Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections by country, 2023
The average number of further years a person aged 65 would live at the death rates of the year. UN estimates up to 2023 and medium-variant projections from 2024.
216 places ranked for 2023. Highest: Monaco (23.2 years). Lowest: Fiji (12.1 years). The median is 16.4 years.
Highest 10
- 1. Monaco 23.2 years
- 2. Hong Kong SAR, China 23.2 years
- 3. San Marino 22.6 years
- 4. Japan 22.5 years
- 5. Gibraltar 22.3 years
- 6. France 22.0 years
- 7. Singapore 21.9 years
- 8. Australia 21.7 years
- 9. Spain 21.5 years
- 10. Switzerland 21.5 years
Lowest 10
- 216. Fiji 12.1 years
- 215. Nigeria 12.1 years
- 214. Chad 12.3 years
- 213. Togo 12.3 years
- 212. Naoero 12.3 years
- 211. Mali 12.3 years
- 210. Liberia 12.4 years
- 209. Burkina Faso 12.4 years
- 208. Sierra Leone 12.6 years
- 207. Mozambique 12.6 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 (23.2 years) and the lowest Fiji (12.1 years).
- Half of the countries are above 16.4 years and half below.
- From 2022 to 2023 the value rose in 204 countries and fell in 12.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 23.2 years | 2023 | |
| 2 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 23.2 years | 2023 | |
| 3 | San Marino | 22.6 years | 2023 | |
| 4 | Japan | 22.5 years | 2023 | |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 22.3 years | 2023 | |
| 6 | France | 22.0 years | 2023 | |
| 7 | Singapore | 21.9 years | 2023 | |
| 8 | Australia | 21.7 years | 2023 | |
| 9 | Spain | 21.5 years | 2023 | |
| 10 | Switzerland | 21.5 years | 2023 | |
| 11 | French Polynesia | 21.5 years | 2023 | |
| 12 | Canada | 21.5 years | 2023 | |
| 13 | Andorra | 21.5 years | 2023 | |
| 14 | Malta | 21.4 years | 2023 | |
| 15 | South Korea | 21.3 years | 2023 | |
| 16 | Italy | 21.3 years | 2023 | |
| 17 | Liechtenstein | 21.2 years | 2023 | |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 21.0 years | 2023 | |
| 19 | Sweden | 20.9 years | 2023 | |
| 20 | Portugal | 20.9 years | 2023 | |
| 21 | Puerto Rico (US) | 20.9 years | 2023 | |
| 22 | Israel | 20.9 years | 2023 | |
| 23 | Bermuda | 20.8 years | 2023 | |
| 24 | New Zealand | 20.8 years | 2023 | |
| 25 | Iceland | 20.8 years | 2023 | |
| 26 | Norway | 20.8 years | 2023 | |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 20.7 years | 2023 | |
| 28 | Macao SAR, China | 20.7 years | 2023 | |
| 29 | Cayman Islands | 20.6 years | 2023 | |
| 30 | Chile | 20.6 years | 2023 | |
| 31 | Panama | 20.6 years | 2023 | |
| 32 | Isle of Man | 20.6 years | 2023 | |
| 33 | Belgium | 20.5 years | 2023 | |
| 34 | Ireland | 20.5 years | 2023 | |
| 35 | Finland | 20.3 years | 2023 | |
| 36 | Guam | 20.3 years | 2023 | |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 20.2 years | 2023 | |
| 38 | Austria | 20.1 years | 2023 | |
| 39 | Netherlands | 20.1 years | 2023 | |
| 40 | United Arab Emirates | 20.0 years | 2023 | |
| 41 | United States | 20.0 years | 2023 | |
| 42 | Greece | 19.9 years | 2023 | |
| 43 | Denmark | 19.9 years | 2023 | |
| 44 | Germany | 19.8 years | 2023 | |
| 45 | Slovenia | 19.8 years | 2023 | |
| 46 | Qatar | 19.6 years | 2023 | |
| 47 | Thailand | 19.6 years | 2023 | |
| 48 | Bahrain | 19.6 years | 2023 | |
| 49 | Peru | 19.5 years | 2023 | |
| 50 | New Caledonia | 19.1 years | 2023 | |
| 51 | Cyprus | 19.1 years | 2023 | |
| 52 | Uruguay | 18.9 years | 2023 | |
| 53 | Saint Martin (French part) | 18.8 years | 2023 | |
| 54 | Estonia | 18.8 years | 2023 | |
| 55 | Albania | 18.8 years | 2023 | |
| 56 | Ecuador | 18.8 years | 2023 | |
| 57 | Poland | 18.7 years | 2023 | |
| 58 | Czechia | 18.7 years | 2023 | |
