Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2019

Countries217

1. Monaco86.2

Median74.2

Japan84.44 / 217

World72.9

Top 20

Monaco86.2

San Marino85.3

Hong Kong85.2

Japan84.4

Liechtenstein84.2

Andorra84.1

Macau83.9

Switzerland83.9

Spain83.8

Singapore83.6

Italy83.5

South Korea83.2

French Polynesia83.2

Gibraltar83.2

Iceland83.2

Sweden83.1

Norway83.0

Qatar82.9

Australia82.9

France82.8

Bottom 10

Eswatini59.9

Sierra Leone59.6

Guinea59.4

Mali59.2

South Sudan58.1

Somalia57.2

Lesotho55.2

Nigeria53.0

Chad53.0

Central African Republic31.5

Biggest increases since 2018

South Sudan+12.0%

Syria+5.3%

Somalia+4.5%

Kuwait+2.3%

Eswatini+1.9%

Seychelles+1.7%

Namibia+1.5%

Liechtenstein+1.3%

Zambia+1.2%

Botswana+1.2%

Biggest decreases since 2018

Central African Republic-39.7%

Bahamas-3.6%

Congo - Brazzaville-2.0%

Montenegro-1.5%

Samoa-1.1%

Bosnia & Herzegovina-0.7%

Dominican Republic-0.6%

St. Lucia-0.6%

Saudi Arabia-0.6%

New Caledonia-0.4%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	86.2	1
2	San Marino	85.3	2
3	Hong Kong	85.2	3
4	Japan	84.4	5
5	Liechtenstein	84.2	11
6	Andorra	84.1	4
7	Macau	83.9	7
8	Switzerland	83.9	6
9	Spain	83.8	8
10	Singapore	83.6	10
11	Italy	83.5	9
12	South Korea	83.2	20
13	French Polynesia	83.2	13
14	Gibraltar	83.2	12
15	Iceland	83.2	14
16	Sweden	83.1	21
17	Norway	83.0	16
18	Qatar	82.9	18
19	Australia	82.9	17
20	France	82.8	19
21	Israel	82.8	15
22	Ireland	82.7	26
23	Malta	82.7	24
24	Luxembourg	82.6	23
25	United Arab Emirates	82.6	22
26	Faroe Islands	82.4	25
27	Canada	82.2	28
28	Netherlands	82.1	27
29	New Zealand	82.1	31
30	Belgium	82.0	33
31	Finland	82.0	30
32	Kuwait	82.0	46
33	Austria	81.9	32
34	Portugal	81.7	36
35	Greece	81.6	29
36	Slovenia	81.5	35
37	Cyprus	81.5	34
38	Denmark	81.5	41
39	Puerto Rico	81.4	39
40	United Kingdom	81.4	37
41	Germany	81.3	42
42	Bermuda	81.3	40
43	Channel Islands	81.2	38
44	Isle of Man	80.7	43
45	Bahrain	80.5	45
46	Chile	80.3	44
47	Costa Rica	80.3	47
48	St. Martin	80.1	48
49	Oman	79.9	49
50	Maldives	79.7	51
51	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.7	50
52	Albania	79.5	52
53	Czechia	79.2	53
54	Cayman Islands	79.1	54
55	United States	78.8	56
56	Estonia	78.6	59
57	Panama	78.5	57
58	Saudi Arabia	78.3	55
59	Croatia	78.2	61
60	Lebanon	78.2	58
61	China	77.9	63
62	Poland	77.9	64
63	Northern Mariana Islands	77.8	68
64	Türkiye	77.7	69
65	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.7	65
66	Slovakia	77.7	71
67	Uruguay	77.5	67
68	Cuba	77.4	70
69	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.4	60
70	Ecuador	77.3	72
71	New Caledonia	77.3	66
72	Kosovo	77.2	75
73	Thailand	77.2	73
74	Antigua & Barbuda	77.2	74
75	Jordan	76.9	83
76	Iran	76.9	79
77	Argentina	76.8	76
78	British Virgin Islands	76.8	77
79	Colombia	76.8	80
80	Sri Lanka	76.7	84
81	Montenegro	76.7	62
82	Guam	76.6	81
83	North Macedonia	76.6	78
84	Barbados	76.5	85
85	Curaçao	76.5	82
86	Hungary	76.3	86
87	Lithuania	76.3	92
88	Peru	76.3	87
89	Armenia	76.2	94
90	Aruba	76.0	89
