List of countries by life expectancy

Methodology

The life expectancy is shown separately for males and for females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entities and territories are also included in this list.

The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed, as well as other factors including HIV infections.

From the start of the 21st century, estimates of healthy life expectancy (HALE), the average number of years that a person can expect to live in "full health", are also produced.

Comparing life expectancies across countries can be difficult, due to poor reporting in some countries and different local standards in collecting statistics.

This is especially true for healthy life expectancy, the definition of which may change over time, even within a country. For example, Canada is a country with a fairly high overall life expectancy at 81.63 years. This number decreases to 75.5 years for Indigenous people in Canada. This discrepancy is echoed in most quality of life metrics across Canada.

United Nations (2023)

Estimations are by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Only countries with populations over 50,000 are listed. Due to this criterion, the table does not include such countries as Monaco (LE 86.37 years, population 39,000), San Marino (LE 85.71 years, population 34,000), and Saint Barthélemy (LE 84.29 years, population 11,000). The values are rounded. All calculations were made with raw data.

These values are used to calculate the Human Development Index.

World Bank Group (2023)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023. Only countries with populations over 50,000 are listed. Due to this criterion, the table does not include such countries as Monaco (LE 86.37 years, population 39,000), San Marino (LE 85.71 years, population 34,000), and Liechtenstein (LE 84.84 years, population 41,000). The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations were done on raw data, therefore, due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

In 2014, some of the world's leading countries had a local peak in life expectancy, so this year is chosen for comparison with 2019 and 2023.

World Health Organization (2019)

According to data published by the World Health Organization. By default, data are sorted by life expectancy at birth for all population, and in case of equal values by HALE for all population.

CIA World Factbook (2024)

The US CIA published the following life expectancy data in its World Factbook.

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References

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