Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2023

Countries217

1. Monaco86.4

Median74.6

Japan84.07 / 217

World73.3

Top 20

Monaco86.4

San Marino85.7

Hong Kong85.2

Liechtenstein84.6

Switzerland84.2

French Polynesia84.1

Japan84.0

Andorra84.0

Spain83.9

Gibraltar83.6

South Korea83.4

Malta83.4

Italy83.4

Luxembourg83.3

Sweden83.3

Israel83.2

Kuwait83.2

Macau83.2

Singapore83.1

Australia83.1

Bottom 10

Burkina Faso61.1

Benin60.8

Guinea60.7

Mali60.4

Somalia58.8

South Sudan57.6

Central African Republic57.4

Lesotho57.4

Chad55.1

Nigeria54.5

Biggest increases since 2022

Central African Republic+205.1%

Somalia+9.1%

Namibia+5.0%

Armenia+3.6%

Brunei+3.3%

Kuwait+3.2%

United Arab Emirates+3.0%

Puerto Rico+2.8%

Oman+2.7%

St. Kitts & Nevis+2.6%

Biggest decreases since 2022

Palestinian Territories-15.0%

Libya-6.9%

Syria-0.9%

Dominican Republic-0.7%

Türkiye-0.6%

Moldova-0.5%

Greenland-0.4%

China-0.3%

New Zealand-0.2%

Lebanon-0.2%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	86.4	1
2	San Marino	85.7	2
3	Hong Kong	85.2	7
4	Liechtenstein	84.6	3
5	Switzerland	84.2	8
6	French Polynesia	84.1	6
7	Japan	84.0	5
8	Andorra	84.0	4
9	Spain	83.9	11
10	Gibraltar	83.6	9
11	South Korea	83.4	19
12	Malta	83.4	22
13	Italy	83.4	18
14	Luxembourg	83.3	14
15	Sweden	83.3	13
16	Israel	83.2	17
17	Kuwait	83.2	43
18	Macau	83.2	12
19	Singapore	83.1	15
20	Australia	83.1	10
21	Norway	83.0	21
22	Faroe Islands	83.0	16
23	United Arab Emirates	82.9	44
24	France	82.8	23
25	Ireland	82.8	20
26	Iceland	82.5	24
27	Belgium	82.4	28
28	Qatar	82.4	27
29	Portugal	82.3	29
30	Bermuda	82.3	25
31	Slovenia	81.9	33
32	Netherlands	81.9	30
33	Austria	81.8	32
34	New Zealand	81.8	26
35	Denmark	81.8	31
36	Greece	81.7	40
37	Puerto Rico	81.7	49
38	Cyprus	81.6	45
39	Canada	81.6	35
40	Finland	81.6	34
41	Bahrain	81.3	38
42	United Kingdom	81.2	36
43	Chile	81.2	52
44	Channel Islands	81.1	37
45	Germany	81.0	42
46	Maldives	81.0	41
47	Isle of Man	81.0	39
48	Costa Rica	80.8	51
49	U.S. Virgin Islands	80.5	46
50	Cayman Islands	80.4	48
51	St. Martin	80.2	47
52	Oman	80.0	59
53	Czechia	79.8	53
54	Albania	79.6	54
55	Panama	79.6	50
56	Northern Mariana Islands	78.8	55
57	Estonia	78.8	60
58	New Caledonia	78.8	61
59	Saudi Arabia	78.7	68
60	Croatia	78.5	65
61	United States	78.4	67
62	Poland	78.3	71
63	Uruguay	78.1	82
64	Slovakia	78.1	74
65	Cuba	78.1	62
66	Kosovo	78.0	63
67	Turks & Caicos Islands	78.0	58
68	China	78.0	56
69	Bosnia & Herzegovina	77.8	77
70	Lebanon	77.8	57
71	Jordan	77.8	73
72	Peru	77.7	75
73	Colombia	77.7	81
74	Iran	77.7	76
75	Antigua & Barbuda	77.6	66
76	Montenegro	77.6	84
77	Sri Lanka	77.5	69
78	Armenia	77.5	100
79	Argentina	77.4	90
80	Ecuador	77.4	80
81	Lithuania	77.3	92
82	British Virgin Islands	77.3	70
83	Guam	77.2	72
84	Türkiye	77.2	64
85	Curaçao	76.8	78
86	Malaysia	76.7	93
87	Hungary	76.6	89
88	Tunisia	76.5	87
89	Thailand	76.4	94
90	Romania	76.4	97
91	Sint Maarten	76.4	85
