# List of world regions by life expectancy

This is a list of world regions by life expectancy.

## United Nations (2023)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN.

### UN: Estimate of life expectancy for various ages in 2023

| UN subregions | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for population in general | Life expectancy for male | Life expectancy for male | Life expectancy for male | Life expectancy for male | Life expectancy for female | Life expectancy for female | Life expectancy for female | Life expectancy for female | Sex gap | Sex gap | Sex gap | Sex gap | Population (thous.) |
| UN subregions | at birth | bonus 0→15 | at 15 | bonus 15→65 | at 65 | bonus 65→80 | at 80 | at birth | at 15 | at 65 | at 80 | at birth | at 15 | at 65 | at 80 | at birth | at 15 | at 65 | at 80 | Population (thous.) |
| 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 subregions | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023 | Population (thous.) |
| UN subregions | All | Male | Female | Sex gap | 2019 | 2019 →2020 | 2020 | 2020 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | 2022 →2023 | 2023 | Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023 | Population (thous.) |
| 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 (2022)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2022. 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.
In 2014, some of the world's leading countries had a local peak in life expectancy, so this year is chosen for comparison with 2019 and 2022.
| Macroregions | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Historical data | Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2022 |
| Macroregions | All | Male | Female | Sex gap | 2014 | 2014 →2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2020 | 2020 | 2020 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2022 |
| European Union | 80.80 | 78.19 | 83.56 | 5.38 | 80.87 | 0.44 | 81.31 | −0.86 | 80.45 | −0.13 | 80.32 | 0.49 | 80.80 | −0.51 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 77.84 | 74.80 | 81.06 | 6.26 | 77.29 | 0.89 | 78.18 | −1.23 | 76.95 | −0.29 | 76.67 | 1.17 | 77.84 | −0.34 |
| North America | 77.84 | 75.25 | 80.55 | 5.30 | 79.14 | 0.01 | 79.14 | −1.68 | 77.46 | −0.59 | 76.87 | 0.97 | 77.84 | −1.30 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 76.90 | 74.22 | 79.71 | 5.49 | 75.73 | 1.07 | 76.80 | −0.04 | 76.76 | −0.37 | 76.39 | 0.51 | 76.90 | 0.10 |
| Central Europe & the Baltics | 76.79 | 73.21 | 80.56 | 7.35 | 76.68 | 0.59 | 77.27 | −1.18 | 76.08 | −1.28 | 74.80 | 1.99 | 76.79 | −0.48 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 73.75 | 70.65 | 76.93 | 6.28 | 74.55 | 0.49 | 75.04 | −2.00 | 73.04 | −0.89 | 72.15 | 1.60 | 73.75 | −1.29 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 73.21 | 71.12 | 75.52 | 4.40 | 72.62 | 1.34 | 73.96 | −1.01 | 72.95 | −0.20 | 72.75 | 0.47 | 73.21 | −0.75 |
| World | 72.00 | 69.60 | 74.53 | 4.93 | 71.88 | 1.10 | 72.98 | −0.74 | 72.24 | −0.92 | 71.33 | 0.67 | 72.00 | −0.98 |
| Arab world | 71.23 | 69.26 | 73.37 | 4.12 | 70.49 | 1.35 | 71.84 | −0.92 | 70.92 | −0.11 | 70.81 | 0.41 | 71.23 | −0.62 |
| South Asia | 68.16 | 66.43 | 70.06 | 3.63 | 68.64 | 1.83 | 70.47 | −0.72 | 69.75 | −2.17 | 67.58 | 0.58 | 68.16 | −2.31 |
| Africa Eastern & Southern | 62.90 | 60.36 | 65.49 | 5.13 | 61.34 | 2.42 | 63.76 | −0.44 | 63.31 | −0.86 | 62.45 | 0.44 | 62.90 | −0.86 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 60.76 | 58.81 | 62.77 | 3.97 | 59.14 | 2.10 | 61.24 | −0.40 | 60.85 | −0.61 | 60.24 | 0.52 | 60.76 | −0.48 |
| Africa Western & Central | 57.63 | 56.56 | 58.72 | 2.16 | 55.92 | 1.63 | 57.56 | −0.33 | 57.23 | −0.24 | 56.99 | 0.64 | 57.63 | 0.07 |

## List by World Health Organization (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019.
| WHO regions | Life expectancy at birth | Life expectancy at birth | Life expectancy at birth | Life expectancy at birth | Life expectancy at birth | HALE at birth | HALE at birth | HALE at birth | HALE at birth | HALE at birth | Life expectancy at age 60 | Life expectancy at age 60 | Life expectancy at age 60 | Life expectancy at age 60 | Life expectancy at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | HALE at age 60 | HALE at age 60 |
| WHO regions | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 | All | M | F | FΔM | Δ 2000 |
| Europe | 78.2 | 75.1 | 81.3 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 68.3 | 66.6 | 70.0 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 22.5 | 20.5 | 24.3 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 17.1 | 15.8 | 18.3 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| Western Pacific | 77.7 | 74.8 | 80.8 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 68.6 | 67.0 | 70.2 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 21.8 | 19.8 | 23.9 | 4.1 | 2.5 | 16.5 | 15.4 | 17.7 | 2.3 | 1.8 |
| Americas | 77.2 | 74.5 | 79.8 | 5.3 | 3.1 | 66.2 | 64.8 | 67.5 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 22.7 | 21.2 | 24.0 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 |
| World | 73.3 | 70.8 | 75.9 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 63.7 | 62.5 | 64.9 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 21.1 | 19.5 | 22.7 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 15.8 | 14.8 | 16.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| South-East Asia | 71.4 | 69.9 | 73.1 | 3.2 | 8.0 | 61.5 | 61.1 | 61.9 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 19.1 | 18.2 | 20.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 13.7 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| Eastern Mediterranean | 69.7 | 68.3 | 71.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 60.4 | 60.2 | 60.7 | 0.5 | 3.8 | 18.5 | 17.8 | 19.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
| Africa | 64.5 | 62.4 | 66.6 | 4.2 | 11.8 | 56.0 | 55.0 | 57.1 | 2.1 | 10.2 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 19.0 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 13.3 | 12.6 | 13.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 |

## Charts

* Life expectancy in the world on average
* Comparison of life expectancy in countries with different income
* Life expectancy and HALE in regions of WHO in 2019
* Elaboration by sex