Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2008

Countries217

1. Andorra83.9

Median72.4

Japan82.65 / 217

World70.0

Top 20

Andorra83.9

Monaco83.8

San Marino82.9

Liechtenstein82.7

Japan82.6

Hong Kong82.3

Macau82.0

Switzerland82.0

Iceland81.6

United Arab Emirates81.6

Gibraltar81.5

Italy81.5

Australia81.4

France81.2

Spain81.2

Sweden81.1

Israel81.0

Channel Islands80.8

Singapore80.8

Canada80.7

Bottom 10

Côte d’Ivoire54.2

Mozambique53.8

Somalia51.5

Nigeria50.7

Sierra Leone50.7

Central African Republic49.9

Chad49.5

Zimbabwe48.5

Eswatini45.9

Lesotho44.3

Biggest increases since 2007

Iraq+3.2%

Ethiopia+2.1%

Zambia+2.1%

Angola+2.0%

Latvia+2.0%

Rwanda+1.9%

South Africa+1.9%

Malawi+1.9%

Zimbabwe+1.8%

Uganda+1.8%

Biggest decreases since 2007

Myanmar (Burma)-9.6%

Venezuela-1.0%

Sri Lanka-0.6%

Turks & Caicos Islands-0.4%

Sudan-0.3%

Benin-0.3%

Guam-0.2%

Malta-0.2%

Mexico-0.1%

Belgium-0.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Andorra	83.9	2
2	Monaco	83.8	1
3	San Marino	82.9	3
4	Liechtenstein	82.7	11
5	Japan	82.6	4
6	Hong Kong	82.3	5
7	Macau	82.0	7
8	Switzerland	82.0	6
9	Iceland	81.6	8
10	United Arab Emirates	81.6	9
11	Gibraltar	81.5	13
12	Italy	81.5	10
13	Australia	81.4	12
14	France	81.2	14
15	Spain	81.2	16
16	Sweden	81.1	15
17	Israel	81.0	19
18	Channel Islands	80.8	17
19	Singapore	80.8	20
20	Canada	80.7	18
21	Norway	80.6	21
22	French Polynesia	80.6	22
23	Luxembourg	80.5	34
24	Austria	80.4	23
25	New Zealand	80.4	24
26	Netherlands	80.3	25
27	Faroe Islands	80.1	26
28	Ireland	80.1	30
29	Greece	79.9	33
30	Cyprus	79.9	27
31	Germany	79.7	31
32	Belgium	79.7	29
33	Malta	79.6	28
34	United Kingdom	79.6	32
35	Finland	79.6	35
36	South Korea	79.5	36
37	Costa Rica	79.2	37
38	Bermuda	79.1	38
39	Isle of Man	78.9	41
40	Slovenia	78.8	40
41	Chile	78.8	39
42	Portugal	78.5	42
43	Denmark	78.4	43
44	St. Martin	78.3	44
45	Qatar	78.3	47
46	Albania	78.2	48
47	Puerto Rico	78.1	49
48	United States	78.0	45
49	Northern Mariana Islands	77.9	46
50	Cuba	77.6	50
51	Bahrain	77.5	52
52	Kuwait	77.2	51
53	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.2	53
54	Czechia	77.0	55
55	Lebanon	77.0	54
56	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.3	58
57	Uruguay	76.3	59
58	Guam	76.2	57
59	Oman	76.1	65
60	Turks & Caicos Islands	76.1	56
61	Antigua & Barbuda	76.1	61
62	British Virgin Islands	76.1	60
63	Maldives	76.0	62
64	Panama	75.9	64
65	Croatia	75.9	63
66	Poland	75.5	67
67	Argentina	75.4	75
68	New Caledonia	75.4	68
69	Cayman Islands	75.4	69
70	Saudi Arabia	75.3	70
71	Barbados	75.3	66
72	Malaysia	75.2	71
73	Montenegro	75.1	77
74	Sint Maarten	74.9	72
75	China	74.8	74
76	Brunei	74.8	73
77	Kosovo	74.7	76
78	Ecuador	74.7	78
79	Slovakia	74.7	79
80	North Macedonia	74.4	84
81	Türkiye	74.4	82
82	Grenada	74.4	80
83	Curaçao	74.3	81
84	Thailand	74.2	86
85	Colombia	74.2	87
86	Tunisia	74.2	83
87	Serbia	73.9	89
88	Aruba	73.8	88
89	Estonia	73.8	102
90	Hungary	73.7	97
91	Mexico	73.7	85
