List of African countries by life expectancy

This is a list of African countries by life expectancy.

United Nations (2023)

Estimation of the analytical agency of the UN. ^[1]

UN: Estimate of life expectancy for various ages in 2023

Countries and territories	Life expectancy for population in general							Life expectancy for male				Life expectancy for female				Sex gap				Population (thous.)
	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
Réunion	83.55	0.60	69.14	3.10	22.24	3.67	10.91	80.53	66.16	20.37	9.88	86.33	71.89	23.83	11.60	5.80	5.73	3.46	1.72	875
Saint Helena	76.79	1.24	63.03	3.60	16.62	5.65	7.28	73.87	60.30	14.75	6.19	80.62	66.66	19.26	8.58	6.75	6.36	4.52	2.39	5
Tunisia	76.51	0.99	62.50	3.88	16.39	5.70	7.09	73.92	59.98	14.88	6.41	79.15	65.07	17.79	7.57	5.23	5.09	2.91	1.16	12200
Algeria	76.26	1.82	63.09	3.29	16.38	5.58	6.96	74.89	61.83	15.39	6.39	77.70	64.41	17.37	7.45	2.80	2.58	1.98	1.05	46164
Cabo Verde	76.06	0.99	62.05	4.61	16.65	5.39	7.05	72.86	58.89	14.92	6.21	79.21	65.14	17.88	7.46	6.35	6.25	2.96	1.25	522
Mayotte	76.05	0.99	62.05	4.13	16.18	5.79	6.97	74.09	60.17	14.94	6.45	78.33	64.22	17.66	7.62	4.25	4.05	2.72	1.17	316
Morocco	74.91	1.50	61.81	4.15	15.96	5.91	6.87	73.17	59.77	14.51	6.08	77.60	64.00	17.43	7.48	4.43	4.23	2.93	1.41	37713
Mauritius	74.93	1.22	61.14	6.34	17.48	6.13	8.61	71.94	58.22	16.16	8.06	78.18	64.32	18.71	9.05	6.25	6.10	2.55	0.99	1274
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
Seychelles	72.86	1.21	59.07	6.12	15.19	6.58	6.78	69.94	56.21	13.57	6.03	76.52	62.66	16.87	7.22	6.58	6.45	3.30	1.18	128
Egypt	71.63	1.53	58.16	5.16	13.33	7.13	5.46	69.49	56.10	12.13	5.06	73.81	60.25	14.34	5.70	4.32	4.14	2.21	0.64	114536
Western Sahara	71.39	2.35	58.73	5.60	14.33	6.65	5.98	69.69	57.28	13.45	5.64	73.55	60.63	15.31	6.35	3.86	3.35	1.87	0.71	580
Sao Tome and Principe	69.72	1.23	55.95	8.38	14.33	7.24	6.57	66.24	52.45	12.54	5.82	73.73	59.97	16.12	7.06	7.49	7.52	3.58	1.24	231
Libya	69.34	3.79	58.12	7.28	15.41	6.41	6.82	68.27	56.97	14.18	6.31	70.42	59.29	16.60	7.28	2.15	2.32	2.43	0.97	7306
Botswana	69.16	3.10	57.27	7.61	14.88	7.27	7.15	66.67	54.90	13.51	6.12	71.70	59.66	16.07	7.80	5.03	4.76	2.57	1.68	2480
Senegal	68.68	3.10	56.78	6.74	13.53	6.62	5.15	66.79	55.13	12.82	4.91	70.75	58.60	14.28	5.41	3.96	3.47	1.46	0.50	18078
Eritrea	68.62	3.35	56.98	7.81	14.79	6.59	6.38	66.51	55.21	14.10	6.06	70.66	58.62	15.34	6.61	4.15	3.41	1.24	0.54	3470
Mauritania	68.48	3.10	56.59	6.92	13.51	7.30	5.81	66.50	54.81	12.46	5.40	70.48	58.35	14.52	6.16	3.98	3.54	2.06	0.76	5022
