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Life expectancy at birth · years · 217 countries ranked · 2024

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  1. 1MonacoWorld rank 1st of 217
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  2. 2San MarinoWorld rank 2nd of 217
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  3. 3Hong KongWorld rank 3rd of 217
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  4. 4KuwaitWorld rank 4th of 217
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  5. 5SwitzerlandWorld rank 5th of 217
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  6. 6LiechtensteinWorld rank 6th of 217
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  7. 7French PolynesiaWorld rank 7th of 217
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  8. 8AndorraWorld rank 8th of 217
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  9. 9SwedenWorld rank 9th of 217
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  10. 10JapanWorld rank 10th of 217
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  11. 11ItalyWorld rank 11th of 217
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  12. 12SpainWorld rank 12th of 217
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  13. 13GibraltarWorld rank 13th of 217
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  14. 14South KoreaWorld rank 14th of 217
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  15. 15SingaporeWorld rank 15th of 217
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  16. 16MacaoWorld rank 16th of 217
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  17. 17IsraelWorld rank 17th of 217
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  18. 18LuxembourgWorld rank 18th of 217
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  19. 19NorwayWorld rank 19th of 217
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  20. 20Faroe IslandsWorld rank 20th of 217
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  21. 21United Arab EmiratesWorld rank 21st of 217
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  22. 22AustraliaWorld rank 22nd of 217
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  23. 23IrelandWorld rank 23rd of 217
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  24. 24FranceWorld rank 24th of 217
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  25. 25MaltaWorld rank 25th of 217
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Life expectancy, 2024. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Life expectancy at birth, 2024World map of Life expectancy at birth (2024) for 217 countries, from 54.6 yrs to 86.5 yrs.Fiji: 67.5 yrsTanzania: 67.2 yrsW. Sahara: —Canada: 82.1 yrsUnited States: 78.9 yrsKazakhstan: 74.5 yrsUzbekistan: 72.5 yrsPapua New Guinea: 66.3 yrsIndonesia: 71.3 yrsArgentina: 77.5 yrsChile: 81.4 yrsDR Congo: 62.1 yrsSomalia: 59.0 yrsKenya: 63.8 yrsSudan: 66.5 yrsChad: 55.2 yrsHaiti: 65.1 yrsDominican Republic: 73.9 yrsRussia: 73.4 yrsBahamas: 74.7 yrsFalkland Is.: —Norway: 83.2 yrsGreenland: 70.3 yrsFr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 67.9 yrsSouth Africa: 66.3 yrsLesotho: 57.8 