List of countries by life expectancy

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	15 Sep 2025

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Life expectancy at birth compares the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes mortality at all ages.

As of 2025, Monaco has the highest life expectancy at 86.61 years, followed by San Marino (85.93 years). The next three positions are occupied by Asian nations/regions, as Hong Kong, Japan, and South Korea are at 3rd, 4th, and 5th positions, resp.

58 countries/regions have a life expectancy above 80 years, 67 have between 75 and 80 years, and 51 have between 70 and 75 years.

Six countries/regions have life expectancies below 60 years. Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy at 54.78 years. The worst life expectancies are found in Africa, as 14 of the lowest-ranked countries are located in Africa.

Everywhere in the world women live longer than men. Life expectancies for males are between 53.54 and 84.67 years, while for females these figures range from 55.12 to 88.73 years. The difference is maximum in the Russian Federation, where women's average life is 11.63 years longer than men's, followed by the United States Virgin Islands, having a discrepancy greater than 10 years. Togo has a minimum difference of 0.52 years.

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Life expectancy at birth (2025)
Country/Region	Both Sexes		Male		Female		F-M	Continent
Country/Region	Years	Rank	Years	Rank	Years	Rank	Years	Continent
Burundi	63.97	218	61.89	217	66.06	218	4.17	Africa
Comoros	67.25	198	65.22	191	69.45	201	4.23	Africa
Djibouti	66.41	205	63.92	204	68.96	204	5.04	Africa
Eritrea	69.15	182	67.00	178	71.22	188	4.22	Africa
Ethiopia	67.88	190	64.62	195	71.30	186	6.69	Africa
Kenya	64.01	217	61.80	218	66.32	216	4.51	Africa
Madagascar	64.04	216	62.31	213	65.82	219	3.52	Africa
Malawi	67.74	191	64.45	199	70.96	191	6.51	Africa
Mauritius	75.27	123	72.28	120	78.50	125	6.21	Africa
Mayotte	76.42	110	74.45	96	78.68	122	4.23	Africa
Mozambique	63.97	219	60.66	223	66.93	213	6.27	Africa
Réunion	83.80	15	80.81	28	86.57	9	5.76	Africa
Rwanda	68.24	187	65.92	187	70.39	194	4.47	Africa
Seychelles	73.14	144	70.23	143	76.83	141	6.60	Africa
Somalia	59.11	232	56.63	232	61.70	232	5.07	Africa
South Sudan	57.85	235	54.87	235	60.86	234	5.99	Africa
Uganda	68.71	185	65.70	188	71.60	182	5.90	Africa
United Republic of Tanzania	67.42	195	64.59	196	70.21	195	5.63	Africa
Zambia	66.70	202	64.25	200	69.07	203	4.82	Africa
Zimbabwe	63.35	220	60.75	221	65.61	220	4.85	Africa
Angola	64.99	211	62.44	211	67.54	211	5.09	Africa
Cameroon	64.25	214	62.05	215	66.52	215	4.47	Africa
Central African Republic	57.90	234	55.73	233	59.80	235	4.07	Africa
Chad	55.43	236	53.54	237	57.39	236	3.85	Africa
Congo	66.20	208	64.51	198	67.94	210	3.43	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.23	225	60.10	227	64.40	222	4.30	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	64.10	215	62.40	212	66.10	217	3.70	Africa
