Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2004

Countries217

1. Monaco84.2

Median71.5

Japan82.03 / 217

World68.8

Top 20

Monaco84.2

Andorra82.8

Japan82.0

Hong Kong81.8

Liechtenstein81.8

San Marino81.6

Switzerland81.1

Iceland81.0

Macau81.0

Gibraltar80.9

Italy80.8

Sweden80.5

Australia80.5

United Arab Emirates80.3

France80.2

Israel80.1

Canada80.0

Spain79.9

Norway79.8

French Polynesia79.8

Bottom 10

Malawi51.1

Somalia50.7

Zambia50.5

Nigeria49.1

Chad48.7

Central African Republic47.7

Sierra Leone47.5

Zimbabwe46.0

Lesotho44.0

Eswatini43.9

Biggest increases since 2003

Liberia+5.5%

Rwanda+3.7%

Malawi+3.0%

Uganda+2.5%

Burundi+2.4%

Seychelles+2.3%

Liechtenstein+2.3%

Iran+2.2%

Zambia+1.9%

Angola+1.8%

Biggest decreases since 2003

Sri Lanka-6.1%

Sudan-2.7%

Indonesia-2.4%

Lesotho-2.0%

Eswatini-1.6%

Haiti-1.6%

Grenada-1.2%

South Africa-0.5%

Georgia-0.5%

Maldives-0.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	84.2	1
2	Andorra	82.8	2
3	Japan	82.0	3
4	Hong Kong	81.8	4
5	Liechtenstein	81.8	13
6	San Marino	81.6	5
7	Switzerland	81.1	9
8	Iceland	81.0	7
9	Macau	81.0	6
10	Gibraltar	80.9	8
11	Italy	80.8	12
12	Sweden	80.5	11
13	Australia	80.5	10
14	United Arab Emirates	80.3	18
15	France	80.2	22
16	Israel	80.1	16
17	Canada	80.0	14
18	Spain	79.9	17
19	Norway	79.8	20
20	French Polynesia	79.8	15
21	Channel Islands	79.8	19
22	New Zealand	79.5	21
23	Singapore	79.5	23
24	Malta	79.3	29
25	Faroe Islands	79.2	24
26	Austria	79.2	28
27	Luxembourg	79.1	38
28	Netherlands	79.1	30
29	Greece	79.0	26
30	Cyprus	79.0	25
31	Bermuda	78.9	27
32	Belgium	78.9	36
33	United Kingdom	78.7	31
34	Finland	78.7	33
35	Germany	78.7	32
36	Ireland	78.5	35
37	Costa Rica	78.5	34
38	Chile	78.3	37
39	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.8	39
40	Portugal	77.7	42
41	South Korea	77.7	43
42	St. Martin	77.6	40
43	Denmark	77.5	44
44	United States	77.5	45
45	Cuba	77.3	41
46	Slovenia	77.2	47
47	Puerto Rico	76.9	46
48	Isle of Man	76.9	51
49	Northern Mariana Islands	76.8	49
50	Kuwait	76.7	48
51	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.5	50
52	Qatar	76.5	52
53	Guam	76.1	53
54	Albania	76.0	54
55	Bahrain	75.8	55
56	Czechia	75.7	60
57	Lebanon	75.7	57
58	Turks & Caicos Islands	75.6	58
59	Croatia	75.5	64
60	British Virgin Islands	75.4	59
61	Antigua & Barbuda	75.3	56
62	Uruguay	75.3	61
63	Barbados	75.2	62
64	Argentina	74.9	71
65	Poland	74.8	65
66	Panama	74.8	67
67	Oman	74.8	68
68	New Caledonia	74.7	70
69	Sint Maarten	74.6	66
70	Brunei	74.6	69
71	Cayman Islands	74.6	63
72	Montenegro	74.2	72
73	Malaysia	74.0	73
74	Saudi Arabia	74.0	74
75	Slovakia	74.0	76
76	Ecuador	73.9	75
77	Curaçao	73.7	77
78	China	73.7	78
79	North Macedonia	73.6	83
80	Tunisia	73.5	80
81	Mexico	73.4	79
82	Bahamas	73.2	86
83	Aruba	73.2	84
84	Türkiye	73.2	87
85	Kosovo	73.1	89
86	Vietnam	73.1	85
87	Armenia	73.0	88
88	Maldives	73.0	82
89	Jordan	72.8	90
90	Colombia	72.8	93
91	Venezuela	72.8	101
