Which has higher life expectancy, Egypt or Mongolia?

Mongolia, at 71.73 years against 71.63 years in Egypt as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Egypt and Mongolia?

0.1 years, with Mongolia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Mongolia?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Egypt vs Mongolia: Life expectancy

Egypt

71.63 years

in 2023

Mongolia

71.73 years

in 2023

Egypt rank

157th

Mongolia rank

154th

Life expectancy over time

Egypt
Mongolia

How they compare

Mongolia currently reports 71.73 years against 71.63 years in Egypt, a difference of 0.1 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Mongolia ahead.

Egypt ranks 157th and Mongolia ranks 154th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 4 and Mongolia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Mongolia	Difference	Ahead
1950s	39.25 years	40.6 years	1.35 years	Mongolia
1960s	47 years	48.17 years	1.17 years	Mongolia
1970s	51.6 years	53.9 years	2.3 years	Mongolia
1980s	58.95 years	56.42 years	2.53 years	Egypt
1990s	64.88 years	60.9 years	3.97 years	Egypt
2000s	68.22 years	65.08 years	3.14 years	Egypt
2010s	70.08 years	68.92 years	1.16 years	Egypt
2020s	70.35 years	70.46 years	0.1062 years	Mongolia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Egypt or Mongolia?: Mongolia, at 71.73 years against 71.63 years in Egypt as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Egypt and Mongolia?: 0.1 years, with Mongolia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Mongolia?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Mongolia rank globally for life expectancy?: Egypt ranks 157th and Mongolia ranks 154th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.