Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2009

Countries217

1. Monaco84.2

Median72.3

Japan82.94 / 217

World70.4

Top 20

Monaco84.2

Andorra84.1

San Marino83.2

Japan82.9

Hong Kong82.8

Macau82.2

Switzerland82.0

Gibraltar81.8

Iceland81.8

United Arab Emirates81.7

Italy81.6

Australia81.5

Liechtenstein81.5

Spain81.5

France81.4

Israel81.4

Sweden81.4

Singapore81.2

Canada81.1

Channel Islands81.0

Bottom 10

Côte d’Ivoire54.7

Mozambique54.4

Somalia52.1

Sierra Leone51.3

Nigeria51.1

Chad49.8

Zimbabwe49.8

Eswatini46.9

Lesotho45.1

Central African Republic14.7

Biggest increases since 2008

Myanmar (Burma)+11.9%

Zimbabwe+2.7%

South Africa+2.6%

Eswatini+2.3%

Sudan+2.3%

Iraq+2.1%

Rwanda+1.9%

Zambia+1.9%

Guinea-Bissau+1.8%

Malawi+1.8%

Biggest decreases since 2008

Central African Republic-70.6%

Sri Lanka-3.1%

Samoa-2.9%

American Samoa-2.2%

Liechtenstein-1.4%

Peru-0.2%

Dominica-0.2%

Tonga-0.1%

Austria-0.1%

Guam-0.1%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	84.2	2
2	Andorra	84.1	1
3	San Marino	83.2	3
4	Japan	82.9	5
5	Hong Kong	82.8	6
6	Macau	82.2	7
7	Switzerland	82.0	8
8	Gibraltar	81.8	11
9	Iceland	81.8	9
10	United Arab Emirates	81.7	10
11	Italy	81.6	12
12	Australia	81.5	13
13	Liechtenstein	81.5	4
14	Spain	81.5	15
15	France	81.4	14
16	Israel	81.4	17
17	Sweden	81.4	16
18	Singapore	81.2	19
19	Canada	81.1	20
20	Channel Islands	81.0	18
21	French Polynesia	80.9	22
22	Norway	80.8	21
23	New Zealand	80.7	25
24	Luxembourg	80.6	23
25	Netherlands	80.5	26
26	Cyprus	80.4	30
27	Faroe Islands	80.4	27
28	Austria	80.3	24
29	Malta	80.2	33
30	Ireland	80.2	28
31	Greece	80.2	29
32	United Kingdom	80.1	34
33	Belgium	80.0	32
34	South Korea	80.0	36
35	Germany	79.8	31
36	Finland	79.7	35
37	Costa Rica	79.4	37
38	Isle of Man	79.3	39
39	Bermuda	79.2	38
40	Slovenia	79.0	40
41	Chile	78.9	41
42	Qatar	78.8	45
43	Portugal	78.7	42
44	Denmark	78.6	43
45	St. Martin	78.5	44
46	Albania	78.5	46
47	United States	78.4	48
48	Puerto Rico	78.4	47
49	Bahrain	78.0	51
50	Northern Mariana Islands	77.9	49
51	Cuba	77.6	50
52	U.S. Virgin Islands	77.5	53
53	Kuwait	77.4	52
54	Lebanon	77.3	55
55	Czechia	77.1	54
56	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.7	56
57	Turks & Caicos Islands	76.7	60
58	Uruguay	76.7	57
59	Oman	76.6	59
60	Antigua & Barbuda	76.4	61
61	Maldives	76.4	63
62	Panama	76.2	64
63	British Virgin Islands	76.2	62
64	Croatia	76.2	65
65	Guam	76.1	58
66	Poland	75.7	66
67	New Caledonia	75.7	68
68	Cayman Islands	75.7	69
69	Argentina	75.6	67
70	Barbados	75.5	71
71	Saudi Arabia	75.4	70
72	China	75.3	75
73	Malaysia	75.3	72
74	Montenegro	75.1	73
75	Slovakia	74.9	79
76	Ecuador	74.9	78
77	Estonia	74.8	89
78	Brunei	74.8	76
79	Sint Maarten	74.8	74
80	Kosovo	74.8	77
81	Türkiye	74.7	81
82	Thailand	74.7	84
83	Grenada	74.6	82
84	Colombia	74.5	85
85	Curaçao	74.5	83
86	North Macedonia	74.4	80
87	Tunisia	74.3	86
88	Iran	74.0	92
89	Serbia	74.0	87
90	Aruba	74.0	88
91	Hungary	73.9	90
92	Algeria	73.9	93
