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Countries by Life Expectancy 2026

🇲🇨 Monaco has the highest life expectancy in the world at 86.7 years, while 🇳🇬 Nigeria has the lowest at 55.0 years. 237 countries ranked, UN World Population Prospects 2024 data.

#	Country	Life expectancy (years)	Population
1	🇲🇨 Monaco	86.7	38,087
2	🇸🇲 San Marino	86.0	33,605
3	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	85.9	7,378,602
4	🇯🇵 Japan	85.1	122,427,731
5	🇰🇷 South Korea	84.6	51,600,388
6	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	84.6	11,550
7	🇦🇩 Andorra	84.5	83,753
8	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	84.4	283,076
9	🇨🇭 Switzerland	84.4	9,007,798
10	🇦🇺 Australia	84.3	27,227,096
11	🇮🇹 Italy	84.2	58,926,166
12	🇸🇬 Singapore	84.1	5,905,748
13	🇪🇸 Spain	84.1	47,850,793
14	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	84.1	40,368
15	🇷🇪 Réunion	83.9	886,298
16	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	83.9	40,867
17	🇲🇹 Malta	83.8	549,011
18	🇳🇴 Norway	83.8	5,652,989
19	🇸🇪 Sweden	83.7	10,701,046
20	🇫🇷 France	83.7	66,746,401
21	🇬🇬 Guernsey	83.7	64,610
22	🇲🇴 Macau	83.6	723,188
23	🇻🇦 Vatican City	83.4	506
24	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	83.4	11,574,682
25	🇮🇸 Iceland	83.3	402,329
26	🇨🇦 Canada	83.1	40,467,728
27	🇲🇶 Martinique	83.0	337,711
28	🇮🇪 Ireland	82.9	5,356,950
29	🇮🇱 Israel	82.9	9,647,689
30	🇵🇹 Portugal	82.9	10,395,362
31	🇶🇦 Qatar	82.8	3,173,559
32	🇧🇲 Bermuda	82.8	64,459
33	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	82.6	687,448
34	🇳🇱 Netherlands	82.6	18,448,775
35	🇧🇪 Belgium	82.6	11,774,642
36	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	82.6	372,453
37	🇳🇿 New Zealand	82.5	5,287,479
38	🇦🇹 Austria	82.5	9,107,266
39	🇫🇮 Finland	82.4	5,621,739
40	🇬🇷 Greece	82.4	9,897,116
41	🇩🇰 Denmark	82.4	6,023,520
42	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	82.3	3,222,688
43	🇨🇾 Cyprus	82.2	1,382,334
44	🇸🇮 Slovenia	82.1	2,114,574
45	🇩🇪 Germany	81.9	83,644,258
46	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	81.7	69,931,528
47	🇧🇭 Bahrain	81.7	1,675,572
48	🇲🇻 Maldives	81.7	531,517
49	🇨🇱 Chile	81.7	19,945,850
50	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	81.4	84,054
51	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	81.4	5,174,789
52	🇹🇼 Taiwan	81.1	23,011,292
53	🇰🇼 Kuwait	81.0	5,102,773
54	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	80.9	77,196
55	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	80.8	23,898
56	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	80.8	56,526
57	🇴🇲 Oman	80.7	5,671,458
58	🇨🇿 Czechia	80.3	10,527,780
59	🇵🇦 Panama	80.1	4,625,718
60	🇯🇪 Jersey	80.1	104,106
61	🇦🇱 Albania	80.1	2,751,025
62	🇦🇮 Anguilla	79.9	14,817
63	🇫🇰 Falkland Islands	79.8	3,465
64	🇺🇸 United States	79.8	349,035,494
65	🇪🇪 Estonia	79.6	1,331,062
66	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	79.4	35,165,787
67	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	79.2	297,892
68	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	79.2	42,914
69	🇵🇱 Poland	79.2	37,843,188
70	🇭🇷 Croatia	79.1	3,822,345
71	🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna	79.0	11,113
72	🇨🇳 China	79.0	1,412,914,089
73	🇸🇰 Slovakia	78.8	5,451,342
74	🇨🇺 Cuba	78.6	10,892,659
75	🇺🇾 Uruguay	78.6	3,382,537
76	🇽🇰 Kosovo	78.6	1,666,992
77	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	78.5	47,148
