Life expectancy at birth (years) by country, 2024

Countries217

1. Monaco86.5

Median74.7

Japan84.010 / 217

World73.5

Top 20

Monaco86.5

San Marino85.8

Hong Kong85.4

Kuwait84.6

Switzerland84.4

Liechtenstein84.2

French Polynesia84.2

Andorra84.2

Sweden84.1

Japan84.0

Italy84.0

Spain83.9

Gibraltar83.6

South Korea83.6

Singapore83.3

Macau83.3

Israel83.2

Luxembourg83.2

Norway83.2

Faroe Islands83.1

Bottom 10

Burkina Faso61.3

Benin61.0

Guinea60.9

Mali60.7

Somalia59.0

Lesotho57.8

South Sudan57.7

Central African Republic57.7

Chad55.2

Nigeria54.6

Biggest increases since 2023

Palestinian Territories+6.2%

Libya+2.6%

Ukraine+1.7%

North Macedonia+1.7%

Kuwait+1.7%

Latvia+1.3%

Seychelles+1.2%

Armenia+1.1%

Finland+0.9%

Sweden+0.9%

Biggest decreases since 2023

Greenland-1.0%

Malta-0.5%

Liechtenstein-0.5%

Germany-0.3%

Serbia-0.2%

Luxembourg-0.1%

Lithuania-0.1%

Belgium-0.1%

Spain-0.1%

Japan-0.0%

All countries

#	Country / region	Life expectancy at birth (years)	Prior-year rank
1	Monaco	86.5	1
2	San Marino	85.8	2
3	Hong Kong	85.4	3
4	Kuwait	84.6	17
5	Switzerland	84.4	5
6	Liechtenstein	84.2	4
7	French Polynesia	84.2	6
8	Andorra	84.2	8
9	Sweden	84.1	15
10	Japan	84.0	7
11	Italy	84.0	13
12	Spain	83.9	9
13	Gibraltar	83.6	10
14	South Korea	83.6	11
15	Singapore	83.3	19
16	Macau	83.3	18
17	Israel	83.2	16
18	Luxembourg	83.2	14
19	Norway	83.2	21
20	Faroe Islands	83.1	22
21	United Arab Emirates	83.1	23
22	Australia	83.1	20
23	Ireland	83.0	25
24	France	83.0	24
25	Malta	83.0	12
26	Iceland	82.8	26
27	Qatar	82.5	28
28	Bermuda	82.5	30
29	Portugal	82.4	29
30	Finland	82.3	40
31	Belgium	82.3	27
32	Slovenia	82.3	31
33	Denmark	82.3	35
34	Canada	82.1	39
35	New Zealand	82.0	34
36	Austria	82.0	33
37	Netherlands	82.0	32
38	Puerto Rico	81.9	37
39	Greece	81.8	36
40	Cyprus	81.8	38
41	Bahrain	81.4	41
42	United Kingdom	81.4	42
43	Chile	81.4	43
44	Maldives	81.3	46
45	Channel Islands	81.2	44
46	Isle of Man	81.1	47
47	Costa Rica	81.0	48
48	Germany	80.8	45
49	U.S. Virgin Islands	80.8	49
50	Cayman Islands	80.5	50
51	St. Martin	80.4	51
52	Oman	80.2	52
53	Czechia	80.0	53
54	Albania	79.8	54
55	Panama	79.8	55
56	Estonia	79.3	57
57	Saudi Arabia	79.0	59
58	Northern Mariana Islands	78.9	56
59	Croatia	78.9	60
60	New Caledonia	78.9	58
61	United States	78.9	61
62	Poland	78.4	62
63	Slovakia	78.4	64
64	Armenia	78.3	78
65	Uruguay	78.3	63
66	Cuba	78.3	65
67	Kosovo	78.2	66
68	Turks & Caicos Islands	78.2	67
69	Bosnia & Herzegovina	78.0	69
70	China	78.0	68
71	Jordan	78.0	71
72	Lebanon	77.9	70
73	Peru	77.9	72
74	Colombia	77.9	73
75	Montenegro	77.9	76
76	Iran	77.9	74
77	Antigua & Barbuda	77.8	75
78	Sri Lanka	77.7	77
79	Ecuador	77.6	80
80	Argentina	77.5	79
81	British Virgin Islands	77.4	82
82	Guam	77.4	83
83	Türkiye	77.4	84
84	Lithuania	77.2	81
85	Curaçao	77.0	85
86	Malaysia	76.8	86
87	Hungary	76.7	87
88	Tunisia	76.7	88
89	North Macedonia	76.6	102
90	Thailand	76.6	89
91	Sint Maarten	76.5	91
