World ranking · 2026
Life expectancy by country, 2026
Life expectancy at birth is how long a baby born in 2026 would live if today’s death rates held. The world figure is 73.8 years, up from 46.4 in 1950.
Highest
- 1. Hong Kong85.9
- 2. Japan85.1
- 3. South Korea84.6
- 4. Switzerland84.4
- 5. Australia84.3
Lowest
- 1. Nigeria55.0
- 2. Chad55.6
- 3. South Sudan58.0
- 4. Central African Republic58.2
- 5. Lesotho58.6
- 38 countries have a life expectancy of 80 or more.
- 25 are still below 65.
Highest and lowest among countries of a million people or more.
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Life expectancy at birth, years
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All 237 countries and areas
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Barthelemy | 84.6 | 11,550 |
| 7 | Andorra | 84.5 | 83,753 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 84.4 | 9,007,798 |
| 9 | French Polynesia | 84.4 | 283,076 |
| 10 | Australia | 84.3 | 27,227,096 |
| 11 | Italy | 84.2 | 58,926,166 |
| 12 | Spain | 84.1 | 47,850,793 |
| 13 | Singapore | 84.1 | 5,905,748 |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 84.1 | 40,368 |
| 15 | Reunion | 83.9 | 886,298 |
| 16 | Gibraltar | 83.9 | 40,867 |
| 17 | Norway | 83.8 | 5,652,989 |
| 18 | Malta | 83.8 | 549,011 |
| 19 | France | 83.7 | 66,746,401 |
| 20 | Sweden | 83.7 | 10,701,046 |
| 21 | Guernsey | 83.7 | 64,610 |
| 22 | Macao | 83.6 | 723,188 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates | 83.4 | 11,574,682 |
| 24 | Vatican | 83.4 | 506 |
| 25 | Iceland | 83.3 | 402,329 |
| 26 | Canada | 83.1 | 40,467,728 |
| 27 | Martinique | 83.0 | 337,711 |
| 28 | Portugal | 82.9 | 10,395,362 |
| 29 | Israel | 82.9 | 9,647,689 |
| 30 | Ireland | 82.9 | 5,356,950 |
| 31 | Qatar | 82.8 | 3,173,559 |
| 32 | Bermuda | 82.8 | 64,459 |
| 33 | Netherlands | 82.6 | 18,448,775 |
| 34 | Belgium | 82.6 | 11,774,642 |
| 35 | Luxembourg | 82.6 | 687,448 |
| 36 | Guadeloupe | 82.6 | 372,453 |
| 37 | Austria | 82.5 | 9,107,266 |
| 38 | New Zealand | 82.5 | 5,287,479 |
| 39 | Greece | 82.4 | 9,897,116 |
| 40 | Denmark | 82.4 | 6,023,520 |
| 41 | Finland | 82.4 | 5,621,739 |
| 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 | Chile | 81.7 | 19,945,850 |
| 48 | Bahrain | 81.7 | 1,675,572 |
| 49 | Maldives | 81.7 | 531,517 |
| 50 | Costa Rica | 81.4 | 5,174,789 |
| 51 | Isle of Man | 81.4 | 84,054 |
| 52 | Taiwan | 81.1 | 23,011,292 |
| 53 | Kuwait | 81.0 | 5,102,773 |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 80.9 | 77,196 |
| 55 | Faroe Islands | 80.8 | 56,526 |
| 56 | Saint Martin | 80.8 | 23,898 |
| 57 | Oman | 80.7 | 5,671,458 |
| 58 | Czechia | 80.3 | 10,527,780 |
| 59 | Panama | 80.1 | 4,625,718 |
| 60 | Albania | 80.1 | 2,751,025 |
| 61 | Jersey | 80.1 | 104,106 |
| 62 | Anguilla | 79.9 | 14,817 |
| 63 | United States | 79.8 | 349,035,494 |
| 64 | Falkland Islands | 79.8 | 3,465 |
| 65 | Estonia | 79.6 | 1,331,062 |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 79.4 | 35,165,787 |
| 67 | Poland | 79.2 | 37,843,188 |
| 68 | New Caledonia | 79.2 | 297,892 |
| 69 | Northern Mariana Islands | 79.2 | 42,914 |
| 70 | Croatia | 79.1 | 3,822,345 |
| 71 | China | 79.0 | 1,412,914,089 |
| 72 | Wallis and Futuna | 79.0 | 11,113 |
| 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 | Turkey | 78.4 | 87,926,082 |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.4 | 3,114,242 |
| 80 | Colombia | 78.3 | 53,936,226 |
| 81 | Peru | 78.3 | 34,922,148 |
| 82 | Jordan | 78.3 | 11,589,532 |
| 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 | Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba | 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 | Hungary | 77.5 | 9,585,818 |
| 95 | French Guiana | 77.5 | 318,872 |
| 96 | Palestine | 77.4 | 5,692,790 |
| 97 | Tokelau | 77.4 | 2,691 |
| 98 | Serbia | 77.3 | 6,641,964 |
