201 countries and territories · men and women

Life Expectancy by Country

Life expectancy at birth ranges from about 53 years for men in Chad to about 88 years for women in Hong Kong. Worldwide, it is about 71 for men and 76 for women. The table below lists all 201 countries and territories, for men and women, from the UN’s World Population Prospects 2024.

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By the Death Clock Calculator editorial team · Last reviewed September 2026 · How we calculate

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Life expectancy at birth by country and sex, in years. Click a column heading to sort. Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023.
CountryMenWomenGapSourceYear
Afghanistan64.567.53.1UN WPP 20242023
Albania77.781.53.7UN WPP 20242023
Algeria74.977.72.8UN WPP 20242023
Angola62.167.15.0UN WPP 20242023
Antigua and Barbuda74.680.35.7UN WPP 20242023
Argentina74.879.95.1UN WPP 20242023
Armenia71.479.58.1UN WPP 20242023
Aruba73.778.85.1UN WPP 20242023
Australia82.185.73.6UN WPP 20242023
Austria79.584.34.8UN WPP 20242023
Azerbaijan71.677.15.6UN WPP 20242023
Bahamas70.978.27.3UN WPP 20242023
Bahrain80.782.01.3UN WPP 20242023
Bangladesh73.076.43.3UN WPP 20242023
Barbados73.678.65.0UN WPP 20242023
Belarus69.579.19.5UN WPP 20242023
Belgium79.984.34.5UN WPP 20242023
Belize70.976.55.6UN WPP 20242023
Benin59.462.22.9UN WPP 20242023
Bhutan71.375.03.7UN WPP 20242023
Bolivia66.171.25.0UN WPP 20242023
Bosnia and Herzegovina74.480.96.5UN WPP 20242023
Botswana66.771.75.0UN WPP 20242023
Brazil72.879.06.2UN WPP 20242023
Brunei73.377.64.2UN WPP 20242023
Bulgaria72.279.27.1UN WPP 20242023
Burkina Faso58.963.24.3UN WPP 20242023
Burundi61.665.74.1UN WPP 20242023
Cabo Verde72.979.26.3UN WPP 20242023
Cambodia68.073.25.2UN WPP 20242023
Cameroon61.565.94.4UN WPP 20242023
Canada80.484.84.4UN WPP 20242023
Central African Republic55.359.34.0UN WPP 20242023
Chad53.257.03.8UN WPP 20242023
Chile79.283.13.8UN WPP 20242023
China75.280.95.7UN WPP 20242023
Colombia75.080.55.5UN WPP 20242023
Comoros64.868.94.1UN WPP 20242023
Costa Rica78.183.45.3UN WPP 20242023
Croatia75.481.76.3UN WPP 20242023
Cuba75.780.54.8UN WPP 20242023
Curaçao72.580.88.4UN WPP 20242023
Cyprus79.683.74.0UN WPP 20242023
Czechia77.082.65.6UN WPP 20242023
Côte d'Ivoire60.064.14.1UN WPP 20242023
DR Congo59.864.04.3UN WPP 20242023
Denmark80.083.93.8UN WPP 20242023
Djibouti63.568.55.0UN WPP 20242023
Dominican Republic70.577.06.4UN WPP 20242023
Ecuador74.780.15.5UN WPP 20242023
Egypt69.573.84.3UN WPP 20242023
El Salvador67.576.38.7UN WPP 20242023
Equatorial Guinea62.065.73.6UN WPP 20242023
Eritrea66.570.74.1UN WPP 20242023
Estonia74.983.08.1UN WPP 20242023
Eswatini61.267.05.8UN WPP 20242023
Ethiopia64.170.76.7UN WPP 20242023
Fiji65.369.44.0UN WPP 20242023
Finland79.284.75.5UN WPP 20242023
France80.486.15.7UN WPP 20242023
French Guiana74.180.05.9UN WPP 20242023
French Polynesia81.886.54.7UN WPP 20242023
Gabon65.971.15.1UN WPP 20242023
Gambia64.267.53.4UN WPP 20242023
Georgia69.679.19.5UN WPP 20242023
Germany79.083.84.7UN WPP 20242023
Ghana63.167.94.8UN WPP 20242023
Greece79.384.35.0UN WPP 20242023
Grenada72.478.46.0UN WPP 20242023
Guadeloupe78.185.57.4UN WPP 20242023
Guam73.481.48.0UN WPP 20242023
Guatemala70.374.94.6UN WPP 20242023
Guinea59.561.92.4UN WPP 20242023
Guinea-Bissau61.766.44.7UN WPP 20242023
Guyana66.573.97.4UN WPP 20242023
Haiti61.768.36.6UN WPP 20242023
Honduras70.475.55.2UN WPP 20242023
Hong Kong82.888.15.3UN WPP 20242023
Hungary73.780.26.5UN WPP 20242023
Iceland81.084.53.5UN WPP 20242023
India70.573.63.1UN WPP 20242023
Indonesia69.073.34.2UN WPP 20242023
Iran75.879.63.8UN WPP 20242023
Iraq70.474.13.6UN WPP 20242023
Ireland80.484.54.1UN WPP 20242023
Israel80.284.64.4UN WPP 20242023
Italy81.685.84.2UN WPP 20242023
Jamaica69.074.05.0UN WPP 20242023
Japan81.787.76.1UN WPP 20242023
Jersey77.781.84.0UN WPP 20242023
Jordan75.780.24.5UN WPP 20242023
Kazakhstan70.178.48.3UN WPP 20242023
Kenya61.565.94.5UN WPP 20242023
