Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Name: Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Creator: World Bank

For 2024, Life expectancy at birth, total (years) is led by Monaco at 86.50 years. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

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.

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Countries ranked 217

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Rank	Country	Value
1	Monaco	86.50 years
2	San Marino	85.82 years
3	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.39 years
4	Kuwait	84.58 years
5	Switzerland	84.41 years
6	Liechtenstein	84.20 years
7	French Polynesia	84.19 years
8	Andorra	84.19 years
9	Sweden	84.06 years
10	Japan	84.04 years
11	Italy	83.95 years
12	Spain	83.89 years
13	Gibraltar	83.63 years
14	Korea, Rep.	83.63 years
15	Singapore	83.35 years
16	Macao SAR, China	83.33 years
17	Israel	83.20 years
18	Luxembourg	83.20 years
19	Norway	83.16 years
20	Faroe Islands	83.08 years
21	United Arab Emirates	83.07 years
22	Australia	83.05 years
23	Ireland	83.01 years
24	France	82.98 years
25	Malta	82.96 years
26	Iceland	82.81 years
27	Qatar	82.52 years
28	Bermuda	82.49 years
29	Portugal	82.38 years
30	Finland	82.34 years
31	Belgium	82.30 years
32	Slovenia	82.29 years
33	Denmark	82.25 years
34	Canada	82.11 years
35	New Zealand	82.01 years
36	Austria	82.00 years
37	Netherlands	81.97 years
38	Puerto Rico (US)	81.90 years
39	Greece	81.84 years
40	Cyprus	81.82 years
41	Bahrain	81.42 years
42	United Kingdom	81.39 years
43	Chile	81.36 years
44	Maldives	81.29 years
45	Channel Islands	81.20 years
46	Isle of Man	81.09 years
47	Costa Rica	81.00 years
48	Germany	80.79 years
49	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	80.77 years
50	Cayman Islands	80.54 years

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