List of countries by life expectancy

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 July 2019

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Life expectancy at birth compares the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages.

As of 2015-2020, Hong Kong has highest life expectancy at 84.63 years. Top three positions are occupied by Asian nations as Japan and Macao SAR is at 2nd and 3rd position, resp. These three have life expectancies above 84 years.

38 countries/regions have life expectancy above 80 years, 51 have between 75-80 years, 49 have between 70-75 years.

13 countries/regions have life expectancy below 60 years. Central African Republic has lowest life expectancy at 52.67 years. The worst life expectancies are found in Africa as 28 lowest ranked countries are located in Africa.

Everywhere in the world women live longer than men. Life expectancies for male are between 50.40 to 81.75 years, while for female these fig range from 54.85 to 87.53 years. Difference is maximun in Syria where women avg life is 11.80 years than men. Next in line come Lithuania, Russian Federation and Belarus having discrepancy greater than 10 years. Bhutan has minimum difference of 0.66 years.

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Life expectancy at birth (2015-2020)
Country/Region	Both Sexes		Male		Female		F-M	Continent
Country/Region	Years	Rank	Years	Rank	Years	Rank	Years	Continent
Burundi	61.03	182	59.22	184	62.80	184	3.58	Africa
Comoros	63.98	169	62.27	170	65.76	171	3.49	Africa
Djibouti	66.54	156	64.58	154	68.74	155	4.16	Africa
Eritrea	65.74	162	63.60	162	67.96	160	4.36	Africa
Ethiopia	65.97	161	64.09	157	67.88	161	3.79	Africa
Kenya	66.18	158	63.82	160	68.50	156	4.68	Africa
Madagascar	66.49	157	64.89	153	68.10	158	3.21	Africa
Malawi	63.43	174	60.29	176	66.57	166	6.28	Africa
Mauritius	74.76	96	71.41	97	78.25	84	6.84	Africa
Mayotte	79.35	43	76.04	52	82.90	38	6.86	Africa
Mozambique	60.05	188	57.01	191	62.85	182	5.84	Africa
Réunion	80.03	36	77.32	40	83.75	28	6.43	Africa
Rwanda	68.44	147	66.27	144	70.51	149	4.24	Africa
Seychelles	73.29	109	69.78	115	77.27	102	7.49	Africa
Somalia	56.94	196	55.29	195	58.66	195	3.37	Africa
South Sudan	57.43	194	55.95	193	58.94	194	2.99	Africa
Uganda	62.76	177	60.42	174	64.97	175	4.55	Africa
United Republic of Tanzania	64.84	164	63.04	164	66.60	165	3.56	Africa
Zambia	63.26	175	60.26	177	66.22	167	5.96	Africa
Zimbabwe	60.83	184	59.16	185	62.22	185	3.06	Africa
Angola	60.54	185	57.83	188	63.42	179	5.59	Africa
Cameroon	58.77	190	57.53	189	60.02	190	2.49	Africa
Central African Republic	52.67	201	50.50	200	54.87	200	4.37	Africa
Chad	53.80	199	52.41	199	55.21	198	2.80	Africa
Congo	64.16	167	62.70	168	65.57	173	2.87	Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.21	187	58.70	186	61.74	186	3.04	Africa
Equatorial Guinea	58.25	192	57.27	190	59.41	193	2.14	Africa
Gabon	66.06	159	64.01	158	68.21	157	4.20	Africa
Sao Tome and Principe	70.05	139	67.67	135	72.45	137	4.78	Africa
Botswana	69.10	146	66.03	147	71.86	142	5.83	Africa