Kiribati64.668.23.6UN WPP 20242023
Kosovo75.880.14.3UN WPP 20242023
Kuwait79.381.92.6UN WPP 20242023
Kyrgyzstan68.275.37.1UN WPP 20242023
Laos66.871.34.5UN WPP 20242023
Latvia71.680.58.9UN WPP 20242023
Lebanon75.779.74.0UN WPP 20242023
Lesotho54.660.05.4UN WPP 20242023
Liberia60.963.42.6UN WPP 20242023
Libya68.370.42.2UN WPP 20242023
Lithuania71.280.79.5UN WPP 20242023
Luxembourg80.683.83.3UN WPP 20242023
Macao80.885.34.4UN WPP 20242023
Madagascar61.965.43.4UN WPP 20242023
Malawi64.170.66.5UN WPP 20242023
Malaysia74.379.45.1UN WPP 20242023
Maldives79.782.83.1UN WPP 20242023
Mali59.061.92.9UN WPP 20242023
Malta81.385.34.0UN WPP 20242023
Martinique79.385.66.4UN WPP 20242023
Mauritania66.570.54.0UN WPP 20242023
Mauritius71.978.26.3UN WPP 20242023
Mayotte74.178.34.2UN WPP 20242023
Mexico72.277.85.6UN WPP 20242023
Micronesia63.571.17.6UN WPP 20242023
Moldova66.675.59.0UN WPP 20242023
Mongolia67.276.49.2UN WPP 20242023
Montenegro73.780.36.6UN WPP 20242023
Morocco73.277.64.4UN WPP 20242023
Mozambique60.366.56.2UN WPP 20242023
Myanmar63.870.26.4UN WPP 20242023
Namibia63.371.38.0UN WPP 20242023
Nepal68.871.83.0UN WPP 20242023
Netherlands80.583.73.2UN WPP 20242023
New Caledonia76.381.35.0UN WPP 20242023
New Zealand80.483.83.4UN WPP 20242023
Nicaragua72.377.45.1UN WPP 20242023
Niger60.362.11.9UN WPP 20242023
Nigeria54.254.70.6UN WPP 20242023
North Korea71.575.74.3UN WPP 20242023
North Macedonia75.179.64.5UN WPP 20242023
Norway81.884.93.1UN WPP 20242023
Oman78.581.93.4UN WPP 20242023
Pakistan65.370.24.8UN WPP 20242023
Palestine59.771.511.8UN WPP 20242023
Panama76.782.65.9UN WPP 20242023
Papua New Guinea63.769.15.3UN WPP 20242023
Paraguay70.977.06.1UN WPP 20242023
Peru75.480.14.7UN WPP 20242023
Philippines66.972.85.9UN WPP 20242023
Poland74.982.47.5UN WPP 20242023
Portugal79.485.15.7UN WPP 20242023
Puerto Rico78.085.27.2UN WPP 20242023
Qatar81.683.41.8UN WPP 20242023
Republic of the Congo64.167.53.3UN WPP 20242023
Romania72.479.67.2UN WPP 20242023
Russia67.379.011.8UN WPP 20242023
Rwanda65.569.94.4UN WPP 20242023
Réunion80.586.35.8UN WPP 20242023
Saint Lucia69.376.37.0UN WPP 20242023
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines68.774.35.7UN WPP 20242023
Samoa69.973.73.8UN WPP 20242023
Saudi Arabia77.181.24.1UN WPP 20242023
Senegal66.870.84.0UN WPP 20242023
Serbia73.580.06.5UN WPP 20242023
Seychelles69.976.56.6UN WPP 20242023
Sierra Leone60.163.53.4UN WPP 20242023
Singapore81.286.25.0UN WPP 20242023
Slovakia75.081.66.6UN WPP 20242023
Slovenia78.984.35.4UN WPP 20242023
Solomon Islands69.272.02.8UN WPP 20242023
Somalia56.461.45.0UN WPP 20242023
South Africa62.669.67.0UN WPP 20242023
South Korea81.287.26.0UN WPP 20242023
South Sudan54.660.66.0UN WPP 20242023
Spain81.086.35.4UN WPP 20242023
Sri Lanka74.280.66.4UN WPP 20242023
Sudan63.369.66.4UN WPP 20242023
Suriname70.576.86.4UN WPP 20242023
Sweden81.485.13.7UN WPP 20242023
Switzerland82.085.83.8UN WPP 20242023
Syria69.874.44.6UN WPP 20242023
São Tomé and Príncipe66.273.77.5UN WPP 20242023
Taiwan77.683.66.0UN WPP 20242023
Tajikistan69.674.04.4UN WPP 20242023
Tanzania64.269.85.6UN WPP 20242023
Thailand72.280.98.7UN WPP 20242023
Timor-Leste66.169.43.4UN WPP 20242023
Togo62.562.90.4UN WPP 20242023
Tonga69.476.47.0UN WPP 20242023
Trinidad and Tobago70.476.76.3UN WPP 20242023
Tunisia73.979.25.2UN WPP 20242023
Turkmenistan66.972.86.0UN WPP 20242023
Türkiye74.579.95.3UN WPP 20242023
Uganda65.371.15.9UN WPP 20242023
Ukraine66.980.213.3UN WPP 20242023
United Arab Emirates82.084.22.2UN WPP 20242023
United Kingdom79.483.23.8UN WPP 20242023
United States76.981.95.0UN WPP 20242023
Uruguay74.281.97.7UN WPP 20242023
Uzbekistan69.575.46.0UN WPP 20242023
Vanuatu69.573.94.5UN WPP 20242023
Venezuela68.776.57.8UN WPP 20242023
Vietnam69.979.39.4UN WPP 20242023
Western Sahara69.773.63.9UN WPP 20242023
Yemen67.271.44.2UN WPP 20242023
Zambia63.968.74.7UN WPP 20242023
Zimbabwe60.265.04.8UN WPP 20242023
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Life expectancy by country: highest and lowest

