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Life Expectancy by Country in 2024

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In 2024, 🇲🇨Monaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 86.4968 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a life expectancy of 85.8171 years of age, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 85.6338 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇳🇬Nigeria with 54.6349 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 79.79 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 79.33 years, and Europe with 79.30 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 83.77 years. Closely followed by Southern Europe with an average life expectancy of 82.72 years, and Western Europe with 82.36 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 81.58 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 65.13 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2024

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇲🇨 Monaco 86.4968
2 🇸🇲 San Marino 85.8171
3 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 85.6338
4 🇯🇵 Japan 84.852
5 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 84.4336
6 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 84.3996
7 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 84.1924
8 🇦🇩 Andorra 84.1881
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 84.0879
10 🇦🇺 Australia 84.073
11 🇮🇹 Italy 83.8691
12 🇸🇬 Singapore 83.8633
13 🇪🇸 Spain 83.7994
14 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 83.7476
15 🇷🇪 Réunion 83.6712
16 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 83.6303
17 🇲🇹 Malta 83.4666
18 🇳🇴 Norway 83.46
19 🇫🇷 France 83.4582
20 🇸🇪 Sweden 83.4236
21 🇬🇬 Guernsey 83.3824
22 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 83.2284
23 🇻🇦 Holy See 83.1154
24 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 83.0686
25 🇮🇸 Iceland 83.0132
26 🇲🇶 Martinique 82.7386
27 🇮🇱 Israel 82.7268
28 🇨🇦 Canada 82.7192
29 🇮🇪 Ireland 82.5798
30 🇵🇹 Portugal 82.5505
31 🇶🇦 Qatar 82.5224
32 🇧🇲 Bermuda 82.4897
33 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 82.3606
34 🇳🇱 Netherlands 82.3038
35 🇧🇪 Belgium 82.2741
36 🇳🇿 New Zealand 82.2449
37 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 82.2409
38 🇦🇹 Austria 82.1196
39 🇩🇰 Denmark 82.0938
40 🇫🇮 Finland 82.0769
41 🇬🇷 Greece 82.0306
42 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 81.9018
43 🇨🇾 Cyprus 81.8206
44 🇸🇮 Slovenia 81.7768
45 🇩🇪 Germany 81.5387
46 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 81.4484
47 🇧🇭 Bahrain 81.4228
48 🇨🇱 Chile 81.3589
49 🇲🇻 Maldives 81.285
50 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 81.0912
51 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 80.9964
52 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 80.7498
53 🇰🇼 Kuwait 80.5998
54 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 80.5404
55 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 80.4382
56 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 80.3938
57 🇴🇲 Oman 80.2464
58 🇨🇿 Czechia 79.9702
59 🇯🇪 Jersey 79.833
60 🇦🇱 Albania 79.7764
61 🇵🇦 Panama 79.7746
62 🇦🇮 Anguilla 79.4858
63 🇺🇸 United States of America 79.4625
64 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 79.3699
65 🇪🇪 Estonia 79.3087
66 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 78.982
67 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 78.9471
68 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 78.9207
69 🇵🇱 Poland 78.8098
70 🇭🇷 Croatia 78.7509
71 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 78.7368
72 🇸🇰 Slovakia 78.4924
73 🇺🇾 Uruguay 78.2865
74 🇨🇺 Cuba 78.264
75 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 78.2215
76 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.1807
77 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.0444
78 🇨🇳 China 78.0171
79 🇯🇴 Jordan 77.9812
80 🇱🇧 Lebanon 77.9453
81 🇵🇪 Peru 77.941
82 🇨🇴 Colombia 77.9134
83 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 77.8539
84 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 77.766
85 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 77.6725
86 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.6089
87 🇪🇨 Ecuador 77.5789
88 🇦🇷 Argentina 77.5434
89 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 77.5397
90 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 77.4315
91 🇬🇺 Guam 77.4224
92 🇹🇷 Türkiye 77.4209
93 🇲🇪 Montenegro 77.2537
94 🇬🇫 French Guiana 77.1842
95 🇭🇺 Hungary 77.1814
96 🇹🇰 Tokelau 77.1671
97 🇨🇼 Curaçao 76.9889
98 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 76.9545
99 🇷🇸 Serbia 76.9394
100 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.9371
101 🇲🇾 Malaysia 76.821
102 🇹🇳 Tunisia 76.7112
103 🇹🇭 Thailand 76.5636
104 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.5284
105 🇦🇼 Aruba 76.5
106 🇩🇿 Algeria 76.4752
107 🇲🇸 Montserrat 76.3397
108 🇧🇧 Barbados 76.3316
109 🇱🇻 Latvia 76.3301
110 🇾🇹 Mayotte 76.2405
111 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 76.2238
112 🇱🇹 Lithuania 76.1674
113 🇷🇴 Romania 76.0925
114 🇧🇷 Brazil 76.023
115 🇦🇲 Armenia 75.8459
116 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 75.7954
117 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 75.6994
118 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 75.5007
119 🇲🇦 Morocco 75.493
120 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 75.4715
121 🇬🇩 Grenada 75.3666
122 🇲🇽 Mexico 75.2645
123 🇲🇺 Mauritius 75.1022
124 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 75.0998
125 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 74.9298
