Countries by Life Expectancy — Full List 2026

Name: Countries by Life Expectancy 2024
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Where do people live the longest? This ranking lists every country by average life expectancy at birth, reflecting healthcare quality, nutrition, and living conditions across the globe.

229 countries ranked·Source: CIA World Factbook·Last updated: 2024

#	Country	Region	Life Expectancy (Years)
1	Monaco	Europe	89.8
2	Singapore	East and Southeast Asia	86.7
3	Macau	East and Southeast Asia	85.3
4	Japan	East and Southeast Asia	85.2
5	Canada	North America	84.2
6	San Marino	Europe	84.2
7	Iceland	Europe	84.0
8	Hong Kong	East and Southeast Asia	84.0
9	Switzerland	Europe	83.9
10	Andorra	Europe	83.8
11	Malta	Europe	83.6
12	Guernsey	Europe	83.6
13	Australia	Australia-Oceania	83.5
14	Luxembourg	Europe	83.4
15	South Korea	East and Southeast Asia	83.4
16	Israel	Middle East	83.1
17	Jersey	Europe	83.0
18	Spain	Europe	83.0
19	Liechtenstein	Europe	83.0
20	Italy	Europe	83.0
21	Sweden	Europe	82.9
22	New Zealand	Australia-Oceania	82.9
23	Norway	Europe	82.9
24	Austria	Europe	82.7
25	France	Europe	82.6
26	Anguilla	Central America and Caribbean	82.6
27	Cayman Islands	Central America and Caribbean	82.5
28	Bermuda	North America	82.5
29	Isle of Man	Europe	82.5
30	Belgium	Europe	82.3
31	United Kingdom	Europe	82.2
32	Slovenia	Europe	82.2
33	Finland	Europe	82.2
34	Puerto Rico	Central America and Caribbean	82.1
35	Denmark	Europe	82.1
36	Ireland	Europe	82.0
37	Germany	Europe	81.9
38	Portugal	Europe	81.9
39	Netherlands	Europe	81.9
40	Greece	Europe	81.9
41	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	North America	81.8
42	Faroe Islands	Europe	81.7
43	Taiwan	East and Southeast Asia	81.6
44	Turks and Caicos Islands	Central America and Caribbean	81.3
45	Wallis and Futuna	Australia-Oceania	81.1
46	Saint Martin	Central America and Caribbean	81.0
47	Saint Barthelemy	Central America and Caribbean	81.0
48	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	Africa	80.9
49	Gibraltar	Europe	80.9
50	United States	North America	80.9

