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Life expectancy at birth

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73.5

years·2024

Published observation

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World2024 · 73.5
018.3736.7455.1173.481960199320251960: 50.91961: 52.81962: 55.31963: 55.71964: 56.11965: 55.91966: 56.41967: 56.91968: 57.31969: 57.71970: 57.91971: 581972: 58.81973: 59.31974: 59.71975: 60.11976: 60.51977: 611978: 61.41979: 61.81980: 62.21981: 62.51982: 62.91983: 63.11984: 63.41985: 63.71986: 64.11987: 64.51988: 64.71989: 651990: 65.11991: 65.31992: 65.51993: 65.71994: 661995: 66.21996: 66.51997: 66.81998: 67.11999: 67.32000: 67.72001: 67.92002: 68.22003: 68.52004: 68.82005: 69.12006: 69.52007: 69.82008: 702009: 70.42010: 70.72011: 712012: 71.32013: 71.52014: 71.82015: 722016: 72.22017: 72.42018: 72.62019: 72.92020: 72.22021: 71.22022: 732023: 73.32024: 73.5

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.

217 countries & areas with dataLatest available · years shown in the table
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Life expectancy at birth around the world.

years · Latest available per country; reporting years may differ.

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217 with data · 217 countries & areas
RankCountry / areaRegionYear
1MonacoEurope & Central Asia86.52024
2San MarinoEurope & Central Asia85.82024
3Hong Kong SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific85.42024
4KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan84.62024
5SwitzerlandEurope & Central Asia84.42024
6LiechtensteinEurope & Central Asia84.22024
7French PolynesiaEast Asia & Pacific84.22024
8AndorraEurope & Central Asia84.22024
9SwedenEurope & Central Asia84.12024
10JapanEast Asia & Pacific842024
11ItalyEurope & Central Asia842024
12SpainEurope & Central Asia83.92024
13GibraltarEurope & Central Asia83.62024
14Korea, Rep.East Asia & Pacific83.62024
15SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific83.32024
16Macao SAR, ChinaEast Asia & Pacific83.32024
17IsraelMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan83.22024
18LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia83.22024
19NorwayEurope & Central Asia83.22024
20Faroe IslandsEurope & Central Asia83.12024
21United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan83.12024
22AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific83.12024
23IrelandEurope & Central Asia832024
24FranceEurope & Central Asia832024
25MaltaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan832024
26IcelandEurope & Central Asia82.82024
27QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan82.52024
28BermudaNorth America82.52024
29PortugalEurope & Central Asia82.42024
30FinlandEurope & Central Asia82.32024
31BelgiumEurope & Central Asia82.32024
32SloveniaEurope & Central Asia82.32024
33DenmarkEurope & Central Asia82.32024
34CanadaNorth America82.12024
35New ZealandEast Asia & Pacific822024
36AustriaEurope & Central Asia822024
37NetherlandsEurope & Central Asia822024
38Puerto Rico (US)Latin America & Caribbean 81.92024
39GreeceEurope & Central Asia81.82024
40CyprusEurope & Central Asia81.82024
41BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan81.42024
42United KingdomEurope & Central Asia81.42024
43ChileLatin America & Caribbean 81.42024
44MaldivesSouth Asia81.32024
45Channel IslandsEurope & Central Asia81.22024
46Isle of ManEurope & Central Asia81.12024
47Costa RicaLatin America & Caribbean 812024
48GermanyEurope & Central Asia80.82024
49Virgin Islands (U.S.)Latin America & Caribbean 80.82024
50Cayman IslandsLatin America & Caribbean 80.52024
51St. Martin (French part)Latin America & Caribbean 80.42024
52OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan80.22024
53CzechiaEurope & Central Asia802024
54AlbaniaEurope & Central Asia79.82024
