Life expectancy in males and females

The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.

	Life Expectancy, males, age 0 UN WPP years				Life Expectancy, females, age 0 UN WPP years
Country/area	1950	2023	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1950	2023	Absolute Change	Relative Change
Afghanistan	27.55 years	64.47 years	+36.92 years	+134%	28.83 years	67.54 years	+38.70 years	+134%
Albania	41.92 years	77.73 years	+35.81 years	+85%	47.33 years	81.45 years	+34.11 years	+72%
Algeria	41.96 years	74.89 years	+32.93 years	+78%	43.45 years	77.70 years	+34.24 years	+79%
American Samoa	57.56 years	70.20 years	+12.64 years	+22%	61.02 years	75.84 years	+14.81 years	+24%
Andorra	63.71 years	82.10 years	+18.39 years	+29%	70.58 years	86.11 years	+15.52 years	+22%
Angola	34.19 years	62.10 years	+27.91 years	+82%	37.57 years	67.14 years	+29.58 years	+79%
Anguilla	50.42 years	76.03 years	+25.60 years	+51%	59.89 years	82.66 years	+22.77 years	+38%
Antigua and Barbuda	55.82 years	74.55 years	+18.73 years	+34%	59.83 years	80.29 years	+20.46 years	+34%
Argentina	58.73 years	74.81 years	+16.08 years	+27%	64.35 years	79.88 years	+15.53 years	+24%
Armenia	51.61 years	71.39 years	+19.78 years	+38%	57.57 years	79.45 years	+21.88 years	+38%
Aruba	55.22 years	73.70 years	+18.49 years	+33%	60.87 years	78.78 years	+17.91 years	+29%
Australia	66.51 years	82.10 years	+15.58 years	+23%	71.72 years	85.74 years	+14.02 years	+20%
Austria	62.18 years	79.54 years	+17.36 years	+28%	67.28 years	84.32 years	+17.03 years	+25%
Azerbaijan	42.22 years	71.56 years	+29.34 years	+69%	50.27 years	77.13 years	+26.86 years	+53%
Bahamas	55.88 years	70.91 years	+15.03 years	+27%	61.74 years	78.19 years	+16.44 years	+27%
Bahrain	36.87 years	80.67 years	+43.80 years	+119%	40.82 years	81.99 years	+41.17 years	+101%
Bangladesh	37.62 years	73.03 years	+35.41 years	+94%	37.15 years	76.37 years	+39.22 years	+106%
Barbados	51.32 years	73.63 years	+22.31 years	+43%	55.15 years	78.61 years	+23.47 years	+43%
Belarus	54.60 years	69.53 years	+14.93 years	+27%	62.17 years	79.06 years	+16.90 years	+27%
Belgium	63.81 years	79.86 years	+16.04 years	+25%	68.89 years	84.33 years	+15.44 years	+22%
Belize	47.14 years	70.93 years	+23.79 years	+50%	51.41 years	76.50 years	+25.09 years	+49%
Benin	33.59 years	59.35 years	+25.75 years	+77%	37.18 years	62.21 years	+25.03 years	+67%
Bermuda	56.17 years	78.86 years	+22.69 years	+40%	64.88 years	85.74 years	+20.86 years	+32%
Bhutan	34.42 years	71.31 years	+36.88 years	+107%	36.25 years	74.97 years	+38.72 years	+107%
Bolivia	38.44 years	66.13 years	+27.69 years	+72%	43.07 years	71.14 years	+28.08 years	+65%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	58.27 years	75.23 years	+16.96 years	+29%	64.44 years	80.16 years	+15.72 years	+24%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	45.14 years	74.42 years	+29.29 years	+65%	49.61 years	80.90 years	+31.29 years	+63%
Botswana	44.21 years	66.67 years	+22.46 years	+51%	48.02 years	71.70 years	+23.68 years	+49%
Brazil	46.37 years	72.76 years	+26.39 years	+57%	50.92 years	78.98 years	+28.07 years	+55%