92	Aruba	76.5	92
93	Algeria	76.5	93
94	Romania	76.5	90
95	Latvia	76.4	99
96	Barbados	76.3	94
97	Seychelles	76.3	100
98	Cape Verde	76.2	96
99	Brazil	76.0	97
100	Serbia	76.0	95
101	Bulgaria	75.8	98
102	Brunei	75.5	101
103	Morocco	75.5	103
104	Grenada	75.4	104
105	Mexico	75.3	105
106	Nicaragua	75.1	106
107	Bangladesh	74.9	107
108	Vietnam	74.7	108
109	Bahamas	74.7	109
110	Ukraine	74.7	120
111	Georgia	74.7	110
112	Azerbaijan	74.6	111
113	Kazakhstan	74.5	112
114	Belarus	74.4	113
115	Paraguay	74.0	114
116	Dominican Republic	73.9	115
117	Mauritius	73.8	121
118	Suriname	73.8	117
119	North Korea	73.7	116
120	Belize	73.7	118
121	Trinidad & Tobago	73.6	119
122	Russia	73.4	122
123	Bhutan	73.3	123
124	Tonga	73.1	124
125	Honduras	73.0	125
126	American Samoa	73.0	126
127	St. Lucia	72.8	127
128	Guatemala	72.7	128
129	Venezuela	72.7	129
130	Syria	72.6	135
131	Uzbekistan	72.5	130
132	Iraq	72.4	131
133	Kyrgyzstan	72.4	132
134	Mongolia	72.4	134
135	El Salvador	72.3	136
136	St. Kitts & Nevis	72.3	133
137	India	72.2	137
138	Tajikistan	71.9	138
139	Samoa	71.8	139
140	Egypt	71.8	140
141	Vanuatu	71.7	142
142	Jamaica	71.6	141
143	St. Vincent & Grenadines	71.4	143
144	Moldova	71.3	144
145	Dominica	71.3	146
146	Indonesia	71.3	145
147	Libya	71.1	155
148	Cambodia	70.8	148
149	Solomon Islands	70.7	149
150	Nepal	70.6	150
151	Guyana	70.3	151
152	Greenland	70.3	147
153	Turkmenistan	70.2	152
154	Philippines	69.9	153
155	São Tomé & Príncipe	69.9	154
156	Yemen	69.4	156
157	Palau	69.4	157
158	Botswana	69.3	158
159	Laos	69.2	159
160	Palestinian Territories	69.2	189
161	Senegal	68.9	160
162	Eritrea	68.9	161
163	Bolivia	68.7	162
164	Mauritania	68.7	163
165	Gabon	68.5	164
166	Uganda	68.5	165
167	Rwanda	68.0	166
168	Timor-Leste	67.9	167
169	Pakistan	67.8	168
170	Ethiopia	67.6	172
171	Malawi	67.6	170
172	Namibia	67.5	169
173	Fiji	67.5	171
174	Micronesia	67.4	173
175	Tuvalu	67.3	174
176	Tanzania	67.2	175
177	Myanmar (Burma)	67.1	177
178	Marshall Islands	67.1	176
179	Comoros	67.0	178
180	Kiribati	66.6	179
181	Zambia	66.5	180
182	Sudan	66.5	181
183	South Africa	66.3	182
184	Afghanistan	66.3	184
185	Papua New Guinea	66.3	183
186	Djibouti	66.2	185
187	Gambia	66.1	186
188	Congo - Brazzaville	66.0	187
189	Ghana	65.7	188
190	Haiti	65.1	190
191	Angola	64.8	191
192	Eswatini	64.3	192
193	Guinea-Bissau	64.3	193
194	Cameroon	64.0	195
195	Equatorial Guinea	63.9	194
196	Madagascar	63.8	198
197	Kenya	63.8	197
198	Burundi	63.8	196
199	Mozambique	63.8	199
200	Zimbabwe	63.1	200
201	Togo	62.9	201
202	Liberia	62.3	202
203	Nauru	62.3	203
204	Côte d’Ivoire	62.1	204
205	Congo - Kinshasa	62.1	205
206	Sierra Leone	62.0	206
207	Niger	61.4	207
208	Burkina Faso	61.3	208
209	Benin	61.0	209
210	Guinea	60.9	210
211	Mali	60.7	211
212	Somalia	59.0	212
213	Lesotho	57.8	215
214	South Sudan	57.7	213
215	Central African Republic	57.7	214
216	Chad	55.2	216
217	Nigeria	54.6	217

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