Life expectancy at birth, by gender. Data by Countries from 1950 to 2025

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Source: World Population Prospects UN
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| Definition
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Average: 71.77 years
Countries: 237
Primary data
Change
from to
Days
Difference with the mean value without gender
Monaco
San Marino
Hong Kong SAR
Australia
Andorra
UAE
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Norway
French Polynesia
Italy
Qatar
Japan
Iceland
Saint Barthelemy
Sweden
Malta
Singapore
South Korea
Guernsey
Spain
Vatican City
Gibraltar
Macau
Bahrain
Israel
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Reunion
Ireland
New Zealand
France
Canada
Denmark
Belgium
Maldives
Austria
Cyprus
Portugal
United Kingdom
Greece
Martinique
Chile
Kuwait
Finland
Germany
Bermuda
Slovenia
Isle of Man
Oman
Guadeloupe
Costa Rica
Faroe Islands
Puerto Rico
Cayman Islands
Albania
Jersey
Taiwan Province of China
Wallis and Futuna
Falkland Islands
Saudi Arabia
Northern Mariana Islands
Czech Republic
St. Martin (French part)
United States
Panama
New Caledonia
Anguilla
Iran
Kosovo
Turks & Caicos Islands
Jordan
Cuba
Lebanese Republic
Peru
Croatia
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Republic of Macedonia
China
Colombia
Slovak Republic
Algeria
Poland
Tokelau
Estonia
Argentina
Ecuador
Antigua and Barbuda
British Virgin Islands
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Turkey
Malaysia
Uruguay
Sri Lanka
Mayotte
Montserrat
French Guiana
Tunisia
Saint Helena
Hungary
Montenegro
Aruba
Barbados
Sint Maarten
Guam
Serbia
Brunei Darussalam
Bangladesh
Morocco
Brazil
Cape Verde Islands
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Curacao
Romania
Grenada
Nicaragua
Mexico
Bulgaria
Thailand
Mauritius
Cook Islands
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Bhutan
North Korea
Lithuania
Bahamas
Belize
Paraguay
Virgin Islands (US)
Dominican Republic
India
Suriname
Honduras
Iraq
Trinidad & Tobago
Guatemala
American Samoa
Kazakhstan
Syrian Arab Republic
Vietnam
Seychelles
Samoa
Western Sahara
Ukraine
Belarus
Georgia
Egypt
Tajikistan
Vanuatu
Libya
Uzbekistan
Saint Lucia
Tonga
Solomon Islands
Indonesia
Nepal
Jamaica
Venezuela
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Dominica
Kyrgyz Republic
Greenland
Cambodia
El Salvador
Mongolia
Niue
Russian Federation
Yemen
Palau Islands
Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.
Senegal
Turkmenistan
Philippines
Botswana
Eritrea
Mauritania
Moldova
Guyana
San Tome
Bolivia
Timor Leste
Gabon
Rwanda
Pakistan
Uganda
Fiji
Palestina
Comoro Islands
Marshall Isds
Afghanistan
Kiribati
Tanzania
Ethiopia PDR
Gambia
Congo
Malawi
Zambia
Myanmar
Tuvalu
Papua New Guinea
Djibouti
Micronesia
Namibia
Sudan
Ghana
South Africa
Togo
Angola
Equatorial Guinea
Madagascar
Haiti
Burundi
Guinea Bissau
Cameroon
Kenya
Eswatini
Liberia
Zimbabwe
Mozambique
Niger
Nauru
Cote d’Ivoire
Sierra Leone
Congo DR
Guinea
Benin
Mali
Burkina Faso
Somalia
Central African Rep.