yrsMexico: 75.3 yrsUruguay: 78.3 yrsBrazil: 76.0 yrsBolivia: 68.7 yrsPeru: 77.9 yrsColombia: 77.9 yrsPanama: 79.8 yrsCosta Rica: 81.0 yrsNicaragua: 75.1 yrsHonduras: 73.0 yrsEl Salvador: 72.3 yrsGuatemala: 72.7 yrsBelize: 73.7 yrsVenezuela: 72.7 yrsGuyana: 70.3 yrsSuriname: 73.8 yrsFrance: 83.0 yrsEcuador: 77.6 yrsPuerto Rico: 81.9 yrsJamaica: 71.6 yrsCuba: 78.3 yrsZimbabwe: 63.1 yrsBotswana: 69.3 yrsNamibia: 67.5 yrsSenegal: 68.9 yrsMali: 60.7 yrsMauritania: 68.7 yrsBenin: 61.0 yrsNiger: 61.4 yrsNigeria: 54.6 yrsCameroon: 64.0 yrsTogo: 62.9 yrsGhana: 65.7 yrsCôte d'Ivoire: 62.1 yrsGuinea: 60.9 yrsGuinea-Bissau: 64.3 yrsLiberia: 62.3 yrsSierra Leone: 62.0 yrsBurkina Faso: 61.3 yrsCentral African Republic: 57.7 yrsRepublic of the Congo: 66.0 yrsGabon: 68.5 yrsEquatorial Guinea: 63.9 yrsZambia: 66.5 yrsMalawi: 67.6 yrsMozambique: 63.8 yrsEswatini: 64.3 yrsAngola: 64.8 yrsBurundi: 63.8 yrsIsrael: 83.2 yrsLebanon: 77.9 yrsMadagascar: 63.8 yrsPalestine: 69.2 yrsGambia: 66.1 yrsTunisia: 76.7 yrsAlgeria: 76.5 yrsJordan: 78.0 yrsUnited Arab Emirates: 83.1 yrsQatar: 82.5 yrsKuwait: 84.6 yrsIraq: 72.4 yrsOman: 80.2 yrsVanuatu: 71.7 yrsCambodia: 70.8 yrsThailand: 76.6 yrsLaos: 69.2 yrsMyanmar: 67.1 yrsVietnam: 74.7 yrsNorth Korea: 73.7 yrsSouth Korea: 83.6 yrsMongolia: 72.4 yrsIndia: 72.2 yrsBangladesh: 74.9 yrsBhutan: 73.3 yrsNepal: 70.6 yrsPakistan: 67.8 yrsAfghanistan: 66.3 yrsTajikistan: 71.9 yrsKyrgyzstan: 72.4 yrsTurkmenistan: 70.2 yrsIran: 77.9 yrsSyria: 72.6 yrsArmenia: 78.3 yrsSweden: 84.1 yrsBelarus: 74.4 yrsUkraine: 74.7 yrsPoland: 78.4 yrsAustria: 82.0 yrsHungary: 76.7 yrsMoldova: 71.3 yrsRomania: 76.5 yrsLithuania: 77.2 yrsLatvia: 76.4 yrsEstonia: 79.3 yrsGermany: 80.8 yrsBulgaria: 75.8 yrsGreece: 81.8 yrsTürkiye: 77.4 yrsAlbania: 79.8 yrsCroatia: 78.9 yrsSwitzerland: 84.4 yrsLuxembourg: 83.2 yrsBelgium: 82.3 yrsNetherlands: 82.0 yrsPortugal: 82.4 yrsSpain: 83.9 yrsIreland: 83.0 yrsNew Caledonia: 78.9 yrsSolomon Islands: 70.7 yrsNew Zealand: 82.0 yrsAustralia: 83.1 yrsSri Lanka: 77.7 yrsChina: 78.0 yrsTaiwan: —Italy: 84.0 yrsDenmark: 82.3 yrsUnited Kingdom: 81.4 yrsIceland: 82.8 yrsAzerbaijan: 74.6 yrsGeorgia: 74.7 yrsPhilippines: 69.9 yrsMalaysia: 76.8 yrsBrunei: 75.5 yrsSlovenia: 82.3 yrsFinland: 82.3 yrsSlovakia: 78.4 yrsCzechia: 80.0 yrsEritrea: 68.9 yrsJapan: 84.0 yrsParaguay: 74.0 yrsYemen: 69.4 yrsSaudi Arabia: 79.0 yrsN. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 81.8 yrsMorocco: 75.5 yrsEgypt: 71.8 yrsLibya: 71.1 yrsEthiopia: 67.6 yrsDjibouti: 66.2 yrsSomaliland: —Uganda: 68.5 yrsRwanda: 68.0 yrsBosnia and Herzegovina: 78.0 yrsNorth Macedonia: 76.6 yrsSerbia: 76.0 yrsMontenegro: 77.9 yrsKosovo: 78.2 yrsTrinidad and Tobago: 73.6 yrsSouth Sudan: 57.7 yrs
  • 54.6 yrs – 66.5 yrs
  • 66.5 yrs – 71.3 yrs
  • 71.3 yrs – 74.7 yrs
  • 74.7 yrs – 77.9 yrs
  • 77.9 yrs – 82.0 yrs
  • 82.0 yrs – 86.5 yrs
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

MonacoSan MarinoHong Kong
Rank over timeRank by year for Monaco, San Marino, Hong Kong, 1960–2024.196019701980199020002010202011020304050RankMonaco · 1San Marino · 2Hong Kong · 3

Rank by year for Monaco, San Marino, Hong Kong, 1960–2024.