Life expectancy around the world
How long a newborn can expect to live in each country in 2024: over 86 years in Monaco, 84 in Japan and Switzerland, under 56 in Chad and Nigeria. World Bank data (CC BY 4.0) on a map in the Old atlas style – paper, graticule, water lines along the coasts, a north arrow and a scale bar.
Data: World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0)
Map data
| # | Country | Life expectancy at birth, years (2024) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.5 | |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.8 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong SAR China | 85.4 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | 84.6 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84.4 | |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 84.2 | |
| 7 | French Polynesia | 84.2 | |
| 8 | Andorra | 84.2 | |
| 9 | Sweden | 84.1 | |
| 10 | Japan | 84 | |
| 11 | Italy | 84 | |
| 12 | Spain | 83.9 | |
| 13 | South Korea | 83.6 | |
| 14 | Singapore | 83.3 | |
| 15 | Macao SAR China | 83.3 | |
| 16 | Israel | 83.2 | |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 83.2 | |
| 18 | Norway | 83.2 | |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 83.1 | |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 83.1 | |
| 21 | Australia | 83.1 | |
| 22 | Ireland | 83 | |
| 23 | France | 83 | |
| 24 | Malta | 83 | |
| 25 | Iceland | 82.8 | |
| 26 | Qatar | 82.5 | |
| 27 | Bermuda | 82.5 | |
| 28 | Portugal | 82.4 | |
| 29 | Finland | 82.3 | |
| 30 | Belgium | 82.3 | |
| 31 | Slovenia | 82.3 | |
| 32 | Denmark | 82.3 | |
| 33 | Canada | 82.1 | |
| 34 | New Zealand | 82 | |
| 35 | Austria | 82 | |
| 36 | Netherlands | 82 | |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 81.9 | |
| 38 | Greece | 81.8 | |
| 39 | Cyprus | 81.8 | |
| 40 | Bahrain | 81.4 | |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 81.4 | |
| 42 | Chile | 81.4 | |
| 43 | Maldives | 81.3 | |
| 44 | Isle of Man | 81.1 | |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 81 | |
| 46 | Germany | 80.8 | |
| 47 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 80.8 | |
| 48 | Cayman Islands | 80.5 | |
| 49 | St. Martin | 80.4 | |
| 50 | Oman | 80.2 | |
| 51 | Czechia | 80 | |
| 52 | Albania | 79.8 | |
| 53 | Panama | 79.8 | |
| 54 | Estonia | 79.3 | |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 79 | |
| 56 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.9 | |
| 57 | Croatia | 78.9 | |
| 58 | New Caledonia | 78.9 | |
| 59 | United States | 78.9 | |
| 60 | Poland | 78.4 | |
| 61 | Slovakia | 78.4 | |
| 62 | Armenia | 78.3 | |
| 63 | Uruguay | 78.3 | |
| 64 | Cuba | 78.3 | |
| 65 | Kosovo | 78.2 | |
| 66 | Turks & Caicos Islands | 78.2 | |
| 67 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 78 | |
| 68 | China | 78 | |
| 69 | Jordan | 78 | |
| 70 | Lebanon | 77.9 | |
| 71 | Peru | 77.9 | |
| 72 | Colombia | 77.9 | |
| 73 | Montenegro | 77.9 | |
| 74 | Iran | 77.9 | |
| 75 | Antigua & Barbuda | 77.8 | |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 77.7 | |
| 77 | Ecuador | 77.6 | |
| 78 | Argentina | 77.5 | |
| 79 | British Virgin Islands | 77.4 | |
| 80 | Guam | 77.4 | |
| 81 | Türkiye | 77.4 | |
| 82 | Lithuania | 77.2 | |
| 83 | Curaçao | 77 | |
| 84 | Malaysia | 76.8 | |
| 85 | Hungary | 76.7 | |
| 86 | Tunisia | 76.7 | |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 76.6 | |
| 88 | Thailand | 76.6 | |
| 89 | Sint Maarten | 76.5 | |
| 90 | Aruba | 76.5 | |
| 91 | Algeria | 76.5 | |
| 92 | Romania | 76.5 | |
| 93 | Latvia | 76.4 | |
| 94 | Barbados | 76.3 | |
| 95 | Seychelles | 76.3 | |
| 96 | Cape Verde | 76.2 | |
| 97 | Brazil | 76 | |
| 98 | Serbia | 76 | |
| 99 | Bulgaria | 75.8 | |
| 100 | Brunei | 75.5 | |
