Data for 2023

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2023, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 86.372; Nigeria is lowest, at 54.462. The middle country reads 74.630. Against 2022, 222 values changed (208 up, 14 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2023

HighestMonaco

86.372

LowestNigeria

54.462

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

222countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
221distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	86.372
2	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	85.706
3	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	85.511
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	84.712
5	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	84.329
6	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	84.070
7	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	84.041
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	83.954
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	83.923
10	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	83.736
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	83.716
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	83.670
13	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	83.630
14	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	83.553
15	France`FRA`Western Europe	83.325
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	83.308
17	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	83.299
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	83.262
19	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	83.075
20	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	82.985
21	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	82.909
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.691
23	Canada`CAN`Northern America	82.630
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	82.412
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	82.408
26	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	82.368
27	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	82.360
28	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	82.309
29	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	82.229
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	82.158
31	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	82.115
32	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	82.088
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	81.956
34	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	81.933
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	81.910
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	81.857
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	81.690
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	81.648
39	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	81.603
40	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	81.378
41	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	81.302
42	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	81.284
43	Chile`CHL`South America	81.167
44	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	81.041
45	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	80.999
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.800
47	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	80.559
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	80.405
49	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	80.358
50	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	80.224
51	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	80.179
52	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	80.031
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	79.834
54	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	79.602
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	79.594
56	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	79.312
57	United States`USA`Northern America	79.304
58	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	79.154
59	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	78.808
60	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	78.766
61	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	78.732
62	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	78.633
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	78.580
64	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	78.341
65	Uruguay`URY`South America	78.139
66	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	78.086
67	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	78.033
68	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	78.008
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	77.953
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	77.850
71	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	77.817
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	77.815
73	Peru`PER`South America	77.740
74	Colombia`COL`South America	77.725
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	77.655
76	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	77.598
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	77.483
=78	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.395
=78	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	77.395
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.392
81	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	77.276
82	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	77.209
83	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	77.156
84	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	77.087
85	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.024
86	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	76.800
87	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	76.769
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	76.657
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	76.508
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	76.412
91	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	76.371
92	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	76.353
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	76.261
94	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	76.190
95	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	76.186
96	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	76.178
97	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	76.059
98	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	76.025
99	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	75.938
100	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.848
101	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	75.683
102	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	75.636
103	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	75.472
104	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	75.327
105	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	75.313
106	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	75.282
107	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	75.205
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	75.069
109	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	74.947
110	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	74.926
111	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	74.672
112	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	74.588
113	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	74.552
114	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.497
115	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	74.434
116	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	74.429
117	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	74.402
118	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.844
119	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.720
120	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	73.642
121	Suriname`SUR`South America	73.631
122	Belize`BLZ`Central America	73.566
123	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	73.490
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	73.423
125	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	73.154
126	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	72.975
127	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	72.895
128	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.884
129	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	72.862
130	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.852
131	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	72.697
132	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	72.602
133	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.514
134	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	72.388
135	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	72.324
136	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	72.145
137	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.120
138	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.099
139	India`IND`Southern Asia	72.003
140	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	71.790
141	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	71.734
142	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.698
143	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	71.677
144	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	71.634
145	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.479
146	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	71.477
147	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	71.230
148	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	71.199
149	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	71.146
150	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.133
151	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	70.668
152	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70.528
153	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	70.354
154	Guyana`GUY`South America	70.180
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	70.073
156	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.055
157	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	69.978
158	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.833
159	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	69.718
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	69.339
161	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	69.295
162	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	69.269
163	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	69.163
164	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.964
165	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.683
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	68.624
167	Bolivia`BOL`South America	68.581
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	68.484
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	68.337
170	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	68.252
171	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.785
172	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	67.689
173	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	67.649
174	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	67.385
175	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	67.354
176	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	67.316
177	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	67.315
178	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	67.198
179	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	67.105
180	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	66.995
181	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	66.945
182	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	66.889
183	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	66.777
184	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	66.473
185	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	66.349
186	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.331
187	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.139
188	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	66.134
189	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	66.035
190	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	65.987
191	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	65.860
192	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	65.772
193	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.498
194	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	65.170
195	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	64.936
196	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.617
197	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	64.123
198	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	64.085
199	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.707
200	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	63.700
201	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	63.651
202	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	63.646
203	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	63.632
204	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	63.611
205	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	62.775
206	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	62.740
207	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	62.163
208	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	62.109
209	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	61.944
210	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	61.895
211	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	61.786
212	Niger`NER`Western Africa	61.183
213	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	61.092
214	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	60.774
215	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.741
216	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	60.439
217	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	58.816
218	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	57.617
219	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	57.408
220	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.375
221	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	55.069
222	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54.462

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco86.372
2San Marino85.706
3Hong Kong85.511
4Japan84.712
5South Korea84.329

Lowest

222Nigeria54.462
221Chad55.069
220Lesotho57.375
219Central African Republic57.408
218South Sudan57.617

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 74.630. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
208 · 14rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic18.818 → 57.408+38.590
Somalia53.932 → 58.816+4.884
Namibia64.190 → 67.385+3.195
United Arab Emirates80.487 → 82.909+2.422
Brunei72.917 → 75.327+2.409

Fell most

Palestine76.662 → 65.170−11.492
Libya74.462 → 69.339−5.123
Syria72.790 → 72.120−0.670
Dominican Republic74.211 → 73.720−0.491
Türkiye77.591 → 77.156−0.436

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

221 distinct values among 222
Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 77.395. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

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UN DESA Population Division (2023). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2023

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