51	Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	80.7
52	Bahrain	Middle East	80.4
53	Chile	South America	80.3
54	Costa Rica	Central America and Caribbean	80.3
55	Qatar	Middle East	80.3
56	Cyprus	Europe	80.2
57	Cuba	Central America and Caribbean	80.1
58	British Virgin Islands	Central America and Caribbean	80.1
59	Curacao	Central America and Caribbean	79.9
60	United Arab Emirates	Middle East	79.9
61	Albania	Europe	79.9
62	Sint Maarten	Central America and Caribbean	79.7
63	Kuwait	Middle East	79.6
64	Saint Lucia	Central America and Caribbean	79.4
65	New Caledonia	Australia-Oceania	79.3
66	Panama	Central America and Caribbean	79.2
67	Lebanon	Middle East	79.2
68	Barbados	Central America and Caribbean	79.0
69	Uruguay	South America	78.9
70	French Polynesia	Australia-Oceania	78.9
71	Brunei	East and Southeast Asia	78.9
72	Paraguay	South America	78.8
73	Argentina	South America	78.8
74	Dominica	Central America and Caribbean	78.7
75	China	East and Southeast Asia	78.7
76	Czechia	Europe	78.6
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	78.5
78	Aruba	Central America and Caribbean	78.5
79	Estonia	Europe	78.4
80	Antigua and Barbuda	Central America and Caribbean	78.3
81	Montenegro	Europe	78.2
82	Thailand	East and Southeast Asia	78.2
83	Tonga	Australia-Oceania	78.0
84	Guam	Australia-Oceania	78.0
85	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	South America	77.9
86	Algeria	Africa	77.9
87	Libya	Africa	77.7
88	Croatia	Europe	77.7
89	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Central America and Caribbean	77.6
90	Cook Islands	Australia-Oceania	77.6
91	Maldives	South Asia	77.4
92	Oman	Middle East	77.4
93	Tunisia	Africa	77.3
94	North Macedonia	Europe	77.3
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Central America and Caribbean	77.2
96	Slovakia	Europe	77.2
97	Saudi Arabia	Middle East	77.2
98	Solomon Islands	Australia-Oceania	77.2
99	Northern Mariana Islands	Australia-Oceania	77.1
100	Romania	Europe	76.9
101	Sri Lanka	South Asia	76.8
102	Armenia	Middle East	76.7
103	Turkey	Middle East	76.7
104	The Bahamas	Central America and Caribbean	76.7
105	Poland	Europe	76.7
106	Seychelles	Africa	76.6
107	Malaysia	East and Southeast Asia	76.6
108	Trinidad and Tobago	Central America and Caribbean	76.5
109	Jordan	Middle East	76.5
110	West Bank	Middle East	76.5
111	Latvia	Europe	76.4
112	Grenada	Central America and Caribbean	76.3
113	Brazil	South America	76.3
114	Jamaica	Central America and Caribbean	76.3
115	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	76.2
116	Bulgaria	Europe	76.1
117	Lithuania	Europe	76.1
118	Vietnam	East and Southeast Asia	76.1
119	Montserrat	Central America and Caribbean	76.1
120	Hungary	Europe	76.0
121	Azerbaijan	Middle East	75.9
122	El Salvador	Central America and Caribbean	75.9
123	American Samoa	Australia-Oceania	75.8
124	Samoa	Australia-Oceania	75.7
125	Vanuatu	Australia-Oceania	75.7
126	Iran	Middle East	75.6
127	Gaza, Gaza Strip	Middle East	75.5
128	Mauritius	Africa	75.4
129	Serbia	Europe	75.3
130	Palau	Australia-Oceania	75.2
131	Bangladesh	South Asia	75.2
132	Marshall Islands	Australia-Oceania	75.2
133	Federated States of Micronesia	Australia-Oceania	75.0
134	Egypt	Africa	75.0
135	Ecuador	South America	74.9
136	Colombia	South America	74.9
137	Fiji	Australia-Oceania	74.8
138	Syria	Middle East	74.8
139	Nicaragua	Central America and Caribbean	74.7
140	Belarus	Europe	74.7
141	Mexico	North America	74.6
142	Greenland	North America	74.5
143	Venezuela	South America	74.5
144	Belize	Central America and Caribbean	74.3
145	Cabo Verde	Africa	74.3
146	Morocco	Africa	74.2
147	Iraq	Middle East	73.7
148	Bhutan	South Asia	73.7
149	Indonesia	East and Southeast Asia	73.6
150	North Korea	East and Southeast Asia	73.5
151	Guatemala	Central America and Caribbean	73.5
152	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	73.3
153	Kosovo	Europe	73.1
154	Honduras	Central America and Caribbean	73.1
155	Malawi	Africa	73.0
156	Nepal	South Asia	73.0
157	Congo (Brazzaville)	Africa	72.9
158	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	72.9
159	Georgia	Middle East	72.8
160	Suriname	South America	72.7
161	The Dominican	Central America and Caribbean	72.6
162	Bolivia	South America	72.5
163	Guyana	South America	72.4
164	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	72.4
165	Russia	Central Asia	72.3
166	Togo	Africa	72.1
167	Tajikistan	Central Asia	71.9
168	South Africa	Africa	71.9
169	Mongolia	East and Southeast Asia	71.9
170	Cambodia	East and Southeast Asia	71.4
171	Philippines	East and Southeast Asia	70.8
172	Tanzania	Africa	70.8
173	Senegal	Africa	70.6
174	Ukraine	Europe	70.5
175	Timor-Leste	East and Southeast Asia	70.5
176	Gabon	Africa	70.4
177	Kenya	Africa	70.4
178	Pakistan	South Asia	70.3
179	Burma	East and Southeast Asia	70.3
180	Ghana	Africa	70.1
181	Papua New Guinea	East and Southeast Asia	70.1
182	Moldova	Europe	70.1
183	Uganda	Africa	69.7
184	Tuvalu	Australia-Oceania	69.0
185	Laos	East and Southeast Asia	69.0
186	Peru	South America	68.9
187	Madagascar	Africa	68.8
188	Nauru	Australia-Oceania	68.6
189	Kiribati	Australia-Oceania	68.5
190	The Gambia	Africa	68.4
191	Yemen	Middle East	68.2
192	India	South Asia	68.2
193	Burundi	Africa	68.1
194	Comoros	Africa	67.8
195	Sudan	Africa	67.8
196	Ethiopia	Africa	67.7
197	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	67.7
198	Eritrea	Africa	67.5
199	Zimbabwe	Africa	67.2
200	Zambia	Africa	66.9
201	Rwanda	Africa	66.6
202	Botswana	Africa	66.4
203	Djibouti	Africa	65.9
204	Mauritania	Africa	65.9
205	Namibia	Africa	65.9
206	Haiti	Central America and Caribbean	65.6
207	Guinea	Africa	64.6
208	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	64.5
209	Western Sahara	Africa	64.5
210	Burkina Faso	Africa	64.2
211	Cameroon	Africa	64.2
212	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	63.9
213	Mali	Africa	63.2
214	Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	63.2
215	Benin	Africa	63.0
216	Angola	Africa	62.9
217	DRC	Africa	62.6
218	Nigeria	Africa	62.2
219	Liberia	Africa	61.6
220	Niger	Africa	60.9
221	Eswatini	Africa	60.7
222	South Sudan	Africa	60.3
223	Lesotho	Africa	60.2
224	Chad	Africa	60.0
225	Sierra Leone	Africa	59.4
226	Mozambique	Africa	58.3
227	Somalia	Africa	56.5
228	Central African Republic	Africa	56.4
229	Afghanistan	South Asia	54.4

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  author = {Bamwor},
  title = {Countries by Life Expectancy 2024},
  year = {2024},
  url = {https://bamwor.com/en/countries-by-life-expectancy},
  note = {Bamwor World Encyclopedia. Accessed 2026-03-13}
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