Life expectancy at birth, men
The number of years a newborn boy would live if current mortality patterns stayed the same throughout his life.
Highest in 2024
84.6 years
Monaco
Lowest in 2024
53.4 years
Chad
Euro area, 2024
79.9 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 | 71.1 years | 76.5 years | 75.2 years | 70.7 years |
| 2023 | 71.0 years | 75.8 years | 75.2 years | 70.5 years |
| 2022 | 70.6 years | 74.8 years | 75.5 years | 70.2 years |
| 2021 | 68.8 years | 73.5 years | 75.5 years | 65.9 years |
| 2020 | 69.7 years | 74.2 years | 75.2 years | 68.5 years |
| 2019 | 70.5 years | 76.3 years | 75.3 years | 69.3 years |
| 2018 | 70.3 years | 76.2 years | 75.0 years | 69.0 years |
| 2017 | 70.0 years | 76.1 years | 74.4 years | 68.6 years |
| 2016 | 69.8 years | 76.1 years | 74.6 years | 68.2 years |
| 2015 | 69.6 years | 76.3 years | 74.4 years | 67.8 years |
| 2014 | 69.4 years | 76.5 years | 74.1 years | 67.4 years |
| 2013 | 69.2 years | 76.4 years | 73.9 years | 67.0 years |
| 2012 | 68.9 years | 76.4 years | 73.6 years | 66.5 years |
| 2011 | 68.6 years | 76.3 years | 73.3 years | 66.1 years |
| 2010 | 68.4 years | 76.2 years | 73.2 years | 65.6 years |
| 2009 | 68.0 years | 76.0 years | 72.8 years | 65.2 years |
| 2008 | 67.7 years | 75.6 years | 72.4 years | 64.8 years |
| 2007 | 67.5 years | 75.5 years | 72.3 years | 64.4 years |
| 2006 | 67.1 years | 75.2 years | 71.9 years | 64.0 years |
| 2005 | 66.8 years | 75.0 years | 71.6 years | 63.6 years |
| 2004 | 66.5 years | 75.0 years | 71.3 years | 63.2 years |
| 2003 | 66.2 years | 74.5 years | 70.9 years | 62.9 years |
| 2002 | 65.9 years | 74.4 years | 70.6 years | 62.5 years |
| 2001 | 65.7 years | 74.3 years | 70.2 years | 62.1 years |
| 2000 | 65.4 years | 74.1 years | 69.9 years | 61.8 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 (84.6 years) and the lowest Chad (53.4 years).
- Half of the countries are above 71.6 years and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 207 countries and fell in 8.
- The figure for the world was 71.1 years in 2024, against 70.5 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 84.6 years
- 2 San Marino 84.3 years
- 3 Kuwait 83.8 years
- 4 Hong Kong SAR, China 82.7 years
- 5 Switzerland 82.7 years
- 6 Sweden 82.6 years
- 7 Andorra 82.3 years
- 8 Liechtenstein 82.2 years
- 9 United Arab Emirates 82.2 years
- 10 Italy 82.0 years
- 11 French Polynesia 81.9 years
- 12 Qatar 81.8 years
- 13 Norway 81.6 years
- 14 Ireland 81.4 years
- 15 Spain 81.4 years
- 16 Faroe Islands 81.3 years
- 17 Iceland 81.2 years
- 18 Malta 81.2 years
- 19 Singapore 81.2 years
- 20 Australia 81.1 years
- 21 Israel 81.1 years
- 22 Japan 81.1 years
- 23 Gibraltar 81.0 years
- 24 Luxembourg 81.0 years
- 25 Bahrain 80.9 years
- 26 South Korea 80.8 years
- 27 Macao SAR, China 80.6 years
- 28 Netherlands 80.6 years
- 29 Denmark 80.4 years
- 30 New Zealand 80.4 years
- 31 Belgium 80.3 years
- 32 France 80.2 years
- 33 Canada 80.0 years
- 34 Maldives 79.9 years
- 35 Cyprus 79.8 years
- 36 Austria 79.8 years
- 37 Finland 79.8 years
- 38 Portugal 79.7 years
- 39 Slovenia 79.7 years
- 40 United Kingdom 79.5 years
- 41 Chile 79.5 years
- 42 Greece 79.4 years
- 43 Channel Islands 79.1 years
- 44 Bermuda 79.1 years
- 45 Isle of Man 79.0 years
- 46 Oman 78.7 years
- 47 Germany 78.5 years
- 48 Costa Rica 78.4 years
- 49 Puerto Rico (US) 78.3 years
- 50 Cayman Islands 78.2 years
- 51 Albania 77.9 years
- 52 US Virgin Islands 77.6 years
- 53 Saudi Arabia 77.3 years
- 54 Northern Mariana Islands 77.3 years
- 55 Czechia 77.1 years
- 56 Saint Martin (French part) 77.0 years
- 57 Panama 76.9 years
- 58 United States 76.5 years
- 59 New Caledonia 76.5 years
- 60 Croatia 76.1 years
- 61 Kosovo 76.0 years
- 62 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.0 years
- 63 Iran 76.0 years
- 64 Jordan 75.9 years
- 65 Lebanon 75.9 years
- 66 Cuba 75.9 years
- 67 Peru 75.6 years
- 68 Montenegro 75.5 years
- 69 China 75.2 years
- 70 Slovakia 75.2 years
- 71 Colombia 75.2 years
- 72 Armenia 75.1 years
- 73 Estonia 75.1 years
- 74 Algeria 75.1 years
- 75 Argentina 75.0 years
- 76 Ecuador 74.9 years
- 77 Poland 74.8 years
- 78 Antigua and Barbuda 74.7 years
- 79 British Virgin Islands 74.7 years
