Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2018

Countries217

1. Monaco86.1

Median74.0

Japan84.25 / 217

World72.6

Top 20

Monaco86.1

San Marino85.1

Hong Kong84.9

Andorra84.2

Japan84.2

Switzerland83.8

Macau83.7

Spain83.4

Italy83.3

Singapore83.3

Liechtenstein83.0

Gibraltar83.0

French Polynesia83.0

Iceland82.9

Israel82.8

Norway82.8

Australia82.7

Qatar82.7

France82.7

South Korea82.6

Bottom 10

Sierra Leone59.1

Guinea59.0

Mali58.9

Eswatini58.7

Somalia54.8

Lesotho54.6

Nigeria52.7

Chad52.4

Central African Republic52.3

South Sudan51.9

Biggest increases since 2017

South Sudan+46.8%

Central African Republic+15.6%

Somalia+4.9%

Dominica+4.0%

Syria+2.6%

Puerto Rico+2.5%

Sierra Leone+2.2%

Eswatini+2.0%

Iraq+1.9%

St. Martin+1.6%

Biggest decreases since 2017

Seychelles-2.0%

Yemen-1.8%

Liechtenstein-0.8%

Ukraine-0.6%

Trinidad & Tobago-0.4%

Jamaica-0.4%

Philippines-0.3%

Moldova-0.2%

Poland-0.2%

New Zealand-0.2%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	86.1	1
2	San Marino	85.1	2
3	Hong Kong	84.9	3
4	Andorra	84.2	4
5	Japan	84.2	5
6	Switzerland	83.8	7
7	Macau	83.7	8
8	Spain	83.4	9
9	Italy	83.3	11
10	Singapore	83.3	10
11	Liechtenstein	83.0	6
12	Gibraltar	83.0	12
13	French Polynesia	83.0	13
14	Iceland	82.9	14
15	Israel	82.8	18
16	Norway	82.8	16
17	Australia	82.7	19
18	Qatar	82.7	20
19	France	82.7	17
20	South Korea	82.6	15
21	Sweden	82.6	21
22	United Arab Emirates	82.4	22
23	Luxembourg	82.3	26
24	Malta	82.2	23
25	Faroe Islands	82.2	25
26	Ireland	82.2	24
27	Netherlands	81.8	29
28	Canada	81.8	28
29	Greece	81.8	35
30	Finland	81.7	31
31	New Zealand	81.7	27
32	Austria	81.7	30
33	Belgium	81.6	33
34	Cyprus	81.6	32
35	Slovenia	81.4	38
36	Portugal	81.3	34
37	United Kingdom	81.3	36
38	Channel Islands	81.1	39
39	Puerto Rico	81.1	50
40	Bermuda	81.0	41
41	Denmark	81.0	37
42	Germany	80.9	40
43	Isle of Man	80.6	43
44	Chile	80.6	42
45	Bahrain	80.4	44
46	Kuwait	80.1	46
47	Costa Rica	80.1	45
48	St. Martin	80.0	53
49	Oman	79.9	47
50	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.5	48
51	Maldives	79.4	49
52	Albania	79.2	52
53	Czechia	79.0	51
54	Cayman Islands	78.8	55
55	Saudi Arabia	78.8	54
56	United States	78.6	56
57	Panama	78.3	59
58	Lebanon	78.3	57
59	Estonia	78.2	58
60	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.9	66
61	Croatia	77.9	61
62	Montenegro	77.9	74
63	China	77.7	68
64	Poland	77.6	60
65	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.6	63
66	New Caledonia	77.6	64
67	Uruguay	77.5	62
68	Northern Mariana Islands	77.5	65
69	Türkiye	77.5	71
70	Cuba	77.4	67
71	Slovakia	77.3	69
72	Ecuador	77.2	82
73	Thailand	77.2	73
74	Antigua & Barbuda	77.1	72
75	Kosovo	77.1	70
76	Argentina	76.8	75
77	British Virgin Islands	76.7	87
78	North Macedonia	76.6	85
79	Iran	76.6	79
80	Colombia	76.6	78
81	Guam	76.6	76
82	Curaçao	76.5	77
83	Jordan	76.5	83
84	Sri Lanka	76.5	80
85	Barbados	76.4	81
86	Hungary	76.1	86
87	Peru	76.0	84
88	Serbia	75.9	90
89	Aruba	75.9	88
90	Malaysia	75.7	89