Lesotho
South Sudan
Nigeria
Chad
Country
Flag
years
Rank
Monaco
Flag Monaco
84.60
1
San Marino
Flag San Marino
84.30
2
Hong Kong SAR
Flag Hong Kong SAR
83
3
Australia
Flag Australia
82.30
4
Andorra
Flag Andorra
82.30
4
UAE
Flag UAE
82.20
5
Switzerland
Flag Switzerland
82.20
5
Liechtenstein
Flag Liechtenstein
82
6
Norway
Flag Norway
81.90
7
French Polynesia
Flag French Polynesia
81.90
7
Italy
Flag Italy
81.80
8
Qatar
Flag Qatar
81.80
8
Japan
Flag Japan
81.80
8
Iceland
Flag Iceland
81.60
9
Saint Barthelemy
Flag Saint Barthelemy
81.60
9
Sweden
Flag Sweden
81.60
9
Malta
Flag Malta
81.50
10
Singapore
Flag Singapore
81.40
11
South Korea
Flag South Korea
81.30
12
Guernsey
Flag Guernsey
81.20
13
Spain
Flag Spain
81.10
14
Vatican City
Flag Vatican City
81
15
Gibraltar
Flag Gibraltar
81
15
Macau
Flag Macau
81
15
Bahrain
Flag Bahrain
80.90
16
Israel
Flag Israel
80.70
17
Luxembourg
Flag Luxembourg
80.70
17
Netherlands
Flag Netherlands
80.70
17
Reunion
Flag Reunion
80.70
17
Ireland
Flag Ireland
80.60
18
New Zealand
Flag New Zealand
80.60
18
France
Flag France
80.60
18
Canada
Flag Canada
80.50
19
Denmark
Flag Denmark
80.20
20
Belgium
Flag Belgium
80.10
21
Maldives
Flag Maldives
79.90
22
Austria
Flag Austria
79.80
23
Cyprus
Flag Cyprus
79.80
23
Portugal
Flag Portugal
79.70
24
United Kingdom
Flag United Kingdom
79.50
25
Greece
Flag Greece
79.50
25
Martinique
Flag Martinique
79.50
25
Chile
Flag Chile
79.50
25
Kuwait
Flag Kuwait
79.40
26
Finland
Flag Finland
79.40
26
Germany
Flag Germany
79.20
27
Bermuda
Flag Bermuda
79.10
28
Slovenia
Flag Slovenia
79.10
28
Isle of Man
Flag Isle of Man
79
29
Oman
Flag Oman
78.70
30
Guadeloupe
Flag Guadeloupe
78.40
31
Costa Rica
Flag Costa Rica
78.40
31
Faroe Islands
Flag Faroe Islands
78.40
31
Puerto Rico
Flag Puerto Rico
78.30
32
Cayman Islands
Flag Cayman Islands
78.20
33
Albania
Flag Albania
77.90
34
Jersey
Flag Jersey
77.90
34
Taiwan Province of China
Flag Taiwan Province of China
77.90
34
Wallis and Futuna
Flag Wallis and Futuna
77.80
35
Falkland Islands
Flag Falkland Islands
77.40
36
Saudi Arabia
Flag Saudi Arabia
77.30
37
Northern Mariana Islands
Flag Northern Mariana Islands
77.30
37
Czech Republic
Flag Czech Republic
77.20
38
St. Martin (French part)
Flag St. Martin (French part)
77
39
United States
Flag United States
77
39
Panama
Flag Panama
76.90
40
New Caledonia
Flag New Caledonia
76.50
41
Anguilla
Flag Anguilla
76.20
42
Iran
Flag Iran
76
43
Kosovo
Flag Kosovo
76
43
Turks & Caicos Islands
Flag Turks & Caicos Islands
76
43
Jordan
Flag Jordan
75.90
44
Cuba
Flag Cuba
75.90
44
Lebanese Republic
Flag Lebanese Republic
75.90
44
Peru
Flag Peru
75.60
45
Croatia
Flag Croatia
75.60
45
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Flag Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
75.40
46
Republic of Macedonia
Flag Republic of Macedonia
75.30
47
China
Flag China
75.20
48
Colombia
Flag Colombia
75.20
48
Slovak Republic
Flag Slovak Republic
75.20
48
Algeria
Flag Algeria
75.10
49
Poland
Flag Poland
75.10
49
Tokelau
Flag Tokelau
75.10
49
Estonia
Flag Estonia
75.10
49
Argentina
Flag Argentina
75
50
Ecuador
Flag Ecuador
74.90
51
Antigua and Barbuda
Flag Antigua and Barbuda
74.70
52
