This is a list of world regions 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

UN subregionsLife 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 Australia/New Zealand 83.62 0.38 69.00 2.51 21.51 3.40 9.91 81.82 67.21 20.22 9.10 85.42 70.78 22.75 10.61 3.59 3.58 2.53 1.51 31624 Southern Europe 82.56 0.33 67.89 2.74 20.64 3.99 9.62 80.05 65.40 18.82 8.58 84.97 70.28 22.25 10.37 4.92 4.88 3.43 1.79 151721 Western Europe 82.20 0.36 67.57 3.07 20.64 3.94 9.58 79.77 65.16 18.91 8.62 84.60 69.93 22.18 10.28 4.83 4.78 3.27 1.66 199537 Northern Europe 81.40 0.36 66.76 3.37 20.13 4.13 9.26 79.29 64.67 18.75 8.46 83.48 68.81 21.39 9.87 4.19 4.13 2.64 1.41 108297 Northern America 79.64 0.56 65.21 4.96 20.16 4.53 9.69 77.22 62.82 18.82 8.92 82.16 67.68 21.39 10.27 4.94 4.86 2.57 1.35 382903 Eastern Asia 78.89 0.73 64.61 3.72 18.33 4.98 8.31 76.01 61.78 16.29 7.08 81.95 67.63 20.33 9.29 5.94 5.85 4.04 2.21 1660029 Polynesia 77.20 1.11 63.31 4.68 18.00 5.43 8.43 74.93 61.09 16.47 7.59 79.61 65.67 19.50 9.06 4.68 4.58 3.03 1.47 690 South America 76.21 1.30 62.51 5.58 18.09 5.10 8.19 73.26 59.64 16.59 7.38 79.18 65.39 19.40 8.76 5.92 5.75 2.81 1.37 433024 Western Asia 75.41 1.97 62.37 4.58 16.95 5.57 7.52 73.02 60.08 15.35 6.52 77.89 64.75 18.39 8.24 4.87 4.67 3.04 1.72 303965 Central America 74.96 1.22 61.18 6.42 17.60 5.58 8.18 72.17 58.46 16.80 8.09 77.68 63.82 18.29 8.26 5.51 5.36 1.49 0.17 181618 Eastern Europe 74.61 0.45 60.06 7.36 17.42 6.15 8.57 69.43 54.89 14.90 7.58 79.81 65.23 19.17 9.01 10.38 10.34 4.27 1.43 286047 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 Caribbean 73.13 2.95 61.08 6.42 17.50 6.22 8.72 69.94 58.08 15.87 7.83 76.41 64.13 18.97 9.38 6.46 6.05 3.10 1.55 44249 Central Asia 72.65 1.48 59.13 6.00 15.13 6.38 6.51 69.30 55.87 13.17 5.68 75.91 62.26 16.63 6.92 6.61 6.39 3.45 1.24 80810 South-Eastern Asia 72.14 1.99 59.13 6.69 15.82 6.61 7.43 69.18 56.32 14.25 6.68 75.15 61.96 17.16 7.89 5.97 5.64 2.91 1.21 690117 Northern Africa 71.99 2.44 59.43 5.36 14.79 6.58 6.36 69.81 57.41 13.66 5.87 74.28 61.54 15.86 6.74 4.48 4.13 2.20 0.87 268541 Southern Asia 71.70 2.79 59.49 6.06 15.54 6.86 7.40 70.04 57.87 14.79 7.10 73.47 61.22 16.27 7.64 3.43 3.35 1.48 0.54 2043083 Micronesia 71.46 2.56 59.01 7.87 16.88 6.84 8.71 68.64 56.32 15.35 7.91 74.42 61.82 18.26 9.26 5.79 5.50 2.92 1.35 525 Melanesia 66.92 2.98 54.91 8.23 13.14 7.69 5.83 64.58 52.69 12.02 5.36 69.72 57.57 14.46 6.28 5.14 4.88 2.44 0.92 12724 Southern Africa 65.95 3.01 53.96 10.94 14.90 7.63 7.53 62.47 50.55 13.11 6.59 69.36 57.26 16.22 8.01 6.89 6.70 3.12 1.41 72198 Eastern Africa 65.59 4.18 54.77 9.52 14.29 7.34 6.62 62.85 52.29 13.17 5.93 68.32 57.20 15.21 7.10 5.47 4.91 2.05 1.17 487857 Middle Africa 62.02 6.21 53.23 10.15 13.38 7.46 5.84 59.87 51.39 12.69 5.53 64.21 55.07 14.00 6.07 4.34 3.68 1.32 0.54 206130 Western Africa 58.25 7.68 50.93 11.70 12.62 7.76 5.38 57.35 50.12 12.26 5.18 59.17 51.74 12.96 5.55 1.82 1.63 0.70 0.36 446044

