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Life expectancy at birth, by sex by country

Period life expectancy at birth.

Countries reporting
236
Highest
84.45 years
Monaco
Lowest
53.2 years
Chad
Median
72.05 years
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
17,464

What the numbers show

Life expectancy at birth, by sex is currently reported for 236 countries. The highest value is 84.45 years in Monaco; the lowest is 53.2 years in Chad.

The median across all reporting countries is 72.05 years, and the mean is 71.53 years.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 221 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Eswatini (up 22.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine, State of (down 17.3%).

Life expectancy at birth, by sex: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 84.45 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
2 San Marino 84.21 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
3 Hong Kong, China 82.84 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
4 Andorra 82.1 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
5 Australia 82.1 years 2023 up 2.0% rising
6 Switzerland 82.01 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
7 United Arab Emirates 81.98 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
8 Liechtenstein 81.84 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
9 French Polynesia 81.78 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
10 Norway 81.75 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
11 Japan 81.69 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
12 Qatar 81.61 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
13 Italy 81.57 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
14 Saint Barthelemy 81.46 years 2023 up 4.4% rising
15 Sweden 81.44 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
16 Malta 81.27 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
17 Singapore 81.24 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
18 Republic of Korea 81.19 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
19 Guernsey 81.01 years 2023 up 0.3% rising
20 Iceland 80.98 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
21 Spain 80.96 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
22 Gibraltar 80.92 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
23 Macau, China 80.83 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
24 Vatican 80.78 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
25 Bahrain 80.67 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
26 Luxembourg 80.57 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
27 Netherlands 80.54 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
28 Reunion 80.53 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
29 France 80.43 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
30 Canada 80.43 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
31 New Zealand 80.41 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
32 Ireland 80.37 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
33 Israel 80.18 years 2023 down 0.5% rising
34 Denmark 80.02 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
35 Belgium 79.86 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
36 Maldives 79.69 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
37 Cyprus 79.64 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
38 Austria 79.54 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
39 Portugal 79.44 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
40 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 79.36 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
41 Greece 79.29 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
42 Martinique 79.25 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
43 Kuwait 79.25 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
44 Chile 79.24 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
45 Finland 79.17 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
46 Germany 79.02 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
47 Isle of Man 78.93 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
48 Slovenia 78.9 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
49 Bermuda 78.86 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
50 Oman 78.49 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
51 Faroe Islands 78.17 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
52 Guadeloupe 78.13 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
53 Costa Rica 78.13 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
54 Puerto Rico 78.03 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
55 Cayman Islands 77.98 years 2023 up 3.7% rising
56 Albania 77.73 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
57 Jersey 77.72 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
58 Wallis and Futuna 77.66 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
59 Taiwan 77.63 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
60 Falkland Islands, Malvinas 77.15 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
61 Northern Mariana Islands 77.13 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
62 Saudi Arabia 77.1 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
63 Czechia 77 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
