Life expectancy by country, 2001
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 82.5 yrs | 79.8 yrs |
| 2 | Andorra | 82.2 yrs | 79.3 yrs |
| 3 | Japan | 81.5 yrs | 79.3 yrs |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 81.0 yrs | 77.7 yrs |
| 5 | San Marino | 80.8 yrs | 77.9 yrs |
| 6 | Iceland | 80.4 yrs | 77.8 yrs |
| 7 | Gibraltar | 80.4 yrs | 77.1 yrs |
| 8 | Switzerland | 80.3 yrs | 77.7 yrs |
| 9 | Australia | 80.0 yrs | 77.5 yrs |
| 10 | Italy | 79.9 yrs | 77.0 yrs |
| 11 | Sweden | 79.8 yrs | 77.7 yrs |
| 12 | Holy See | 79.8 yrs | 76.9 yrs |
| 13 | China, Macao SAR | 79.8 yrs | 76.6 yrs |
| 14 | Spain | 79.7 yrs | 77.1 yrs |
| 15 | Saint Barthélemy | 79.6 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 16 | Israel | 79.5 yrs | 77.6 yrs |
| 17 | Guernsey | 79.5 yrs | 76.8 yrs |
| 18 | Canada | 79.5 yrs | 77.6 yrs |
| 19 | French Polynesia | 79.3 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 20 | France | 79.2 yrs | 77.0 yrs |
| 21 | Liechtenstein | 79.2 yrs | 78.7 yrs |
| 22 | Greece | 78.9 yrs | 77.4 yrs |
| 23 | Norway | 78.9 yrs | 77.0 yrs |
| 24 | Malta | 78.9 yrs | 76.5 yrs |
| 25 | Austria | 78.7 yrs | 75.8 yrs |
| 26 | New Zealand | 78.7 yrs | 76.1 yrs |
| 27 | Jersey | 78.6 yrs | 76.3 yrs |
| 28 | Bermuda | 78.6 yrs | 74.2 yrs |
| 29 | Germany | 78.4 yrs | 75.6 yrs |
| 30 | Martinique | 78.4 yrs | 76.4 yrs |
| 31 | Netherlands | 78.3 yrs | 77.2 yrs |
| 32 | Singapore | 78.3 yrs | 75.1 yrs |
| 33 | Faroe Islands | 78.3 yrs | 77.1 yrs |
| 34 | Cyprus | 78.2 yrs | 76.3 yrs |
| 35 | United Kingdom | 78.1 yrs | 75.9 yrs |
| 36 | Finland | 78.1 yrs | 75.4 yrs |
| 37 | Belgium | 78.1 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 38 | United Arab Emirates | 77.6 yrs | 71.1 yrs |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 77.6 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 40 | Chile | 77.6 yrs | 74.1 yrs |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 77.5 yrs | 75.0 yrs |
| 42 | Guadeloupe | 77.3 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 43 | Portugal | 77.2 yrs | 74.2 yrs |
| 44 | Réunion | 77.2 yrs | 74.5 yrs |
| 45 | Ireland | 77.1 yrs | 75.0 yrs |
| 46 | Saint Martin (French part) | 77.0 yrs | 74.9 yrs |
| 47 | Denmark | 77.0 yrs | 75.2 yrs |
| 48 | United States of America | 76.9 yrs | 75.5 yrs |
| 49 | Republic of Korea | 76.9 yrs | 71.4 yrs |
| 50 | Mayotte | 76.5 yrs | 74.0 yrs |
| 51 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 76.5 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 52 | Cuba | 76.4 yrs | 73.8 yrs |
| 53 | Slovenia | 76.2 yrs | 73.5 yrs |
| 54 | Saint Helena | 76.1 yrs | 71.6 yrs |
| 55 | Kuwait | 76.0 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| 56 | Puerto Rico | 76.0 yrs | 73.9 yrs |
| 57 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 75.6 yrs | 70.6 yrs |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.6 yrs | 71.8 yrs |