91	Sint Maarten	75.7	92
92	Lithuania	75.7	91
93	Brazil	75.6	94
94	Armenia	75.6	95
95	Algeria	75.6	93
96	Palestinian Territories	75.4	96
97	Tunisia	75.4	98
98	Romania	75.4	97
99	Brunei	75.0	100
100	Bulgaria	75.0	101
101	Grenada	75.0	99
102	Cape Verde	74.8	102
103	Latvia	74.8	103
104	Mauritius	74.4	104
105	Mexico	74.3	106
106	Belarus	74.2	107
107	Vietnam	74.1	109
108	Bahamas	74.1	108
109	Georgia	74.0	113
110	Morocco	73.9	111
111	Nicaragua	73.9	114
112	Paraguay	73.6	112
113	Ukraine	73.6	110
114	Dominican Republic	73.6	115
115	Kazakhstan	73.4	117
116	Libya	73.2	120
117	North Korea	73.0	116
118	Azerbaijan	73.0	121
119	Seychelles	72.8	105
120	American Samoa	72.8	119
121	Russia	72.7	123
122	Trinidad & Tobago	72.7	118
123	St. Lucia	72.7	122
124	Venezuela	72.6	126
125	Belize	72.3	125
126	Tonga	72.2	124
127	Bangladesh	72.1	130
128	Honduras	72.0	128
129	Uzbekistan	72.0	129
130	Bhutan	71.7	132
131	Jamaica	71.6	127
132	Guatemala	71.5	131
133	Suriname	71.5	135
134	Kyrgyzstan	71.4	136
135	El Salvador	71.4	138
136	Dominica	71.4	154
137	Greenland	71.4	134
138	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.3	133
139	Iraq	71.1	149
140	Samoa	71.1	139
141	St. Vincent & Grenadines	71.0	137
142	Egypt	71.0	140
143	Mongolia	70.8	141
144	Tajikistan	70.7	142
145	Vanuatu	70.6	143
146	India	70.4	145
147	Moldova	70.2	144
148	Indonesia	70.1	147
149	Cambodia	70.0	148
150	Solomon Islands	69.8	150
151	Philippines	69.8	146
152	Turkmenistan	69.3	151
153	Nepal	69.0	153
154	Palau	69.0	152
155	Guyana	68.8	155
156	Bolivia	67.7	156
157	São Tomé & Príncipe	67.6	160
158	Laos	67.6	157
159	Mauritania	67.4	159
160	Senegal	67.4	162
161	Syria	67.4	173
162	Gabon	67.0	163
163	Eritrea	67.0	164
164	Fiji	67.0	161
165	Pakistan	66.5	165
166	Botswana	66.4	175
167	Rwanda	66.4	166
168	Myanmar (Burma)	66.2	167
169	Timor-Leste	66.2	168
170	Micronesia	65.9	170
171	Yemen	65.9	158
172	Tuvalu	65.9	171
173	Marshall Islands	65.9	172
174	Kiribati	65.8	169
175	Uganda	65.8	176
176	South Africa	65.7	174
177	Sudan	65.5	177
178	Tanzania	65.5	179
179	Comoros	65.4	178
180	Ethiopia	65.3	181
181	Papua New Guinea	65.1	180
182	Congo - Brazzaville	64.5	182
183	Malawi	64.5	183
184	Ghana	64.1	185
185	Djibouti	64.1	186
186	Haiti	64.1	184
187	Gambia	64.0	187
188	Madagascar	63.5	188
189	Kenya	62.8	189
190	Angola	62.6	191
191	Namibia	62.6	192
192	Afghanistan	62.4	190
193	Zambia	62.1	193
194	Equatorial Guinea	61.9	194
195	Burundi	61.8	195
196	Guinea-Bissau	61.7	196
197	Nauru	61.2	197
198	Cameroon	61.2	198
199	Liberia	61.0	199
200	Zimbabwe	60.9	200
201	Mozambique	60.8	201
202	Togo	60.6	202
203	Burkina Faso	60.0	203
204	Congo - Kinshasa	59.9	206
205	Côte d’Ivoire	59.8	207
206	Niger	59.8	205
207	Benin	59.7	204
208	Sierra Leone	59.1	210
209	Guinea	59.0	208
210	Mali	58.9	209
211	Eswatini	58.7	211
212	Somalia	54.8	214
213	Lesotho	54.6	212
214	Nigeria	52.7	213
215	Chad	52.4	215
216	Central African Republic	52.3	216
217	South Sudan	51.9	217

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