Data for 2010

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2010, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 84.644; Haiti is lowest, at 45.577. The middle country reads 72.827. Against 2009, 222 values changed (206 up, 16 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2010

HighestMonaco

84.644

LowestHaiti

45.577

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

222countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	84.644
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	84.197
3	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	83.464
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	82.916
5	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	82.859
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	82.287
7	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	82.132
8	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	82.080
9	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	82.054
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	82.013
11	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	82.006
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	81.974
13	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	81.886
14	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	81.664
15	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	81.647
16	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.594
17	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	81.541
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	81.519
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	81.405
20	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	81.398
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	81.336
22	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	81.141
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	81.052
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	81.039
25	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	80.829
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	80.717
27	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	80.633
28	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	80.599
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	80.573
30	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	80.463
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	80.391
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	80.115
33	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80.099
34	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	80.081
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	80.040
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	80.012
37	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	79.613
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	79.444
39	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	79.414
40	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.354
41	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	79.301
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	79.247
43	Chile`CHL`South America	79.095
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	79.036
45	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	78.752
46	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	78.731
47	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	78.717
48	United States`USA`Northern America	78.668
49	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	78.593
50	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	78.414
51	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	77.876
52	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	77.800
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	77.568
54	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	77.529
55	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	77.500
56	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	77.208
57	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	77.184
58	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	76.827
59	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	76.784
60	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	76.756
61	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	76.701
62	Uruguay`URY`South America	76.691
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	76.676
64	Panama`PAN`Central America	76.417
65	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	76.289
66	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	76.282
67	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	76.095
68	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	76.069
69	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	75.992
70	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	75.882
71	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	75.713
72	Argentina`ARG`South America	75.680
73	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	75.668
74	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	75.616
75	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	75.496
76	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	75.488
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	75.376
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	75.188
79	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	75.117
80	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	75.037
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	75.012
82	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	74.964
83	Colombia`COL`South America	74.876
84	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	74.821
85	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.820
86	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	74.731
87	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	74.683
88	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	74.609
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	74.519
90	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.463
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	74.438
92	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	74.390
93	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	74.376
94	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	74.297
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	74.144
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	73.814
97	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.797
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	73.779
99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	73.718
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	73.648
101	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.611
102	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	73.579
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	73.542
104	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.449
105	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	73.302
106	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	73.235
107	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	73.196
108	Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.092
109	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	73.029
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	72.938
111	Peru`PER`South America	72.886
112	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.768
113	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	72.752
114	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.587
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.551
116	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	72.507
117	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	72.477
118	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	72.196
119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	72.039
120	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.979
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	71.809
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	71.761
123	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	71.732
124	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.680
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	71.452
126	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.451
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	71.319
128	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	70.909
129	Belize`BLZ`Central America	70.875
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	70.821
131	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.660
132	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	70.501
133	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	70.309
134	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	70.246
135	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.188
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	69.885
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	69.876
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	69.836
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	69.770
140	Suriname`SUR`South America	69.626
141	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	69.570
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	69.078
143	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	68.883
144	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	68.765
145	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	68.669
146	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	68.608
147	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	68.455
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	68.370
149	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	68.364
150	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	68.347
151	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	68.258
152	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.153
153	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	68.092
154	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	68.009
155	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	67.651
156	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	67.521
157	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	67.311
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	67.223
159	India`IND`Southern Asia	67.162
160	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	67.100
161	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.778
162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	66.772
163	Guyana`GUY`South America	66.204
164	Bolivia`BOL`South America	66.003
165	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.860
166	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	65.661
167	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	64.892
168	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	64.834
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	64.715
170	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	64.498
171	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	64.378
172	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.221
173	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	63.867
174	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63.690
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	63.665
176	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	63.660
177	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.479
178	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.056
179	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	62.979
180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	62.804
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	62.747
182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.597
183	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	61.731
184	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61.297
185	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	61.168
186	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.127
187	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.915
188	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	60.743
189	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	60.702
190	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	60.074
191	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	59.959
192	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	59.709
193	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	59.358
194	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.137
195	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.886
196	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	58.387
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	58.345
198	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	57.787
199	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	57.485
200	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.242
201	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	57.240
202	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	57.088
203	Niger`NER`Western Africa	57.080
204	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	56.999
205	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56.965
206	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	56.896
207	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	56.431
208	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	56.411
209	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	56.343
210	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.094
211	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	55.993
212	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.282
213	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	55.040
214	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	51.927
215	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	51.925
216	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	51.315
217	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	50.107
218	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	48.900
219	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.331
220	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.871
221	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	46.045
222	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	45.577

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco84.644
2Andorra84.197
3San Marino83.464
4Japan82.916
5Hong Kong82.859

Lowest

222Haiti45.577
221Lesotho46.045
220Central African Republic46.871
219Eswatini48.331
218Somalia48.900

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.827. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
206 · 16rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic14.666 → 46.871+32.205
Sri Lanka70.298 → 74.463+4.165
Zimbabwe49.750 → 51.925+2.176
Samoa69.486 → 71.451+1.965
American Samoa70.839 → 72.587+1.748

Fell most

Haiti61.695 → 45.577−16.118
Somalia52.101 → 48.900−3.201
Russia68.657 → 68.153−0.504
Kosovo74.790 → 74.609−0.181
Saint Lucia72.946 → 72.768−0.178

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (2010). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2010

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