Eswatini	59.31	189	55.17	196	63.88	178	8.71	Africa
Lesotho	53.51	200	50.40	201	56.75	197	6.35	Africa
Namibia	63.02	176	60.04	181	65.80	170	5.76	Africa
South Africa	63.62	171	60.24	178	67.14	163	6.90	Africa
Benin	61.30	180	59.75	182	62.83	183	3.08	Africa
Burkina Faso	60.92	183	60.11	180	61.60	187	1.49	Africa
Cabo Verde	72.70	116	69.23	120	75.92	115	6.69	Africa
Côte d'Ivoire	57.25	195	56.07	192	58.57	196	2.50	Africa
Gambia	61.54	179	60.17	179	62.95	181	2.78	Africa
Ghana	63.65	170	62.60	169	64.72	177	2.12	Africa
Guinea	61.04	181	60.33	175	61.53	188	1.20	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	57.82	193	55.80	194	59.71	191	3.91	Africa
Liberia	63.60	172	62.22	171	64.97	176	2.75	Africa
Mali	58.71	191	57.96	187	59.46	192	1.50	Africa
Mauritania	64.61	165	63.00	165	66.18	168	3.18	Africa
Niger	61.80	178	60.69	173	62.97	180	2.28	Africa
Nigeria	54.18	197	53.30	197	55.08	199	1.78	Africa
Senegal	67.47	151	65.32	152	69.42	151	4.10	Africa
Sierra Leone	54.07	198	53.24	198	54.85	201	1.61	Africa
Togo	60.53	186	59.67	183	61.37	189	1.70	Africa
Algeria	76.59	73	75.39	56	77.84	89	2.45	Africa
Egypt	71.74	124	69.52	116	74.08	129	4.56	Africa
Libya	72.70	115	69.90	114	75.74	117	5.84	Africa
Morocco	76.33	78	75.07	60	77.54	98	2.47	Africa
Sudan	64.95	163	63.13	163	66.80	164	3.67	Africa
Tunisia	76.41	75	74.39	69	78.46	80	4.07	Africa
Western Sahara	69.86	140	68.24	132	71.87	141	3.63	Africa
Armenia	74.87	94	71.12	101	78.30	83	7.18	Asia
Azerbaijan	72.81	113	70.31	109	75.26	122	4.95	Asia
Bahrain	77.10	64	76.25	50	78.22	85	1.97	Asia
Cyprus	80.75	32	78.65	32	82.84	39	4.19	Asia
Georgia	73.52	107	69.09	121	77.92	87	8.83	Asia
Iraq	70.37	136	68.33	128	72.42	138	4.09	Asia
Israel	82.74	12	81.04	9	84.32	18	3.28	Asia
Jordan	74.33	99	72.66	89	76.09	110	3.43	Asia
Kuwait	75.33	88	74.61	65	76.38	108	1.77	Asia
Lebanon	78.82	46	77.02	43	80.77	53	3.75	Asia
Oman	77.53	58	75.78	53	80.05	63	4.27	Asia
Qatar	80.02	37	78.89	27	81.80	45	2.91	Asia
Saudi Arabia	74.90	93	73.71	78	76.51	107	2.80	Asia
State of Palestine	73.82	104	72.20	91	75.50	118	3.30	Asia
Syrian Arab Republic	71.32	129	65.86	148	77.66	92	11.80	Asia
Turkey	77.31	61	74.30	70	80.23	59	5.93	Asia
United Arab Emirates	77.75	56	77.06	42	79.09	76	2.03	Asia
Yemen	66.03	160	64.36	156	67.73	162	3.37	Asia
Kazakhstan	73.23	110	68.82	124	77.35	100	8.53	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	71.18	131	67.21	137	75.36	120	8.15	Asia
Tajikistan	70.77	134	68.64	126	73.05	134	4.41	Asia
Turkmenistan	67.98	149	64.51	155	71.50	145	6.99	Asia
Uzbekistan	71.53	126	69.41	117	73.63	132	4.22	Asia
Afghanistan	64.28	166	62.85	167	65.81	169	2.96	Asia
Bangladesh	72.15	120	70.48	108	74.11	128	3.63	Asia
Bhutan	71.28	130	70.96	104	71.62	144	0.66	Asia
India	69.27	144	68.11	134	70.53	148	2.42	Asia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	76.35	77	75.26	58	77.56	95	2.30	Asia
Maldives	78.47	50	77.07	41	80.36	57	3.29	Asia
Nepal	70.31	137	68.83	123	71.72	143	2.89	Asia
Pakistan	67.02	154	66.11	145	68.00	159	1.89	Asia
Sri Lanka	76.73	68	73.32	82	80.05	64	6.73	Asia
China	76.62	72	74.47	68	78.97	78	4.50	Asia
