Life expectancy by country

All 185 countries, ranked. The distance between the top and the bottom of this table is 32.0 years — wider than smoking, obesity and inactivity put together. Where you are born is still the single largest factor in how long you live.

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Longest

86.5

Monaco

Median

74.3

Bangladesh

Shortest

54.5

Nigeria

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Full ranking

#	Country	Both	Men	Women
1	Monaco	86.5	84.2	88.9
2	Hong Kong	85.6	82.9	88.1
3	San Marino	85.1	82.8	87.5
4	Japan	84.7	81.6	87.7
5	Macao	84.7	81.9	87.4
6	South Korea	84.3	81.4	87.2
7	Australia	84.2	82.2	86.1
8	Switzerland	84.2	82.2	86.1
9	Andorra	84.0	81.8	86.2
10	Italy	84.0	81.9	86.0
11	Spain	84.0	81.3	86.6
12	Singapore	83.7	81.6	85.8
13	France	83.5	80.5	86.3
14	Liechtenstein	83.5	81.5	85.5
15	Malta	83.5	81.6	85.4
16	Iceland	83.4	81.7	85.1
17	Norway	83.4	81.6	85.2
18	Sweden	83.4	81.6	85.2
19	Israel	83.0	81.1	84.8
20	Luxembourg	83.0	81.0	85.0
21	Canada	82.9	80.7	85.0
22	Ireland	82.8	81.1	84.5
23	New Zealand	82.8	81.0	84.5
24	Cyprus	82.7	80.6	84.7
25	Portugal	82.6	79.7	85.1
26	Netherlands	82.4	80.9	83.8
27	Belgium	82.3	80.2	84.3
28	Greece	82.2	79.7	84.7
29	Austria	82.1	79.7	84.4
30	Finland	82.1	79.6	84.5
31	Denmark	82.0	80.2	83.8
32	Slovenia	81.9	79.3	84.4
33	United Kingdom	81.9	80.2	83.6
34	Qatar	81.5	80.4	83.1
35	Germany	81.4	79.0	83.7
36	Chile	81.2	78.5	83.7
37	Taiwan	81.0	77.8	84.3
38	Costa Rica	80.8	78.3	83.4
39	Bahrain	80.5	79.2	82.1
40	Maldives	80.5	78.9	82.4
41	Czechia	79.8	77.1	82.4
42	Albania	79.5	77.4	81.7
43	Panama	79.5	76.6	82.5
44	United Arab Emirates	79.2	78.3	80.9
45	Estonia	79.0	74.5	83.1
46	Oman	79.0	77.6	81.1
47	Kuwait	78.7	77.7	80.2
48	Saudi Arabia	78.7	77.3	80.5
49	China	78.6	75.7	81.6
50	Poland	78.6	74.7	82.3
51	Turkey	78.6	75.9	81.3
52	Uruguay	78.6	75.1	81.9
53	Croatia	78.5	75.2	81.6
54	United States	78.4	75.8	81.1
55	Cuba	78.1	75.9	80.4
56	Slovakia	78.0	74.4	81.4
57	Argentina	77.7	74.4	80.8
58	Colombia	77.7	74.5	80.9
59	Peru	77.7	74.9	80.6
60	Iran	77.6	76.0	79.3
61	Jordan	77.6	75.7	79.6
62	Algeria	77.5	76.4	78.6
63	Ecuador	77.5	74.7	80.4
64	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.4	75.1	79.7
65	Lebanon	77.4	75.4	79.5
66	Montenegro	77.2	74.8	79.6
67	Sri Lanka	77.2	74.1	80.3
68	Lithuania	77.0	71.9	81.6
69	Hungary	76.9	73.3	80.3
70	Tunisia	76.9	74.8	79.0
71	Malaysia	76.7	74.5	79.1
72	Barbados	76.6	74.1	79.0
73	Romania	76.6	72.9	80.4
74	Serbia	76.4	73.9	78.9
75	Thailand	76.4	72.8	79.9
76	Armenia	76.1	72.4	79.4
77	Brazil	76.0	72.4	79.4
78	Latvia	76.0	70.8	80.8
79	North Macedonia	76.0	74.0	78.1
80	Bulgaria	75.7	72.1	79.4
81	Morocco	75.3	74.1	76.6
82	Mexico	75.1	72.1	78.0
83	Brunei	75.0	73.1	77.1
84	Nicaragua	74.9	71.6	78.2
85	Cabo Verde	74.6	70.6	78.4
86	Vietnam	74.6	70.3	79.1
87	Bahamas	74.5	71.6	77.4
88	Belarus	74.5	69.4	79.2
89	Mauritius	74.5	71.0	78.1
90	Azerbaijan	74.4	71.7	77.1
91	Georgia	74.4	69.9	78.6
92	Kazakhstan	74.4	69.8	78.5
93	Bangladesh	74.3	72.1	76.5
