List of Asian countries by life expectancy

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2020 according to the World Bank Group.[1][2][3] The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Asia.

Countries	all	male	female	gender gap	Δ 2019 all	Δ 2019 male	Δ 2019 female	Δ 2019 gen. gap
Japan	84.62	81.64	87.74	6.10	0.26	0.23	0.29	0.06
Singapore	83.74	81.50	86.10	4.60	0.15	0.10	0.20	0.10
South Korea	83.43	80.50	86.50	6.00	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.00
Israel	82.70	80.70	84.80	4.10	-0.10	-0.30	0.10	0.40
Cyprus	81.14	79.10	83.15	4.05	0.15	0.18	0.12	-0.06
Qatar	80.36	79.31	82.15	2.83	0.14	0.17	0.14	-0.04
Maldives	79.21	77.82	81.04	3.22	0.29	0.29	0.26	-0.04
Lebanon	79.00	77.22	80.93	3.71	0.07	0.08	0.06	-0.02
United Arab Emirates	78.12	77.44	79.46	2.02	0.15	0.15	0.14	-0.01
Oman	78.08	76.36	80.53	4.18	0.22	0.23	0.19	-0.04
Turkey	77.93	74.98	80.77	5.79	0.24	0.26	0.21	-0.05
Bahrain	77.42	76.56	78.56	2.00	0.13	0.12	0.13	0.01
Europe & Central Asia	77.39	74.35	80.63	6.28	-0.77	-0.79	-0.74	0.05
Thailand	77.34	73.68	81.06	7.38	0.19	0.22	0.16	-0.06
Sri Lanka	77.14	73.78	80.40	6.62	0.17	0.18	0.14	-0.04
China	77.10	74.95	79.41	4.46	0.18	0.19	0.17	-0.03
Iran	76.87	75.78	78.09	2.31	0.19	0.18	0.20	0.02
East Asia & Pacific	76.44	73.99	79.05	5.06	0.18	0.18	0.17	-0.01
Malaysia	76.31	74.38	78.46	4.08	0.15	0.15	0.14	-0.01
Brunei	76.00	74.86	77.26	2.40	0.14	0.13	0.15	0.02
Kuwait	75.59	74.85	76.71	1.86	0.10	0.09	0.13	0.04
Vietnam	75.49	71.41	79.61	8.20	0.09	0.11	0.09	-0.02
Saudi Arabia	75.28	74.08	76.92	2.84	0.15	0.14	0.16	0.02
Armenia	75.22	71.45	78.65	7.20	0.14	0.13	0.14	0.01
Jordan	74.66	72.96	76.44	3.49	0.13	0.12	0.14	0.02
Middle East & North Africa	74.45	72.81	76.25	3.43	0.18	0.18	0.17	-0.01
Georgia	73.92	69.51	78.27	8.77	0.15	0.16	0.13	-0.03
Syria	73.65	69.39	78.42	9.03	0.95	1.45	0.32	-1.13
Azerbaijan	73.12	70.63	75.57	4.94	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.00
Bangladesh	72.87	71.13	74.89	3.76	0.28	0.25	0.30	0.05
World	72.75	70.57	75.06	4.49	-0.02	-0.03	-0.01	0.02
North Korea	72.45	68.80	75.93	7.13	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.00
Egypt	72.15	69.88	74.53	4.65	0.16	0.14	0.18	0.04
Bhutan	72.08	71.67	72.52	0.85	0.30	0.27	0.35	0.08
Indonesia	71.91	69.75	74.17	4.42	0.19	0.18	0.21	0.03
Uzbekistan	71.85	69.70	73.97	4.27	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.03
Kyrgyzstan	71.80	67.80	76.00	8.20	0.20	0.20	0.20	0.00
Kazakhstan	71.37	67.09	75.53	8.44	-1.81	-1.73	-1.77	-0.04
Philippines	71.36	67.39	75.62	8.23	0.13	0.13	0.12	-0.01
Russia	71.34	66.49	76.43	9.94	-1.75	-1.75	-1.74	0.01
Tajikistan	71.30	69.12	73.60	4.48	0.20	0.19	0.21	0.02
Nepal	71.07	69.52	72.51	2.99	0.29	0.26	0.30	0.04
Iraq	70.75	68.69	72.81	4.12	0.14	0.13	0.16	0.04
Mongolia	70.06	65.97	74.33	8.35	0.19	0.17	0.18	0.01
Cambodia	70.05	67.75	72.16	4.41	0.23	0.21	0.25	0.04
India	69.89	68.68	71.20	2.52	0.23	0.21	0.25	0.04
South Asia	69.87	68.60	71.26	2.66	0.22	0.21	0.24	0.04
East Timor	69.71	67.69	71.87	4.18	0.22	0.20	0.23	0.03
Turkmenistan	68.31	64.81	71.85	7.04	0.12	0.11	0.14	0.03
Laos	68.22	66.42	70.06	3.64	0.30	0.28	0.32	0.03
Pakistan	67.43	66.47	68.46	1.99	0.16	0.13	0.18	0.04
Myanmar	67.36	64.28	70.34	6.07	0.23	0.23	0.22	-0.01
Yemen	66.18	64.49	67.89	3.39	0.06	0.05	0.06	0.01
Afghanistan	65.17	63.71	66.74	3.04	0.34	0.33	0.36	0.03

