Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

Name: Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Creator: World Bank

For 2024, Life expectancy at birth, total (years) is led by Monaco at 86.50 years. This page combines ranking, historical trend, and map-based distribution.

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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Countries ranked 217

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Rank	Country	Value
51	St. Martin (French part)	80.44 years
52	Oman	80.25 years
53	Czechia	79.98 years
54	Albania	79.78 years
55	Panama	79.78 years
56	Estonia	79.30 years
57	Saudi Arabia	78.98 years
58	Northern Mariana Islands	78.95 years
59	Croatia	78.93 years
60	New Caledonia	78.92 years
61	United States	78.89 years
62	Poland	78.41 years
63	Slovak Republic	78.37 years
64	Armenia	78.32 years
65	Uruguay	78.29 years
66	Cuba	78.26 years
67	Kosovo	78.22 years
68	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.18 years
69	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.04 years
70	China	78.02 years
71	Jordan	77.98 years
72	Lebanon	77.95 years
73	Peru	77.94 years
74	Colombia	77.91 years
75	Montenegro	77.89 years
76	Iran, Islamic Rep.	77.85 years
77	Antigua and Barbuda	77.77 years
78	Sri Lanka	77.67 years
79	Ecuador	77.58 years
80	Argentina	77.54 years
81	British Virgin Islands	77.43 years
82	Guam	77.42 years
83	Turkiye	77.42 years
84	Lithuania	77.20 years
85	Curacao	76.99 years
86	Malaysia	76.82 years
87	Hungary	76.72 years
88	Tunisia	76.71 years
89	North Macedonia	76.62 years
90	Thailand	76.56 years
91	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.53 years
92	Aruba	76.50 years
93	Algeria	76.48 years
94	Romania	76.46 years
95	Latvia	76.43 years
96	Barbados	76.33 years
97	Seychelles	76.30 years
98	Cabo Verde	76.22 years
99	Brazil	76.02 years
100	Serbia	75.97 years

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