Life Expectancy by Country in 2009

In 2009, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 84.2081 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR with a life expectancy of 83.2764 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 82.9742 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธLesotho with 44.034 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 78.81 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 77.04 years, and Europe with 76.29 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 81.57 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 80.45 years, and Southern Europe with 80.45 years of average life expectancy.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest average life expectancy of 79.76 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 58.74 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2009

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 84.2081
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 83.2764
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 82.9742
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 82.752
5 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 82.5886
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 82.4928
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 81.9961
8 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 81.985
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 81.7661
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 81.7633
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 81.6802
12 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 81.6408
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 81.5756
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 81.5565
15 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 81.4555
16 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 81.3631
17 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 81.2675
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 81.2433
19 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 81.1777
20 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 81.0737
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 80.9931
22 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 80.8669
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 80.676
24 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 80.6646
25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 80.66
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 80.6129
27 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 80.5938
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 80.5759
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 80.3576
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 80.2994
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 80.207
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 80.1668
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 80.0461
34 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 79.9956
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 79.9942
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 79.9248
37 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 79.847
38 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 79.831
39 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 79.7706
40 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 79.4006
41 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 79.2704
42 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 79.2495
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 78.9565
44 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 78.8021
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 78.7409
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 78.6814
47 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 78.6721
48 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 78.6356
49 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 78.564
50 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 78.4613
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 78.3585
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 78.236
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 78.003
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 77.8892
55 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 77.8776
56 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 77.8767
57 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 77.8581
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 77.781
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 77.6654
60 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 77.5483
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 77.5194
62 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 77.4657
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 77.4416
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 77.4142
65 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 77.2598
66 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 77.1671
67 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 77.1637
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 77.0937
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 77.0689
70 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 77.0649
71 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.9764
72 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 76.7384
73 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.7002
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 76.6694
75 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 76.3923
76 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 76.3429
77 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 76.1304
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 75.9359
79 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 75.8416
80 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 75.7811
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 75.6897
82 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 75.678
83 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.6051
84 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75.4414
85 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 75.4313
86 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 75.3434
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 75.2687
88 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 75.2667
89 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 75.2595
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 75.2471
91 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 75.217
92 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 75.1919
93 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 75.1841
94 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 75.0826
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 75.0363
96 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.8457
97 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 74.7653
98 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 74.7418
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 74.7186
100 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 74.6814
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 74.5603
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 74.2972
103 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 74.2904
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 74.2266
105 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 74.1794
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 74.119
107 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 74.0376
108 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 74.029
109 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 73.8527
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 73.8014
111 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 73.7049
112 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 73.6982
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 73.6335
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 73.6196
115 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 73.4982
116 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 73.4661
117 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 73.2627
118 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 73.1861
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 73.1775
120 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 73.126
121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 73.0875
122 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 72.9484
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 72.8125
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 72.754
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 72.7222
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 72.6979
127 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 72.6881
128 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 72.6076
129 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 72.5794
130 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.5788
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 72.3555
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 72.1702
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 72.1238
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 71.9498
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 71.871
136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 71.8186
137 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 71.6345
138 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 71.5756
139 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 71.4328
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 71.3927
141 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 71.1122
142 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 71.0939
143 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 70.9113
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 70.6414
145 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 70.6334
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 70.4747
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 70.4578
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 70.3486
149 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 70.2472
150 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 70.0663
151 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 70.0121
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 69.7317
153 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 69.6526
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 69.5732
155 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 69.5048
156 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 69.48
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 69.3556
158 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 69.2116
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 69.1873
160 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 68.8705
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 68.4936
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 68.4656
163 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 68.0386
164 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 67.9583
165 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 67.9359
166 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 67.897
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 67.7835
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 67.4439
169 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 67.4032
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 67.2789
171 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 67.1964
172 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 67.0888
173 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 67.0386
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 66.7658
175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 66.7609
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 66.5625
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 66.5132
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 66.4457
179 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 65.9182
180 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 65.8803
181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 65.1157
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 64.8924
183 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 64.8539
184 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 64.14
185 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.9485
186 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 63.9231
187 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 63.3284
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 63.3032
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 63.2726
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.2295
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 63.1547
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 62.8005
193 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 62.7882
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 62.7343
195 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 62.6439
196 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 61.9578
197 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 61.7409
198 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 61.0883
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 60.946
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 60.8314
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 60.4267
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 60.3649
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 60.3636
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 59.6727
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 59.1942
206 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 59.1233
207 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 58.8937
208 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 58.8043
209 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 58.2791
210 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 57.9557
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 57.4474
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 57.4312
213 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 57.3961
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 57.0106
215 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 56.4881
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 56.3882
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 56.3481
218 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 56.1019
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 55.9595
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 55.8745
221 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 55.8363
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 55.7516
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 55.5415
224 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 55.4959
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 55.4476
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 55.3004
227 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 54.3938
228 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 53.8912
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 53.7876
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 52.6256
231 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 51.8533
232 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 50.7124
233 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 49.1963
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 48.6476
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 48.0625
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 44.6394
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 44.034

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2009

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 78.81
2 Oceania 77.042
3 Europe 76.2941
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 73.4868
5 Asia 70.9919
6 Africa 58.0158

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2009

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 81.5706
2 Western Europe 80.4543
3 Southern Europe 80.4524
4 Northern Europe 79.6755
5 Eastern Asia 76.3915
6 Polynesia 74.2519
7 Central America 73.6734
8 South America 73.6336
9 Western Asia 72.8584
10 Caribbean 71.5272
11 Eastern Europe 71.1758
12 Micronesia 71.0829
13 South-Eastern Asia 70.0692
14 Northern Africa 69.358
15 Central Asia 68.0294
16 Southern Asia 66.4047
17 Melanesia 64.0783
18 Eastern Africa 57.6793
19 Southern Africa 56.5924
20 Middle Africa 55.2039
21 Western Africa 53.8763

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2009

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 79.764
2 Upper-middle-income countries 73.6355
3 No income group available 72.5136
4 Middle-income countries 68.7989
5 Lower-middle-income countries 65.3699
6 Low-income countries 58.7361