Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2007

Countries217

1. Monaco83.9

Median72.1

Japan82.54 / 217

World69.8

Top 20

Monaco83.9

Andorra83.6

San Marino82.6

Japan82.5

Hong Kong82.4

Switzerland81.7

Macau81.7

Iceland81.5

United Arab Emirates81.4

Italy81.4

Liechtenstein81.3

Australia81.3

Gibraltar81.3

France81.1

Sweden80.9

Spain80.9

Channel Islands80.6

Canada80.5

Israel80.5

Singapore80.4

Bottom 10

Côte d’Ivoire53.5

Mozambique53.3

Somalia50.9

Nigeria50.4

Sierra Leone50.0

Central African Republic49.3

Chad49.2

Zimbabwe47.6

Eswatini45.2

Lesotho43.7

Biggest increases since 2006

Botswana+2.9%

Angola+2.3%

Ethiopia+2.1%

Uganda+2.0%

Rwanda+2.0%

Zambia+2.0%

Malawi+1.9%

Sudan+1.7%

Burundi+1.6%

Namibia+1.6%

Biggest decreases since 2006

U.S. Virgin Islands-1.9%

Argentina-0.7%

Monaco-0.3%

Lithuania-0.2%

Solomon Islands-0.2%

Croatia-0.2%

Dominica-0.1%

North Macedonia-0.1%

Portugal-0.1%

Guam-0.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	83.9	1
2	Andorra	83.6	2
3	San Marino	82.6	5
4	Japan	82.5	4
5	Hong Kong	82.4	3
6	Switzerland	81.7	7
7	Macau	81.7	6
8	Iceland	81.5	9
9	United Arab Emirates	81.4	10
10	Italy	81.4	8
11	Liechtenstein	81.3	13
12	Australia	81.3	12
13	Gibraltar	81.3	11
14	France	81.1	15
15	Sweden	80.9	16
16	Spain	80.9	14
17	Channel Islands	80.6	19
18	Canada	80.5	18
19	Israel	80.5	17
20	Singapore	80.4	21
21	Norway	80.4	20
22	French Polynesia	80.3	22
23	Austria	80.2	24
24	New Zealand	80.2	23
25	Netherlands	80.1	25
26	Faroe Islands	79.9	26
27	Cyprus	79.8	27
28	Malta	79.8	29
29	Belgium	79.8	30
30	Ireland	79.6	33
31	Germany	79.5	35
32	United Kingdom	79.4	32
33	Greece	79.4	28
34	Luxembourg	79.4	31
35	Finland	79.3	34
36	South Korea	79.1	38
37	Costa Rica	79.1	36
38	Bermuda	79.0	37
39	Chile	78.7	39
40	Slovenia	78.6	43
41	Isle of Man	78.5	45
42	Portugal	78.3	40
43	Denmark	78.2	42
44	St. Martin	78.2	44
45	United States	78.0	47
46	Northern Mariana Islands	77.9	46
47	Qatar	77.7	50
48	Albania	77.7	51
49	Puerto Rico	77.7	48
50	Cuba	77.6	49
51	Kuwait	77.0	52
52	Bahrain	77.0	54
53	U.S. Virgin Islands	76.9	41
54	Lebanon	76.7	61
55	Czechia	76.7	53
56	Turks & Caicos Islands	76.4	56
57	Guam	76.4	55
58	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.2	57
59	Uruguay	76.2	58
60	British Virgin Islands	75.9	60
61	Antigua & Barbuda	75.7	62
62	Maldives	75.7	66
63	Croatia	75.7	59
64	Panama	75.7	63
65	Oman	75.6	64
66	Barbados	75.3	68
67	Poland	75.2	67
68	New Caledonia	75.2	69
69	Cayman Islands	75.2	70
70	Saudi Arabia	75.1	72
71	Malaysia	75.0	74
72	Sint Maarten	74.8	71
73	Brunei	74.8	73
74	China	74.8	75
75	Argentina	74.8	65
76	Kosovo	74.4	85
77	Montenegro	74.3	82
78	Ecuador	74.2	77
79	Slovakia	74.2	76
80	Grenada	74.2	79
81	Curaçao	74.1	78
82	Türkiye	74.1	83
83	Tunisia	74.0	81
84	North Macedonia	73.8	80
85	Mexico	73.8	84
86	Thailand	73.8	90
87	Colombia	73.8	87
88	Aruba	73.6	86
89	Serbia	73.6	89
90	Bahamas	73.5	88
91	Jordan	73.4	92
92	Vietnam	73.4	91
