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Countries by Life expectancy at birth (2024)

Life expectancy at birth in 2024: highest in Monaco (86.5 years), lowest in Nigeria (54.64 years), median 74.71 years across the 217 countries in this dataset, according to World Bank.

Browse Life expectancy at birth (measured in years) across 261 countries and regions. Select a country to view an interactive chart with historical data, cross-country comparison, and trend analysis. All data sourced from World Bank.

Unit: years261 countries and regionsSource: World Bank
Data updated:Last checked:Frequency:AnnualCoverage:1960–2024

Highest Life expectancy at birth, 2024

  1. 1.Monaco86.5 years
  2. 2.San Marino85.82 years
  3. 3.Hong Kong85.39 years
  4. 4.Kuwait84.58 years
  5. 5.Switzerland84.41 years
  6. 6.Liechtenstein84.2 years
  7. 7.French Polynesia84.19 years
  8. 8.Andorra84.19 years
  9. 9.Sweden84.06 years
  10. 10.Japan84.04 years

Lowest Life expectancy at birth, 2024

  1. 208.Burkina Faso61.29 years
  2. 209.Benin60.96 years
  3. 210.Guinea60.9 years
  4. 211.Mali60.68 years
  5. 212.Somalia58.97 years
  6. 213.Lesotho57.8 years
  7. 214.South Sudan57.74 years
  8. 215.Central African Republic57.67 years
  9. 216.Chad55.24 years
  10. 217.Nigeria54.64 years

All 217 ranked countries, 2024— select a country to view interactive chart

Click any country to open an interactive chart with historical Life expectancy at birth trends. You can compare multiple countries, switch time ranges, and download chart images for reports and presentations.