Gabon	68.34	3.07	56.41	8.09	14.50	7.19	6.69	65.91	54.18	13.59	6.38	71.05	58.91	15.36	6.94	5.15	4.73	1.76	0.56	2485
Uganda	68.25	3.21	56.46	9.56	16.02	7.46	8.48	65.27	53.66	14.21	7.06	71.12	59.10	17.42	9.32	5.85	5.44	3.21	2.27	48657
Rwanda	67.78	2.99	55.78	8.14	13.92	7.30	6.22	65.49	53.63	13.02	5.90	69.89	57.71	14.58	6.40	4.39	4.08	1.56	0.49	13954
Namibia	67.39	3.00	55.38	9.49	14.88	7.50	7.38	63.33	51.45	12.63	5.70	71.34	59.17	16.50	8.22	8.01	7.73	3.87	2.52	2963
Malawi	67.35	3.20	55.55	8.49	14.05	7.42	6.47	64.07	52.47	12.61	5.71	70.56	58.53	15.24	6.94	6.49	6.06	2.64	1.23	21104
Ethiopia	67.31	4.07	56.39	8.24	14.63	6.69	6.31	64.08	53.66	13.62	5.83	70.73	59.20	15.53	6.68	6.65	5.54	1.92	0.85	128692
Tanzania	67.00	3.15	55.15	9.60	14.75	7.55	7.30	64.20	52.45	12.97	5.93	69.78	57.79	16.29	8.31	5.58	5.33	3.32	2.38	66618
Comoros	66.78	3.73	55.51	7.61	13.12	7.53	5.65	64.79	53.63	12.10	5.28	68.93	57.54	14.11	5.96	4.15	3.90	2.00	0.69	850
Zambia	66.35	4.17	55.52	7.32	12.84	7.46	5.29	63.94	53.44	11.92	4.82	68.67	57.48	13.51	5.58	4.74	4.03	1.60	0.76	20724
Sudan	66.33	4.43	55.76	8.68	14.44	6.79	6.23	63.27	53.04	13.68	5.86	69.63	58.65	15.36	6.61	6.35	5.61	1.68	0.75	50043
South Africa	66.14	2.87	54.01	10.95	14.96	7.61	7.57	62.61	50.55	13.15	6.65	69.60	57.37	16.30	8.04	6.99	6.82	3.14	1.39	63212
Djibouti	65.99	4.58	55.57	8.76	14.33	6.86	6.19	63.52	53.48	13.54	5.80	68.51	57.67	15.02	6.48	4.99	4.19	1.48	0.68	1153
Gambia	65.86	4.22	55.08	9.05	14.13	6.95	6.08	64.17	53.67	13.59	5.82	67.53	56.45	14.60	6.30	3.36	2.78	1.01	0.48	2698
Congo, Rep.	65.77	3.18	53.96	9.23	13.19	7.64	5.83	64.12	52.45	12.45	5.64	67.46	55.49	13.87	5.98	3.34	3.04	1.42	0.33	6183
Ghana	65.50	4.08	54.58	9.42	14.00	7.05	6.05	63.13	52.56	13.25	5.67	67.94	56.63	14.65	6.32	4.81	4.07	1.40	0.65	33788
Angola	64.62	5.06	54.67	8.77	13.45	7.53	5.98	62.10	52.41	12.48	5.55	67.14	56.92	14.28	6.26	5.04	4.51	1.80	0.71	36750
Eswatini	64.12	3.84	52.96	11.28	14.24	7.70	6.94	61.19	50.10	13.12	6.57	66.95	55.69	15.07	7.17	5.77	5.59	1.95	0.60	1231
Guinea-Bissau	64.08	5.52	54.60	9.07	13.67	7.43	6.10	61.66	52.44	12.71	5.70	66.36	56.55	14.35	6.38	4.71	4.11	1.64	0.68	2153
Africa	63.84	5.50	54.34	9.56	13.91	7.34	6.24	61.81	52.48	12.99	5.72	65.91	56.22	14.72	6.62	4.09	3.73	1.73	0.91	1480771
Equatorial Guinea	63.71	5.51	54.21	8.99	13.21	7.61	5.82	62.04	52.87	12.66	5.62	65.66	55.84	13.72	5.97	3.62	2.98	1.06	0.35	1848
Cameroon	63.70	5.34	54.04	9.03	13.07	7.58	5.65	61.52	52.12	12.36	5.50	65.94	56.00	13.70	5.76	4.42	3.88	1.34	0.26	28373
