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Life expectancy by country, 2008

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

2008
#Country / areaLife expectancy1998
1Andorra83.8 yrs81.3 yrs
2Monaco83.8 yrs81.6 yrs
3San Marino82.9 yrs79.9 yrs
4Japan82.6 yrs80.7 yrs
5China, Hong Kong SAR82.3 yrs80.1 yrs
6Switzerland82.0 yrs79.5 yrs
7Liechtenstein81.9 yrs77.8 yrs
8Italy81.7 yrs78.8 yrs
9Saint Barthélemy81.7 yrs78.7 yrs
10United Arab Emirates81.6 yrs73.7 yrs
11Guernsey81.6 yrs79.2 yrs
12Gibraltar81.5 yrs79.5 yrs
13Australia81.4 yrs79.0 yrs
14Holy See81.4 yrs78.3 yrs
15Israel81.3 yrs78.6 yrs
16Spain81.3 yrs78.9 yrs
17Iceland81.2 yrs79.4 yrs
18China, Macao SAR81.2 yrs78.8 yrs
19Singapore81.1 yrs76.8 yrs
20Sweden81.1 yrs79.4 yrs
21France81.0 yrs78.6 yrs
22Canada80.7 yrs78.7 yrs
23Norway80.7 yrs78.4 yrs
24Martinique80.7 yrs77.8 yrs
25French Polynesia80.6 yrs77.8 yrs
26Austria80.4 yrs77.8 yrs
27Netherlands80.4 yrs78.0 yrs
28Jersey80.3 yrs78.1 yrs
29New Zealand80.3 yrs78.2 yrs
30Greece80.1 yrs78.3 yrs
31Luxembourg80.1 yrs76.6 yrs
32Republic of Korea80.0 yrs75.0 yrs
33Cyprus79.9 yrs77.2 yrs
34Ireland79.8 yrs76.2 yrs
35Germany79.8 yrs77.6 yrs
36United Kingdom79.7 yrs77.3 yrs
37Guadeloupe79.7 yrs76.4 yrs
38Finland79.7 yrs77.3 yrs
39Malta79.7 yrs77.8 yrs
40Belgium79.6 yrs77.5 yrs
41Portugal79.6 yrs76.1 yrs
42Réunion79.5 yrs76.6 yrs
43Costa Rica79.2 yrs76.9 yrs
44Bermuda79.1 yrs77.4 yrs
45Isle of Man78.9 yrs74.2 yrs
46Chile78.8 yrs76.3 yrs
47Denmark78.7 yrs76.4 yrs
48Slovenia78.6 yrs75.1 yrs
49Faroe Islands78.5 yrs78.0 yrs
50Albania78.3 yrs74.4 yrs
51Qatar78.3 yrs74.9 yrs
52Saint Martin (French part)78.3 yrs76.3 yrs
53China, Taiwan Province of China78.3 yrs75.5 yrs
54United States of America78.1 yrs76.7 yrs
55Puerto Rico78.1 yrs74.6 yrs
56Mayotte78.0 yrs75.9 yrs
57Northern Mariana Islands77.9 yrs73.6 yrs
58Cuba77.6 yrs75.4 yrs
59Bahrain77.5 yrs74.1 yrs
60Czechia77.2 yrs74.5 yrs
61Falkland Islands (Malvinas)77.0 yrs68.2 yrs
62Lebanon77.0 yrs73.2 yrs
63Anguilla76.9 yrs74.6 yrs
64Kuwait76.9 yrs75.6 yrs
65Wallis and Futuna Islands76.7 yrs74.5 yrs
66Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba76.5 yrs75.8 yrs
67Uruguay76.3 yrs74.0 yrs
68Bosnia and Herzegovina76.3 yrs74.5 yrs
69Guam76.2 yrs74.8 yrs
70Saint Pierre and Miquelon76.2 yrs74.4 yrs
71Antigua and Barbuda76.1 yrs74.2 yrs
72Oman76.1 yrs72.9 yrs
73Turks and Caicos Islands76.1 yrs73.1 yrs
74British Virgin Islands76.1 yrs74.6 yrs
75Croatia76.0 yrs73.2 yrs
76Maldives76.0 yrs69.3 yrs
