Life Expectancy for Countries, 2013

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Find the average life expectancy for each country and the world. As of 2013, the country with the highest life expectancy is Monaco at 89.63 years; the country with the lowest life expectancy is Chad at just 49.07 years.

RankCountryLife expectancy
1Monaco 89.63
2Macau 84.46
3Japan 84.19
4Singapore 84.07
5San Marino 83.12
6Andorra 82.58
7Guernsey 82.32
8Switzerland 82.28
9Hong Kong 82.20
10Australia 81.98
11Italy 81.95
12Liechtenstein 81.59
13Canada 81.57
14Jersey 81.57
15France 81.56
16Spain 81.37
17Sweden 81.28
18Israel 81.17
19Iceland 81.11
20Anguilla 81.09
21Netherlands 81.01
22Bermuda 80.93
23Cayman Islands 80.91
24Isle of Man 80.87
25New Zealand 80.82
26Ireland 80.44
27Norway 80.44
28Germany 80.32
29Jordan 80.30
30United Kingdom 80.29
31Greece 80.18
32Saint Pierre and Miquelon 80.13
33Austria 80.04
34Malta 79.98
35Faroe Islands 79.98
36European Union 79.90
37Luxembourg 79.88
38Belgium 79.78
39Taiwan 79.71
40Virgin Islands 79.61
41Finland 79.55
42Korea, South 79.55
43Turks and Caicos Islands 79.40
44Wallis and Futuna 79.27
45Puerto Rico 79.07
46Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 79.06
47Gibraltar 78.98
48Denmark 78.94
49Portugal 78.85
50Guam 78.66
51United States 78.62
52Bahrain 78.43
53Chile 78.27
54Qatar 78.24
55Cyprus 78.17
56Panama 78.13
57British Virgin Islands 78.12
58Costa Rica 78.06
59Cuba 78.05
60Albania 77.77
61Slovenia 77.66
62Dominican Republic 77.62
63Sint Maarten 77.61
64Czech Republic 77.56
65Georgia 77.51
66Kuwait 77.46
67Northern Mariana Islands 77.45
68Argentina 77.32
69Saint Lucia 77.22
70New Caledonia 77.13
71United Arab Emirates 76.91
72Mexico 76.86
73Uruguay 76.61
74Paraguay 76.60
75French Polynesia 76.59
76Brunei 76.57
77Poland 76.45
78Dominica 76.39
79Morocco 76.31
80Slovakia 76.24
81Croatia 76.20
82Algeria 76.18
83Sri Lanka 76.15
84Ecuador 76.15
85Aruba 76.14
86Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.12
87Antigua and Barbuda 75.91
88Libya 75.83
89Lithuania 75.77
90Tonga 75.60
91Macedonia 75.58
92West Bank 75.46
93Tunisia 75.46
94Lebanon 75.46
95Hungary 75.24
96Cook Islands 75.15
97Syria 75.14
98Saint Kitts and Nevis 75.07
99Colombia 75.02
100China 74.99
101Mauritius 74.94
102Maldives 74.92
103Serbia 74.79
104Barbados 74.75
105Oman 74.72
106American Samoa 74.68
107Solomon Islands 74.66
108Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.62
109Saudi Arabia 74.58
110Romania 74.45
111Gaza Strip 74.40
112Malaysia 74.28
113Venezuela 74.23
114Bulgaria 74.08
115Thailand 74.05
116Seychelles 74.01
117El Salvador 73.93
118Estonia 73.82
119Armenia 73.75
120Montserrat 73.65
121Grenada 73.55
122Jamaica 73.44
123Latvia 73.19
124Egypt 73.19
125Uzbekistan 73.03
126Turkey 73.03
127Brazil 73.02
128Peru 72.98
129Samoa 72.94
130Vietnam 72.65
131Nicaragua 72.45
132Vanuatu 72.38
133Palau 72.33
134Marshall Islands 72.31
135Philippines 72.21
136Micronesia, Federated States of 72.07
137Trinidad and Tobago 71.96
138Indonesia 71.90
139Fiji 71.87
140Belarus 71.81
141Bahamas, The 71.69
142Azerbaijan 71.61
143Greenland 71.54
144Guatemala 71.46
145Suriname 71.41
146Cape Verde 71.28
147Iraq 71.14
148Honduras 70.81
149Iran 70.62
150Bangladesh 70.36
151Kazakhstan 69.94
152Russia 69.85
153Moldova 69.82
154Kyrgyzstan 69.75
155Korea, North 69.51
156Turkmenistan 69.16
157Mongolia 68.95
158Ukraine 68.93
159Bhutan 68.44
160Belize 68.40
161Bolivia 68.22
162Guyana 67.68
163India 67.48
164Timor-Leste 67.06
165Nepal 66.86
166Tajikistan 66.72
167Pakistan 66.71
168Papua New Guinea 66.66
169Nauru 66.05
170Burma 65.60
171Tuvalu 65.47
172Ghana 65.32
173Kiribati 65.11
174Madagascar 64.85
175Yemen 64.47
176Gambia, The 64.09
177Sao Tome and Principe 63.86
178Togo 63.62
179Cambodia 63.41
180Kenya 63.29
181Eritrea 63.19
182Laos 63.14
183Comoros 63.12
184Equatorial Guinea 63.12
185Sudan 62.95
186Haiti 62.85
187Djibouti 61.99
188Mauritania 61.91
189Western Sahara 61.90
190Tanzania 60.76
191Benin 60.67
192Senegal 60.57
193Ethiopia 60.00
194Burundi 59.69
195Guinea 59.11
196Rwanda 58.85
197Liberia 57.81
198Cote d'Ivoire 57.66
199Sierra Leone 56.98
200Congo, Democratic Republic of the 56.14
201Congo, Republic of the 55.60
202Cameroon 55.02
203Angola 54.95
204Mali 54.55
205Botswana 54.47
206Burkina Faso 54.43
207Niger 54.34
208Uganda 53.98
209Zimbabwe 53.86
210Malawi 52.78
211Nigeria 52.46
212Lesotho 52.30
213Mozambique 52.29
214Gabon 52.15
215Namibia 52.03
216Zambia 51.51
217Somalia 51.19
218Central African Republic 50.90
219Afghanistan 50.11
220Swaziland 50.01
221Guinea-Bissau 49.50
222South Africa 49.48
223Chad 49.07

Source: CIA, World Factbook.
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