55PanamaLatin America & Caribbean 79.82024
56EstoniaEurope & Central Asia79.32024
57Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan792024
58Northern Mariana IslandsEast Asia & Pacific78.92024
59CroatiaEurope & Central Asia78.92024
60New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific78.92024
61United StatesNorth America78.92024
62PolandEurope & Central Asia78.42024
63Slovak RepublicEurope & Central Asia78.42024
64ArmeniaEurope & Central Asia78.32024
65UruguayLatin America & Caribbean 78.32024
66CubaLatin America & Caribbean 78.32024
67KosovoEurope & Central Asia78.22024
68Turks and Caicos IslandsLatin America & Caribbean 78.22024
69Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope & Central Asia782024
70ChinaEast Asia & Pacific782024
71JordanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan782024
72LebanonMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan77.92024
73PeruLatin America & Caribbean 77.92024
74ColombiaLatin America & Caribbean 77.92024
75MontenegroEurope & Central Asia77.92024
76Iran, Islamic Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan77.92024
77Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & Caribbean 77.82024
78Sri LankaSouth Asia77.72024
79EcuadorLatin America & Caribbean 77.62024
80ArgentinaLatin America & Caribbean 77.52024
81British Virgin IslandsLatin America & Caribbean 77.42024
82GuamEast Asia & Pacific77.42024
83TurkiyeEurope & Central Asia77.42024
84LithuaniaEurope & Central Asia77.22024
85CuracaoLatin America & Caribbean 772024
86MalaysiaEast Asia & Pacific76.82024
87HungaryEurope & Central Asia76.72024
88TunisiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan76.72024
89North MacedoniaEurope & Central Asia76.62024
90ThailandEast Asia & Pacific76.62024
91Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Latin America & Caribbean 76.52024
92ArubaLatin America & Caribbean 76.52024
93AlgeriaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan76.52024
94RomaniaEurope & Central Asia76.52024
95LatviaEurope & Central Asia76.42024
96BarbadosLatin America & Caribbean 76.32024
97SeychellesSub-Saharan Africa 76.32024
98Cabo VerdeSub-Saharan Africa 76.22024
99BrazilLatin America & Caribbean 762024
100SerbiaEurope & Central Asia762024
101BulgariaEurope & Central Asia75.82024
102Brunei DarussalamEast Asia & Pacific75.52024
103MoroccoMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan75.52024
104GrenadaLatin America & Caribbean 75.42024
105MexicoLatin America & Caribbean 75.32024
106NicaraguaLatin America & Caribbean 75.12024
107BangladeshSouth Asia74.92024
108Viet NamEast Asia & Pacific74.72024
109Bahamas, TheLatin America & Caribbean 74.72024
110UkraineEurope & Central Asia74.72024
111GeorgiaEurope & Central Asia74.72024
112AzerbaijanEurope & Central Asia74.62024
113KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia74.52024
114BelarusEurope & Central Asia74.42024
115ParaguayLatin America & Caribbean 742024
116Dominican RepublicLatin America & Caribbean 73.92024
117MauritiusSub-Saharan Africa 73.82024
118SurinameLatin America & Caribbean 73.82024
119Korea, Dem. People's Rep.East Asia & Pacific73.72024
120BelizeLatin America & Caribbean 73.72024
121Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean 73.62024
122Russian FederationEurope & Central Asia73.42024
123BhutanSouth Asia73.32024
124TongaEast Asia & Pacific73.12024
125HondurasLatin America & Caribbean 732024
126American SamoaEast Asia & Pacific732024
127St. LuciaLatin America & Caribbean 72.82024
128GuatemalaLatin America & Caribbean 72.72024
129Venezuela, RBLatin America & Caribbean 72.72024
130Syrian Arab RepublicMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan72.62024
131UzbekistanEurope & Central Asia72.52024
132IraqMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan72.42024
