Life Expectancy of the World Population

Life expectancy at birth. Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates.
See also: Population

See also: Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy

Both Sexes
73.3 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)
Females
76.0 years
(life expectancy at birth, females)
Males
70.7 years
(life expectancy at birth, males)

Countries ranked by life expectancy (2024)

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# Country Life Expectancy
(both sexes) 		Females
Life Expectancy 		Males
Life Expectancy
1 Hong Kong 85.63 88.26 82.97
2 Japan 84.85 87.88 81.83
3 South Korea 84.43 87.28 81.32
4 French Polynesia 84.19 86.62 81.90
5 Switzerland 84.09 85.95 82.17
6 Australia 84.07 85.85 82.28
7 Italy 83.87 85.87 81.75
8 Singapore 83.86 86.36 81.38
9 Spain 83.80 86.44 81.10
10 Réunion 83.67 86.45 80.67
11 Malta 83.47 85.39 81.48
12 Norway 83.46 84.97 81.94
13 France 83.46 86.20 80.59
14 Sweden 83.42 85.22 81.65
15 Macao 83.23 85.35 81.05
16 United Arab Emirates 83.07 84.32 82.17
17 Iceland 83.01 84.47 81.63
18 Martinique 82.74 85.73 79.45
19 Israel 82.73 84.71 80.67
20 Canada 82.72 84.91 80.53
21 Ireland 82.58 84.61 80.58
22 Portugal 82.55 85.25 79.68
23 Qatar 82.52 83.48 81.78
24 Luxembourg 82.36 83.94 80.75
25 Netherlands 82.30 83.85 80.72
26 Belgium 82.27 84.45 80.06
27 New Zealand 82.25 83.89 80.60
28 Guadeloupe 82.24 85.65 78.35
29 Austria 82.12 84.45 79.75
30 Denmark 82.09 83.98 80.21
31 Finland 82.08 84.79 79.38
32 Greece 82.03 84.46 79.50
33 Puerto Rico 81.90 85.38 78.28
34 Cyprus 81.82 83.80 79.84
35 Slovenia 81.78 84.47 79.11
36 Germany 81.54 83.88 79.21
37 United Kingdom 81.45 83.33 79.54
38 Bahrain 81.42 82.13 80.86
39 Chile 81.36 83.23 79.45
40 Maldives 81.29 83.00 79.95
41 Costa Rica 81.00 83.58 78.37
42 Taiwan 80.75 83.75 77.86
43 Kuwait 80.60 82.00 79.45
44 Oman 80.25 82.05 78.72
45 Czech Republic (Czechia) 79.97 82.75 77.18
46 Albania 79.78 81.59 77.92
47 Panama 79.78 82.71 76.88
48 United States 79.46 81.98 77.05
49 Estonia 79.31 83.17 75.12
50 Saudi Arabia 78.98 81.33 77.33
51 New Caledonia 78.92 81.41 76.46
52 Poland 78.81 82.49 75.10
53 Croatia 78.75 81.82 75.60
54 Slovakia 78.49 81.71 75.21
55 Uruguay 78.29 82.04 74.38
56 Cuba 78.26 80.68 75.86
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.04 81.07 74.65
58 China 78.02 80.97 75.25
59 Jordan 77.98 80.34 75.89
60 Lebanon 77.95 79.86 75.88
61 Peru 77.94 80.30 75.63
62 Colombia 77.91 80.61 75.16
63 Iran 77.85 79.81 76.00
64 Antigua and Barbuda 77.77 80.45 74.74
65 Sri Lanka 77.67 80.75 74.45
66 Ecuador 77.58 80.31 74.88
67 Argentina 77.54 80.02 74.98
68 North Macedonia 77.54 79.71 75.26
69 Guam 77.42 81.59 73.66
70 Turkey 77.42 80.34 74.62
71 Montenegro 77.25 80.45 73.92
72 French Guiana 77.18 80.15 74.33
73 Hungary 77.18 80.33 73.89
74 Curaçao 76.99 80.96 72.66
75 Serbia 76.94 80.18 73.68
76 Malaysia 76.82 79.52 74.45
77 Tunisia 76.71 79.33 74.13
78 Thailand 76.56 80.98 72.34
79 Aruba 76.50 78.92 73.85
80 Algeria 76.48 77.91 75.10
81 Barbados 76.33 78.76 73.75
82 Latvia 76.33 80.60 71.75
83 Mayotte 76.24 78.51 74.27
84 Cabo Verde 76.22 79.37 73.05
85 Lithuania 76.17 80.80 71.42
86 Romania 76.09 79.68 72.56
87 Brazil 76.02 79.15 72.95
88 Armenia 75.85 79.60 71.58
89 Bulgaria 75.80 79.36 72.33
90 U.S. Virgin Islands 75.70 81.48 70.73
91 Brunei 75.50 77.73 73.49
92 Morocco 75.49 77.78 73.35
93 Grenada 75.37 78.50 72.52
