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Life Expectancy by Country in 2023

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In 2023, 🇲🇨Monaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 87.0143 years. Closely followed by 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with a life expectancy of 85.8278 years of age, and 🇲🇴China, Macao SAR with 85.5118 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇹🇩Chad with 53.6786 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 80.07 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 79.49 years, and Oceania with 79.31 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 83.62 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 82.71 years, and Southern Europe with 82.67 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 81.77 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 63.85 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2023

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇲🇨 Monaco 87.0143
2 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 85.8278
3 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 85.5118
4 🇯🇵 Japan 84.9466
5 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 84.7743
6 🇨🇭 Switzerland 84.3788
7 🇸🇬 Singapore 84.2651
8 🇮🇹 Italy 84.2034
9 🇻🇦 Holy See 84.1648
10 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 84.1403
11 🇪🇸 Spain 84.0528
12 🇲🇹 Malta 83.8469
13 🇦🇺 Australia 83.725
14 🇦🇩 Andorra 83.7082
15 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 83.6952
16 🇸🇪 Sweden 83.6534
17 🇸🇲 San Marino 83.5791
18 🇳🇴 Norway 83.5461
19 🇲🇶 Martinique 83.4493
20 🇮🇱 Israel 83.3861
21 🇫🇷 France 83.3522
22 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 83.3349
23 🇳🇿 New Zealand 83.1548
24 🇨🇦 Canada 83.0213
25 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 83.0044
26 🇮🇸 Iceland 82.9578
27 🇬🇬 Guernsey 82.9408
28 🇮🇪 Ireland 82.8746
29 🇷🇪 Réunion 82.7832
30 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 82.7448
31 🇳🇱 Netherlands 82.5802
32 🇦🇹 Austria 82.572
33 🇫🇮 Finland 82.5148
34 🇧🇪 Belgium 82.4564
35 🇵🇹 Portugal 82.4187
36 🇸🇮 Slovenia 82.309
37 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 82.3084
38 🇩🇪 Germany 82.1844
39 🇨🇾 Cyprus 82.0517
40 🇩🇰 Denmark 82.0326
41 🇬🇷 Greece 81.9951
42 🇧🇲 Bermuda 81.7465
43 🇶🇦 Qatar 81.7322
44 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 81.4655
45 🇯🇪 Jersey 81.4335
46 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 81.2773
47 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 81.1806
48 🇨🇱 Chile 81.1555
49 🇲🇻 Maldives 81.0728
50 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 80.8378
51 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 80.7595
52 🇧🇭 Bahrain 80.6877
53 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 80.4573
54 🇰🇼 Kuwait 80.4483
55 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 80.2643
56 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 80.1493
57 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 79.9394
58 🇹🇭 Thailand 79.9058
59 🇨🇿 Czechia 79.8204
60 🇺🇸 United States of America 79.7384
61 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 79.6817
62 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 79.4583
63 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 79.4167
64 🇭🇷 Croatia 79.4039
65 🇪🇪 Estonia 79.3144
66 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 79.0717
67 🇴🇲 Oman 78.9687
68 🇨🇳 China 78.7888
69 🇹🇷 Türkiye 78.6821
70 🇵🇱 Poland 78.5955
71 🇵🇦 Panama 78.5604
72 🇬🇺 Guam 78.5237
73 🇸🇰 Slovakia 78.3554
74 🇨🇺 Cuba 78.3298
75 🇺🇾 Uruguay 78.1625
76 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 78.1013
77 🇪🇨 Ecuador 78.0789
78 🇦🇱 Albania 78.061
79 🇾🇹 Mayotte 78.0111
80 🇦🇷 Argentina 77.982
81 🇧🇧 Barbados 77.8609
82 🇲🇪 Montenegro 77.7762
83 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 77.7755
84 🇦🇮 Anguilla 77.6379
85 🇬🇫 French Guiana 77.6262
86 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 77.6099
87 🇨🇴 Colombia 77.5138
88 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 77.3845
89 🇩🇿 Algeria 77.3347
90 🇭🇺 Hungary 77.0921
91 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.077
92 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 76.9667
93 🇵🇪 Peru 76.9567
94 🇹🇳 Tunisia 76.9408
95 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 76.926
96 🇦🇼 Aruba 76.904
97 🇱🇹 Lithuania 76.8541
98 🇨🇼 Curaçao 76.8234
99 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 76.803
100 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 76.5385
101 🇲🇾 Malaysia 76.4214
102 🇦🇲 Armenia 76.2312
103 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.1779
104 🇧🇷 Brazil 76.1768
105 🇱🇧 Lebanon 76.0723
106 🇱🇻 Latvia 76.0609
107 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.0572
108 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.0152
109 🇲🇸 Montserrat 76.0098
110 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 75.9996
111 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 75.7205
112 🇲🇺 Mauritius 75.6908
113 🇬🇩 Grenada 75.4903
114 🇹🇰 Tokelau 75.4882
115 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 75.3406
116 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 75.2568
117 🇷🇸 Serbia 75.2073
118 🇲🇦 Morocco 75.202
119 🇷🇴 Romania 75.1383
120 🇲🇽 Mexico 75.036
121 🇧🇾 Belarus 75.0302
122 🇯🇴 Jordan 75.0229
123 🇸🇨 Seychelles 74.9965
124 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 74.8695
125 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 74.7968