Gabon	68.70	186	66.23	186	71.45	184	5.22	Africa
Sao Tome and Principe	70.08	175	66.57	183	74.08	166	7.51	Africa
Algeria	76.69	105	75.30	84	78.13	128	2.83	Africa
Egypt	71.99	158	69.82	150	74.22	164	4.40	Africa
Libya	73.19	143	71.23	129	75.26	155	4.03	Africa
Morocco	75.68	118	73.54	109	77.96	129	4.42	Africa
Sudan	66.70	201	63.61	206	70.02	196	6.40	Africa
Tunisia	76.90	102	74.34	98	79.50	111	5.16	Africa
Western Sahara	71.78	162	70.06	146	73.99	167	3.94	Africa
Botswana	69.43	180	66.90	180	72.01	178	5.11	Africa
Eswatini	64.40	213	61.45	219	67.26	212	5.81	Africa
Lesotho	58.22	233	55.44	234	60.87	233	5.43	Africa
Namibia	67.66	192	63.60	207	71.63	181	8.03	Africa
South Africa	66.49	204	62.96	209	69.98	197	7.02	Africa
Benin	61.14	229	59.68	229	62.61	229	2.93	Africa
Burkina Faso	61.47	228	59.28	231	63.62	226	4.34	Africa
Cabo Verde	76.40	111	73.25	110	79.53	109	6.27	Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	62.28	224	60.32	226	64.49	221	4.17	Africa
Gambia	66.25	207	64.53	197	67.96	209	3.43	Africa
Ghana	65.89	209	63.49	208	68.36	207	4.87	Africa
Guinea	61.06	230	59.80	228	62.27	231	2.46	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	64.41	212	61.96	216	66.72	214	4.75	Africa
Liberia	62.47	222	61.14	220	63.80	225	2.66	Africa
Mali	60.89	231	59.46	230	62.38	230	2.92	Africa
Mauritania	68.94	183	66.90	179	70.97	190	4.06	Africa
Niger	61.66	227	60.69	222	62.66	228	1.96	Africa
Nigeria	54.78	237	54.45	236	55.12	237	0.66	Africa
Saint Helena	77.13	99	74.19	99	80.86	82	6.66	Africa
Senegal	69.16	181	67.21	175	71.26	187	4.05	Africa
Sierra Leone	62.15	226	60.41	225	63.90	224	3.49	Africa
Togo	63.14	221	62.87	210	63.39	227	0.52	Africa
Kazakhstan	74.67	132	70.43	142	78.65	123	8.22	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	71.97	159	68.44	165	75.56	152	7.12	Asia
Tajikistan	72.05	157	69.78	151	74.29	162	4.51	Asia
Turkmenistan	70.33	172	67.13	176	73.17	171	6.04	Asia
Uzbekistan	72.66	151	69.68	154	75.70	151	6.02	Asia
China	78.37	76	75.65	77	81.25	75	5.59	Asia
China, Hong Kong SAR	85.77	3	83.10	3	88.39	2	5.29	Asia
China, Macao SAR	83.42	22	81.26	22	85.49	24	4.23	Asia
China, Taiwan Province of China	80.94	52	78.09	57	83.88	46	5.80	Asia
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	73.86	137	71.66	126	76.02	148	4.36	Asia
Japan	85.00	4	81.99	11	88.03	3	6.04	Asia
Mongolia	72.24	156	67.75	169	76.88	138	9.13	Asia
Republic of Korea	84.54	5	81.44	19	87.40	4	5.96	Asia
Afghanistan	66.54	203	64.94	193	68.08	208	3.14	Asia
Bangladesh	75.20	125	73.55	108	76.94	137	3.39	Asia
Bhutan	73.53	139	71.82	124	75.55	153	3.73	Asia
India	72.49	154	70.95	132	74.13	165	3.18	Asia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	78.05	83	76.22	70	79.99	100	3.78	Asia
Maldives	81.51	49	80.20	36	83.17	53	2.98	Asia
Nepal	70.90	169	69.32	158	72.42	175	3.09	Asia
Pakistan	67.94	189	65.58	190	70.47	193	4.90	Asia
Sri Lanka	77.85	85	74.65	92	80.90	81	6.25	Asia
