Life expectancy estimates and projections by country, 2023
The average number of years a newborn would live if the death rates of the year stayed the same throughout life. UN estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024.
216 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Monaco (86.4 years). Lowest: Nigeria (54.5 years). The median is 74.5 years.
Highest 10
- 1. Monaco 86.4 years
- 2. San Marino 85.7 years
- 3. Hong Kong SAR, China 85.5 years
- 4. Japan 84.7 years
- 5. South Korea 84.3 years
- 6. French Polynesia 84.1 years
- 7. Andorra 84.0 years
- 8. Switzerland 84.0 years
- 9. Australia 83.9 years
- 10. Singapore 83.7 years
Lowest 10
- 216. Nigeria 54.5 years
- 215. Chad 55.1 years
- 214. Lesotho 57.4 years
- 213. Central African Republic 57.4 years
- 212. South Sudan 57.6 years
- 211. Somalia, Fed. Rep. 58.8 years
- 210. Mali 60.4 years
- 209. Guinea 60.7 years
- 208. Benin 60.8 years
- 207. Burkina Faso 61.1 years
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 216. Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
In short
- Among the 216 countries with a value for 2023, the highest is Monaco (86.4 years) and the lowest Nigeria (54.5 years).
- Half of the countries are above 74.5 years and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 203 countries and fell in 13.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 86.4 years | 2023 | |
| 2 | San Marino | 85.7 years | 2023 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 85.5 years | 2023 | |
| 4 | Japan | 84.7 years | 2023 | |
| 5 | South Korea | 84.3 years | 2023 | |
| 6 | French Polynesia | 84.1 years | 2023 | |
| 7 | Andorra | 84.0 years | 2023 | |
| 8 | Switzerland | 84.0 years | 2023 | |
| 9 | Australia | 83.9 years | 2023 | |
| 10 | Singapore | 83.7 years | 2023 | |
| 11 | Italy | 83.7 years | 2023 | |
| 12 | Spain | 83.7 years | 2023 | |
| 13 | Liechtenstein | 83.6 years | 2023 | |
| 14 | Gibraltar | 83.6 years | 2023 | |
| 15 | France | 83.3 years | 2023 | |
| 16 | Norway | 83.3 years | 2023 | |
| 17 | Malta | 83.3 years | 2023 | |
| 18 | Sweden | 83.3 years | 2023 | |
| 19 | Macao SAR, China | 83.1 years | 2023 | |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 82.9 years | 2023 | |
| 21 | Iceland | 82.7 years | 2023 | |
| 22 | Canada | 82.6 years | 2023 | |
| 23 | Ireland | 82.4 years | 2023 | |
| 24 | Israel | 82.4 years | 2023 | |
| 25 | Qatar | 82.4 years | 2023 | |
| 26 | Portugal | 82.4 years | 2023 | |
| 27 | Bermuda | 82.3 years | 2023 | |
| 28 | Luxembourg | 82.2 years | 2023 | |
| 29 | Netherlands | 82.2 years | 2023 | |
| 30 | Belgium | 82.1 years | 2023 | |
| 31 | New Zealand | 82.1 years | 2023 | |
| 32 | Austria | 82.0 years | 2023 | |
| 33 | Denmark | 81.9 years | 2023 | |
| 34 | Finland | 81.9 years | 2023 | |
| 35 | Greece | 81.9 years | 2023 | |
| 36 | Puerto Rico (US) | 81.7 years | 2023 | |
| 37 | Cyprus | 81.6 years | 2023 | |
| 38 | Slovenia | 81.6 years | 2023 | |
| 39 | Germany | 81.4 years | 2023 | |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 81.3 years | 2023 | |
| 41 | Bahrain | 81.3 years | 2023 | |
| 42 | Chile | 81.2 years | 2023 | |
| 43 | Maldives | 81.0 years | 2023 | |
| 44 | Isle of Man | 81.0 years | 2023 | |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 80.8 years | 2023 | |
| 46 | Kuwait | 80.4 years | 2023 | |
| 47 | Cayman Islands | 80.4 years | 2023 | |
| 48 | Saint Martin (French part) | 80.2 years | 2023 | |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 80.2 years | 2023 | |
| 50 | Oman | 80.0 years | 2023 | |
| 51 | Czechia | 79.8 years | 2023 | |
| 52 | Albania | 79.6 years | 2023 | |
| 53 | Panama | 79.6 years | 2023 | |
| 54 | United States | 79.3 years | 2023 | |
| 55 | Estonia | 79.2 years | 2023 | |
| 56 | Northern Mariana Islands | 78.8 years | 2023 | |