- 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.6 years
- 81 Türkiye 74.6 years
- 82 North Macedonia 74.5 years
- 83 Malaysia 74.4 years
- 84 Sri Lanka 74.4 years
- 85 Uruguay 74.4 years
- 86 Tunisia 74.1 years
- 87 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.8 years
- 88 Aruba 73.8 years
- 89 Barbados 73.8 years
- 90 Hungary 73.7 years
- 91 Serbia 73.7 years
- 92 Guam 73.7 years
- 93 Brunei 73.5 years
- 94 Morocco 73.3 years
- 95 Bangladesh 73.3 years
- 96 Cabo Verde 73.1 years
- 97 Lithuania 73.0 years
- 98 Brazil 73.0 years
- 99 Romania 72.8 years
- 100 Curaçao 72.7 years
- 101 Grenada 72.5 years
- 102 Nicaragua 72.5 years
- 103 Mexico 72.4 years
- 104 Thailand 72.3 years
- 105 Bulgaria 72.2 years
- 106 Seychelles 72.1 years
- 107 Azerbaijan 71.7 years
- 108 Latvia 71.6 years
- 109 Bhutan 71.6 years
- 110 North Korea 71.6 years
- 111 Belize 71.1 years
- 112 Bahamas 71.1 years
- 113 Paraguay 71.0 years
- 114 India 70.7 years
- 115 Dominican Republic 70.7 years
- 116 Suriname 70.6 years
- 117 Trinidad and Tobago 70.5 years
- 118 Iraq 70.5 years
- 119 Honduras 70.5 years
- 120 Guatemala 70.4 years
- 121 Mauritius 70.4 years
- 122 American Samoa 70.3 years
- 123 Kazakhstan 70.3 years
- 124 Syria 70.2 years
- 125 Viet Nam 70.1 years
- 126 Samoa 70.0 years
- 127 Ukraine 69.8 years
- 128 Georgia 69.7 years
- 129 Belarus 69.7 years
- 130 Tajikistan 69.7 years
- 131 Egypt 69.7 years
- 132 Libya 69.6 years
- 133 Vanuatu 69.6 years
- 134 Uzbekistan 69.6 years
- 135 Tonga 69.5 years
- 136 Saint Lucia 69.5 years
- 137 Solomon Islands 69.4 years
- 138 Indonesia 69.2 years
- 139 Nepal 69.1 years
- 140 Jamaica 69.1 years
- 141 Venezuela 68.9 years
- 142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.8 years
- 143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.7 years
- 144 Greenland 68.4 years
- 145 Kyrgyzstan 68.4 years
- 146 Dominica 68.4 years
- 147 Russia 68.3 years
- 148 Cambodia 68.1 years
- 149 Mongolia 67.9 years
- 150 El Salvador 67.8 years
- 151 Yemen 67.4 years
- 152 Palau 67.3 years
- 153 Laos 67.0 years
- 154 Senegal 67.0 years
- 155 Turkmenistan 67.0 years
- 156 Philippines 67.0 years
- 157 Botswana 66.8 years
- 158 Eritrea 66.8 years
- 159 Mauritania 66.7 years
- 160 Moldova 66.7 years
- 161 Guyana 66.6 years
- 162 São Tomé and Príncipe 66.4 years
- 163 Bolivia 66.3 years
- 164 Timor-Leste 66.3 years
- 165 Gabon 66.1 years
- 166 Rwanda 65.7 years
- 167 Uganda 65.5 years
- 168 Fiji 65.5 years
- 169 Pakistan 65.5 years
- 170 West Bank and Gaza 65.2 years
- 171 Marshall Islands 65.0 years
- 172 Comoros 65.0 years
- 173 Afghanistan 64.7 years
- 174 Kiribati 64.7 years
- 175 Tanzania 64.4 years
- 176 Ethiopia 64.4 years
- 177 Gambia 64.4 years
- 178 Republic of the Congo 64.3 years
- 179 Malawi 64.3 years
- 180 Zambia 64.1 years
- 181 Myanmar 64.0 years
- 182 Tuvalu 63.9 years
- 183 Papua New Guinea 63.8 years
- 184 Djibouti 63.7 years
- 185 Micronesia 63.6 years
- 186 Namibia 63.5 years
- 187 Sudan 63.4 years
- 188 Ghana 63.3 years
- 189 South Africa 62.8 years
- 190 Togo 62.7 years
- 191 Angola 62.3 years
- 192 Equatorial Guinea 62.2 years
- 193 Madagascar 62.1 years
- 194 Haiti 61.9 years
- 195 Guinea-Bissau 61.8 years
- 196 Cameroon 61.8 years
- 197 Burundi 61.8 years
- 198 Kenya 61.6 years
- 199 Eswatini 61.3 years
- 200 Liberia 61.0 years
- 201 Zimbabwe 60.5 years
- 202 Niger 60.5 years
- 203 Mozambique 60.5 years
- 204 Naoero 60.4 years
- 205 Sierra Leone 60.2 years
- 206 Côte d'Ivoire 60.2 years
- 207 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60.0 years
- 208 Guinea 59.7 years
- 209 Benin 59.5 years
- 210 Mali 59.3 years
- 211 Burkina Faso 59.1 years
- 212 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 56.5 years
- 213 Central African Republic 55.5 years
- 214 Lesotho 55.0 years
- 215 South Sudan 54.8 years
- 216 Nigeria 54.3 years
- 217 Chad 53.4 years
- East Asia and Pacific 73.9 years
- Euro area 79.9 years
- Europe and Central Asia 75.6 years
- European Union 79.0 years
- Latin America and Caribbean 72.9 years
- Middle East and North Africa 70.4 years
- North America 76.9 years
- OECD members 77.9 years
- South Asia 71.0 years
- Sub-Saharan Africa 60.7 years
- World 71.1 years
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