UN: Change of life expectancy from 2019 to 2023

UN subregions2023Historical dataCOVID-19:2019→2023AllMaleFemale201920202020→202120212021→202220222022→20232023 Australia/New Zealand 83.62 81.82 85.42 3.59 83.01 0.49 83.50 −0.14 83.36 −0.87 82.48 1.14 83.62 0.62 31624 Southern Europe 82.56 80.05 84.97 4.92 82.16 −1.10 81.06 0.16 81.23 −0.09 81.14 1.43 82.56 0.40 151721 Western Europe 82.20 79.77 84.60 4.83 81.92 −0.40 81.52 0.14 81.67 −0.24 81.43 0.77 82.20 0.29 199537 Northern Europe 81.40 79.29 83.48 4.19 81.40 −0.77 80.64 0.12 80.76 0.25 81.01 0.39 81.40 0.00 108297 Northern America 79.64 77.22 82.16 4.94 79.25 −1.79 77.46 −0.54 76.92 1.39 78.31 1.33 79.64 0.39 382903 Eastern Asia 78.89 76.01 81.95 5.94 78.85 0.09 78.94 0.07 79.01 −0.02 78.99 −0.10 78.89 0.03 1660029 Polynesia 77.20 74.93 79.61 4.68 76.05 −0.04 76.02 −1.00 75.02 1.93 76.95 0.26 77.20 1.15 690 South America 76.21 73.26 79.18 5.92 75.86 −1.58 74.28 −1.58 72.70 2.43 75.13 1.08 76.21 0.35 433024 Western Asia 75.41 73.02 77.89 4.87 75.06 −1.13 73.94 −0.42 73.52 1.75 75.26 0.14 75.41 0.34 303965 Central America 74.96 72.17 77.68 5.51 74.32 −3.51 70.81 −0.81 70.01 3.94 73.95 1.01 74.96 0.64 181618 Eastern Europe 74.61 69.43 79.81 10.38 74.39 −1.48 72.91 −1.35 71.56 2.33 73.89 0.72 74.61 0.22 286047 World 73.17 70.55 75.89 5.34 72.61 −0.69 71.92 −1.05 70.86 1.77 72.64 0.53 73.17 0.56 8091735 Caribbean 73.13 69.94 76.41 6.46 72.61 −0.34 72.26 −2.30 69.96 2.68 72.64 0.49 73.13 0.53 44249 Central Asia 72.65 69.30 75.91 6.61 72.05 −1.44 70.62 −0.11 70.51 1.73 72.24 0.41 72.65 0.60 80810 South-Eastern Asia 72.14 69.18 75.15 5.97 71.63 −0.52 71.11 −1.51 69.61 2.14 71.75 0.39 72.14 0.51 690117 Northern Africa 71.99 69.81 74.28 4.48 71.54 −1.39 70.15 −0.33 69.82 1.88 71.69 0.29 71.99 0.45 268541 Southern Asia 71.70 70.04 73.47 3.43 70.44 −0.78 69.66 −2.25 67.41 3.96 71.37 0.33 71.70 1.26 2043083 Micronesia 71.46 68.64 74.42 5.79 70.67 −0.69 69.98 −0.20 69.78 1.46 71.24 0.22 71.46 0.79 525 Melanesia 66.92 64.58 69.72 5.14 66.15 −0.27 65.89 −0.84 65.05 1.13 66.17 0.75 66.92 0.77 12724 Southern Africa 65.95 62.47 69.36 6.89 65.53 −0.82 64.71 −3.03 61.68 3.52 65.20 0.75 65.95 0.42 72198 Eastern Africa 65.59 62.85 68.32 5.47 64.17 −0.02 64.15 −0.60 63.55 1.35 64.90 0.69 65.59 1.42 487857 Middle Africa 62.02 59.87 64.21 4.34 59.15 1.10 60.25 −0.71 59.54 −0.75 58.79 3.23 62.02 2.87 206130 Western Africa 58.25 57.35 59.17 1.82 56.86 0.01 56.87 0.19 57.06 0.78 57.84 0.41 58.25 1.39 446044

List by the World Bank Group (2024) Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2024. The values in the World Bank Group tables are rounded. All calculations are based on raw data, so due to the nuances of rounding, in some places illusory inconsistencies of indicators arose, with a size of 0.01 year.