List of countries by life expectancy at birth for 2019 according to the World Bank Group.[1][2][3]

Comparison of life expectancy in some Asian countries, 1960–2019

Comparison of life expectancy in some countries of South-East Asia and Oceania, 1960–2019

Countries	all	male	female	gender gap	Δ 2014	Δ 2000
Japan	84.36	81.41	87.45	6.04	0.77	3.28
Singapore	83.60	81.40	85.90	4.50	1.10	5.64
South Korea	83.23	80.30	86.30	6.00	1.50	7.32
Israel	82.80	81.00	84.70	3.70	0.65	3.85
Cyprus	80.98	78.92	83.03	4.11	0.80	2.97
Qatar	80.23	79.14	82.01	2.87	0.58	2.76
Lebanon	78.93	77.14	80.87	3.73	0.20	4.42
Maldives	78.92	77.52	80.78	3.26	1.56	8.75
Europe & Central Asia	78.16	75.13	81.37	6.24	0.88	5.13
United Arab Emirates	77.97	77.29	79.31	2.02	0.88	3.64
Oman	77.86	76.13	80.34	4.22	1.23	5.73
Turkey	77.69	74.72	80.56	5.84	1.52	7.69
Bahrain	77.29	76.44	78.42	1.99	0.67	2.85
Thailand	77.15	73.46	80.90	7.44	1.40	6.53
Sri Lanka	76.98	73.60	80.26	6.66	0.83	5.64
China	76.91	74.76	79.24	4.48	1.28	5.52
Iran	76.68	75.59	77.89	2.29	1.18	6.50
East Asia & Pacific	76.27	73.81	78.89	5.07	1.14	5.09
Malaysia	76.16	74.23	78.32	4.08	0.89	3.56
Brunei	75.86	74.73	77.11	2.38	0.67	3.05
Kuwait	75.49	74.76	76.58	1.82	0.47	2.35
Vietnam	75.40	71.30	79.52	8.22	0.34	2.38
Saudi Arabia	75.13	73.94	76.76	2.82	0.60	2.57
Armenia	75.09	71.33	78.52	7.19	0.81	3.68
Jordan	74.53	72.84	76.31	3.47	0.56	2.80
Middle East & North Africa	74.27	72.63	76.08	3.45	0.94	4.38
Georgia	73.77	69.35	78.14	8.79	1.06	3.86
Kazakhstan	73.18	68.82	77.30	8.48	1.74	7.73
Russia	73.08	68.24	78.17	9.93	2.34	7.60
Azerbaijan	73.00	70.51	75.45	4.94	0.98	6.24
World	72.76	70.60	75.07	4.47	1.02	5.21
Syria	72.70	67.94	78.10	10.16	2.88	-0.41
Bangladesh	72.59	70.88	74.59	3.72	1.36	7.14
North Korea	72.27	68.61	75.74	7.13	1.08	7.01
Egypt	71.99	69.74	74.35	4.61	0.87	3.39
Bhutan	71.78	71.41	72.18	0.77	1.73	10.89
Uzbekistan	71.72	69.59	73.83	4.24	1.05	4.57
Indonesia	71.72	69.57	73.97	4.39	1.23	5.94
Kyrgyzstan	71.60	67.60	75.80	8.20	1.20	3.04
Philippines	71.23	67.26	75.50	8.24	0.75	2.44
Tajikistan	71.10	68.94	73.39	4.45	1.22	9.12
Nepal	70.78	69.26	72.21	2.95	1.61	8.49
Iraq	70.60	68.56	72.65	4.09	0.90	1.52
Mongolia	69.87	65.80	74.14	8.34	1.01	7.00
Cambodia	69.82	67.54	71.91	4.37	1.55	11.39
India	69.66	68.46	70.95	2.49	1.37	7.15
South Asia	69.64	68.39	71.01	2.62	1.30	6.82
East Timor	69.50	67.49	71.64	4.14	1.30	10.49
Turkmenistan	68.19	64.70	71.72	7.01	0.64	4.58
Laos	67.92	66.14	69.75	3.60	1.78	9.12
Pakistan	67.27	66.34	68.29	1.95	0.91	4.45
Myanmar	67.13	64.05	70.12	6.07	1.76	7.07
Yemen	66.12	64.44	67.83	3.38	0.06	5.44
Afghanistan	64.83	63.38	66.39	3.01	1.87	8.99