78	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.4	3,114,242
79	🇹🇷 Türkiye	78.4	87,926,082
80	🇯🇴 Jordan	78.3	11,589,532
81	🇵🇪 Peru	78.3	34,922,148
82	🇨🇴 Colombia	78.3	53,936,226
83	🇮🇷 Iran	78.2	93,168,497
84	🇱🇧 Lebanon	78.2	5,897,467
85	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	78.1	94,626
86	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	78.0	23,348,315
87	🇧🇶 Caribbean Netherlands	78.0	31,913
88	🇪🇨 Ecuador	77.9	18,444,506
89	🇦🇷 Argentina	77.8	46,003,734
90	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	77.8	1,804,062
91	🇬🇺 Guam	77.8	170,185
92	🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands	77.8	39,936
93	🇲🇪 Montenegro	77.6	626,233
94	🇬🇫 French Guiana	77.5	318,872
95	🇭🇺 Hungary	77.5	9,585,818
96	🇵🇸 Palestine	77.4	5,692,790
97	🇹🇰 Tokelau	77.4	2,691
98	🇨🇼 Curaçao	77.3	185,440
99	🇷🇸 Serbia	77.3	6,641,964
100	🇸🇭 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	77.3	5,148
101	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77.3	5,513
102	🇲🇾 Malaysia	77.2	36,385,115
103	🇹🇳 Tunisia	77.1	12,415,138
104	🇹🇭 Thailand	77.1	71,559,614
105	🇩🇿 Algeria	76.9	48,028,334
106	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	76.9	44,447
107	🇦🇼 Aruba	76.8	108,164
108	🇲🇸 Montserrat	76.7	4,328
109	🇧🇧 Barbados	76.6	282,724
110	🇱🇻 Latvia	76.6	1,835,935
111	🇾🇹 Mayotte	76.6	347,536
112	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	76.6	529,630
113	🇱🇹 Lithuania	76.5	2,797,338
114	🇷🇴 Romania	76.4	18,800,605
115	🇧🇷 Brazil	76.4	213,562,666
116	🇦🇲 Armenia	76.2	2,930,915
117	🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands	76.2	83,400
118	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	76.1	6,667,660
119	🇲🇦 Morocco	75.9	38,762,441
120	🇨🇰 Cook Islands	75.8	12,826
121	🇧🇳 Brunei	75.8	469,775
122	🇬🇩 Grenada	75.7	117,362
123	🇲🇽 Mexico	75.6	132,997,658
124	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	75.5	177,818,044
125	🇲🇺 Mauritius	75.4	1,265,059
126	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	75.4	7,097,329
127	🇱🇾 Libya	75.2	7,539,852
128	🇻🇳 Vietnam	75.0	102,177,431
129	🇺🇦 Ukraine	75.0	39,535,848
130	🇧🇸 Bahamas	75.0	404,628
131	🇬🇪 Georgia	75.0	3,804,642
132	🇧🇾 Belarus	75.0	8,937,018
133	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	74.9	10,454,855
134	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	74.8	21,083,626
135	🇵🇾 Paraguay	74.2	7,095,279
136	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	74.1	11,609,500
137	🇧🇿 Belize	74.1	428,644
138	🇸🇷 Suriname	74.0	645,256
139	🇰🇵 North Korea	74.0	26,633,691
140	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	73.9	1,513,268
141	🇧🇹 Bhutan	73.8	802,214
142	🇷🇺 Russia	73.7	143,394,458
143	🇸🇾 Syria	73.4	26,472,497
144	🇹🇴 Tonga	73.4	103,291
145	🇭🇳 Honduras	73.4	11,184,760
146	🇸🇨 Seychelles	73.3	134,959
147	🇦🇸 American Samoa	73.3	45,318
148	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	73.2	180,488
149	🇬🇹 Guatemala	73.0	18,967,978
150	🇻🇪 Venezuela	73.0	28,633,711
151	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	72.8	37,724,223
152	🇸🇻 El Salvador	72.7	6,391,254
153	🇮🇳 India	72.7	1,476,625,576
154	🇮🇶 Iraq	72.6	48,007,437
155	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.6	46,992
156	🇲🇳 Mongolia	72.5	3,556,798
157	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	72.2	10,978,598
