Life expectancy by country, 2022
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 85.8 yrs | 85.0 yrs |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.7 yrs | 83.9 yrs |
| 3 | Saint Barthélemy | 84.3 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 4 | Andorra | 84.0 yrs | 84.3 yrs |
| 5 | Japan | 84.0 yrs | 83.2 yrs |
| 6 | French Polynesia | 83.9 yrs | 81.7 yrs |
| 7 | Gibraltar | 83.5 yrs | 82.5 yrs |
| 8 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 83.5 yrs | 83.4 yrs |
| 9 | Liechtenstein | 83.4 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 10 | Holy See | 83.3 yrs | 82.0 yrs |
| 11 | Switzerland | 83.2 yrs | 82.6 yrs |
| 12 | Guernsey | 83.1 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 13 | Sweden | 83.0 yrs | 81.7 yrs |
| 14 | Singapore | 82.9 yrs | 82.2 yrs |
| 15 | Israel | 82.8 yrs | 82.0 yrs |
| 16 | Australia | 82.8 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 82.7 yrs | 81.3 yrs |
| 18 | Norway | 82.6 yrs | 81.5 yrs |
| 19 | France | 82.5 yrs | 81.7 yrs |
| 20 | Spain | 82.4 yrs | 82.2 yrs |
| 21 | Malta | 82.3 yrs | 81.1 yrs |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 82.2 yrs | 80.4 yrs |
| 23 | Bermuda | 82.1 yrs | 79.8 yrs |
| 24 | China, Macao SAR | 82.1 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 25 | Ireland | 82.0 yrs | 80.8 yrs |
| 26 | Italy | 82.0 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 27 | Netherlands | 81.9 yrs | 81.1 yrs |
| 28 | Qatar | 81.9 yrs | 80.5 yrs |
| 29 | Iceland | 81.6 yrs | 82.3 yrs |
| 30 | Réunion | 81.5 yrs | 81.3 yrs |
| 31 | Austria | 81.3 yrs | 80.8 yrs |
| 32 | Canada | 81.3 yrs | 81.7 yrs |
| 33 | Denmark | 81.3 yrs | 80.1 yrs |
| 34 | Finland | 81.2 yrs | 80.5 yrs |
| 35 | Belgium | 81.2 yrs | 80.3 yrs |
| 36 | Portugal | 81.2 yrs | 80.5 yrs |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 81.1 yrs | 80.9 yrs |
| 38 | New Zealand | 81.0 yrs | 81.2 yrs |
| 39 | Bahrain | 81.0 yrs | 79.6 yrs |
| 40 | Isle of Man | 81.0 yrs | 80.0 yrs |
| 41 | Guadeloupe | 80.9 yrs | 81.0 yrs |
| 42 | Slovenia | 80.8 yrs | 79.8 yrs |
| 43 | Martinique | 80.8 yrs | 81.8 yrs |
| 44 | Maldives | 80.8 yrs | 77.5 yrs |
| 45 | Germany | 80.6 yrs | 80.5 yrs |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 80.5 yrs | 81.9 yrs |
| 47 | Cyprus | 80.4 yrs | 81.1 yrs |
| 48 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.2 yrs | 79.3 yrs |
| 49 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 80.2 yrs | 79.2 yrs |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 80.0 yrs | 77.1 yrs |
| 51 | Greece | 79.9 yrs | 80.4 yrs |
| 52 | Jersey | 79.7 yrs | 80.7 yrs |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | 79.4 yrs | 79.3 yrs |
| 54 | Costa Rica | 79.3 yrs | 79.9 yrs |
| 55 | Panama | 79.3 yrs | 76.9 yrs |
| 56 | Faroe Islands | 79.3 yrs | 79.0 yrs |
| 57 | Czechia | 79.2 yrs | 78.0 yrs |
| 58 | Chile | 79.2 yrs | 79.2 yrs |
| 59 | Anguilla | 79.1 yrs | 77.4 yrs |
| 60 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 79.0 yrs | 78.2 yrs |
