In 2015, the global population’s average life expectancy — which reflects the overall mortality level of a population — was 71.4 years old, according to the World Health Organization. Factors that affect the age you’re expected to achieve include the region’s diseases, mental health, substance abuse, violence, nutrition, drinking water, road traffic injuries, sexual and reproductive health, environmental pollution, vaccines, and more.

Gender also plays a major role in lifespan; women last year were expected to live around 73 years, but for men around the world it was only 69.1 years. In the Americas, females lived an average 79.9 years, but males had an average life expectancy of 74.

Out of 224 countries listed on the CIA’s World Factbook, the United States comes in at 43rd, with a life expectancy of 79.68 years. What’s the highest life expectancy? In 2015, citizens of Monaco hit an average age of 89.52 years. How do other countries around the world stack up?

TOP 10 COUNTRIES WITH THE BEST LIFE EXPECTANCY

  1. Monaco

  2. Japan

  3. Singapore

  4. Macau

  5. San Marino

  6. Iceland

  7. Hong Kong

  8. Andorra

  9. Switzerland

  10. Guernsey

Over the past 15 years, the world’s average life expectancy has increased by about five years. In 2015, citizens of Chad had the lowest expected age, living to an average of only 49.81 years old. According to WHO, people across the continent of Africa only live to an average age of 60.

10 COUNTRIES WITH THE LOWEST LIFE EXPECTANCY

  1. Chad

  2. Guinea-Bissau

  3. Afghanistan

  4. Swaziland

  5. Namibia

  6. Central African Republic

  7. Somalia

  8. Gabon

  9. Zambia

  10. Lesotho

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