| 57 | New Caledonia | 78.8 years | 2023 | |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 78.7 years | 2023 | |
| 59 | Poland | 78.6 years | 2023 | |
| 60 | Croatia | 78.6 years | 2023 | |
| 61 | Slovakia | 78.3 years | 2023 | |
| 62 | Uruguay | 78.1 years | 2023 | |
| 63 | Cuba | 78.1 years | 2023 | |
| 64 | Kosovo | 78.0 years | 2023 | |
| 65 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.0 years | 2023 | |
| 66 | China | 78.0 years | 2023 | |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.9 years | 2023 | |
| 68 | Lebanon | 77.8 years | 2023 | |
| 69 | Jordan | 77.8 years | 2023 | |
| 70 | Peru | 77.7 years | 2023 | |
| 71 | Colombia | 77.7 years | 2023 | |
| 72 | Iran | 77.7 years | 2023 | |
| 73 | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.6 years | 2023 | |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 77.5 years | 2023 | |
| 75 | Argentina | 77.4 years | 2023 | |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 77.4 years | 2023 | |
| 77 | Ecuador | 77.4 years | 2023 | |
| 78 | British Virgin Islands | 77.3 years | 2023 | |
| 79 | Guam | 77.2 years | 2023 | |
| 80 | Türkiye | 77.2 years | 2023 | |
| 81 | Montenegro | 77.1 years | 2023 | |
| 82 | Hungary | 77.0 years | 2023 | |
| 83 | Curaçao | 76.8 years | 2023 | |
| 84 | Serbia | 76.8 years | 2023 | |
| 85 | Malaysia | 76.7 years | 2023 | |
| 86 | Tunisia | 76.5 years | 2023 | |
| 87 | Thailand | 76.4 years | 2023 | |
| 88 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.4 years | 2023 | |
| 89 | Aruba | 76.4 years | 2023 | |
| 90 | Algeria | 76.3 years | 2023 | |
| 91 | Latvia | 76.2 years | 2023 | |
| 92 | Barbados | 76.2 years | 2023 | |
| 93 | Cabo Verde | 76.1 years | 2023 | |
| 94 | Lithuania | 76.0 years | 2023 | |
| 95 | Romania | 75.9 years | 2023 | |
| 96 | Brazil | 75.8 years | 2023 | |
| 97 | Armenia | 75.7 years | 2023 | |
| 98 | Bulgaria | 75.6 years | 2023 | |
| 99 | US Virgin Islands | 75.5 years | 2023 | |
| 100 | Brunei | 75.3 years | 2023 | |
| 101 | Morocco | 75.3 years | 2023 | |
| 102 | Grenada | 75.2 years | 2023 | |
| 103 | Mexico | 75.1 years | 2023 | |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 74.9 years | 2023 | |
| 105 | Mauritius | 74.9 years | 2023 | |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 74.7 years | 2023 | |
| 107 | Viet Nam | 74.6 years | 2023 | |
| 108 | Bahamas | 74.6 years | 2023 | |
| 109 | Georgia | 74.5 years | 2023 | |
| 110 | Belarus | 74.4 years | 2023 | |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | 74.4 years | 2023 | |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 74.4 years | 2023 | |
| 113 | Paraguay | 73.8 years | 2023 | |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 73.7 years | 2023 | |
| 115 | North Korea | 73.6 years | 2023 | |
| 116 | Suriname | 73.6 years | 2023 | |
| 117 | Belize | 73.6 years | 2023 | |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.5 years | 2023 | |
| 119 | Ukraine | 73.4 years | 2023 | |
| 120 | Russia | 73.2 years | 2023 | |
| 121 | Bhutan | 73.0 years | 2023 | |
| 122 | Tonga | 72.9 years | 2023 | |
| 123 | Honduras | 72.9 years | 2023 | |
| 124 | Seychelles | 72.9 years | 2023 | |
| 125 | American Samoa | 72.9 years | 2023 | |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 72.7 years | 2023 | |
| 127 | Guatemala | 72.6 years | 2023 | |
| 128 | Venezuela | 72.5 years | 2023 | |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 72.4 years | 2023 | |
| 130 | Iraq | 72.3 years | 2023 | |
| 131 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.1 years | 2023 | |
| 132 | Syria | 72.1 years | 2023 | |
| 133 | El Salvador | 72.1 years | 2023 | |
| 134 | India | 72.0 years | 2023 | |
| 135 | Tajikistan | 71.8 years | 2023 | |
| 136 | Mongolia | 71.7 years | 2023 | |
