Life expectancy at birth, total (years) by country
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Countries reporting
211
Highest
86.5 years
Monaco
Lowest
54.63 years
Nigeria
Median
74.58 years
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
17,126
What the numbers show
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 86.5 years in Monaco; the lowest is 54.63 years in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 74.58 years, and the mean is 73.79 years.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 201 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Central African Republic (up 43.2%), and the largest decrease in Palestine (down 4.9%).
Life expectancy at birth, total: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.5 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.82 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 85.39 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 84.58 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.41 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.19 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.19 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 84.06 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 10 | Japan | 84.04 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 11 | Italy | 83.95 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 83.89 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 13 | Gibraltar | 83.63 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 14 | South Korea | 83.63 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 15 | Singapore | 83.35 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Macao | 83.33 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 17 | Israel | 83.2 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 19 | Norway | 83.16 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 20 | Faroe Islands | 83.08 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 83.07 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 22 | Australia | 83.05 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 24 | France | 82.98 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 26 | Iceland | 82.81 years | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 27 | Qatar | 82.52 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 28 | Bermuda | 82.49 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 29 | Portugal | 82.38 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 30 | Finland | 82.34 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 82.3 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 32 | Slovenia | 82.29 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 82.25 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 34 | Canada | 82.11 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 35 | New Zealand | 82.01 years | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 82 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 37 | Netherlands | 81.97 years | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 38 | Puerto Rico | 81.9 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 81.84 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cyprus | 81.82 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 41 | Bahrain | 81.42 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 42 | United Kingdom | 81.39 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 43 | Chile | 81.36 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 44 | Maldives | 81.28 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 81.09 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 81 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 47 | Germany | 80.79 years | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 48 | United States Virgin Islands | 80.77 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 49 | Cayman Islands | 80.54 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 50 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.44 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 51 | Oman | 80.25 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 52 | Czechia | 79.98 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 53 | Albania | 79.78 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 54 | Panama | 79.78 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 55 | Estonia | 79.3 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 78.98 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 57 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.95 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 58 | Croatia | 78.93 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 78.92 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 60 | United States | 78.89 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 61 | Poland | 78.41 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 62 | Slovakia | 78.37 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 63 | Armenia | 78.32 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 78.29 years | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 65 | Cuba | 78.26 years | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 66 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.18 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.04 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 68 | China | 78.02 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 69 | Jordan | 77.98 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 70 | Lebanon | 77.94 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 71 | Peru | 77.94 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 77.91 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 73 | Montenegro | 77.89 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 74 | Iran | 77.85 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 75 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.77 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 77.67 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 77 | Ecuador | 77.58 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 78 | Argentina | 77.54 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 79 | British Virgin Islands | 77.43 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 80 | Guam | 77.42 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 81 | Turkey | 77.42 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 82 | Lithuania | 77.2 years | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 83 | Curacao | 76.99 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 84 | Malaysia | 76.82 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 85 | Hungary | 76.72 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tunisia | 76.71 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 76.62 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 88 | Thailand | 76.56 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 89 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.53 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 90 | Aruba | 76.5 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 76.47 years | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 92 | Romania | 76.46 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 93 | Latvia | 76.43 years | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 94 | Barbados | 76.33 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 95 | Seychelles | 76.3 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 76.22 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 76.02 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 98 | Serbia | 75.97 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 75.76 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 100 | Brunei | 75.5 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 101 | Morocco | 75.49 years | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 102 | Grenada | 75.37 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 103 | Mexico | 75.26 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 75.1 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 74.93 years | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 106 | Vietnam | 74.74 years | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 107 | Bahamas | 74.71 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 108 | Ukraine | 74.69 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | flat |
