List of countries by life expectancy

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	05 Sep 2024

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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 the mortality at all ages.

As of 2024, Monaco has the highest life expectancy at 86.50 years, followed by San Marino (85.82 years). Next three positions are occupied by Asian nations/regions as Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea are at 3rd, 4th and 5th position, resp.

57 countries/regions have life expectancy above 80 years, 67 have between 75-80 years, 49 have between 70-75 years.

six countries/regions have life expectancy below 60 years. Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy at 54.64 years. The worst life expectancies are found in Africa as 14 lowest ranked countries are located in Africa.

Everywhere in the world women live longer than men. Life expectancies for male are between 53.36 to 84.56 years, while for female these fig range from 54.94 to 88.63 years. Difference is maximun in Russian Federation where women avg life is 11.71 years than men, followed by United States Virgin Islands having discrepancy greater than 10 years. Togo has minimum difference of 0.46 years.

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Life expectancy at birth (2024)
Country/Region	Both Sexes		Male		Female		F-M	Continent
Country/Region	Years	Rank	Years	Rank	Years	Rank	Years	Continent
Burundi	63.82	218	61.75	217	65.88	218	4.13	Africa
Comoros	67.02	199	65.02	192	69.20	202	4.18	Africa
Djibouti	66.20	206	63.73	204	68.74	204	5.02	Africa
Eritrea	68.89	182	66.76	178	70.94	188	4.19	Africa
Ethiopia	67.60	190	64.36	196	71.02	186	6.67	Africa
Kenya	63.83	217	61.64	218	66.12	216	4.49	Africa
Madagascar	63.84	216	62.12	213	65.60	219	3.48	Africa
Malawi	67.56	191	64.27	199	70.77	190	6.50	Africa
Mauritius	75.10	123	72.11	120	78.34	125	6.23	Africa
Mayotte	76.24	110	74.27	96	78.51	123	4.24	Africa
Mozambique	63.80	219	60.49	223	66.74	213	6.26	Africa
Réunion	83.67	15	80.67	29	86.45	8	5.78	Africa
Rwanda	68.02	187	65.71	186	70.14	194	4.43	Africa
Seychelles	72.99	144	70.08	142	76.66	139	6.59	Africa
Somalia	58.97	232	56.49	232	61.55	232	5.06	Africa
South Sudan	57.74	234	54.76	235	60.75	233	5.99	Africa
Uganda	68.49	186	65.49	187	71.37	182	5.88	Africa
United Republic of Tanzania	67.21	196	64.40	195	70.00	195	5.60	Africa
Zambia	66.53	201	64.10	200	68.87	203	4.77	Africa
Zimbabwe	63.06	220	60.49	221	65.31	220	4.82	Africa
Angola	64.81	211	62.28	211	67.34	211	5.07	Africa
Cameroon	63.97	214	61.78	216	66.23	215	4.45	Africa
Central African Republic	57.67	235	55.51	233	59.56	235	4.05	Africa
Chad	55.24	236	53.36	237	57.19	236	3.83	Africa
Congo	66.00	208	64.33	198	67.72	210	3.39	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.07	225	59.96	227	64.23	222	4.27	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	63.91	215	62.22	212	65.89	217	3.66	Africa