126 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 74.7409
127 🇧🇿 Belize 74.6183
128 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 74.5698
129 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 74.5404
130 🇧🇸 Bahamas 74.4924
131 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 74.3625
132 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 74.2798
133 🇩🇲 Dominica 74.1986
134 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 74.1157
135 🇵🇾 Paraguay 74.1023
136 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 73.9845
137 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 73.7113
138 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 73.6148
139 🇭🇳 Honduras 73.4694
140 🇸🇻 El Salvador 73.3828
141 🇱🇾 Libya 73.2503
142 🇺🇦 Ukraine 73.0181
143 🇲🇳 Mongolia 72.9428
144 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.8939
145 🇦🇸 American Samoa 72.8659
146 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 72.843
147 🇸🇷 Suriname 72.7889
148 🇼🇸 Samoa 72.751
149 🇬🇱 Greenland 72.7183
150 🇧🇹 Bhutan 72.4917
151 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 72.4491
152 🇬🇪 Georgia 72.4315
153 🇯🇲 Jamaica 72.3699
154 🇵🇭 Philippines 72.2951
155 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.1835
156 🇮🇶 Iraq 72.0496
157 🇮🇳 India 72.0276
158 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 71.7827
159 🇰🇭 Cambodia 71.4623
160 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 71.4344
161 🇹🇴 Tonga 71.4098
162 🇳🇺 Niue 71.3251
163 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 71.319
164 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 71.1856
165 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 71.16
166 🇮🇩 Indonesia 71.0971
167 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 70.8616
168 🇪🇬 Egypt 70.8069
169 🇳🇵 Nepal 70.7752
170 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 70.6899
171 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 70.3609
172 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.2753
173 🇬🇹 Guatemala 70.1526
174 🇬🇾 Guyana 69.8008
175 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 69.5442
176 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 69.5089
177 🇸🇳 Senegal 69.3133
178 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 69.3109
179 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.27
180 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 68.8868
181 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68.7766
182 🇫🇯 Fiji 68.4477
183 🇰🇮 Kiribati 67.8318
184 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 67.5988
185 🇲🇲 Myanmar 67.4607
186 🇷🇼 Rwanda 67.3543
187 🇵🇰 Pakistan 67.3352
188 🇪🇷 Eritrea 67.3223
189 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 66.6479
190 🇲🇬 Madagascar 66.4317
191 🇬🇦 Gabon 66.1645
192 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 66.119
193 🇸🇩 Sudan 66.1015
194 🇧🇼 Botswana 66.0533
195 🇵🇼 Palau 65.5373
196 🇲🇷 Mauritania 65.4756
197 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 65.2844
198 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 65.0458
199 🇰🇲 Comoros 65.0428
200 🇭🇹 Haiti 64.7506
201 🇬🇭 Ghana 64.5277
202 🇾🇪 Yemen 64.5241
203 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 64.231
204 🇳🇷 Nauru 64.1878
205 🇬🇲 Gambia 64.1239
206 🇺🇬 Uganda 63.842
207 🇩🇯 Djibouti 63.713
208 🇲🇼 Malawi 63.67
209 🇰🇪 Kenya 63.338
210 🇨🇬 Congo 63.2613
211 🇦🇴 Angola 63.2441
212 🇿🇲 Zambia 62.9566
213 🇳🇪 Niger 62.9293
214 🇿🇦 South Africa 62.8874
215 🇧🇮 Burundi 62.4998
216 🇲🇿 Mozambique 62.3696
217 🇱🇷 Liberia 62.0386
218 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 61.9709
219 🇨🇲 Cameroon 61.9193
220 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 61.9183
221 🇹🇬 Togo 61.815
222 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 60.7941
223 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 60.6321
224 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 60.5673
225 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 60.5586
226 🇧🇯 Benin 60.4491
227 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 60.1053
228 🇲🇱 Mali 60.0303
229 🇬🇳 Guinea 59.548
230 🇳🇦 Namibia 59.5285
231 🇸🇿 Eswatini 57.71
232 🇸🇴 Somalia 57.3537
233 🇸🇸 South Sudan 56.5078
234 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 55.483
235 🇱🇸 Lesotho 54.9137
236 🇳🇬 Nigeria 53.8708
237 🇹🇩 Chad 53.6786

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2023

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 80.0719
2 Europe 79.4918
3 Oceania 79.3115
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 75.7914
5 Asia 74.9666
6 Africa 62.9902

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2023

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 83.6227
2 Western Europe 82.7075
3 Southern Europe 82.6723
4 Northern Europe 82.1752
5 Eastern Asia 79.6551
6 Polynesia 77.3488
7 South America 76.4588
8 Western Asia 75.1681
9 Eastern Europe 75.1108
10 Central America 74.7337
11 Caribbean 73.3282
12 South-Eastern Asia 73.0224
13 Micronesia 72.9063
14 Northern Africa 71.9488
15 Southern Asia 71.6221
16 Central Asia 71.0179
17 Melanesia 67.0876
18 Eastern Africa 64.7362
19 Southern Africa 62.4659
20 Middle Africa 60.5644
21 Western Africa 57.7489

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2023

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 81.7708
2 Upper-middle-income countries 77.0552
3 No income group available 72.8862
4 Middle-income countries 72.6313
5 Lower-middle-income countries 69.5699
6 Low-income countries 63.8529