China, Hong Kong SAR	84.63	1	81.75	1	87.53	1	5.78	Asia
China, Macao SAR	84.04	3	81.07	7	86.97	3	5.90	Asia
China, Taiwan Province of China	80.19	35	77.48	37	83.01	34	5.53	Asia
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	71.96	122	68.30	129	75.42	119	7.12	Asia
Japan	84.43	2	81.28	3	87.47	2	6.19	Asia
Mongolia	69.55	142	65.50	151	73.82	131	8.32	Asia
Republic of Korea	82.77	11	79.63	20	85.70	5	6.07	Asia
Brunei Darussalam	75.66	84	74.54	66	76.88	104	2.34	Asia
Cambodia	69.44	143	67.17	139	71.50	146	4.33	Asia
Indonesia	71.41	128	69.29	119	73.63	133	4.34	Asia
Lao People's Democratic Republic	67.44	152	65.68	149	69.24	153	3.56	Asia
Malaysia	75.93	81	74.01	73	78.10	86	4.09	Asia
Myanmar	66.76	155	63.67	161	69.75	150	6.08	Asia
Philippines	71.04	133	67.08	140	75.31	121	8.23	Asia
Singapore	83.39	5	81.25	4	85.52	6	4.27	Asia
Thailand	76.83	66	73.12	84	80.62	56	7.50	Asia
Timor-Leste	69.15	145	67.18	138	71.26	147	4.08	Asia
Viet Nam	75.27	89	71.16	99	79.40	71	8.24	Asia
Antigua and Barbuda	76.82	67	75.67	54	77.91	88	2.24	North America
Aruba	76.08	79	73.56	81	78.44	81	4.88	North America
Bahamas	73.73	106	71.48	95	75.88	116	4.40	North America
Barbados	79.02	45	77.60	36	80.35	58	2.75	North America
Cuba	78.69	48	76.72	45	80.67	55	3.95	North America
Curaçao	78.63	49	75.48	55	81.42	48	5.94	North America
Dominican Republic	73.81	105	70.72	105	77.12	103	6.40	North America
Grenada	72.39	117	70.07	111	74.95	124	4.88	North America
Guadeloupe	81.84	24	78.13	34	85.24	11	7.11	North America
Haiti	63.52	173	61.37	172	65.68	172	4.31	North America
Jamaica	74.33	100	72.77	87	75.94	113	3.17	North America
Martinique	82.27	16	78.89	25	85.38	8	6.49	North America
Puerto Rico	79.85	40	76.22	51	83.31	32	7.09	North America
Saint Lucia	75.99	80	74.66	62	77.37	99	2.71	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.36	118	70.14	110	74.94	125	4.80	North America
Trinidad and Tobago	73.31	108	70.69	106	76.02	112	5.33	North America
United States Virgin Islands	80.32	34	77.66	35	82.90	37	5.24	North America
Belize	74.37	98	71.42	96	77.58	94	6.16	North America
Costa Rica	80.00	38	77.43	39	82.66	41	5.23	North America
El Salvador	72.99	112	68.11	133	77.54	97	9.43	North America
Guatemala	73.94	103	71.00	103	76.80	105	5.80	North America
Honduras	74.99	91	72.68	88	77.28	101	4.60	North America
Mexico	74.98	92	72.10	93	77.83	90	5.73	North America
Nicaragua	74.15	101	70.61	107	77.66	91	7.05	North America
Panama	78.24	55	75.13	59	81.53	47	6.40	North America
Argentina	76.45	74	73.00	85	79.80	66	6.80	South America
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	71.08	132	68.28	131	74.05	130	5.77	South America
Brazil	75.56	87	71.90	94	79.27	74	7.37	South America
Chile	79.96	39	77.44	38	82.32	44	4.88	South America
Colombia	77.02	65	74.23	71	79.78	67	5.55	South America
Ecuador	76.70	69	73.95	75	79.56	70	5.61	South America
French Guiana	79.73	42	76.71	46	82.95	35	6.24	South America
Guyana	69.71	141	66.74	143	72.89	135	6.15	South America
Paraguay	74.08	102	72.11	92	76.20	109	4.09	South America
Peru	76.41	76	73.71	79	79.18	75	5.47	South America