Gabon	68.51	185	66.06	185	71.24	185	5.18	Africa
Sao Tome and Principe	69.91	175	66.41	182	73.91	164	7.50	Africa
Algeria	76.48	106	75.10	84	77.91	128	2.82	Africa
Egypt	71.81	158	69.65	150	74.01	163	4.36	Africa
Libya	71.12	166	69.63	151	72.68	173	3.05	Africa
Morocco	75.49	119	73.35	108	77.78	129	4.43	Africa
Sudan	66.52	202	63.45	207	69.83	196	6.38	Africa
Tunisia	76.71	102	74.13	98	79.33	112	5.20	Africa
Western Sahara	71.58	161	69.87	145	73.77	167	3.90	Africa
Botswana	69.29	178	66.78	177	71.85	178	5.07	Africa
Eswatini	64.26	212	61.32	219	67.11	212	5.79	Africa
Lesotho	57.80	233	55.03	234	60.44	234	5.41	Africa
Namibia	67.52	192	63.45	206	71.48	181	8.02	Africa
South Africa	66.31	203	62.78	209	69.79	197	7.01	Africa
Benin	60.96	229	59.52	229	62.42	228	2.90	Africa
Burkina Faso	61.29	228	59.11	231	63.43	226	4.32	Africa
Cabo Verde	76.22	111	73.05	110	79.37	110	6.32	Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	62.11	224	60.17	226	64.31	221	4.14	Africa
Gambia	66.06	207	64.35	197	67.75	209	3.40	Africa
Ghana	65.70	209	63.31	208	68.16	207	4.85	Africa
Guinea	60.90	230	59.66	228	62.09	231	2.43	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	64.25	213	61.82	215	66.55	214	4.73	Africa
Liberia	62.32	222	61.02	220	63.63	225	2.61	Africa
Mali	60.68	231	59.25	230	62.15	230	2.90	Africa
Mauritania	68.71	184	66.70	179	70.73	191	4.03	Africa
Niger	61.43	227	60.49	222	62.41	229	1.92	Africa
Nigeria	54.64	237	54.33	236	54.94	237	0.61	Africa
Saint Helena	76.95	98	74.03	99	80.74	82	6.71	Africa
Senegal	68.92	181	67.01	174	71.01	187	4.01	Africa
Sierra Leone	61.96	226	60.23	225	63.70	224	3.47	Africa
Togo	62.93	221	62.70	210	63.15	227	0.46	Africa
Kazakhstan	74.53	132	70.27	140	78.52	122	8.25	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	71.82	157	68.31	164	75.40	151	7.10	Asia
Tajikistan	71.93	155	69.68	149	74.14	160	4.46	Asia
Turkmenistan	70.20	171	67.00	175	73.01	170	6.01	Asia
Uzbekistan	72.53	149	69.56	153	75.55	150	5.98	Asia
China	78.02	78	75.25	79	80.97	77	5.72	Asia
China, Hong Kong SAR	85.63	3	82.97	3	88.26	2	5.29	Asia
China, Macao SAR	83.23	22	81.05	22	85.35	24	4.30	Asia
China, Taiwan Province of China	80.75	52	77.86	57	83.75	46	5.89	Asia
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	73.74	136	71.55	126	75.88	147	4.33	Asia
Japan	84.85	4	81.83	11	87.88	3	6.05	Asia
Mongolia	71.99	154	67.49	169	76.66	140	9.16	Asia
Republic of Korea	84.43	5	81.32	19	87.28	4	5.97	Asia
Afghanistan	66.29	204	64.70	193	67.81	208	3.11	Asia
Bangladesh	74.93	125	73.30	109	76.67	137	3.36	Asia
Bhutan	73.26	140	71.57	125	75.27	152	3.70	Asia
India	72.24	153	70.73	131	73.86	165	3.13	Asia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	77.85	83	76.00	71	79.81	101	3.81	Asia
Maldives	81.29	49	79.95	36	83.00	54	3.05	Asia
Nepal	70.64	169	69.09	158	72.14	176	3.05	Asia
Pakistan	67.80	189	65.46	189	70.32	193	4.86	Asia
Sri Lanka	77.67	85	74.45	93	80.75	81	6.30	Asia
Brunei Darussalam	75.50	118	73.49	107	77.73	130	4.24	Asia
