Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2014

Countries217

1. Monaco85.1

Median73.1

Japan83.65 / 217

World71.8

Top 20

Monaco85.1

Andorra84.5

San Marino84.4

Hong Kong83.9

Japan83.6

Spain83.2

Switzerland83.2

Italy83.1

Macau83.0

Iceland82.9

France82.7

Gibraltar82.6

Singapore82.5

Australia82.3

Sweden82.3

Luxembourg82.2

Israel82.2

French Polynesia82.2

Norway82.1

Liechtenstein82.1

Bottom 10

Guinea57.6

Mali57.5

Somalia54.4

Sierra Leone54.3

Eswatini53.5

Nigeria51.9

Chad51.1

Lesotho50.8

South Sudan45.6

Central African Republic40.3

Biggest increases since 2013

Eswatini+2.7%

Lesotho+2.5%

Zimbabwe+2.2%

Botswana+1.6%

Namibia+1.4%

Malawi+1.4%

Mozambique+1.4%

South Africa+1.3%

Côte d’Ivoire+1.3%

Ethiopia+1.2%

Biggest decreases since 2013

South Sudan-21.7%

Central African Republic-18.6%

Palestinian Territories-1.8%

Libya-1.4%

Liberia-1.3%

Bulgaria-0.5%

Puerto Rico-0.3%

Venezuela-0.3%

Cuba-0.3%

Liechtenstein-0.2%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	85.1	1
2	Andorra	84.5	2
3	San Marino	84.4	3
4	Hong Kong	83.9	4
5	Japan	83.6	5
6	Spain	83.2	6
7	Switzerland	83.2	7
8	Italy	83.1	9
9	Macau	83.0	8
10	Iceland	82.9	15
11	France	82.7	13
12	Gibraltar	82.6	10
13	Singapore	82.5	12
14	Australia	82.3	14
15	Sweden	82.3	17
16	Luxembourg	82.2	20
17	Israel	82.2	16
18	French Polynesia	82.2	19
19	Norway	82.1	21
20	Liechtenstein	82.1	11
21	United Arab Emirates	82.0	18
22	Malta	81.9	22
23	Canada	81.8	23
24	South Korea	81.7	30
25	Netherlands	81.7	28
26	Channel Islands	81.6	24
27	Faroe Islands	81.6	26
28	Austria	81.5	31
29	New Zealand	81.5	25
30	Qatar	81.4	34
31	Greece	81.4	29
32	Ireland	81.3	35
33	Cyprus	81.3	27
34	United Kingdom	81.3	32
35	Belgium	81.3	37
36	Finland	81.2	33
37	Portugal	81.1	36
38	Germany	81.1	38
39	Slovenia	81.1	39
40	Denmark	80.7	41
41	Costa Rica	80.2	42
42	Bahrain	80.2	45
43	Bermuda	80.2	44
44	Isle of Man	80.2	43
45	Puerto Rico	80.0	40
46	St. Martin	79.7	47
47	Chile	79.7	46
48	Kuwait	79.1	48
49	Oman	79.0	51
50	U.S. Virgin Islands	78.9	50
51	United States	78.8	49
52	Czechia	78.8	52
53	Maldives	78.2	56
54	Lebanon	78.1	53
55	Albania	78.0	55
56	Cayman Islands	77.9	57
57	Cuba	77.8	54
58	Croatia	77.7	58
59	Poland	77.6	65
60	Northern Mariana Islands	77.4	59
61	Panama	77.4	62
62	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.2	63
63	Uruguay	77.2	66
64	Saudi Arabia	77.1	68
65	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.1	61
66	New Caledonia	77.1	67
67	Estonia	77.0	60
68	Antigua & Barbuda	76.9	64
69	Slovakia	76.8	72
70	China	76.7	71
71	British Virgin Islands	76.5	70
72	Türkiye	76.5	76
73	Guam	76.4	73
74	Curaçao	76.4	75
75	Montenegro	76.3	69
76	Thailand	76.3	77
77	Argentina	76.3	80
78	Kosovo	76.2	74
79	Ecuador	76.1	79
80	Colombia	76.0	78
81	Barbados	75.9	81
82	Hungary	75.8	82
83	Sri Lanka	75.8	83
84	Sint Maarten	75.7	86
85	Iran	75.6	87
86	North Macedonia	75.5	85
87	Malaysia	75.3	84
88	Serbia	75.3	88
89	Aruba	75.3	89
90	Peru	75.3	98
91	Grenada	75.0	91