| 61 | Albania | 78.8 yrs | 78.1 yrs |
| 62 | Kuwait | 78.8 yrs | 78.2 yrs |
| 63 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 78.5 yrs | 77.0 yrs |
| 64 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.5 yrs | 77.6 yrs |
| 65 | Croatia | 78.3 yrs | 77.3 yrs |
| 66 | Estonia | 78.2 yrs | 76.4 yrs |
| 67 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 78.2 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 68 | China | 78.2 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 69 | United States of America | 78.0 yrs | 78.8 yrs |
| 70 | Lebanon | 78.0 yrs | 77.9 yrs |
| 71 | Oman | 77.9 yrs | 78.2 yrs |
| 72 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 77.9 yrs | 77.0 yrs |
| 73 | Poland | 77.9 yrs | 76.8 yrs |
| 74 | New Caledonia | 77.7 yrs | 76.6 yrs |
| 75 | Cuba | 77.6 yrs | 78.2 yrs |
| 76 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 77.6 yrs | 75.8 yrs |
| 77 | Türkiye | 77.6 yrs | 75.5 yrs |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.5 yrs | 77.1 yrs |
| 79 | Saudi Arabia | 77.3 yrs | 76.1 yrs |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 77.3 yrs | 75.2 yrs |
| 81 | British Virgin Islands | 77.2 yrs | 76.4 yrs |
| 82 | Guam | 77.1 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 83 | Jordan | 77.1 yrs | 74.1 yrs |
| 84 | Slovakia | 77.0 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 85 | Tokelau | 76.9 yrs | 75.0 yrs |
| 86 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 76.8 yrs | 75.0 yrs |
| 87 | Peru | 76.8 yrs | 74.0 yrs |
| 88 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.8 yrs | 77.0 yrs |
| 89 | French Guiana | 76.8 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 90 | Curaçao | 76.7 yrs | 76.0 yrs |
| 91 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 76.7 yrs | 76.5 yrs |
| 92 | Saint Helena | 76.7 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 93 | State of Palestine | 76.7 yrs | 73.7 yrs |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 76.7 yrs | 75.0 yrs |
| 95 | Ecuador | 76.6 yrs | 75.5 yrs |
| 96 | Uruguay | 76.5 yrs | 76.7 yrs |
| 97 | Colombia | 76.5 yrs | 75.6 yrs |
| 98 | Aruba | 76.2 yrs | 74.8 yrs |
| 99 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.2 yrs | 75.1 yrs |
| 100 | Hungary | 76.2 yrs | 75.2 yrs |
| 101 | Algeria | 76.1 yrs | 74.6 yrs |
| 102 | Tunisia | 76.0 yrs | 74.6 yrs |
| 103 | Montserrat | 76.0 yrs | 74.8 yrs |
| 104 | Cabo Verde | 75.9 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| 105 | Montenegro | 75.9 yrs | 76.2 yrs |
| 106 | Argentina | 75.8 yrs | 75.8 yrs |
| 107 | Barbados | 75.7 yrs | 75.7 yrs |
| 108 | Serbia | 75.5 yrs | 75.1 yrs |
| 109 | Malaysia | 75.4 yrs | 75.5 yrs |
| 110 | Thailand | 75.3 yrs | 75.6 yrs |
| 111 | Romania | 75.3 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 112 | Grenada | 75.2 yrs | 75.0 yrs |
| 113 | Morocco | 75.2 yrs | 71.7 yrs |
| 114 | Cook Islands | 75.1 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| 115 | Mayotte | 75.1 yrs | 77.9 yrs |