British Virgin Islands	52.23 years	74.53 years	+22.29 years	+43%	54.60 years	80.05 years	+25.45 years	+47%
Brunei	48.82 years	73.33 years	+24.51 years	+50%	52.48 years	77.56 years	+25.08 years	+48%
Bulgaria	59.70 years	72.16 years	+12.46 years	+21%	63.27 years	79.21 years	+15.94 years	+25%
Burkina Faso	32.05 years	58.92 years	+26.87 years	+84%	34.13 years	63.22 years	+29.09 years	+85%
Burundi	39.57 years	61.60 years	+22.03 years	+56%	42.24 years	65.70 years	+23.45 years	+56%
Cambodia	38.12 years	68.01 years	+29.89 years	+78%	39.60 years	73.19 years	+33.59 years	+85%
Cameroon	31.58 years	61.52 years	+29.94 years	+95%	34.63 years	65.94 years	+31.31 years	+90%
Canada	66.15 years	80.43 years	+14.27 years	+22%	70.58 years	84.83 years	+14.25 years	+20%
Cape Verde	43.63 years	72.86 years	+29.22 years	+67%	45.95 years	79.21 years	+33.26 years	+72%
Cayman Islands	51.70 years	77.98 years	+26.28 years	+51%	56.11 years	82.87 years	+26.76 years	+48%
Central African Republic	34.26 years	55.26 years	+21.00 years	+61%	36.67 years	59.29 years	+22.62 years	+62%
Chad	33.35 years	53.20 years	+19.84 years	+59%	37.21 years	57.01 years	+19.80 years	+53%
Chile	51.34 years	79.24 years	+27.90 years	+54%	55.15 years	83.08 years	+27.94 years	+51%
China	42.18 years	75.20 years	+33.02 years	+78%	45.73 years	80.93 years	+35.20 years	+77%
Colombia	46.13 years	74.95 years	+28.82 years	+62%	50.56 years	80.45 years	+29.90 years	+59%
Comoros	35.56 years	64.79 years	+29.23 years	+82%	39.34 years	68.93 years	+29.59 years	+75%
Congo	38.40 years	64.12 years	+25.72 years	+67%	40.83 years	67.46 years	+26.63 years	+65%
Cook Islands	38.58 years	71.87 years	+33.29 years	+86%	37.41 years	79.05 years	+41.64 years	+111%
Costa Rica	56.93 years	78.13 years	+21.20 years	+37%	57.99 years	83.42 years	+25.43 years	+44%
Cote d'Ivoire	28.36 years	60.02 years	+31.66 years	+112%	33.59 years	64.13 years	+30.54 years	+91%
Croatia	56.09 years	75.41 years	+19.32 years	+34%	60.57 years	81.69 years	+21.11 years	+35%
Cuba	57.10 years	75.67 years	+18.57 years	+33%	61.29 years	80.52 years	+19.23 years	+31%
Curacao	58.25 years	72.46 years	+14.21 years	+24%	61.96 years	80.82 years	+18.86 years	+30%
Cyprus	51.97 years	79.64 years	+27.66 years	+53%	60.15 years	83.67 years	+23.51 years	+39%
Czechia	61.95 years	77.00 years	+15.05 years	+24%	66.83 years	82.64 years	+15.82 years	+24%
Democratic Republic of Congo	37.06 years	59.79 years	+22.73 years	+61%	39.27 years	64.04 years	+24.76 years	+63%
Denmark	69.11 years	80.02 years	+10.91 years	+16%	71.53 years	83.86 years	+12.33 years	+17%
Djibouti	38.74 years	63.52 years	+24.78 years	+64%	42.78 years	68.51 years	+25.73 years	+60%
Dominica	43.08 years	68.21 years	+25.13 years	+58%	45.97 years	74.55 years	+28.58 years	+62%
Dominican Republic	42.98 years	70.53 years	+27.55 years	+64%	45.27 years	76.97 years	+31.71 years	+70%
East Timor	27.80 years	66.07 years	+38.27 years	+138%	30.59 years	69.44 years	+38.85 years	+127%
Ecuador	46.71 years	74.66 years	+27.95 years	+60%	50.24 years	80.14 years	+29.90 years	+60%
