This is a list of African countries by life expectancy.
United Nations (2023) Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
UN: Estimate of life expectancy for various ages in 2023
Countries andterritoriesLife expectancy for population in generalLife expectancy for maleLife expectancy for female at birth at 15 at 65 at 80at birth at 15 at 65 at 80at birth at 15 at 65 at 80 83.55 0.60 69.14 3.10 22.24 3.67 10.91 80.53 66.16 20.37 9.88 86.33 71.89 23.83 11.60 5.80 5.73 3.46 1.72 875 76.79 1.24 63.03 3.60 16.62 5.65 7.28 73.87 60.30 14.75 6.19 80.62 66.66 19.26 8.58 6.75 6.36 4.52 2.39 5 76.51 0.99 62.50 3.88 16.39 5.70 7.09 73.92 59.98 14.88 6.41 79.15 65.07 17.79 7.57 5.23 5.09 2.91 1.16 12200 76.26 1.82 63.09 3.29 16.38 5.58 6.96 74.89 61.83 15.39 6.39 77.70 64.41 17.37 7.45 2.80 2.58 1.98 1.05 46164 76.06 0.99 62.05 4.61 16.65 5.39 7.05 72.86 58.89 14.92 6.21 79.21 65.14 17.88 7.46 6.35 6.25 2.96 1.25 522 76.05 0.99 62.05 4.13 16.18 5.79 6.97 74.09 60.17 14.94 6.45 78.33 64.22 17.66 7.62 4.25 4.05 2.72 1.17 316 74.91 1.50 61.81 4.15 15.96 5.91 6.87 73.17 59.77 14.51 6.08 77.60 64.00 17.43 7.48 4.43 4.23 2.93 1.41 37713 74.93 1.22 61.14 6.34 17.48 6.13 8.61 71.94 58.22 16.16 8.06 78.18 64.32 18.71 9.05 6.25 6.10 2.55 0.99 1274 World 73.17 3.29 61.46 6.11 17.57 5.75 8.31 70.55 58.91 16.01 7.43 75.89 64.09 18.98 8.96 5.34 5.18 2.97 1.53 8091735 72.86 1.21 59.07 6.12 15.19 6.58 6.78 69.94 56.21 13.57 6.03 76.52 62.66 16.87 7.22 6.58 6.45 3.30 1.18 128 71.63 1.53 58.16 5.16 13.33 7.13 5.46 69.49 56.10 12.13 5.06 73.81 60.25 14.34 5.70 4.32 4.14 2.21 0.64 114536 Western Sahara 71.39 2.35 58.73 5.60 14.33 6.65 5.98 69.69 57.28 13.45 5.64 73.55 60.63 15.31 6.35 3.86 3.35 1.87 0.71 580 69.72 1.23 55.95 8.38 14.33 7.24 6.57 66.24 52.45 12.54 5.82 73.73 59.97 16.12 7.06 7.49 7.52 3.58 1.24 231 69.34 3.79 58.12 7.28 15.41 6.41 6.82 68.27 56.97 14.18 6.31 70.42 59.29 16.60 7.28 2.15 2.32 2.43 0.97 7306 69.16 3.10 57.27 7.61 14.88 7.27 7.15 66.67 54.90 13.51 6.12 71.70 59.66 16.07 7.80 5.03 4.76 2.57 1.68 2480 68.68 3.10 56.78 6.74 13.53 6.62 5.15 66.79 55.13 12.82 4.91 70.75 58.60 14.28 5.41 3.96 3.47 1.46 0.50 18078 68.62 3.35 56.98 7.81 14.79 6.59 6.38 66.51 55.21 14.10 6.06 70.66 58.62 15.34 6.61 4.15 3.41 1.24 0.54 3470 68.48 3.10 56.59 6.92 13.51 7.30 5.81 66.50 54.81 12.46 5.40 70.48 58.35 14.52 6.16 3.98 