| 99 | Curacao | 77.3 | 185,440 |
| 100 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 77.3 | 5,513 |
| 101 | Saint Helena | 77.3 | 5,148 |
| 102 | Malaysia | 77.2 | 36,385,115 |
| 103 | Thailand | 77.1 | 71,559,614 |
| 104 | Tunisia | 77.1 | 12,415,138 |
| 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 | Latvia | 76.6 | 1,835,935 |
| 110 | Cabo Verde | 76.6 | 529,630 |
| 111 | Mayotte | 76.6 | 347,536 |
| 112 | Barbados | 76.6 | 282,724 |
| 113 | Lithuania | 76.5 | 2,797,338 |
| 114 | Brazil | 76.4 | 213,562,666 |
| 115 | Romania | 76.4 | 18,800,605 |
| 116 | Armenia | 76.2 | 2,930,915 |
| 117 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 76.2 | 83,400 |
| 118 | Bulgaria | 76.1 | 6,667,660 |
| 119 | Morocco | 75.9 | 38,762,441 |
| 120 | Brunei | 75.8 | 469,775 |
| 121 | Cook Islands | 75.8 | 12,826 |
| 122 | Grenada | 75.7 | 117,362 |
| 123 | Mexico | 75.6 | 132,997,658 |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 75.5 | 177,818,044 |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 75.4 | 7,097,329 |
| 126 | Mauritius | 75.4 | 1,265,059 |
| 127 | Libya | 75.2 | 7,539,852 |
| 128 | Vietnam | 75.0 | 102,177,431 |
| 129 | Ukraine | 75.0 | 39,535,848 |
| 130 | Belarus | 75.0 | 8,937,018 |
| 131 | Georgia | 75.0 | 3,804,642 |
| 132 | Bahamas | 75.0 | 404,628 |
| 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 | North Korea | 74.0 | 26,633,691 |
| 139 | Suriname | 74.0 | 645,256 |
| 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 | Honduras | 73.4 | 11,184,760 |
| 145 | Tonga | 73.4 | 103,291 |
| 146 | Seychelles | 73.3 | 134,959 |
| 147 | American Samoa | 73.3 | 45,318 |
| 148 | Saint Lucia | 73.2 | 180,488 |
| 149 | Venezuela | 73.0 | 28,633,711 |
| 150 | Guatemala | 73.0 | 18,967,978 |
| 151 | Uzbekistan | 72.8 | 37,724,223 |
| 152 | India | 72.7 | 1,476,625,576 |
| 153 | El Salvador | 72.7 | 6,391,254 |
| 154 | Iraq | 72.6 | 48,007,437 |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.6 | 46,992 |
| 156 | Mongolia | 72.5 | 3,556,798 |
| 157 | Egypt | 72.2 | 120,101,175 |
| 158 | Tajikistan | 72.2 | 10,978,598 |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.1 | 7,400,464 |
| 160 | Samoa | 72.1 | 220,528 |
| 161 | Western Sahara | 72.0 | 610,813 |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 72.0 | 342,564 |
| 163 | Jamaica | 71.9 | 2,833,404 |
| 164 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.7 | 99,244 |
| 165 | Indonesia | 71.6 | 287,886,782 |
| 166 | Moldova | 71.6 | 2,961,253 |
| 167 | Dominica | 71.6 | 65,511 |
| 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 | Sao Tome and Principe | 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 | Botswana | 69.6 | 2,603,388 |
| 180 | Palau | 69.6 | 17,614 |
| 181 | Senegal | 69.4 | 19,366,548 |
| 182 | Eritrea | 69.4 | 3,682,669 |
| 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 | Pakistan | 68.1 | 259,299,792 |
| 190 | Ethiopia | 68.1 | 138,902,185 |
| 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 | Cameroon | 64.5 | 30,640,817 |
| 214 | Eswatini | 64.5 | 1,269,859 |
| 215 | Madagascar | 64.3 | 33,522,052 |
| 216 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.3 | 1,984,468 |
| 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 | DR Congo | 62.4 | 116,452,162 |
| 225 | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.4 | 33,494,346 |
| 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 |
Questions
Which country has the highest life expectancy?
Hong Kong, at 85.9 years in 2026, then Japan (85.1), South Korea (84.6), Switzerland (84.4).
Which country has the lowest life expectancy?
Nigeria, at 55.0 years, then Chad (55.6), South Sudan (58.0), Central African Republic (58.2).
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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant. 2026 figures are the medium-variant projection. Method