Life expectancy at birth (UN estimates)
The number of years a newborn would live if the mortality patterns at the time of birth stayed the same throughout life.
Highest in 2024
86.5 years
Monaco
Lowest in 2024
54.6 years
Nigeria
Euro area, 2024
82.2 years
Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024
217
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
217 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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Years. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 73.5 years | 78.9 years | 78.0 years | 72.2 years |
| 2023 | 73.3 years | 78.4 years | 78.0 years | 72.0 years |
| 2022 | 73.0 years | 77.4 years | 78.2 years | 71.7 years |
| 2021 | 71.2 years | 76.3 years | 78.1 years | 67.3 years |
| 2020 | 72.2 years | 77.0 years | 78.0 years | 70.2 years |
| 2019 | 72.9 years | 78.8 years | 77.9 years | 70.7 years |
| 2018 | 72.6 years | 78.6 years | 77.7 years | 70.4 years |
| 2017 | 72.4 years | 78.5 years | 77.2 years | 70.1 years |
| 2016 | 72.2 years | 78.5 years | 77.2 years | 69.7 years |
| 2015 | 72.0 years | 78.7 years | 77.0 years | 69.3 years |
| 2014 | 71.8 years | 78.8 years | 76.7 years | 68.9 years |
| 2013 | 71.5 years | 78.7 years | 76.5 years | 68.5 years |
| 2012 | 71.3 years | 78.7 years | 76.2 years | 68.1 years |
| 2011 | 71.0 years | 78.6 years | 75.9 years | 67.6 years |
| 2010 | 70.7 years | 78.5 years | 75.7 years | 67.2 years |
| 2009 | 70.4 years | 78.4 years | 75.3 years | 66.7 years |
| 2008 | 70.0 years | 78.0 years | 74.8 years | 66.2 years |
| 2007 | 69.8 years | 78.0 years | 74.8 years | 65.8 years |
| 2006 | 69.5 years | 77.7 years | 74.4 years | 65.4 years |
| 2005 | 69.1 years | 77.5 years | 74.1 years | 64.9 years |
| 2004 | 68.8 years | 77.5 years | 73.7 years | 64.5 years |
| 2003 | 68.5 years | 77.0 years | 73.4 years | 64.1 years |
| 2002 | 68.2 years | 76.9 years | 73.0 years | 63.6 years |
| 2001 | 67.9 years | 76.8 years | 72.7 years | 63.2 years |
| 2000 | 67.7 years | 76.6 years | 72.3 years | 62.7 years |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 217 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Monaco (86.5 years) and the lowest Nigeria (54.6 years).
- Half of the countries are above 74.7 years and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 206 countries and fell in 10.
- The figure for the world was 73.5 years in 2024, against 72.9 years in 2019 (+0.8%).