133Kyrgyz RepublicEurope & Central Asia72.42024
134MongoliaEast Asia & Pacific72.42024
135El SalvadorLatin America & Caribbean 72.32024
136St. Kitts and NevisLatin America & Caribbean 72.32024
137IndiaSouth Asia72.22024
138TajikistanEurope & Central Asia71.92024
139SamoaEast Asia & Pacific71.82024
140Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan71.82024
141VanuatuEast Asia & Pacific71.72024
142JamaicaLatin America & Caribbean 71.62024
143St. Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & Caribbean 71.42024
144MoldovaEurope & Central Asia71.32024
145DominicaLatin America & Caribbean 71.32024
146IndonesiaEast Asia & Pacific71.32024
147LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan71.12024
148CambodiaEast Asia & Pacific70.82024
149Solomon IslandsEast Asia & Pacific70.72024
150NepalSouth Asia70.62024
151GuyanaLatin America & Caribbean 70.32024
152GreenlandEurope & Central Asia70.32024
153TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia70.22024
154PhilippinesEast Asia & Pacific69.92024
155Sao Tome and PrincipeSub-Saharan Africa 69.92024
156Yemen, Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan69.42024
157PalauEast Asia & Pacific69.42024
158BotswanaSub-Saharan Africa 69.32024
159Lao PDREast Asia & Pacific69.22024
160West Bank and GazaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan69.22024
161SenegalSub-Saharan Africa 68.92024
162EritreaSub-Saharan Africa 68.92024
163BoliviaLatin America & Caribbean 68.72024
164MauritaniaSub-Saharan Africa 68.72024
165GabonSub-Saharan Africa 68.52024
166UgandaSub-Saharan Africa 68.52024
167RwandaSub-Saharan Africa 682024
168Timor-LesteEast Asia & Pacific67.92024
169PakistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan67.82024
170EthiopiaSub-Saharan Africa 67.62024
171MalawiSub-Saharan Africa 67.62024
172NamibiaSub-Saharan Africa 67.52024
173FijiEast Asia & Pacific67.52024
174Micronesia, Fed. Sts.East Asia & Pacific67.42024
175TuvaluEast Asia & Pacific67.32024
176TanzaniaSub-Saharan Africa 67.22024
177MyanmarEast Asia & Pacific67.12024
178Marshall IslandsEast Asia & Pacific67.12024
179ComorosSub-Saharan Africa 672024
180KiribatiEast Asia & Pacific66.62024
181ZambiaSub-Saharan Africa 66.52024
182SudanSub-Saharan Africa 66.52024
183South AfricaSub-Saharan Africa 66.32024
184AfghanistanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan66.32024
185Papua New GuineaEast Asia & Pacific66.32024
186DjiboutiMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan66.22024
187Gambia, TheSub-Saharan Africa 66.12024
188Congo, Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa 662024
189GhanaSub-Saharan Africa 65.72024
190HaitiLatin America & Caribbean 65.12024
191AngolaSub-Saharan Africa 64.82024
192EswatiniSub-Saharan Africa 64.32024
193Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan Africa 64.32024
194CameroonSub-Saharan Africa 642024
195Equatorial GuineaSub-Saharan Africa 63.92024
196MadagascarSub-Saharan Africa 63.82024
197KenyaSub-Saharan Africa 63.82024
198BurundiSub-Saharan Africa 63.82024
199MozambiqueSub-Saharan Africa 63.82024
200ZimbabweSub-Saharan Africa 63.12024
201TogoSub-Saharan Africa 62.92024
202LiberiaSub-Saharan Africa 62.32024
203NaoeroEast Asia & Pacific62.32024
204Cote d'IvoireSub-Saharan Africa 62.12024
205Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa 62.12024
206Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan Africa 622024
207NigerSub-Saharan Africa 61.42024
208Burkina FasoSub-Saharan Africa 61.32024
209BeninSub-Saharan Africa 612024
210GuineaSub-Saharan Africa 60.92024
211MaliSub-Saharan Africa 60.72024
212Somalia, Fed. Rep.Sub-Saharan Africa 592024
213LesothoSub-Saharan Africa 57.82024
214South SudanSub-Saharan Africa 57.72024
215Central African RepublicSub-Saharan Africa 57.72024
216ChadSub-Saharan Africa 55.22024
217NigeriaSub-Saharan Africa 54.62024