Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2002

Countries217

1. Monaco83.1

Median71.0

Japan81.73 / 217

World68.2

Top 20

Monaco83.1

Andorra82.4

Japan81.7

Hong Kong81.5

San Marino81.1

Macau80.9

Gibraltar80.6

Iceland80.5

Switzerland80.4

Italy80.2

Australia79.9

Sweden79.8

Liechtenstein79.6

Spain79.6

French Polynesia79.5

Canada79.5

Israel79.5

France79.3

Channel Islands79.1

Norway79.0

Bottom 10

Zambia48.5

Chad48.4

Malawi48.2

Nigeria48.0

Angola47.9

Central African Republic46.8

Sierra Leone46.2

Lesotho46.0

Zimbabwe45.9

Eswatini45.4

Biggest increases since 2001

Rwanda+3.6%

Zimbabwe+3.2%

Burundi+2.9%

Venezuela+2.5%

Zambia+2.2%

Malawi+2.1%

Liberia+1.8%

Angola+1.8%

South Sudan+1.7%

Uganda+1.7%

Biggest decreases since 2001

Seychelles-3.0%

South Africa-2.8%

Lesotho-2.6%

Eswatini-2.1%

Micronesia-1.4%

Fiji-1.1%

Kyrgyzstan-0.8%

Belarus-0.7%

North Macedonia-0.5%

Russia-0.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	83.1	1
2	Andorra	82.4	2
3	Japan	81.7	4
4	Hong Kong	81.5	3
5	San Marino	81.1	5
6	Macau	80.9	7
7	Gibraltar	80.6	8
8	Iceland	80.5	6
9	Switzerland	80.4	9
10	Italy	80.2	10
11	Australia	79.9	12
12	Sweden	79.8	11
13	Liechtenstein	79.6	17
14	Spain	79.6	15
15	French Polynesia	79.5	16
16	Canada	79.5	14
17	Israel	79.5	13
18	France	79.3	18
19	Channel Islands	79.1	19
20	Norway	79.0	21
21	New Zealand	78.8	22
22	Bermuda	78.8	23
23	Faroe Islands	78.8	24
24	Cyprus	78.8	30
25	Malta	78.7	20
26	United Arab Emirates	78.7	36
27	Austria	78.7	25
28	Greece	78.6	26
29	Singapore	78.6	28
30	Netherlands	78.3	29
31	Germany	78.2	27
32	United Kingdom	78.1	31
33	Finland	78.1	33
34	Belgium	78.1	32
35	Luxembourg	78.0	34
36	Costa Rica	77.9	37
37	Chile	77.8	38
38	Ireland	77.6	39
39	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.5	35
40	St. Martin	77.2	40
41	Portugal	77.1	42
42	United States	76.9	41
43	Denmark	76.9	43
44	Puerto Rico	76.8	47
45	Cuba	76.8	44
46	South Korea	76.8	45
47	Kuwait	76.5	46
48	Slovenia	76.0	48
49	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.0	49
50	Northern Mariana Islands	75.9	51
51	Isle of Man	75.8	52
52	Qatar	75.8	50
53	Guam	75.5	53
54	Albania	75.3	56
55	Antigua & Barbuda	75.2	55
56	Czechia	75.2	54
57	Bahrain	75.2	58
58	Uruguay	75.0	57
59	British Virgin Islands	75.0	59
60	Turks & Caicos Islands	74.8	64
61	Lebanon	74.8	65
62	Barbados	74.8	60
63	Croatia	74.7	63
64	Cayman Islands	74.6	61
65	Sint Maarten	74.6	62
66	Poland	74.5	67
67	Brunei	74.4	66
68	Argentina	74.3	68
69	New Caledonia	74.3	70
70	Oman	74.3	69
71	Panama	74.2	71
72	Montenegro	74.0	72
73	Slovakia	73.6	74
74	Curaçao	73.5	75
75	Malaysia	73.5	77
76	Saudi Arabia	73.3	82
77	Ecuador	73.2	87
78	Grenada	73.1	79
79	Vietnam	73.1	80
80	Aruba	73.1	78
81	Mexico	73.1	83
82	Tunisia	73.1	84
83	North Macedonia	73.0	73
84	China	73.0	86
85	Bahamas	73.0	85
86	Armenia	72.8	81
87	Venezuela	72.8	108
88	Türkiye	72.6	88
89	Maldives	72.4	97
90	Jordan	72.4	91
91	Hungary	72.3	89