64 United States of America 76.86 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
65 Saint Martin (French part) 76.77 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
66 Panama 76.65 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
67 New Caledonia 76.28 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
68 Anguilla 76.03 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
69 Turks and Caicos Islands 75.83 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
70 Iran, Islamic Republic of 75.79 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
71 Lebanon 75.74 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
72 Jordan 75.71 years 2023 up 4.7% rising
73 Cuba 75.67 years 2023 down 0.4% rising
74 Peru 75.41 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
75 Croatia 75.41 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
76 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.23 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
77 China 75.2 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
78 North Macedonia 75.11 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
79 Slovakia 75.02 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
80 Tokelau 74.95 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
81 Colombia 74.95 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
82 Estonia 74.9 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
83 Algeria 74.89 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
84 Poland 74.88 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
85 Argentina 74.81 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
86 Ecuador 74.66 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
87 Antigua and Barbuda 74.55 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
88 Türkiye 74.53 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
89 British Virgin Islands 74.53 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
90 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.42 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
91 Malaysia 74.27 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
92 Sri Lanka 74.24 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
93 Uruguay 74.19 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
94 French Guiana 74.13 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
95 Montserrat 74.11 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
96 Mayotte 74.09 years 2023 down 2.5% rising
97 Tunisia 73.92 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
98 Saint Helena 73.87 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
99 Montenegro 73.73 years 2023 up 0.4% rising
100 Hungary 73.71 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
101 Aruba 73.7 years 2023 up 2.3% rising
102 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.7 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
103 Barbados 73.63 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
104 Serbia 73.5 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
105 Guam 73.44 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
106 Brunei Darussalam 73.33 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
107 Morocco 73.17 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
108 Bangladesh 73.03 years 2023 up 7.9% rising
109 Cape Verde 72.86 years 2023 up 4.5% rising
110 Brazil 72.76 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
111 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 72.75 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
112 Curaçao 72.46 years 2023 up 0.0% rising
113 Romania 72.4 years 2023 up 1.3% rising
114 Grenada 72.36 years 2023 down 0.2% rising
115 Nicaragua 72.31 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
116 Mexico 72.24 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
117 Bulgaria 72.16 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
118 Thailand 72.16 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
119 Mauritius 71.94 years 2023 up 0.9% rising
120 Cook Islands 71.87 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
121 Azerbaijan 71.56 years 2023 up 4.9% rising
122 Latvia 71.56 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
123 North Korea 71.46 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
124 Armenia 71.39 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
125 Bhutan 71.31 years 2023 up 3.8% rising
126 Lithuania 71.22 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
127 Belize 70.93 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
128 Bahamas 70.91 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
129 Paraguay 70.89 years 2023 up 0.5% rising
130 Dominican Republic 70.53 years 2023 up 1.6% rising
131 India 70.52 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
132 United States Virgin Islands 70.51 years 2023 up 1.4% rising
133 Suriname 70.46 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
134 Iraq 70.43 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
135 Trinidad and Tobago 70.38 years 2023 up 0.8% rising
136 Honduras 70.35 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
137 Guatemala 70.31 years 2023 up 3.1% rising
138 American Samoa 70.2 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
139 Kazakhstan 70.11 years 2023 up 6.7% rising
140 Seychelles 69.94 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
141 Viet Nam 69.88 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