List of countries by life expectancy for 2019 according to the World Health Organization.[4]

Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Japan	84.3	81.5	86.9	5.4	3.2	74.1	72.6	75.5	2.9	2.5	26.3	23.9	28.6	4.7	2.2	20.4	18.8	21.8	3.0	1.7
South Korea	83.3	80.3	86.1	5.8	7.1	73.1	71.3	74.7	3.4	5.7	25.8	23.4	27.9	4.5	5.1	19.8	18.2	21.2	3.0	3.9
Singapore	83.2	81.0	85.5	4.5	4.8	73.6	72.4	74.7	2.3	4.1	25.5	23.8	27.2	3.4	4.0	20.0	18.8	21.0	2.2	3.4
Cyprus	83.1	81.1	85.1	4.0	4.4	72.4	71.8	73.0	1.2	3.3	24.9	23.3	26.4	3.1	3.0	19.0	18.1	19.9	1.8	2.2
Israel	82.6	80.8	84.4	3.6	4.0	72.4	72.0	72.7	0.7	3.2	24.9	23.6	26.0	2.4	3.0	19.3	18.7	19.9	1.2	2.2
Kuwait	81.0	79.3	83.9	4.6	3.1	70.1	69.5	71.1	1.6	2.4	24.0	22.8	25.9	3.1	1.8	17.8	17.1	18.9	1.8	1.3
Maldives	79.6	78.6	80.8	2.2	8.6	70.0	69.7	70.0	0.3	7.6	22.1	21.4	23.1	1.7	4.1	16.8	16.4	17.2	0.8	3.1
Turkey	78.6	76.4	80.7	4.3	4.2	68.4	67.8	69.0	1.2	3.4	22.0	20.6	23.2	2.6	0.5	16.6	15.8	17.3	1.5	0.3
Jordan	77.9	77.0	78.8	1.8	5.3	67.6	68.1	67.2	-0.9	4.0	21.8	21.6	22.1	0.5	3.2	16.2	16.3	16.2	-0.1	2.3
Western Pacific[5]	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
Thailand	77.7	74.4	81.0	6.6	6.4	68.3	65.9	70.6	4.7	5.7	23.6	22.1	24.8	2.7	2.8	18.0	17.0	18.8	1.8	2.4
China	77.4	74.7	80.5	5.8	5.8	68.5	67.2	70.0	2.8	4.8	21.1	19.2	23.1	3.9	2.7	15.9	15.0	16.9	1.9	1.9
Iran	77.3	75.7	79.1	3.4	4.7	66.3	66.0	66.5	0.5	3.7	21.8	21.2	22.5	1.3	2.1	15.7	15.6	15.8	0.2	1.4
Qatar	77.2	78.0	76.6	-1.4	5.9	67.1	68.1	65.1	-3.0	4.7	19.5	20.6	18.4	-2.2	3.6	14.2	15.1	13.1	-2.0	2.6
Sri Lanka	76.9	73.8	79.8	6.0	5.0	67.0	65.1	69.0	3.9	4.0	20.8	18.6	22.6	4.0	1.2	15.3	13.8	16.6	2.8	0.6
Lebanon	76.4	74.0	79.2	5.2	1.8	66.0	65.1	67.0	1.9	1.3	20.5	18.8	22.4	3.6	0.7	15.0	13.9	16.2	2.3	0.1
United Arab Emirates	76.1	75.1	78.4	3.3	2.9	66.0	65.8	66.2	0.4	2.1	19.9	19.2	21.7	2.5	1.2	14.5	14.1	15.3	1.2	0.9