Burundi	63.65	4.78	53.43	10.22	13.65	7.26	5.91	61.60	51.64	12.98	5.55	65.70	55.18	14.19	6.14	4.10	3.54	1.21	0.58	13689
Kenya	63.65	3.18	51.83	12.19	14.02	7.94	6.96	61.46	49.74	12.90	6.31	65.92	53.99	14.97	7.34	4.46	4.24	2.07	1.03	55339
Madagascar	63.63	5.77	54.40	9.52	13.92	7.08	6.00	61.94	53.01	13.40	5.74	65.38	55.81	14.39	6.22	3.44	2.81	0.99	0.48	31196
Mozambique	63.61	4.96	53.57	9.04	12.61	7.59	5.20	60.30	50.37	11.66	4.98	66.54	56.32	13.13	5.37	6.24	5.95	1.48	0.39	33635
Zimbabwe	62.77	3.51	51.28	11.94	13.22	8.11	6.33	60.23	48.82	11.88	5.54	65.01	53.40	14.29	6.86	4.79	4.58	2.40	1.32	16341
Togo	62.74	5.06	52.80	9.47	12.27	7.44	4.71	62.54	52.67	12.09	4.65	62.92	52.90	12.43	4.76	0.39	0.23	0.34	0.11	9304
Liberia	62.16	5.38	52.54	9.84	12.38	7.98	5.36	60.88	51.58	12.15	5.39	63.44	53.47	12.57	5.33	2.57	1.89	0.42	−0.06	5493
Cote d'Ivoire	61.94	5.09	52.03	11.11	13.15	8.12	6.27	60.02	50.56	12.30	5.81	64.13	53.75	14.08	6.67	4.12	3.19	1.78	0.86	31166
DR Congo	61.90	6.42	53.31	10.28	13.60	7.28	5.88	59.79	51.58	12.97	5.55	64.04	55.05	14.15	6.12	4.25	3.47	1.17	0.57	105790
Sierra Leone	61.79	7.46	54.24	8.35	12.59	7.75	5.34	60.06	52.92	11.91	5.06	63.50	55.54	13.18	5.56	3.44	2.62	1.27	0.50	8461
Niger	61.18	8.74	54.93	8.02	12.95	7.02	4.96	60.26	54.06	12.51	4.80	62.13	55.81	13.34	5.08	1.87	1.75	0.83	0.28	26160
Burkina Faso	61.09	6.22	52.31	10.08	12.38	7.38	4.77	58.92	50.23	11.72	4.53	63.22	54.31	12.87	4.91	4.30	4.08	1.15	0.38	23026
Benin	60.77	6.86	52.63	10.75	13.38	7.41	5.79	59.35	51.45	12.92	5.53	62.21	53.79	13.76	5.96	2.86	2.34	0.84	0.44	14111
Guinea	60.74	7.74	53.48	10.14	13.63	7.25	5.88	59.52	52.55	13.25	5.67	61.90	54.31	13.91	6.02	2.38	1.76	0.66	0.35	14405
Mali	60.44	7.19	52.63	9.71	12.34	7.40	4.75	59.04	51.36	11.89	4.59	61.90	53.95	12.75	4.87	2.86	2.59	0.87	0.28	23769
Somalia	58.82	8.28	52.09	11.40	13.49	7.36	5.85	56.35	49.77	12.90	5.55	61.39	54.48	14.00	6.07	5.04	4.72	1.10	0.51	18359
South Sudan	57.62	8.34	50.95	12.03	12.98	7.65	5.63	54.64	48.21	12.05	5.14	60.63	53.64	13.71	5.93	5.99	5.43	1.66	0.80	11483
CAR	57.41	6.89	49.30	13.55	12.85	8.43	6.28	55.26	47.41	11.89	5.60	59.29	50.86	13.65	6.74	4.03	3.46	1.77	1.14	5152
Lesotho	57.38	5.02	47.40	15.46	12.86	8.67	6.53	54.62	44.77	11.33	5.65	60.01	49.85	13.86	7.00	5.39	5.09	2.53	1.35	2311
Chad	55.07	8.68	48.75	13.50	12.25	8.04	5.29	53.20	47.11	11.69	4.98	57.01	50.41	12.75	5.53	3.82	3.30	1.07	0.55	19319
Nigeria	54.46	9.01	48.48	13.67	12.14	8.09	5.23	54.18	48.20	11.99	5.11	54.74	48.74	12.28	5.33	0.57	0.54	0.29	0.22	227883

