Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2006

Countries217

1. Monaco84.2

Median72.0

Japan82.34 / 217

World69.5

Top 20

Monaco84.2

Andorra83.4

Hong Kong82.4

Japan82.3

San Marino82.3

Macau81.7

Switzerland81.5

Italy81.3

Iceland81.2

United Arab Emirates81.2

Gibraltar81.1

Australia81.0

Liechtenstein80.9

Spain80.8

France80.8

Sweden80.7

Israel80.6

Canada80.5

Channel Islands80.4

Norway80.3

Bottom 10

Mozambique52.7

Zambia52.7

Somalia50.9

Nigeria49.9

Sierra Leone49.5

Chad48.7

Central African Republic48.7

Zimbabwe47.1

Eswatini44.6

Lesotho43.2

Biggest increases since 2005

Sudan+5.5%

Sierra Leone+2.6%

Rwanda+2.4%

Malawi+2.3%

Uganda+2.2%

Guinea-Bissau+2.2%

Zambia+2.1%

Pakistan+1.9%

Ethiopia+1.9%

Russia+1.8%

Biggest decreases since 2005

Iraq-1.3%

Lesotho-1.0%

Latvia-0.7%

Lebanon-0.5%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-0.5%

Iceland-0.4%

Kyrgyzstan-0.4%

Philippines-0.4%

Armenia-0.3%

Sri Lanka-0.3%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	84.2	1
2	Andorra	83.4	2
3	Hong Kong	82.4	5
4	Japan	82.3	3
5	San Marino	82.3	4
6	Macau	81.7	7
7	Switzerland	81.5	8
8	Italy	81.3	11
9	Iceland	81.2	6
10	United Arab Emirates	81.2	12
11	Gibraltar	81.1	9
12	Australia	81.0	10
13	Liechtenstein	80.9	13
14	Spain	80.8	15
15	France	80.8	16
16	Sweden	80.7	14
17	Israel	80.6	17
18	Canada	80.5	18
19	Channel Islands	80.4	19
20	Norway	80.3	20
21	Singapore	80.1	21
22	French Polynesia	80.1	22
23	New Zealand	80.0	23
24	Austria	79.9	27
25	Netherlands	79.7	26
26	Faroe Islands	79.7	24
27	Cyprus	79.5	30
28	Greece	79.4	29
29	Malta	79.4	28
30	Belgium	79.4	32
31	Luxembourg	79.3	25
32	United Kingdom	79.2	31
33	Ireland	79.2	33
34	Finland	79.2	37
35	Germany	79.1	34
36	Costa Rica	79.0	35
37	Bermuda	78.9	36
38	South Korea	78.7	39
39	Chile	78.5	38
40	Portugal	78.4	40
41	U.S. Virgin Islands	78.3	47
42	Denmark	78.1	41
43	Slovenia	78.1	43
44	St. Martin	78.0	42
45	Isle of Man	78.0	46
46	Northern Mariana Islands	77.7	48
47	United States	77.7	45
48	Puerto Rico	77.6	51
49	Cuba	77.4	44
50	Qatar	77.3	49
51	Albania	77.0	52
52	Kuwait	76.9	50
53	Czechia	76.5	58
54	Bahrain	76.5	55
55	Guam	76.5	53
56	Turks & Caicos Islands	76.2	57
57	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.0	54
58	Uruguay	75.9	59
59	Croatia	75.8	62
60	British Virgin Islands	75.7	60
61	Lebanon	75.7	56
62	Antigua & Barbuda	75.5	61
63	Panama	75.4	64
64	Oman	75.4	65
65	Argentina	75.3	63
66	Maldives	75.3	70
67	Poland	75.1	66
68	Barbados	75.0	67
69	New Caledonia	75.0	68
70	Cayman Islands	75.0	69
71	Sint Maarten	74.8	72
72	Saudi Arabia	74.8	73
73	Brunei	74.8	71
74	Malaysia	74.7	74
75	China	74.4	75
76	Slovakia	74.2	78
77	Ecuador	74.0	77
78	Curaçao	74.0	79
79	Grenada	73.9	81
80	North Macedonia	73.9	82
81	Tunisia	73.9	80
82	Montenegro	73.8	76
83	Türkiye	73.8	84
84	Mexico	73.7	83
85	Kosovo	73.6	85
86	Aruba	73.5	86
87	Colombia	73.5	89
88	Bahamas	73.5	87
89	Serbia	73.4	96
90	Thailand	73.3	94
91	Vietnam	73.3	88