Armenia	76.0	72.5	79.2	6.7	4.1	67.1	64.9	69.1	4.2	3.6	20.4	18.2	22.1	3.9	1.6	15.7	14.2	16.9	2.7	1.2
Bahrain	75.8	75.0	77.0	2.0	5.3	65.9	66.0	65.5	-0.5	4.0	19.0	18.7	19.4	0.7	4.0	13.8	13.8	13.9	0.1	2.7
Malaysia	74.7	72.6	77.1	4.5	1.9	65.7	64.5	66.9	2.4	1.7	19.5	18.5	20.6	2.1	1.4	14.6	14.0	15.3	1.3	1.1
Brunei	74.3	73.4	75.4	2.0	2.1	65.6	65.2	66.1	0.9	1.7	19.2	19.0	19.4	0.4	2.4	14.5	14.3	14.7	0.4	1.9
Bangladesh	74.3	73.0	75.6	2.6	8.7	64.3	64.2	64.4	0.2	7.3	20.9	20.3	21.5	1.2	3.1	15.5	15.4	15.7	0.3	2.2
Saudi Arabia	74.3	73.1	76.1	3.0	3.8	64.0	63.8	64.4	0.6	2.8	19.9	19.3	20.8	1.5	2.4	14.0	13.8	14.4	0.6	1.6
Kyrgyzstan	74.2	70.7	77.3	6.6	8.2	65.8	63.6	67.7	4.1	7.1	20.0	17.8	21.7	3.9	3.3	15.7	14.2	16.8	2.6	2.6
Kazakhstan	74.0	70.0	77.6	7.6	10.9	65.0	62.4	67.4	5.0	8.9	19.5	16.8	21.4	4.6	4.2	14.8	13.0	16.2	3.2	3.0
Oman	73.9	73.0	75.3	2.3	4.8	64.7	64.5	64.5	0.0	3.8	17.8	17.2	18.5	1.3	2.2	13.2	12.9	13.5	0.6	1.5
Vietnam	73.7	69.6	78.1	8.5	2.3	65.3	62.4	68.3	5.9	2.0	19.6	16.9	22.0	5.1	0.7	14.8	12.9	16.4	3.5	0.5
Georgia	73.3	68.8	77.8	9.0	3.9	64.7	61.4	67.9	6.5	2.8	18.8	16.0	21.0	5.0	1.8	14.4	12.4	16.1	3.7	1.0
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
Russia	73.2	68.2	78.0	9.8	7.9	64.2	60.7	67.5	6.8	6.9	19.9	16.8	22.2	5.4	3.5	15.0	12.8	16.7	3.9	2.7
Bhutan	73.1	72.0	74.4	2.4	7.4	63.4	63.2	63.5	0.3	6.3	19.4	18.9	19.9	1.0	1.5	14.5	14.3	14.7	0.4	1.0
Uzbekistan	73.0	70.8	75.2	4.4	7.7	64.7	63.5	65.8	2.3	6.6	18.6	17.3	19.8	2.5	2.6	14.5	13.7	15.3	1.6	1.9
Syria	72.7	71.2	74.3	3.1	1.2	62.9	62.5	63.3	0.8	0.1	18.7	18.2	19.3	1.1	1.1	13.9	13.8	14.2	0.4	0.5
North Korea	72.6	69.3	75.7	6.4	8.6	65.0	63.3	66.6	3.3	7.2	19.1	16.8	20.8	4.0	3.6	14.9	13.6	15.8	2.2	2.6
Iraq	72.4	69.9	75.0	5.1	3.6	62.7	61.6	63.7	2.1	3.2	19.2	17.6	20.7	3.1	0.9	14.2	13.3	15.0	1.7	0.7