MonacoRank 1 of 217San MarinoRank 2 of 217Hong KongRank 3 of 217KuwaitRank 4 of 217SwitzerlandRank 5 of 217LiechtensteinRank 6 of 217French PolynesiaRank 7 of 217AndorraRank 8 of 217SwedenRank 9 of 217JapanRank 10 of 217ItalyRank 11 of 217SpainRank 12 of 217GibraltarRank 13 of 217South KoreaRank 14 of 217SingaporeRank 15 of 217MacaoRank 16 of 217IsraelRank 17 of 217LuxembourgRank 18 of 217NorwayRank 19 of 217Faroe IslandsRank 20 of 217United Arab EmiratesRank 21 of 217AustraliaRank 22 of 217IrelandRank 23 of 217FranceRank 24 of 217MaltaRank 25 of 217IcelandRank 26 of 217QatarRank 27 of 217BermudaRank 28 of 217PortugalRank 29 of 217FinlandRank 30 of 217BelgiumRank 31 of 217SloveniaRank 32 of 217DenmarkRank 33 of 217CanadaRank 34 of 217New ZealandRank 35 of 217AustriaRank 36 of 217NetherlandsRank 37 of 217Puerto RicoRank 38 of 217GreeceRank 39 of 217CyprusRank 40 of 217BahrainRank 41 of 217United KingdomRank 42 of 217ChileRank 43 of 217MaldivesRank 44 of 217Channel IslandsRank 45 of 217Isle of ManRank 46 of 217Costa RicaRank 47 of 217GermanyRank 48 of 217US Virgin IslandsRank 49 of 217Cayman IslandsRank 50 of 217Saint MartinRank 51 of 217OmanRank 52 of 217Czech RepublicRank 53 of 217AlbaniaRank 54 of 217PanamaRank 55 of 217EstoniaRank 56 of 217Saudi ArabiaRank 57 of 217Northern Mariana IslandsRank 58 of 217CroatiaRank 59 of 217New CaledoniaRank 60 of 217United StatesRank 61 of 217PolandRank 62 of 217SlovakiaRank 63 of 217ArmeniaRank 64 of 217UruguayRank 65 of 217CubaRank 66 of 217KosovoRank 67 of 217Turks and Caicos IslandsRank 68 of 217Bosnia and HerzegovinaRank 69 of 217ChinaRank 70 of 217JordanRank 71 of 217LebanonRank 72 of 217PeruRank 73 of 217ColombiaRank 74 of 217MontenegroRank 75 of 217IranRank 76 of 217Antigua and BarbudaRank 77 of 217Sri LankaRank 78 of 217EcuadorRank 79 of 217ArgentinaRank 80 of 217British Virgin IslandsRank 81 of 217GuamRank 82 of 217TurkeyRank 83 of 217LithuaniaRank 84 of 217CuracaoRank 85 of 217MalaysiaRank 86 of 217HungaryRank 87 of 217TunisiaRank 88 of 217North MacedoniaRank 89 of 217ThailandRank 90 of 217Sint MaartenRank 91 of 217ArubaRank 92 of 217AlgeriaRank 93 of 217RomaniaRank 94 of 217LatviaRank 95 of 217BarbadosRank 96 of 217SeychellesRank 97 of 217Cabo VerdeRank 98 of 217BrazilRank 99 of 217SerbiaRank 100 of 217BulgariaRank 101 of 217Brunei DarussalamRank 102 of 217MoroccoRank 103 of 217GrenadaRank 104 of 217MexicoRank 105 of 217NicaraguaRank 106 of 217BangladeshRank 107 of 217VietnamRank 108 of 217The BahamasRank 109 of 217UkraineRank 110 of 217GeorgiaRank 111 of 217AzerbaijanRank 112 of 217KazakhstanRank 113 of 217BelarusRank 114 of 217ParaguayRank 115 of 217Dominican RepublicRank 116 of 217MauritiusRank 117 of 217SurinameRank 118 of 217North KoreaRank 119 of 217BelizeRank 120 of 217Trinidad and TobagoRank 121 of 217RussiaRank 122 of 217BhutanRank 123 of 217TongaRank 124 of 217HondurasRank 125 of 217American SamoaRank 126 of 217St. LuciaRank 127 of 217GuatemalaRank 128 of 217VenezuelaRank 129 of 217Syrian Arab RepublicRank 130 of 217UzbekistanRank 131 of 217IraqRank 132 of 217Kyrgyz RepublicRank 133 of 217MongoliaRank 134 of 217El SalvadorRank 135 of 217St. Kitts and NevisRank 136 of 217IndiaRank 137 of 217TajikistanRank 138 of 217SamoaRank 139 of 217EgyptRank 140 of 217VanuatuRank 141 of 217JamaicaRank 142 of 217St. Vincent and the GrenadinesRank 143 of 217MoldovaRank 144 of 217DominicaRank 145 of 217IndonesiaRank 146 of 217LibyaRank 147 of 217CambodiaRank 148 of 217Solomon IslandsRank 149 of 217NepalRank 150 of 217GuyanaRank 151 of 217GreenlandRank 152 of 217TurkmenistanRank 153 of 217PhilippinesRank 154 of 217Sao Tome and PrincipeRank 155 of 217YemenRank 156 of 217PalauRank 157 of 217BotswanaRank 158 of 217Lao PDRRank 159 of 217West Bank and GazaRank 160 of 217SenegalRank 161 of 217EritreaRank 162 of 217BoliviaRank 163 of 217MauritaniaRank 164 of 217GabonRank 165 of 217UgandaRank 166 of 217RwandaRank 167 of 217Timor-LesteRank 168 of 217PakistanRank 169 of 217EthiopiaRank 170 of 217MalawiRank 171 of 217NamibiaRank 172 of 217FijiRank 173 of 217MicronesiaRank 174 of 217TuvaluRank 175 of 217TanzaniaRank 176 of 217MyanmarRank 177 of 217Marshall IslandsRank 178 of 217ComorosRank 179 of 217KiribatiRank 180 of 217ZambiaRank 181 of 217SudanRank 182 of 217South AfricaRank 183 of 217AfghanistanRank 184 of 217Papua New GuineaRank 185 of 217DjiboutiRank 186 of 217The GambiaRank 187 of 217Republic of the CongoRank 188 of 217GhanaRank 189 of 217HaitiRank 190 of 217AngolaRank 191 of 217EswatiniRank 192 of 217Guinea-BissauRank 193 of 217CameroonRank 194 of 217Equatorial GuineaRank 195 of 217MadagascarRank 196 of 217KenyaRank 197 of 217BurundiRank 198 of 217MozambiqueRank 199 of 217ZimbabweRank 200 of 217TogoRank 201 of 217LiberiaRank 202 of 217NauruRank 203 of 217Cote d'IvoireRank 204 of 217DR CongoRank 205 of 217Sierra LeoneRank 206 of 217NigerRank 207 of 217Burkina FasoRank 208 of 217BeninRank 209 of 217GuineaRank 210 of 217MaliRank 211 of 217SomaliaRank 212 of 217LesothoRank 213 of 217South SudanRank 214 of 217Central African RepublicRank 215 of 217ChadRank 216 of 217NigeriaRank 217 of 217

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Life expectancy at birth Data Coverage

This page lists 261 countries with available Life expectancy at birth data. Data sourced from World Bank. Visit each country's page for interactive charts.