Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2020

Countries217

1. Monaco86.1

Median73.0

Japan84.63 / 217

World72.2

Top 20

Monaco86.1

Hong Kong85.5

Japan84.6

Macau84.1

Singapore83.5

South Korea83.4

Norway83.2

Australia83.2

Gibraltar83.1

Iceland83.1

Switzerland83.0

San Marino82.7

Israel82.6

Faroe Islands82.5

French Polynesia82.5

Ireland82.5

Sweden82.4

New Zealand82.3

Spain82.2

Italy82.2

Bottom 10

Eswatini59.9

Sierra Leone59.7

Guinea59.4

Mali58.9

South Sudan57.6

Somalia57.1

Lesotho55.1

Chad53.1

Nigeria53.1

Central African Republic50.6

Biggest increases since 2019

Central African Republic+60.5%

Seychelles+4.3%

Bahamas+2.2%

Congo - Brazzaville+2.0%

Vietnam+1.6%

Syria+1.4%

Tanzania+1.2%

Uruguay+1.1%

Namibia+0.8%

Zimbabwe+0.8%

Biggest decreases since 2019

Bolivia-7.2%

Ecuador-6.8%

Andorra-5.6%

Mexico-5.5%

Nicaragua-4.1%

Azerbaijan-4.1%

Kosovo-3.9%

Kuwait-3.9%

Armenia-3.7%

Iran-3.5%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	86.1	1
2	Hong Kong	85.5	3
3	Japan	84.6	4
4	Macau	84.1	7
5	Singapore	83.5	10
6	South Korea	83.4	12
7	Norway	83.2	17
8	Australia	83.2	19
9	Gibraltar	83.1	14
10	Iceland	83.1	15
11	Switzerland	83.0	8
12	San Marino	82.6	2
13	Israel	82.6	21
14	Faroe Islands	82.5	26
15	French Polynesia	82.5	13
16	Ireland	82.5	22
17	Sweden	82.4	16
18	New Zealand	82.3	29
19	Spain	82.2	9
20	Italy	82.2	11
21	France	82.2	20
22	Luxembourg	82.1	24
23	Malta	82.1	23
24	United Arab Emirates	81.9	25
25	Finland	81.9	31
26	Liechtenstein	81.7	5
27	Denmark	81.6	38
28	Canada	81.5	27
29	Bermuda	81.5	42
30	Netherlands	81.4	28
31	Portugal	81.3	34
32	Greece	81.3	35
33	Cyprus	81.2	37
34	Austria	81.2	33
35	Germany	81.0	41
36	Channel Islands	80.9	43
37	Belgium	80.7	30
38	Isle of Man	80.6	44
39	Slovenia	80.5	36
40	Qatar	80.4	18
41	United Kingdom	80.3	40
42	St. Martin	80.1	48
43	Puerto Rico	80.0	39
44	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.8	51
45	Costa Rica	79.7	47
46	Andorra	79.4	6
47	Chile	79.3	46
48	Cayman Islands	79.2	54
49	Kuwait	78.8	32
50	Maldives	78.7	50
51	Bahrain	78.7	45
52	Estonia	78.6	56
53	Uruguay	78.4	67
54	Czechia	78.2	53
55	Northern Mariana Islands	78.0	63
56	China	78.0	61
57	Albania	77.8	52
58	Oman	77.8	49
59	Saudi Arabia	77.6	58
60	Croatia	77.5	59
61	Turks & Caicos Islands	77.5	65
62	Cuba	77.4	68
63	Thailand	77.3	73
64	Seychelles	77.2	110
65	Antigua & Barbuda	77.2	74
66	New Caledonia	77.0	71
67	United States	77.0	55
68	Sri Lanka	76.9	80
69	British Virgin Islands	76.9	78
70	Slovakia	76.9	66
71	Barbados	76.6	84
72	Türkiye	76.5	64
73	Curaçao	76.5	85
74	Poland	76.4	62
75	Panama	76.3	57
76	Lebanon	76.3	60
77	Malaysia	76.1	92
78	Bosnia & Herzegovina	76.0	69
79	Montenegro	75.9	81
80	Argentina	75.9	77
81	Jordan	75.6	75
82	Guam	75.5	82
83	Hungary	75.4	86
84	Aruba	75.4	90
85	Vietnam	75.4	108
86	Latvia	75.2	100
87	Brunei	75.1	102
88	Lithuania	75.0	87
89	Grenada	75.0	103
90	Tunisia	75.0	98