| 116 | United States Virgin Islands | 75.0 yrs | 73.7 yrs |
| 117 | Brazil | 74.9 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 118 | Latvia | 74.9 yrs | 73.9 yrs |
| 119 | Lithuania | 74.7 yrs | 74.0 yrs |
| 120 | Armenia | 74.6 yrs | 73.4 yrs |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 74.5 yrs | 72.4 yrs |
| 122 | Bahamas | 74.5 yrs | 73.7 yrs |
| 123 | Viet Nam | 74.5 yrs | 73.8 yrs |
| 124 | Libya | 74.5 yrs | 72.2 yrs |
| 125 | Belarus | 74.4 yrs | 71.8 yrs |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 74.3 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 127 | Dominican Republic | 74.2 yrs | 72.8 yrs |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 74.1 yrs | 71.1 yrs |
| 129 | Georgia | 74.1 yrs | 72.7 yrs |
| 130 | Bulgaria | 74.0 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 131 | Mexico | 74.0 yrs | 74.1 yrs |
| 132 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 73.6 yrs | 71.3 yrs |
| 133 | Kazakhstan | 73.5 yrs | 69.9 yrs |
| 134 | Mauritius | 73.5 yrs | 74.3 yrs |
| 135 | Suriname | 73.3 yrs | 70.0 yrs |
| 136 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.3 yrs | 72.5 yrs |
| 137 | Brunei Darussalam | 72.9 yrs | 74.8 yrs |
| 138 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.8 yrs | 66.2 yrs |
| 139 | Bhutan | 72.8 yrs | 69.8 yrs |
| 140 | American Samoa | 72.8 yrs | 72.7 yrs |
| 141 | Ukraine | 72.7 yrs | 71.1 yrs |
| 142 | Saint Lucia | 72.7 yrs | 72.9 yrs |
| 143 | Honduras | 72.7 yrs | 70.5 yrs |
| 144 | Tonga | 72.6 yrs | 71.5 yrs |
| 145 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 72.6 yrs | 73.1 yrs |
| 146 | Russian Federation | 72.5 yrs | 70.1 yrs |
| 147 | Paraguay | 72.3 yrs | 73.1 yrs |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 72.2 yrs | 70.4 yrs |
| 149 | Belize | 72.2 yrs | 71.1 yrs |
| 150 | Iraq | 72.0 yrs | 68.8 yrs |
| 151 | El Salvador | 72.0 yrs | 71.4 yrs |
| 152 | India | 71.7 yrs | 68.1 yrs |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 71.6 yrs | 69.1 yrs |
| 154 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.5 yrs | 68.1 yrs |
| 155 | Samoa | 71.5 yrs | 71.2 yrs |
| 156 | Jamaica | 71.5 yrs | 72.4 yrs |
| 157 | Republic of Moldova | 71.5 yrs | 70.3 yrs |
| 158 | Mongolia | 71.5 yrs | 67.6 yrs |
| 159 | Seychelles | 71.3 yrs | 72.5 yrs |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 71.3 yrs | 69.9 yrs |
| 161 | Guatemala | 71.2 yrs | 70.7 yrs |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.2 yrs | 70.5 yrs |
| 163 | Dominica | 71.1 yrs | 71.4 yrs |
| 164 | Western Sahara | 71.1 yrs | 68.2 yrs |
| 165 | Egypt | 71.0 yrs | 69.5 yrs |
| 166 | Indonesia | 70.9 yrs | 68.9 yrs |
| 167 | Cambodia | 70.5 yrs | 68.4 yrs |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 70.4 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 169 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 70.3 yrs | 71.4 yrs |
| 170 | Nepal | 70.1 yrs | 67.4 yrs |
| 171 | Greenland | 70.0 yrs | 69.3 yrs |
| 172 | Guyana | 69.9 yrs | 66.4 yrs |
