Life expectancy by country, 2004

Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.

◀▶2004

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1994
1	Monaco	84.2 yrs	80.7 yrs
2	Andorra	82.8 yrs	80.6 yrs
3	Japan	82.1 yrs	79.8 yrs
4	San Marino	81.6 yrs	78.7 yrs
5	China, Hong Kong SAR	81.5 yrs	78.7 yrs
6	Italy	81.0 yrs	77.9 yrs
7	Switzerland	81.0 yrs	78.5 yrs
8	Gibraltar	80.9 yrs	78.0 yrs
9	Iceland	80.7 yrs	79.0 yrs
10	Australia	80.7 yrs	77.8 yrs
11	Liechtenstein	80.7 yrs	78.2 yrs
12	Saint Barthélemy	80.5 yrs	77.5 yrs
13	Sweden	80.5 yrs	78.8 yrs
14	Guernsey	80.4 yrs	77.0 yrs
15	China, Macao SAR	80.4 yrs	77.4 yrs
16	United Arab Emirates	80.3 yrs	71.2 yrs
17	Israel	80.3 yrs	78.0 yrs
18	Spain	80.3 yrs	78.1 yrs
19	France	80.3 yrs	77.8 yrs
20	Holy See	80.2 yrs	77.7 yrs
21	Canada	80.0 yrs	77.9 yrs
22	Norway	80.0 yrs	77.8 yrs
23	French Polynesia	79.8 yrs	75.7 yrs
24	Singapore	79.7 yrs	75.6 yrs
25	Martinique	79.6 yrs	77.0 yrs
26	Austria	79.4 yrs	76.5 yrs
27	Jersey	79.4 yrs	77.1 yrs
28	Greece	79.3 yrs	77.9 yrs
29	New Zealand	79.3 yrs	76.9 yrs
30	Netherlands	79.2 yrs	77.5 yrs
31	Malta	79.2 yrs	77.0 yrs
32	Germany	79.1 yrs	76.4 yrs
33	Cyprus	79.0 yrs	76.4 yrs
34	Belgium	79.0 yrs	76.7 yrs
35	United Kingdom	78.9 yrs	76.7 yrs
36	Bermuda	78.9 yrs	75.3 yrs
37	Finland	78.8 yrs	76.6 yrs
38	Luxembourg	78.7 yrs	75.9 yrs
39	Ireland	78.5 yrs	75.8 yrs
40	Costa Rica	78.5 yrs	76.3 yrs
41	Faroe Islands	78.4 yrs	77.5 yrs
42	Portugal	78.4 yrs	75.7 yrs
43	Guadeloupe	78.3 yrs	75.2 yrs
44	Chile	78.3 yrs	75.0 yrs
45	Republic of Korea	78.0 yrs	72.9 yrs
46	Denmark	77.8 yrs	75.4 yrs
47	Réunion	77.8 yrs	75.4 yrs
48	Saint Martin (French part)	77.6 yrs	75.5 yrs
49	United States of America	77.5 yrs	75.7 yrs
50	Cuba	77.3 yrs	74.1 yrs
51	China, Taiwan Province of China	77.2 yrs	74.7 yrs
52	Saint Helena	77.1 yrs	72.6 yrs
53	Mayotte	77.0 yrs	74.8 yrs
54	Slovenia	76.9 yrs	73.9 yrs
55	Puerto Rico	76.9 yrs	73.6 yrs
56	Isle of Man	76.9 yrs	73.1 yrs
57	Northern Mariana Islands	76.8 yrs	71.5 yrs
58	Qatar	76.5 yrs	74.2 yrs
59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.5 yrs	66.6 yrs
60	Kuwait	76.4 yrs	75.7 yrs
61	Anguilla	76.1 yrs	73.4 yrs
62	Guam	76.1 yrs	74.3 yrs
63	Albania	76.0 yrs	73.8 yrs
64	Wallis and Futuna Islands	75.9 yrs	72.0 yrs
65	Czechia	75.9 yrs	73.1 yrs
66	Bahrain	75.8 yrs	73.1 yrs
67	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	75.7 yrs	73.7 yrs
68	Lebanon	75.7 yrs	72.0 yrs
69	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.6 yrs	71.6 yrs
70	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	75.5 yrs	74.7 yrs
71	British Virgin Islands	75.4 yrs	73.8 yrs
72	Antigua and Barbuda	75.3 yrs	73.5 yrs
73	Uruguay	75.3 yrs	73.2 yrs
74	Croatia	75.3 yrs	72.6 yrs
75	Barbados	75.2 yrs	73.8 yrs
76	Argentina	74.9 yrs	72.7 yrs
77	Poland	74.9 yrs	71.7 yrs
78	Oman	74.8 yrs	71.1 yrs
79	Panama	74.8 yrs	71.9 yrs
80	New Caledonia	74.7 yrs	70.9 yrs
81	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	74.7 yrs	60.2 yrs
82	Cayman Islands	74.6 yrs	73.4 yrs
83	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.6 yrs	72.6 yrs