Cambodia	70.82	167	68.15	166	73.36	169	5.21	Asia
Indonesia	71.29	165	69.16	157	73.43	168	4.27	Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic	69.23	179	67.02	173	71.53	180	4.51	Asia
Malaysia	76.82	101	74.45	92	79.52	107	5.07	Asia
Myanmar	67.10	197	63.99	201	70.38	192	6.39	Asia
Philippines	69.95	174	66.99	176	72.96	171	5.97	Asia
Singapore	83.86	12	81.38	18	86.36	10	4.98	Asia
Thailand	76.56	103	72.34	118	80.98	76	8.64	Asia
Timor-Leste	67.90	188	66.27	184	69.67	198	3.41	Asia
Viet Nam	74.74	126	70.05	143	79.38	109	9.33	Asia
Armenia	75.85	115	71.58	124	79.60	106	8.02	Asia
Azerbaijan	74.58	131	71.71	123	77.29	132	5.58	Asia
Bahrain	81.42	47	80.86	25	82.13	60	1.27	Asia
Cyprus	81.82	43	79.84	37	83.80	45	3.96	Asia
Georgia	74.66	129	69.75	147	79.23	113	9.49	Asia
Iraq	72.42	150	70.50	136	74.18	158	3.68	Asia
Israel	82.73	27	80.67	28	84.71	31	4.04	Asia
Jordan	77.98	79	75.89	72	80.34	90	4.44	Asia
Kuwait	80.60	53	79.45	44	82.00	63	2.55	Asia
Lebanon	77.95	80	75.88	73	79.86	100	3.98	Asia
Oman	80.25	57	78.72	50	82.05	61	3.33	Asia
Qatar	82.52	31	81.78	12	83.48	48	1.70	Asia
Saudi Arabia	78.98	66	77.33	61	81.33	74	4.00	Asia
State of Palestine	69.21	180	65.22	190	74.25	157	9.03	Asia
Syrian Arab Republic	72.56	148	70.21	141	74.92	154	4.71	Asia
Türkiye	77.42	92	74.62	91	80.34	89	5.72	Asia
United Arab Emirates	83.07	24	82.17	7	84.32	38	2.15	Asia
Yemen	69.44	176	67.37	171	71.55	179	4.18	Asia
Belarus	74.62	130	69.74	148	79.22	114	9.48	Europe
Bulgaria	75.80	116	72.33	119	79.36	111	7.02	Europe
Czechia	79.97	58	77.18	63	82.75	56	5.57	Europe
Hungary	77.18	95	73.89	101	80.33	91	6.44	Europe
Poland	78.81	69	75.10	83	82.49	59	7.39	Europe
Republic of Moldova	71.33	163	66.70	180	75.67	148	8.97	Europe
Romania	76.09	113	72.56	114	79.68	104	7.12	Europe
Russian Federation	73.34	139	67.48	170	79.19	116	11.71	Europe
Slovakia	78.49	72	75.21	80	81.71	67	6.50	Europe
Ukraine	74.69	128	69.79	146	79.39	108	9.61	Europe
Denmark	82.09	39	80.21	34	83.98	39	3.77	Europe
Estonia	79.31	65	75.12	82	83.17	52	8.05	Europe
Faroe Islands	80.39	56	78.40	51	82.68	58	4.27	Europe
Finland	82.08	40	79.38	45	84.79	30	5.41	Europe
Guernsey	83.38	21	81.15	20	85.64	20	4.48	Europe
Iceland	83.01	25	81.63	15	84.47	34	2.84	Europe
Ireland	82.58	29	80.58	32	84.61	32	4.02	Europe
Isle of Man	81.09	50	79.04	49	83.20	51	4.16	Europe
Jersey	79.83	59	77.86	58	81.86	65	4.01	Europe
Latvia	76.33	109	71.75	122	80.60	85	8.85	Europe
Lithuania	76.17	112	71.42	127	80.80	80	9.38	Europe
Norway	83.46	18	81.94	9	84.97	28	3.03	Europe
Sweden	83.42	20	81.65	14	85.22	26	3.58	Europe
United Kingdom	81.45	46	79.54	40	83.33	49	3.78	Europe
Albania	79.78	60	77.92	56	81.59	69	3.67	Europe
Andorra	84.19	8	82.26	5	86.24	11	3.98	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.04	77	74.65	90	81.07	75	6.42	Europe
Croatia	78.75	70	75.60	76	81.82	66	6.22	Europe
Gibraltar	83.63	16	81.03	23	86.19	13	5.16	Europe
Greece	82.03	41	79.50	41	84.46	35	4.95	Europe
Holy See	83.12	23	80.95	24	85.21	27	4.26	Europe
