Life expectancy: all countries and regions
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method.
Countries
| Country | Latest year | Value (years) |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2023 | 66.0346 |
| Albania | 2023 | 79.6019 |
| Algeria | 2023 | 76.261 |
| American Samoa | 2023 | 72.8518 |
| Andorra | 2023 | 84.0406 |
| Angola | 2023 | 64.617 |
| Anguilla | 2023 | 79.3115 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2023 | 77.5976 |
| Argentina | 2023 | 77.3947 |
| Armenia | 2023 | 75.6827 |
| Aruba | 2023 | 76.353 |
| Australia | 2023 | 83.9228 |
| Austria | 2023 | 81.9559 |
| Azerbaijan | 2023 | 74.4286 |
| Bahamas | 2023 | 74.5518 |
| Bahrain | 2023 | 81.2835 |
| Bangladesh | 2023 | 74.6723 |
| Barbados | 2023 | 76.1782 |
| Belarus | 2023 | 74.4339 |
| Belgium | 2023 | 82.115 |
| Belize | 2023 | 73.5656 |
| Benin | 2023 | 60.7738 |
| Bermuda | 2023 | 82.3089 |
| Bhutan | 2023 | 72.9753 |
| Bolivia | 2023 | 68.5814 |
| Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 2023 | 77.4355 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2023 | 77.8504 |
| Botswana | 2023 | 69.1631 |
| Brazil | 2023 | 75.8482 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2023 | 77.2758 |
| Brunei | 2023 | 75.3266 |
| Bulgaria | 2023 | 75.6363 |
| Burkina Faso | 2023 | 61.092 |
| Burundi | 2023 | 63.6511 |
| Cambodia | 2023 | 70.6675 |
| Cameroon | 2023 | 63.6996 |
| Canada | 2023 | 82.6302 |
| Cape Verde | 2023 | 76.0587 |
| Cayman Islands | 2023 | 80.3576 |
| Central African Republic | 2023 | 57.4077 |
| Chad | 2023 | 55.0692 |
| Chile | 2023 | 81.1667 |
| China | 2023 | 77.9529 |
| Colombia | 2023 | 77.7246 |
| Comoros | 2023 | 66.7768 |
| Congo | 2023 | 65.772 |
| Cook Islands | 2023 | 75.2818 |
| Costa Rica | 2023 | 80.7995 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 2023 | 61.9438 |
| Croatia | 2023 | 78.5803 |
| Cuba | 2023 | 78.0855 |
| Curacao | 2023 | 76.7996 |
| Cyprus | 2023 | 81.648 |
| Czechia | 2023 | 79.8341 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 2023 | 61.895 |
| Denmark | 2023 | 81.9328 |
| Djibouti | 2023 | 65.9865 |
| Dominica | 2023 | 71.1325 |
| Dominican Republic | 2023 | 73.7201 |
| East Timor | 2023 | 67.6894 |
| Ecuador | 2023 | 77.3924 |
| Egypt | 2023 | 71.6335 |
| El Salvador | 2023 | 72.0993 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 2023 | 63.7071 |
| Eritrea | 2023 | 68.6239 |
| Estonia | 2023 | 79.1535 |
| Eswatini | 2023 | 64.1227 |
| Ethiopia | 2023 | 67.315 |
| Falkland Islands | 2023 | 79.2132 |
| Faroe Islands | 2023 | 80.1792 |
| Fiji | 2023 | 67.3157 |
| Finland | 2023 | 81.9102 |
| France | 2023 | 83.3253 |
| French Guiana | 2023 | 76.9781 |
| French Polynesia | 2023 | 84.0698 |
| Gabon | 2023 | 68.3367 |
| Gambia | 2023 | 65.8603 |
| Georgia | 2023 | 74.4965 |
| Germany | 2023 | 81.3777 |
| Ghana | 2023 | 65.4979 |
| Gibraltar | 2023 | 83.553 |
| Greece | 2023 | 81.8568 |
| Greenland | 2023 | 70.055 |
| Grenada | 2023 | 75.2052 |
| Guadeloupe | 2023 | 82.0503 |
| Guam | 2023 | 77.2093 |
| Guatemala | 2023 | 72.6023 |
| Guernsey | 2023 | 83.2744 |
| Guinea | 2023 | 60.7405 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2023 | 64.0849 |
| Guyana | 2023 | 70.1802 |
| Haiti | 2023 | 64.9356 |
| Honduras | 2023 | 72.8842 |
| Hong Kong | 2023 | 85.5106 |
| Hungary | 2023 | 77.024 |
| Iceland | 2023 | 82.6911 |
| India | 2023 | 72.0026 |
| Indonesia | 2023 | 71.1457 |
| Iran | 2023 | 77.6545 |
| Iraq | 2023 | 72.3242 |
| Ireland | 2023 | 82.4118 |
| Isle of Man | 2023 | 80.999 |
| Israel | 2023 | 82.408 |
| Italy | 2023 | 83.7157 |
| Jamaica | 2023 | 71.4789 |
| Japan | 2023 | 84.7123 |
| Jersey | 2023 | 79.7071 |
| Jordan | 2023 | 77.8145 |
| Kazakhstan | 2023 | 74.4021 |
| Kenya | 2023 | 63.6459 |
| Kiribati | 2023 | 66.4731 |
| Kuwait | 2023 | 80.4047 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2023 | 71.677 |
| Laos | 2023 | 68.9637 |
| Latvia | 2023 | 76.1898 |
| Lebanon | 2023 | 77.817 |
| Lesotho | 2023 | 57.3749 |
| Liberia | 2023 | 62.1625 |
| Libya | 2023 | 69.3389 |
| Liechtenstein | 2023 | 83.6298 |