94	Dominican Republic	74.1	71.0	77.3
95	Palestine	74.0	72.1	76.0
96	Seychelles	73.7	69.5	78.1
97	Paraguay	73.5	70.7	76.5
98	Samoa	73.5	70.9	76.2
99	Trinidad and Tobago	73.5	70.1	77.1
100	North Korea	73.3	69.6	76.8
101	Russia	73.3	68.0	78.0
102	Ukraine	73.0	68.1	77.6
103	Guatemala	72.8	69.5	76.1
104	El Salvador	72.7	68.0	77.2
105	Honduras	72.7	69.5	76.0
106	Iraq	72.7	70.5	75.1
107	Bhutan	72.5	71.2	74.0
108	Venezuela	72.5	68.6	76.7
109	Libya	72.4	69.8	75.2
110	Uzbekistan	72.4	70.1	74.7
111	Kyrgyzstan	72.2	68.4	76.1
112	Syria	72.1	69.2	75.2
113	Indonesia	71.9	69.9	74.0
114	Moldova	71.9	67.5	76.1
115	Egypt	71.6	69.3	74.1
116	Tajikistan	71.6	69.4	74.0
117	Jamaica	71.5	69.1	73.9
118	Suriname	71.5	68.2	74.9
119	Tonga	71.5	69.4	73.6
120	Mongolia	71.3	66.4	76.1
121	Belize	71.0	68.0	74.2
122	Solomon Islands	71.0	69.0	73.2
123	Vanuatu	71.0	69.2	73.0
124	India	70.8	69.5	72.2
125	Nepal	70.5	68.5	72.4
126	Cambodia	70.4	67.4	73.4
127	Turkmenistan	69.9	66.4	73.4
128	Philippines	69.8	66.3	73.5
129	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.5	67.4	71.6
130	Laos	68.9	66.9	71.0
131	Botswana	68.7	65.5	71.8
132	Bolivia	68.6	65.6	71.7
133	Senegal	68.6	66.4	70.7
134	Timor-Leste	68.5	66.8	70.3
135	Uganda	68.2	65.7	70.7
136	Fiji	68.0	65.0	71.2
137	Rwanda	68.0	65.7	70.3
138	Pakistan	67.6	66.2	69.1
139	Eritrea	67.5	65.4	69.6
140	Ethiopia	67.3	65.0	69.6
141	Tanzania	67.3	65.1	69.5
142	Gabon	67.0	65.4	68.7
143	Myanmar	66.9	63.7	70.2
144	Namibia	66.7	63.4	69.9
145	Guyana	66.4	63.5	69.5
146	Sudan	66.3	64.2	68.6
147	Afghanistan	66.0	64.1	68.0
148	Papua New Guinea	66.0	64.1	68.0
149	South Africa	66.0	62.4	69.4
150	Madagascar	65.3	63.5	67.1
151	Ghana	65.0	63.2	66.9
152	Mauritania	65.0	63.1	66.9
153	Yemen	65.0	62.8	67.4
154	Haiti	64.9	62.1	67.8
155	Malawi	64.6	61.6	67.5
156	Republic of the Congo	64.6	63.0	66.2
157	Comoros	64.0	62.2	65.9
158	Burundi	63.7	61.6	65.8
159	Kenya	63.7	61.2	66.2
160	Cameroon	63.5	61.7	65.4
161	Djibouti	63.5	61.6	65.5
162	Gambia	63.5	61.6	65.4
163	Zambia	63.4	60.9	65.9
164	Zimbabwe	62.8	59.6	65.8
165	Mozambique	62.5	59.6	65.3
166	Niger	62.5	61.0	64.0
167	DR Congo	62.4	60.4	64.4
168	Eswatini	62.3	58.7	65.8
169	Angola	62.2	59.6	64.9
170	Liberia	62.1	60.5	63.7
171	Côte d'Ivoire	62.0	60.5	63.6
172	Togo	62.0	60.0	64.1
173	Sierra Leone	61.8	60.0	63.5
174	Equatorial Guinea	61.5	60.0	63.1
175	Guinea-Bissau	61.0	59.0	63.0
176	Benin	60.8	59.0	62.7
177	Burkina Faso	60.7	58.8	62.5
178	Mali	60.5	59.1	61.9
179	Guinea	60.0	58.4	61.6
180	Somalia	59.0	56.6	61.4
181	South Sudan	57.6	55.8	59.4
182	Lesotho	57.0	53.6	60.3
183	Central African Republic	55.0	52.7	57.4
184	Chad	54.5	52.8	56.2
185	Nigeria	54.5	53.5	55.6

Figures approximate UN World Population Prospects 2024 estimates. The United States is pinned to the SSA 2023 period life table.

By region

Europe

44 countries · best Monaco

80.3

Asia

50 countries · best Hong Kong

75.3

Americas

29 countries · best Canada

74.9

Africa

54 countries · best Algeria

64.9

Oceania

8 countries · best Australia

73.5