Life Expectancy of the World Population

Life expectancy at birth. Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates.
See also: Population

Both Sexes

73.8

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)

Females

76.4

(life expectancy at birth, females)

Males

71.2

(life expectancy at birth, males)

Countries ranked by life expectancy (2026)

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Rank	Country	Life Expectancy (both sexes)	Females Life Expectancy	Males Life Expectancy
1	Monaco	86.7	88.8	84.8
2	San Marino	86.0	87.4	84.5
3	Hong Kong	85.9	88.5	83.2
4	Japan	85.1	88.2	82.1
5	South Korea	84.6	87.5	81.6
6	Saint-Barthélemy	84.6	87.1	81.8
7	Andorra	84.5	86.5	82.6
8	French Polynesia	84.4	86.9	82.2
9	Switzerland	84.4	86.2	82.5
10	Australia	84.3	86.1	82.6
11	Italy	84.2	86.1	82.1
12	Singapore	84.1	86.6	81.7
13	Spain	84.1	86.7	81.4
14	Liechtenstein	84.1	85.6	82.4
15	Réunion	83.9	86.7	80.9
16	Gibraltar	83.9	86.4	81.3
17	Malta	83.8	85.6	81.9
18	Norway	83.8	85.2	82.3
19	Sweden	83.7	85.5	82.0
20	France	83.7	86.4	80.9
21	Guernsey	83.7	85.9	81.5
22	Macao	83.6	85.6	81.5
23	Holy See (Vatican City)	83.4	85.4	81.3
24	United Arab Emirates	83.4	84.6	82.6
25	Iceland	83.3	84.7	82.0
26	Canada	83.1	85.2	80.9
27	Martinique	83.0	86.0	79.8
28	Ireland	82.9	84.9	81.0
29	Israel	82.9	84.9	80.8
30	Portugal	82.9	85.5	80.1
31	Qatar	82.8	83.7	82.1
32	Bermuda	82.8	86.1	79.4
33	Luxembourg	82.6	84.2	81.1
34	Netherlands	82.6	84.1	81.1
35	Belgium	82.6	84.7	80.5
36	Guadeloupe	82.6	85.9	78.7
37	New Zealand	82.5	84.1	80.9
38	Austria	82.5	84.7	80.2
39	Finland	82.4	85.0	79.8
40	Greece	82.4	84.7	79.9
41	Denmark	82.4	84.2	80.6
42	Puerto Rico	82.3	85.6	78.7
43	Cyprus	82.2	84.1	80.2
44	Slovenia	82.1	84.7	79.5
45	Germany	81.9	84.1	79.6
46	United Kingdom	81.7	83.6	79.9
47	Bahrain	81.7	82.4	81.2
48	Maldives	81.7	83.3	80.4
49	Chile	81.7	83.5	79.9
50	Isle of Man	81.4	83.4	79.4
51	Costa Rica	81.4	83.9	78.8
52	Taiwan	81.1	84.0	78.3
53	Kuwait	81.0	82.3	79.8
54	Cayman Islands	80.9	83.3	78.6
55	Saint Martin (French part)	80.8	84.2	77.4
56	Faroe Islands	80.8	83.0	78.9
57	Oman	80.7	82.4	79.2
58	Czech Republic (Czechia)	80.3	83.0	77.5
59	Panama	80.1	83.0	77.3
60	Jersey	80.1	82.1	78.2
61	Albania	80.1	81.9	78.3
62	Anguilla	79.9	83.1	76.7
63	Falkland Islands	79.8	81.7	77.8
64	United States	79.8	82.2	77.4
65	Estonia	79.6	83.4	75.6
66	Saudi Arabia	79.4	81.7	77.8
67	New Caledonia	79.2	81.7	76.8
68	Northern Mariana Islands	79.2	81.1	77.6
69	Poland	79.2	82.7	75.5
70	Croatia	79.1	82.1	76.0
71	Wallis and Futuna	79.0	80.0	78.1
72	China	79.0	81.8	76.4