Egypt	32.12 years	69.49 years	+37.38 years	+116%	36.04 years	73.81 years	+37.77 years	+105%
El Salvador	42.31 years	67.52 years	+25.21 years	+60%	46.22 years	76.26 years	+30.04 years	+65%
Equatorial Guinea	37.40 years	62.04 years	+24.63 years	+66%	43.13 years	65.66 years	+22.53 years	+52%
Eritrea	31.32 years	66.51 years	+35.19 years	+112%	35.36 years	70.66 years	+35.30 years	+100%
Estonia	62.07 years	74.90 years	+12.83 years	+21%	69.60 years	83.04 years	+13.45 years	+19%
Eswatini	42.17 years	61.19 years	+19.02 years	+45%	44.67 years	66.95 years	+22.28 years	+50%
Ethiopia	32.34 years	64.08 years	+31.74 years	+98%	39.06 years	70.73 years	+31.67 years	+81%
Falkland Islands	47.74 years	77.15 years	+29.41 years	+62%	51.33 years	81.24 years	+29.91 years	+58%
Faroe Islands	59.09 years	78.17 years	+19.08 years	+32%	62.10 years	82.50 years	+20.40 years	+33%
Fiji	51.60 years	65.34 years	+13.74 years	+27%	51.86 years	69.36 years	+17.50 years	+34%
Finland	60.38 years	79.17 years	+18.79 years	+31%	67.92 years	84.67 years	+16.74 years	+25%
France	63.44 years	80.43 years	+16.99 years	+27%	69.19 years	86.09 years	+16.90 years	+24%
French Guiana	44.81 years	74.13 years	+29.33 years	+65%	51.28 years	79.99 years	+28.70 years	+56%
French Polynesia	50.83 years	81.78 years	+30.95 years	+61%	53.25 years	86.50 years	+33.26 years	+62%
Gabon	36.62 years	65.91 years	+29.29 years	+80%	42.11 years	71.05 years	+28.94 years	+69%
Gambia	30.57 years	64.17 years	+33.61 years	+110%	31.75 years	67.53 years	+35.78 years	+113%
Georgia	53.56 years	69.57 years	+16.01 years	+30%	62.11 years	79.11 years	+16.99 years	+27%
Germany	64.13 years	79.02 years	+14.88 years	+23%	69.27 years	83.76 years	+14.49 years	+21%
Ghana	41.27 years	63.13 years	+21.86 years	+53%	45.29 years	67.94 years	+22.65 years	+50%
Gibraltar	60.67 years	80.92 years	+20.25 years	+33%	69.34 years	86.14 years	+16.80 years	+24%
Greece	64.24 years	79.29 years	+15.05 years	+23%	68.11 years	84.33 years	+16.22 years	+24%
Greenland	39.24 years	68.09 years	+28.85 years	+74%	39.81 years	72.44 years	+32.63 years	+82%
Grenada	50.76 years	72.36 years	+21.61 years	+43%	54.23 years	78.36 years	+24.13 years	+45%
Guadeloupe	50.83 years	78.13 years	+27.31 years	+54%	55.35 years	85.53 years	+30.19 years	+55%
Guam	58.53 years	73.44 years	+14.90 years	+25%	61.88 years	81.42 years	+19.53 years	+32%
Guatemala	37.72 years	70.31 years	+32.59 years	+86%	37.88 years	74.88 years	+37.00 years	+98%
Guernsey	67.81 years	81.01 years	+13.21 years	+19%	74.69 years	85.58 years	+10.88 years	+15%
Guinea	34.32 years	59.52 years	+25.20 years	+73%	36.95 years	61.90 years	+24.95 years	+68%
Guinea-Bissau	34.11 years	61.66 years	+27.55 years	+81%	37.42 years	66.36 years	+28.95 years	+77%
Guyana	46.96 years	66.51 years	+19.55 years	+42%	51.66 years	73.94 years	+22.28 years	+43%
Haiti	34.77 years	61.73 years	+26.96 years	+78%	39.83 years	68.30 years	+28.47 years	+71%
Honduras	39.40 years	70.35 years	+30.95 years	+79%	42.80 years	75.50 years	+32.70 years	+76%
Hong Kong	53.60 years	82.84 years	+29.24 years	+55%	61.41 years	88.13 years	+26.72 years	+44%