126 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 74.7364
127 🇧🇸 Bahamas 74.7099
128 🇺🇦 Ukraine 74.692
129 🇬🇪 Georgia 74.6573
130 🇧🇾 Belarus 74.6235
131 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 74.5764
132 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 74.5314
133 🇵🇾 Paraguay 73.9824
134 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 73.8676
135 🇸🇷 Suriname 73.7575
136 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 73.7428
137 🇧🇿 Belize 73.7386
138 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 73.6171
139 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 73.3428
140 🇧🇹 Bhutan 73.2616
141 🇹🇴 Tonga 73.0701
142 🇭🇳 Honduras 73.0436
143 🇦🇸 American Samoa 72.9919
144 🇸🇨 Seychelles 72.9864
145 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 72.846
146 🇬🇹 Guatemala 72.7459
147 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.673
148 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 72.5598
149 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 72.5283
150 🇮🇶 Iraq 72.4238
151 🇸🇻 El Salvador 72.3018
152 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.2814
153 🇮🇳 India 72.2353
154 🇲🇳 Mongolia 71.985
155 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 71.9265
156 🇼🇸 Samoa 71.8258
157 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 71.8238
158 🇪🇬 Egypt 71.8058
159 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 71.6537
160 🇯🇲 Jamaica 71.6061
161 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 71.5803
162 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.3816
163 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 71.3322
164 🇩🇲 Dominica 71.294
165 🇮🇩 Indonesia 71.2881
166 🇱🇾 Libya 71.1211
167 🇰🇭 Cambodia 70.8171
168 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 70.694
169 🇳🇵 Nepal 70.6357
170 🇬🇾 Guyana 70.3191
171 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 70.2014
172 🇬🇱 Greenland 70.1938
173 🇳🇺 Niue 70.1041
174 🇵🇭 Philippines 69.9461
175 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 69.9046
176 🇾🇪 Yemen 69.4386
177 🇵🇼 Palau 69.3826
178 🇧🇼 Botswana 69.2929
179 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.2245
180 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 69.2134
181 🇸🇳 Senegal 68.924
182 🇪🇷 Eritrea 68.8927
183 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 68.7387
184 🇲🇷 Mauritania 68.7135
185 🇬🇦 Gabon 68.5114
186 🇺🇬 Uganda 68.4875
187 🇷🇼 Rwanda 68.0167
188 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 67.9045
189 🇵🇰 Pakistan 67.7994
190 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 67.6028
191 🇲🇼 Malawi 67.5608
192 🇳🇦 Namibia 67.5155
193 🇫🇯 Fiji 67.4625
194 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 67.3568
195 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 67.2593
196 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 67.2117
197 🇲🇲 Myanmar 67.0952
198 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 67.075
199 🇰🇲 Comoros 67.0234
200 🇰🇮 Kiribati 66.5995
201 🇿🇲 Zambia 66.5276
202 🇸🇩 Sudan 66.5207
203 🇿🇦 South Africa 66.3124
204 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 66.2893
205 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 66.2558
206 🇩🇯 Djibouti 66.2022
207 🇬🇲 Gambia 66.0571
208 🇨🇬 Congo 66.0014
209 🇬🇭 Ghana 65.6951
210 🇭🇹 Haiti 65.1192
211 🇦🇴 Angola 64.8047
212 🇸🇿 Eswatini 64.2636
213 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 64.2541
214 🇨🇲 Cameroon 63.9681
215 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 63.9064
216 🇲🇬 Madagascar 63.8346
217 🇰🇪 Kenya 63.8344
218 🇧🇮 Burundi 63.8177
219 🇲🇿 Mozambique 63.797
220 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 63.064
221 🇹🇬 Togo 62.9323
222 🇱🇷 Liberia 62.3238
223 🇳🇷 Nauru 62.2787
224 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 62.1102
225 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 62.0741
226 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 61.9638
227 🇳🇪 Niger 61.4328
228 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 61.2925
229 🇧🇯 Benin 60.961
230 🇬🇳 Guinea 60.9044
231 🇲🇱 Mali 60.6745
232 🇸🇴 Somalia 58.9668
233 🇱🇸 Lesotho 57.7976
234 🇸🇸 South Sudan 57.7382
235 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 57.6711
236 🇹🇩 Chad 55.2383
237 🇳🇬 Nigeria 54.6349

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2024

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 79.7942
2 Oceania 79.3322
3 Europe 79.3039
4 Americas 77.4447
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 75.8712
6 Asia 74.758
7 Africa 64.0157

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2024

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 83.7663
2 Southern Europe 82.7205
3 Western Europe 82.3585
4 Northern Europe 81.5556
5 Eastern Asia 78.951
6 Polynesia 77.4067
7 South America 76.392
8 Western Asia 75.5774
9 Central America 75.142
10 Eastern Europe 74.9409
11 Caribbean 73.2594
12 Central Asia 72.8049
13 South-Eastern Asia 72.2971
14 Northern Africa 72.2068
15 Southern Asia 71.9577
16 Micronesia 71.6438
17 Melanesia 67.0304
18 Southern Africa 66.1098
19 Eastern Africa 65.802
20 Middle Africa 62.1896
21 Western Africa 58.4446

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2024

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 81.5812
2 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 77.937
3 Upper-middle-income countries 76.0559
4 No income group available 72.6778
5 Middle-income countries 72.566
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 71.6484
7 Lower-middle-income countries 69.8036
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 68.8753
9 Low-income countries 65.1286