Suriname	71.49	127	68.29	130	74.85	126	6.56	South America
Uruguay	77.70	57	73.87	76	81.30	51	7.43	South America
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	72.13	121	68.40	127	76.08	111	7.68	South America
Australia	83.20	8	81.21	6	85.22	12	4.01	Oceania
New Zealand	82.06	20	80.30	16	83.80	25	3.50	Oceania
Fiji	67.27	153	65.60	150	69.08	154	3.48	Oceania
New Caledonia	77.28	62	74.66	63	80.16	60	5.50	Oceania
Papua New Guinea	64.15	168	62.94	166	65.45	174	2.51	Oceania
Solomon Islands	72.77	114	71.11	102	74.62	127	3.51	Oceania
Vanuatu	70.25	138	68.79	125	71.90	140	3.11	Oceania
Guam	79.77	41	76.50	47	83.30	33	6.80	Oceania
Kiribati	67.99	148	63.90	159	71.97	139	8.07	Oceania
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	67.70	150	66.07	146	69.38	152	3.31	Oceania
French Polynesia	77.38	59	75.32	57	79.65	68	4.33	Oceania
Samoa	73.11	111	71.13	100	75.24	123	4.11	Oceania
Tonga	70.74	135	68.83	122	72.69	136	3.86	Oceania
Belarus	74.49	97	69.30	118	79.34	72	10.04	Europe
Bulgaria	74.85	95	71.34	98	78.48	79	7.14	Europe
Czechia	79.15	44	76.48	48	81.76	46	5.28	Europe
Hungary	76.63	71	72.96	86	80.08	62	7.12	Europe
Poland	78.46	51	74.48	67	82.37	43	7.89	Europe
Republic of Moldova	71.68	125	67.42	136	75.94	114	8.52	Europe
Romania	75.83	82	72.36	90	79.32	73	6.96	Europe
Russian Federation	72.29	119	66.81	142	77.54	96	10.73	Europe
Slovakia	77.31	60	73.74	77	80.76	54	7.02	Europe
Ukraine	71.82	123	66.83	141	76.63	106	9.80	Europe
Channel Islands	82.84	9	80.86	10	84.74	13	3.88	Europe
Denmark	80.68	33	78.69	29	82.68	40	3.99	Europe
Estonia	78.46	52	73.98	74	82.49	42	8.51	Europe
Finland	81.64	26	78.75	28	84.52	15	5.77	Europe
Iceland	82.77	10	81.23	5	84.31	19	3.08	Europe
Ireland	82.05	21	80.35	14	83.70	29	3.35	Europe
Latvia	75.05	90	69.94	113	79.81	65	9.87	Europe
Lithuania	75.65	85	69.95	112	81.14	52	11.19	Europe
Norway	82.18	18	80.17	17	84.20	21	4.03	Europe
Sweden	82.57	13	80.75	11	84.38	17	3.63	Europe
United Kingdom	81.15	29	79.37	23	82.90	36	3.53	Europe
Albania	78.38	53	76.73	44	80.10	61	3.37	Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.18	63	74.65	64	79.65	69	5.00	Europe
Croatia	78.25	54	75.01	61	81.39	49	6.38	Europe
Greece	81.98	23	79.48	21	84.48	16	5.00	Europe
Italy	83.28	7	81.04	8	85.35	10	4.31	Europe
Malta	82.29	15	80.40	13	84.07	23	3.67	Europe
Montenegro	76.65	70	74.20	72	79.08	77	4.88	Europe
North Macedonia	75.60	86	73.60	80	77.65	93	4.05	Europe
Portugal	81.75	25	78.67	30	84.64	14	5.97	Europe
Serbia	75.77	83	73.17	83	78.40	82	5.23	Europe
Slovenia	81.08	31	78.25	33	83.85	24	5.60	Europe
Spain	83.36	6	80.60	12	86.05	4	5.45	Europe
Austria	81.35	28	78.89	26	83.75	27	4.86	Europe
Belgium	81.39	27	79.02	24	83.69	30	4.67	Europe
France	82.46	14	79.44	22	85.36	9	5.92	Europe
Germany	81.10	30	78.67	31	83.55	31	4.88	Europe
Luxembourg	82.00	22	79.84	19	84.15	22	4.31	Europe
Netherlands	82.06	19	80.32	15	83.77	26	3.45	Europe
Switzerland	83.56	4	81.60	2	85.41	7	3.81	Europe
Canada	82.22	17	80.16	18	84.25	20	4.09	North America
United States of America	78.81	47	76.30	49	81.34	50	5.04	North America
World	72.28		69.92		74.72		4.80