93	Venezuela	73.3	96
94	Algeria	73.3	93
95	Iran	73.3	97
96	Syria	73.3	95
97	Hungary	73.2	94
98	Seychelles	73.1	107
99	Sri Lanka	73.0	98
100	Armenia	72.9	99
101	St. Lucia	72.9	100
102	Estonia	72.8	101
103	Peru	72.7	105
104	Brazil	72.7	106
105	Bulgaria	72.7	102
106	Mauritius	72.6	103
107	Romania	72.6	108
108	American Samoa	72.4	104
109	Palestinian Territories	72.1	110
110	Dominica	71.9	109
111	Paraguay	71.8	113
112	Libya	71.8	111
113	Samoa	71.6	112
114	Cape Verde	71.5	116
115	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.4	115
116	Jamaica	71.4	114
117	Nicaragua	71.2	120
118	Dominican Republic	71.1	118
119	Latvia	71.0	121
120	Georgia	71.0	119
121	Lithuania	70.9	117
122	Tonga	70.9	122
123	Trinidad & Tobago	70.8	124
124	Belize	70.7	123
125	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	125
126	Belarus	70.2	127
127	El Salvador	69.8	126
128	Morocco	69.6	129
129	Honduras	69.5	128
130	Guatemala	69.3	132
131	Vanuatu	69.1	130
132	North Korea	69.0	131
133	Moldova	68.7	135
134	Azerbaijan	68.7	134
135	Egypt	68.6	133
136	Philippines	68.5	136
137	Uzbekistan	68.5	138
138	Suriname	68.3	142
139	Greenland	68.3	139
140	Indonesia	67.9	141
141	Kyrgyzstan	67.9	140
142	Solomon Islands	67.8	137
143	Ukraine	67.7	143
144	Russia	67.6	145
145	Tajikistan	67.4	144
146	Bhutan	67.2	148
147	Palau	67.1	146
148	Turkmenistan	67.0	147
149	Mongolia	66.6	151
150	Bangladesh	66.5	150
151	Yemen	66.2	153
152	Kazakhstan	66.2	154
153	Nepal	66.2	152
154	Fiji	66.2	149
155	India	65.8	156
156	Kiribati	65.7	155
157	Cambodia	65.5	157
158	Guyana	65.5	159
159	Bolivia	64.9	160
160	Mauritania	64.9	161
161	Micronesia	64.8	158
162	Iraq	64.4	164
163	Tuvalu	64.4	162
164	Marshall Islands	64.3	163
165	Pakistan	63.8	165
166	Gabon	63.6	166
167	São Tomé & Príncipe	63.3	167
168	Senegal	62.7	171
169	Timor-Leste	62.4	170
170	Myanmar (Burma)	62.4	168
171	Papua New Guinea	62.2	169
172	Eritrea	62.0	172
173	Laos	61.7	175
174	Madagascar	61.5	174
175	Comoros	61.5	173
176	Sudan	61.4	177
177	Haiti	61.1	176
178	Ghana	60.3	178
179	Congo - Brazzaville	60.0	180
180	Gambia	60.0	179
181	Rwanda	59.5	186
182	Nauru	59.5	181
183	Kenya	59.4	182
184	Djibouti	59.4	183
185	Tanzania	59.3	185
186	Afghanistan	59.0	184
187	Benin	58.2	187
188	Liberia	58.1	188
189	Uganda	57.2	191
190	Equatorial Guinea	56.9	189
191	Botswana	56.7	194
192	Ethiopia	56.6	192
193	Togo	56.4	190
194	Cameroon	55.7	193
195	South Sudan	55.4	196
196	Guinea	55.2	195
197	Niger	55.1	199
198	Congo - Kinshasa	55.0	197
199	South Africa	54.9	200
200	Guinea-Bissau	54.9	201
201	Burundi	54.8	202
202	Mali	54.8	198
203	Malawi	54.7	204
204	Burkina Faso	54.4	203
205	Angola	54.2	206
206	Namibia	54.0	205
207	Zambia	53.7	209
208	Côte d’Ivoire	53.5	207
209	Mozambique	53.3	208
210	Somalia	50.9	210
211	Nigeria	50.4	211
212	Sierra Leone	50.0	212
213	Central African Republic	49.3	214
214	Chad	49.2	213
215	Zimbabwe	47.6	215
216	Eswatini	45.2	216
217	Lesotho	43.7	217

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