Hungary	59.93 years	73.71 years	+13.78 years	+23%	64.31 years	80.19 years	+15.88 years	+25%
Iceland	68.58 years	80.98 years	+12.40 years	+18%	73.52 years	84.51 years	+10.99 years	+15%
India	41.93 years	70.52 years	+28.60 years	+68%	40.40 years	73.60 years	+33.20 years	+82%
Indonesia	38.67 years	69.04 years	+30.37 years	+79%	41.80 years	73.27 years	+31.47 years	+75%
Iran	38.94 years	75.79 years	+36.84 years	+95%	37.41 years	79.63 years	+42.22 years	+113%
Iraq	34.27 years	70.43 years	+36.15 years	+105%	41.04 years	74.06 years	+33.01 years	+80%
Ireland	64.50 years	80.37 years	+15.87 years	+25%	66.74 years	84.48 years	+17.74 years	+27%
Isle of Man	58.52 years	78.93 years	+20.40 years	+35%	67.71 years	83.13 years	+15.43 years	+23%
Israel	68.36 years	80.18 years	+11.83 years	+17%	71.48 years	84.59 years	+13.11 years	+18%
Italy	63.94 years	81.57 years	+17.63 years	+28%	67.43 years	85.75 years	+18.32 years	+27%
Jamaica	55.10 years	68.97 years	+13.88 years	+25%	57.94 years	73.99 years	+16.05 years	+28%
Japan	57.57 years	81.69 years	+24.12 years	+42%	60.88 years	87.74 years	+26.86 years	+44%
Jersey	66.43 years	77.72 years	+11.29 years	+17%	72.29 years	81.76 years	+9.47 years	+13%
Jordan	40.49 years	75.71 years	+35.22 years	+87%	41.38 years	80.19 years	+38.82 years	+94%
Kazakhstan	51.19 years	70.11 years	+18.92 years	+37%	60.33 years	78.39 years	+18.07 years	+30%
Kenya	35.78 years	61.46 years	+25.68 years	+72%	38.17 years	65.92 years	+27.75 years	+73%
Kiribati	44.51 years	64.58 years	+20.07 years	+45%	46.94 years	68.17 years	+21.23 years	+45%
Kosovo	42.99 years	75.80 years	+32.81 years	+76%	44.02 years	80.12 years	+36.09 years	+82%
Kuwait	47.88 years	79.25 years	+31.37 years	+66%	52.19 years	81.85 years	+29.66 years	+57%
Kyrgyzstan	48.20 years	68.18 years	+19.98 years	+41%	56.29 years	75.25 years	+18.96 years	+34%
Laos	38.03 years	66.78 years	+28.75 years	+76%	39.89 years	71.25 years	+31.36 years	+79%
Latvia	60.47 years	71.56 years	+11.09 years	+18%	67.98 years	80.47 years	+12.49 years	+18%
Lebanon	57.88 years	75.74 years	+17.86 years	+31%	62.14 years	79.73 years	+17.60 years	+28%
Lesotho	41.22 years	54.62 years	+13.40 years	+33%	47.42 years	60.01 years	+12.59 years	+27%
Liberia	36.98 years	60.88 years	+23.89 years	+65%	38.99 years	63.44 years	+24.45 years	+63%
Libya	30.70 years	68.27 years	+37.57 years	+122%	36.05 years	70.42 years	+34.36 years	+95%
Liechtenstein	62.67 years	81.84 years	+19.17 years	+31%	68.06 years	85.32 years	+17.26 years	+25%
Lithuania	62.62 years	71.22 years	+8.59 years	+14%	69.05 years	80.67 years	+11.62 years	+17%
Luxembourg	63.44 years	80.57 years	+17.13 years	+27%	67.89 years	83.84 years	+15.95 years	+23%
Macao	56.53 years	80.83 years	+24.30 years	+43%	59.90 years	85.25 years	+25.35 years	+42%
Madagascar	38.65 years	61.94 years	+23.29 years	+60%	40.72 years	65.38 years	+24.66 years	+61%
Malawi	30.89 years	64.07 years	+33.18 years	+107%	34.41 years	70.56 years	+36.15 years	+105%
Malaysia	47.92 years	74.27 years	+26.35 years	+55%	49.20 years	79.37 years	+30.17 years	+61%
Maldives	35.53 years	79.69 years	+44.16 years	+124%	37.52 years	82.82 years	+45.30 years	+121%