| Lithuania | 2023 | 76.025 |
| Luxembourg | 2023 | 82.2294 |
| Macao | 2023 | 83.0749 |
| Madagascar | 2023 | 63.6317 |
| Malawi | 2023 | 67.3535 |
| Malaysia | 2023 | 76.6571 |
| Maldives | 2023 | 81.0412 |
| Mali | 2023 | 60.4394 |
| Malta | 2023 | 83.2989 |
| Marshall Islands | 2023 | 66.9454 |
| Martinique | 2023 | 82.5651 |
| Mauritania | 2023 | 68.4836 |
| Mauritius | 2023 | 74.9263 |
| Mayotte | 2023 | 76.0544 |
| Mexico | 2023 | 75.069 |
| Micronesia (country) | 2023 | 67.1983 |
| Moldova | 2023 | 71.1985 |
| Monaco | 2023 | 86.3724 |
| Mongolia | 2023 | 71.7341 |
| Montenegro | 2023 | 77.0869 |
| Montserrat | 2023 | 76.1857 |
| Morocco | 2023 | 75.3128 |
| Mozambique | 2023 | 63.6111 |
| Myanmar | 2023 | 66.889 |
| Namibia | 2023 | 67.3848 |
| Nauru | 2023 | 62.1094 |
| Nepal | 2023 | 70.3537 |
| Netherlands | 2023 | 82.1576 |
| New Caledonia | 2023 | 78.7658 |
| New Zealand | 2023 | 82.088 |
| Nicaragua | 2023 | 74.9468 |
| Niger | 2023 | 61.1833 |
| Nigeria | 2023 | 54.4623 |
| Niue | 2023 | 69.9778 |
| North Korea | 2023 | 73.6418 |
| North Macedonia | 2023 | 77.3947 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 2023 | 78.8075 |
| Norway | 2023 | 83.3078 |
| Oman | 2023 | 80.0305 |
| Pakistan | 2023 | 67.649 |
| Palau | 2023 | 69.269 |
| Palestine | 2023 | 65.1703 |
| Panama | 2023 | 79.5937 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2023 | 66.134 |
| Paraguay | 2023 | 73.8443 |
| Peru | 2023 | 77.7401 |
| Philippines | 2023 | 69.8327 |
| Poland | 2023 | 78.6329 |
| Portugal | 2023 | 82.3599 |
| Puerto Rico | 2023 | 81.6902 |
| Qatar | 2023 | 82.368 |
| Reunion | 2023 | 83.5472 |
| Romania | 2023 | 75.9381 |
| Russia | 2023 | 73.1541 |
| Rwanda | 2023 | 67.7852 |
| Saint Barthelemy | 2023 | 84.2901 |
| Saint Helena | 2023 | 76.7869 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2023 | 72.1447 |
| Saint Lucia | 2023 | 72.6968 |
| Saint Martin (French part) | 2023 | 80.2238 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2023 | 76.7578 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2023 | 71.2301 |
| Samoa | 2023 | 71.6982 |
| San Marino | 2023 | 85.7062 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 2023 | 69.7182 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2023 | 78.7321 |
| Senegal | 2023 | 68.6829 |
| Serbia | 2023 | 76.7693 |
| Seychelles | 2023 | 72.862 |
| Sierra Leone | 2023 | 61.7858 |
| Singapore | 2023 | 83.7362 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 2023 | 76.371 |
| Slovakia | 2023 | 78.3414 |
| Slovenia | 2023 | 81.6034 |
| Solomon Islands | 2023 | 70.5277 |
| Somalia | 2023 | 58.8158 |
| South Africa | 2023 | 66.1387 |
| South Korea | 2023 | 84.3288 |
| South Sudan | 2023 | 57.6174 |
| Spain | 2023 | 83.6703 |
| Sri Lanka | 2023 | 77.4828 |
| Sudan | 2023 | 66.331 |
| Suriname | 2023 | 73.631 |
| Sweden | 2023 | 83.2624 |
| Switzerland | 2023 | 83.9536 |
| Syria | 2023 | 72.1201 |
| Taiwan | 2023 | 80.5588 |
| Tajikistan | 2023 | 71.7901 |
| Tanzania | 2023 | 66.9953 |
| Thailand | 2023 | 76.4115 |
| Togo | 2023 | 62.7387 |
| Tokelau | 2023 | 77.0512 |
| Tonga | 2023 | 72.8947 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2023 | 73.4896 |
| Tunisia | 2023 | 76.5077 |
| Turkey | 2023 | 77.1557 |
| Turkmenistan | 2023 | 70.0727 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2023 | 78.0077 |
| Tuvalu | 2023 | 67.1049 |
| Uganda | 2023 | 68.2523 |
| Ukraine | 2023 | 73.4225 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2023 | 82.9091 |
| United Kingdom | 2023 | 81.3015 |
| United States | 2023 | 79.3043 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2023 | 75.4724 |
| Uruguay | 2023 | 78.1385 |
| Uzbekistan | 2023 | 72.3884 |
| Vanuatu | 2023 | 71.4769 |
| Vatican | 2023 | 82.9848 |
| Venezuela | 2023 | 72.5142 |
| Vietnam | 2023 | 74.5883 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2023 | 78.6286 |
| Western Sahara | 2023 | 71.385 |
| Yemen | 2023 | 69.2952 |
| Zambia | 2023 | 66.3487 |
| Zimbabwe | 2023 | 62.7748 |
Regions and groups
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