+ Countries andterritories2024Historical dataCOVID-19:2019→2024AllMaleFemale201420192019→202020202020→202120212021→202220222022→202320232023→20242024 European Union 81.56 79.04 84.22 5.18 80.88 0.44 81.32 −0.88 80.44 −0.13 80.31 0.41 80.71 0.71 81.42 0.14 81.56 0.24 North America 79.24 76.88 81.72 4.84 79.14 0.00 79.13 −1.68 77.45 −0.59 76.86 0.96 77.82 0.91 78.73 0.51 79.24 0.11 Europe & Central Asia 78.60 75.57 81.79 6.22 77.35 0.95 78.30 −1.13 77.18 −0.45 76.73 1.11 77.83 0.56 78.39 0.21 78.60 0.29 Central Europe & the Baltics 77.92 74.48 81.54 7.06 76.69 0.58 77.27 −1.25 76.02 −1.29 74.72 1.93 76.65 1.11 77.76 0.16 77.92 0.65 East Asia & Pacific 76.74 73.92 79.70 5.78 75.56 1.02 76.59 −0.04 76.54 −0.39 76.15 0.52 76.68 −0.02 76.66 0.08 76.74 0.15 Latin America & Caribbean 75.82 72.95 78.69 5.74 74.56 0.64 75.20 −2.02 73.19 −1.37 71.81 2.83 74.65 1.00 75.64 0.17 75.82 0.61 World 73.48 71.11 75.97 4.86 71.78 1.09 72.87 −0.69 72.18 −0.97 71.21 1.75 72.97 0.36 73.33 0.15 73.48 0.61 Arab world 72.72 70.90 74.70 3.80 70.54 1.30 71.84 −1.11 70.73 −0.32 70.40 1.47 71.88 0.57 72.44 0.28 72.72 0.88 South Asia 72.56 71.01 74.22 3.22 69.12 1.88 71.00 −0.64 70.36 −2.54 67.82 4.19 72.01 0.31 72.32 0.24 72.56 1.56 Middle East & North Africa 72.31 70.42 74.34 3.92 69.99 1.25 71.24 −1.33 69.91 −0.20 69.71 1.98 71.69 0.39 72.08 0.23 72.31 1.07 Africa Eastern & Southern 65.35 62.59 68.13 5.54 61.25 2.61 63.86 −0.09 63.77 −0.79 62.98 1.51 64.49 0.66 65.15 0.20 65.35 1.49 Sub-Saharan Africa 62.80 60.68 64.96 4.28 58.99 2.14 61.13 0.04 61.17 −0.46 60.70 1.15 61.86 0.75 62.60 0.20 62.80 1.67 Africa Western & Central 59.05 57.92 60.21 2.29 55.70 1.45 57.15 0.21 57.36 0.00 57.36 0.63 57.99 0.87 58.86 0.19 59.05 1.90

List by World Health Organization (2019) Data by the WHO regions for 2019:

+ WHO regionsLife expectancy at birth at birthLife expectancy at age 60HALE at age 60 All All M F FΔM Δ2000 All M F FΔM Δ2000 All M F FΔM Δ2000 Europe 78.10 74.99 81.13 6.14 5.70 67.58 66.07 69.04 2.97 4.69 22.47 20.48 24.18 3.70 2.91 16.92 15.69 17.98 2.29 2.11 Western Pacific 77.49 74.51 80.70 6.19 5.53 68.35 66.70 70.13 3.43 4.53 21.75 19.68 23.84 4.16 2.73 16.64 15.38 17.90 2.52 1.90 Americas 77.07 74.42 79.76 5.34 2.98 65.76 64.51 67.01 2.50 2.19 22.64 21.23 23.92 2.69 1.62 16.61 15.74 17.40 1.66 0.96 World 73.12 70.61 75.70 5.09 6.35 63.45 62.33 64.59 2.26 5.33 21.03 19.41 22.54 3.13 2.16 15.80 14.87 16.67 1.80 1.52 South-East Asia 71.37 69.61 73.23 3.62 7.30 61.82 61.38 62.28 0.90 6.48 18.90 17.88 19.89 2.01 1.37 14.03 13.58 14.46 0.88 1.10 Eastern Mediterranean 70.18 68.70 71.75 3.05 4.73 60.52 60.34 60.69 0.35 3.84 18.88 18.24 19.48 1.24 1.27 14.06 13.85 14.26 0.41 0.78 Africa 64.17 62.26 66.08 3.82 11.19 55.81 55.14 56.49 1.35 9.83 17.57 16.58 18.44 1.86 2.22 13.29 12.79 13.73 0.94 1.71

Data by groups of countries with different income according to grouping of the World Bank Group, for 2019:

+ Income groupsLife expectancy at birth at birthLife expectancy at age 60HALE at age 60 All All M F FΔM Δ2000 All M F FΔM Δ2000 All M F FΔM Δ2000 High-income 80.91 78.48 83.33 4.85 3.38 69.28 68.28 70.26 1.98 2.32 24.28 22.55 25.87 3.32 2.45 18.09 17.02 19.07 2.05 1.63 Upper-middle-income 75.67 72.73 78.72 5.99 5.87 66.42 64.88 68.01 3.13 4.87 20.80 18.93 22.57 3.64 2.71 15.82 14.71 16.87 2.16 1.92 World 73.12 70.61 75.70 5.09 6.35 63.45 62.33 64.59 2.26 5.33 21.03 19.41 22.54 3.13 2.16 15.80 14.87 16.67 1.80 1.52 Lower-middle-income 69.57 67.70 71.53 3.83 6.97 60.22 59.70 60.77 1.07 6.14 18.69 17.61 19.73 2.12 1.42 13.91 13.41 14.39 0.98 1.10 Low-income 64.22 62.10 66.34 4.24 10.61 55.89 54.98 56.81 1.83 9.29 17.16 16.14 18.06 1.92 2.40 13.04 12.47 13.53 1.06 1.84

See also List of countries by life expectancy

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