Brunei Darussalam	75.67	119	73.65	107	77.90	130	4.25	Asia
Cambodia	70.97	168	68.29	167	73.53	170	5.24	Asia
Indonesia	71.44	167	69.29	159	73.61	169	4.32	Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic	69.47	179	67.25	174	71.80	179	4.54	Asia
Malaysia	76.99	101	74.63	93	79.67	107	5.04	Asia
Myanmar	67.30	197	64.18	201	70.59	192	6.41	Asia
Philippines	70.07	176	67.10	177	73.11	172	6.01	Asia
Singapore	84.00	12	81.53	18	86.48	10	4.95	Asia
Thailand	76.83	103	72.65	116	81.17	77	8.52	Asia
Timor-Leste	68.13	188	66.48	184	69.92	198	3.44	Asia
Viet Nam	74.88	126	70.23	144	79.49	112	9.26	Asia
Armenia	76.01	115	71.76	125	79.73	106	7.97	Asia
Azerbaijan	74.73	131	71.86	123	77.45	132	5.58	Asia
Bahrain	81.58	47	81.03	25	82.26	60	1.23	Asia
Cyprus	81.99	43	80.05	37	83.93	45	3.88	Asia
Georgia	74.82	129	69.93	149	79.36	114	9.43	Asia
Iraq	72.53	152	70.59	138	74.33	159	3.74	Asia
Israel	82.77	28	80.67	33	84.81	31	4.14	Asia
Jordan	78.13	79	76.06	73	80.46	91	4.40	Asia
Kuwait	80.78	53	79.63	43	82.15	63	2.51	Asia
Lebanon	78.08	82	76.02	74	79.99	101	3.97	Asia
Oman	80.45	57	78.95	50	82.21	61	3.26	Asia
Qatar	82.68	31	81.96	12	83.60	48	1.64	Asia
Saudi Arabia	79.20	66	77.56	61	81.51	74	3.95	Asia
State of Palestine	73.10	146	69.72	153	76.86	139	7.15	Asia
Syrian Arab Republic	72.99	148	70.58	139	75.42	154	4.84	Asia
Türkiye	77.82	86	74.94	88	80.82	84	5.88	Asia
United Arab Emirates	83.24	24	82.37	6	84.44	38	2.07	Asia
Yemen	69.58	177	67.49	172	71.71	180	4.22	Asia
Belarus	74.79	130	69.94	148	79.37	113	9.43	Europe
Bulgaria	75.96	116	72.52	119	79.51	110	6.99	Europe
Czechia	80.11	58	77.35	63	82.85	56	5.50	Europe
Hungary	77.33	95	74.07	101	80.46	90	6.39	Europe
Poland	78.98	69	75.31	83	82.61	59	7.30	Europe
Republic of Moldova	71.47	165	66.83	181	75.81	150	8.98	Europe
Romania	76.25	113	72.74	114	79.82	104	7.08	Europe
Russian Federation	73.52	140	67.69	170	79.32	116	11.63	Europe
Slovakia	78.65	72	75.41	80	81.84	67	6.44	Europe
Ukraine	74.87	127	69.99	147	79.54	108	9.55	Europe
Denmark	82.25	39	80.39	34	84.10	39	3.71	Europe
Estonia	79.48	65	75.35	82	83.30	52	7.95	Europe
Faroe Islands	80.60	56	78.64	51	82.84	57	4.21	Europe
Finland	82.24	40	79.60	45	84.91	30	5.31	Europe
Guernsey	83.51	21	81.31	20	85.73	20	4.42	Europe
Iceland	83.15	25	81.80	15	84.57	37	2.77	Europe
Ireland	82.75	29	80.79	29	84.73	32	3.94	Europe
Isle of Man	81.22	50	79.20	49	83.30	51	4.10	Europe
Jersey	79.99	59	78.04	58	81.97	65	3.93	Europe
Latvia	76.48	109	71.94	122	80.73	86	8.79	Europe
Lithuania	76.32	112	71.61	127	80.93	80	9.32	Europe
Norway	83.61	18	82.12	9	85.09	28	2.97	Europe
Sweden	83.58	20	81.84	14	85.34	27	3.50	Europe
United Kingdom	81.60	46	79.72	41	83.45	49	3.73	Europe
Albania	79.95	61	78.12	56	81.74	69	3.62	Europe
Andorra	84.33	7	82.41	5	86.37	11	3.95	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.24	78	74.88	91	81.23	76	6.35	Europe
Croatia	78.92	70	75.80	76	81.95	66	6.15	Europe
Gibraltar	83.78	16	81.18	23	86.35	12	5.17	Europe
Greece	82.23	41	79.74	40	84.60	33	4.87	Europe
