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Period life expectancy at birth. Both use period life tables; state and country data years may differ slightly.

Darker = better (higher), by rank · 194 countries · World Bank / UN Population Division · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

194 · World Bank / UN Population Division
  1. 1stMonaco86.5
  2. 2ndSan Marino85.8
  3. 3rdKuwait84.6
  4. 4thSwitzerland84.4
  5. 5thLiechtenstein84.2
  6. 6thAndorra84.2
  7. 7thSweden84.1
  8. 8thJapan84
  9. 9thItaly84
  10. 10thSpain83.9
  11. 11thSouth Korea83.6
  12. 12thSingapore83.3
  13. 13thIsrael83.2
  14. 14thLuxembourg83.2
  15. 15thNorway83.2
  16. 16thUnited Arab Emirates83.1
  17. 17thAustralia83.1
  18. 18thIreland83
  19. 19thFrance83
  20. 20thMalta83
  21. 21stIceland82.8
  22. 22ndQatar82.5
  23. 23rdPortugal82.4
  24. 24thFinland82.3
  25. 25thBelgium82.3
  26. 26thSlovenia82.3
  27. 27thDenmark82.3
  28. 28thCanada82.1
  29. 29thNew Zealand82
  30. 30thAustria82
  31. 31stNetherlands82
  32. 32ndGreece81.8
  33. 33rdCyprus81.8
  34. 34thBahrain81.4
  35. 35thUnited Kingdom81.4
  36. 36thChile81.4
  37. 37thMaldives81.3
  38. 38thCosta Rica81
  39. 39thGermany80.8
  40. 40thOman80.2
  41. 41stCzechia80
  42. 42ndAlbania79.8
  43. 43rdPanama79.8
  44. 44thEstonia79.3
  45. 45thSaudi Arabia79
  46. 46thCroatia78.9
  47. 47thUnited States78.9
  48. 48thPoland78.4
  49. 49thSlovakia78.4
  50. 50thArmenia78.3
  51. 51stUruguay78.3
  52. 52ndCuba78.3
  53. 53rdKosovo78.2
  54. 54thBosnia and Herzegovina78
  55. 55thChina78
  56. 56thJordan78
  57. 57thLebanon77.9
  58. 58thPeru77.9
  59. 59thColombia77.9
  60. 60thMontenegro77.9
  61. 61stIran77.9
  62. 62ndAntigua and Barbuda77.8
  63. 63rdSri Lanka77.7
  64. 64thEcuador77.6
  65. 65thArgentina77.5
  66. 66thTürkiye77.4
  67. 67thLithuania77.2
  68. 68thMalaysia76.8
  69. 69thHungary76.7
  70. 70thTunisia76.7
  71. 71stNorth Macedonia76.6
  72. 72ndThailand76.6
  73. 73rdAlgeria76.5
  74. 74thRomania76.5
  75. 75thLatvia76.4
  76. 76thBarbados76.3
  77. 77thSeychelles76.3
  78. 78thCape Verde76.2
  79. 79thBrazil76
  80. 80thSerbia76
  81. 81stBulgaria75.8
  82. 82ndBrunei75.5
  83. 83rdMorocco75.5
  84. 84thGrenada75.4
  85. 85thMexico75.3
  86. 86thNicaragua75.1
  87. 87thBangladesh74.9
  88. 88thVietnam74.7
  89. 89thBahamas74.7
  90. 90thUkraine74.7
  91. 91stGeorgia74.7
  92. 92ndAzerbaijan74.6
  93. 93rdKazakhstan74.5
  94. 94thBelarus74.4
  95. 95thParaguay74
  96. 96thDominican Republic73.9
  97. 97thMauritius73.8
  98. 98thSuriname73.8
  99. 99thNorth Korea73.7
  100. 100thBelize73.7
  101. 101stTrinidad and Tobago73.6
  102. 102ndRussia73.4
  103. 103rdBhutan73.3
  104. 104thTonga73.1
  105. 105thHonduras73
  106. 106thSaint Lucia72.8
  107. 107thGuatemala72.7
  108. 108thVenezuela72.7
  109. 109thSyria72.6
  110. 110thUzbekistan72.5
  111. 111thIraq72.4
  112. 112thKyrgyzstan72.4
  113. 113thMongolia72.4
  114. 114thEl Salvador72.3
  115. 115thSaint Kitts and Nevis72.3
  116. 116thIndia72.2
  117. 117thTajikistan71.9
  118. 118thSamoa71.8
  119. 119thEgypt71.8
  120. 120thVanuatu71.7
  121. 121stJamaica71.6
  122. 122ndSaint Vincent and the Grenadines71.4
  123. 123rdMoldova71.3
  124. 124thDominica71.3
  125. 125thIndonesia71.3
  126. 126thLibya71.1
  127. 127thCambodia70.8
  128. 128thSolomon Islands70.7
  129. 129thNepal70.6
  130. 130thGuyana70.3
  131. 131stTurkmenistan70.2
  132. 132ndPhilippines69.9
  133. 133rdSão Tomé and Príncipe69.9
  134. 134thYemen69.4
  135. 135thPalau69.4
  136. 136thBotswana69.3
  137. 137thLaos69.2
  138. 138thSenegal68.9
  139. 139thEritrea68.9
  140. 140thBolivia68.7
  141. 141stMauritania68.7
  142. 142ndGabon68.5
  143. 143rdUganda68.5
  144. 144thRwanda68
  145. 145thTimor-Leste67.9
  146. 146thPakistan67.8
  147. 147thEthiopia67.6
  148. 148thMalawi67.6
  149. 149thNamibia67.5
  150. 150thFiji67.5
  151. 151stMicronesia67.4
  152. 152ndTuvalu67.3
  153. 153rdTanzania67.2
  154. 154thMyanmar67.1
  155. 155thMarshall Islands67.1
  156. 156thComoros67
  157. 157thKiribati66.6
  158. 158thZambia66.5
  159. 159thSudan66.5
  160. 160thSouth Africa66.3
  161. 161stAfghanistan66.3
  162. 162ndPapua New Guinea66.3
  163. 163rdDjibouti66.2
  164. 164thGambia66.1
  165. 165thRepublic of the Congo66
  166. 166thGhana65.7
  167. 167thHaiti65.1
  168. 168thAngola64.8
  169. 169thEswatini64.3
  170. 170thGuinea-Bissau64.3
  171. 171stCameroon64
  172. 172ndEquatorial Guinea63.9
  173. 173rdMadagascar63.8
  174. 174thKenya63.8
  175. 175thBurundi63.8
  176. 176thMozambique63.8
  177. 177thZimbabwe63.1
  178. 178thTogo62.9
  179. 179thLiberia62.3
  180. 180thNauru62.3
  181. 181stIvory Coast62.1
  182. 182ndDR Congo62.1
  183. 183rdSierra Leone62
  184. 184thNiger61.4
  185. 185thBurkina Faso61.3
  186. 186thBenin61
  187. 187thGuinea60.9
  188. 188thMali60.7
  189. 189thSomalia59
  190. 190thLesotho57.8
  191. 191stSouth Sudan57.7
  192. 192ndCentral African Republic57.7
  193. 193rdChad55.2
  194. 194thNigeria54.6