84	Brunei Darussalam	74.6 yrs	72.6 yrs
85	Montenegro	74.4 yrs	73.8 yrs
86	Slovakia	74.2 yrs	72.3 yrs
87	Saudi Arabia	74.0 yrs	70.6 yrs
88	Malaysia	74.0 yrs	71.9 yrs
89	Montserrat	74.0 yrs	71.9 yrs
90	Ecuador	73.9 yrs	70.9 yrs
91	French Guiana	73.8 yrs	71.7 yrs
92	Curaçao	73.7 yrs	72.8 yrs
93	China	73.7 yrs	69.8 yrs
94	Tunisia	73.5 yrs	70.4 yrs
95	North Macedonia	73.5 yrs	71.5 yrs
96	Mexico	73.4 yrs	70.3 yrs
97	Aruba	73.2 yrs	72.8 yrs
98	Türkiye	73.2 yrs	69.4 yrs
99	Bahamas	73.2 yrs	71.4 yrs
100	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	73.1 yrs	68.6 yrs
101	Tokelau	73.1 yrs	70.9 yrs
102	Viet Nam	73.1 yrs	70.4 yrs
103	Maldives	73.0 yrs	66.2 yrs
104	Serbia	72.9 yrs	72.3 yrs
105	Hungary	72.9 yrs	69.6 yrs
106	Colombia	72.8 yrs	69.4 yrs
107	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	72.8 yrs	71.3 yrs
108	Jordan	72.8 yrs	70.7 yrs
109	Bulgaria	72.6 yrs	70.9 yrs
110	Algeria	72.5 yrs	67.3 yrs
111	Grenada	72.5 yrs	71.8 yrs
112	Syrian Arab Republic	72.5 yrs	70.3 yrs
113	Saint Lucia	72.5 yrs	71.1 yrs
114	Mauritius	72.5 yrs	70.4 yrs
115	Estonia	72.4 yrs	66.7 yrs
116	American Samoa	72.3 yrs	71.6 yrs
117	Thailand	72.1 yrs	69.7 yrs
118	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	72.0 yrs	67.5 yrs
119	Dominica	72.0 yrs	70.8 yrs
120	Lithuania	72.0 yrs	68.5 yrs
121	Armenia	71.9 yrs	68.5 yrs
122	United States Virgin Islands	71.8 yrs	71.2 yrs
123	Seychelles	71.7 yrs	70.5 yrs
124	Samoa	71.5 yrs	69.2 yrs
125	Jamaica	71.5 yrs	71.6 yrs
126	Peru	71.5 yrs	66.5 yrs
127	Brazil	71.4 yrs	67.3 yrs
128	Libya	71.2 yrs	70.5 yrs
129	State of Palestine	71.1 yrs	69.3 yrs
130	Romania	71.1 yrs	69.3 yrs
131	Georgia	71.0 yrs	68.7 yrs
132	Paraguay	71.0 yrs	68.5 yrs
133	Cook Islands	70.9 yrs	68.2 yrs
134	Saint Kitts and Nevis	70.9 yrs	67.0 yrs
135	Latvia	70.9 yrs	65.2 yrs
136	Dominican Republic	70.7 yrs	69.2 yrs
137	Cabo Verde	70.5 yrs	64.7 yrs
138	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	70.5 yrs	70.6 yrs
139	Tonga	70.4 yrs	68.4 yrs
140	Belize	70.2 yrs	69.6 yrs
141	Trinidad and Tobago	69.9 yrs	67.8 yrs
142	Nicaragua	69.5 yrs	64.5 yrs
143	El Salvador	69.3 yrs	64.5 yrs
144	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	69.3 yrs	70.5 yrs
145	Vanuatu	69.0 yrs	68.0 yrs
146	Honduras	69.0 yrs	66.5 yrs
147	Belarus	68.7 yrs	69.0 yrs
148	Philippines	68.3 yrs	66.0 yrs
149	Morocco	68.3 yrs	64.3 yrs
150	Egypt	68.2 yrs	64.7 yrs
151	Guatemala	68.2 yrs	63.0 yrs
152	Sri Lanka	68.0 yrs	70.2 yrs
153	Republic of Moldova	68.0 yrs	66.3 yrs
154	Solomon Islands	67.6 yrs	66.7 yrs
155	Azerbaijan	67.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
156	Ukraine	67.5 yrs	67.5 yrs
157	Greenland	67.5 yrs	63.9 yrs
158	Uzbekistan	67.2 yrs	64.7 yrs
159	Tajikistan	66.6 yrs	60.1 yrs
160	Suriname	66.4 yrs	62.5 yrs
161	Turkmenistan	66.0 yrs	63.5 yrs
162	Palau	65.8 yrs	63.1 yrs
163	Fiji	65.8 yrs	65.8 yrs
164	Kyrgyzstan	65.7 yrs	62.7 yrs
165	Niue	65.6 yrs	66.4 yrs
166	Indonesia	65.5 yrs	65.0 yrs
167	Kiribati	65.4 yrs	62.8 yrs
168	Bhutan	65.3 yrs	58.4 yrs