UN: Change of life expectancy from 2019 to 2023

Countries and territories	2023				Historical data									Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023	Population (thous.)
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023
Réunion	83.55	80.53	86.33	5.80	82.32	0.26	82.58	−1.08	81.50	0.00	81.50	2.05	83.55	1.23	875
Saint Helena	76.79	73.87	80.62	6.75	76.68	0.21	76.89	−0.13	76.77	−0.03	76.73	0.05	76.79	0.10	5
Tunisia	76.51	73.92	79.15	5.23	75.60	−0.59	75.00	−2.11	72.89	3.16	76.05	0.46	76.51	0.91	12200
Algeria	76.26	74.89	77.70	2.80	75.68	−2.42	73.26	1.95	75.21	0.92	76.13	0.13	76.26	0.58	46164
Cabo Verde	76.06	72.86	79.21	6.35	75.45	−1.63	73.82	0.61	74.42	1.48	75.91	0.15	76.06	0.61	522
Mayotte	76.05	74.09	78.33	4.25	76.10	−1.89	74.21	−1.39	72.82	2.30	75.13	0.93	76.05	−0.05	316
Morocco	75.31	73.17	77.60	4.43	74.25	−1.11	73.13	0.25	73.39	1.78	75.16	0.15	75.31	1.07	37713
Mauritius	74.93	71.94	78.18	6.25	74.18	0.48	74.66	−1.75	72.90	0.64	73.54	1.38	74.93	0.74	1274
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
Seychelles	72.86	69.94	76.52	6.58	72.12	1.97	74.09	−2.87	71.22	0.03	71.25	1.61	72.86	0.74	128
Egypt	71.63	69.49	73.81	4.32	71.21	−1.42	69.79	−0.81	68.98	2.03	71.01	0.62	71.63	0.42	114536
Western Sahara	71.39	69.69	73.55	3.86	70.38	0.23	70.61	0.27	70.89	0.26	71.14	0.24	71.39	1.00	580
Sao Tome and Principe	69.72	66.24	73.73	7.49	68.04	−0.06	67.98	0.05	68.03	1.21	69.24	0.48	69.72	1.68	231
Libya	69.34	68.27	70.42	2.15	72.94	−0.55	72.39	−0.33	72.06	2.40	74.46	−5.12	69.34	−3.60	7306
Botswana	69.16	66.67	71.70	5.03	67.17	0.48	67.64	−4.34	63.30	5.45	68.75	0.41	69.16	2.00	2480
Senegal	68.68	66.79	70.75	3.96	67.67	−0.17	67.50	−0.63	66.87	0.92	67.79	0.90	68.68	1.01	18078
Eritrea	68.62	66.51	70.66	4.15	67.31	−0.33	66.98	−0.04	66.94	0.85	67.79	0.83	68.62	1.32	3470
Mauritania	68.48	66.50	70.48	3.98	67.64	−0.85	66.79	−0.03	66.76	1.52	68.28	0.20	68.48	0.84	5022
Gabon	68.34	65.91	71.05	5.15	67.34	−0.26	67.07	0.00	67.07	0.64	67.71	0.62	68.34	1.00	2485
Uganda	68.25	65.27	71.12	5.85	66.35	0.06	66.41	0.04	66.45	1.23	67.67	0.58	68.25	1.90	48657
Rwanda	67.78	65.49	69.89	4.39	66.69	0.26	66.95	−0.10	66.85	0.68	67.53	0.26	67.78	1.09	13954
Namibia	67.39	63.33	71.34	8.01	63.55	0.53	64.07	−3.22	60.85	3.34	64.19	3.19	67.39	3.84	2963
Malawi	67.35	64.07	70.56	6.49	65.00	0.22	65.22	−0.43	64.78	1.25	66.04	1.32	67.35	2.36	21104
Ethiopia	67.31	64.08	70.73	6.65	65.74	0.23	65.97	−0.64	65.33	1.57	66.90	0.42	67.31	1.57	128692
Tanzania	67.00	64.20	69.78	5.58	66.01	0.76	66.77	−0.64	66.13	0.75	66.88	0.12	67.00	0.99	66618
Comoros	66.78	64.79	68.93	4.15	65.66	0.09	65.76	−0.56	65.20	1.28	66.48	0.30	66.78	1.11	850
Zambia	66.35	63.94	68.67	4.74	62.91	0.45	63.36	−1.00	62.36	2.92	65.28	1.07	66.35	3.44	20724
Sudan	66.33	63.27	69.63	6.35	65.80	−0.68	65.12	−0.66	64.46	1.24	65.69	0.64	66.33	0.53	50043
South Africa	66.14	62.61	69.60	6.99	66.07	−0.92	65.15	−3.14	62.01	3.44	65.45	0.69	66.14	0.07	63212
Djibouti	65.99	63.52	68.51	4.99	64.38	−0.18	64.20	−0.37	63.83	1.71	65.54	0.45	65.99	1.61	1153
Gambia	65.86	64.17	67.53	3.36	64.43	−0.01	64.42	−0.57	63.85	1.01	64.86	1.00	65.86	1.43	2698
