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
73.4 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)
Females
76.0 years
(life expectancy at birth, females)
Males
70.8 years
(life expectancy at birth, males)

Countries ranked by life expectancy (2023)

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# Country Life Expectancy
(both sexes) 		Females
Life Expectancy 		Males
Life Expectancy
1 Hong Kong 85.83 88.66 83.00
2 Macao 85.51 88.11 82.88
3 Japan 84.95 87.97 81.91
4 Switzerland 84.38 86.05 82.63
5 Singapore 84.27 86.42 82.13
6 Italy 84.20 86.13 82.15
7 South Korea 84.14 87.23 80.83
8 Spain 84.05 86.68 81.35
9 Malta 83.85 85.83 81.81
10 Australia 83.73 85.56 81.89
11 French Polynesia 83.70 86.10 81.49
12 Sweden 83.65 85.22 82.08
13 Norway 83.55 85.17 81.91
14 Martinique 83.45 86.09 80.44
15 Israel 83.39 85.10 81.59
16 France 83.35 86.08 80.50
17 Guadeloupe 83.34 86.43 79.68
18 New Zealand 83.16 84.84 81.43
19 Canada 83.02 84.94 81.07
20 Iceland 82.96 84.41 81.55
21 Ireland 82.88 84.54 81.21
22 Réunion 82.78 85.52 79.95
23 Luxembourg 82.75 84.89 80.64
24 Netherlands 82.58 84.02 81.10
25 Austria 82.57 84.72 80.35
26 Finland 82.52 85.00 80.01
27 Belgium 82.46 84.50 80.36
28 Portugal 82.42 85.06 79.53
29 Slovenia 82.31 84.75 79.86
30 United Kingdom 82.31 83.97 80.61
31 Germany 82.18 84.44 79.90
32 Cyprus 82.05 83.81 80.26
33 Denmark 82.03 83.92 80.14
34 Greece 82.00 84.44 79.58
35 Qatar 81.73 83.25 80.81
36 Taiwan 81.47 84.68 78.36
37 New Caledonia 81.18 84.74 77.76
38 Chile 81.16 83.41 78.84
39 Maldives 81.07 82.06 80.30
40 Bahrain 80.69 81.92 79.68
41 United Arab Emirates 80.46 82.57 79.02
42 Kuwait 80.45 82.91 79.09
43 Costa Rica 80.26 82.66 77.92
44 Puerto Rico 79.94 84.04 75.83
45 Thailand 79.91 84.08 75.75
46 Czech Republic (Czechia) 79.82 82.58 77.02
47 United States 79.74 82.23 77.27
48 Antigua and Barbuda 79.42 81.80 76.71
49 Croatia 79.40 82.14 76.61
50 Estonia 79.31 83.11 75.20
51 Oman 78.97 80.77 77.45
52 China 78.79 81.52 76.18
53 Turkey 78.68 81.67 75.62
54 Poland 78.60 82.26 74.89
55 Panama 78.56 81.59 75.62
56 Guam 78.52 82.20 75.06
57 Slovakia 78.36 81.59 75.04
58 Cuba 78.33 80.73 75.97
59 Uruguay 78.16 81.82 74.34
60 Saudi Arabia 78.10 79.73 76.87
61 Ecuador 78.08 80.65 75.51
62 Albania 78.06 80.54 75.83
63 Mayotte 78.01 81.46 74.73
64 Argentina 77.98 81.26 74.62
65 Barbados 77.86 79.74 75.83
66 Montenegro 77.78 80.82 74.61
67 French Guiana 77.63 80.48 74.94
68 Colombia 77.51 80.40 74.61
69 Algeria 77.34 78.67 76.05
70 Hungary 77.09 80.27 73.76
71 Iran 76.97 79.84 74.28
72 Peru 76.96 79.26 74.69
73 Tunisia 76.94 80.18 73.86
74 Cabo Verde 76.93 80.90 72.57
75 Aruba 76.90 79.62 73.95
76 Lithuania 76.85 81.16 72.35
77 Curaçao 76.82 80.42 72.88
78 Sri Lanka 76.80 80.39 73.06
79 Malaysia 76.42 78.96 74.11
80 Armenia 76.23 80.36 71.16
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.18 78.30 74.05
82 Brazil 76.18 79.26 73.07
83 Lebanon 76.07 78.09 73.97
84 Latvia 76.06 80.20 71.66
85 U.S. Virgin Islands 76.00 81.69 70.72
86 Mauritius 75.69 78.73 72.77
87 Grenada 75.49 78.45 72.74
88 North Macedonia 75.26 77.47 73.10
89 Serbia 75.21 78.02 72.30
90 Morocco 75.20 77.41 73.11
91 Romania 75.14 78.60 71.73
92 Mexico 75.04 78.36 71.76
93 Belarus 75.03 79.98 69.81
94 Jordan 75.02 77.46 72.91
95 Seychelles 75.00 79.36 71.31
