Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2003

Countries217

1. Monaco83.6

Median71.3

Japan81.83 / 217

World68.5

Top 20

Monaco83.6

Andorra82.7

Japan81.8

Hong Kong81.3

San Marino81.3

Macau81.0

Iceland81.0

Gibraltar80.7

Switzerland80.5

Australia80.2

Sweden80.1

Italy80.0

Liechtenstein80.0

Canada79.7

French Polynesia79.7

Israel79.6

Spain79.6

United Arab Emirates79.6

Channel Islands79.4

Norway79.4

Bottom 10

Angola50.2

Zambia49.6

Malawi49.6

Nigeria48.6

Chad48.6

Central African Republic47.3

Sierra Leone46.8

Zimbabwe45.4

Lesotho44.9

Eswatini44.6

Biggest increases since 2002

North Korea+14.0%

South Sudan+5.9%

Angola+4.9%

Rwanda+4.4%

Malawi+3.0%

Zambia+2.4%

Burundi+2.1%

Uganda+1.9%

Tanzania+1.8%

Niger+1.8%

Biggest decreases since 2002

South Africa-2.4%

Lesotho-2.2%

Liberia-1.9%

Sudan-1.7%

Eswatini-1.6%

Iraq-1.4%

Zimbabwe-1.2%

Venezuela-1.1%

Iran-0.9%

St. Vincent & Grenadines-0.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	83.6	1
2	Andorra	82.7	2
3	Japan	81.8	3
4	Hong Kong	81.3	4
5	San Marino	81.3	5
6	Macau	81.0	6
7	Iceland	81.0	8
8	Gibraltar	80.7	7
9	Switzerland	80.5	9
10	Australia	80.2	11
11	Sweden	80.1	12
12	Italy	80.0	10
13	Liechtenstein	80.0	13
14	Canada	79.7	16
15	French Polynesia	79.7	15
16	Israel	79.6	17
17	Spain	79.6	14
18	United Arab Emirates	79.6	26
19	Channel Islands	79.4	19
20	Norway	79.4	20
21	New Zealand	79.1	21
22	France	79.1	18
23	Singapore	79.0	29
24	Faroe Islands	79.0	23
25	Cyprus	78.9	24
26	Greece	78.8	28
27	Bermuda	78.7	22
28	Austria	78.6	27
29	Malta	78.5	25
30	Netherlands	78.5	30
31	United Kingdom	78.4	32
32	Germany	78.4	31
33	Finland	78.4	33
34	Costa Rica	78.2	36
35	Ireland	78.1	38
36	Belgium	78.1	34
37	Chile	77.9	37
38	Luxembourg	77.7	35
39	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.5	39
40	St. Martin	77.4	40
41	Cuba	77.4	45
42	Portugal	77.2	41
43	South Korea	77.2	46
44	Denmark	77.1	43
45	United States	77.0	42
46	Puerto Rico	76.9	44
47	Slovenia	76.9	48
48	Kuwait	76.6	47
49	Northern Mariana Islands	76.5	50
50	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.4	49
51	Isle of Man	76.3	51
52	Qatar	76.1	52
53	Guam	75.9	53
54	Albania	75.6	54
55	Bahrain	75.5	57
56	Antigua & Barbuda	75.3	55
57	Lebanon	75.3	61
58	Turks & Caicos Islands	75.3	60
59	British Virgin Islands	75.2	59
60	Czechia	75.2	56
61	Uruguay	75.1	58
62	Barbados	74.9	62
63	Cayman Islands	74.6	64
64	Croatia	74.6	63
65	Poland	74.6	66
66	Sint Maarten	74.6	65
67	Panama	74.6	71
68	Oman	74.5	70
69	Brunei	74.5	67
70	New Caledonia	74.5	69
71	Argentina	74.3	68
72	Montenegro	74.1	72
73	Malaysia	73.7	75
74	Saudi Arabia	73.7	76
75	Ecuador	73.6	77
76	Slovakia	73.6	73
77	Curaçao	73.6	74
78	China	73.4	84
79	Mexico	73.3	81
80	Tunisia	73.3	82
81	Grenada	73.3	78
82	Maldives	73.3	89
83	North Macedonia	73.2	83
84	Aruba	73.2	80
85	Vietnam	73.2	79
86	Bahamas	73.2	85
87	Türkiye	72.9	88
88	Armenia	72.8	86
89	Kosovo	72.7	94
90	Jordan	72.6	90
