Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2015

Countries217

1. Monaco85.3

Median73.6

Japan83.85 / 217

World72.0

Top 20

Monaco85.3

San Marino84.6

Andorra84.5

Hong Kong84.3

Japan83.8

Macau83.2

Switzerland82.9

Spain82.8

Singapore82.7

Gibraltar82.7

Liechtenstein82.7

Italy82.5

Iceland82.5

Australia82.4

French Polynesia82.3

France82.3

Norway82.3

Luxembourg82.3

Sweden82.2

United Arab Emirates82.1

Bottom 10

Guinea57.9

Mali57.9

Sierra Leone55.5

Somalia55.1

Eswatini54.9

Nigeria51.9

Central African Republic51.9

Lesotho51.8

Chad51.3

South Sudan39.8

Biggest increases since 2014

Central African Republic+29.0%

Eswatini+2.7%

Palestinian Territories+2.5%

Sierra Leone+2.2%

Lesotho+2.1%

Botswana+1.7%

Zimbabwe+1.5%

Seychelles+1.5%

South Africa+1.4%

Mozambique+1.3%

Biggest decreases since 2014

South Sudan-12.9%

Syria-3.4%

Yemen-1.8%

Dominica-1.7%

Italy-0.7%

Nepal-0.6%

Croatia-0.6%

Germany-0.6%

France-0.5%

Spain-0.5%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	85.3	1
2	San Marino	84.6	3
3	Andorra	84.5	2
4	Hong Kong	84.3	4
5	Japan	83.8	5
6	Macau	83.2	9
7	Switzerland	82.9	7
8	Spain	82.8	6
9	Singapore	82.7	13
10	Gibraltar	82.7	12
11	Liechtenstein	82.7	20
12	Italy	82.5	8
13	Iceland	82.5	10
14	Australia	82.4	14
15	French Polynesia	82.3	18
16	France	82.3	11
17	Norway	82.3	19
18	Luxembourg	82.3	16
19	Sweden	82.2	15
20	United Arab Emirates	82.1	21
21	Israel	82.1	17
22	South Korea	82.0	24
23	Canada	81.8	23
24	Faroe Islands	81.8	27
25	Malta	81.8	22
26	Qatar	81.8	30
27	New Zealand	81.6	29
28	Netherlands	81.5	25
29	Finland	81.5	36
30	Cyprus	81.5	33
31	Ireland	81.5	32
32	Channel Islands	81.4	26
33	Austria	81.2	28
34	Portugal	81.1	37
35	Greece	81.0	31
36	Belgium	81.0	35
37	United Kingdom	81.0	34
38	Slovenia	80.8	39
39	Denmark	80.7	40
40	Puerto Rico	80.7	45
41	Germany	80.6	38
42	Costa Rica	80.4	41
43	Bahrain	80.3	42
44	Bermuda	80.3	43
45	Isle of Man	80.3	44
46	Chile	80.0	47
47	St. Martin	79.8	46
48	Kuwait	79.4	48
49	Oman	79.3	49
50	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.0	50
51	United States	78.7	51
52	Maldives	78.6	53
53	Czechia	78.6	52
54	Albania	78.4	55
55	Lebanon	78.3	54
56	Cayman Islands	78.1	56
57	Saudi Arabia	77.8	64
58	Cuba	77.7	57
59	Estonia	77.6	67
60	Panama	77.6	61
61	Poland	77.5	59
62	Northern Mariana Islands	77.4	60
63	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.3	62
64	Uruguay	77.3	63
65	Croatia	77.3	58
66	New Caledonia	77.2	66
67	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.1	65
68	China	77.0	70
69	Antigua & Barbuda	76.9	68
70	Montenegro	76.6	75
71	Argentina	76.6	77
72	Slovakia	76.6	69
73	Thailand	76.6	76
74	British Virgin Islands	76.6	71
75	Türkiye	76.5	72
76	Curaçao	76.5	74
77	Guam	76.4	73
78	Ecuador	76.2	79
79	Colombia	76.1	80
80	Barbados	76.1	81
81	Kosovo	76.0	78
82	Sri Lanka	76.0	83
83	Iran	75.9	85
84	Sint Maarten	75.9	84
85	Peru	75.7	90
86	Hungary	75.6	82
87	Aruba	75.4	89
88	North Macedonia	75.4	86
89	Malaysia	75.3	87
