World Life expectancy at birth ranking 2026

Source: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant.

China

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.

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Rank	Country or area	Life expectancy at birth	Total population	Share of world population	Data type
1	Monaco	86.73	38,087 people	0.00%	Projection
2	San Marino	86.03	33,605 people	0.00%	Projection
3	China, Hong Kong SAR	85.90	7,378,602 people	0.09%	Projection
4	Japan	85.15	122,427,731 people	1.47%	Projection
5	Republic of Korea	84.64	51,600,388 people	0.62%	Projection
6	Saint Barthélemy	84.63	11,550 people	0.00%	Projection
7	Andorra	84.46	83,753 people	0.00%	Projection
8	French Polynesia	84.44	283,076 people	0.00%	Projection
9	Switzerland	84.37	9,007,798 people	0.11%	Projection
10	Australia	84.34	27,227,096 people	0.33%	Projection
11	Italy	84.18	58,926,166 people	0.71%	Projection
12	Singapore	84.13	5,905,748 people	0.07%	Projection
13	Spain	84.08	47,850,793 people	0.58%	Projection
14	Liechtenstein	84.06	40,368 people	0.00%	Projection
15	Réunion	83.92	886,298 people	0.01%	Projection
16	Gibraltar	83.90	40,867 people	0.00%	Projection
17	Malta	83.78	549,011 people	0.01%	Projection
18	Norway	83.76	5,652,989 people	0.07%	Projection
19	Sweden	83.73	10,701,046 people	0.13%	Projection
20	France	83.70	66,746,401 people	0.80%	Projection
21	Guernsey	83.67	64,610 people	0.00%	Projection
22	China, Macao SAR	83.60	723,188 people	0.01%	Projection
23	Holy See	83.41	506 people	0.00%	Projection
24	United Arab Emirates	83.39	11,574,682 people	0.14%	Projection
25	Iceland	83.30	402,329 people	0.00%	Projection
26	Canada	83.05	40,467,728 people	0.49%	Projection
27	Martinique	83.04	337,711 people	0.00%	Projection
28	Ireland	82.92	5,356,950 people	0.06%	Projection
29	Israel	82.90	9,647,689 people	0.12%	Projection
30	Portugal	82.89	10,395,362 people	0.13%	Projection
31	Qatar	82.83	3,173,559 people	0.04%	Projection
32	Bermuda	82.83	64,459 people	0.00%	Projection
33	Luxembourg	82.64	687,448 people	0.01%	Projection
34	Netherlands	82.61	18,448,775 people	0.22%	Projection
35	Belgium	82.59	11,774,642 people	0.14%	Projection
36	Guadeloupe	82.56	372,453 people	0.00%	Projection
37	New Zealand	82.52	5,287,479 people	0.06%	Projection
38	Austria	82.45	9,107,266 people	0.11%	Projection
39	Finland	82.40	5,621,739 people	0.07%	Projection
40	Greece	82.40	9,897,116 people	0.12%	Projection
41	Denmark	82.39	6,023,520 people	0.07%	Projection
42	Puerto Rico	82.27	3,222,688 people	0.04%	Projection
43	Cyprus	82.15	1,382,334 people	0.02%	Projection
44	Slovenia	82.10	2,114,574 people	0.03%	Projection
45	Germany	81.86	83,644,258 people	1.01%	Projection
46	United Kingdom	81.75	69,931,528 people	0.84%	Projection
47	Bahrain	81.74	1,675,572 people	0.02%	Projection
48	Maldives	81.73	531,517 people	0.01%	Projection
49	Chile	81.72	19,945,850 people	0.24%	Projection
50	Isle of Man	81.39	84,054 people	0.00%	Projection
51	Costa Rica	81.38	5,174,789 people	0.06%	Projection
52	China, Taiwan Province of China	81.14	23,011,292 people	0.28%	Projection
53	Kuwait	80.97	5,102,773 people	0.06%	Projection
54	Cayman Islands	80.90	77,196 people	0.00%	Projection
55	Saint Martin (French part)	80.85	23,898 people	0.00%	Projection
56	Faroe Islands	80.81	56,526 people	0.00%	Projection
57	Oman	80.65	5,671,458 people	0.07%	Projection
58	Czechia	80.25	10,527,780 people	0.13%	Projection
59	Panama	80.15	4,625,718 people	0.06%	Projection
60	Jersey	80.14	104,106 people	0.00%	Projection
