Countries with the highest life expectancy 2023, by gender

Published by
Einar H. Dyvik,
Dec 10, 2024

Monaco had the highest life expectancy among both men and women worldwide as of 2023. That year, life expectancy for men and women was 84 and 89 years, respectively. The East Asian countries and regions South Korea, Hong Kong, Macao, and Japan followed, all with respective male and female life expectancies of 81 and 87 years. Many of the countries on the list are struggling with aging populations and a declining workforce as more people enter retirement age compared to people entering employment.

Countries with the highest average life expectancy for those born in 2023, by gender (in years)

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December 2023

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Worldwide

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2023

Supplementary notes

Average life expectancy of a newborn according to the current mortality rate.

According to the source the data from the above statistic originates from official statistical yearbooks and bulletins of the particular country. Moreover, publications of the United Nations, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division) of the UN and the U.S. Census Bureau serve as data sources. Further sources are recent demographic studies, special studies and direct interviews with demographers and inquiries at statistical offices of the U.S. and other countries.

Data for females can be found here.

*Special administrative region under authority of the People's Republic of China.

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