| 59 | Oman | 18.5 years | 2023 | |
| 60 | Maldives | 18.5 years | 2023 | |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.4 years | 2023 | |
| 62 | Colombia | 18.4 years | 2023 | |
| 63 | Kuwait | 18.4 years | 2023 | |
| 64 | Faroe Islands | 18.3 years | 2023 | |
| 65 | Cuba | 18.2 years | 2023 | |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 18.2 years | 2023 | |
| 67 | Slovakia | 18.2 years | 2023 | |
| 68 | Argentina | 18.1 years | 2023 | |
| 69 | Ukraine | 17.9 years | 2023 | |
| 70 | Northern Mariana Islands | 17.8 years | 2023 | |
| 71 | Brazil | 17.8 years | 2023 | |
| 72 | Bahamas | 17.8 years | 2023 | |
| 73 | Mexico | 17.7 years | 2023 | |
| 74 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 17.7 years | 2023 | |
| 75 | Lebanon | 17.6 years | 2023 | |
| 76 | Malaysia | 17.6 years | 2023 | |
| 77 | Iran | 17.6 years | 2023 | |
| 78 | Croatia | 17.6 years | 2023 | |
| 79 | Türkiye | 17.6 years | 2023 | |
| 80 | Bangladesh | 17.5 years | 2023 | |
| 81 | Latvia | 17.5 years | 2023 | |
| 82 | Mauritius | 17.5 years | 2023 | |
| 83 | Grenada | 17.5 years | 2023 | |
| 84 | China | 17.5 years | 2023 | |
| 85 | Lithuania | 17.4 years | 2023 | |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 17.4 years | 2023 | |
| 87 | Viet Nam | 17.4 years | 2023 | |
| 88 | Jordan | 17.3 years | 2023 | |
| 89 | Hungary | 17.2 years | 2023 | |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 17.1 years | 2023 | |
| 91 | Russia | 17.1 years | 2023 | |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 17.0 years | 2023 | |
| 93 | Kosovo | 16.9 years | 2023 | |
| 94 | Suriname | 16.9 years | 2023 | |
| 95 | Romania | 16.9 years | 2023 | |
| 96 | Curaçao | 16.9 years | 2023 | |
| 97 | Montenegro | 16.8 years | 2023 | |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 16.8 years | 2023 | |
| 99 | Serbia | 16.7 years | 2023 | |
| 100 | British Virgin Islands | 16.7 years | 2023 | |
| 101 | Cabo Verde | 16.7 years | 2023 | |
| 102 | Barbados | 16.7 years | 2023 | |
| 103 | Bulgaria | 16.5 years | 2023 | |
| 104 | Venezuela | 16.5 years | 2023 | |
| 105 | North Macedonia | 16.5 years | 2023 | |
| 106 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 16.4 years | 2023 | |
| 107 | Aruba | 16.4 years | 2023 | |
| 108 | Tunisia | 16.4 years | 2023 | |
| 109 | Algeria | 16.4 years | 2023 | |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 16.3 years | 2023 | |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 16.3 years | 2023 | |
| 112 | Paraguay | 16.3 years | 2023 | |
| 113 | Armenia | 16.2 years | 2023 | |
| 114 | Belarus | 16.2 years | 2023 | |
| 115 | Brunei | 16.2 years | 2023 | |
| 116 | Georgia | 16.2 years | 2023 | |
| 117 | Guatemala | 16.2 years | 2023 | |
| 118 | US Virgin Islands | 16.1 years | 2023 | |
| 119 | El Salvador | 16.1 years | 2023 | |
| 120 | Uganda | 16.0 years | 2023 | |
| 121 | North Korea | 16.0 years | 2023 | |
| 122 | Morocco | 16.0 years | 2023 | |
| 123 | West Bank and Gaza | 15.9 years | 2023 | |
| 124 | American Samoa | 15.5 years | 2023 | |
| 125 | India | 15.4 years | 2023 | |
| 126 | Belize | 15.4 years | 2023 | |
| 127 | Tonga | 15.4 years | 2023 | |
| 128 | Libya | 15.4 years | 2023 | |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 15.4 years | 2023 | |
| 130 | Guyana | 15.3 years | 2023 | |
| 131 | Mongolia | 15.2 years | 2023 | |
| 132 | Cambodia | 15.2 years | 2023 | |
| 133 | Seychelles | 15.2 years | 2023 | |
| 134 | Honduras | 15.1 years | 2023 | |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 15.0 years | 2023 | |
| 136 | South Africa | 15.0 years | 2023 | |
| 137 | Bolivia | 14.9 years | 2023 | |
| 138 | Namibia | 14.9 years | 2023 | |