92	Serbia	72.7	92
93	Seychelles	72.7	112
94	Hungary	72.6	94
95	Bulgaria	72.6	99
96	Algeria	72.5	103
97	Syria	72.5	96
98	St. Lucia	72.5	95
99	Grenada	72.4	81
100	American Samoa	72.3	104
101	Mauritius	72.3	97
102	Thailand	72.1	98
103	Iran	72.0	119
104	Latvia	72.0	111
105	Dominica	72.0	102
106	Lithuania	72.0	100
107	Estonia	71.9	108
108	Romania	71.6	109
109	Jamaica	71.5	105
110	Samoa	71.5	106
111	Peru	71.4	110
112	Brazil	71.4	115
113	Libya	71.2	113
114	Palestinian Territories	71.1	114
115	Paraguay	71.1	117
116	Georgia	71.0	107
117	St. Kitts & Nevis	70.9	118
118	Dominican Republic	70.7	116
119	Cape Verde	70.5	122
120	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	120
121	Tonga	70.4	121
122	Belize	70.2	123
123	Trinidad & Tobago	69.9	124
124	Nicaragua	69.5	129
125	El Salvador	69.3	128
126	North Korea	69.3	125
127	Honduras	69.0	127
128	Vanuatu	69.0	126
129	Belarus	69.0	130
130	Philippines	68.3	133
131	Morocco	68.3	135
132	Guatemala	68.2	132
133	Egypt	68.2	134
134	Kyrgyzstan	68.2	131
135	Sri Lanka	68.0	91
136	Moldova	68.0	136
137	Solomon Islands	67.6	138
138	Azerbaijan	67.5	140
139	Ukraine	67.5	137
140	Uzbekistan	67.2	141
141	Greenland	66.8	142
142	Tajikistan	66.6	143
143	Suriname	66.4	145
144	Turkmenistan	66.1	144
145	Fiji	65.8	146
146	Palau	65.8	147
147	Indonesia	65.5	139
148	Russia	65.5	149
149	Kiribati	65.4	148
150	Bhutan	65.3	153
151	Kazakhstan	65.0	152
152	Bangladesh	64.9	155
153	Micronesia	64.9	150
154	Yemen	64.9	154
155	Nepal	64.7	156
156	Iraq	64.6	151
157	Mongolia	64.6	161
158	India	64.5	158
159	Guyana	64.2	157
160	Marshall Islands	64.0	159
161	Tuvalu	64.0	160
162	Bolivia	63.8	162
163	Mauritania	63.4	164
164	Cambodia	63.3	166
165	Pakistan	63.1	163
166	Gabon	62.7	165
167	São Tomé & Príncipe	62.6	167
168	Papua New Guinea	61.8	168
169	Myanmar (Burma)	61.4	169
170	Timor-Leste	60.7	171
171	Comoros	60.6	170
172	Senegal	60.3	174
173	Madagascar	60.2	172
174	Laos	60.1	173
175	Eritrea	60.1	175
176	Nauru	59.3	177
177	Ghana	59.3	178
178	Gambia	58.7	180
179	Haiti	58.5	176
180	Djibouti	58.1	181
181	Congo - Brazzaville	58.0	184
182	Kenya	57.9	182
183	Afghanistan	57.8	183
184	Benin	57.3	185
185	Tanzania	56.8	186
186	Sudan	56.8	179
187	Liberia	55.9	193
188	Togo	55.6	187
189	Rwanda	55.5	192
190	Equatorial Guinea	55.3	188
191	Cameroon	54.6	189
192	Guinea	54.0	191
193	South Africa	54.0	190
194	Ethiopia	53.7	195
195	Uganda	53.7	198
196	Botswana	53.6	196
197	Congo - Kinshasa	53.5	194
198	Mali	53.3	197
199	South Sudan	53.1	199
200	Guinea-Bissau	52.8	200
201	Burkina Faso	52.6	201
202	Niger	52.4	203
203	Burundi	52.2	206
204	Namibia	52.2	202
205	Côte d’Ivoire	51.9	204
206	Mozambique	51.9	205
207	Angola	51.1	208
208	Malawi	51.1	210
209	Somalia	50.7	207
210	Zambia	50.5	209
211	Nigeria	49.1	211
212	Chad	48.7	212
213	Central African Republic	47.7	213
214	Sierra Leone	47.5	214
215	Zimbabwe	46.0	215
216	Lesotho	44.0	216
217	Eswatini	43.9	217

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