• Countries with the highest life expectancy 2020

The statistic shows the countries with the highest average life expectancy for those born in 2020, by gender. Males born in Australia had a life expectancy of 83 years in 2020, the highest of any country in the world.

Countries with the highest average life expectancy for those born in 2020, by gender (in years)

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Release date

July 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

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.

For Andorra and Monaco, no usable data was available, according to the source.

Data for females can be found here.