Life Expectancy of the World Population

Life expectancy at birth. Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates.
See also: Population

See also: Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy

Both Sexes
73.2 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)
Females
75.6 years
(life expectancy at birth, females)
Males
70.8 years
(life expectancy at birth, males)

Countries ranked by life expectancy

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# Country Life Expectancy
(both sexes) 		Females
Life Expectancy 		Males
Life Expectancy
1 Hong Kong 85.29 88.17 82.38
2 Japan 85.03 88.09 81.91
3 Macao 84.68 87.62 81.73
4 Switzerland 84.25 86.02 82.42
5 Singapore 84.07 86.15 82.06
6 Italy 84.01 85.97 81.90
7 Spain 83.99 86.68 81.27
8 Australia 83.94 85.80 82.08
9 Channel Islands 83.60 85.31 81.82
10 Iceland 83.52 84.90 82.15
11 South Korea 83.50 86.42 80.46
12 Israel 83.49 84.91 81.98
13 Sweden 83.33 84.97 81.69
14 France 83.13 85.82 80.32
14 Martinique 83.13 86.10 79.85
15 Malta 83.06 84.68 81.37
16 Canada 82.96 84.74 81.15
17 Norway 82.94 84.78 81.11
18 Ireland 82.81 84.32 81.29
19 New Zealand 82.80 84.38 81.20
19 Greece 82.80 85.08 80.52
20 Luxembourg 82.79 84.76 80.83
21 Netherlands 82.78 84.35 81.20
22 Guadeloupe 82.74 85.94 79.16
23 Portugal 82.65 85.28 79.79
24 Finland 82.48 85.14 79.82
25 Belgium 82.17 84.31 80.00
26 Austria 82.05 84.19 79.88
27 Germany 81.88 84.14 79.62
28 Slovenia 81.85 84.44 79.26
29 United Kingdom 81.77 83.28 80.22
30 Réunion 81.55 84.45 78.52
31 Cyprus 81.51 83.45 79.55
32 Denmark 81.40 83.27 79.54
33 U.S. Virgin Islands 81.17 83.52 78.64
34 Taiwan 81.04 83.64 78.49
35 Costa Rica 80.94 83.39 78.53
36 Chile 80.74 82.80 78.54
36 Guam 80.74 83.98 77.63
37 Qatar 80.73 82.49 79.78
38 Puerto Rico 80.69 83.92 77.27
39 French Guiana 80.53 83.38 77.80
40 Maldives 79.89 81.58 78.53
41 Czech Republic (Czechia) 79.85 82.35 77.33
41 Mayotte 79.85 83.24 76.62
42 Barbados 79.64 80.85 78.36
43 Curaçao 79.41 82.08 76.42
44 Lebanon 79.27 81.17 77.53
44 Poland 79.27 82.98 75.51
45 Cuba 79.18 81.12 77.25
45 Estonia 79.18 83.06 74.98
46 United States 79.11 81.65 76.61
47 Panama 79.10 82.20 76.14
48 Croatia 79.02 82.02 75.95
49 Albania 78.96 80.48 77.48
50 Oman 78.58 80.94 76.90
51 United Arab Emirates 78.46 79.80 77.79
52 Turkey 78.45 81.21 75.57
53 Uruguay 78.43 81.88 74.75
54 French Polynesia 78.23 80.41 76.23
55 New Caledonia 78.16 80.89 75.61
56 Slovakia 78.00 81.35 74.59
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 77.93 80.32 75.48
58 Colombia 77.87 80.54 75.18
59 Thailand 77.74 81.34 74.16
60 Bahrain 77.73 78.88 76.87
61 Ecuador 77.71 80.45 75.05
62 Sri Lanka 77.56 80.74 74.25
63 Algeria 77.50 78.76 76.30
64 Antigua and Barbuda 77.47 78.58 76.26
64 China 77.47 79.73 75.36
65 Peru 77.44 80.15 74.87
66 Morocco 77.43 78.66 76.17
67 Montenegro 77.39 79.77 74.99
68 Tunisia 77.36 79.34 75.37
69 Iran 77.33 78.54 76.22
70 Hungary 77.31 80.66 73.78
71 Argentina 77.17 80.42 73.82
72 Aruba 76.79 79.10 74.26
73 Saint Lucia 76.67 78.06 75.27
74 Malaysia 76.65 78.78 74.71
75 Brazil 76.57 80.14 73.01
76 Romania 76.50 79.91 73.13
77 Serbia 76.47 79.05 73.89
78 Lithuania 76.41 81.70 70.97
79 Brunei 76.35 77.64 75.17
80 North Macedonia 76.26 78.32 74.26
81 Syria 76.06 79.11 73.13
82 Honduras 75.87 78.14 73.57
83 Kuwait 75.85 77.06 75.09
84 Vietnam 75.77 79.85 71.73
85 Latvia 75.73 80.37 70.81
86 Saudi Arabia 75.69 77.37 74.47