| 59 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 75.5 yrs | 74.0 yrs |
| 60 | Qatar | 75.5 yrs | 73.7 yrs |
| 61 | Anguilla | 75.4 yrs | 72.5 yrs |
| 62 | Northern Mariana Islands | 75.4 yrs | 70.4 yrs |
| 63 | Czechia | 75.3 yrs | 72.0 yrs |
| 64 | Isle of Man | 75.3 yrs | 72.2 yrs |
| 65 | Guam | 75.2 yrs | 73.5 yrs |
| 66 | Albania | 75.1 yrs | 73.0 yrs |
| 67 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.1 yrs | 73.5 yrs |
| 68 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 75.1 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| 69 | Uruguay | 75.0 yrs | 73.2 yrs |
| 70 | Bahrain | 74.9 yrs | 72.7 yrs |
| 71 | British Virgin Islands | 74.8 yrs | 72.8 yrs |
| 72 | Barbados | 74.7 yrs | 73.5 yrs |
| 73 | Cayman Islands | 74.5 yrs | 72.9 yrs |
| 74 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.5 yrs | 72.4 yrs |
| 75 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.4 yrs | 70.5 yrs |
| 76 | Croatia | 74.3 yrs | 70.6 yrs |
| 77 | Lebanon | 74.3 yrs | 70.9 yrs |
| 78 | Argentina | 74.2 yrs | 72.0 yrs |
| 79 | Brunei Darussalam | 74.2 yrs | 71.9 yrs |
| 80 | Poland | 74.2 yrs | 70.7 yrs |
| 81 | Oman | 74.0 yrs | 69.6 yrs |
| 82 | New Caledonia | 74.0 yrs | 69.8 yrs |
| 83 | Panama | 73.8 yrs | 71.3 yrs |
| 84 | Montenegro | 73.7 yrs | 74.0 yrs |
| 85 | Slovakia | 73.6 yrs | 70.9 yrs |
| 86 | Curaçao | 73.4 yrs | 72.5 yrs |
| 87 | Montserrat | 73.3 yrs | 71.1 yrs |
| 88 | French Guiana | 73.3 yrs | 71.0 yrs |
| 89 | Malaysia | 73.1 yrs | 71.2 yrs |
| 90 | Aruba | 73.0 yrs | 72.6 yrs |
| 91 | Grenada | 73.0 yrs | 70.8 yrs |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 73.0 yrs | 69.3 yrs |
| 93 | Viet Nam | 73.0 yrs | 69.3 yrs |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 73.0 yrs | 71.8 yrs |
| 95 | Mexico | 72.9 yrs | 69.4 yrs |
| 96 | Tunisia | 72.8 yrs | 69.4 yrs |
| 97 | Bahamas | 72.8 yrs | 71.2 yrs |
| 98 | China | 72.7 yrs | 68.6 yrs |
| 99 | Ecuador | 72.6 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 100 | Tokelau | 72.4 yrs | 69.8 yrs |
| 101 | Hungary | 72.4 yrs | 69.4 yrs |
| 102 | Serbia | 72.3 yrs | 71.9 yrs |
| 103 | Türkiye | 72.3 yrs | 68.3 yrs |
| 104 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 72.3 yrs | 54.6 yrs |
| 105 | United States Virgin Islands | 72.2 yrs | 70.8 yrs |
| 106 | Jordan | 72.1 yrs | 70.2 yrs |
| 107 | Mauritius | 72.0 yrs | 70.0 yrs |
| 108 | Dominica | 71.9 yrs | 70.4 yrs |
| 109 | Bulgaria | 71.9 yrs | 71.2 yrs |
| 110 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 71.8 yrs | 66.5 yrs |
| 111 | Sri Lanka | 71.8 yrs | 69.1 yrs |
| 112 | Maldives | 71.7 yrs | 63.9 yrs |
| 113 | Lithuania | 71.7 yrs | 70.5 yrs |
| 114 | American Samoa | 71.6 yrs | 71.3 yrs |
| 115 | Thailand | 71.5 yrs | 69.1 yrs |
| 116 | Seychelles | 71.4 yrs | 70.3 yrs |
| 117 | Saint Lucia | 71.4 yrs | 70.3 yrs |
