Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

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.

Countries ranked 217
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0.021.643.264.986.5MonacoMonaco: 86.50 years86.5San MarinoSan Marino: 85.82 years85.8Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 85.39 years85.4KuwaitKuwait: 84.58 years84.6SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 84.41 years84.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.20 years84.2French PolynesiaFrench Polynesia: 84.19 years84.2AndorraAndorra: 84.19 years84.2SwedenSweden: 84.06 years84.1JapanJapan: 84.04 years84.0ItalyItaly: 83.95 years84.0SpainSpain: 83.89 years83.9
Rank Country Value
101 Bulgaria 75.76 years
102 Brunei Darussalam 75.50 years
103 Morocco 75.49 years
104 Grenada 75.37 years
105 Mexico 75.26 years
106 Nicaragua 75.10 years
107 Bangladesh 74.93 years
108 Viet Nam 74.74 years
109 Bahamas, The 74.71 years
110 Ukraine 74.69 years
111 Georgia 74.66 years
112 Azerbaijan 74.58 years
113 Kazakhstan 74.53 years
114 Belarus 74.37 years
115 Paraguay 73.98 years
116 Dominican Republic 73.87 years
117 Mauritius 73.79 years
118 Suriname 73.76 years
119 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 73.74 years
120 Belize 73.74 years
121 Trinidad and Tobago 73.62 years
122 Russian Federation 73.44 years
123 Bhutan 73.26 years
124 Tonga 73.07 years
125 Honduras 73.04 years
126 American Samoa 72.99 years
127 St. Lucia 72.85 years
128 Guatemala 72.75 years
129 Venezuela, RB 72.67 years
130 Syrian Arab Republic 72.56 years
131 Uzbekistan 72.53 years
132 Iraq 72.42 years
133 Kyrgyz Republic 72.40 years
134 Mongolia 72.40 years
135 El Salvador 72.30 years
136 St. Kitts and Nevis 72.28 years
137 India 72.24 years
138 Tajikistan 71.93 years
139 Samoa 71.83 years
140 Egypt, Arab Rep. 71.81 years
141 Vanuatu 71.65 years
142 Jamaica 71.61 years
143 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.38 years
144 Moldova 71.33 years
145 Dominica 71.29 years
146 Indonesia 71.29 years
147 Libya 71.12 years
148 Cambodia 70.82 years
149 Solomon Islands 70.69 years
150 Nepal 70.64 years
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