Longest life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth, 1960–2024 · top 15 highest. Where people live longest, year by year.

Years a newborn would live at that year's death rates. Source: World Bank Open Data. Change countries or indicator · All rankings

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Longest life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth, 1960–2024 · top 15 highest

  1. 1
    Norway73.5
  2. 2
    Netherlands73.4
  3. 3
    Sweden73.0
  4. 4
    Denmark72.2
  5. 5
    Switzerland71.3
  6. 6
    New Zealand71.2
  7. 7
    Canada71.1
  8. 8
    United Kingdom71.1
  9. 9
    Australia70.8
  10. 10
    Greece70.4
  11. 11
    Czechia70.3
  12. 12
    Slovakia70.3
  13. 13
    Ireland70.2
  14. 14
    France69.9
  15. 15
    Lithuania69.8

Years a newborn would live at that year's death rates. Countries under 1 million people are left out.

World Bank Open Data

19602024

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birthrate.io, "Longest life expectancy". https://www.birthrate.io/stories/longest-lives (accessed 12 November 2026).

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