61	Albania	80.13	2,751,025 people	0.03%	Projection
62	Anguilla	79.86	14,817 people	0.00%	Projection
63	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	79.78	3,465 people	0.00%	Projection
64	United States of America	79.76	349,035,494 people	4.20%	Projection
65	Estonia	79.64	1,331,062 people	0.02%	Projection
66	Saudi Arabia	79.40	35,165,787 people	0.42%	Projection
67	New Caledonia	79.23	297,892 people	0.00%	Projection
68	Northern Mariana Islands	79.23	42,914 people	0.00%	Projection
69	Poland	79.15	37,843,188 people	0.46%	Projection
70	Croatia	79.09	3,822,345 people	0.05%	Projection
71	Wallis and Futuna Islands	79.03	11,113 people	0.00%	Projection
72	China View China data	79.02	1,412,914,089 people	17.02%	Projection
73	Slovakia	78.81	5,451,342 people	0.07%	Projection
74	Cuba	78.62	10,892,659 people	0.13%	Projection
75	Uruguay	78.62	3,382,537 people	0.04%	Projection
76	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	78.61	1,666,992 people	0.02%	Projection
77	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.50	47,148 people	0.00%	Projection
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.42	3,114,242 people	0.04%	Projection
79	Türkiye	78.38	87,926,082 people	1.06%	Projection
80	Jordan	78.30	11,589,532 people	0.14%	Projection
81	Peru	78.30	34,922,148 people	0.42%	Projection
82	Colombia	78.27	53,936,226 people	0.65%	Projection
83	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	78.25	93,168,497 people	1.12%	Projection
84	Lebanon	78.22	5,897,467 people	0.07%	Projection
85	Antigua and Barbuda	78.11	94,626 people	0.00%	Projection
86	Sri Lanka	78.03	23,348,315 people	0.28%	Projection
87	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	77.96	31,913 people	0.00%	Projection
88	Ecuador	77.94	18,444,506 people	0.22%	Projection
89	Argentina	77.83	46,003,734 people	0.55%	Projection
90	North Macedonia	77.81	1,804,062 people	0.02%	Projection
91	Guam	77.81	170,185 people	0.00%	Projection
92	British Virgin Islands	77.76	39,936 people	0.00%	Projection
93	Montenegro	77.60	626,233 people	0.01%	Projection
94	French Guiana	77.54	318,872 people	0.00%	Projection
95	Hungary	77.50	9,585,818 people	0.12%	Projection
96	State of Palestine	77.42	5,692,790 people	0.07%	Projection
97	Tokelau	77.42	2,691 people	0.00%	Projection
98	Curaçao	77.34	185,440 people	0.00%	Projection
99	Serbia	77.33	6,641,964 people	0.08%	Projection
100	Saint Helena	77.30	5,148 people	0.00%	Projection
101	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	77.28	5,513 people	0.00%	Projection
102	Malaysia	77.16	36,385,115 people	0.44%	Projection
103	Tunisia	77.10	12,415,138 people	0.15%	Projection
104	Thailand	77.06	71,559,614 people	0.86%	Projection
105	Algeria	76.89	48,028,334 people	0.58%	Projection
106	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.86	44,447 people	0.00%	Projection
107	Aruba	76.79	108,164 people	0.00%	Projection
108	Montserrat	76.66	4,328 people	0.00%	Projection
109	Barbados	76.65	282,724 people	0.00%	Projection
110	Latvia	76.63	1,835,935 people	0.02%	Projection
111	Mayotte	76.61	347,536 people	0.00%	Projection
112	Cabo Verde	76.56	529,630 people	0.01%	Projection
113	Lithuania	76.48	2,797,338 people	0.03%	Projection
114	Romania	76.40	18,800,605 people	0.23%	Projection
115	Brazil	76.37	213,562,666 people	2.57%	Projection
116	Armenia	76.18	2,930,915 people	0.04%	Projection
117	United States Virgin Islands	76.15	83,400 people	0.00%	Projection
118	Bulgaria	76.13	6,667,660 people	0.08%	Projection
119	Morocco	75.86	38,762,441 people	0.47%	Projection