Ten highest and ten lowest life expectancies at birth, men. UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023. Includes territories.
Rank Highest Years Lowest Years
1 Hong Kong 82.8 Chad 53.2
2 Australia 82.1 Nigeria 54.2
3 Switzerland 82.0 Lesotho 54.6
4 United Arab Emirates 82.0 South Sudan 54.6
5 French Polynesia 81.8 Central African Republic 55.3
6 Norway 81.8 Somalia 56.4
7 Japan 81.7 Burkina Faso 58.9
8 Qatar 81.6 Mali 59.0
9 Italy 81.6 Benin 59.4
10 Sweden 81.4 Guinea 59.5
Ten highest and ten lowest life expectancies at birth, women. UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023. Includes territories.
Rank Highest Years Lowest Years
1 Hong Kong 88.1 Nigeria 54.7
2 Japan 87.7 Chad 57.0
3 South Korea 87.2 Central African Republic 59.3
4 French Polynesia 86.5 Lesotho 60.0
5 Réunion 86.3 South Sudan 60.6
6 Spain 86.3 Somalia 61.4
7 Singapore 86.2 Mali 61.9
8 France 86.1 Guinea 61.9
9 Switzerland 85.8 Niger 62.1
10 Italy 85.8 Benin 62.2

The top of the list is a mix of East Asian, Western European and Pacific places with strong health systems. The bottom is mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, where infections, maternal deaths and child deaths are still more common. Many of the lowest figures have risen quickly over the past 20 years.