British Virgin Islands
Flag British Virgin Islands
74.70
52
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Flag Bosnia-Herzegovina
74.60
53
Turkey
Flag Turkey
74.60
53
Malaysia
Flag Malaysia
74.40
54
Uruguay
Flag Uruguay
74.40
54
Sri Lanka
Flag Sri Lanka
74.40
54
Mayotte
Flag Mayotte
74.30
55
Montserrat
Flag Montserrat
74.30
55
French Guiana
Flag French Guiana
74.30
55
Tunisia
Flag Tunisia
74.10
56
Saint Helena
Flag Saint Helena
74
57
Hungary
Flag Hungary
73.90
58
Montenegro
Flag Montenegro
73.90
58
Aruba
Flag Aruba
73.80
59
Barbados
Flag Barbados
73.80
59
Sint Maarten
Flag Sint Maarten
73.80
59
Guam
Flag Guam
73.70
60
Serbia
Flag Serbia
73.70
60
Brunei Darussalam
Flag Brunei Darussalam
73.50
61
Bangladesh
Flag Bangladesh
73.30
62
Morocco
Flag Morocco
73.30
62
Brazil
Flag Brazil
73
63
Cape Verde Islands
Flag Cape Verde Islands
73
63
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Flag Saint Pierre and Miquelon
73
63
Curacao
Flag Curacao
72.70
64
Romania
Flag Romania
72.60
65
Grenada
Flag Grenada
72.50
66
Nicaragua
Flag Nicaragua
72.50
66
Mexico
Flag Mexico
72.40
67
Bulgaria
Flag Bulgaria
72.30
68
Thailand
Flag Thailand
72.30
68
Mauritius
Flag Mauritius
72.10
69
Cook Islands
Flag Cook Islands
72.10
69
Latvia
Flag Latvia
71.80
70
Azerbaijan
Flag Azerbaijan
71.70
71
Armenia
Flag Armenia
71.60
72
Bhutan
Flag Bhutan
71.60
72
North Korea
Flag North Korea
71.60
72
Lithuania
Flag Lithuania
71.40
73
Bahamas
Flag Bahamas
71.10
74
Belize
Flag Belize
71.10
74
Paraguay
Flag Paraguay
71
75
Virgin Islands (US)
Flag Virgin Islands (US)
70.70
76
Dominican Republic
Flag Dominican Republic
70.70
76
India
Flag India
70.70
76
Suriname
Flag Suriname
70.60
77
Honduras
Flag Honduras
70.50
78
Iraq
Flag Iraq
70.50
78
Trinidad & Tobago
Flag Trinidad & Tobago
70.50
78
Guatemala
Flag Guatemala
70.40
79
American Samoa
Flag American Samoa
70.30
80
Kazakhstan
Flag Kazakhstan
70.30
80
Syrian Arab Republic
Flag Syrian Arab Republic
70.20
81
Vietnam
Flag Vietnam
70.10
82
Seychelles
Flag Seychelles
70.10
82
Samoa
Flag Samoa
70
83
Western Sahara
Flag Western Sahara
69.90
84
Ukraine
Flag Ukraine
69.80
85
Belarus
Flag Belarus
69.70
86
Georgia
Flag Georgia
69.70
86
Egypt
Flag Egypt
69.70
86
Tajikistan
Flag Tajikistan
69.70
86
Vanuatu
Flag Vanuatu
69.60
87
Libya
Flag Libya
69.60
87
Uzbekistan
Flag Uzbekistan
69.60
87
Saint Lucia
Flag Saint Lucia
69.50
88
Tonga
Flag Tonga
69.50
88
Solomon Islands
Flag Solomon Islands
69.40
89
Indonesia
Flag Indonesia
69.20
90
Nepal
Flag Nepal
69.10
91
Jamaica
Flag Jamaica
69.10
91
Venezuela
Flag Venezuela
68.90
92
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Flag St. Vincent and the Grenadines
68.80
93
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Flag Saint Kitts and Nevis
68.70
94
Dominica
Flag Dominica
68.40
95
Kyrgyz Republic
Flag Kyrgyz Republic
68.30
96
Greenland
Flag Greenland
68.20
97
Cambodia
Flag Cambodia
68.10
98
El Salvador
Flag El Salvador
67.80
99
Mongolia
Flag Mongolia
67.50
100
Niue
Flag Niue
67.50
100
Russian Federation
Flag Russian Federation
67.50
100
Yemen
Flag Yemen
67.40
101
Palau Islands
Flag Palau Islands
67.30
102
Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.