169	Russian Federation	65.2 yrs	63.8 yrs
170	Kazakhstan	65.0 yrs	64.1 yrs
171	Yemen	64.9 yrs	59.8 yrs
172	Bangladesh	64.9 yrs	57.6 yrs
173	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	64.9 yrs	64.1 yrs
174	Nepal	64.7 yrs	58.6 yrs
175	Western Sahara	64.7 yrs	59.7 yrs
176	Iraq	64.6 yrs	65.0 yrs
177	India	64.5 yrs	60.2 yrs
178	Mongolia	64.3 yrs	60.9 yrs
179	Guyana	64.2 yrs	63.0 yrs
180	Tuvalu	64.0 yrs	62.3 yrs
181	Marshall Islands	64.0 yrs	62.3 yrs
182	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	63.8 yrs	59.3 yrs
183	Mauritania	63.4 yrs	58.8 yrs
184	Cambodia	63.3 yrs	56.2 yrs
185	Pakistan	63.1 yrs	60.2 yrs
186	Gabon	62.7 yrs	61.2 yrs
187	Sao Tome and Principe	62.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
188	Papua New Guinea	61.8 yrs	60.7 yrs
189	Myanmar	61.4 yrs	58.3 yrs
190	Timor-Leste	60.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
191	Comoros	60.6 yrs	57.5 yrs
192	Senegal	60.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
193	Madagascar	60.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
194	Eritrea	60.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
195	Lao People's Democratic Republic	60.1 yrs	55.8 yrs
196	Nauru	59.4 yrs	60.0 yrs
197	Ghana	59.3 yrs	56.2 yrs
198	Gambia	58.8 yrs	53.8 yrs
199	Haiti	58.5 yrs	54.7 yrs
200	Djibouti	58.1 yrs	55.6 yrs
201	Kenya	58.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
202	Congo	58.0 yrs	55.6 yrs
203	Afghanistan	57.8 yrs	51.0 yrs
204	Benin	57.4 yrs	55.0 yrs
205	Sudan	56.8 yrs	57.0 yrs
206	United Republic of Tanzania	56.8 yrs	51.1 yrs
207	Liberia	56.0 yrs	42.6 yrs
208	Togo	55.6 yrs	53.7 yrs
209	Rwanda	55.5 yrs	12.2 yrs
210	Equatorial Guinea	55.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
211	Cameroon	54.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
212	Guinea	54.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
213	South Africa	54.0 yrs	62.1 yrs
214	Uganda	53.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
215	Ethiopia	53.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
216	Botswana	53.6 yrs	56.0 yrs
217	Democratic Republic of the Congo	53.5 yrs	49.9 yrs
218	Mali	53.3 yrs	47.9 yrs
219	South Sudan	53.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
220	Guinea-Bissau	52.8 yrs	47.8 yrs
221	Burkina Faso	52.6 yrs	49.5 yrs
222	Niger	52.4 yrs	44.6 yrs
223	Namibia	52.2 yrs	58.4 yrs
224	Burundi	52.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
225	Côte d'Ivoire	51.9 yrs	52.0 yrs
226	Mozambique	51.9 yrs	46.1 yrs
227	Angola	51.1 yrs	43.6 yrs
228	Malawi	51.1 yrs	43.8 yrs
229	Somalia	50.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
230	Zambia	50.5 yrs	46.3 yrs
231	Nigeria	49.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
232	Chad	48.7 yrs	47.1 yrs
233	Central African Republic	47.7 yrs	48.5 yrs
234	Sierra Leone	47.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
235	Zimbabwe	46.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
236	Lesotho	44.0 yrs	57.3 yrs
237	Eswatini	43.9 yrs	56.6 yrs

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.