73	Slovakia	78.8	82.0	75.6
74	Cuba	78.6	81.0	76.3
75	Uruguay	78.6	82.3	74.8
76	Kosovo	78.6	80.6	76.4
77	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.5	80.7	76.4
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.4	81.4	75.1
79	Turkey (Türkiye)	78.4	81.3	75.5
80	Jordan	78.3	80.6	76.2
81	Peru	78.3	80.6	76.0
82	Colombia	78.3	80.9	75.6
83	Iran	78.2	80.2	76.4
84	Lebanon	78.2	80.1	76.2
85	Antigua and Barbuda	78.1	80.7	75.1
86	Sri Lanka	78.0	81.0	74.9
87	Caribbean Netherlands	78.0	80.6	75.8
88	Ecuador	77.9	80.6	75.3
89	Argentina	77.8	80.3	75.3
90	North Macedonia	77.8	80.0	75.6
91	Guam	77.8	81.9	74.1
92	British Virgin Islands	77.8	80.5	75.0
93	Montenegro	77.6	80.7	74.3
94	French Guiana	77.5	80.4	74.7
95	Hungary	77.5	80.6	74.3
96	State of Palestine	77.4	79.8	75.0
97	Tokelau	77.4	79.3	75.3
98	Curaçao	77.3	81.2	73.1
99	Serbia	77.3	80.5	74.1
100	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	77.3	81.0	74.4
101	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77.3	81.9	73.3
102	Malaysia	77.2	79.8	74.8
103	Tunisia	77.1	79.7	74.6
104	Thailand	77.1	81.4	72.9
105	Algeria	76.9	78.3	75.5
106	Sint Maarten	76.9	79.9	74.2
107	Aruba	76.8	79.2	74.1
108	Montserrat	76.7	79.2	74.6
109	Barbados	76.6	79.0	74.1
110	Latvia	76.6	80.9	72.1
111	Mayotte	76.6	78.9	74.6
112	Cabo Verde	76.6	79.7	73.4
113	Lithuania	76.5	81.1	71.8
114	Romania	76.4	79.9	72.9
115	Brazil	76.4	79.5	73.3
116	Armenia	76.2	79.9	72.0
117	U.S. Virgin Islands	76.2	81.7	71.2
118	Bulgaria	76.1	79.7	72.7
119	Morocco	75.9	78.1	73.7
120	Cook Islands	75.8	79.5	72.4
121	Brunei	75.8	78.1	73.8
122	Grenada	75.7	78.8	72.8
123	Mexico	75.6	78.4	72.8
124	Bangladesh	75.5	77.2	73.8
125	Mauritius	75.4	78.6	72.5
126	Nicaragua	75.4	77.9	72.8
127	Libya	75.2	77.8	72.7
128	Vietnam	75.0	79.6	70.4
129	Ukraine	75.0	79.7	70.2
130	Bahamas	75.0	78.6	71.4
131	Georgia	75.0	79.5	70.1
132	Belarus	75.0	79.5	70.1
133	Azerbaijan	74.9	77.6	72.0
134	Kazakhstan	74.8	78.8	70.6
135	Paraguay	74.2	77.4	71.3
136	Dominican Republic	74.1	77.4	70.9
137	Belize	74.1	77.0	71.4
138	Suriname	74.0	77.3	70.9
139	North Korea	74.0	76.2	71.8
140	Trinidad and Tobago	73.9	77.1	70.8
141	Bhutan	73.8	75.8	72.1
142	Russia	73.7	79.5	67.9
143	Syria	73.4	75.9	71.0
144	Tonga	73.4	76.8	69.8
145	Honduras	73.4	76.0	70.8
146	Seychelles	73.3	77.0	70.4
147	American Samoa	73.3	76.3	70.5
148	Saint Lucia	73.2	76.7	69.7
149	Guatemala	73.0	75.4	70.7
150	Venezuela	73.0	77.0	69.2
151	Uzbekistan	72.8	75.8	69.8
152	El Salvador	72.7	76.9	68.2
153	India	72.7	74.4	71.2
154	Iraq	72.6	74.4	70.7
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.6	76.4	69.0