Egypt	71.8	69.6	74.1	4.5	2.0	63.0	62.3	63.7	1.4	1.8	17.8	16.5	19.1	2.6	-0.7	13.4	12.7	14.0	1.3	-0.5
Azerbaijan	71.4	68.8	74.1	5.3	5.9	63.6	62.1	65.2	3.1	5.1	17.1	15.6	18.3	2.7	0.5	13.4	12.4	14.2	1.8	0.3
South-East Asia[6]	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
Indonesia	71.3	69.4	73.3	3.9	4.1	62.8	61.9	63.8	1.9	3.8	17.9	16.7	19.1	2.4	0.3	13.4	12.7	14.0	1.3	0.4
Nepal	70.9	68.9	72.7	3.8	5.6	61.3	60.6	62.1	1.5	5.0	18.0	16.8	19.2	2.4	0.4	13.3	12.7	13.8	1.1	0.5
India	70.8	69.5	72.2	2.7	8.7	60.3	60.3	60.4	0.1	7.4	18.8	18.1	19.5	1.4	2.7	13.2	13.0	13.5	0.5	1.9
Philippines	70.4	67.4	73.6	6.2	1.4	62.0	60.1	63.9	3.8	1.4	17.8	15.8	19.6	3.8	0.2	13.4	12.1	14.6	2.5	0.1
Cambodia	70.1	67.2	72.7	5.5	11.4	61.5	59.8	63.0	3.2	10.1	17.7	15.9	19.1	3.2	1.9	13.2	12.0	14.1	2.1	1.4
Turkmenistan	69.7	66.5	73.0	6.5	6.4	62.1	59.9	64.3	4.4	5.5	18.7	17.1	20.1	3.0	2.4	14.7	13.6	15.6	2.0	1.8
Eastern Mediterranean[7]	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
East Timor	69.6	67.9	71.4	3.5	6.9	60.9	59.8	62.0	2.2	7.8	17.9	16.9	18.9	2.0	0.0	13.2	12.5	13.8	1.3	0.7
Tajikistan	69.5	67.6	71.5	3.9	3.9	62.0	60.9	63.2	2.3	3.7	16.1	15.1	17.2	2.1	-1.1	12.7	12.1	13.4	1.3	-0.9
Myanmar	69.1	65.9	72.2	6.3	9.1	60.9	58.8	62.8	4.0	8.0	18.1	16.2	19.6	3.4	2.7	13.6	12.4	14.6	2.2	1.9
Laos	68.5	66.2	70.9	4.7	10.1	60.5	59.2	61.9	2.7	8.7	17.6	16.3	18.9	2.6	2.3	13.3	12.5	14.0	1.5	1.7
Mongolia	68.1	63.8	72.8	9.0	7.6	60.3	57.1	63.8	6.7	6.5	16.4	14.2	18.5	4.3	3.0	12.6	11.0	14.2	3.2	2.3
Yemen	66.6	64.4	68.9	4.5	3.9	57.5	56.9	58.2	1.3	3.0	17.8	16.8	18.7	1.9	1.0	13.3	12.8	13.7	0.9	0.7
Pakistan	65.6	64.6	66.7	2.1	5.5	56.9	56.9	56.8	-0.1	4.6	17.3	16.8	17.8	1.0	1.6	12.6	12.5	12.6	0.1	1.1
Afghanistan	63.2	63.3	63.2	-0.1	8.2	53.9	54.7	53.2	-1.5	7.1	15.2	15.4	15.1	-0.3	1.3	10.8	11.2	10.6	-0.6	0.6

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