Life expectancy by country: men and women in six countries, UN 2024
Life expectancy by country: men and women in six of the countries our readers search from most.

Why do women live longer than men?

Women outlive men in every country in the table, by 5.2 years on average. The gap is widest in Ukraine (13.3), Palestine (11.8), Russia (11.8) and narrowest in Bahrain (1.3), Nigeria (0.6), Togo (0.4). Wars, heavy drinking and smoking tend to widen it. Reasons include:

  • Men smoke and drink more in many countries.
  • Men die more often from injuries, violence and road crashes, especially when young.
  • Men are less likely to see a doctor early.
  • Some biological protection for women, especially against heart disease before menopause.

Why does my country’s statistics office show a different number?

National statistics offices and the UN often publish slightly different figures. There are three common reasons:

  1. Different years. A national office may publish a newer year before the UN updates.
  2. Different methods. The UN uses one consistent method for every country so they can be compared. National offices use their own data and methods.
  3. Incomplete records. In countries where not every death is registered, the UN has to estimate part of the picture.

We use the UN figures for every country so that the comparison is fair. Each figure shows its source and data year.

How big are the gaps inside one country?

A single national number hides large differences. Richer people, people in cities with good hospitals and people with more education usually live years longer than poorer people in the same country. Some regions within one country differ as much as neighbouring countries do. The death clock can’t see your income or region, so it uses the national average for your sex.

How to read life expectancy by country

It is how long a baby born now would live on average if today’s death rates stayed the same for its whole life. It is a snapshot, not a forecast. It is also pulled down by deaths in infancy and childhood. That is why adults can usually expect to live past it. See life expectancy by age for the figure at your age.

Life expectancy by country at age 65

Life expectancy at birth is the headline number, but it mixes together deaths at every age. Life expectancy at 65 answers a different question: once people reach 65, how many more years do they live on average? For anyone thinking about retirement, this is often the more useful figure.

Life expectancy by country: top 10 countries for life expectancy at birth
Top 10 countries and territories, average of men and women.

The UN publishes both numbers for every country, so we can rank life expectancy by country at 65 as well as at birth. Here are the ten highest and the ten lowest.

Life expectancy by country at 65: the ten highest (average years left for people who reach 65). Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023. Includes territories.
Rank Men Years left Women Years left
1 Hong Kong 21.21 Hong Kong 25.21
2 Réunion 20.37 Japan 24.85
3 Australia 20.32 Guadeloupe 23.97
4 Switzerland 20.05 Réunion 23.83
5 Canada 20.03 France 23.78
6 Singapore 20.03 South Korea 23.55
7 France 20.0 Singapore 23.53
8 Japan 19.98 French Polynesia 23.48
9 Iceland 19.82 Martinique 23.43
10 New Zealand 19.72 Spain 23.4
Life expectancy by country at 65: the ten lowest. Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023. Includes territories.
Rank Men Years left Women Years left
1 Fiji 10.79 Nigeria 12.28
2 Lesotho 11.33 Togo 12.43
3 Micronesia 11.59 Liberia 12.57
4 Mozambique 11.66 Chad 12.75
5 Chad 11.69 Mali 12.75
6 Burkina Faso 11.72 Burkina Faso 12.87
7 Papua New Guinea 11.74 Mozambique 13.14
8 Zimbabwe 11.88 Sierra Leone 13.18
9 Central African Republic 11.89 Fiji 13.33
10 Mali 11.89 Niger 13.34

The spread is smaller at 65 than at birth. At birth, the gap between the top and bottom country is about 30 years for men. At 65, it is about 10 years. Many of the deaths that pull down life expectancy at birth in poorer countries happen in childhood and early adult life. People who get past those years close part of the gap.

Hong Kong leads life expectancy by country at 65 for both sexes. A woman there who reaches 65 lives, on average, about 25 more years. Japan, France, South Korea and Spain are also in the top ten for women.

How many countries have a life expectancy over 80?

Grouping life expectancy by country into bands makes the big picture easier to see, because a long ranked list can hide the pattern. We counted how many of the 201 countries and territories fall into each band.