77Panama75.9 yrs72.8 yrs
78Saint Helena75.8 yrs75.3 yrs
79Poland75.6 yrs72.8 yrs
80Argentina75.4 yrs73.4 yrs
81Cayman Islands75.4 yrs74.1 yrs
82New Caledonia75.4 yrs72.7 yrs
83French Guiana75.4 yrs72.5 yrs
84Saudi Arabia75.3 yrs72.0 yrs
85Barbados75.3 yrs74.5 yrs
86Malaysia75.2 yrs72.4 yrs
87Montenegro75.0 yrs73.4 yrs
88Slovakia74.9 yrs72.6 yrs
89Sint Maarten (Dutch part)74.8 yrs73.9 yrs
90Brunei Darussalam74.8 yrs73.6 yrs
91China74.8 yrs71.6 yrs
92Ecuador74.7 yrs72.0 yrs
93Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)74.7 yrs68.6 yrs
94Montserrat74.5 yrs72.8 yrs
95Grenada74.4 yrs72.8 yrs
96Türkiye74.4 yrs71.1 yrs
97North Macedonia74.4 yrs71.8 yrs
98Estonia74.3 yrs69.8 yrs
99Curaçao74.3 yrs73.1 yrs
100Colombia74.2 yrs70.9 yrs
101Thailand74.2 yrs70.7 yrs
102Tunisia74.2 yrs72.1 yrs
103Tokelau74.0 yrs71.8 yrs
104Hungary74.0 yrs70.9 yrs
105Serbia73.9 yrs72.3 yrs
106Aruba73.8 yrs72.9 yrs
107Iran (Islamic Republic of)73.7 yrs69.2 yrs
108Mexico73.7 yrs71.8 yrs
109Algeria73.6 yrs69.3 yrs
110Jordan73.6 yrs71.5 yrs
111Bahamas73.5 yrs71.8 yrs
112Viet Nam73.5 yrs72.3 yrs
113Syrian Arab Republic73.4 yrs70.2 yrs
114Bulgaria73.3 yrs70.9 yrs
115Romania73.2 yrs69.9 yrs
116Brazil73.1 yrs68.8 yrs
117Mauritius73.1 yrs70.9 yrs
118Saint Lucia73.0 yrs70.7 yrs
119Peru72.7 yrs68.7 yrs
120United States Virgin Islands72.7 yrs71.3 yrs
121Sri Lanka72.6 yrs70.1 yrs
122Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)72.6 yrs72.5 yrs
123Armenia72.5 yrs70.0 yrs
124American Samoa72.4 yrs71.5 yrs
125Seychelles72.3 yrs71.1 yrs
126State of Palestine72.2 yrs70.6 yrs
127Cook Islands72.1 yrs69.3 yrs
128Paraguay72.0 yrs69.5 yrs
129Latvia72.0 yrs68.8 yrs
130Cabo Verde71.9 yrs66.7 yrs
131Dominica71.9 yrs71.3 yrs
132Libya71.9 yrs70.7 yrs
133Lithuania71.7 yrs71.3 yrs
134Samoa71.5 yrs70.3 yrs
135Jamaica71.5 yrs71.2 yrs
136Saint Kitts and Nevis71.5 yrs67.9 yrs
137Nicaragua71.4 yrs64.1 yrs
138Dominican Republic71.3 yrs69.9 yrs
139Trinidad and Tobago71.1 yrs68.3 yrs
140Georgia71.0 yrs69.8 yrs
141Tonga71.0 yrs69.2 yrs
142Belize70.7 yrs68.9 yrs
143Saint Vincent and the Grenadines70.6 yrs70.3 yrs
144Belarus70.3 yrs68.3 yrs
145El Salvador70.1 yrs66.7 yrs
146Morocco70.0 yrs66.0 yrs
147Honduras69.7 yrs62.4 yrs
148Guatemala69.5 yrs66.0 yrs
149Azerbaijan69.4 yrs63.8 yrs
150Vanuatu69.3 yrs68.4 yrs
151Dem. People's Republic of Korea69.3 yrs60.9 yrs
152Uzbekistan69.0 yrs65.2 yrs
153Republic of Moldova69.0 yrs66.8 yrs
154Suriname68.9 yrs63.7 yrs
155Egypt68.8 yrs66.6 yrs
