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Life expectancy in the world

Humanity

Life expectancy at birth in the world was 73.2 years in 2023, by the UN estimate, against 46.4 in 1950.

For women it was 75.9 years, for men 70.5.

Of every 1,000 babies born alive in 2023, 27.3 died before their first birthday. In 1950 it was 138.1.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

2023 Women: 76Men: 71Everyone: 73

Life expectancy at birth by country, 2023
Rank	Country	Years
1	Monaco	86.4
2	San Marino	85.7
3	Hong Kong	85.5
4	Japan	84.7
5	South Korea	84.3
6	Saint Barthélemy	84.3
7	French Polynesia	84.1
8	Andorra	84.0
9	Switzerland	84.0
10	Australia	83.9
11	Singapore	83.7
12	Italy	83.7
13	Spain	83.7
14	Liechtenstein	83.6
15	Gibraltar	83.6
16	Réunion	83.5
17	France	83.3
18	Norway	83.3
19	Malta	83.3
20	Guernsey	83.3
21	Sweden	83.3
22	Macao	83.1
23	Vatican City	83.0
24	United Arab Emirates	82.9
25	Iceland	82.7
26	Canada	82.6
27	Martinique	82.6
28	Ireland	82.4
29	Israel	82.4
30	Qatar	82.4
31	Portugal	82.4
32	Bermuda	82.3
33	Luxembourg	82.2
34	Netherlands	82.2
35	Belgium	82.1
36	New Zealand	82.1
37	Guadeloupe	82.1
38	Austria	82.0
39	Denmark	81.9
40	Finland	81.9
41	Greece	81.9
42	Puerto Rico	81.7
43	Cyprus	81.6
44	Slovenia	81.6
45	Germany	81.4
46	United Kingdom	81.3
47	Bahrain	81.3
48	Chile	81.2
49	Maldives	81.0
50	Isle of Man	81.0
51	Costa Rica	80.8
52	Taiwan	80.6
53	Kuwait	80.4
54	Cayman Islands	80.4
55	Saint Martin	80.2
56	Faroe Islands	80.2
57	Oman	80.0
58	Czechia	79.8
59	Jersey	79.7
60	Albania	79.6
61	Panama	79.6
62	Anguilla	79.3
63	United States	79.3
64	Falkland Islands	79.2
65	Estonia	79.2
66	Northern Mariana Islands	78.8
67	New Caledonia	78.8
68	Saudi Arabia	78.7
69	Poland	78.6
70	Wallis and Futuna	78.6
71	Croatia	78.6
72	Slovakia	78.3
73	Uruguay	78.1
74	Cuba	78.1
75	Kosovo	78.0
76	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.0
77	China	78.0
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.9
79	Lebanon	77.8
80	Jordan	77.8
81	Peru	77.7
82	Colombia	77.7
83	Iran	77.7
84	Antigua and Barbuda	77.6
85	Sri Lanka	77.5
86	Caribbean Netherlands	77.4
87	Argentina	77.4
88	North Macedonia	77.4
89	Ecuador	77.4
90	British Virgin Islands	77.3
91	Guam	77.2
92	Türkiye	77.2
93	Montenegro	77.1
94	Tokelau	77.1
95	Hungary	77.0
96	French Guiana	77.0
97	Curaçao	76.8
98	Saint Helena	76.8
99	Serbia	76.8
100	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	76.8
101	Malaysia	76.7
102	Tunisia	76.5
103	Thailand	76.4
104	Sint Maarten	76.4
105	Aruba	76.4
106	Algeria	76.3
107	Latvia	76.2
108	Montserrat	76.2
109	Barbados	76.2
110	Cape Verde	76.1
111	Mayotte	76.1
112	Lithuania	76.0
113	Romania	75.9
114	Brazil	75.8
115	Armenia	75.7
116	Bulgaria	75.6
117	U.S. Virgin Islands	75.5
118	Brunei	75.3
119	Morocco	75.3
120	Cook Islands	75.3
121	Grenada	75.2
122	Mexico	75.1
123	Nicaragua	74.9
124	Mauritius	74.9
125	Bangladesh	74.7
126	Vietnam	74.6
127	Bahamas	74.6
128	Georgia	74.5
129	Belarus	74.4