91	Sint Maarten	75.0	96
92	Palestinian Territories	75.0	93
93	Colombia	74.8	79
94	Brazil	74.5	94
95	Serbia	74.5	91
96	North Macedonia	74.4	83
97	Romania	74.3	97
98	Kosovo	74.2	72
99	Mauritius	74.2	106
100	Iran	74.1	76
101	Peru	73.8	88
102	Cape Verde	73.8	99
103	Georgia	73.5	109
104	Armenia	73.4	89
105	Bulgaria	73.4	101
106	Ukraine	73.3	111
107	Algeria	73.3	95
108	Morocco	73.1	105
109	Bahamas	73.0	137
110	North Korea	72.8	119
111	Paraguay	72.7	113
112	American Samoa	72.7	122
113	Trinidad & Tobago	72.6	120
114	Dominican Republic	72.6	116
115	Libya	72.4	118
116	Tonga	72.4	125
117	Venezuela	72.4	121
118	Suriname	72.3	130
119	St. Lucia	72.3	126
120	Bhutan	72.3	129
121	Belarus	72.1	107
122	Ecuador	72.0	70
123	Syria	71.9	143
124	Kyrgyzstan	71.8	133
125	Belize	71.6	124
126	Uzbekistan	71.5	128
127	Jamaica	71.5	135
128	Bangladesh	71.4	123
129	Mongolia	71.3	141
130	Russia	71.3	117
131	Greenland	71.3	136
132	Dominica	71.3	138
133	Kazakhstan	71.2	114
134	St. Kitts & Nevis	71.2	134
135	Honduras	70.9	127
136	Nicaragua	70.8	112
137	Samoa	70.7	148
138	Mexico	70.4	104
139	Vanuatu	70.4	145
140	Azerbaijan	70.3	115
141	El Salvador	70.2	131
142	India	70.2	146
143	Philippines	70.1	152
144	Cambodia	70.1	150
145	Guatemala	70.0	132
146	Moldova	69.9	149
147	Egypt	69.8	140
148	Iraq	69.7	139
149	St. Vincent & Grenadines	69.6	142
150	Solomon Islands	69.3	151
151	Nepal	69.1	154
152	Turkmenistan	68.8	153
153	Indonesia	68.8	147
154	Palau	68.7	156
155	Tajikistan	68.6	144
156	Laos	68.3	158
157	São Tomé & Príncipe	68.0	157
158	Guyana	67.8	155
159	Botswana	67.6	164
160	Senegal	67.5	160
161	Gabon	67.1	162
162	Eritrea	67.0	163
163	Rwanda	67.0	167
164	Fiji	66.9	165
165	Timor-Leste	66.9	169
166	Mauritania	66.8	161
167	Tanzania	66.8	176
168	Myanmar (Burma)	66.6	170
169	Yemen	66.4	168
170	Uganda	66.4	171
171	Tuvalu	66.4	173
172	Ethiopia	66.0	179
173	Micronesia	65.9	172
174	Comoros	65.8	180
175	Pakistan	65.7	166
176	Marshall Islands	65.4	175
177	Malawi	65.2	182
178	Kiribati	65.2	177
179	South Africa	65.2	174
180	Sudan	65.1	178
181	Papua New Guinea	65.1	181
182	Gambia	64.4	184
183	Congo - Brazzaville	64.4	189
184	Ghana	64.3	183
185	Djibouti	64.2	185
186	Namibia	64.1	187
187	Haiti	63.8	186
188	Zambia	63.4	193
189	Angola	63.1	190
190	Bolivia	62.9	159
191	Madagascar	62.7	188
192	Burundi	62.6	195
193	Equatorial Guinea	62.1	194
194	Cameroon	61.7	197
195	Kenya	61.6	192
196	Zimbabwe	61.5	202
197	Nauru	61.5	198
198	Afghanistan	61.5	191
199	Mozambique	61.4	199
200	Guinea-Bissau	61.3	196
201	Liberia	61.3	200
202	Togo	61.1	201
203	Burkina Faso	60.5	205
204	Congo - Kinshasa	60.4	204
205	Benin	60.2	207
206	Côte d’Ivoire	60.1	203
207	Niger	59.9	206
208	Eswatini	59.9	208
209	Sierra Leone	59.7	209
210	Guinea	59.4	210
211	Mali	58.9	211
212	South Sudan	57.6	212
213	Somalia	57.1	213
214	Lesotho	55.1	214
215	Chad	53.1	216
216	Nigeria	53.1	215
217	Central African Republic	50.6	217

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