| 173 | Turkmenistan | 69.9 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 174 | Niue | 69.8 yrs | 68.0 yrs |
| 175 | Philippines | 69.5 yrs | 69.2 yrs |
| 176 | Sao Tome and Principe | 69.2 yrs | 64.5 yrs |
| 177 | Palau | 68.9 yrs | 68.9 yrs |
| 178 | Botswana | 68.8 yrs | 60.4 yrs |
| 179 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68.7 yrs | 65.1 yrs |
| 180 | Mauritania | 68.3 yrs | 65.8 yrs |
| 181 | Yemen | 68.0 yrs | 67.6 yrs |
| 182 | Eritrea | 67.8 yrs | 64.7 yrs |
| 183 | Senegal | 67.8 yrs | 65.2 yrs |
| 184 | Uganda | 67.7 yrs | 61.6 yrs |
| 185 | Gabon | 67.7 yrs | 65.4 yrs |
| 186 | Rwanda | 67.5 yrs | 64.2 yrs |
| 187 | Pakistan | 67.4 yrs | 64.9 yrs |
| 188 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 67.4 yrs | 66.6 yrs |
| 189 | Timor-Leste | 67.4 yrs | 64.4 yrs |
| 190 | Fiji | 67.2 yrs | 65.8 yrs |
| 191 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 67.0 yrs | 65.1 yrs |
| 192 | Ethiopia | 66.9 yrs | 61.4 yrs |
| 193 | United Republic of Tanzania | 66.9 yrs | 62.3 yrs |
| 194 | Tuvalu | 66.8 yrs | 65.1 yrs |
| 195 | Marshall Islands | 66.7 yrs | 64.8 yrs |
| 196 | Comoros | 66.5 yrs | 63.5 yrs |
| 197 | Myanmar | 66.5 yrs | 64.3 yrs |
| 198 | Kiribati | 66.3 yrs | 65.9 yrs |
| 199 | Malawi | 66.0 yrs | 59.9 yrs |
| 200 | Sudan | 65.7 yrs | 63.4 yrs |
| 201 | Afghanistan | 65.6 yrs | 61.7 yrs |
| 202 | Djibouti | 65.5 yrs | 61.7 yrs |
| 203 | South Africa | 65.5 yrs | 61.7 yrs |
| 204 | Ghana | 65.3 yrs | 62.0 yrs |
| 205 | Zambia | 65.3 yrs | 58.7 yrs |
| 206 | Papua New Guinea | 65.3 yrs | 63.6 yrs |
| 207 | Congo | 65.0 yrs | 62.7 yrs |
| 208 | Gambia | 64.9 yrs | 61.9 yrs |
| 209 | Angola | 64.3 yrs | 58.9 yrs |
| 210 | Namibia | 64.2 yrs | 57.7 yrs |
| 211 | Haiti | 64.0 yrs | 62.3 yrs |
| 212 | Guinea-Bissau | 63.6 yrs | 58.3 yrs |
| 213 | Kenya | 63.5 yrs | 61.5 yrs |
| 214 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.4 yrs | 59.3 yrs |
| 215 | Madagascar | 63.1 yrs | 63.0 yrs |
| 216 | Eswatini | 63.0 yrs | 50.7 yrs |
| 217 | Mozambique | 63.0 yrs | 56.5 yrs |
| 218 | Burundi | 62.9 yrs | 58.5 yrs |
| 219 | Cameroon | 62.4 yrs | 58.2 yrs |
| 220 | Zimbabwe | 62.4 yrs | 55.4 yrs |
| 221 | Togo | 62.3 yrs | 57.9 yrs |
| 222 | Nauru | 61.9 yrs | 60.5 yrs |
| 223 | Liberia | 61.9 yrs | 59.8 yrs |
| 224 | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.6 yrs | 56.6 yrs |
| 225 | Sierra Leone | 61.3 yrs | 53.2 yrs |
| 226 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.0 yrs | 57.4 yrs |
| 227 | Burkina Faso | 60.7 yrs | 57.5 yrs |
| 228 | Benin | 60.5 yrs | 58.6 yrs |
| 229 | Guinea | 60.4 yrs | 57.1 yrs |
| 230 | Niger | 60.4 yrs | 58.0 yrs |
| 231 | Mali | 60.0 yrs | 56.7 yrs |
| 232 | South Sudan | 57.2 yrs | 58.2 yrs |
| 233 | Lesotho | 56.8 yrs | 48.2 yrs |
| 234 | Chad | 54.5 yrs | 50.8 yrs |
| 235 | Nigeria | 54.1 yrs | 51.7 yrs |
| 236 | Somalia | 53.9 yrs | 49.1 yrs |
| 237 | Central African Republic | 18.8 yrs | 51.3 yrs |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.