Life expectancy at birth by country

• 85.4highest: Hong Kong (2024)
• 54.6lowest: Nigeria (2024)
• 73.5world (2024)
• 54countries we cover with a value

In years. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: World Bank Open Data, Life expectancy at birth (years). Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.

1. 1Hong KongAPAC · 202485.4
2. 2JapanAPAC · 202484.0
3. 3ItalyEurope · 202484.0
4. 4SpainEurope · 202483.9
5. 5SingaporeAPAC · 202483.3
6. 6UAEMiddle East · 202483.1
7. 7AustraliaAPAC · 202483.1
8. 8FranceEurope · 202483.0
9. 9QatarMiddle East · 202482.5
10. 10CanadaNorth America · 202482.1
11. 11New ZealandAPAC · 202482.0
12. 12UKEurope · 202481.4
13. 13GermanyEurope · 202480.8
14. 14Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 202479.0
15. 15USNorth America · 202478.9
16. 16ChinaAPAC · 202478.0
17. 17JordanMiddle East · 202478.0
18. 18LebanonMiddle East · 202477.9
19. 19EcuadorLatin America · 202477.6
20. 20MalaysiaAPAC · 202476.8
21. 21ThailandAPAC · 202476.6
22. 22BrazilLatin America · 202476.0
23. 23MoroccoAfrica · 202475.5
24. 24MexicoLatin America · 202475.3
25. 25BangladeshAPAC · 202474.9
26. 26RussiaEurope · 202473.4
27. 27SyriaMiddle East · 202472.6
28. 28IraqMiddle East · 202472.4
29. 29IndiaAPAC · 202472.2
30. 30EgyptAfrica · 202471.8
31. 31IndonesiaAPAC · 202471.3
32. 32NepalAPAC · 202470.6
33. 33PhilippinesAPAC · 202469.9
34. 34YemenMiddle East · 202469.4
35. 35PalestineMiddle East · 202469.2
36. 36UgandaAfrica · 202468.5
37. 37PakistanAPAC · 202467.8
38. 38EthiopiaAfrica · 202467.6
39. 39MalawiAfrica · 202467.6
40. 40TanzaniaAfrica · 202467.2
41. 41MyanmarAPAC · 202467.1
42. 42ZambiaAfrica · 202466.5
43. 43SudanAfrica · 202466.5
44. 44South AfricaAfrica · 202466.3
45. 45AfghanistanAPAC · 202466.3
46. 46GhanaAfrica · 202465.7
47. 47HaitiLatin America · 202465.1
48. 48KenyaAfrica · 202463.8
49. 49MozambiqueAfrica · 202463.8
50. 50DR CongoAfrica · 202462.1
51. 51NigerAfrica · 202461.4
52. 52Burkina FasoAfrica · 202461.3
53. 53MaliAfrica · 202460.7
54. 54NigeriaAfrica · 202454.6

Source: World Bank Open Data, Life expectancy at birth (years), latest year for each country. Retrieved 13 Nov 2026.

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