92	Aruba	76.4	83
93	Algeria	76.3	86
94	Barbados	76.2	91
95	Serbia	76.1	95
96	Cape Verde	76.1	88
97	Brazil	75.8	99
98	Bulgaria	75.8	110
99	Latvia	75.4	107
100	Seychelles	75.4	101
101	Brunei	75.3	120
102	North Macedonia	75.3	106
103	Morocco	75.3	96
104	Grenada	75.2	98
105	Mexico	75.1	114
106	Nicaragua	74.9	104
107	Bangladesh	74.7	108
108	Vietnam	74.6	102
109	Bahamas	74.6	103
110	Georgia	74.5	111
111	Azerbaijan	74.4	112
112	Kazakhstan	74.4	117
113	Belarus	74.2	113
114	Paraguay	73.8	130
115	Dominican Republic	73.7	109
116	North Korea	73.6	115
117	Suriname	73.6	119
118	Belize	73.6	131
119	Trinidad & Tobago	73.5	118
120	Ukraine	73.4	126
121	Mauritius	73.4	116
122	Russia	73.3	129
123	Bhutan	73.0	122
124	Tonga	72.9	127
125	Honduras	72.9	124
126	American Samoa	72.9	123
127	St. Lucia	72.7	125
128	Guatemala	72.6	144
129	Venezuela	72.5	128
130	Uzbekistan	72.4	132
131	Iraq	72.3	134
132	Kyrgyzstan	72.2	133
133	St. Kitts & Nevis	72.1	151
134	Mongolia	72.1	136
135	Syria	72.1	121
136	El Salvador	72.1	135
137	India	72.0	137
138	Tajikistan	71.8	138
139	Samoa	71.7	139
140	Egypt	71.6	147
141	Jamaica	71.5	141
142	Vanuatu	71.5	142
143	St. Vincent & Grenadines	71.2	145
144	Moldova	71.2	140
145	Indonesia	71.1	148
146	Dominica	71.1	146
147	Greenland	71.0	143
148	Cambodia	70.7	149
149	Solomon Islands	70.5	150
150	Nepal	70.4	152
151	Guyana	70.2	154
152	Turkmenistan	70.1	153
153	Philippines	69.8	155
154	São Tomé & Príncipe	69.7	156
155	Libya	69.3	105
156	Yemen	69.3	161
157	Palau	69.3	157
158	Botswana	69.2	158
159	Laos	69.0	159
160	Senegal	68.7	163
161	Eritrea	68.6	162
162	Bolivia	68.6	167
163	Mauritania	68.5	160
164	Gabon	68.3	164
165	Uganda	68.3	165
166	Rwanda	67.8	166
167	Timor-Leste	67.7	169
168	Pakistan	67.6	168
169	Namibia	67.4	190
170	Malawi	67.4	179
171	Fiji	67.3	170
172	Ethiopia	67.3	172
173	Micronesia	67.2	171
174	Tuvalu	67.1	174
175	Tanzania	67.0	173
176	Marshall Islands	66.9	175
177	Myanmar (Burma)	66.9	176
178	Comoros	66.8	177
179	Kiribati	66.5	178
180	Zambia	66.3	184
181	Sudan	66.3	180
182	South Africa	66.1	183
183	Papua New Guinea	66.1	185
184	Afghanistan	66.0	181
185	Djibouti	66.0	182
186	Gambia	65.9	188
187	Congo - Brazzaville	65.8	187
188	Ghana	65.5	186
189	Palestinian Territories	65.2	79
190	Haiti	64.9	191
191	Angola	64.6	189
192	Eswatini	64.1	196
193	Guinea-Bissau	64.1	192
194	Equatorial Guinea	63.7	194
195	Cameroon	63.7	199
196	Burundi	63.7	198
197	Kenya	63.6	193
198	Madagascar	63.6	195
199	Mozambique	63.6	197
200	Zimbabwe	62.8	200
201	Togo	62.7	201
202	Liberia	62.2	202
203	Nauru	62.1	203
204	Côte d’Ivoire	61.9	204
205	Congo - Kinshasa	61.9	206
206	Sierra Leone	61.8	205
207	Niger	61.2	210
208	Burkina Faso	61.1	207
209	Benin	60.8	208
210	Guinea	60.7	209
211	Mali	60.4	211
212	Somalia	58.8	216
213	South Sudan	57.6	212
214	Central African Republic	57.4	217
215	Lesotho	57.4	213
216	Chad	55.1	214
217	Nigeria	54.5	215

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