156Philippines68.6 yrs67.2 yrs
157Greenland68.4 yrs64.7 yrs
158Ukraine68.3 yrs68.0 yrs
159Solomon Islands68.3 yrs66.9 yrs
160Indonesia68.1 yrs65.9 yrs
161Tajikistan67.9 yrs62.4 yrs
162Russian Federation67.9 yrs66.9 yrs
163Bhutan67.7 yrs61.3 yrs
164Turkmenistan67.6 yrs64.0 yrs
165Palau67.6 yrs64.0 yrs
166Niue67.3 yrs66.6 yrs
167Mongolia67.1 yrs62.1 yrs
168Bangladesh67.0 yrs60.4 yrs
169Kazakhstan66.8 yrs63.4 yrs
170Yemen66.6 yrs61.8 yrs
171Kyrgyzstan66.6 yrs64.6 yrs
172Western Sahara66.6 yrs61.7 yrs
173Iraq66.5 yrs64.4 yrs
174Nepal66.4 yrs61.5 yrs
175India66.3 yrs61.9 yrs
176Fiji66.3 yrs66.5 yrs
177Cambodia66.2 yrs57.9 yrs
178Kiribati65.8 yrs64.1 yrs
179Guyana65.7 yrs63.4 yrs
180Bolivia (Plurinational State of)65.3 yrs61.2 yrs
181Mauritania65.2 yrs59.9 yrs
182Micronesia (Fed. States of)64.8 yrs64.5 yrs
183Tuvalu64.5 yrs63.2 yrs
184Marshall Islands64.3 yrs63.2 yrs
185Gabon64.0 yrs61.5 yrs
186Pakistan64.0 yrs61.1 yrs
187Sao Tome and Principe63.5 yrs60.8 yrs
188Senegal63.2 yrs57.1 yrs
189Timor-Leste62.9 yrs48.6 yrs
190Papua New Guinea62.5 yrs60.4 yrs
191Eritrea62.4 yrs50.0 yrs
192Lao People's Democratic Republic62.3 yrs57.5 yrs
193Comoros62.0 yrs58.3 yrs
194Madagascar62.0 yrs56.8 yrs
195Sudan61.3 yrs58.3 yrs
196Haiti61.3 yrs57.1 yrs
197Congo60.8 yrs52.5 yrs
198Ghana60.6 yrs57.5 yrs
199Rwanda60.6 yrs43.1 yrs
200Gambia60.5 yrs56.0 yrs
201Kenya60.0 yrs55.6 yrs
202United Republic of Tanzania59.9 yrs51.8 yrs
203Djibouti59.8 yrs56.4 yrs
204Afghanistan59.7 yrs52.5 yrs
205Nauru59.7 yrs59.9 yrs
206Liberia58.7 yrs49.4 yrs
207Uganda58.3 yrs48.3 yrs
208Benin58.1 yrs56.1 yrs
209Ethiopia57.7 yrs49.8 yrs
210Botswana57.7 yrs53.0 yrs
211Equatorial Guinea57.4 yrs52.6 yrs
212Togo56.6 yrs54.0 yrs
213Myanmar56.4 yrs59.9 yrs
214South Sudan56.3 yrs19.1 yrs
215Cameroon56.1 yrs53.0 yrs
216South Africa56.0 yrs59.9 yrs
217Niger55.9 yrs47.8 yrs
218Guinea55.7 yrs51.6 yrs
219Malawi55.7 yrs44.3 yrs
220Burundi55.6 yrs46.7 yrs
221Democratic Republic of the Congo55.4 yrs49.7 yrs
222Angola55.3 yrs45.5 yrs
223Guinea-Bissau55.3 yrs48.1 yrs
224Burkina Faso55.2 yrs50.2 yrs
225Mali55.2 yrs49.6 yrs
226Zambia54.8 yrs45.7 yrs
227Namibia54.7 yrs54.8 yrs
228Côte d'Ivoire54.2 yrs51.2 yrs
229Mozambique53.8 yrs48.2 yrs
230Somalia51.5 yrs50.8 yrs
231Nigeria50.8 yrs46.1 yrs
232Sierra Leone50.7 yrs42.7 yrs
233Central African Republic49.9 yrs47.1 yrs
234Chad49.5 yrs47.8 yrs
235Zimbabwe48.5 yrs47.5 yrs
236Eswatini45.9 yrs50.1 yrs
237Lesotho44.3 yrs52.0 yrs

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