92	Serbia	72.3	90
93	Sri Lanka	72.3	93
94	Kosovo	72.2	94
95	Mauritius	72.0	96
96	Dominica	71.9	92
97	Bulgaria	71.9	95
98	Thailand	71.8	100
99	Lithuania	71.8	98
100	American Samoa	71.8	99
101	Syria	71.7	102
102	St. Lucia	71.7	101
103	Algeria	71.6	107
104	Colombia	71.5	104
105	Jamaica	71.5	103
106	Samoa	71.2	106
107	Iran	71.1	111
108	Seychelles	71.1	76
109	Romania	71.0	105
110	Latvia	71.0	109
111	Estonia	70.9	117
112	Palestinian Territories	70.9	121
113	Peru	70.8	115
114	Libya	70.8	110
115	Dominican Republic	70.7	112
116	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.7	113
117	Paraguay	70.5	116
118	Georgia	70.4	114
119	Brazil	70.4	118
120	St. Kitts & Nevis	70.2	120
121	Tonga	70.0	119
122	Belize	69.5	122
123	Cape Verde	69.4	126
124	Trinidad & Tobago	69.2	123
125	Vanuatu	68.8	124
126	Honduras	68.7	128
127	El Salvador	68.5	129
128	Kyrgyzstan	68.2	125
129	Belarus	68.1	127
130	Nicaragua	68.0	137
131	Philippines	67.9	130
132	Egypt	67.8	133
133	Guatemala	67.8	134
134	Moldova	67.8	132
135	Ukraine	67.7	131
136	Morocco	67.6	136
137	Solomon Islands	67.4	135
138	Indonesia	67.0	138
139	Azerbaijan	66.8	140
140	Uzbekistan	66.4	141
141	Iraq	65.7	144
142	Turkmenistan	65.6	143
143	Fiji	65.5	139
144	Greenland	65.4	145
145	Suriname	65.3	147
146	Russia	65.1	142
147	Kiribati	65.1	146
148	Palau	65.1	149
149	Tajikistan	64.9	151
150	Kazakhstan	64.4	152
151	Guyana	64.2	150
152	Bhutan	64.0	156
153	Micronesia	63.9	148
154	Marshall Islands	63.8	153
155	Tuvalu	63.8	154
156	Yemen	63.8	158
157	India	63.6	159
158	Bangladesh	63.6	160
159	Mongolia	63.5	155
160	Nepal	63.5	157
161	Bolivia	63.1	161
162	Pakistan	62.6	162
163	Mauritania	62.2	164
164	Gabon	62.2	163
165	São Tomé & Príncipe	61.8	166
166	Papua New Guinea	61.6	165
167	Cambodia	61.4	169
168	Myanmar (Burma)	60.9	168
169	North Korea	60.9	167
170	Comoros	59.7	170
171	Timor-Leste	59.5	174
172	Nauru	59.4	171
173	Sudan	59.3	172
174	Laos	59.3	173
175	Madagascar	59.2	175
176	Haiti	59.0	176
177	Eritrea	58.9	178
178	Senegal	58.9	179
179	Ghana	58.7	177
180	Djibouti	57.8	180
181	Gambia	57.7	181
182	Benin	56.9	183
183	Kenya	56.8	184
184	Congo - Brazzaville	56.4	185
185	Afghanistan	56.2	186
186	South Africa	55.6	182
187	Togo	55.0	187
188	Tanzania	54.9	188
189	Equatorial Guinea	54.3	189
190	Liberia	54.1	191
191	Cameroon	53.9	190
192	Guinea	53.2	192
193	Botswana	52.4	193
194	Congo - Kinshasa	52.4	194
195	Ethiopia	52.1	197
196	Mali	52.0	198
197	Namibia	52.0	195
198	Guinea-Bissau	51.6	200
199	Côte d’Ivoire	51.5	196
200	Burkina Faso	51.4	199
201	Uganda	51.4	202
202	Rwanda	51.3	205
203	Mozambique	50.9	203
204	Somalia	50.8	201
205	Niger	50.6	204
206	Burundi	49.9	207
207	South Sudan	49.4	206
208	Zambia	48.5	210
209	Chad	48.4	208
210	Malawi	48.2	211
211	Nigeria	48.0	209
212	Angola	47.9	213
213	Central African Republic	46.8	214
214	Sierra Leone	46.2	216
215	Lesotho	46.0	212
216	Zimbabwe	45.9	217
217	Eswatini	45.4	215

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