Mali	27.77 years	59.04 years	+31.27 years	+113%	29.78 years	61.90 years	+32.12 years	+108%
Malta	61.96 years	81.27 years	+19.31 years	+31%	64.99 years	85.26 years	+20.27 years	+31%
Marshall Islands	49.34 years	64.93 years	+15.59 years	+32%	56.65 years	69.33 years	+12.69 years	+22%
Martinique	52.36 years	79.25 years	+26.89 years	+51%	57.57 years	85.62 years	+28.05 years	+49%
Mauritania	37.44 years	66.50 years	+29.06 years	+78%	39.38 years	70.48 years	+31.10 years	+79%
Mauritius	50.70 years	71.94 years	+21.23 years	+42%	53.26 years	78.18 years	+24.92 years	+47%
Mayotte	42.19 years	74.09 years	+31.90 years	+76%	42.50 years	78.33 years	+35.83 years	+84%
Mexico	42.30 years	72.24 years	+29.95 years	+71%	45.45 years	77.81 years	+32.36 years	+71%
Micronesia (country)	45.47 years	63.49 years	+18.02 years	+40%	51.88 years	71.12 years	+19.23 years	+37%
Moldova	50.45 years	66.57 years	+16.12 years	+32%	57.27 years	75.53 years	+18.26 years	+32%
Monaco	64.79 years	84.45 years	+19.66 years	+30%	70.96 years	88.50 years	+17.54 years	+25%
Mongolia	35.69 years	67.24 years	+31.55 years	+88%	41.71 years	76.43 years	+34.72 years	+83%
Montenegro	56.74 years	73.73 years	+16.99 years	+30%	59.16 years	80.31 years	+21.15 years	+36%
Montserrat	47.52 years	74.11 years	+26.59 years	+56%	49.71 years	78.81 years	+29.10 years	+59%
Morocco	37.78 years	73.17 years	+35.39 years	+94%	39.78 years	77.60 years	+37.82 years	+95%
Mozambique	35.87 years	60.30 years	+24.44 years	+68%	38.71 years	66.54 years	+27.83 years	+72%
Myanmar	34.11 years	63.79 years	+29.68 years	+87%	37.37 years	70.16 years	+32.80 years	+88%
Namibia	39.77 years	63.33 years	+23.56 years	+59%	44.23 years	71.34 years	+27.11 years	+61%
Nauru	54.60 years	60.28 years	+5.68 years	+10%	58.90 years	64.00 years	+5.10 years	+9%
Nepal	37.00 years	68.83 years	+31.84 years	+86%	38.08 years	71.84 years	+33.76 years	+89%
Netherlands	70.31 years	80.54 years	+10.22 years	+15%	72.59 years	83.74 years	+11.15 years	+15%
New Caledonia	41.42 years	76.28 years	+34.85 years	+84%	49.93 years	81.29 years	+31.36 years	+63%
New Zealand	67.41 years	80.41 years	+13.00 years	+19%	71.24 years	83.77 years	+12.53 years	+18%
Nicaragua	39.33 years	72.31 years	+32.98 years	+84%	41.96 years	77.42 years	+35.46 years	+85%
Niger	35.52 years	60.26 years	+24.74 years	+70%	36.23 years	62.13 years	+25.90 years	+71%
Nigeria	33.59 years	54.18 years	+20.58 years	+61%	37.55 years	54.74 years	+17.20 years	+46%
Niue	53.53 years	67.43 years	+13.90 years	+26%	55.55 years	72.71 years	+17.16 years	+31%
North Korea	11.36 years	71.46 years	+60.10 years	+529%	21.12 years	75.74 years	+54.62 years	+259%
North Macedonia	50.38 years	75.11 years	+24.72 years	+49%	50.81 years	79.57 years	+28.76 years	+57%
Northern Mariana Islands	55.58 years	77.13 years	+21.55 years	+39%	61.79 years	80.74 years	+18.95 years	+31%
Norway	69.92 years	81.75 years	+11.83 years	+17%	73.25 years	84.85 years	+11.59 years	+16%
Oman	27.16 years	78.49 years	+51.33 years	+189%	31.81 years	81.88 years	+50.08 years	+157%