92	Jordan	73.2	93
93	Algeria	73.1	95
94	Hungary	73.1	98
95	Syria	73.0	97
96	Venezuela	73.0	91
97	Iran	72.9	102
98	Sri Lanka	72.8	92
99	Armenia	72.8	90
100	St. Lucia	72.8	101
101	Estonia	72.7	99
102	Bulgaria	72.6	100
103	Mauritius	72.4	103
104	American Samoa	72.4	104
105	Peru	72.3	108
106	Brazil	72.3	110
107	Seychelles	72.2	105
108	Romania	72.2	109
109	Dominica	72.0	106
110	Palestinian Territories	71.8	107
111	Libya	71.6	113
112	Samoa	71.6	112
113	Paraguay	71.6	115
114	Jamaica	71.4	111
115	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.4	117
116	Cape Verde	71.3	119
117	Lithuania	71.1	116
118	Dominican Republic	71.1	118
119	Georgia	71.0	120
120	Nicaragua	71.0	123
121	Latvia	70.9	114
122	Tonga	70.7	121
123	Belize	70.5	124
124	Trinidad & Tobago	70.4	125
125	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	122
126	El Salvador	69.6	126
127	Belarus	69.4	130
128	Honduras	69.4	127
129	Morocco	69.2	131
130	Vanuatu	69.1	129
131	North Korea	69.1	128
132	Guatemala	68.8	135
133	Egypt	68.5	133
134	Azerbaijan	68.5	138
135	Moldova	68.4	134
136	Philippines	68.2	132
137	Solomon Islands	68.0	137
138	Uzbekistan	67.9	141
139	Greenland	67.8	142
140	Kyrgyzstan	67.7	136
141	Indonesia	67.7	139
142	Suriname	67.6	143
143	Ukraine	67.5	140
144	Tajikistan	67.0	144
145	Russia	66.7	149
146	Palau	66.6	146
147	Turkmenistan	66.6	145
148	Bhutan	66.5	148
149	Fiji	66.1	147
150	Bangladesh	66.0	151
151	Mongolia	65.9	154
152	Nepal	65.9	155
153	Yemen	65.8	153
154	Kazakhstan	65.7	152
155	Kiribati	65.6	150
156	India	65.4	156
157	Cambodia	64.9	161
158	Micronesia	64.9	157
159	Guyana	64.8	159
160	Bolivia	64.5	160
161	Mauritania	64.5	164
162	Tuvalu	64.2	163
163	Marshall Islands	64.2	162
164	Iraq	64.0	158
165	Pakistan	63.6	167
166	Gabon	63.3	165
167	São Tomé & Príncipe	63.0	166
168	Myanmar (Burma)	62.0	169
169	Papua New Guinea	62.0	168
170	Timor-Leste	61.9	170
171	Senegal	61.8	171
172	Eritrea	61.5	175
173	Comoros	61.2	172
174	Madagascar	61.1	174
175	Laos	61.1	173
176	Haiti	60.7	176
177	Sudan	60.4	186
178	Ghana	60.0	177
179	Gambia	59.7	179
180	Congo - Brazzaville	59.5	180
181	Nauru	59.4	178
182	Kenya	59.1	182
183	Djibouti	59.0	181
184	Afghanistan	58.6	183
185	Tanzania	58.5	185
186	Rwanda	58.3	187
187	Benin	58.0	184
188	Liberia	57.5	188
189	Equatorial Guinea	56.4	190
190	Togo	56.2	189
191	Uganda	56.1	191
192	Ethiopia	55.4	195
193	Cameroon	55.3	192
194	Botswana	55.1	194
195	Guinea	54.9	193
196	South Sudan	54.7	197
197	Congo - Kinshasa	54.5	196
198	Mali	54.3	199
199	Niger	54.2	200
200	South Africa	54.2	198
201	Guinea-Bissau	54.1	203
202	Burundi	54.0	202
203	Burkina Faso	53.8	201
204	Malawi	53.7	205
205	Namibia	53.2	204
206	Angola	53.0	208
207	Côte d’Ivoire	52.9	206
208	Mozambique	52.7	207
209	Zambia	52.7	209
210	Somalia	50.9	210
211	Nigeria	49.9	211
212	Sierra Leone	49.5	213
213	Chad	48.7	212
214	Central African Republic	48.7	214
215	Zimbabwe	47.1	215
216	Eswatini	44.6	216
217	Lesotho	43.2	217

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