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Monaco 86.5 years
- 2 San Marino 85.8 years
- 3 Hong Kong SAR, China 85.4 years
- 4 Kuwait 84.6 years
- 5 Switzerland 84.4 years
- 6 Liechtenstein 84.2 years
- 7 French Polynesia 84.2 years
- 8 Andorra 84.2 years
- 9 Sweden 84.1 years
- 10 Japan 84.0 years
- 11 Italy 84.0 years
- 12 Spain 83.9 years
- 13 Gibraltar 83.6 years
- 14 South Korea 83.6 years
- 15 Singapore 83.3 years
- 16 Macao SAR, China 83.3 years
- 17 Israel 83.2 years
- 18 Luxembourg 83.2 years
- 19 Norway 83.2 years
- 20 Faroe Islands 83.1 years
- 21 United Arab Emirates 83.1 years
- 22 Australia 83.1 years
- 23 Ireland 83.0 years
- 24 France 83.0 years
- 25 Malta 83.0 years
- 26 Iceland 82.8 years
- 27 Qatar 82.5 years
- 28 Bermuda 82.5 years
- 29 Portugal 82.4 years
- 30 Finland 82.3 years
- 31 Belgium 82.3 years
- 32 Slovenia 82.3 years
- 33 Denmark 82.3 years
- 34 Canada 82.1 years
- 35 New Zealand 82.0 years
- 36 Austria 82.0 years
- 37 Netherlands 82.0 years
- 38 Puerto Rico (US) 81.9 years
- 39 Greece 81.8 years
- 40 Cyprus 81.8 years
- 41 Bahrain 81.4 years
- 42 United Kingdom 81.4 years
- 43 Chile 81.4 years
- 44 Maldives 81.3 years
- 45 Channel Islands 81.2 years
- 46 Isle of Man 81.1 years
- 47 Costa Rica 81.0 years
- 48 Germany 80.8 years
- 49 US Virgin Islands 80.8 years
- 50 Cayman Islands 80.5 years
- 51 Saint Martin (French part) 80.4 years
- 52 Oman 80.2 years
- 53 Czechia 80.0 years
- 54 Albania 79.8 years
- 55 Panama 79.8 years
- 56 Estonia 79.3 years
- 57 Saudi Arabia 79.0 years
- 58 Northern Mariana Islands 78.9 years
- 59 Croatia 78.9 years
- 60 New Caledonia 78.9 years
- 61 United States 78.9 years
- 62 Poland 78.4 years
- 63 Slovakia 78.4 years
- 64 Armenia 78.3 years
- 65 Uruguay 78.3 years
- 66 Cuba 78.3 years
- 67 Kosovo 78.2 years
- 68 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.2 years
- 69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.0 years
- 70 China 78.0 years
- 71 Jordan 78.0 years
- 72 Lebanon 77.9 years
- 73 Peru 77.9 years
- 74 Colombia 77.9 years
- 75 Montenegro 77.9 years
- 76 Iran 77.9 years
- 77 Antigua and Barbuda 77.8 years
- 78 Sri Lanka 77.7 years
- 79 Ecuador 77.6 years
- 80 Argentina 77.5 years
- 81 British Virgin Islands 77.4 years
- 82 Guam 77.4 years
- 83 Türkiye 77.4 years
- 84 Lithuania 77.2 years
- 85 Curaçao 77.0 years
- 86 Malaysia 76.8 years
- 87 Hungary 76.7 years
- 88 Tunisia 76.7 years
- 89 North Macedonia 76.6 years
- 90 Thailand 76.6 years
- 91 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.5 years
- 92 Aruba 76.5 years
- 93 Algeria 76.5 years
- 94 Romania 76.5 years
- 95 Latvia 76.4 years
- 96 Barbados 76.3 years
- 97 Seychelles 76.3 years
- 98 Cabo Verde 76.2 years
- 99 Brazil 76.0 years
- 100 Serbia 76.0 years
- 101 Bulgaria 75.8 years
- 102 Brunei 75.5 years
- 103 Morocco 75.5 years
- 104 Grenada 75.4 years
- 105 Mexico 75.3 years
- 106 Nicaragua 75.1 years
- 107 Bangladesh 74.9 years
- 108 Viet Nam 74.7 years
- 109 Bahamas 74.7 years
- 110 Ukraine 74.7 years
- 111 Georgia 74.7 years
- 112 Azerbaijan 74.6 years
- 113 Kazakhstan 74.5 years
- 114 Belarus 74.4 years
- 115 Paraguay 74.0 years
- 116 Dominican Republic 73.9 years
- 117 Mauritius 73.8 years