156	Mongolia	72.5	77.1	68.0
157	Tajikistan	72.2	74.5	69.9
158	Egypt	72.2	74.4	70.0
159	Kyrgyzstan	72.1	75.7	68.6
160	Samoa	72.1	74.1	70.2
161	Vanuatu	72.0	74.5	69.9
162	Western Sahara	72.0	74.2	70.2
163	Jamaica	71.9	74.4	69.3
164	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.7	74.8	69.0
165	Dominica	71.6	75.1	68.6
166	Moldova	71.6	75.9	67.0
167	Indonesia	71.6	73.8	69.4
168	Nepal	71.2	72.7	69.6
169	Cambodia	71.1	73.7	68.4
170	Solomon Islands	71.0	72.5	69.6
171	Guyana	70.6	74.4	66.8
172	Turkmenistan	70.5	73.3	67.2
173	Greenland	70.4	72.9	68.4
174	Niue	70.4	73.2	67.8
175	São Tomé and Príncipe	70.3	74.3	66.7
176	Philippines	70.2	73.2	67.2
177	Yemen	69.7	71.9	67.6
178	Laos	69.7	72.0	67.5
179	Palau	69.6	72.2	67.4
180	Botswana	69.6	72.2	67.0
181	Eritrea	69.4	71.5	67.2
182	Senegal	69.4	71.5	67.4
183	Mauritania	69.2	71.2	67.1
184	Bolivia	69.1	71.7	66.6
185	Uganda	68.9	71.8	65.9
186	Gabon	68.9	71.6	66.4
187	Rwanda	68.5	70.6	66.1
188	Timor-Leste	68.3	70.1	66.7
189	Ethiopia	68.1	71.6	64.9
190	Pakistan	68.1	70.6	65.7
191	Malawi	67.9	71.1	64.6
192	Namibia	67.8	71.8	63.7
193	Fiji	67.8	69.9	65.7
194	Micronesia	67.7	71.6	63.9
195	Tanzania	67.6	70.4	64.8
196	Tuvalu	67.6	71.2	64.2
197	Myanmar	67.5	70.8	64.4
198	Comoros	67.5	69.7	65.4
199	Marshall Islands	67.3	69.8	65.2
200	Sudan	66.9	70.2	63.8
201	Zambia	66.9	69.3	64.4
202	Kiribati	66.9	68.6	64.9
203	Afghanistan	66.8	68.3	65.2
204	South Africa	66.7	70.2	63.1
205	Djibouti	66.6	69.2	64.1
206	Papua New Guinea	66.5	69.5	64.0
207	Gambia	66.5	68.2	64.7
208	Republic of the Congo	66.4	68.2	64.7
209	Ghana	66.1	68.6	63.7
210	Haiti	65.5	68.8	62.2
211	Angola	65.2	67.7	62.6
212	Guinea-Bissau	64.6	66.9	62.1
213	Eswatini	64.5	67.4	61.6
214	Cameroon	64.5	66.8	62.3
215	Equatorial Guinea	64.3	66.3	62.6
216	Madagascar	64.3	66.1	62.5
217	Kenya	64.2	66.5	62.0
218	Mozambique	64.1	67.1	60.8
219	Burundi	64.1	66.2	62.0
220	Zimbabwe	63.6	65.9	61.0
221	Togo	63.3	63.6	63.0
222	Liberia	62.6	64.0	61.3
223	Nauru	62.6	64.6	60.7
224	Côte d'Ivoire	62.4	64.7	60.5
225	Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.4	64.6	60.2
226	Sierra Leone	62.3	64.1	60.6
227	Niger	61.9	62.9	60.9
228	Burkina Faso	61.6	63.8	59.4
229	Benin	61.3	62.8	59.8
230	Guinea	61.2	62.4	59.9
231	Mali	61.1	62.6	59.7
232	Somalia	59.3	61.9	56.8
233	Lesotho	58.6	61.3	55.8
234	Central African Republic	58.2	60.1	56.0
235	South Sudan	58.0	61.0	55.0
236	Chad	55.6	57.6	53.7
237	Nigeria	55.0	55.3	54.6

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Life Expectancy of the World Population

Countries ranked by life expectancy (2026)