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List of countries and dependencies in the world ranked by life expectancy at birth, both sexes, males and females. World Population Life Expectancy with historical chart.
This list of countries by life expectancy provides a comprehensive list of countries alongside their respective life expectancy figures. The data is differentiated by sex, presenting life expectancies for males, females, and a combined average.
As of 2024, Monaco has the highest life expectancy at 87.14 years. Next three positions are occupied by Asian nations/regions as Hong Kong Macao and Japan is at 2nd, 3rd and 4th position, resp. These four have life expectancies above 85 years.
Life expectancy, averaging a person's lifespan from birth to death, varies globally due to factors like genetics, lifestyle, and healthcare access. The global life expectancy in 2023 was 70.8 years for males and 76.0 for females, with significant regional variations, from 57.7 years in Western Africa to 82.7 years in Western Europe.
On this page, you will find global data and research on life expectancy and related measures of longevity: the probability of death at a given age, the sex gap in life expectancy, lifespan inequality within countries, and more.
The average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
The estimates confirm the trend for longevity: lifespans are getting longer. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, global life expectancy has increased by more than 6 years between 2000 and 2019 – from 66.8 years in 2000 to 73.1 years in 2019.
Life expectancy at birth compares the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. 227 Results. Clear Filters.
This dataset provides the period Life Expectancy at birth per country and year. The overall aim of the dataset is to cover the entire world from 1500-2000. This version (version 2) was built as part of the OECD "How was life" project.
As of 2022, the countries with the highest life expectancy included Japan, Korea, and Switzerland. As of that time, a new-born child in Japan could expect to live an average of 84.5 years.