Holy See	83.29	23	81.15	24	85.35	26	4.20	Europe
Italy	84.03	11	81.94	13	86.01	15	4.07	Europe
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	78.42	75	76.23	69	80.46	94	4.23	Europe
Malta	83.63	17	81.69	17	85.51	22	3.82	Europe
Montenegro	77.43	93	74.12	100	80.60	88	6.48	Europe
North Macedonia	77.68	90	75.41	79	79.83	103	4.42	Europe
Portugal	82.72	30	79.89	39	85.37	25	5.47	Europe
San Marino	85.93	2	84.43	2	87.33	5	2.90	Europe
Serbia	77.14	98	73.89	106	80.35	96	6.46	Europe
Slovenia	81.94	44	79.33	47	84.58	34	5.25	Europe
Spain	83.96	13	81.27	21	86.59	8	5.33	Europe
Austria	82.29	38	79.97	38	84.57	35	4.60	Europe
Belgium	82.43	35	80.26	35	84.57	36	4.31	Europe
France	83.58	19	80.73	32	86.31	13	5.59	Europe
Germany	81.71	45	79.42	46	84.01	42	4.59	Europe
Liechtenstein	83.93	14	82.22	8	85.54	21	3.32	Europe
Luxembourg	82.49	33	80.91	26	84.06	41	3.15	Europe
Monaco	86.61	1	84.67	1	88.73	1	4.07	Europe
Netherlands	82.45	34	80.89	27	83.98	44	3.09	Europe
Switzerland	84.23	9	82.34	7	86.06	14	3.72	Europe
Anguilla	79.67	62	76.44	68	82.92	55	6.47	North America
Antigua and Barbuda	77.94	84	74.93	89	80.60	87	5.67	North America
Aruba	76.64	106	73.99	103	79.06	120	5.06	North America
Bahamas	74.86	128	71.21	130	78.46	126	7.25	North America
Barbados	76.49	107	73.93	104	78.91	121	4.98	North America
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	77.78	87	75.58	78	80.46	92	4.88	North America
British Virgin Islands	77.61	92	74.89	90	80.33	97	5.45	North America
Cayman Islands	80.72	54	78.40	55	83.14	54	4.73	North America
Cuba	78.45	74	76.06	72	80.84	83	4.78	North America
Curaçao	77.17	97	72.87	113	81.10	78	8.23	North America
Dominica	71.45	166	68.49	164	74.88	157	6.40	North America
Dominican Republic	73.99	134	70.79	134	77.23	133	6.44	North America
Grenada	75.52	121	72.68	115	78.64	124	5.97	North America
Guadeloupe	82.40	36	78.56	53	85.77	19	7.21	North America
Haiti	65.30	210	62.07	214	68.67	205	6.61	North America
Jamaica	71.73	163	69.17	160	74.30	161	5.12	North America
Martinique	82.89	26	79.63	44	85.84	18	6.20	North America
Montserrat	76.49	108	74.41	97	79.09	119	4.68	North America
Puerto Rico	82.08	42	78.50	54	85.50	23	7.00	North America
Saint Barthélemy	84.52	6	81.70	16	87.03	6	5.34	North America
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.43	155	68.82	163	76.29	146	7.47	North America
Saint Lucia	73.00	147	69.60	156	76.60	145	7.01	North America
Saint Martin (French part)	80.65	55	77.21	65	84.09	40	6.88	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.51	164	68.89	162	74.62	158	5.73	North America
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.70	104	74.01	102	79.79	105	5.78	North America
Trinidad and Tobago	73.75	138	70.64	137	76.96	136	6.32	North America
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.34	77	76.18	71	80.59	89	4.41	North America
United States Virgin Islands	75.93	117	70.95	133	81.60	71	10.65	North America
Belize	73.90	135	71.23	128	76.83	140	5.60	North America