142 Samoa 69.86 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
143 Syria 69.83 years 2023 up 15.9% rising
144 Western Sahara 69.69 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
145 Tajikistan 69.57 years 2023 up 3.6% rising
146 Georgia 69.57 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
147 Belarus 69.53 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
148 Egypt 69.49 years 2023 up 3.3% rising
149 Uzbekistan 69.45 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
150 Vanuatu 69.44 years 2023 up 2.2% rising
151 Tonga 69.37 years 2023 up 1.7% rising
152 Saint Lucia 69.31 years 2023 down 0.9% rising
153 Solomon Islands 69.22 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
154 Indonesia 69.04 years 2023 up 2.8% rising
155 Jamaica 68.97 years 2023 down 1.9% rising
156 Nepal 68.83 years 2023 up 4.0% rising
157 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 68.72 years 2023 down 0.3% rising
158 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.66 years 2023 up 2.1% rising
159 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.57 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
160 Libya 68.27 years 2023 down 2.5% rising
161 Dominica 68.21 years 2023 down 0.8% rising
162 Kyrgyzstan 68.18 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
163 Greenland 68.09 years 2023 up 0.2% rising
164 Cambodia 68.01 years 2023 up 2.6% rising
165 El Salvador 67.52 years 2023 up 1.5% rising
166 Niue 67.43 years 2023 up 3.0% rising
167 Russian Federation 67.26 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
168 Mongolia 67.24 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
169 Yemen 67.23 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
170 Palau 67.15 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
171 Ukraine 66.9 years 2023 up 0.8% flat
172 Philippines 66.89 years 2023 up 1.2% rising
173 Turkmenistan 66.87 years 2023 up 1.9% rising
174 Senegal 66.79 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
175 Lao People's Democratic Republic 66.78 years 2023 up 5.0% rising
176 Botswana 66.67 years 2023 up 12.6% rising
177 Republic of Moldova 66.57 years 2023 up 1.0% rising
178 Eritrea 66.51 years 2023 up 5.6% rising
179 Guyana 66.51 years 2023 up 5.1% rising
180 Mauritania 66.5 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
181 Sao Tome and Principe 66.24 years 2023 up 6.5% rising
182 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 66.13 years 2023 up 2.4% rising
183 Timor-Leste 66.07 years 2023 up 4.6% rising
184 Gabon 65.91 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
185 Rwanda 65.49 years 2023 up 4.7% rising
186 Fiji 65.34 years 2023 up 1.1% rising
187 Pakistan 65.33 years 2023 up 3.7% rising
188 Uganda 65.27 years 2023 up 8.9% rising
189 Marshall Islands 64.93 years 2023 up 2.9% rising
190 Comoros 64.79 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
191 Kiribati 64.58 years 2023 up 0.7% rising
192 Afghanistan 64.47 years 2023 up 6.5% rising
193 Tanzania, United Republic of 64.2 years 2023 up 5.6% rising
194 Gambia 64.17 years 2023 up 5.2% rising
195 Congo 64.12 years 2023 up 4.2% rising
196 Ethiopia 64.08 years 2023 up 7.2% rising
197 Malawi 64.07 years 2023 up 10.3% rising
198 Zambia 63.94 years 2023 up 11.0% rising
199 Myanmar 63.79 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
200 Tuvalu 63.77 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
201 Papua New Guinea 63.74 years 2023 up 3.2% rising
202 Djibouti 63.52 years 2023 up 6.1% rising
203 Micronesia, Federated States of 63.49 years 2023 up 1.8% rising
204 Namibia 63.33 years 2023 up 14.3% rising
205 Sudan 63.27 years 2023 up 4.4% rising
206 Ghana 63.13 years 2023 up 4.1% rising
207 South Africa 62.61 years 2023 up 5.7% rising
208 Togo 62.54 years 2023 up 7.8% rising
209 Angola 62.1 years 2023 up 8.2% rising
210 Equatorial Guinea 62.04 years 2023 up 6.4% rising
211 Madagascar 61.94 years 2023 up 0.6% rising
212 Haiti 61.73 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
213 Guinea-Bissau 61.66 years 2023 up 8.6% rising
214 Burundi 61.6 years 2023 up 6.9% rising
215 Cameroon 61.52 years 2023 up 7.9% rising
216 Kenya 61.46 years 2023 up 2.7% rising
217 Eswatini 61.19 years 2023 up 22.2% rising
218 Liberia 60.88 years 2023 up 3.5% rising
219 Mozambique 60.3 years 2023 up 9.3% rising
220 Naoero 60.28 years 2023 up 3.9% rising
221 Niger 60.26 years 2023 up 4.5% rising
222 Zimbabwe 60.23 years 2023 up 8.7% rising
223 Sierra Leone 60.06 years 2023 up 13.1% rising
224 Côte d'Ivoire 60.02 years 2023 up 8.2% rising
225 Democratic Republic of Congo 59.79 years 2023 up 6.6% rising
226 Palestine, State of 59.69 years 2023 down 17.3% rising
227 Guinea 59.52 years 2023 up 6.1% rising
228 Benin 59.35 years 2023 up 2.5% rising
229 Mali 59.04 years 2023 up 5.5% rising
230 Burkina Faso 58.92 years 2023 up 4.7% rising
231 Somalia 56.35 years 2023 up 8.1% rising
232 Central African Republic 55.26 years 2023 up 17.9% rising
233 South Sudan 54.64 years 2023 down 3.9% rising
234 Lesotho 54.62 years 2023 up 15.8% rising
235 Nigeria 54.18 years 2023 up 5.3% rising
236 Chad 53.2 years 2023 up 6.3% rising

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Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, by sex
Unit
years
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
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