| 137 | Samoa | 71.7 years | 2023 | |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.7 years | 2023 | |
| 139 | Egypt | 71.6 years | 2023 | |
| 140 | Jamaica | 71.5 years | 2023 | |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 71.5 years | 2023 | |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.2 years | 2023 | |
| 143 | Moldova | 71.2 years | 2023 | |
| 144 | Indonesia | 71.1 years | 2023 | |
| 145 | Dominica | 71.1 years | 2023 | |
| 146 | Cambodia | 70.7 years | 2023 | |
| 147 | Solomon Islands | 70.5 years | 2023 | |
| 148 | Nepal | 70.4 years | 2023 | |
| 149 | Guyana | 70.2 years | 2023 | |
| 150 | Turkmenistan | 70.1 years | 2023 | |
| 151 | Greenland | 70.1 years | 2023 | |
| 152 | Philippines | 69.8 years | 2023 | |
| 153 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 69.7 years | 2023 | |
| 154 | Libya | 69.3 years | 2023 | |
| 155 | Yemen | 69.3 years | 2023 | |
| 156 | Palau | 69.3 years | 2023 | |
| 157 | Botswana | 69.2 years | 2023 | |
| 158 | Laos | 69.0 years | 2023 | |
| 159 | Senegal | 68.7 years | 2023 | |
| 160 | Eritrea | 68.6 years | 2023 | |
| 161 | Bolivia | 68.6 years | 2023 | |
| 162 | Mauritania | 68.5 years | 2023 | |
| 163 | Gabon | 68.3 years | 2023 | |
| 164 | Uganda | 68.3 years | 2023 | |
| 165 | Rwanda | 67.8 years | 2023 | |
| 166 | Timor-Leste | 67.7 years | 2023 | |
| 167 | Pakistan | 67.6 years | 2023 | |
| 168 | Namibia | 67.4 years | 2023 | |
| 169 | Malawi | 67.4 years | 2023 | |
| 170 | Fiji | 67.3 years | 2023 | |
| 171 | Ethiopia | 67.3 years | 2023 | |
| 172 | Micronesia | 67.2 years | 2023 | |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 67.1 years | 2023 | |
| 174 | Tanzania | 67.0 years | 2023 | |
| 175 | Marshall Islands | 66.9 years | 2023 | |
| 176 | Myanmar | 66.9 years | 2023 | |
| 177 | Comoros | 66.8 years | 2023 | |
| 178 | Kiribati | 66.5 years | 2023 | |
| 179 | Zambia | 66.3 years | 2023 | |
| 180 | Sudan | 66.3 years | 2023 | |
| 181 | South Africa | 66.1 years | 2023 | |
| 182 | Papua New Guinea | 66.1 years | 2023 | |
| 183 | Afghanistan | 66.0 years | 2023 | |
| 184 | Djibouti | 66.0 years | 2023 | |
| 185 | Gambia | 65.9 years | 2023 | |
| 186 | Republic of the Congo | 65.8 years | 2023 | |
| 187 | Ghana | 65.5 years | 2023 | |
| 188 | West Bank and Gaza | 65.2 years | 2023 | |
| 189 | Haiti | 64.9 years | 2023 | |
| 190 | Angola | 64.6 years | 2023 | |
| 191 | Eswatini | 64.1 years | 2023 | |
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 64.1 years | 2023 | |
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 63.7 years | 2023 | |
| 194 | Cameroon | 63.7 years | 2023 | |
| 195 | Burundi | 63.7 years | 2023 | |
| 196 | Kenya | 63.6 years | 2023 | |
| 197 | Madagascar | 63.6 years | 2023 | |
| 198 | Mozambique | 63.6 years | 2023 | |
| 199 | Zimbabwe | 62.8 years | 2023 | |
| 200 | Togo | 62.7 years | 2023 | |
| 201 | Liberia | 62.2 years | 2023 | |
| 202 | Naoero | 62.1 years | 2023 | |
| 203 | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.9 years | 2023 | |
| 204 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61.9 years | 2023 | |
| 205 | Sierra Leone | 61.8 years | 2023 | |
| 206 | Niger | 61.2 years | 2023 | |
| 207 | Burkina Faso | 61.1 years | 2023 | |
| 208 | Benin | 60.8 years | 2023 | |
| 209 | Guinea | 60.7 years | 2023 | |
| 210 | Mali | 60.4 years | 2023 | |
| 211 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 58.8 years | 2023 | |
| 212 | South Sudan | 57.6 years | 2023 | |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 57.4 years | 2023 | |
| 214 | Lesotho | 57.4 years | 2023 | |
| 215 | Chad | 55.1 years | 2023 | |
| 216 | Nigeria | 54.5 years | 2023 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by UN Population Division; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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