Flag Lao Peoples Dem. Rep.
67
103
Senegal
Flag Senegal
67
103
Turkmenistan
Flag Turkmenistan
67
103
Philippines
Flag Philippines
67
103
Botswana
Flag Botswana
66.80
104
Eritrea
Flag Eritrea
66.80
104
Mauritania
Flag Mauritania
66.70
105
Moldova
Flag Moldova
66.70
105
Guyana
Flag Guyana
66.60
106
San Tome
Flag San Tome
66.40
107
Bolivia
Flag Bolivia
66.30
108
Timor Leste
Flag Timor Leste
66.30
108
Gabon
Flag Gabon
66.10
109
Rwanda
Flag Rwanda
65.70
110
Pakistan
Flag Pakistan
65.50
111
Uganda
Flag Uganda
65.50
111
Fiji
Flag Fiji
65.50
111
Palestina
Flag Palestina
65.20
112
Comoro Islands
Flag Comoro Islands
65
113
Marshall Isds
Flag Marshall Isds
65
113
Afghanistan
Flag Afghanistan
64.70
114
Kiribati
Flag Kiribati
64.70
114
Tanzania
Flag Tanzania
64.40
115
Ethiopia PDR
Flag Ethiopia PDR
64.40
115
Gambia
Flag Gambia
64.30
116
Congo
Flag Congo
64.30
116
Malawi
Flag Malawi
64.30
116
Zambia
Flag Zambia
64.10
117
Myanmar
Flag Myanmar
64
118
Tuvalu
Flag Tuvalu
63.90
119
Papua New Guinea
Flag Papua New Guinea
63.80
120
Djibouti
Flag Djibouti
63.70
121
Micronesia
Flag Micronesia
63.60
122
Namibia
Flag Namibia
63.50
123
Sudan
Flag Sudan
63.40
124
Ghana
Flag Ghana
63.30
125
South Africa
Flag South Africa
62.80
126
Togo
Flag Togo
62.70
127
Angola
Flag Angola
62.30
128
Equatorial Guinea
Flag Equatorial Guinea
62.20
129
Madagascar
Flag Madagascar
62.10
130
Haiti
Flag Haiti
61.90
131
Burundi
Flag Burundi
61.80
132
Guinea Bissau
Flag Guinea Bissau
61.80
132
Cameroon
Flag Cameroon
61.80
132
Kenya
Flag Kenya
61.60
133
Eswatini
Flag Eswatini
61.30
134
Liberia
Flag Liberia
61
135
Zimbabwe
Flag Zimbabwe
60.50
136
Mozambique
Flag Mozambique
60.50
136
Niger
Flag Niger
60.50
136
Nauru
Flag Nauru
60.40
137
Cote d’Ivoire
Flag Cote d’Ivoire
60.20
138
Sierra Leone
Flag Sierra Leone
60.20
138
Congo DR
Flag Congo DR
60
139
Guinea
Flag Guinea
59.70
140
Benin
Flag Benin
59.50
141
Mali
Flag Mali
59.30
142
Burkina Faso
Flag Burkina Faso
59.10
143
Somalia
Flag Somalia
56.50
144
Central African Rep.
Flag Central African Rep.
55.50
145
Lesotho
Flag Lesotho
55
146
South Sudan
Flag South Sudan
54.80
147
Nigeria
Flag Nigeria
54.30
148
Chad
Flag Chad
53.40
149
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Definition and methodology
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.