91	Sri Lanka	72.4	93
92	Serbia	72.4	92
93	Colombia	72.3	104
94	Hungary	72.3	91
95	St. Lucia	72.2	102
96	Syria	72.2	101
97	Mauritius	72.1	95
98	Thailand	72.1	98
99	Bulgaria	72.1	97
100	Lithuania	72.1	99
101	Venezuela	72.1	87
102	Dominica	71.9	96
103	Algeria	71.9	103
104	American Samoa	71.7	100
105	Jamaica	71.6	105
106	Samoa	71.4	106
107	Georgia	71.4	118
108	Estonia	71.3	111
109	Romania	71.3	109
110	Peru	71.3	113
111	Latvia	71.3	110
112	Seychelles	71.0	108
113	Libya	71.0	114
114	Palestinian Territories	71.0	112
115	Brazil	70.9	119
116	Dominican Republic	70.9	115
117	Paraguay	70.8	117
118	St. Kitts & Nevis	70.6	120
119	Iran	70.5	107
120	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	116
121	Tonga	70.2	121
122	Cape Verde	70.0	123
123	Belize	69.8	122
124	Trinidad & Tobago	69.5	124
125	North Korea	69.4	169
126	Vanuatu	68.9	125
127	Honduras	68.9	126
128	El Salvador	68.8	127
129	Nicaragua	68.7	130
130	Belarus	68.6	129
131	Kyrgyzstan	68.3	128
132	Guatemala	68.2	133
133	Philippines	68.0	131
134	Egypt	68.0	132
135	Morocco	68.0	136
136	Moldova	67.9	134
137	Ukraine	67.6	135
138	Solomon Islands	67.5	137
139	Indonesia	67.1	138
140	Azerbaijan	67.0	139
141	Uzbekistan	66.9	140
142	Greenland	66.1	144
143	Tajikistan	65.9	149
144	Turkmenistan	65.9	142
145	Suriname	65.8	145
146	Fiji	65.7	143
147	Palau	65.4	148
148	Kiribati	65.3	147
149	Russia	65.0	146
150	Micronesia	64.9	153
151	Iraq	64.8	141
152	Kazakhstan	64.8	150
153	Bhutan	64.7	152
154	Yemen	64.4	156
155	Bangladesh	64.3	158
156	Nepal	64.2	160
157	Guyana	64.1	151
158	India	64.1	157
159	Marshall Islands	64.0	154
160	Tuvalu	63.9	155
161	Mongolia	63.6	159
162	Bolivia	63.5	161
163	Pakistan	62.8	162
164	Mauritania	62.8	163
165	Gabon	62.5	164
166	Cambodia	62.3	167
167	São Tomé & Príncipe	62.2	165
168	Papua New Guinea	61.7	166
169	Myanmar (Burma)	61.2	168
170	Comoros	60.2	170
171	Timor-Leste	60.1	171
172	Madagascar	59.7	175
173	Laos	59.6	174
174	Senegal	59.5	178
175	Eritrea	59.5	177
176	Haiti	59.4	176
177	Nauru	59.4	172
178	Ghana	59.0	179
179	Sudan	58.3	173
180	Gambia	58.2	181
181	Djibouti	58.0	180
182	Kenya	57.4	183
183	Afghanistan	57.2	185
184	Congo - Brazzaville	57.1	184
185	Benin	57.1	182
186	Tanzania	55.9	188
187	Togo	55.3	187
188	Equatorial Guinea	54.8	189
189	Cameroon	54.3	191
190	South Africa	54.2	186
191	Guinea	53.6	192
192	Rwanda	53.5	202
193	Liberia	53.0	190
194	Congo - Kinshasa	53.0	194
195	Ethiopia	52.9	195
196	Botswana	52.9	193
197	Mali	52.6	196
198	Uganda	52.4	201
199	South Sudan	52.3	207
200	Guinea-Bissau	52.2	198
201	Burkina Faso	52.0	200
202	Namibia	51.9	197
203	Niger	51.5	205
204	Côte d’Ivoire	51.4	199
205	Mozambique	51.4	203
206	Burundi	51.0	206
207	Somalia	50.7	204
208	Angola	50.2	212
209	Zambia	49.6	208
210	Malawi	49.6	210
211	Nigeria	48.6	211
212	Chad	48.6	209
213	Central African Republic	47.3	213
214	Sierra Leone	46.8	214
215	Zimbabwe	45.4	216
216	Lesotho	44.9	215
217	Eswatini	44.6	217

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