US states

51 · CDC NCHS
  1. 1stHawaii79.9
  2. 2ndMassachusetts79.6
  3. 3rdConnecticut79.2
  4. 4thNew Jersey79
  5. 4thNew York79
  6. 6thMinnesota78.8
  7. 7thNew Hampshire78.5
  8. 7thRhode Island78.5
  9. 9thVermont78.4
  10. 10thCalifornia78.3
  11. 11thUtah78.2
  12. 11thWashington78.2
  13. 13thNebraska77.8
  14. 13thWisconsin77.8
  15. 15thColorado77.7
  16. 15thIowa77.7
  17. 17thNorth Dakota77.6
  18. 18thOregon77.4
  19. 19thIdaho77.2
  20. 19thMaryland77.2
  21. 21stIllinois77.1
  22. 22ndVirginia76.8
  23. 23rdMaine76.7
  24. 24thSouth Dakota76.6
  25. 25thPennsylvania76.4
  26. 26thDelaware76.3
  27. 27thFlorida76.1
  28. 28thKansas76
  29. 29thMontana75.8
  30. 30thMichigan75.7
  31. 31stTexas75.4
  32. 32ndDistrict of Columbia75.3
  33. 33rdNevada75.1
  34. 34thArizona75
  35. 34thWyoming75
  36. 36thNorth Carolina74.9
  37. 37thIndiana74.6
  38. 37thMissouri74.6
  39. 39thAlaska74.5
  40. 39thOhio74.5
  41. 41stGeorgia74.3
  42. 42ndSouth Carolina73.5
  43. 43rdNew Mexico73
  44. 44thOklahoma72.7
  45. 45thArkansas72.5
  46. 46thTennessee72.4
  47. 47thKentucky72.3
  48. 48thLouisiana72.2
  49. 49thAlabama72
  50. 50thWest Virginia71
  51. 51stMississippi70.9

194 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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