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Life Expectancy by Country in 2026

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In 2026, 🇲🇨Monaco is projected to be the country with the highest average life expectancy of 86.7344 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a life expectancy of 86.0317 years of age, and 🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR with 85.9024 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇳🇬Nigeria with 54.9528 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy is projected to be Northern America with an average of 80.09 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 79.62 years, and Oceania with 79.56 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 84.04 years. Closely followed by Southern Europe with an average life expectancy of 83.04 years, and Western Europe with 82.66 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 81.88 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 65.52 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2026

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇲🇨 Monaco 86.7344
2 🇸🇲 San Marino 86.0317
3 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 85.9024
4 🇯🇵 Japan 85.1467
5 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 84.6368
6 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 84.6288
7 🇦🇩 Andorra 84.4608
8 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 84.4377
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 84.3664
10 🇦🇺 Australia 84.3414
11 🇮🇹 Italy 84.1761
12 🇸🇬 Singapore 84.1281
13 🇪🇸 Spain 84.0829
14 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 84.0578
15 🇷🇪 Réunion 83.9209
16 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 83.9016
17 🇲🇹 Malta 83.7817
18 🇳🇴 Norway 83.7612
19 🇸🇪 Sweden 83.7285
20 🇫🇷 France 83.7029
21 🇬🇬 Guernsey 83.6691
22 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 83.601
23 🇻🇦 Holy See 83.4101
24 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 83.3899
25 🇮🇸 Iceland 83.3002
26 🇨🇦 Canada 83.0533
27 🇲🇶 Martinique 83.0445
28 🇮🇪 Ireland 82.9243
29 🇮🇱 Israel 82.8975
30 🇵🇹 Portugal 82.8932
31 🇶🇦 Qatar 82.8268
32 🇧🇲 Bermuda 82.8251
33 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 82.6357
34 🇳🇱 Netherlands 82.6079
35 🇧🇪 Belgium 82.5902
36 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 82.5612
37 🇳🇿 New Zealand 82.5234
38 🇦🇹 Austria 82.4538
39 🇫🇮 Finland 82.4007
40 🇬🇷 Greece 82.3953
41 🇩🇰 Denmark 82.3853
42 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 82.2646
43 🇨🇾 Cyprus 82.1527
44 🇸🇮 Slovenia 82.0954
45 🇩🇪 Germany 81.8629
46 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 81.7497
47 🇧🇭 Bahrain 81.7428
48 🇲🇻 Maldives 81.7297
49 🇨🇱 Chile 81.7146
50 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 81.3846
51 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 81.3829
52 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 81.1347
53 🇰🇼 Kuwait 80.965
54 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 80.9029
55 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 80.8471
56 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 80.8109
57 🇴🇲 Oman 80.6524
58 🇨🇿 Czechia 80.2507
59 🇵🇦 Panama 80.1485
60 🇯🇪 Jersey 80.1404
61 🇦🇱 Albania 80.1324
62 🇦🇮 Anguilla 79.8627
63 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 79.7809
64 🇺🇸 United States of America 79.7579
65 🇪🇪 Estonia 79.6369
66 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 79.3996
67 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 79.2308
68 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 79.2249
69 🇵🇱 Poland 79.152
70 🇭🇷 Croatia 79.0926
71 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 79.0327
72 🇨🇳 China 79.022
73 🇸🇰 Slovakia 78.8144
74 🇨🇺 Cuba 78.6244
75 🇺🇾 Uruguay 78.6158
76 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 78.6092
77 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 78.5002
78 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.4205
79 🇹🇷 Türkiye 78.3774
80 🇯🇴 Jordan 78.299
81 🇵🇪 Peru 78.2969
82 🇨🇴 Colombia 78.2719
83 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 78.2485
84 🇱🇧 Lebanon 78.2177
85 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 78.1124
86 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 78.0319
87 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 77.9548
88 🇪🇨 Ecuador 77.9379
89 🇦🇷 Argentina 77.8291
90 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 77.8144
91 🇬🇺 Guam 77.8118
92 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 77.7565
93 🇲🇪 Montenegro 77.6025
94 🇬🇫 French Guiana 77.5437
95 🇭🇺 Hungary 77.4991
96 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 77.4228
97 🇹🇰 Tokelau 77.4145
98 🇨🇼 Curaçao 77.3417
99 🇷🇸 Serbia 77.3277
100 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 77.2952
101 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 77.28
102 🇲🇾 Malaysia 77.1581
103 🇹🇳 Tunisia 77.1017
104 🇹🇭 Thailand 77.0606
105 🇩🇿 Algeria 76.8904
106 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.8583
107 🇦🇼 Aruba 76.7846
108 🇲🇸 Montserrat 76.6607
109 🇧🇧 Barbados 76.645
110 🇱🇻 Latvia 76.6287
111 🇾🇹 Mayotte 76.6118
112 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 76.5624
113 🇱🇹 Lithuania 76.4804
114 🇷🇴 Romania 76.3965
115 🇧🇷 Brazil 76.3738
116 🇦🇲 Armenia 76.1808
117 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 76.1531
118 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 76.1263
119 🇲🇦 Morocco 75.8591
120 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 75.8472
121 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 75.8334
122 🇬🇩 Grenada 75.6674
123 🇲🇽 Mexico 75.6291
124 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 75.4677