Pakistan	35.42 years	65.33 years	+29.91 years	+84%	32.80 years	70.16 years	+37.37 years	+114%
Palau	48.67 years	67.15 years	+18.49 years	+38%	57.51 years	71.80 years	+14.29 years	+25%
Palestine	43.49 years	59.69 years	+16.20 years	+37%	48.44 years	71.50 years	+23.06 years	+48%
Panama	54.36 years	76.65 years	+22.29 years	+41%	56.65 years	82.56 years	+25.91 years	+46%
Papua New Guinea	37.38 years	63.74 years	+26.36 years	+71%	42.17 years	69.08 years	+26.91 years	+64%
Paraguay	55.52 years	70.89 years	+15.37 years	+28%	60.68 years	76.95 years	+16.27 years	+27%
Peru	44.62 years	75.41 years	+30.79 years	+69%	47.49 years	80.12 years	+32.63 years	+69%
Philippines	52.56 years	66.89 years	+14.34 years	+27%	54.77 years	72.82 years	+18.05 years	+33%
Poland	55.46 years	74.88 years	+19.42 years	+35%	61.08 years	82.35 years	+21.27 years	+35%
Portugal	55.78 years	79.44 years	+23.65 years	+42%	61.02 years	85.12 years	+24.10 years	+39%
Puerto Rico	58.86 years	78.03 years	+19.17 years	+33%	62.01 years	85.24 years	+23.24 years	+37%
Qatar	48.42 years	81.61 years	+33.19 years	+69%	53.29 years	83.37 years	+30.08 years	+56%
Reunion	44.63 years	80.53 years	+35.90 years	+80%	50.21 years	86.33 years	+36.12 years	+72%
Romania	58.48 years	72.40 years	+13.92 years	+24%	62.44 years	79.56 years	+17.12 years	+27%
Russia	51.00 years	67.26 years	+16.26 years	+32%	58.86 years	79.04 years	+20.18 years	+34%
Rwanda	42.66 years	65.49 years	+22.84 years	+54%	43.72 years	69.89 years	+26.17 years	+60%
Saint Barthelemy	52.35 years	81.46 years	+29.12 years	+56%	55.60 years	86.81 years	+31.21 years	+56%
Saint Helena	64.34 years	73.87 years	+9.53 years	+15%	67.87 years	80.62 years	+12.75 years	+19%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	51.51 years	68.57 years	+17.07 years	+33%	57.54 years	76.02 years	+18.48 years	+32%
Saint Lucia	46.97 years	69.31 years	+22.34 years	+48%	49.41 years	76.30 years	+26.90 years	+54%
Saint Martin (French part)	61.86 years	76.77 years	+14.91 years	+24%	68.11 years	83.84 years	+15.73 years	+23%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	57.29 years	72.75 years	+15.46 years	+27%	68.94 years	81.52 years	+12.58 years	+18%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	44.72 years	68.66 years	+23.95 years	+54%	48.84 years	74.31 years	+25.47 years	+52%
Samoa	47.28 years	69.86 years	+22.58 years	+48%	51.50 years	73.66 years	+22.17 years	+43%
San Marino	68.61 years	84.21 years	+15.60 years	+23%	74.89 years	87.10 years	+12.21 years	+16%
Sao Tome and Principe	38.16 years	66.24 years	+28.08 years	+74%	40.12 years	73.73 years	+33.60 years	+84%
Saudi Arabia	37.82 years	77.10 years	+39.28 years	+104%	42.50 years	81.16 years	+38.65 years	+91%
Senegal	35.98 years	66.79 years	+30.81 years	+86%	37.00 years	70.75 years	+33.76 years	+91%
Serbia	53.63 years	73.50 years	+19.87 years	+37%	56.45 years	80.04 years	+23.59 years	+42%
Seychelles	56.21 years	69.94 years	+13.73 years	+24%	59.91 years	76.52 years	+16.61 years	+28%
Sierra Leone	27.48 years	60.06 years	+32.58 years	+119%	30.42 years	63.50 years	+33.08 years	+109%
