	52.2	193
194	Congo - Kinshasa	52.2	194
195	Namibia	52.0	191
196	Côte d’Ivoire	51.4	196
197	Ethiopia	51.4	197
198	Mali	51.3	200
199	Burkina Faso	51.2	198
200	Guinea-Bissau	51.1	201
201	Somalia	50.8	199
202	Uganda	50.6	202
203	Mozambique	50.3	203
204	Niger	49.9	204
205	Rwanda	49.5	207
206	South Sudan	48.6	210
207	Burundi	48.5	209
208	Chad	48.3	206
209	Nigeria	47.5	211
210	Zambia	47.4	213
211	Malawi	47.2	215
212	Lesotho	47.2	205
213	Angola	47.0	214
214	Central African Republic	46.7	212
215	Eswatini	46.3	208
216	Sierra Leone	45.4	217
217	Zimbabwe	44.5	216

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