| 118 | Jamaica | 71.3 yrs | 71.8 yrs |
| 119 | Syrian Arab Republic | 71.3 yrs | 70.1 yrs |
| 120 | Armenia | 71.2 yrs | 67.8 yrs |
| 121 | Colombia | 71.2 yrs | 68.8 yrs |
| 122 | Romania | 71.1 yrs | 70.0 yrs |
| 123 | Algeria | 71.0 yrs | 67.7 yrs |
| 124 | Samoa | 71.0 yrs | 68.0 yrs |
| 125 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 71.0 yrs | 71.2 yrs |
| 126 | Estonia | 70.8 yrs | 69.8 yrs |
| 127 | Libya | 70.7 yrs | 69.6 yrs |
| 128 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 70.6 yrs | 66.2 yrs |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 70.5 yrs | 68.2 yrs |
| 130 | Georgia | 70.4 yrs | 68.2 yrs |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.4 yrs | 70.6 yrs |
| 132 | Paraguay | 70.3 yrs | 67.7 yrs |
| 133 | Peru | 70.3 yrs | 64.3 yrs |
| 134 | Cook Islands | 70.1 yrs | 67.7 yrs |
| 135 | Brazil | 70.0 yrs | 66.2 yrs |
| 136 | Latvia | 69.9 yrs | 69.2 yrs |
| 137 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 69.8 yrs | 66.0 yrs |
| 138 | Tonga | 69.8 yrs | 67.8 yrs |
| 139 | State of Palestine | 69.8 yrs | 68.2 yrs |
| 140 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.9 yrs | 67.8 yrs |
| 141 | Belize | 68.9 yrs | 69.7 yrs |
| 142 | Cabo Verde | 68.7 yrs | 64.1 yrs |
| 143 | Vanuatu | 68.7 yrs | 67.1 yrs |
| 144 | Honduras | 68.5 yrs | 65.6 yrs |
| 145 | Belarus | 68.4 yrs | 70.7 yrs |
| 146 | El Salvador | 68.0 yrs | 62.5 yrs |
| 147 | Philippines | 67.8 yrs | 64.6 yrs |
| 148 | Ukraine | 67.7 yrs | 69.7 yrs |
| 149 | Republic of Moldova | 67.7 yrs | 67.5 yrs |
| 150 | Egypt | 67.6 yrs | 63.1 yrs |
| 151 | Guatemala | 67.4 yrs | 61.9 yrs |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 67.2 yrs | 66.4 yrs |
| 153 | Morocco | 67.2 yrs | 62.9 yrs |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 67.0 yrs | 63.3 yrs |
| 155 | Niue | 66.7 yrs | 66.8 yrs |
| 156 | Indonesia | 66.6 yrs | 63.7 yrs |
| 157 | Greenland | 66.3 yrs | 63.5 yrs |
| 158 | Fiji | 66.2 yrs | 65.5 yrs |
| 159 | Azerbaijan | 66.0 yrs | 62.5 yrs |
| 160 | Uzbekistan | 65.8 yrs | 65.5 yrs |
| 161 | Iraq | 65.3 yrs | 61.3 yrs |
| 162 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.3 yrs | 64.9 yrs |
| 163 | Turkmenistan | 65.3 yrs | 63.8 yrs |
| 164 | Russian Federation | 65.0 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 165 | Kiribati | 64.9 yrs | 61.5 yrs |
| 166 | Suriname | 64.8 yrs | 62.1 yrs |
| 167 | Palau | 64.8 yrs | 62.9 yrs |
| 168 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 64.8 yrs | 63.9 yrs |
| 169 | Guyana | 64.4 yrs | 62.5 yrs |
| 170 | Tajikistan | 64.2 yrs | 61.7 yrs |
| 171 | Kazakhstan | 64.1 yrs | 65.4 yrs |
| 172 | Mongolia | 63.8 yrs | 59.8 yrs |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 63.7 yrs | 61.8 yrs |
| 174 | Marshall Islands | 63.7 yrs | 61.8 yrs |
| 175 | Yemen | 63.3 yrs | 58.8 yrs |
| 176 | Nepal | 63.3 yrs | 55.6 yrs |