91	Serbia	75.9	88
92	Malaysia	75.9	90
93	Palestinian Territories	75.8	96
94	Brazil	75.8	93
95	Algeria	75.7	95
96	Sint Maarten	75.7	91
97	Romania	75.6	98
98	Tunisia	75.6	97
99	Cape Verde	75.4	102
100	Latvia	75.4	103
101	Bulgaria	75.1	100
102	Brunei	75.0	99
103	Grenada	75.0	101
104	Mexico	74.5	105
105	Morocco	74.2	110
106	Mauritius	74.2	104
107	Belarus	74.2	106
108	Vietnam	74.2	107
109	Georgia	74.2	109
110	Seychelles	74.0	119
111	Ukraine	73.9	113
112	Nicaragua	73.8	111
113	Paraguay	73.7	112
114	Kazakhstan	73.7	115
115	Azerbaijan	73.3	118
116	Dominican Republic	73.1	114
117	Russia	73.1	121
118	Libya	72.9	116
119	North Korea	72.9	117
120	Trinidad & Tobago	72.8	122
121	Venezuela	72.8	124
122	American Samoa	72.8	120
123	Bangladesh	72.6	127
124	Belize	72.6	125
125	Tonga	72.3	126
126	St. Lucia	72.2	123
127	Honduras	72.1	128
128	Uzbekistan	72.1	129
129	Bhutan	72.0	130
130	Suriname	71.8	133
131	El Salvador	71.7	135
132	Guatemala	71.6	132
133	Kyrgyzstan	71.6	134
134	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.5	138
135	Jamaica	71.5	131
136	Greenland	71.4	137
137	Bahamas	71.4	108
138	Dominica	71.3	136
139	Iraq	71.2	139
140	Egypt	71.2	142
141	Mongolia	71.1	143
142	St. Vincent & Grenadines	71.0	141
143	Syria	71.0	161
144	Tajikistan	71.0	144
145	Vanuatu	70.8	145
146	India	70.7	146
147	Indonesia	70.3	148
148	Samoa	70.3	140
149	Moldova	70.2	147
150	Cambodia	70.1	149
151	Solomon Islands	70.0	150
152	Philippines	69.7	151
153	Turkmenistan	69.4	152
154	Nepal	69.3	153
155	Guyana	69.1	155
156	Palau	69.0	154
157	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.0	157
158	Laos	67.9	158
159	Bolivia	67.8	156
160	Senegal	67.7	160
161	Mauritania	67.6	159
162	Gabon	67.3	162
163	Eritrea	67.3	163
164	Botswana	67.2	166
165	Fiji	67.0	164
166	Pakistan	66.7	165
167	Rwanda	66.7	167
168	Yemen	66.6	171
169	Timor-Leste	66.5	169
170	Myanmar (Burma)	66.5	168
171	Uganda	66.4	175
172	Micronesia	66.2	170
173	Tuvalu	66.1	172
174	South Africa	66.1	176
175	Marshall Islands	66.0	173
176	Tanzania	66.0	178
177	Kiribati	65.9	174
178	Sudan	65.8	177
179	Ethiopia	65.7	180
180	Comoros	65.7	179
181	Papua New Guinea	65.3	181
182	Malawi	65.0	183
183	Ghana	64.5	184
184	Gambia	64.4	187
185	Djibouti	64.4	185
186	Haiti	64.3	186
187	Namibia	63.5	191
188	Madagascar	63.5	188
189	Congo - Brazzaville	63.2	182
190	Angola	63.1	190
191	Afghanistan	62.9	192
192	Kenya	62.9	189
193	Zambia	62.9	193
194	Equatorial Guinea	62.3	194
195	Burundi	62.2	195
196	Guinea-Bissau	62.2	196
197	Cameroon	61.7	198
198	Nauru	61.4	197
199	Mozambique	61.3	201
200	Liberia	61.2	199
201	Togo	61.1	202
202	Zimbabwe	61.1	200
203	Côte d’Ivoire	60.3	205
204	Congo - Kinshasa	60.2	204
205	Burkina Faso	60.2	203
206	Niger	60.0	206
207	Benin	59.9	207
208	Eswatini	59.8	211
209	Sierra Leone	59.6	208
210	Guinea	59.4	209
211	Mali	59.2	210
212	South Sudan	58.1	217
213	Somalia	57.2	212
214	Lesotho	55.2	213
215	Nigeria	53.0	214
216	Chad	53.0	215
217	Central African Republic	31.5	216

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