Life expectancy by country

Number 1

Monaco

The highest life expectancy in the world is in Monaco, at 86.5 years. The list ranks 194 countries (World Bank, life expectancy 2024). The United States is number 47.

By Country Tally editors Updated Source: World Bank (life expectancy 2024)

194 countries ranked
47 position of the United States: 78.9 years

194 countries

With a filter, each country keeps its world position.

Life expectancy by country
1 Monaco 86.5 years
2 San Marino 85.8 years
3 Kuwait 84.6 years
4 Switzerland 84.4 years
5 Andorra 84.2 years
6 Liechtenstein 84.2 years
7 Sweden 84.1 years
8 Italy 84.0 years
9 Japan 84.0 years
10 Spain 83.9 years
11 South Korea 83.6 years
12 Singapore 83.3 years
13 Israel 83.2 years
14 Luxembourg 83.2 years
15 Norway 83.2 years
16 United Arab Emirates 83.1 years
17 Australia 83.1 years
18 France 83.0 years
19 Ireland 83.0 years
20 Malta 83.0 years
21 Iceland 82.8 years
22 Qatar 82.5 years
23 Portugal 82.4 years
24 Belgium 82.3 years
25 Denmark 82.3 years
26 Finland 82.3 years
27 Slovenia 82.3 years
28 Canada 82.1 years
29 Austria 82.0 years
30 Netherlands 82.0 years
31 New Zealand 82.0 years
32 Cyprus 81.8 years
33 Greece 81.8 years
34 Bahrain 81.4 years
35 Chile 81.4 years
36 United Kingdom 81.4 years
37 Maldives 81.3 years
38 Costa Rica 81.0 years
39 Germany 80.8 years
40 Oman 80.2 years
41 Czechia 80.0 years
42 Albania 79.8 years
43 Panama 79.8 years
44 Estonia 79.3 years
45 Saudi Arabia 79.0 years
46 Croatia 78.9 years
47 United States 78.9 years
48 Poland 78.4 years
49 Slovakia 78.4 years
50 Armenia 78.3 years
51 Cuba 78.3 years
52 Uruguay 78.3 years
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.0 years
54 China 78.0 years
55 Jordan 78.0 years
56 Colombia 77.9 years
57 Iran 77.9 years
58 Lebanon 77.9 years
59 Montenegro 77.9 years
60 Peru 77.9 years
61 Antigua and Barbuda 77.8 years
62 Sri Lanka 77.7 years
63 Ecuador 77.6 years
64 Argentina 77.5 years
65 Türkiye 77.4 years
66 Lithuania 77.2 years
67 Malaysia 76.8 years
68 Hungary 76.7 years
69 Tunisia 76.7 years
70 North Macedonia 76.6 years
71 Thailand 76.6 years
72 Algeria 76.5 years
73 Romania 76.5 years
74 Latvia 76.4 years
75 Barbados 76.3 years
76 Seychelles 76.3 years
77 Cabo Verde 76.2 years
78 Brazil 76.0 years
79 Serbia 76.0 years
80 Bulgaria 75.8 years
81 Brunei 75.5 years
82 Morocco 75.5 years
83 Grenada 75.4 years
84 Mexico 75.3 years
85 Nicaragua 75.1 years
86 Bangladesh 74.9 years
87 Bahamas 74.7 years
88 Georgia 74.7 years
89 Ukraine 74.7 years
90 Vietnam 74.7 years
91 Azerbaijan 74.6 years
92 Kazakhstan 74.5 years
93 Belarus 74.4 years
94 Paraguay 74.0 years
95 Dominican Republic 73.9 years
96 Mauritius 73.8 years
97 Suriname 73.8 years
98 Belize 73.7 years
99 North Korea 73.7 years
100 Trinidad and Tobago 73.6 years
101 Russia 73.4 years
102 Bhutan 73.3 years
103 Tonga 73.1 years
104 Honduras 73.0 years
105 Saint Lucia 72.8 years
106 Guatemala 72.7 years
107 Venezuela 72.7 years
108 Syria 72.6 years
109 Uzbekistan 72.5 years
110 Iraq 72.4 years
111 Kyrgyzstan 72.4 years
112 Mongolia 72.4 years
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.3 years
114 El Salvador 72.3 years
115 India 72.2 years
116 Tajikistan 71.9 years
117 Egypt 71.8 years
118 Samoa 71.8 years
119 Vanuatu 71.7 years
120 Jamaica 71.6 years
121 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.4 years
122 Dominica 71.3 years
123 Indonesia 71.3 years
124 Moldova 71.3 years
125 Libya 71.1 years
126 Cambodia 70.8 years
127 Solomon Islands 70.7 years
128 Nepal 70.6 years
129 Guyana 70.3 years
130 Turkmenistan 70.2 years
131 Philippines 69.9 years
132 São Tomé and Príncipe 69.9 years
133 Palau 69.4 years
134 Yemen 69.4 years
135 Botswana 69.3 years
136 Laos 69.2 years
137 West Bank and Gaza 69.2 years
138 Eritrea 68.9 years
139 Senegal 68.9 years
140 Bolivia 68.7 years
141 Mauritania 68.7 years
142 Gabon 68.5 years
143 Uganda 68.5 years
144 Rwanda 68.0 years
145 Timor-Leste 67.9 years
146 Pakistan 67.8 years
147 Ethiopia 67.6 years
148 Malawi 67.6 years
149 Fiji 67.5 years
150 Namibia 67.5 years
151 Micronesia 67.4 years
152 Tuvalu 67.3 years
153 Tanzania 67.2 years
154 Marshall Islands 67.1 years
155 Myanmar 67.1 years
156 Comoros 67.0 years
157 Kiribati 66.6 years
158 Sudan 66.5 years
159 Zambia 66.5 years
160 Afghanistan 66.3 years
161 Papua New Guinea 66.3 years
162 South Africa 66.3 years
163 Djibouti 66.2 years
164 Gambia 66.1 years
165 Republic of the Congo 66.0 years
166 Ghana 65.7 years
167 Haiti 65.1 years
168 Angola 64.8 years
169 Guinea-Bissau 64.3 years
170 Eswatini 64.3 years
171 Cameroon 64.0 years
172 Equatorial Guinea 63.9 years
173 Burundi 63.8 years
174 Kenya 63.8 years
175 Madagascar 63.8 years
176 Mozambique 63.8 years
177 Zimbabwe 63.1 years
178 Togo 62.9 years
179 Liberia 62.3 years
180 Nauru 62.3 years
181 Côte d'Ivoire 62.1 years
182 Democratic Republic of the Congo 62.1 years
183 Sierra Leone 62.0 years
184 Niger 61.4 years
185 Burkina Faso 61.3 years
186 Benin 61.0 years
187 Guinea 60.9 years
188 Mali 60.7 years
189 Somalia 59.0 years
190 Lesotho 57.8 years
191 Central African Republic 57.7 years
192 South Sudan 57.7 years
193 Chad 55.2 years
194 Nigeria 54.6 years

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