Singapore	50.23 years	81.24 years	+31.01 years	+62%	59.16 years	86.24 years	+27.07 years	+46%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	60.49 years	73.70 years	+13.20 years	+22%	63.57 years	79.53 years	+15.96 years	+25%
Slovakia	59.02 years	75.02 years	+16.00 years	+27%	62.47 years	81.58 years	+19.11 years	+31%
Slovenia	58.76 years	78.90 years	+20.13 years	+34%	64.71 years	84.34 years	+19.63 years	+30%
Solomon Islands	39.87 years	69.22 years	+29.35 years	+74%	43.78 years	71.98 years	+28.20 years	+64%
Somalia	39.99 years	56.35 years	+16.36 years	+41%	42.93 years	61.39 years	+18.45 years	+43%
South Africa	42.18 years	62.61 years	+20.43 years	+48%	44.13 years	69.60 years	+25.47 years	+58%
South Korea	17.47 years	81.19 years	+63.72 years	+365%	34.57 years	87.16 years	+52.59 years	+152%
South Sudan	28.13 years	54.64 years	+26.50 years	+94%	32.70 years	60.63 years	+27.92 years	+85%
Spain	59.28 years	80.96 years	+21.68 years	+37%	64.11 years	86.31 years	+22.20 years	+35%
Sri Lanka	52.12 years	74.24 years	+22.12 years	+42%	54.69 years	80.59 years	+25.90 years	+47%
Sudan	45.06 years	63.27 years	+18.21 years	+40%	46.56 years	69.63 years	+23.07 years	+50%
Suriname	49.10 years	70.46 years	+21.36 years	+43%	52.67 years	76.83 years	+24.17 years	+46%
Sweden	69.85 years	81.44 years	+11.60 years	+17%	72.44 years	85.10 years	+12.66 years	+17%
Switzerland	66.65 years	82.01 years	+15.36 years	+23%	71.09 years	85.83 years	+14.74 years	+21%
Syria	41.32 years	69.83 years	+28.50 years	+69%	43.84 years	74.41 years	+30.57 years	+70%
Taiwan	54.40 years	77.63 years	+23.23 years	+43%	58.84 years	83.61 years	+24.77 years	+42%
Tajikistan	47.38 years	69.57 years	+22.19 years	+47%	51.38 years	73.98 years	+22.60 years	+44%
Tanzania	39.60 years	64.20 years	+24.59 years	+62%	42.46 years	69.78 years	+27.32 years	+64%
Thailand	44.31 years	72.16 years	+27.85 years	+63%	46.09 years	80.86 years	+34.77 years	+75%
Togo	40.42 years	62.54 years	+22.12 years	+55%	43.49 years	62.92 years	+19.43 years	+45%
Tokelau	52.54 years	74.95 years	+22.41 years	+43%	56.78 years	78.92 years	+22.14 years	+39%
Tonga	45.15 years	69.37 years	+24.22 years	+54%	52.13 years	76.41 years	+24.27 years	+47%
Trinidad and Tobago	56.10 years	70.38 years	+14.28 years	+25%	57.93 years	76.68 years	+18.75 years	+32%
Tunisia	37.23 years	73.92 years	+36.69 years	+99%	39.21 years	79.15 years	+39.94 years	+102%
Turkey	44.23 years	74.53 years	+30.30 years	+68%	50.41 years	79.86 years	+29.44 years	+58%
Turkmenistan	44.08 years	66.87 years	+22.79 years	+52%	52.57 years	72.84 years	+20.27 years	+39%
Turks and Caicos Islands	43.89 years	75.83 years	+31.93 years	+73%	52.68 years	80.30 years	+27.61 years	+52%
Tuvalu	37.41 years	63.77 years	+26.36 years	+70%	42.88 years	70.70 years	+27.82 years	+65%
Uganda	38.24 years	65.27 years	+27.03 years	+71%	41.41 years	71.12 years	+29.71 years	+72%
Ukraine	58.02 years	66.90 years	+8.88 years	+15%	63.63 years	80.20 years	+16.57 years	+26%
United Arab Emirates	38.30 years	81.98 years	+43.68 years	+114%	47.04 years	84.20 years	+37.16 years	+79%
United Kingdom	66.24 years	79.36 years	+13.12 years	+20%	70.92 years	83.21 years	+12.28 years	+17%