125 🇲🇺 Mauritius 75.4418
126 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 75.4288
127 🇱🇾 Libya 75.1815
128 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 75.0486
129 🇺🇦 Ukraine 75.0197
130 🇧🇸 Bahamas 75.0108
131 🇬🇪 Georgia 74.9777
132 🇧🇾 Belarus 74.967
133 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 74.8882
134 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 74.8069
135 🇵🇾 Paraguay 74.2377
136 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 74.1203
137 🇧🇿 Belize 74.0816
138 🇸🇷 Suriname 74.0404
139 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 73.9786
140 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 73.8867
141 🇧🇹 Bhutan 73.7997
142 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 73.7023
143 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 73.4268
144 🇹🇴 Tonga 73.3937
145 🇭🇳 Honduras 73.385
146 🇸🇨 Seychelles 73.2799
147 🇦🇸 American Samoa 73.2547
148 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 73.1506
149 🇬🇹 Guatemala 73.0429
150 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 73.0085
151 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 72.7818
152 🇸🇻 El Salvador 72.7428
153 🇮🇳 India 72.7164
154 🇮🇶 Iraq 72.632
155 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.5839
156 🇲🇳 Mongolia 72.487
157 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 72.1879
158 🇪🇬 Egypt 72.1627
159 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 72.1068
160 🇼🇸 Samoa 72.08
161 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 72.0206
162 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 71.976
163 🇯🇲 Jamaica 71.856
164 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.6516
165 🇩🇲 Dominica 71.6177
166 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 71.5964
167 🇮🇩 Indonesia 71.5812
168 🇳🇵 Nepal 71.1643
169 🇰🇭 Cambodia 71.1377
170 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 70.9775
171 🇬🇾 Guyana 70.5709
172 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 70.4545
173 🇬🇱 Greenland 70.4404
174 🇳🇺 Niue 70.3547
175 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 70.2623
176 🇵🇭 Philippines 70.1744
177 🇾🇪 Yemen 69.7303
178 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.7052
179 🇵🇼 Palau 69.6049
180 🇧🇼 Botswana 69.5736
181 🇪🇷 Eritrea 69.3976
182 🇸🇳 Senegal 69.3873
183 🇲🇷 Mauritania 69.1548
184 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 69.0652
185 🇺🇬 Uganda 68.9207
186 🇬🇦 Gabon 68.8769
187 🇷🇼 Rwanda 68.4653
188 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 68.3343
189 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 68.1487
190 🇵🇰 Pakistan 68.0653
191 🇲🇼 Malawi 67.92
192 🇳🇦 Namibia 67.8046
193 🇫🇯 Fiji 67.7711
194 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 67.6501
195 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 67.6344
196 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 67.5641
197 🇲🇲 Myanmar 67.4994
198 🇰🇲 Comoros 67.4779
199 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 67.3197
200 🇸🇩 Sudan 66.8896
201 🇿🇲 Zambia 66.8782
202 🇰🇮 Kiribati 66.858
203 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 66.7709
204 🇿🇦 South Africa 66.6561
205 🇩🇯 Djibouti 66.6137
206 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 66.5055
207 🇬🇲 Gambia 66.4506
208 🇨🇬 Congo 66.4152
209 🇬🇭 Ghana 66.0769
210 🇭🇹 Haiti 65.452
211 🇦🇴 Angola 65.1692
212 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 64.5861
213 🇸🇿 Eswatini 64.544
214 🇨🇲 Cameroon 64.51
215 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 64.2988
216 🇲🇬 Madagascar 64.2532
217 🇰🇪 Kenya 64.1886
218 🇲🇿 Mozambique 64.1386
219 🇧🇮 Burundi 64.1381
220 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 63.6289
221 🇹🇬 Togo 63.3278
222 🇱🇷 Liberia 62.6183
223 🇳🇷 Nauru 62.6105
224 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 62.4404
225 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 62.3878
226 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 62.329
227 🇳🇪 Niger 61.8817
228 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 61.647
229 🇧🇯 Benin 61.3206
230 🇬🇳 Guinea 61.2269
231 🇲🇱 Mali 61.1096
232 🇸🇴 Somalia 59.2632
233 🇱🇸 Lesotho 58.6331
234 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 58.1536
235 🇸🇸 South Sudan 57.9694
236 🇹🇩 Chad 55.5809
237 🇳🇬 Nigeria 54.9528

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2026

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 80.095
2 Europe 79.6229
3 Oceania 79.562
4 Americas 77.7768
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 76.2113
6 Asia 75.3698
7 Africa 64.4052

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2026

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 84.0377
2 Southern Europe 83.0445
3 Western Europe 82.6606
4 Northern Europe 81.8692
5 Eastern Asia 79.8445
6 Polynesia 77.7937
7 South America 76.732
8 Western Asia 76.2862
9 Central America 75.5004
10 Eastern Europe 75.2759
11 Caribbean 73.5566
12 Central Asia 73.073
13 Northern Africa 72.6635
14 South-Eastern Asia 72.63
15 Southern Asia 72.4126
16 Micronesia 71.9753
17 Melanesia 67.2992
18 Southern Africa 66.4729
19 Eastern Africa 66.2284
20 Middle Africa 62.5367
21 Western Africa 58.809

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2026

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 81.8824
2 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 78.5165
3 Upper-middle-income countries 76.7744
4 Middle-income countries 73.0949
5 No income group available 73.013
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 72.1514
7 Lower-middle-income countries 70.1789
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 69.2441
9 Low-income countries 65.5248