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Life expectancy at birth

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73.5

years·2024

Published observation

Over time

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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.

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What world life expectancy means

World Bank · World Development Indicators reports 73.5 years of life expectancy at birth for the world in 2024, compared with 71.8 years in 2014.

Across those reporting years, the published value rose by 1.7 years. The world figure is a source aggregate, not an average of the country values below.

Life expectancy at birth is the years a newborn would live if the mortality patterns of that reporting period stayed the same. It is not a forecast of any individual's lifespan. Use the year selector for same-year country comparisons.

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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