Italy	83.87	11	81.75	13	85.87	15	4.12	Europe
Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	78.22	75	76.01	69	80.28	95	4.27	Europe
Malta	83.47	17	81.48	17	85.39	22	3.90	Europe
Montenegro	77.25	93	73.92	100	80.45	87	6.53	Europe
North Macedonia	77.54	89	75.26	78	79.71	103	4.44	Europe
Portugal	82.55	30	79.68	39	85.25	25	5.57	Europe
San Marino	85.82	2	84.32	2	87.22	5	2.90	Europe
Serbia	76.94	99	73.68	105	80.18	97	6.50	Europe
Slovenia	81.78	44	79.11	47	84.47	33	5.35	Europe
Spain	83.80	13	81.10	21	86.44	9	5.33	Europe
Austria	82.12	38	79.75	38	84.45	37	4.69	Europe
Belgium	82.27	35	80.06	35	84.45	36	4.38	Europe
France	83.46	19	80.59	31	86.20	12	5.62	Europe
Germany	81.54	45	79.21	46	83.88	43	4.66	Europe
Liechtenstein	83.75	14	82.00	8	85.40	21	3.40	Europe
Luxembourg	82.36	33	80.75	26	83.94	41	3.19	Europe
Monaco	86.50	1	84.56	1	88.63	1	4.07	Europe
Netherlands	82.30	34	80.72	27	83.85	44	3.13	Europe
Switzerland	84.09	9	82.17	6	85.95	14	3.78	Europe
Anguilla	79.49	62	76.23	68	82.79	55	6.56	North America
Antigua and Barbuda	77.77	84	74.74	88	80.45	88	5.70	North America
Aruba	76.50	105	73.85	103	78.92	120	5.07	North America
Bahamas	74.71	127	71.06	129	78.33	126	7.27	North America
Barbados	76.33	108	73.75	104	78.76	121	5.01	North America
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	77.61	86	75.41	77	80.31	92	4.90	North America
British Virgin Islands	77.43	90	74.70	89	80.19	96	5.49	North America
Cayman Islands	80.54	54	78.20	55	83.00	53	4.81	North America
Cuba	78.26	74	75.86	74	80.68	83	4.82	North America
Curaçao	76.99	97	72.66	113	80.96	78	8.30	North America
Dominica	71.29	164	68.35	163	74.72	155	6.37	North America
Dominican Republic	73.87	134	70.66	133	77.11	133	6.44	North America
Grenada	75.37	121	72.52	115	78.50	124	5.98	North America
Guadeloupe	82.24	37	78.35	53	85.65	19	7.30	North America
Haiti	65.12	210	61.90	214	68.49	205	6.59	North America
Jamaica	71.61	160	69.08	159	74.15	159	5.07	North America
Martinique	82.74	26	79.45	43	85.73	18	6.28	North America
Montserrat	76.34	107	74.26	97	78.95	119	4.69	North America
Puerto Rico	81.90	42	78.28	54	85.38	23	7.10	North America
Saint Barthélemy	84.40	6	81.57	16	86.92	6	5.35	North America
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.28	152	68.69	162	76.16	145	7.47	North America
Saint Lucia	72.85	145	69.45	155	76.45	144	7.00	North America
Saint Martin (French part)	80.44	55	76.99	65	83.96	40	6.98	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.38	162	68.78	161	74.48	156	5.69	North America
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.53	104	73.85	102	79.66	105	5.81	North America
Trinidad and Tobago	73.62	138	70.51	135	76.83	136	6.32	North America
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.18	76	76.01	70	80.45	86	4.44	North America
United States Virgin Islands	75.70	117	70.73	132	81.48	71	10.75	North America
Belize	73.74	137	71.08	128	76.66	138	5.58	North America
Costa Rica	81.00	51	78.37	52	83.58	47	5.21	North America
