List of Countries by Life Expectancy

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Average life expectancy of all countries in the world

List with the average life expectancy at birth of all countries in the world, ranked from highest to lowest. This list also distinguishes the average life expectancy of the male population from the female population in each geographical area.

Rank	Flag	Country or Area [source]	Life Expectancy (2016) [source]	Female Life Expectancy (2016) [source]	Male Life Expectancy (2016) [source]
1		Japan	84.20	87.10	81.10
2		Switzerland	83.30	85.20	81.20
3		Spain	83.10	85.70	80.30
4		Australia	82.90	84.80	81.00
4		France	82.90	85.70	80.10
4		Singapore	82.90	85.00	80.80
7		Canada	82.80	84.70	80.90
7		Italy	82.80	84.90	80.50
9		Republic of Korea	82.70	85.60	79.50
10		Norway	82.50	84.30	80.60
11		Iceland	82.40	83.90	80.90
11		Luxembourg	82.40	84.60	80.10
11		Sweden	82.40	84.10	80.60
14		Israel	82.30	84.20	80.30
15		New Zealand	82.20	84.00	80.50
16		Austria	81.90	84.20	79.40
17		Netherlands	81.60	83.20	80.00
18		Ireland	81.50	83.40	79.70
18		Malta	81.50	83.30	79.60
18		Portugal	81.50	84.50	78.30
21		Finland	81.40	84.20	78.70
21		United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	81.40	83.20	79.70
23		Belgium	81.20	83.50	78.80
23		Denmark	81.20	83.20	79.30
23		Greece	81.20	83.70	78.70
26		Germany	81.00	83.30	78.70
27		Slovenia	80.90	83.70	78.00
28		Cyprus	80.70	83.10	78.40
29		Costa Rica	79.60	82.20	77.00
30		Chile	79.50	82.40	76.50
31		Czechia	79.20	82.10	76.20
32		Bahrain	79.10	79.60	78.60
33		Cuba	79.00	81.30	76.80
34		United States of America	78.50	81.00	76.00
35		Maldives	78.40	79.90	77.20
36		Croatia	78.30	81.50	75.00
37		Qatar	78.10	79.90	77.30
38		Panama	78.00	81.20	75.00
39		Estonia	77.80	82.10	73.00
39		Poland	77.80	81.60	73.80
41		Slovakia	77.40	80.90	73.80
42		Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.30	79.80	74.80
43		United Arab Emirates	77.20	78.70	76.50
44		Uruguay	77.10	80.80	73.20
45		Oman	77.00	79.50	75.30
46		Argentina	76.90	80.30	73.50
47		Montenegro	76.80	79.20	74.40
48		Mexico	76.60	79.20	74.00
49		Ecuador	76.50	78.90	74.10
50		Albania	76.40	78.60	74.30
50		Algeria	76.40	77.40	75.40
50		Brunei Darussalam	76.40	77.60	75.30
50		China	76.40	77.90	75.00
50		Turkey	76.40	79.40	73.30
55		Lebanon	76.30	77.70	75.10
55		Serbia	76.30	78.90	73.80
55		Viet Nam	76.30	80.90	71.70
58		Hungary	76.00	79.40	72.30
58		Jamaica	76.00	78.50	73.60
58		Morocco	76.00	77.00	74.80
58		Tunisia	76.00	78.10	74.10
62		North Macedonia	75.90	78.00	73.80
62		Peru	75.90	78.30	73.40
64		Bahamas	75.70	78.60	72.60
64		Iran (Islamic Republic of)	75.70	76.90	74.60
66		Barbados	75.60	78.00	73.10
66		Saint Lucia	75.60	78.30	73.00
68		Nicaragua	75.50	78.40	72.50
68		Thailand	75.50	79.30	71.80
70		Malaysia	75.30	77.60	73.20
70		Sri Lanka	75.30	78.50	72.10
72		Honduras	75.20	77.50	72.90
72		Romania	75.20	79.00	71.60
74		Brazil	75.10	78.90	71.40
74		Colombia	75.10	78.80	71.50
74		Samoa	75.10	78.40	72.00
77		Antigua and Barbuda	75.00	77.50	72.50
77		Latvia	75.00	79.60	70.00
77		Lithuania	75.00	80.20	69.70
80		Armenia	74.80	78.10	71.20
80		Bulgaria	74.80	78.40	71.40
80		Kuwait	74.80	76.00	73.90
80		Mauritius	74.80	78.10	71.60
80		Saudi Arabia	74.80	76.50	73.50
85		Jordan	74.30	76.00	72.70
86		Belarus	74.20	79.20	68.80
86		Paraguay	74.20	76.10	72.40