United States	65.40 years	76.86 years	+11.47 years	+18%	71.01 years	81.85 years	+10.84 years	+15%
United States Virgin Islands	57.77 years	70.51 years	+12.74 years	+22%	61.97 years	81.35 years	+19.39 years	+31%
Uruguay	62.82 years	74.19 years	+11.37 years	+18%	68.83 years	81.92 years	+13.09 years	+19%
Uzbekistan	51.44 years	69.45 years	+18.02 years	+35%	55.29 years	75.40 years	+20.11 years	+36%
Vanuatu	43.26 years	69.44 years	+26.18 years	+61%	45.18 years	73.93 years	+28.74 years	+64%
Vatican	64.17 years	80.78 years	+16.61 years	+26%	67.36 years	85.12 years	+17.76 years	+26%
Venezuela	49.05 years	68.72 years	+19.67 years	+40%	53.49 years	76.50 years	+23.01 years	+43%
Vietnam	43.87 years	69.88 years	+26.01 years	+59%	52.83 years	79.26 years	+26.43 years	+50%
Wallis and Futuna	43.80 years	77.66 years	+33.87 years	+77%	44.41 years	79.62 years	+35.21 years	+79%
Western Sahara	33.39 years	69.69 years	+36.30 years	+109%	36.48 years	73.55 years	+37.06 years	+102%
Yemen	26.57 years	67.23 years	+40.66 years	+153%	31.62 years	71.39 years	+39.77 years	+126%
Zambia	45.71 years	63.94 years	+18.22 years	+40%	47.91 years	68.67 years	+20.77 years	+43%
Zimbabwe	47.20 years	60.23 years	+13.02 years	+28%	51.72 years	65.01 years	+13.30 years	+26%
Other
Africa (UN)	35.64 years	61.81 years	+26.17 years	+73%	38.94 years	65.91 years	+26.97 years	+69%
Asia (UN)	40.53 years	72.08 years	+31.55 years	+78%	43.56 years	77.20 years	+33.64 years	+77%
Europe (UN)	59.22 years	75.53 years	+16.30 years	+28%	64.47 years	82.56 years	+18.10 years	+28%
High-income countries	58.51 years	78.84 years	+20.34 years	+35%	65.26 years	84.05 years	+18.79 years	+29%
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)	46.77 years	72.76 years	+25.98 years	+56%	50.76 years	78.64 years	+27.88 years	+55%
Least developed countries	35.28 years	64.07 years	+28.79 years	+82%	37.70 years	68.66 years	+30.96 years	+82%
Less developed regions	39.67 years	69.31 years	+29.65 years	+75%	42.80 years	74.26 years	+31.46 years	+73%
Less developed regions, excluding China	38.71 years	68.01 years	+29.30 years	+76%	41.61 years	72.51 years	+30.90 years	+74%
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries	40.36 years	70.55 years	+30.19 years	+75%	43.61 years	75.44 years	+31.83 years	+73%
Low-income countries	28.06 years	62.58 years	+34.52 years	+123%	34.96 years	67.32 years	+32.36 years	+93%
Lower-middle-income countries	40.45 years	67.65 years	+27.19 years	+67%	41.10 years	71.61 years	+30.51 years	+74%
More developed regions	60.48 years	76.72 years	+16.24 years	+27%	65.51 years	83.05 years	+17.54 years	+27%
Northern America (UN)	65.44 years	77.22 years	+11.78 years	+18%	70.96 years	82.16 years	+11.20 years	+16%
Oceania (UN)	59.01 years	76.88 years	+17.87 years	+30%	64.46 years	81.51 years	+17.05 years	+26%
Upper-middle-income countries	43.34 years	72.87 years	+29.53 years	+68%	47.70 years	79.01 years	+31.31 years	+66%
World	44.47 years	70.55 years	+26.08 years	+59%	48.44 years	75.89 years	+27.45 years	+57%

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