El Salvador	72.30	151	67.76	167	76.49	143	8.73	North America
Guatemala	72.75	146	70.44	138	75.04	153	4.60	North America
Honduras	73.04	142	70.49	137	75.67	149	5.18	North America
Mexico	75.26	122	72.44	117	78.00	127	5.56	North America
Nicaragua	75.10	124	72.46	116	77.58	131	5.11	North America
Panama	79.78	61	76.88	66	82.71	57	5.83	North America
Argentina	77.54	88	74.98	86	80.02	99	5.04	South America
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	68.74	183	66.27	183	71.32	183	5.06	South America
Brazil	76.02	114	72.95	112	79.15	117	6.19	South America
Chile	81.36	48	79.45	42	83.23	50	3.77	South America
Colombia	77.91	82	75.16	81	80.61	84	5.45	South America
Ecuador	77.58	87	74.88	87	80.31	93	5.43	South America
Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	79.37	64	77.36	60	81.34	73	3.98	South America
French Guiana	77.18	94	74.33	95	80.15	98	5.82	South America
Guyana	70.32	170	66.62	181	74.09	162	7.47	South America
Paraguay	73.98	133	71.01	130	77.09	134	6.08	South America
Peru	77.94	81	75.63	75	80.30	94	4.67	South America
Suriname	73.76	135	70.60	134	76.98	135	6.38	South America
Uruguay	78.29	73	74.38	94	82.04	62	7.66	South America
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	72.67	147	68.89	160	76.66	141	7.77	South America
Bermuda	82.49	32	79.06	48	85.87	16	6.81	North America
Canada	82.72	28	80.53	33	84.91	29	4.38	North America
Greenland	70.19	172	68.21	165	72.60	174	4.39	North America
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	76.94	100	72.96	111	81.64	68	8.68	North America
United States of America	79.46	63	77.05	64	81.98	64	4.94	North America
Australia	84.07	10	82.28	4	85.85	17	3.57	Oceania
New Zealand	82.25	36	80.60	30	83.89	42	3.29	Oceania
Fiji	67.46	193	65.47	188	69.54	199	4.07	Oceania
New Caledonia	78.92	68	76.46	67	81.41	72	4.95	Oceania
Papua New Guinea	66.26	205	63.84	203	69.21	201	5.38	Oceania
Solomon Islands	70.69	168	69.36	156	72.18	175	2.82	Oceania
Vanuatu	71.65	159	69.59	152	74.11	161	4.53	Oceania
Guam	77.42	91	73.66	106	81.59	70	7.93	Oceania
Kiribati	66.60	200	64.69	194	68.32	206	3.64	Oceania
Marshall Islands	67.08	198	65.03	191	69.48	200	4.45	Oceania
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	67.36	194	63.63	205	71.28	184	7.65	Oceania
Nauru	62.28	223	60.41	224	64.19	223	3.77	Oceania
Northern Mariana Islands	78.95	67	77.28	62	80.87	79	3.59	Oceania
Palau	69.38	177	67.25	172	71.94	177	4.69	Oceania
American Samoa	72.99	143	70.32	139	75.99	146	5.67	Oceania
Cook Islands	75.47	120	72.06	121	79.19	115	7.13	Oceania
French Polynesia	84.19	7	81.90	10	86.62	7	4.72	Oceania
Niue	70.10	173	67.54	168	72.87	172	5.33	Oceania
Samoa	71.83	156	69.96	144	73.82	166	3.86	Oceania
Tokelau	77.17	96	75.08	85	79.03	118	3.96	Oceania
Tonga	73.07	141	69.50	154	76.54	142	7.04	Oceania
Tuvalu	67.26	195	63.91	202	70.86	189	6.95	Oceania
Wallis and Futuna Islands	78.74	71	77.76	59	79.73	102	1.97	Oceania
World	73.32		70.71		76.02		5.32