| 177 | Bhutan | 63.3 yrs | 56.5 yrs |
| 178 | India | 63.2 yrs | 59.0 yrs |
| 179 | Western Sahara | 63.2 yrs | 58.2 yrs |
| 180 | Bangladesh | 62.8 yrs | 53.8 yrs |
| 181 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 62.5 yrs | 57.4 yrs |
| 182 | Pakistan | 62.2 yrs | 59.9 yrs |
| 183 | Gabon | 62.0 yrs | 60.9 yrs |
| 184 | Mauritania | 61.7 yrs | 58.3 yrs |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 61.6 yrs | 59.9 yrs |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 61.5 yrs | 60.8 yrs |
| 187 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 60.9 yrs | 70.7 yrs |
| 188 | Myanmar | 60.6 yrs | 57.4 yrs |
| 189 | Cambodia | 60.5 yrs | 55.6 yrs |
| 190 | Comoros | 59.6 yrs | 56.1 yrs |
| 191 | Nauru | 59.5 yrs | 59.3 yrs |
| 192 | Sudan | 59.3 yrs | 55.5 yrs |
| 193 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 58.9 yrs | 54.7 yrs |
| 194 | Timor-Leste | 58.8 yrs | 45.1 yrs |
| 195 | Madagascar | 58.7 yrs | 52.6 yrs |
| 196 | Haiti | 58.6 yrs | 53.5 yrs |
| 197 | Eritrea | 58.4 yrs | 50.5 yrs |
| 198 | Ghana | 58.4 yrs | 55.7 yrs |
| 199 | Senegal | 58.2 yrs | 57.0 yrs |
| 200 | Djibouti | 57.5 yrs | 55.2 yrs |
| 201 | Gambia | 57.3 yrs | 51.9 yrs |
| 202 | South Africa | 57.2 yrs | 63.0 yrs |
| 203 | Benin | 56.6 yrs | 53.4 yrs |
| 204 | Kenya | 56.5 yrs | 57.8 yrs |
| 205 | Congo | 55.9 yrs | 56.8 yrs |
| 206 | Afghanistan | 55.5 yrs | 45.5 yrs |
| 207 | Togo | 54.8 yrs | 54.3 yrs |
| 208 | United Republic of Tanzania | 54.1 yrs | 51.8 yrs |
| 209 | Equatorial Guinea | 53.8 yrs | 51.5 yrs |
| 210 | Cameroon | 53.6 yrs | 54.2 yrs |
| 211 | Liberia | 53.1 yrs | 43.6 yrs |
| 212 | Guinea | 52.7 yrs | 47.8 yrs |
| 213 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 52.2 yrs | 48.9 yrs |
| 214 | Botswana | 52.2 yrs | 58.9 yrs |
| 215 | Namibia | 52.0 yrs | 60.8 yrs |
| 216 | Ethiopia | 51.4 yrs | 46.7 yrs |
| 217 | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.4 yrs | 52.6 yrs |
| 218 | Mali | 51.3 yrs | 46.9 yrs |
| 219 | Burkina Faso | 51.2 yrs | 49.3 yrs |
| 220 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.0 yrs | 47.2 yrs |
| 221 | Somalia | 50.8 yrs | 25.4 yrs |
| 222 | Uganda | 50.6 yrs | 47.5 yrs |
| 223 | Mozambique | 50.3 yrs | 44.7 yrs |
| 224 | Niger | 49.9 yrs | 42.3 yrs |
| 225 | Rwanda | 49.5 yrs | 46.2 yrs |
| 226 | Burundi | 48.5 yrs | 44.7 yrs |
| 227 | South Sudan | 48.5 yrs | 29.2 yrs |
| 228 | Chad | 48.3 yrs | 46.6 yrs |
| 229 | Nigeria | 47.5 yrs | 45.5 yrs |
| 230 | Zambia | 47.4 yrs | 47.4 yrs |
| 231 | Malawi | 47.2 yrs | 43.5 yrs |
| 232 | Lesotho | 47.1 yrs | 59.1 yrs |
| 233 | Angola | 47.0 yrs | 43.8 yrs |
| 234 | Central African Republic | 46.7 yrs | 49.6 yrs |
| 235 | Eswatini | 46.3 yrs | 60.4 yrs |
| 236 | Sierra Leone | 45.5 yrs | 43.3 yrs |
| 237 | Zimbabwe | 44.5 yrs | 57.0 yrs |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.