93	Jordan	73.7	94
94	Mexico	73.6	91
95	Vietnam	73.5	95
96	Syria	73.5	97
97	Brazil	73.5	99
98	Bahamas	73.5	96
99	Bulgaria	73.4	101
100	Romania	73.3	106
101	Seychelles	73.1	98
102	Latvia	73.1	109
103	Armenia	73.1	100
104	St. Lucia	72.9	102
105	Lithuania	72.9	115
106	Mauritius	72.9	105
107	Venezuela	72.8	104
108	Peru	72.6	103
109	Palestinian Territories	72.3	110
110	Paraguay	72.3	111
111	Cape Verde	72.1	114
112	Libya	72.1	113
113	Dominica	71.8	112
114	Jamaica	71.7	117
115	Dominican Republic	71.6	120
116	Nicaragua	71.5	119
117	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.5	118
118	Trinidad & Tobago	71.4	121
119	Georgia	71.1	123
120	Tonga	70.9	122
121	American Samoa	70.8	108
122	Belize	70.8	124
123	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.7	125
124	Morocco	70.5	128
125	Belarus	70.4	126
126	El Salvador	70.4	127
127	Sri Lanka	70.3	107
128	Azerbaijan	69.9	131
129	Honduras	69.8	129
130	North Korea	69.7	132
131	Guatemala	69.7	130
132	Uzbekistan	69.5	134
133	Samoa	69.5	116
134	Vanuatu	69.4	133
135	Moldova	69.4	135
136	Suriname	69.3	136
137	Ukraine	69.2	142
138	Kyrgyzstan	69.1	140
139	Greenland	69.0	139
140	Egypt	68.9	137
141	Russia	68.7	144
142	Philippines	68.6	138
143	Solomon Islands	68.4	141
144	Indonesia	68.3	143
145	Tajikistan	68.2	145
146	Bhutan	68.2	146
147	Turkmenistan	68.2	147
148	Palau	68.0	148
149	Mongolia	68.0	149
150	Iraq	67.8	153
151	Bangladesh	67.5	150
152	Kazakhstan	67.5	151
153	Yemen	66.9	152
154	Cambodia	66.7	157
155	India	66.7	156
156	Nepal	66.6	154
157	Fiji	66.3	155
158	Guyana	66.0	159
159	Kiribati	65.8	158
160	Bolivia	65.7	160
161	Mauritania	65.5	161
162	Micronesia	64.9	162
163	Tuvalu	64.7	163
164	Marshall Islands	64.4	164
165	Gabon	64.4	165
166	Pakistan	64.2	166
167	Senegal	63.8	168
168	São Tomé & Príncipe	63.7	167
169	Timor-Leste	63.3	169
170	Eritrea	63.2	171
171	Myanmar (Burma)	63.1	193
172	Laos	63.0	172
173	Papua New Guinea	62.8	170
174	Sudan	62.7	176
175	Madagascar	62.3	173
176	Comoros	62.3	174
177	Rwanda	61.8	178
178	Haiti	61.7	175
179	Congo - Brazzaville	61.2	177
180	Ghana	60.9	179
181	Gambia	60.7	180
182	Tanzania	60.5	182
183	Kenya	60.5	181
184	Djibouti	60.4	183
185	Afghanistan	60.2	184
186	Nauru	59.9	185
187	Uganda	59.2	187
188	Liberia	59.1	186
189	Ethiopia	58.7	189
190	Botswana	58.3	190
191	Benin	58.3	188
192	Equatorial Guinea	57.9	191
193	South Africa	57.4	196
194	Togo	56.9	192
195	South Sudan	56.8	194
196	Malawi	56.7	198
197	Niger	56.5	197
198	Cameroon	56.5	195
199	Burundi	56.4	200
200	Guinea-Bissau	56.3	202
201	Angola	56.2	203
202	Guinea	56.1	199
203	Zambia	55.9	206
204	Congo - Kinshasa	55.8	201
205	Burkina Faso	55.8	204
206	Mali	55.6	205
207	Namibia	55.3	207
208	Côte d’Ivoire	54.7	208
209	Mozambique	54.4	209
210	Somalia	52.1	210
211	Sierra Leone	51.3	212
212	Nigeria	51.1	211
213	Chad	49.8	214
214	Zimbabwe	49.8	215
215	Eswatini	46.9	216
216	Lesotho	45.1	217
217	Central African Republic	14.7	213

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