| 139 | Syria | 14.9 years | 2023 | |
| 140 | Botswana | 14.9 years | 2023 | |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.9 years | 2023 | |
| 142 | Bhutan | 14.8 years | 2023 | |
| 143 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.8 years | 2023 | |
| 144 | Eritrea | 14.8 years | 2023 | |
| 145 | Uzbekistan | 14.8 years | 2023 | |
| 146 | Tanzania | 14.7 years | 2023 | |
| 147 | Samoa | 14.7 years | 2023 | |
| 148 | Moldova | 14.7 years | 2023 | |
| 149 | Greenland | 14.6 years | 2023 | |
| 150 | Ethiopia | 14.6 years | 2023 | |
| 151 | Iraq | 14.6 years | 2023 | |
| 152 | Jamaica | 14.5 years | 2023 | |
| 153 | Gabon | 14.5 years | 2023 | |
| 154 | Indonesia | 14.4 years | 2023 | |
| 155 | Sudan | 14.4 years | 2023 | |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 14.4 years | 2023 | |
| 157 | Tajikistan | 14.4 years | 2023 | |
| 158 | Djibouti | 14.3 years | 2023 | |
| 159 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 14.3 years | 2023 | |
| 160 | Eswatini | 14.2 years | 2023 | |
| 161 | Dominica | 14.2 years | 2023 | |
| 162 | Turkmenistan | 14.1 years | 2023 | |
| 163 | Gambia | 14.1 years | 2023 | |
| 164 | Kyrgyzstan | 14.1 years | 2023 | |
| 165 | Malawi | 14.0 years | 2023 | |
| 166 | Philippines | 14.0 years | 2023 | |
| 167 | Kenya | 14.0 years | 2023 | |
| 168 | Ghana | 14.0 years | 2023 | |
| 169 | Yemen | 14.0 years | 2023 | |
| 170 | Madagascar | 13.9 years | 2023 | |
| 171 | Rwanda | 13.9 years | 2023 | |
| 172 | Palau | 13.9 years | 2023 | |
| 173 | Nepal | 13.9 years | 2023 | |
| 174 | Pakistan | 13.8 years | 2023 | |
| 175 | Laos | 13.7 years | 2023 | |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 13.7 years | 2023 | |
| 177 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.7 years | 2023 | |
| 178 | Burundi | 13.6 years | 2023 | |
| 179 | Guinea | 13.6 years | 2023 | |
| 180 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 13.6 years | 2023 | |
| 181 | Tuvalu | 13.6 years | 2023 | |
| 182 | Senegal | 13.5 years | 2023 | |
| 183 | Timor-Leste | 13.5 years | 2023 | |
| 184 | Mauritania | 13.5 years | 2023 | |
| 185 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 13.5 years | 2023 | |
| 186 | Angola | 13.4 years | 2023 | |
| 187 | Kiribati | 13.4 years | 2023 | |
| 188 | Micronesia | 13.4 years | 2023 | |
| 189 | Benin | 13.4 years | 2023 | |
| 190 | Myanmar | 13.4 years | 2023 | |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 13.3 years | 2023 | |
| 192 | Egypt | 13.3 years | 2023 | |
| 193 | Zimbabwe | 13.2 years | 2023 | |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.2 years | 2023 | |
| 195 | Republic of the Congo | 13.2 years | 2023 | |
| 196 | Côte d'Ivoire | 13.1 years | 2023 | |
| 197 | Haiti | 13.1 years | 2023 | |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 13.1 years | 2023 | |
| 199 | Comoros | 13.1 years | 2023 | |
| 200 | Cameroon | 13.1 years | 2023 | |
| 201 | South Sudan | 13.0 years | 2023 | |
| 202 | Niger | 12.9 years | 2023 | |
| 203 | Lesotho | 12.9 years | 2023 | |
| 204 | Central African Republic | 12.9 years | 2023 | |
| 205 | Zambia | 12.8 years | 2023 | |
| 206 | Papua New Guinea | 12.8 years | 2023 | |
| 207 | Mozambique | 12.6 years | 2023 | |
| 208 | Sierra Leone | 12.6 years | 2023 | |
| 209 | Burkina Faso | 12.4 years | 2023 | |
| 210 | Liberia | 12.4 years | 2023 | |
| 211 | Mali | 12.3 years | 2023 | |
| 212 | Naoero | 12.3 years | 2023 | |
| 213 | Togo | 12.3 years | 2023 | |
| 214 | Chad | 12.3 years | 2023 | |
| 215 | Nigeria | 12.1 years | 2023 | |
| 216 | Fiji | 12.1 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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