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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.

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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
151 Guyana 70.32 years
152 Greenland 70.27 years
153 Turkmenistan 70.20 years
154 Philippines 69.95 years
155 Sao Tome and Principe 69.91 years
156 Yemen, Rep. 69.44 years
157 Palau 69.38 years
158 Botswana 69.29 years
159 Lao PDR 69.23 years
160 West Bank and Gaza 69.21 years
161 Senegal 68.92 years
162 Eritrea 68.89 years
163 Bolivia 68.74 years
164 Mauritania 68.71 years
165 Gabon 68.51 years
166 Uganda 68.49 years
167 Rwanda 68.02 years
168 Timor-Leste 67.90 years
169 Pakistan 67.80 years
170 Ethiopia 67.60 years
171 Malawi 67.56 years
172 Namibia 67.52 years
173 Fiji 67.46 years
174 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 67.36 years
175 Tuvalu 67.26 years
176 Tanzania 67.21 years
177 Myanmar 67.10 years
178 Marshall Islands 67.08 years
179 Comoros 67.02 years
180 Kiribati 66.60 years
181 Zambia 66.53 years
182 Sudan 66.52 years
183 South Africa 66.31 years
184 Afghanistan 66.29 years
185 Papua New Guinea 66.26 years
186 Djibouti 66.20 years
187 Gambia, The 66.06 years
188 Congo, Rep. 66.00 years
189 Ghana 65.70 years
190 Haiti 65.12 years
191 Angola 64.81 years
192 Eswatini 64.26 years
193 Guinea-Bissau 64.25 years
194 Cameroon 63.97 years
195 Equatorial Guinea 63.91 years
196 Madagascar 63.84 years
197 Kenya 63.83 years
198 Burundi 63.82 years
199 Mozambique 63.80 years
200 Zimbabwe 63.06 years
Some World Bank indicators are published with a lag. The site always shows the latest actually available year for each country and indicator.