Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2005

Countries217

1. Monaco84.3

Median71.9

Japan82.03 / 217

World69.1

Top 20

Monaco84.3

Andorra83.1

Japan82.0

San Marino81.9

Hong Kong81.6

Iceland81.5

Macau81.3

Switzerland81.2

Gibraltar81.0

Australia80.8

Italy80.8

United Arab Emirates80.8

Liechtenstein80.7

Sweden80.5

Spain80.2

France80.2

Israel80.2

Canada80.1

Channel Islands80.1

Norway80.0

Bottom 10

Angola52.1

Zambia51.6

Somalia50.9

Nigeria49.5

Chad48.9

Sierra Leone48.3

Central African Republic48.2

Zimbabwe46.6

Eswatini44.0

Lesotho43.6

Biggest increases since 2004

Sri Lanka+7.4%

Haiti+3.1%

Indonesia+3.1%

Malawi+2.7%

Rwanda+2.6%

Maldives+2.4%

Uganda+2.3%

Zambia+2.1%

Angola+2.0%

Niger+1.8%

Biggest decreases since 2004

Liechtenstein-1.3%

Pakistan-1.1%

Lithuania-1.0%

Lesotho-1.0%

Latvia-0.9%

Seychelles-0.7%

Georgia-0.5%

U.S. Virgin Islands-0.5%

Croatia-0.4%

Montenegro-0.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	84.3	1
2	Andorra	83.1	2
3	Japan	82.0	3
4	San Marino	81.9	6
5	Hong Kong	81.6	4
6	Iceland	81.5	8
7	Macau	81.3	9
8	Switzerland	81.2	7
9	Gibraltar	81.0	10
10	Australia	80.8	13
11	Italy	80.8	11
12	United Arab Emirates	80.8	14
13	Liechtenstein	80.7	5
14	Sweden	80.5	12
15	Spain	80.2	18
16	France	80.2	15
17	Israel	80.2	16
18	Canada	80.1	17
19	Channel Islands	80.1	21
20	Norway	80.0	19
21	Singapore	80.0	23
22	French Polynesia	80.0	20
23	New Zealand	79.9	22
24	Faroe Islands	79.4	25
25	Luxembourg	79.4	27
26	Netherlands	79.3	28
27	Austria	79.3	26
28	Malta	79.3	24
29	Greece	79.2	29
30	Cyprus	79.2	30
31	United Kingdom	79.0	33
32	Belgium	79.0	32
33	Ireland	78.9	36
34	Germany	78.9	35
35	Costa Rica	78.9	37
36	Bermuda	78.9	31
37	Finland	78.8	34
38	Chile	78.5	38
39	South Korea	78.2	41
40	Portugal	78.1	40
41	Denmark	77.8	43
42	St. Martin	77.8	42
43	Slovenia	77.6	46
44	Cuba	77.5	45
45	United States	77.5	44
46	Isle of Man	77.5	48
47	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.4	39
48	Northern Mariana Islands	77.3	49
49	Qatar	76.9	52
50	Kuwait	76.8	50
51	Puerto Rico	76.7	47
52	Albania	76.4	54
53	Guam	76.4	53
54	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.4	51
55	Bahrain	76.1	55
56	Lebanon	76.1	57
57	Turks & Caicos Islands	76.0	58
58	Czechia	75.9	56
59	Uruguay	75.8	62
60	British Virgin Islands	75.6	60
61	Antigua & Barbuda	75.4	61
62	Croatia	75.2	59
63	Argentina	75.2	64
64	Panama	75.2	66
65	Oman	75.1	67
66	Poland	75.0	65
67	Barbados	75.0	63
68	New Caledonia	74.9	68
69	Cayman Islands	74.9	71
70	Maldives	74.8	88
71	Brunei	74.7	70
72	Sint Maarten	74.7	69
73	Saudi Arabia	74.4	74
74	Malaysia	74.4	73
75	China	74.1	78
76	Montenegro	74.0	72
77	Ecuador	73.9	76
78	Slovakia	73.9	75
79	Curaçao	73.9	77
80	Tunisia	73.7	80
81	Grenada	73.7	99
82	North Macedonia	73.7	79
83	Mexico	73.6	81
84	Türkiye	73.5	84
85	Kosovo	73.4	85
86	Aruba	73.4	83
87	Bahamas	73.4	82
88	Vietnam	73.2	86
89	Colombia	73.2	90
90	Armenia	73.1	87
91	Venezuela	73.1	91