88		Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	74.10	79.00	69.50
89		El Salvador	73.70	78.10	69.00
90		Dominican Republic	73.50	76.70	70.60
91		Grenada	73.40	75.90	71.00
91		Tonga	73.40	76.40	70.50
93		Seychelles	73.30	78.00	69.00
94		Cabo Verde	73.20	75.00	71.10
94		Guatemala	73.20	76.00	70.40
96		Azerbaijan	73.10	75.70	70.30
97		Bangladesh	72.70	74.40	71.10
98		Georgia	72.60	76.80	68.30
99		Ukraine	72.50	77.10	67.60
100		Uzbekistan	72.30	75.00	69.70
101		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	72.00	74.90	69.40
101		Vanuatu	72.00	74.10	70.10
103		Democratic People's Republic of Korea	71.90	75.50	68.20
103		Libya	71.90	75.00	69.00
103		Russian Federation	71.90	77.20	66.40
106		Suriname	71.80	75.10	68.70
106		Trinidad and Tobago	71.80	75.60	68.20
108		Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	71.50	74.00	69.10
108		Republic of Moldova	71.50	75.30	67.60
110		Kyrgyzstan	71.40	75.20	67.70
111		Kazakhstan	71.10	75.30	66.80
111		Solomon Islands	71.10	72.70	69.70
113		Tajikistan	70.80	73.00	68.70
114		Bhutan	70.60	70.80	70.40
115		Belize	70.50	73.40	67.90
115		Egypt	70.50	73.00	68.20
117		Nepal	70.20	71.60	68.80
118		Fiji	69.90	73.10	67.10
119		Iraq	69.80	72.20	67.50
119		Mongolia	69.80	74.20	65.70
121		Micronesia (Federated States of)	69.60	70.80	68.40
122		Cambodia	69.40	71.20	67.30
123		Indonesia	69.30	71.40	67.30
123		Philippines	69.30	72.60	66.20
125		India	68.80	70.30	67.40
126		Sao Tome and Principe	68.70	70.70	66.70
127		Timor-Leste	68.60	70.40	66.80
128		Turkmenistan	68.20	71.70	64.70
129		Rwanda	68.00	69.90	66.10
130		Myanmar	66.80	68.90	64.60
130		Senegal	66.80	68.70	64.70
132		Kenya	66.70	68.90	64.40
133		Pakistan	66.50	67.40	65.70
134		Gabon	66.40	68.20	64.80
135		Guyana	66.20	69.00	63.60
136		Botswana	66.10	68.40	63.60
136		Kiribati	66.10	68.60	63.60
136		Madagascar	66.10	67.60	64.60
139		Papua New Guinea	65.90	68.30	63.60
140		Lao People's Democratic Republic	65.80	67.40	64.20
141		Ethiopia	65.50	67.30	63.70
142		Yemen	65.30	66.80	63.90
143		Sudan	65.10	66.90	63.40
144		Eritrea	65.00	67.10	62.90
145		Congo	64.30	65.60	63.00
146		Malawi	64.20	66.80	61.40
147		Comoros	63.90	65.50	62.30
147		Mauritania	63.90	65.20	62.60
147		United Republic of Tanzania	63.90	65.80	62.00
150		Djibouti	63.80	65.50	62.20
150		Syrian Arab Republic	63.80	68.90	59.40
152		Namibia	63.70	66.10	61.10
153		South Africa	63.60	67.00	60.20
154		Haiti	63.50	65.70	61.30
155		Ghana	63.40	64.40	62.50
156		Liberia	62.90	63.90	62.00
157		Afghanistan	62.75	64.50	61.00
158		Angola	62.60	64.90	60.30
159		Uganda	62.50	64.80	60.20
160		Zambia	62.30	64.40	60.20
161		Gambia	61.90	63.30	60.60
162		Zimbabwe	61.40	63.10	59.60
163		Benin	61.10	62.40	59.70
164		Togo	60.60	61.50	59.70
165		Democratic Republic of the Congo	60.50	62.00	58.90
166		Burkina Faso	60.30	60.90	59.60
167		Burundi	60.10	61.80	58.50
167		Mozambique	60.10	62.30	57.70
169		Guinea-Bissau	59.80	61.20	58.40
169		Guinea	59.80	60.20	59.40
169		Niger	59.80	60.80	59.00
172		Equatorial Guinea	59.50	61.70	57.90
173		South Sudan	58.60	59.60	57.70
174		Cameroon	58.10	59.40	56.70
175		Mali	58.00	58.40	57.50
176		Eswatini	57.70	59.90	55.10
177		Somalia	55.40	57.30	53.70
178		Nigeria	55.20	55.70	54.70
179		Côte d’Ivoire	54.60	55.70	53.60
180		Chad	54.30	55.40	53.10
181		Sierra Leone	53.10	53.80	52.50
182		Central African Republic	53.00	54.40	51.70
183		Lesotho	52.90	54.60	51.00