92	Algeria	75.0	94
93	Romania	74.9	90
94	Armenia	74.9	96
95	Brunei	74.9	93
96	Brazil	74.8	97
97	Tunisia	74.8	95
98	Jordan	74.6	100
99	Lithuania	74.5	105
100	Bulgaria	74.5	92
101	Mexico	74.4	99
102	Mauritius	74.2	102
103	Latvia	74.1	103
104	Bahamas	74.0	104
105	Vietnam	73.9	106
106	Cape Verde	73.8	107
107	Paraguay	73.4	108
108	Seychelles	73.2	109
109	Dominican Republic	73.1	111
110	Georgia	73.1	112
111	Belarus	73.0	117
112	Trinidad & Tobago	72.9	113
113	Venezuela	72.8	110
114	Nicaragua	72.8	116
115	Palestinian Territories	72.8	101
116	American Samoa	72.7	114
117	St. Lucia	72.7	115
118	Morocco	72.5	120
119	North Korea	72.5	121
120	Jamaica	72.4	118
121	Azerbaijan	71.9	123
122	Ukraine	71.8	124
123	Tonga	71.7	122
124	Belize	71.4	126
125	Kazakhstan	71.4	132
126	Libya	71.3	119
127	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.2	125
128	Dominica	71.2	128
129	El Salvador	71.1	129
130	Samoa	71.1	127
131	Honduras	71.0	131
132	Uzbekistan	71.0	133
133	Guatemala	70.9	130
134	Russia	70.7	134
135	Mongolia	70.6	140
136	Greenland	70.5	135
137	Bhutan	70.5	138
138	Kyrgyzstan	70.4	137
139	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.4	141
140	Suriname	70.3	139
141	Moldova	70.2	136
142	Vanuatu	70.0	142
143	Bangladesh	70.0	145
144	Egypt	69.9	143
145	Tajikistan	69.7	144
146	Iraq	69.7	148
147	Philippines	69.3	146
148	Indonesia	69.3	147
149	Cambodia	69.1	152
150	Palau	69.1	150
151	Turkmenistan	69.0	151
152	Solomon Islands	69.0	149
153	India	68.9	153
154	Yemen	68.0	154
155	Nepal	67.8	155
156	Guyana	67.3	157
157	Bolivia	67.0	156
158	Fiji	66.6	158
159	Laos	66.4	162
160	Mauritania	66.2	160
161	Gabon	66.1	161
162	Senegal	66.0	163
163	Kiribati	65.9	159
164	Eritrea	65.5	168
165	Syria	65.5	166
166	São Tomé & Príncipe	65.5	170
167	Pakistan	65.4	167
168	Micronesia	65.3	164
169	Tuvalu	65.3	165
170	Marshall Islands	65.1	169
171	Rwanda	65.1	172
172	Timor-Leste	65.0	171
173	Myanmar (Burma)	65.0	173
174	Papua New Guinea	64.2	174
175	Comoros	64.1	175
176	Sudan	64.0	176
177	Tanzania	63.4	179
178	Congo - Brazzaville	63.3	178
179	Madagascar	63.3	177
180	South Africa	63.2	182
181	Uganda	63.1	183
182	Haiti	63.0	180
183	Ethiopia	62.9	186
184	Ghana	62.8	181
185	Gambia	62.6	184
186	Djibouti	62.4	187
187	Afghanistan	62.3	185
188	Botswana	62.2	189
189	Kenya	62.0	188
190	Malawi	61.7	190
191	Nauru	60.8	191
192	Angola	60.4	194
193	Equatorial Guinea	60.2	193
194	Zambia	60.1	195
195	Burundi	59.8	196
196	Guinea-Bissau	59.5	197
197	Namibia	59.3	200
198	Liberia	59.2	192
199	Cameroon	59.1	199
200	Benin	59.0	198
201	Togo	58.8	202
202	Niger	58.7	201
203	Burkina Faso	58.3	204
204	Congo - Kinshasa	58.2	205
205	Zimbabwe	58.1	210
206	Mozambique	58.0	207
207	Côte d’Ivoire	57.8	208
208	Guinea	57.6	206
209	Mali	57.5	209
210	Somalia	54.4	212
211	Sierra Leone	54.3	211
212	Eswatini	53.5	213
213	Nigeria	51.9	214
214	Chad	51.1	215
215	Lesotho	50.8	216
216	South Sudan	45.6	203
217	Central African Republic	40.3	217

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