Costa Rica	81.19	51	78.60	52	83.73	47	5.12	North America
El Salvador	72.52	153	67.99	168	76.70	143	8.71	North America
Guatemala	72.90	149	70.57	140	75.21	156	4.64	North America
Honduras	73.22	142	70.65	136	75.85	149	5.21	North America
Mexico	75.45	122	72.63	118	78.17	127	5.55	North America
Nicaragua	75.27	124	72.64	117	77.74	131	5.11	North America
Panama	79.96	60	77.10	66	82.84	58	5.74	North America
Argentina	77.69	89	75.14	86	80.16	99	5.02	South America
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	68.91	184	66.42	185	71.51	183	5.09	South America
Brazil	76.20	114	73.14	112	79.30	117	6.16	South America
Chile	81.54	48	79.67	42	83.37	50	3.70	South America
Colombia	78.09	81	75.36	81	80.77	85	5.40	South America
Ecuador	77.76	88	75.08	87	80.46	93	5.38	South America
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	79.59	64	77.59	60	81.55	72	3.96	South America
French Guiana	77.37	94	74.52	95	80.30	98	5.78	South America
Guyana	70.45	171	66.73	182	74.23	163	7.49	South America
Paraguay	74.11	133	71.14	131	77.22	134	6.09	South America
Peru	78.12	80	75.82	75	80.45	95	4.63	South America
Suriname	73.90	136	70.73	135	77.12	135	6.39	South America
Uruguay	78.45	73	74.59	94	82.17	62	7.58	South America
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	72.84	150	69.05	161	76.82	142	7.77	South America
Bermuda	82.66	32	79.26	48	86.01	16	6.75	North America
Canada	82.88	27	80.74	31	85.03	29	4.29	North America
Greenland	70.32	173	68.31	166	72.74	174	4.43	North America
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77.11	100	73.15	111	81.76	68	8.60	North America
United States of America	79.61	63	77.22	64	82.11	64	4.88	North America
Australia	84.21	10	82.43	4	85.97	17	3.54	Oceania
New Zealand	82.39	37	80.77	30	84.00	43	3.24	Oceania
Fiji	67.62	193	65.60	189	69.72	199	4.12	Oceania
New Caledonia	79.07	68	76.63	67	81.53	73	4.90	Oceania
Papua New Guinea	66.39	206	63.94	203	69.34	202	5.40	Oceania
Solomon Islands	70.83	170	69.47	157	72.34	176	2.88	Oceania
Vanuatu	71.84	161	69.74	152	74.31	160	4.57	Oceania
Guam	77.63	91	73.89	105	81.74	70	7.85	Oceania
Kiribati	66.72	200	64.79	194	68.48	206	3.69	Oceania
Marshall Islands	67.20	199	65.12	192	69.62	200	4.50	Oceania
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	67.50	194	63.76	205	71.42	185	7.66	Oceania
Nauru	62.44	223	60.54	224	64.37	223	3.83	Oceania
Northern Mariana Islands	79.09	67	77.43	62	81.00	79	3.56	Oceania
Palau	69.49	178	67.35	173	72.08	177	4.74	Oceania
American Samoa	73.13	145	70.44	141	76.14	147	5.70	Oceania
Cook Islands	75.65	120	72.24	121	79.34	115	7.09	Oceania
French Polynesia	84.31	8	82.03	10	86.74	7	4.71	Oceania
Niue	70.22	174	67.64	171	73.02	173	5.38	Oceania
Samoa	71.95	160	70.06	145	73.98	168	3.92	Oceania
Tokelau	77.29	96	75.20	85	79.16	118	3.96	Oceania
Tonga	73.23	141	69.64	155	76.69	144	7.05	Oceania
Tuvalu	67.41	196	64.05	202	71.02	189	6.97	Oceania
Wallis and Futuna Islands	78.90	71	77.90	59	79.89	102	1.99	Oceania
World	73.52		70.91		76.21		5.30