92	Sri Lanka	73.1	135
93	Jordan	73.0	89
94	Thailand	72.9	102
95	Algeria	72.8	96
96	Serbia	72.8	92
97	Syria	72.8	97
98	Hungary	72.6	94
99	Estonia	72.6	107
100	Bulgaria	72.6	95
101	St. Lucia	72.5	98
102	Iran	72.4	103
103	Mauritius	72.4	101
104	American Samoa	72.4	100
105	Seychelles	72.1	93
106	Dominica	72.0	105
107	Palestinian Territories	72.0	114
108	Peru	72.0	111
109	Romania	71.9	108
110	Brazil	71.8	112
111	Jamaica	71.5	109
112	Samoa	71.5	110
113	Libya	71.4	113
114	Latvia	71.4	104
115	Paraguay	71.3	115
116	Lithuania	71.3	106
117	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.2	117
118	Dominican Republic	71.0	118
119	Cape Verde	70.9	119
120	Georgia	70.7	116
121	Tonga	70.6	121
122	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.5	120
123	Nicaragua	70.4	124
124	Belize	70.3	122
125	Trinidad & Tobago	70.2	123
126	El Salvador	69.3	125
127	Honduras	69.2	127
128	North Korea	69.2	126
129	Vanuatu	69.2	128
130	Belarus	68.9	129
131	Morocco	68.7	131
132	Philippines	68.4	130
133	Egypt	68.4	133
134	Moldova	68.2	136
135	Guatemala	68.2	132
136	Kyrgyzstan	68.0	134
137	Solomon Islands	67.8	137
138	Azerbaijan	67.7	138
139	Indonesia	67.5	147
140	Ukraine	67.5	139
141	Uzbekistan	67.5	140
142	Greenland	67.3	141
143	Suriname	67.0	143
144	Tajikistan	66.5	142
145	Turkmenistan	66.3	144
146	Palau	66.2	146
147	Fiji	66.0	145
148	Bhutan	65.9	150
149	Russia	65.5	148
150	Kiribati	65.5	149
151	Bangladesh	65.5	152
152	Kazakhstan	65.4	151
153	Yemen	65.4	154
154	Mongolia	65.3	157
155	Nepal	65.3	155
156	India	64.9	158
157	Micronesia	64.9	153
158	Iraq	64.9	156
159	Guyana	64.4	159
160	Bolivia	64.2	162
161	Cambodia	64.1	164
162	Marshall Islands	64.1	160
163	Tuvalu	64.1	161
164	Mauritania	63.9	163
165	Gabon	63.0	166
166	São Tomé & Príncipe	62.4	167
167	Pakistan	62.4	165
168	Papua New Guinea	61.9	168
169	Myanmar (Burma)	61.7	169
170	Timor-Leste	61.3	170
171	Senegal	61.0	172
172	Comoros	60.9	171
173	Laos	60.7	174
174	Madagascar	60.7	173
175	Eritrea	60.6	175
176	Haiti	60.3	179
177	Ghana	59.6	177
178	Nauru	59.4	176
179	Gambia	59.1	178
180	Congo - Brazzaville	58.7	181
181	Djibouti	58.5	180
182	Kenya	58.5	182
183	Afghanistan	58.2	183
184	Benin	57.7	184
185	Tanzania	57.7	185
186	Sudan	57.2	186
187	Rwanda	57.0	189
188	Liberia	56.8	187
189	Togo	55.9	188
190	Equatorial Guinea	55.8	190
191	Uganda	54.9	195
192	Cameroon	54.9	191
193	Guinea	54.4	192
194	Botswana	54.4	196
195	Ethiopia	54.4	194
196	Congo - Kinshasa	54.0	197
197	South Sudan	54.0	199
198	South Africa	53.9	193
199	Mali	53.8	198
200	Niger	53.3	202
201	Burkina Faso	53.3	201
202	Burundi	53.1	203
203	Guinea-Bissau	52.9	200
204	Namibia	52.6	204
205	Malawi	52.5	208
206	Côte d’Ivoire	52.4	205
207	Mozambique	52.3	206
208	Angola	52.1	207
209	Zambia	51.6	210
210	Somalia	50.9	209
211	Nigeria	49.5	211
212	Chad	48.9	212
213	Sierra Leone	48.3	214
214	Central African Republic	48.2	213
215	Zimbabwe	46.6	215
216	Eswatini	44.0	217
217	Lesotho	43.6	216

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