| 109 | Georgia | 74.66 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 74.58 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 74.53 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 112 | Belarus | 74.37 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 113 | Paraguay | 73.98 years | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 73.87 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 115 | Mauritius | 73.79 years | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 116 | Suriname | 73.76 years | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 117 | North Korea | 73.74 years | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 118 | Belize | 73.74 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.62 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 120 | Russia | 73.44 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 121 | Bhutan | 73.26 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 122 | Tonga | 73.07 years | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 123 | Honduras | 73.04 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 124 | American Samoa | 72.99 years | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 72.85 years | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 126 | Guatemala | 72.75 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 127 | Venezuela | 72.67 years | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 128 | Syria | 72.56 years | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 72.53 years | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 130 | Iraq | 72.42 years | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4 years | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 132 | Mongolia | 72.4 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 133 | El Salvador | 72.3 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.28 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 135 | India | 72.23 years | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 71.93 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 137 | Samoa | 71.83 years | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 138 | Egypt | 71.81 years | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 71.65 years | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 140 | Jamaica | 71.61 years | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.38 years | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 142 | Moldova | 71.33 years | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 143 | Dominica | 71.29 years | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 144 | Indonesia | 71.29 years | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 145 | Libya | 71.12 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 146 | Cambodia | 70.82 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 70.69 years | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 148 | Nepal | 70.64 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 149 | Guyana | 70.32 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 150 | Greenland | 70.27 years | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 70.2 years | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 152 | Philippines | 69.95 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.91 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 154 | Yemen | 69.44 years | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 155 | Palau | 69.38 years | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 156 | Botswana | 69.29 years | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 157 | Laos | 69.22 years | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 158 | Palestine | 69.21 years | 2024 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 159 | Senegal | 68.92 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 160 | Eritrea | 68.89 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 161 | Bolivia | 68.74 years | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 162 | Mauritania | 68.71 years | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 163 | Gabon | 68.51 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 164 | Uganda | 68.49 years | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 165 | Rwanda | 68.02 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 166 | East Timor | 67.9 years | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 167 | Pakistan | 67.8 years | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 67.6 years | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 169 | Malawi | 67.56 years | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 170 | Namibia | 67.52 years | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 171 | Fiji | 67.46 years | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 172 | Micronesia (country) | 67.36 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 67.26 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 174 | Tanzania | 67.21 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 175 | Myanmar | 67.09 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 176 | Marshall Islands | 67.08 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 177 | Comoros | 67.02 years | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 178 | Kiribati | 66.6 years | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 179 | Zambia | 66.53 years | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan | 66.52 years | 2024 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 181 | South Africa | 66.31 years | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 66.29 years | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 66.26 years | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 184 | Djibouti | 66.2 years | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 185 | Gambia | 66.06 years | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 186 | Congo | 66 years | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 187 | Ghana | 65.69 years | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 188 | Haiti | 65.12 years | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 189 | Angola | 64.81 years | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 190 | Eswatini | 64.26 years | 2024 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.25 years | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 192 | Cameroon | 63.97 years | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.91 years | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 194 | Madagascar | 63.84 years | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 195 | Kenya | 63.83 years | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 196 | Burundi | 63.82 years | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 197 | Mozambique | 63.8 years | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 198 | Zimbabwe | 63.06 years | 2024 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 199 | Togo | 62.94 years | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 200 | Liberia | 62.32 years | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 201 | Nauru | 62.28 years | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 202 | Cote d'Ivoire | 62.11 years | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 62.07 years | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 204 | Sierra Leone | 61.96 years | 2024 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 205 | Niger | 61.43 years | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 206 | Burkina Faso | 61.29 years | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 207 | Benin | 60.96 years | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 208 | Guinea | 60.9 years | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 209 | Mali | 60.67 years | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 210 | Somalia | 58.97 years | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 211 | Lesotho | 57.8 years | 2024 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 212 | South Sudan | 57.74 years | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 57.67 years | 2024 | up 43.2% | flat |
| 214 | Chad | 55.24 years | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 215 | Nigeria | 54.63 years | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Euro area 82.25 years
- European Union 81.56 years
- Channel Islands 81.2 years
- Post-demographic dividend 81.11 years
- OECD members 80.4 years
- High income 80.39 years
- North America 79.24 years
- Europe & Central Asia 78.6 years
- Kosovo 78.22 years
- Central Europe and the Baltics 77.92 years
- Late-demographic dividend 77.23 years
- East Asia & Pacific 76.74 years
About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.