- 118 Suriname 73.8 years
- 119 North Korea 73.7 years
- 120 Belize 73.7 years
- 121 Trinidad and Tobago 73.6 years
- 122 Russia 73.4 years
- 123 Bhutan 73.3 years
- 124 Tonga 73.1 years
- 125 Honduras 73.0 years
- 126 American Samoa 73.0 years
- 127 Saint Lucia 72.8 years
- 128 Guatemala 72.7 years
- 129 Venezuela 72.7 years
- 130 Syria 72.6 years
- 131 Uzbekistan 72.5 years
- 132 Iraq 72.4 years
- 133 Kyrgyzstan 72.4 years
- 134 Mongolia 72.4 years
- 135 El Salvador 72.3 years
- 136 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.3 years
- 137 India 72.2 years
- 138 Tajikistan 71.9 years
- 139 Samoa 71.8 years
- 140 Egypt 71.8 years
- 141 Vanuatu 71.7 years
- 142 Jamaica 71.6 years
- 143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.4 years
- 144 Moldova 71.3 years
- 145 Dominica 71.3 years
- 146 Indonesia 71.3 years
- 147 Libya 71.1 years
- 148 Cambodia 70.8 years
- 149 Solomon Islands 70.7 years
- 150 Nepal 70.6 years
- 151 Guyana 70.3 years
- 152 Greenland 70.3 years
- 153 Turkmenistan 70.2 years
- 154 Philippines 69.9 years
- 155 São Tomé and Príncipe 69.9 years
- 156 Yemen 69.4 years
- 157 Palau 69.4 years
- 158 Botswana 69.3 years
- 159 Laos 69.2 years
- 160 West Bank and Gaza 69.2 years
- 161 Senegal 68.9 years
- 162 Eritrea 68.9 years
- 163 Bolivia 68.7 years
- 164 Mauritania 68.7 years
- 165 Gabon 68.5 years
- 166 Uganda 68.5 years
- 167 Rwanda 68.0 years
- 168 Timor-Leste 67.9 years
- 169 Pakistan 67.8 years
- 170 Ethiopia 67.6 years
- 171 Malawi 67.6 years
- 172 Namibia 67.5 years
- 173 Fiji 67.5 years
- 174 Micronesia 67.4 years
- 175 Tuvalu 67.3 years
- 176 Tanzania 67.2 years
- 177 Myanmar 67.1 years
- 178 Marshall Islands 67.1 years
- 179 Comoros 67.0 years
- 180 Kiribati 66.6 years
- 181 Zambia 66.5 years
- 182 Sudan 66.5 years
- 183 South Africa 66.3 years
- 184 Afghanistan 66.3 years
- 185 Papua New Guinea 66.3 years
- 186 Djibouti 66.2 years
- 187 Gambia 66.1 years
- 188 Republic of the Congo 66.0 years
- 189 Ghana 65.7 years
- 190 Haiti 65.1 years
- 191 Angola 64.8 years
- 192 Eswatini 64.3 years
- 193 Guinea-Bissau 64.3 years
- 194 Cameroon 64.0 years
- 195 Equatorial Guinea 63.9 years
- 196 Madagascar 63.8 years
- 197 Kenya 63.8 years
- 198 Burundi 63.8 years
- 199 Mozambique 63.8 years
- 200 Zimbabwe 63.1 years
- 201 Togo 62.9 years
- 202 Liberia 62.3 years
- 203 Naoero 62.3 years
- 204 Côte d'Ivoire 62.1 years
- 205 Democratic Republic of the Congo 62.1 years
- 206 Sierra Leone 62.0 years
- 207 Niger 61.4 years
- 208 Burkina Faso 61.3 years
- 209 Benin 61.0 years
- 210 Guinea 60.9 years
- 211 Mali 60.7 years
- 212 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 59.0 years
- 213 Lesotho 57.8 years
- 214 South Sudan 57.7 years
- 215 Central African Republic 57.7 years
- 216 Chad 55.2 years
- 217 Nigeria 54.6 years
- East Asia and Pacific 76.7 years
- Euro area 82.2 years
- Europe and Central Asia 78.6 years
- European Union 81.6 years
- Latin America and Caribbean 75.8 years
- Middle East and North Africa 72.3 years
- North America 79.2 years
- OECD members 80.4 years
- South Asia 72.6 years
- Sub-Saharan Africa 62.8 years
- World 73.5 years
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.