130	Azerbaijan	74.4
131	Kazakhstan	74.4
132	Paraguay	73.8
133	Dominican Republic	73.7
134	North Korea	73.6
135	Suriname	73.6
136	Belize	73.6
137	Trinidad and Tobago	73.5
138	Ukraine	73.4
139	Russia	73.2
140	Bhutan	73.0
141	Tonga	72.9
142	Honduras	72.9
143	Seychelles	72.9
144	American Samoa	72.9
145	Saint Lucia	72.7
146	Guatemala	72.6
147	Venezuela	72.5
148	Uzbekistan	72.4
149	Iraq	72.3
150	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.1
151	Syria	72.1
152	El Salvador	72.1
153	India	72.0
154	Tajikistan	71.8
155	Mongolia	71.7
156	Samoa	71.7
157	Kyrgyzstan	71.7
158	Egypt	71.6
159	Jamaica	71.5
160	Vanuatu	71.5
161	Western Sahara	71.4
162	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.2
163	Moldova	71.2
164	Indonesia	71.1
165	Dominica	71.1
166	Cambodia	70.7
167	Solomon Islands	70.5
168	Nepal	70.4
169	Guyana	70.2
170	Turkmenistan	70.1
171	Greenland	70.1
172	Niue	70.0
173	Philippines	69.8
174	São Tomé and Príncipe	69.7
175	Libya	69.3
176	Yemen	69.3
177	Palau	69.3
178	Botswana	69.2
179	Laos	69.0
180	Senegal	68.7
181	Eritrea	68.6
182	Bolivia	68.6
183	Mauritania	68.5
184	Gabon	68.3
185	Uganda	68.3
186	Rwanda	67.8
187	Timor-Leste	67.7
188	Pakistan	67.6
189	Namibia	67.4
190	Malawi	67.4
191	Fiji	67.3
192	Ethiopia	67.3
193	Micronesia	67.2
194	Tuvalu	67.1
195	Tanzania	67.0
196	Marshall Islands	66.9
197	Myanmar	66.9
198	Comoros	66.8
199	Kiribati	66.5
200	Zambia	66.3
201	Sudan	66.3
202	South Africa	66.1
203	Papua New Guinea	66.1
204	Afghanistan	66.0
205	Djibouti	66.0
206	Gambia	65.9
207	Republic of the Congo	65.8
208	Ghana	65.5
209	Palestine	65.2
210	Haiti	64.9
211	Angola	64.6
212	Eswatini	64.1
213	Guinea-Bissau	64.1
214	Equatorial Guinea	63.7
215	Cameroon	63.7
216	Burundi	63.7
217	Kenya	63.6
218	Madagascar	63.6
219	Mozambique	63.6
220	Zimbabwe	62.8
221	Togo	62.7
222	Liberia	62.2
223	Nauru	62.1
224	Côte d’Ivoire	61.9
225	Democratic Republic of the Congo	61.9
226	Sierra Leone	61.8
227	Niger	61.2
228	Burkina Faso	61.1
229	Benin	60.8
230	Guinea	60.7
231	Mali	60.4
232	Somalia	58.8
233	South Sudan	57.6
234	Central African Republic	57.4
235	Lesotho	57.4
236	Chad	55.1
237	Nigeria	54.5

Sources: World Population Prospects 2024, UN DESA Population Division (CC BY 3.0 IGO).

Questions and answers

What is the life expectancy in the world?

Life expectancy at birth in the world was 73.2 years in 2023, by the UN estimate: 75.9 for women and 70.5 for men. In 1950 it was 46.4.

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Among countries of a million people or more, Hong Kong, with 85.5 years at birth in 2023, by the UN estimate. The lowest was in Nigeria, with 54.5 years. Some much smaller places rank higher in the full table.

Does life expectancy say how long a baby will live?

No. Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

How many babies die before their first birthday?

Of every 1,000 babies born alive in 2023, 27.3 died before their first birthday, by the UN estimate. In 1950 it was 138.1.