120	Cook Islands	75.85	12,826 people	0.00%	Projection
121	Brunei Darussalam	75.83	469,775 people	0.01%	Projection
122	Grenada	75.67	117,362 people	0.00%	Projection
123	Mexico	75.63	132,997,658 people	1.60%	Projection
124	Bangladesh	75.47	177,818,044 people	2.14%	Projection
125	Mauritius	75.44	1,265,059 people	0.02%	Projection
126	Nicaragua	75.43	7,097,329 people	0.09%	Projection
127	Libya	75.18	7,539,852 people	0.09%	Projection
128	Viet Nam	75.05	102,177,431 people	1.23%	Projection
129	Ukraine	75.02	39,535,848 people	0.48%	Projection
130	Bahamas	75.01	404,628 people	0.00%	Projection
131	Georgia	74.98	3,804,642 people	0.05%	Projection
132	Belarus	74.97	8,937,018 people	0.11%	Projection
133	Azerbaijan	74.89	10,454,855 people	0.13%	Projection
134	Kazakhstan	74.81	21,083,626 people	0.25%	Projection
135	Paraguay	74.24	7,095,279 people	0.09%	Projection
136	Dominican Republic	74.12	11,609,500 people	0.14%	Projection
137	Belize	74.08	428,644 people	0.01%	Projection
138	Suriname	74.04	645,256 people	0.01%	Projection
139	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	73.98	26,633,691 people	0.32%	Projection
140	Trinidad and Tobago	73.89	1,513,268 people	0.02%	Projection
141	Bhutan	73.80	802,214 people	0.01%	Projection
142	Russian Federation	73.70	143,394,458 people	1.73%	Projection
143	Syrian Arab Republic	73.43	26,472,497 people	0.32%	Projection
144	Tonga	73.39	103,291 people	0.00%	Projection
145	Honduras	73.39	11,184,760 people	0.13%	Projection
146	Seychelles	73.28	134,959 people	0.00%	Projection
147	American Samoa	73.26	45,318 people	0.00%	Projection
148	Saint Lucia	73.15	180,488 people	0.00%	Projection
149	Guatemala	73.04	18,967,978 people	0.23%	Projection
150	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	73.01	28,633,711 people	0.34%	Projection
151	Uzbekistan	72.78	37,724,223 people	0.45%	Projection
152	El Salvador	72.74	6,391,254 people	0.08%	Projection
153	India	72.72	1,476,625,576 people	17.79%	Projection
154	Iraq	72.63	48,007,437 people	0.58%	Projection
155	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.58	46,992 people	0.00%	Projection
156	Mongolia	72.49	3,556,798 people	0.04%	Projection
157	Tajikistan	72.19	10,978,598 people	0.13%	Projection
158	Egypt	72.16	120,101,175 people	1.45%	Projection
159	Kyrgyzstan	72.11	7,400,464 people	0.09%	Projection
160	Samoa	72.08	220,528 people	0.00%	Projection
161	Vanuatu	72.02	342,564 people	0.00%	Projection
162	Western Sahara	71.98	610,813 people	0.01%	Projection
163	Jamaica	71.86	2,833,404 people	0.03%	Projection
164	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.65	99,244 people	0.00%	Projection
165	Dominica	71.62	65,511 people	0.00%	Projection
166	Republic of Moldova	71.60	2,961,253 people	0.04%	Projection
167	Indonesia	71.58	287,886,782 people	3.47%	Projection
168	Nepal	71.16	29,629,410 people	0.36%	Projection
169	Cambodia	71.14	18,051,219 people	0.22%	Projection
170	Solomon Islands	70.98	858,288 people	0.01%	Projection
171	Guyana	70.57	840,890 people	0.01%	Projection
172	Turkmenistan	70.45	7,736,632 people	0.09%	Projection
173	Greenland	70.44	55,629 people	0.00%	Projection
174	Niue	70.36	1,822 people	0.00%	Projection
175	Sao Tome and Principe	70.26	244,994 people	0.00%	Projection
176	Philippines	70.17	117,724,472 people	1.42%	Projection
177	Yemen	69.73	42,961,653 people	0.52%	Projection
178	Lao People's Democratic Republic	69.71	7,974,018 people	0.10%	Projection
179	Palau	69.61	17,614 people	0.00%	Projection
180	Botswana	69.57	2,603,388 people	0.03%	Projection
181	Eritrea	69.40	3,682,669 people	0.04%	Projection