| 101 | Morocco | 75.5 | |
| 102 | Grenada | 75.4 | |
| 103 | Mexico | 75.3 | |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 75.1 | |
| 105 | Bangladesh | 74.9 | |
| 106 | Vietnam | 74.7 | |
| 107 | Bahamas | 74.7 | |
| 108 | Ukraine | 74.7 | |
| 109 | Georgia | 74.7 | |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 74.6 | |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 74.5 | |
| 112 | Belarus | 74.4 | |
| 113 | Paraguay | 74 | |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 73.9 | |
| 115 | Mauritius | 73.8 | |
| 116 | Suriname | 73.8 | |
| 117 | North Korea | 73.7 | |
| 118 | Belize | 73.7 | |
| 119 | Trinidad & Tobago | 73.6 | |
| 120 | Russia | 73.4 | |
| 121 | Bhutan | 73.3 | |
| 122 | Tonga | 73.1 | |
| 123 | Honduras | 73 | |
| 124 | American Samoa | 73 | |
| 125 | St. Lucia | 72.8 | |
| 126 | Guatemala | 72.7 | |
| 127 | Venezuela | 72.7 | |
| 128 | Syria | 72.6 | |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 72.5 | |
| 130 | Iraq | 72.4 | |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.4 | |
| 132 | Mongolia | 72.4 | |
| 133 | El Salvador | 72.3 | |
| 134 | St. Kitts & Nevis | 72.3 | |
| 135 | India | 72.2 | |
| 136 | Tajikistan | 71.9 | |
| 137 | Samoa | 71.8 | |
| 138 | Egypt | 71.8 | |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 71.7 | |
| 140 | Jamaica | 71.6 | |
| 141 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 71.4 | |
| 142 | Moldova | 71.3 | |
| 143 | Dominica | 71.3 | |
| 144 | Indonesia | 71.3 | |
| 145 | Libya | 71.1 | |
| 146 | Cambodia | 70.8 | |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 70.7 | |
| 148 | Nepal | 70.6 | |
| 149 | Guyana | 70.3 | |
| 150 | Greenland | 70.3 | |
| 151 | Turkmenistan | 70.2 | |
| 152 | Philippines | 69.9 | |
| 153 | São Tomé & Príncipe | 69.9 | |
| 154 | Yemen | 69.4 | |
| 155 | Palau | 69.4 | |
| 156 | Botswana | 69.3 | |
| 157 | Laos | 69.2 | |
| 158 | Palestine | 69.2 | |
| 159 | Senegal | 68.9 | |
| 160 | Eritrea | 68.9 | |
| 161 | Bolivia | 68.7 | |
| 162 | Mauritania | 68.7 | |
| 163 | Gabon | 68.5 | |
| 164 | Uganda | 68.5 | |
| 165 | Rwanda | 68 | |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 67.9 | |
| 167 | Pakistan | 67.8 | |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 67.6 | |
| 169 | Malawi | 67.6 | |
| 170 | Namibia | 67.5 | |
| 171 | Fiji | 67.5 | |
| 172 | Micronesia | 67.4 | |
| 173 | Tanzania | 67.2 | |
| 174 | Myanmar | 67.1 | |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 67.1 | |
| 176 | Comoros | 67 | |
| 177 | Kiribati | 66.6 | |
| 178 | Zambia | 66.5 | |
| 179 | Sudan | 66.5 | |
| 180 | South Africa | 66.3 | |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 66.3 | |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 66.3 | |
| 183 | Djibouti | 66.2 | |
| 184 | Gambia | 66.1 | |
| 185 | Republic of the Congo | 66 | |
| 186 | Ghana | 65.7 | |
| 187 | Haiti | 65.1 | |
| 188 | Angola | 64.8 | |
| 189 | Eswatini | 64.3 | |
| 190 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.3 | |
| 191 | Cameroon | 64 | |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.9 | |
| 193 | Madagascar | 63.8 | |
| 194 | Kenya | 63.8 | |
| 195 | Burundi | 63.8 | |
| 196 | Mozambique | 63.8 | |
| 197 | Zimbabwe | 63.1 | |
| 198 | Togo | 62.9 | |
| 199 | Liberia | 62.3 | |
| 200 | Nauru | 62.3 | |
| 201 | Côte d’Ivoire | 62.1 | |
| 202 | DR Congo | 62.1 | |
| 203 | Sierra Leone | 62 | |
| 204 | Niger | 61.4 | |
| 205 | Burkina Faso | 61.3 | |
| 206 | Benin | 61 | |
| 207 | Guinea | 60.9 | |
| 208 | Mali | 60.7 | |
| 209 | Somalia | 59 | |
| 210 | Lesotho | 57.8 | |
| 211 | South Sudan | 57.7 | |
| 212 | Central African Republic | 57.7 | |
| 213 | Chad | 55.2 | |
| 214 | Nigeria | 54.6 |
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