Life Expectancy by Country in 2024

-5 year -1 year2024+1 year +5 year

54.635 years

86.497 years

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data source: UN WPP

In 2024, the average global life expectancy was 73.32 years of age.

This year, 🇲🇨Monaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 86.5 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a life expectancy of 85.82, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 85.63 years of expected lifespan.

The country with the lowest life expectancy was 🇳🇬Nigeria with only 54,634.9 years. Followed by 🇹🇩Chad with a life expectancy of 55.24, and 🇨🇫Central African Republic with 57.67 years.

The geographic region with the highest life expactancy in 2024 was Northern America with a total of 79.79 years of life expectancy. Closely followed by Oceania with 79.33, and Europe with 79.3 average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest life expectancy of 83.77 years. Followed by Southern Europe with 82.72 years, and Western Europe with 82.36 years estimated duration of life.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest life expectancy of 81.58 years. While the lowest life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries were the predicted longevity was only 65.13 years.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2024

Rank	Flag	Location	Life Expectancy (years)
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	Location	Life Expectancy (years)
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	Location	Life Expectancy (years)
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	Location	Life Expectancy (years)
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

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2024.

Data Published: 2024-07-11

Data Sources

The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

Source data made available by UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2024 under CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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