87 Armenia 75.55 78.90 71.82
88 Mauritius 75.51 78.92 72.21
89 Bulgaria 75.49 79.06 72.05
90 Mexico 75.41 78.17 72.62
91 Nicaragua 75.23 78.65 71.75
92 Belarus 75.20 79.90 70.15
93 Belize 75.09 78.25 72.14
94 Guatemala 75.05 77.89 72.14
95 Jordan 75.01 76.82 73.28
96 Jamaica 74.88 76.60 73.17
97 Dominican Republic 74.65 77.90 71.58
98 State of Palestine 74.62 76.38 72.92
99 Paraguay 74.59 76.78 72.55
100 Bahamas 74.28 76.51 71.95
101 Georgia 74.24 78.54 69.85
102 Micronesia 74.08 77.20 71.14
103 El Salvador 74.06 78.48 69.27
104 Trinidad and Tobago 73.91 76.66 71.24
105 Kazakhstan 73.90 77.97 69.55
106 Samoa 73.75 75.97 71.69
107 Seychelles 73.74 77.71 70.26
108 Cabo Verde 73.58 76.83 70.15
109 Bangladesh 73.57 75.60 71.80
110 Libya 73.44 76.46 70.61
111 Solomon Islands 73.38 75.31 71.60
112 Azerbaijan 73.33 75.87 70.76
113 Russia 72.99 78.15 67.62
114 St. Vincent & Grenadines 72.98 75.62 70.66
115 North Korea 72.89 76.37 69.26
116 Bhutan 72.77 73.33 72.27
117 Grenada 72.59 75.16 70.24
118 Egypt 72.54 74.95 70.23
119 Ukraine 72.50 77.27 67.56
120 Bolivia 72.35 75.35 69.50
121 Venezuela 72.34 76.25 68.59
122 Indonesia 72.32 74.64 70.12
123 Moldova 72.30 76.53 68.02
124 Suriname 72.13 75.55 68.88
125 Uzbekistan 72.04 74.26 69.80
126 Kyrgyzstan 71.95 76.03 67.85
127 Tajikistan 71.76 74.11 69.50
128 Nepal 71.74 73.23 70.13
129 Philippines 71.66 75.92 67.67
130 Tonga 71.32 73.38 69.28
131 Western Sahara 71.08 73.19 69.36
131 Iraq 71.08 73.21 68.96
132 Sao Tome & Principe 71.01 73.50 68.54
133 Vanuatu 70.99 72.75 69.40
134 Cambodia 70.54 72.69 68.20
135 Mongolia 70.53 74.79 66.43
136 India 70.42 71.80 69.16
137 Guyana 70.26 73.53 67.22
138 Timor-Leste 70.18 72.36 68.14
139 Rwanda 70.00 72.16 67.75
140 Botswana 69.86 72.69 66.72
141 Kiribati 69.17 73.12 65.00
142 Laos 68.89 70.79 67.04
143 Senegal 68.87 70.88 66.64
144 Turkmenistan 68.63 72.19 65.10
145 Micronesia 68.27 70.07 66.54
146 Madagascar 68.21 69.92 66.53
147 Fiji 67.91 69.97 66.00
148 Djibouti 67.87 70.16 65.84
149 Ethiopia 67.81 69.80 65.86
150 Pakistan 67.79 68.90 66.77
151 Myanmar 67.78 70.81 64.65
152 Eritrea 67.48 69.75 65.26
153 Kenya 67.47 69.87 65.04
154 Gabon 67.03 69.27 64.93
155 Yemen 66.44 68.16 64.72
156 Tanzania 66.39 68.25 64.52
157 Sudan 66.09 68.03 64.18
158 Afghanistan 65.98 67.59 64.47
159 Malawi 65.62 68.77 62.45
160 Mauritania 65.57 67.24 63.88
161 Papua New Guinea 65.22 66.62 63.92
162 Congo 65.21 66.73 63.67
163 Comoros 65.03 66.88 63.24
164 Liberia 65.00 66.48 63.54
165 Haiti 64.99 67.21 62.77
166 Ghana 64.94 66.13 63.78
167 South Africa 64.88 68.42 61.46
168 Namibia 64.86 67.67 61.83
169 Zambia 64.70 67.71 61.66
170 Uganda 64.38 66.67 61.99
171 Niger 63.62 64.89 62.41
172 Gambia 63.26 64.73 61.80
173 Burkina Faso 62.98 63.78 62.06
174 Benin 62.84 64.45 61.23
175 Burundi 62.71 64.56 60.85
176 Guinea 62.64 63.25 61.79
177 Angola 62.22 65.12 59.46
178 Zimbabwe 62.16 63.66 60.39
179 Togo 62.13 63.08 61.16
179 Mozambique 62.13 64.95 59.05
180 DR Congo 61.60 63.21 60.01
181 Eswatini 61.05 65.67 56.98
182 Mali 60.54 61.39 59.69
183 Cameroon 60.32 61.66 58.99
184 Equatorial Guinea 59.82 61.08 58.76
185 Guinea-Bissau 59.38 61.33 57.31
186 Côte d'Ivoire 58.75 60.13 57.50
187 South Sudan 58.74 60.31 57.21
188 Somalia 58.34 60.11 56.62
189 Sierra Leone 55.92 56.78 55.01
190 Nigeria 55.75 56.75 54.80
191 Lesotho 55.65 58.90 52.52
192 Chad 55.17 56.65 53.73
193 Central African Republic 54.36 56.58 52.16