182	Senegal	69.39	19,366,548 people	0.23%	Projection
183	Mauritania	69.16	5,461,319 people	0.07%	Projection
184	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	69.07	12,749,291 people	0.15%	Projection
185	Uganda	68.92	52,761,470 people	0.64%	Projection
186	Gabon	68.88	2,647,400 people	0.03%	Projection
187	Rwanda	68.47	14,889,693 people	0.18%	Projection
188	Timor-Leste	68.33	1,436,923 people	0.02%	Projection
189	Ethiopia	68.15	138,902,185 people	1.67%	Projection
190	Pakistan	68.07	259,299,792 people	3.12%	Projection
191	Malawi	67.92	22,785,535 people	0.27%	Projection
192	Namibia	67.81	3,153,246 people	0.04%	Projection
193	Fiji	67.77	937,282 people	0.01%	Projection
194	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	67.65	114,182 people	0.00%	Projection
195	United Republic of Tanzania	67.63	72,563,780 people	0.87%	Projection
196	Tuvalu	67.56	9,362 people	0.00%	Projection
197	Myanmar	67.50	55,184,819 people	0.66%	Projection
198	Comoros	67.48	899,010 people	0.01%	Projection
199	Marshall Islands	67.32	35,075 people	0.00%	Projection
200	Sudan	66.89	53,282,719 people	0.64%	Projection
201	Zambia	66.88	22,521,915 people	0.27%	Projection
202	Kiribati	66.86	138,445 people	0.00%	Projection
203	Afghanistan	66.77	45,047,068 people	0.54%	Projection
204	South Africa	66.66	65,453,084 people	0.79%	Projection
205	Djibouti	66.61	1,199,459 people	0.01%	Projection
206	Papua New Guinea	66.51	10,947,848 people	0.13%	Projection
207	Gambia	66.45	2,884,079 people	0.03%	Projection
208	Congo	66.42	6,637,786 people	0.08%	Projection
209	Ghana	66.08	35,697,557 people	0.43%	Projection
210	Haiti	65.45	12,037,506 people	0.15%	Projection
211	Angola	65.17	40,215,180 people	0.48%	Projection
212	Guinea-Bissau	64.59	2,297,808 people	0.03%	Projection
213	Eswatini	64.54	1,269,859 people	0.02%	Projection
214	Cameroon	64.51	30,640,817 people	0.37%	Projection
215	Equatorial Guinea	64.30	1,984,468 people	0.02%	Projection
216	Madagascar	64.25	33,522,052 people	0.40%	Projection
217	Kenya	64.19	58,636,412 people	0.71%	Projection
218	Mozambique	64.14	36,639,850 people	0.44%	Projection
219	Burundi	64.14	14,729,157 people	0.18%	Projection
220	Zimbabwe	63.63	17,273,580 people	0.21%	Projection
221	Togo	63.33	9,930,918 people	0.12%	Projection
222	Liberia	62.62	5,853,949 people	0.07%	Projection
223	Nauru	62.61	12,101 people	0.00%	Projection
224	Côte d'Ivoire	62.44	33,494,346 people	0.40%	Projection
225	Democratic Republic of the Congo	62.39	116,452,162 people	1.40%	Projection
226	Sierra Leone	62.33	8,996,744 people	0.11%	Projection
227	Niger	61.88	28,814,878 people	0.35%	Projection
228	Burkina Faso	61.65	24,601,700 people	0.30%	Projection
229	Benin	61.32	15,170,420 people	0.18%	Projection
230	Guinea	61.23	15,441,992 people	0.19%	Projection
231	Mali	61.11	25,932,275 people	0.31%	Projection
232	Somalia	59.26	20,305,907 people	0.24%	Projection
233	Lesotho	58.63	2,389,336 people	0.03%	Projection
234	Central African Republic	58.15	5,698,984 people	0.07%	Projection
235	South Sudan	57.97	12,436,037 people	0.15%	Projection
236	Chad	55.58	21,560,380 people	0.26%	Projection
237	Nigeria	54.95	242,431,832 people	2.92%	Projection

Estimates cover 1950–2023; 2024 and later are UN medium-variant projections. Rankings use the latest available value for the selected year. The world total is the sum of all countries and areas in the dataset.

China's detailed profile follows this site's original China dataset. World rankings use UN WPP 2024 figures for cross-country comparability.