3.54 2.06 0.76 5022 68.34 3.07 56.41 8.09 14.50 7.19 6.69 65.91 54.18 13.59 6.38 71.05 58.91 15.36 6.94 5.15 4.73 1.76 0.56 2485 68.25 3.21 56.46 9.56 16.02 7.46 8.48 65.27 53.66 14.21 7.06 71.12 59.10 17.42 9.32 5.85 5.44 3.21 2.27 48657 67.78 2.99 55.78 8.14 13.92 7.30 6.22 65.49 53.63 13.02 5.90 69.89 57.71 14.58 6.40 4.39 4.08 1.56 0.49 13954 67.39 3.00 55.38 9.49 14.88 7.50 7.38 63.33 51.45 12.63 5.70 71.34 59.17 16.50 8.22 8.01 7.73 3.87 2.52 2963 67.35 3.20 55.55 8.49 14.05 7.42 6.47 64.07 52.47 12.61 5.71 70.56 58.53 15.24 6.94 6.49 6.06 2.64 1.23 21104 67.31 4.07 56.39 8.24 14.63 6.69 6.31 64.08 53.66 13.62 5.83 70.73 59.20 15.53 6.68 6.65 5.54 1.92 0.85 128692 67.00 3.15 55.15 9.60 14.75 7.55 7.30 64.20 52.45 12.97 5.93 69.78 57.79 16.29 8.31 5.58 5.33 3.32 2.38 66618 66.78 3.73 55.51 7.61 13.12 7.53 5.65 64.79 53.63 12.10 5.28 68.93 57.54 14.11 5.96 4.15 3.90 2.00 0.69 850 66.35 4.17 55.52 7.32 12.84 7.46 5.29 63.94 53.44 11.92 4.82 68.67 57.48 13.51 5.58 4.74 4.03 1.60 0.76 20724 66.33 4.43 55.76 8.68 14.44 6.79 6.23 63.27 53.04 13.68 5.86 69.63 58.65 15.36 6.61 6.35 5.61 1.68 0.75 50043 66.14 2.87 54.01 10.95 14.96 7.61 7.57 62.61 50.55 13.15 6.65 69.60 57.37 16.30 8.04 6.99 6.82 3.14 1.39 63212 65.99 4.58 55.57 8.76 14.33 6.86 6.19 63.52 53.48 13.54 5.80 68.51 57.67 15.02 6.48 4.99 4.19 1.48 0.68 1153 65.86 4.22 55.08 9.05 14.13 6.95 6.08 64.17 53.67 13.59 5.82 67.53 56.45 14.60 6.30 3.36 2.78 1.01 0.48 2698 65.77 3.18 53.96 9.23 13.19 7.64 5.83 64.12 52.45 12.45 5.64 67.46 55.49 13.87 5.98 3.34 3.04 1.42 0.33 6183 65.50 4.08 54.58 9.42 14.00 7.05 6.05 63.13 52.56 13.25 5.67 67.94 56.63 14.65 6.32 4.81 4.07 1.40 0.65 33788 64.62 5.06 54.67 8.77 13.45 7.53 5.98 62.10 52.41 12.48 5.55 67.14 56.92 14.28 6.26 5.04 4.51 1.80 0.71 36750 64.12 3.84 52.96 11.28 14.24 7.70 6.94 61.19 50.10 13.12 6.57 66.95 55.69 15.07 7.17 5.77 5.59 1.95 0.60 1231 64.08 5.52 54.60 9.07 13.67 7.43 6.10 61.66 52.44 12.71 5.70 66.36 56.55 14.35 6.38 4.71 4.11 1.64 0.68 2153 Africa 63.84 5.50 54.34 9.56 13.91 7.34 6.24 61.81 52.48 12.99 5.72 65.91 56.22 14.72 6.62 4.09 3.73 1.73 0.91 1480771 63.71 5.51 54.21 8.99 13.21 7.61 5.82 62.04 52.87 12.66 5.62 65.66 55.84 13.72 5.97 3.62 2.98 1.06 0.35 1848 63.70 5.34 54.04 9.03 13.07 7.58 5.65 61.52 52.12 12.36 5.50 65.94 56.00 13.70 5.76 4.42 3.88 1.34 0.26 28373 63.65 4.78 53.43 