Median age at death: ranking of countries

Order: lowest value first. Higher is better.

Median age at death: ranking of countries: Lesotho ranks first (62.1 years) and Monaco last (88.3 years). The median across 215 countries is 78.4 years. Observation period: latest available year. Source: UN, World Population Prospects 2024.

The age to which half of newborns survive, based on UN life tables. Usually higher than average life expectancy.

Data quality: calculation from UN life tables; download date not recorded.

#CountryValue
1Lesotho62.1 years
2Nigeria63.7 years
3Chad64.2 years
4Central African Republic64.4 years
5Nauru66.9 years
6South Sudan67.0 years
7Zimbabwe67.9 years
8Côte d'Ivoire68.1 years
9Kenya68.3 years
10Somalia68.6 years
11Liberia69.2 years
12Eswatini69.4 years
13Benin69.7 years
14Mali69.7 years
15Burkina Faso69.9 years
16Guinea70.2 years
17Sierra Leone70.4 years
18DR Congo70.5 years
19Fiji70.5 years
20Togo70.5 years
21Equatorial Guinea70.9 years
22Mozambique70.9 years
23Cameroon71.0 years
24South Africa71.1 years
25Burundi71.2 years
26Niger71.2 years
27Republic of the Congo71.3 years
28Angola71.4 years
29Guinea-Bissau71.4 years
30Papua New Guinea71.4 years
31Tuvalu71.5 years
32Haiti71.6 years
33Marshall Islands71.6 years
34Micronesia71.6 years
35Madagascar71.8 years
36Tanzania72.0 years
37Namibia72.3 years
38Comoros72.4 years
39Afghanistan72.5 years
40Ghana72.5 years
41Malawi72.6 years
42Myanmar72.6 years
43Zambia72.7 years
44Kiribati72.8 years
45Uganda72.8 years
46The Gambia72.9 years
47Rwanda73.0 years
48Djibouti73.3 years
49Palestine73.4 years
50Timor-Leste73.4 years
51Gabon73.5 years
52Palau73.5 years
53Mauritania73.6 years
54Sao Tome and Principe73.6 years
55Sudan73.6 years
56Guyana73.8 years
57Pakistan74.0 years
58Bolivia74.2 years
59Botswana74.2 years
60Ethiopia74.2 years
61Laos74.2 years
62Philippines74.3 years
63Moldova74.4 years
64Senegal74.6 years
65Solomon Islands74.6 years
66Yemen74.6 years
67Egypt74.9 years
68Nepal74.9 years
69Eritrea75.0 years
70Turkmenistan75.0 years
71Greenland75.1 years
72Indonesia75.3 years
73Saint Vincent and the Grenadines75.3 years
74Jamaica75.4 years
75Libya75.5 years
76Vanuatu75.5 years
77Dominica75.6 years
78Kyrgyzstan75.6 years
79Mongolia75.6 years
80Samoa75.6 years
81Saint Kitts and Nevis75.8 years
82India75.9 years
83Tajikistan76.0 years
84Uzbekistan76.0 years
85Cambodia76.1 years
86Iraq76.4 years
87Saint Lucia76.4 years
88American Samoa76.5 years
89Honduras76.5 years
90Seychelles76.5 years
91Tonga76.5 years
92Syrian Arab Republic76.6 years
93Belize76.7 years
94Bhutan76.8 years
95Russia76.8 years
96Ukraine76.8 years
97El Salvador76.9 years
98Suriname77.5 years
99Belarus77.6 years
100Azerbaijan77.8 years
101Georgia77.8 years
102Paraguay77.8 years
103Guatemala77.9 years
104Kazakhstan77.9 years
105North Korea78.3 years
106Trinidad and Tobago78.3 years
107Dominican Republic78.4 years
108Venezuela78.4 years
109Grenada78.5 years
110U.S. Virgin Islands78.5 years
111Brunei Darussalam78.6 years
112Armenia78.7 years
113Bahamas78.7 years
114Mauritius78.7 years
115Morocco78.7 years
116Bulgaria78.8 years
117Serbia78.9 years
118Bangladesh79.1 years
119Romania79.1 years
120Malaysia79.2 years
121Nicaragua79.3 years
122Lithuania79.4 years
123Vietnam79.4 years
124Mexico79.5 years
125Sint Maarten (Dutch part)79.5 years
126Cape Verde79.6 years
127Latvia79.6 years
128Tunisia79.6 years
129Hungary79.7 years
130Montenegro79.7 years
131Algeria79.8 years
132North Macedonia79.8 years
133Curaçao79.9 years
134Barbados80.0 years
135Bosnia and Herzegovina80.1 years
136British Virgin Islands80.2 years
137Sri Lanka80.2 years
138Aruba80.3 years
139Brazil80.6 years
140Cuba80.7 years
141Argentina80.8 years
142Jordan80.9 years
143Turkey81.0 years
144Turks and Caicos Islands81.0 years
145Antigua and Barbuda81.1 years
146China81.1 years
147Croatia81.1 years
148Uruguay81.1 years
149Lebanon81.2 years
150Thailand81.2 years
151Guam81.3 years
152Iran81.3 years
153Slovakia81.3 years
154Northern Mariana Islands81.5 years
155Poland81.8 years
156Saudi Arabia81.8 years
157Ecuador81.9 years
158Peru81.9 years
159Colombia82.0 years
160Estonia82.2 years
161Faroe Islands82.5 years
162Oman82.6 years
163Albania82.7 years
164Czechia82.7 years
165Kuwait82.7 years
166Saint Martin (French part)82.8 years
167Maldives83.0 years
168New Caledonia83.3 years
169United States83.4 years
170Cyprus83.6 years
171Bahrain83.9 years
172Slovenia83.9 years
173Chile84.1 years
174Greece84.2 years
175Cayman Islands84.3 years
176Panama84.3 years
177Germany84.4 years
178Qatar84.4 years
179Costa Rica84.5 years
180Isle of Man84.6 years
181United Kingdom84.6 years
182Denmark84.8 years
183Puerto Rico84.8 years
184Netherlands85.1 years
185United Arab Emirates85.1 years
186Austria85.2 years
187Finland85.2 years
188Ireland85.2 years
189Belgium85.3 years
190Bermuda85.3 years
191Israel85.4 years
192Portugal85.5 years
193New Zealand85.6 years
194Luxembourg85.7 years
195Iceland85.8 years
196Macao85.8 years
197Liechtenstein85.9 years
198Malta85.9 years
199Norway86.0 years
200Sweden86.0 years
201Canada86.1 years
202Andorra86.2 years
203French Polynesia86.2 years
204South Korea86.3 years
205Italy86.4 years
206Singapore86.5 years
207Spain86.5 years
208Australia86.6 years
209Gibraltar86.7 years
210Switzerland86.7 years
211France86.9 years
212Japan87.5 years
213San Marino87.9 years
214Hong Kong88.1 years
215Monaco88.3 years

Only places with a value for the indicator are ranked; a gap is not a zero. A ranking on one indicator is not an assessment of a place to live.

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