92	Iran	73.7	95
93	Algeria	73.6	94
94	Jordan	73.6	91
95	Vietnam	73.5	92
96	Bahamas	73.4	90
97	Syria	73.4	96
98	Seychelles	73.2	98
99	Brazil	73.1	104
100	Armenia	73.1	100
101	Bulgaria	73.0	105
102	St. Lucia	73.0	101
103	Peru	72.7	103
104	Venezuela	72.6	93
105	Mauritius	72.6	106
106	Romania	72.6	107
107	Sri Lanka	72.6	99
108	American Samoa	72.4	108
109	Latvia	72.4	119
110	Palestinian Territories	72.2	109
111	Paraguay	72.0	111
112	Dominica	71.9	110
113	Libya	71.9	112
114	Cape Verde	71.9	114
115	Lithuania	71.8	121
116	Samoa	71.5	113
117	Jamaica	71.5	116
118	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.5	115
119	Nicaragua	71.4	117
120	Dominican Republic	71.3	118
121	Trinidad & Tobago	71.1	123
122	Tonga	71.0	122
123	Georgia	70.9	120
124	Belize	70.7	124
125	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.6	125
126	Belarus	70.5	126
127	El Salvador	70.1	127
128	Morocco	70.1	128
129	Honduras	69.7	129
130	Guatemala	69.5	130
131	Azerbaijan	69.4	134
132	North Korea	69.3	132
133	Vanuatu	69.3	131
134	Uzbekistan	69.0	137
135	Moldova	69.0	133
136	Suriname	68.9	138
137	Egypt	68.8	135
138	Philippines	68.6	136
139	Greenland	68.6	139
140	Kyrgyzstan	68.5	141
141	Solomon Islands	68.3	142
142	Ukraine	68.3	143
143	Indonesia	68.1	140
144	Russia	67.9	144
145	Tajikistan	67.9	145
146	Bhutan	67.7	146
147	Turkmenistan	67.6	148
148	Palau	67.6	147
149	Mongolia	67.2	149
150	Bangladesh	67.0	150
151	Kazakhstan	66.8	152
152	Yemen	66.6	151
153	Iraq	66.5	162
154	Nepal	66.4	153
155	Fiji	66.3	154
156	India	66.2	155
157	Cambodia	66.1	157
158	Kiribati	65.7	156
159	Guyana	65.7	158
160	Bolivia	65.3	159
161	Mauritania	65.2	160
162	Micronesia	64.8	161
163	Tuvalu	64.5	163
164	Marshall Islands	64.3	164
165	Gabon	64.0	166
166	Pakistan	64.0	165
167	São Tomé & Príncipe	63.4	167
168	Senegal	63.2	168
169	Timor-Leste	62.9	169
170	Papua New Guinea	62.5	171
171	Eritrea	62.4	172
172	Laos	62.2	173
173	Madagascar	62.0	174
174	Comoros	62.0	175
175	Haiti	61.3	177
176	Sudan	61.3	176
177	Congo - Brazzaville	60.8	179
178	Rwanda	60.6	181
179	Ghana	60.6	178
180	Gambia	60.5	180
181	Kenya	60.0	183
182	Tanzania	59.9	185
183	Djibouti	59.8	184
184	Afghanistan	59.7	186
185	Nauru	59.7	182
186	Liberia	58.7	188
187	Uganda	58.3	189
188	Benin	58.1	187
189	Ethiopia	57.7	192
190	Botswana	57.7	191
191	Equatorial Guinea	57.4	190
192	Togo	56.7	193
193	Myanmar (Burma)	56.4	170
194	South Sudan	56.3	195
195	Cameroon	56.1	194
196	South Africa	56.0	199
197	Niger	55.9	197
198	Malawi	55.7	203
199	Guinea	55.7	196
200	Burundi	55.6	201
201	Congo - Kinshasa	55.4	198
202	Guinea-Bissau	55.3	200
203	Angola	55.3	205
204	Burkina Faso	55.2	204
205	Mali	55.2	202
206	Zambia	54.8	207
207	Namibia	54.7	206
208	Côte d’Ivoire	54.2	208
209	Mozambique	53.8	209
210	Somalia	51.5	210
211	Nigeria	50.7	211
212	Sierra Leone	50.7	212
213	Central African Republic	49.9	213
214	Chad	49.5	214
215	Zimbabwe	48.5	215
216	Eswatini	45.9	216
217	Lesotho	44.3	217

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