How many of the 201 countries and territories fall in each band of life expectancy at birth. Counted from UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023.
Life expectancy at birth Countries (men) Countries (women)
80 or more 26 75
75 to 79.9 35 47
70 to 74.9 51 37
65 to 69.9 44 26
60 to 64.9 33 13
Under 60 12 3

A few things stand out in life expectancy by country when you group it this way:

  • Women pass 80 in 75 places. Men pass 80 in only 26.
  • Most countries sit between 65 and 80. That is true for both sexes.
  • Very low figures are rare. Only 12 countries are under 60 for men, and only 3 for women.

The simple average across all 201 countries is about 71.0 years for men and 76.2 for women. The world figure is a little different, because it counts each country by its population. A large country like India moves the world number far more than a small island does.

Life expectancy by country for the places our readers search most

Most people who look up life expectancy by country want to check one or two places they know. This table puts life expectancy by country side by side for twelve of them, at birth and at 65.

Life expectancy at birth and at 65 in 12 countries. Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023.
Country Men at birth Women at birth Men at 65 (years left) Women at 65 (years left)
United States 76.86 81.85 18.67 21.22
United Kingdom 79.36 83.21 18.95 21.34
Canada 80.43 84.83 20.03 22.81
Australia 82.1 85.74 20.32 22.93
Germany 79.02 83.76 18.18 21.33
France 80.43 86.09 20.0 23.78
Japan 81.69 87.74 19.98 24.85
China 75.2 80.93 15.55 19.34
Bangladesh 73.03 76.37 16.61 18.42
India 70.52 73.6 14.76 16.1
Pakistan 65.33 70.16 12.84 14.75
Nigeria 54.18 54.74 11.99 12.28

Japan has one of the largest gaps between women and men in this group, at about 6 years. Nigeria has one of the smallest, at about half a year. Bangladesh is ahead of India and Pakistan at birth for both sexes.

Country pages with more detail

For six countries we have a full page with tables by age, sex and year of birth:

Where the gap between men and women is widest

Women live longer than men in all 201 places in the UN data. But the size of the gap changes a lot. We worked it out for every country by taking the figure for men away from the figure for women, using life expectancy by country at birth.

Widest and narrowest gaps between women and men in life expectancy at birth, in years. Calculated from UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023.
Rank Widest gap Years Narrowest gap Years
1 Ukraine 13.3 Togo 0.4
2 Palestine 11.8 Nigeria 0.6
3 Russia 11.8 Bahrain 1.3
4 Georgia 9.5 Qatar 1.8
5 Belarus 9.5 Niger 1.9
6 Lithuania 9.5 Libya 2.2
7 Vietnam 9.4 United Arab Emirates 2.2
8 Mongolia 9.2 Guinea 2.4
9 Moldova 9.0 Liberia 2.6
10 Latvia 8.9 Kuwait 2.6

The widest gaps are mostly in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, with Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Georgia and the Baltic states near the top. Palestine is also high. The narrowest gaps are mostly in West Africa and the Gulf. In Togo and Nigeria, women and men have almost the same figure. The average gap across all countries is about 5.2 years.

The gap is one of the most useful things to look at in life expectancy by country. A large gap does not always mean women are doing very well. Often it means men are dying early, from causes that are more common among men in that place.

How life expectancy by country feeds into your own estimate

Our death clock calculator starts from the life expectancy by country figure for your sex, then adjusts it for your age and habits. The country figure sets the starting level. Your age matters a lot too, because an adult has already lived past the risks of childhood that pull life expectancy by country down.

The table below shows what our model gives for a healthy 40-year-old in six countries. These are estimates for people with a healthy BMI who never smoked, calibrated to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates).

Life expectancy by country compared with our model estimate for a healthy 40-year-old (healthy BMI, never smoked). UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023, and our model.
Country UN at birth, men Model: healthy 40-year-old man, age at death UN at birth, women Model: healthy 40-year-old woman, age at death
Australia 82.1 83.3 85.7 86.4
Canada 80.4 81.9 84.8 85.7
United Kingdom 79.4 80.8 83.2 84.1
United States 76.9 79.1 81.8 83.0
India 70.5 73.4 73.6 75.7
Pakistan 65.3 69.6 70.2 73.1

In every row, the model estimate for a healthy 40-year-old is higher than the figure at birth. The difference is largest in Pakistan and India, where more deaths happen at young ages, so life expectancy by country understates what a healthy adult there can expect. These are averages for groups. People with the same answers die across a wide range of ages.