90	Serbia	75.3	88
91	Algeria	75.2	92
92	Brazil	75.1	96
93	Jordan	75.1	98
94	Grenada	75.0	91
95	Romania	74.9	93
96	Brunei	74.9	95
97	Tunisia	74.9	97
98	Armenia	74.9	94
99	Bulgaria	74.6	100
100	Palestinian Territories	74.6	115
101	Latvia	74.5	103
102	Mexico	74.4	101
103	Mauritius	74.4	102
104	Lithuania	74.3	99
105	Seychelles	74.3	108
106	Cape Verde	74.1	106
107	Vietnam	74.0	105
108	Bahamas	73.8	104
109	Belarus	73.6	111
110	Paraguay	73.5	107
111	Georgia	73.2	110
112	Venezuela	73.0	113
113	Dominican Republic	73.0	109
114	St. Lucia	72.9	117
115	Nicaragua	72.9	114
116	Morocco	72.9	118
117	Trinidad & Tobago	72.9	112
118	North Korea	72.8	119
119	Ukraine	72.7	122
120	American Samoa	72.7	116
121	Azerbaijan	72.3	121
122	Jamaica	72.2	120
123	Kazakhstan	72.0	125
124	Tonga	71.9	123
125	Belize	71.6	124
126	Libya	71.6	126
127	Uzbekistan	71.3	132
128	Honduras	71.3	131
129	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.2	127
130	Russia	71.2	134
131	Samoa	71.1	130
132	El Salvador	71.0	129
133	Guatemala	70.9	133
134	Greenland	70.9	136
135	Mongolia	70.8	135
136	Bhutan	70.8	137
137	Kyrgyzstan	70.7	138
138	Suriname	70.6	140
139	Bangladesh	70.5	143
140	St. Vincent & Grenadines	70.5	139
141	Vanuatu	70.2	142
142	Egypt	70.1	144
143	Moldova	70.1	141
144	Iraq	70.0	146
145	Dominica	70.0	128
146	Tajikistan	69.7	145
147	Indonesia	69.5	148
148	Philippines	69.4	147
149	Cambodia	69.4	149
150	India	69.3	153
151	Solomon Islands	69.3	152
152	Palau	69.1	150
153	Turkmenistan	69.1	151
154	Guyana	67.7	156
155	Nepal	67.4	155
156	Bolivia	67.2	157
157	Yemen	66.8	154
158	Laos	66.7	159
159	Mauritania	66.5	160
160	Fiji	66.5	158
161	Senegal	66.5	162
162	Gabon	66.3	161
163	São Tomé & Príncipe	66.0	166
164	Eritrea	65.9	164
165	Kiribati	65.8	163
166	Pakistan	65.6	167
167	Rwanda	65.4	171
168	Tuvalu	65.4	169
169	Timor-Leste	65.3	172
170	Micronesia	65.3	168
171	Marshall Islands	65.3	170
172	Myanmar (Burma)	65.3	173
173	Comoros	64.5	175
174	Papua New Guinea	64.5	174
175	Sudan	64.4	176
176	South Africa	64.1	180
177	Tanzania	63.9	177
178	Uganda	63.8	181
179	Congo - Brazzaville	63.7	178
180	Ethiopia	63.6	183
181	Madagascar	63.4	179
182	Syria	63.3	165
183	Haiti	63.2	182
184	Botswana	63.2	188
185	Ghana	63.2	184
186	Gambia	63.0	185
187	Djibouti	62.8	186
188	Malawi	62.3	190
189	Kenya	62.3	189
190	Afghanistan	62.3	187
191	Angola	61.0	192
192	Nauru	60.9	191
193	Zambia	60.7	194
194	Equatorial Guinea	60.6	193
195	Burundi	60.1	195
196	Guinea-Bissau	60.1	196
197	Namibia	60.0	197
198	Cameroon	59.7	199
199	Liberia	59.2	198
200	Togo	59.2	201
201	Benin	59.1	200
202	Zimbabwe	59.0	205
203	Niger	58.8	202
204	Burkina Faso	58.8	203
205	Mozambique	58.7	206
206	Congo - Kinshasa	58.7	204
207	Côte d’Ivoire	58.3	207
208	Guinea	57.9	208
209	Mali	57.9	209
210	Sierra Leone	55.5	211
211	Somalia	55.1	210
212	Eswatini	54.9	212
213	Nigeria	51.9	213
214	Central African Republic	51.9	217
215	Lesotho	51.8	215
216	Chad	51.3	214
217	South Sudan	39.8	216

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