158	🇪🇬 Egypt	72.2	120,101,175
159	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	72.1	7,400,464
160	🇼🇸 Samoa	72.1	220,528
161	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	72.0	342,564
162	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	72.0	610,813
163	🇯🇲 Jamaica	71.9	2,833,404
164	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.7	99,244
165	🇩🇲 Dominica	71.6	65,511
166	🇲🇩 Moldova	71.6	2,961,253
167	🇮🇩 Indonesia	71.6	287,886,782
168	🇳🇵 Nepal	71.2	29,629,410
169	🇰🇭 Cambodia	71.1	18,051,219
170	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	71.0	858,288
171	🇬🇾 Guyana	70.6	840,890
172	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	70.5	7,736,632
173	🇬🇱 Greenland	70.4	55,629
174	🇳🇺 Niue	70.4	1,822
175	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	70.3	244,994
176	🇵🇭 Philippines	70.2	117,724,472
177	🇾🇪 Yemen	69.7	42,961,653
178	🇱🇦 Laos	69.7	7,974,018
179	🇵🇼 Palau	69.6	17,614
180	🇧🇼 Botswana	69.6	2,603,388
181	🇪🇷 Eritrea	69.4	3,682,669
182	🇸🇳 Senegal	69.4	19,366,548
183	🇲🇷 Mauritania	69.2	5,461,319
184	🇧🇴 Bolivia	69.1	12,749,291
185	🇺🇬 Uganda	68.9	52,761,470
186	🇬🇦 Gabon	68.9	2,647,400
187	🇷🇼 Rwanda	68.5	14,889,693
188	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	68.3	1,436,923
189	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	68.1	138,902,185
190	🇵🇰 Pakistan	68.1	259,299,792
191	🇲🇼 Malawi	67.9	22,785,535
192	🇳🇦 Namibia	67.8	3,153,246
193	🇫🇯 Fiji	67.8	937,282
194	🇫🇲 Micronesia	67.7	114,182
195	🇹🇿 Tanzania	67.6	72,563,780
196	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	67.6	9,362
197	🇲🇲 Myanmar	67.5	55,184,819
198	🇰🇲 Comoros	67.5	899,010
199	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	67.3	35,075
200	🇸🇩 Sudan	66.9	53,282,719
201	🇿🇲 Zambia	66.9	22,521,915
202	🇰🇮 Kiribati	66.9	138,445
203	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	66.8	45,047,068
204	🇿🇦 South Africa	66.7	65,453,084
205	🇩🇯 Djibouti	66.6	1,199,459
206	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	66.5	10,947,848
207	🇬🇲 Gambia	66.5	2,884,079
208	🇨🇬 Congo	66.4	6,637,786
209	🇬🇭 Ghana	66.1	35,697,557
210	🇭🇹 Haiti	65.5	12,037,506
211	🇦🇴 Angola	65.2	40,215,180
212	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	64.6	2,297,808
213	🇸🇿 Eswatini	64.5	1,269,859
214	🇨🇲 Cameroon	64.5	30,640,817
215	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	64.3	1,984,468
216	🇲🇬 Madagascar	64.3	33,522,052
217	🇰🇪 Kenya	64.2	58,636,412
218	🇲🇿 Mozambique	64.1	36,639,850
219	🇧🇮 Burundi	64.1	14,729,157
220	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	63.6	17,273,580
221	🇹🇬 Togo	63.3	9,930,918
222	🇱🇷 Liberia	62.6	5,853,949
223	🇳🇷 Nauru	62.6	12,101
224	🇨🇮 Ivory Coast	62.4	33,494,346
225	🇨🇩 DR Congo	62.4	116,452,162
226	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	62.3	8,996,744
227	🇳🇪 Niger	61.9	28,814,878
228	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	61.6	24,601,700
229	🇧🇯 Benin	61.3	15,170,420
230	🇬🇳 Guinea	61.2	15,441,992
231	🇲🇱 Mali	61.1	25,932,275
232	🇸🇴 Somalia	59.3	20,305,907
233	🇱🇸 Lesotho	58.6	2,389,336
234	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	58.2	5,698,984
235	🇸🇸 South Sudan	58.0	12,436,037
236	🇹🇩 Chad	55.6	21,560,380
237	🇳🇬 Nigeria	55.0	242,431,832

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, 2026 values. Retrieved 2026-07-07.

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