How to compare life expectancy by country fairly

Comparing life expectancy by country looks easy, but a few simple checks stop you from drawing the wrong conclusion.

  1. Compare the same sex. The figure for women is higher almost everywhere, so compare men with men and women with women.
  2. Compare the same source and year. Every figure on this page is from one UN release, for 2023. Mixing sources can create gaps in life expectancy by country that are not real.
  3. Look at age 65 as well as birth. Two countries with very different figures at birth can be much closer at 65.
  4. Remember it is a snapshot. Life expectancy by country uses death rates from one year. It is not a forecast for babies born today.
  5. Small places move more. In a territory with a small population, a few extra deaths can change the figure noticeably from one year to the next.

What life expectancy by country can’t tell you

Life expectancy by country is a national average. It is useful for comparing places. It is much less useful for predicting one life. Here is what it leaves out:

  • Your age. The at-birth figure applies to newborns. Adults usually live past it.
  • Your health and habits. Smoking and a very high or very low BMI change the picture a lot. See smoking and life expectancy.
  • Where you live inside the country, and your income. Both can matter by several years.
  • Future changes. Medicine and living standards keep changing. A baby born today will live under different conditions than the 2023 death rates describe.

So treat life expectancy by country as a starting point, not a verdict. If thinking about these numbers makes you anxious, our death anxiety help page has calm, practical steps.

Why life expectancy by country changes over time

These figures are not fixed. They move as a country’s health, wealth and safety change. The main things that push life expectancy by country up or down are:

  • Fewer deaths of babies and young children. This raises the figure at birth more than anything else.
  • Better treatment of heart disease, stroke and cancer. This mostly raises the figure at 65.
  • Less smoking. This slowly lifts life expectancy, especially for men.
  • War, epidemics and economic shocks. These can pull the figure down quickly, sometimes for several years.

When the UN publishes a new edition, the numbers on this page will change. We use one release for every country so that life expectancy by country stays comparable from row to row.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest life expectancy?

In UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates), Hong Kong has the highest life expectancy at birth for women, at about 88.1 years, and for men, at about 82.8 years. Japan, South Korea, Switzerland and Australia are also near the top.

Which country has the lowest life expectancy?

Chad has the lowest for men, at about 53.2 years, and Nigeria for women, at about 54.7 years, in the 2023 estimates. Most of the lowest figures are in sub-Saharan Africa.

What is the life expectancy in the United States?

About 76.9 years for men and 81.8 years for women at birth, in UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates). US national statistics may show slightly different figures for more recent years.

What is the life expectancy in India and Pakistan?

India: about 70.5 years for men and 73.6 for women. Pakistan: about 65.3 for men and 70.2 for women. Both from UN World Population Prospects 2024, estimates for 2023.

What is the world average life expectancy?

About 70.5 years for men and 75.9 years for women at birth in 2023, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024.

What is life expectancy at 65 by country?

It is the average number of years people live after reaching 65. In UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates), Hong Kong is highest, at about 21.2 years for men and 25.2 for women. Fiji is lowest for men, at about 10.8, and Nigeria for women, at about 12.3. See the tables above for life expectancy by country at 65.

Which country has the biggest gap between men and women?

Ukraine, where women live about 13.3 years longer than men at birth, based on UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates). Palestine and Russia follow at about 11.8 years. The smallest gaps are in Togo and Nigeria, at under one year. The average across all 201 countries is about 5.2 years.

How many countries have a life expectancy over 80?

For women, 75 of the 201 countries and territories in UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates) have a life expectancy at birth of 80 or more. For men, only 26 do. Most countries sit between 65 and 80 for both sexes.

What is the life expectancy in Japan?

About 81.7 years for men and 87.7 years for women at birth, in UN World Population Prospects 2024 (2023 estimates). Japanese women who reach 65 live about 24.9 more years on average, one of the highest figures in the world.

Why is my own estimate higher than life expectancy by country?

The country figure is for newborns, so it includes deaths in childhood and early adult life. If you are an adult, you have already lived past those risks, so the average for people your age is higher. The death clock calculator works this out for your age, sex and habits.

Source

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant, estimates for 2023. population.un.org/wpp. Territories with fewer than 90,000 people are left out.

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