Demography

The countries with the highest life expectancy

Japan has the highest life expectancy at birth with a ripe old age of 83.7 predicted for all Japanese babies born in 2015. Switzerland (83.4) and Singapore (83.1) make up the top three. The United Kingdom is in place 20 with 81.2 years while the U.S. fails to make it into the top 20 - 31st with 79.3 years.

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This chart shows the countries with the highest life expectancy in the world as of 2015.

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