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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.

Life expectancy at birth is how long a newborn would live if today's age-specific death rates held for their whole life. The global spread is nearly 35 years, from the mid-80s in Monaco, Japan and Switzerland to around 50 in the hardest-hit countries. Women outlive men almost everywhere.

Highest

86.7

🇲🇨 Monaco

Median country

75.9

🇲🇦 Morocco

Lowest

55.0

🇳🇬 Nigeria

Countries ranked

237

2026 values

#	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

FAQ

Which country has the highest life expectancy in the world?

Monaco has the highest life expectancy in the world at 86.7 years (2026, UN World Population Prospects 2024).

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

Nigeria has the lowest life expectancy at 55.0 years (2026).

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

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