94 Mexico 75.26 78.00 72.44
95 Mauritius 75.10 78.34 72.11
96 Nicaragua 75.10 77.58 72.46
97 Bangladesh 74.93 76.67 73.30
98 Vietnam 74.74 79.38 70.05
99 Bahamas 74.71 78.33 71.06
100 Ukraine 74.69 79.39 69.79
101 Georgia 74.66 79.23 69.75
102 Belarus 74.62 79.22 69.74
103 Azerbaijan 74.58 77.29 71.71
104 Kazakhstan 74.53 78.52 70.27
105 Paraguay 73.98 77.09 71.01
106 Dominican Republic 73.87 77.11 70.66
107 Suriname 73.76 76.98 70.60
108 North Korea 73.74 75.88 71.55
109 Belize 73.74 76.66 71.08
110 Trinidad and Tobago 73.62 76.83 70.51
111 Russia 73.34 79.19 67.48
112 Bhutan 73.26 75.27 71.57
113 Tonga 73.07 76.54 69.50
114 Honduras 73.04 75.67 70.49
115 Seychelles 72.99 76.66 70.08
116 Saint Lucia 72.85 76.45 69.45
117 Guatemala 72.75 75.04 70.44
118 Venezuela 72.67 76.66 68.89
119 Syria 72.56 74.92 70.21
120 Uzbekistan 72.53 75.55 69.56
121 Iraq 72.42 74.18 70.50
122 El Salvador 72.30 76.49 67.76
123 India 72.24 73.86 70.73
124 Mongolia 71.99 76.66 67.49
125 Tajikistan 71.93 74.14 69.68
126 Samoa 71.83 73.82 69.96
127 Kyrgyzstan 71.82 75.40 68.31
128 Egypt 71.81 74.01 69.65
129 Vanuatu 71.65 74.11 69.59
130 Micronesia 71.64 74.61 68.82
130 Micronesia 71.64 74.61 68.82
131 Jamaica 71.61 74.15 69.08
132 Western Sahara 71.58 73.77 69.87
133 St. Vincent & Grenadines 71.38 74.48 68.78
134 Moldova 71.33 75.67 66.70
135 Indonesia 71.29 73.43 69.16
136 Libya 71.12 72.68 69.63
137 Cambodia 70.82 73.36 68.15
138 Solomon Islands 70.69 72.18 69.36
139 Nepal 70.64 72.14 69.09
140 Guyana 70.32 74.09 66.62
141 Turkmenistan 70.20 73.01 67.00
142 Philippines 69.95 72.96 66.99
143 Sao Tome & Principe 69.91 73.91 66.41
144 Yemen 69.44 71.55 67.37
145 Botswana 69.29 71.85 66.78
146 Laos 69.23 71.53 67.02
147 State of Palestine 69.21 74.25 65.22
148 Senegal 68.92 71.01 67.01
149 Eritrea 68.89 70.94 66.76
150 Bolivia 68.74 71.32 66.27
151 Mauritania 68.71 70.73 66.70
152 Gabon 68.51 71.24 66.06
153 Uganda 68.49 71.37 65.49
154 Rwanda 68.02 70.14 65.71
155 Timor-Leste 67.90 69.67 66.27
156 Pakistan 67.80 70.32 65.46
157 Ethiopia 67.60 71.02 64.36
158 Malawi 67.56 70.77 64.27
159 Namibia 67.52 71.48 63.45
160 Fiji 67.46 69.54 65.47
161 Tanzania 67.21 70.00 64.40
162 Myanmar 67.10 70.38 63.99
163 Comoros 67.02 69.20 65.02
164 Kiribati 66.60 68.32 64.69
165 Zambia 66.53 68.87 64.10
166 Sudan 66.52 69.83 63.45
167 South Africa 66.31 69.79 62.78
168 Afghanistan 66.29 67.81 64.70
169 Papua New Guinea 66.26 69.21 63.84
170 Djibouti 66.20 68.74 63.73
171 Gambia 66.06 67.75 64.35
172 Congo 66.00 67.72 64.33
173 Ghana 65.70 68.16 63.31
174 Haiti 65.12 68.49 61.90
175 Angola 64.81 67.34 62.28
176 Eswatini 64.26 67.11 61.32
177 Guinea-Bissau 64.25 66.55 61.82
178 Cameroon 63.97 66.23 61.78
179 Equatorial Guinea 63.91 65.89 62.22
180 Madagascar 63.84 65.60 62.12
181 Kenya 63.83 66.12 61.64
182 Burundi 63.82 65.88 61.75
183 Mozambique 63.80 66.74 60.49
184 Zimbabwe 63.06 65.31 60.49
185 Togo 62.93 63.15 62.70
186 Liberia 62.32 63.63 61.02
187 Côte d'Ivoire 62.11 64.31 60.17
188 DR Congo 62.07 64.23 59.96
189 Sierra Leone 61.96 63.70 60.23
190 Niger 61.43 62.41 60.49
191 Burkina Faso 61.29 63.43 59.11
192 Benin 60.96 62.42 59.52
193 Guinea 60.90 62.09 59.66
194 Mali 60.68 62.15 59.25
195 Somalia 58.97 61.55 56.49
196 Lesotho 57.80 60.44 55.03
197 South Sudan 57.74 60.75 54.76
198 Central African Republic 57.67 59.56 55.51
199 Chad 55.24 57.19 53.36
200 Nigeria 54.64 54.94 54.33