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Countries with the highest
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

In 2019, Monaco leads Life expectancy at birth, total (years) with 86.15 years. San Marino follows at 85.26 years, and the gap between the top two positions is 0.89 years. This page is built for long-tail search demand and links to archives and country profiles.

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Ranking leaders

0.021.543.164.686.2MonacoMonaco: 86.15 years86.2San MarinoSan Marino: 85.26 years85.3Hong Kong SAR, ChinaHong Kong SAR, China: 85.16 years85.2JapanJapan: 84.36 years84.4LiechtensteinLiechtenstein: 84.16 years84.2AndorraAndorra: 84.10 years84.1Macao SAR, ChinaMacao SAR, China: 83.93 years83.9SwitzerlandSwitzerland: 83.90 years83.9SpainSpain: 83.83 years83.8SingaporeSingapore: 83.60 years83.6ItalyItaly: 83.50 years83.5Korea, Rep.Korea, Rep.: 83.23 years83.2

Full table

#CountryValue
101 Bulgaria 75.11 years
102 Brunei Darussalam 75.05 years
103 Grenada 74.97 years
104 Mexico 74.53 years
105 Morocco 74.25 years
106 Mauritius 74.24 years
107 Belarus 74.23 years
108 Viet Nam 74.21 years
109 Georgia 74.17 years
110 Seychelles 74.05 years
111 Ukraine 73.92 years
112 Nicaragua 73.76 years
113 Paraguay 73.67 years
114 Kazakhstan 73.66 years
115 Azerbaijan 73.29 years
116 Dominican Republic 73.11 years
117 Russian Federation 73.08 years
118 Libya 72.94 years
119 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 72.93 years
120 Trinidad and Tobago 72.84 years
121 Venezuela, RB 72.77 years
122 American Samoa 72.75 years
123 Bangladesh 72.63 years
124 Belize 72.58 years
125 Tonga 72.29 years
126 St. Lucia 72.25 years
127 Honduras 72.12 years
128 Uzbekistan 72.09 years
129 Bhutan 72.01 years
130 Suriname 71.77 years
131 El Salvador 71.73 years
132 Guatemala 71.64 years
133 Kyrgyz Republic 71.60 years
134 St. Kitts and Nevis 71.54 years
135 Jamaica 71.53 years
136 Greenland 71.41 years
137 Bahamas, The 71.41 years
138 Dominica 71.31 years
139 Iraq 71.25 years
140 Egypt, Arab Rep. 71.21 years
141 Mongolia 71.05 years
142 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.99 years
143 Syrian Arab Republic 70.97 years
144 Tajikistan 70.96 years
145 Vanuatu 70.78 years
146 India 70.75 years
147 Indonesia 70.35 years
148 Samoa 70.27 years
149 Moldova 70.18 years
150 Cambodia 70.13 years

Analytical takeaways

  • Monaco leads the global ranking for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in 2019, with a lead of 0.89 years over the next country.
  • The visible slice on this page covers 12 countries, and the lower edge of that slice currently sits with Korea, Rep. at 83.23 years.
  • The ranking page acts as a high-intent entry point into country+indicator pages, year archives, and thematic collections.