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Life expectancy at birth
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216 countries · 1950–2023
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2023
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Monaco
86.4
2
San Marino
85.7
3
Hong Kong SAR, China
85.5
4
Japan
84.7
5
Korea, Rep.
84.3
6
French Polynesia
84.1
7
Andorra
84
8
Switzerland
84
9
Australia
83.9
10
Singapore
83.7
11
Italy
83.7
12
Spain
83.7
13
Liechtenstein
83.6
14
Gibraltar
83.6
15
France
83.3
16
Norway
83.3
17
Malta
83.3
18
Sweden
83.3
19
Macao SAR, China
83.1
20
United Arab Emirates
82.9
21
Iceland
82.7
22
Canada
82.6
23
Ireland
82.4
24
Israel
82.4
25
Qatar
82.4
26
Portugal
82.4
27
Bermuda
82.3
28
Luxembourg
82.2
29
Netherlands
82.2
30
Belgium
82.1
31
New Zealand
82.1
32
Austria
82
33
Denmark
81.9
34
Finland
81.9
35
Greece
81.9
36
Puerto Rico (US)
81.7
37
Cyprus
81.6
38
Slovenia
81.6
39
Germany
81.4
40
United Kingdom
81.3
41
Bahrain
81.3
42
Chile
81.2
43
Maldives
81
44
Isle of Man
81
45
Costa Rica
80.8
46
Taiwan
80.6
47
Kuwait
80.4
48
Cayman Islands
80.4
49
St. Martin (French part)
80.2
50
Faroe Islands
80.2
51
Oman
80
52
Czechia
79.8
53
Albania
79.6
54
Panama
79.6
55
United States
79.3
56
Estonia
79.2
57
Northern Mariana Islands
78.8
58
New Caledonia
78.8
59
Saudi Arabia
78.7
60
Poland
78.6
61
Croatia
78.6
62
Slovak Republic
78.3
63
Uruguay
78.1
64
Cuba
78.1
65
Turks and Caicos Islands
78
66
China
78
67
Bosnia and Herzegovina
77.9
68
Lebanon
77.8
69
Jordan
77.8
70
Peru
77.7
71
Colombia
77.7
72
Iran, Islamic Rep.
77.7
73
Antigua and Barbuda
77.6
74
Sri Lanka
77.5
75
North Macedonia
77.4
76
Argentina
77.4
77
Ecuador
77.4
78
British Virgin Islands
77.3
79
Guam
77.2
80
Turkiye
77.2
81
Montenegro
77.1
82
Hungary
77
83
Curacao
76.8
84
Serbia
76.8
85
Malaysia
76.7
86
Tunisia
76.5
87
Thailand
76.4
88
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
76.4
89
Aruba
76.4
90
Algeria
76.3
91
Latvia
76.2
92
Barbados
76.2
93
Cabo Verde
76.1
94
Lithuania
76
95
Romania
75.9
96
Brazil
75.8
97
Armenia
75.7
98
Bulgaria
75.6
99
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
75.5
100
Brunei Darussalam
75.3
101
Morocco
75.3
102
Grenada
75.2
103
Mexico
75.1
104
Nicaragua
74.9
105
Mauritius
74.9
106
Bangladesh
74.7
107
Viet Nam
74.6
108
Bahamas, The
74.6
109
Georgia
74.5
110
Belarus
74.4
111
Azerbaijan
74.4
112
Kazakhstan
74.4
113
Paraguay
73.8
114
Dominican Republic
73.7
115
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
73.6
116
Suriname
73.6
117
Belize
73.6
118
Trinidad and Tobago
73.5
119
Ukraine
73.4
120
Russian Federation
73.2
121
Bhutan
73
122
Tonga
72.9
123
Honduras
72.9
124
Seychelles
72.9
125
American Samoa
72.9
126
St. Lucia
72.7
127
Guatemala
72.6
128
Venezuela, RB
72.5
129
Uzbekistan
72.4
130
Iraq
72.3
131
St. Kitts and Nevis
72.1
132
Syrian Arab Republic
72.1
133
El Salvador
72.1
134
India
72
135
Tajikistan
71.8
136
Mongolia
71.7
137
Samoa
71.7
138
Kyrgyz Republic
71.7
139
Egypt, Arab Rep.
71.6
140
Jamaica
71.5
141
Vanuatu
71.5
142
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
71.2
143
Moldova
71.2
144
Indonesia
71.1
145
Dominica
71.1
146
Cambodia
70.7
147
Solomon Islands
70.5
148
Nepal
70.4
149
Guyana
70.2
150
Turkmenistan
70.1
151
Greenland
70.1
152
Philippines
69.8
153
Sao Tome and Principe
69.7
154
Libya
69.3
155
Yemen, Rep.
69.3
156
Palau
69.3
157
Botswana
69.2
158
Lao PDR
69
159
Senegal
68.7
160
Eritrea
68.6
161
Bolivia
68.6
162
Mauritania
68.5
163
Gabon
68.3
164
Uganda
68.3
165
Rwanda
67.8
166
Timor-Leste
67.7
167
Pakistan
67.6
168
Namibia
67.4
169
Malawi
67.4
170
Fiji
67.3
171
Ethiopia
67.3
172
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
67.2
173
Tuvalu
67.1
174
Tanzania
67
175
Marshall Islands
66.9
176
Myanmar
66.9
177
Comoros
66.8
178
Kiribati
66.5
179
Zambia
66.3
180
Sudan
66.3
181
South Africa
66.1
182
Papua New Guinea
66.1
183
Afghanistan
66
184
Djibouti
66
185
Gambia, The
65.9
186
Congo, Rep.
65.8
187
Ghana
65.5
188
West Bank and Gaza
65.2
189
Haiti
64.9
190
Angola
64.6
191
Eswatini
64.1
192
Guinea-Bissau
64.1
193
Equatorial Guinea
63.7
194
Cameroon
63.7
195
Burundi
63.7
196
Kenya
63.6
197
Madagascar
63.6
198
Mozambique
63.6
199
Zimbabwe
62.8
200
Togo
62.7
201
Liberia
62.2
202
Naoero
62.1
203
Cote d'Ivoire
61.9
204
Congo, Dem. Rep.
61.9
205
Sierra Leone
61.8
206
Niger
61.2
207
Burkina Faso
61.1
208
Benin
60.8
209
Guinea
60.7
210
Mali
60.4
211
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
58.8
212
South Sudan
57.6
213
Central African Republic
57.4
214
Lesotho
57.4
215
Chad
55.1
216
Nigeria
54.5
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