10.22 13.65 7.26 5.91 61.60 51.64 12.98 5.55 65.70 55.18 14.19 6.14 4.10 3.54 1.21 0.58 13689 63.65 3.18 51.83 12.19 14.02 7.94 6.96 61.46 49.74 12.90 6.31 65.92 53.99 14.97 7.34 4.46 4.24 2.07 1.03 55339 63.63 5.77 54.40 9.52 13.92 7.08 6.00 61.94 53.01 13.40 5.74 65.38 55.81 14.39 6.22 3.44 2.81 0.99 0.48 31196 63.61 4.96 53.57 9.04 12.61 7.59 5.20 60.30 50.37 11.66 4.98 66.54 56.32 13.13 5.37 6.24 5.95 1.48 0.39 33635 62.77 3.51 51.28 11.94 13.22 8.11 6.33 60.23 48.82 11.88 5.54 65.01 53.40 14.29 6.86 4.79 4.58 2.40 1.32 16341 62.74 5.06 52.80 9.47 12.27 7.44 4.71 62.54 52.67 12.09 4.65 62.92 52.90 12.43 4.76 0.39 0.23 0.34 0.11 9304 62.16 5.38 52.54 9.84 12.38 7.98 5.36 60.88 51.58 12.15 5.39 63.44 53.47 12.57 5.33 2.57 1.89 0.42 −0.06 5493 61.94 5.09 52.03 11.11 13.15 8.12 6.27 60.02 50.56 12.30 5.81 64.13 53.75 14.08 6.67 4.12 3.19 1.78 0.86 31166 61.90 6.42 53.31 10.28 13.60 7.28 5.88 59.79 51.58 12.97 5.55 64.04 55.05 14.15 6.12 4.25 3.47 1.17 0.57 105790 61.79 7.46 54.24 8.35 12.59 7.75 5.34 60.06 52.92 11.91 5.06 63.50 55.54 13.18 5.56 3.44 2.62 1.27 0.50 8461 61.18 8.74 54.93 8.02 12.95 7.02 4.96 60.26 54.06 12.51 4.80 62.13 55.81 13.34 5.08 1.87 1.75 0.83 0.28 26160 61.09 6.22 52.31 10.08 12.38 7.38 4.77 58.92 50.23 11.72 4.53 63.22 54.31 12.87 4.91 4.30 4.08 1.15 0.38 23026 60.77 6.86 52.63 10.75 13.38 7.41 5.79 59.35 51.45 12.92 5.53 62.21 53.79 13.76 5.96 2.86 2.34 0.84 0.44 14111 60.74 7.74 53.48 10.14 13.63 7.25 5.88 59.52 52.55 13.25 5.67 61.90 54.31 13.91 6.02 2.38 1.76 0.66 0.35 14405 60.44 7.19 52.63 9.71 12.34 7.40 4.75 59.04 51.36 11.89 4.59 61.90 53.95 12.75 4.87 2.86 2.59 0.87 0.28 23769 58.82 8.28 52.09 11.40 13.49 7.36 5.85 56.35 49.77 12.90 5.55 61.39 54.48 14.00 6.07 5.04 4.72 1.10 0.51 18359 57.62 8.34 50.95 12.03 12.98 7.65 5.63 54.64 48.21 12.05 5.14 60.63 53.64 13.71 5.93 5.99 5.43 1.66 0.80 11483 57.41 6.89 49.30 13.55 12.85 8.43 6.28 55.26 47.41 11.89 5.60 59.29 50.86 13.65 6.74 4.03 3.46 1.77 1.14 5152 57.38 5.02 47.40 15.46 12.86 8.67 6.53 54.62 44.77 11.33 5.65 60.01 49.85 13.86 7.00 5.39 5.09 2.53 1.35 2311 55.07 8.68 48.75 13.50 12.25 8.04 5.29 53.20 47.11 11.69 4.98 57.01 50.41 12.75 5.53 3.82 3.30 1.07 0.55 19319 54.46 9.01 48.48 13.67 12.14 8.09 5.23 54.18 48.20 11.99 5.11 54.74 48.74 12.28 5.33 0.57 0.54 0.29 0.22 227883
UN: Change of life expectancy from 2019 to 2023