96 Trinidad and Tobago 74.87 78.31 71.48
97 Nicaragua 74.80 77.74 71.80
98 Vietnam 74.74 79.42 70.12
99 Belize 74.62 77.89 71.70
100 Russia 74.57 79.29 69.52
101 Brunei 74.54 76.78 72.49
102 Bahamas 74.49 77.97 70.89
103 Dominican Republic 74.36 77.72 71.24
104 State of Palestine 74.28 76.67 71.91
105 Saint Lucia 74.12 77.68 70.74
106 Paraguay 74.10 76.96 71.37
107 Bangladesh 73.98 76.31 71.78
108 North Korea 73.71 76.30 71.10
109 Azerbaijan 73.62 76.39 70.67
110 Honduras 73.47 76.02 71.03
111 El Salvador 73.38 77.55 68.88
112 Libya 73.25 76.54 70.23
113 Ukraine 73.02 78.08 67.74
114 Mongolia 72.94 77.62 68.36
115 Micronesia 72.91 75.97 70.00
116 Venezuela 72.89 77.25 68.76
117 Bulgaria 72.84 76.37 69.55
118 Suriname 72.79 76.25 69.42
119 Samoa 72.75 75.50 70.29
120 Bhutan 72.49 74.45 70.80
121 Syria 72.45 76.27 68.82
122 Georgia 72.43 77.24 67.56
123 Jamaica 72.37 74.60 70.14
124 Philippines 72.30 74.32 70.30
125 Iraq 72.05 74.03 69.92
126 India 72.03 73.65 70.52
127 Uzbekistan 71.78 74.43 69.12
128 Cambodia 71.46 73.75 69.09
129 Tajikistan 71.43 73.69 69.30
130 Tonga 71.41 74.29 68.69
131 Micronesia 71.32 75.18 67.72
132 Western Sahara 71.19 73.34 69.51
133 Kyrgyzstan 71.16 75.50 66.88
134 Indonesia 71.10 73.27 68.96
135 Solomon Islands 70.86 72.51 69.38
136 Egypt 70.81 73.22 68.48
137 Nepal 70.78 72.68 68.87
138 Vanuatu 70.69 73.28 68.48
139 Kazakhstan 70.36 73.90 66.58
140 St. Vincent & Grenadines 70.28 73.08 67.92
141 Guatemala 70.15 73.09 67.26
142 Guyana 69.80 73.33 66.36
143 Turkmenistan 69.54 73.07 66.04
144 Moldova 69.51 74.21 65.05
145 Senegal 69.31 71.75 66.71
146 Timor-Leste 69.31 71.10 67.67
147 Laos 69.27 71.46 67.19
148 Sao Tome & Principe 68.89 72.04 66.13
149 Bolivia 68.78 71.46 66.20
150 Fiji 68.45 70.41 66.58
151 Kiribati 67.83 69.59 65.88
152 Tanzania 67.60 69.80 65.46
153 Myanmar 67.46 70.69 64.38
154 Rwanda 67.35 69.49 65.02
155 Pakistan 67.34 69.74 65.08
156 Eritrea 67.32 69.40 65.17
157 Ethiopia 66.65 69.75 63.73
158 Madagascar 66.43 68.84 64.14
159 Gabon 66.17 68.76 63.87
160 Papua New Guinea 66.12 69.34 63.51
161 Sudan 66.10 68.70 63.57
162 Botswana 66.05 68.56 63.45
163 Mauritania 65.48 67.33 63.64
164 Comoros 65.04 67.35 62.91
165 Haiti 64.75 67.82 61.81
166 Ghana 64.53 66.72 62.37
167 Yemen 64.52 68.08 61.23
168 Afghanistan 64.23 67.44 61.20
169 Gambia 64.12 65.63 62.62
170 Uganda 63.84 65.93 61.68
171 Djibouti 63.71 66.30 61.23
172 Malawi 63.67 67.15 60.24
173 Kenya 63.34 65.83 60.95
174 Congo 63.26 64.86 61.69
175 Angola 63.24 65.77 60.72
176 Zambia 62.96 65.67 60.19
177 Niger 62.93 64.26 61.65
178 South Africa 62.89 65.69 59.85
179 Burundi 62.50 64.45 60.54
180 Mozambique 62.37 65.15 59.48
181 Liberia 62.04 63.34 60.73
182 Equatorial Guinea 61.97 64.02 60.23
183 Cameroon 61.92 63.47 60.39
184 Zimbabwe 61.92 64.32 59.18
185 Togo 61.82 62.49 61.14
186 Sierra Leone 60.79 62.11 59.46
187 DR Congo 60.63 62.78 58.54
188 Burkina Faso 60.57 62.39 58.67
189 Guinea-Bissau 60.56 62.62 58.38
190 Benin 60.45 62.16 58.77
191 Côte d'Ivoire 60.11 61.46 58.86
192 Mali 60.03 61.41 58.70
193 Guinea 59.55 60.83 58.18
194 Namibia 59.53 63.13 55.98
195 Eswatini 57.71 61.86 53.98
196 Somalia 57.35 59.47 55.32
197 South Sudan 56.51 57.97 54.99
198 Central African Republic 55.48 57.68 53.38
199 Lesotho 54.91 57.82 52.12
200 Nigeria 53.87 54.24 53.51
201 Chad 53.68 55.41 52.01