Congo, Rep.	65.77	64.12	67.46	3.34	63.15	1.24	64.39	−0.20	64.19	0.81	65.00	0.77	65.77	2.62	6183
Ghana	65.50	63.13	67.94	4.81	64.45	−0.15	64.31	−0.02	64.29	0.96	65.25	0.25	65.50	1.04	33788
Angola	64.62	62.10	67.14	5.04	63.05	0.07	63.12	−0.16	62.96	1.29	64.25	0.37	64.62	1.57	36750
Eswatini	64.12	61.19	66.95	5.77	59.85	0.01	59.86	−1.63	58.23	4.80	63.03	1.09	64.12	4.27	1231
Guinea-Bissau	64.08	61.66	66.36	4.71	62.16	−0.82	61.34	0.31	61.65	1.95	63.60	0.48	64.08	1.92	2153
Africa	63.84	61.81	65.91	4.09	62.45	−0.19	62.26	−0.47	61.79	1.13	62.92	0.92	63.84	1.39	1480771
Equatorial Guinea	63.71	62.04	65.66	3.62	62.30	−0.16	62.14	0.31	62.45	0.91	63.35	0.35	63.71	1.41	1848
Cameroon	63.70	61.52	65.94	4.42	61.70	−0.02	61.67	−0.53	61.15	1.30	62.44	1.26	63.70	2.00	28373
Burundi	63.65	61.60	65.70	4.10	62.18	0.39	62.57	−0.47	62.10	0.78	62.88	0.77	63.65	1.47	13689
Kenya	63.65	61.46	65.92	4.46	62.94	−1.34	61.60	−0.37	61.23	2.32	63.55	0.10	63.65	0.71	55339
Madagascar	63.63	61.94	65.38	3.44	63.50	−0.80	62.71	−0.19	62.52	0.55	63.07	0.56	63.63	0.13	31196
Mozambique	63.61	60.30	66.54	6.24	61.31	0.08	61.39	−1.12	60.27	2.74	63.01	0.60	63.61	2.31	33635
Zimbabwe	62.77	60.23	65.01	4.79	61.06	0.47	61.53	−1.40	60.13	2.23	62.36	0.41	62.77	1.72	16341
Togo	62.74	62.54	62.92	0.39	61.05	0.07	61.12	0.20	61.33	0.96	62.29	0.45	62.74	1.68	9304
Liberia	62.16	60.88	63.44	2.57	61.23	0.04	61.27	−0.10	61.17	0.77	61.93	0.23	62.16	0.93	5493
Cote d'Ivoire	61.94	60.02	64.13	4.12	60.27	−0.13	60.14	0.15	60.29	1.27	61.56	0.38	61.94	1.67	31166
DR Congo	61.90	59.79	64.04	4.25	60.24	0.19	60.43	−0.38	60.04	0.94	60.98	0.92	61.90	1.65	105790
Sierra Leone	61.79	60.06	63.50	3.44	59.59	0.10	59.69	0.57	60.26	1.01	61.27	0.51	61.79	2.19	8461
Niger	61.18	60.26	62.13	1.87	60.03	−0.14	59.89	−0.35	59.54	0.86	60.40	0.79	61.18	1.15	26160
Burkina Faso	61.09	58.92	63.22	4.30	60.18	0.27	60.45	−0.41	60.05	0.65	60.70	0.39	61.09	0.91	23026
Benin	60.77	59.35	62.21	2.86	59.89	0.27	60.15	−0.54	59.61	0.86	60.48	0.30	60.77	0.89	14111
Guinea	60.74	59.52	61.90	2.38	59.38	−0.03	59.35	0.02	59.37	1.06	60.43	0.31	60.74	1.36	14405
Mali	60.44	59.04	61.90	2.86	59.22	−0.36	58.86	0.26	59.12	0.92	60.03	0.40	60.44	1.22	23769
Somalia	58.82	56.35	61.39	5.04	57.25	−0.15	57.09	−1.39	55.70	−1.77	53.93	4.88	58.82	1.57	18359
South Sudan	57.62	54.64	60.63	5.99	58.13	−0.48	57.65	−0.60	57.05	0.16	57.20	0.41	57.62	−0.51	11483
CAR	57.41	55.26	59.29	4.03	31.53	19.07	50.60	−10.32	40.28	−21.46	18.82	38.59	57.41	25.88	5152
Lesotho	57.38	54.62	60.01	5.39	55.25	−0.12	55.13	−0.92	54.21	2.60	56.81	0.56	57.38	2.13	2311
Chad	55.07	53.20	57.01	3.82	52.99	0.09	53.08	0.05	53.14	1.39	54.53	0.54	55.07	2.08	19319
Nigeria	54.46	54.18	54.74	0.57	53.01	0.06	53.07	0.38	53.45	0.62	54.08	0.38	54.46	1.45	227883

World Bank Group (2023)

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023. ^{[2] [3] [4]} The data is filtered according to the list of countries in Africa. 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 2023.

World Bank Group (2023)

Countries and territories	2023				Historical data											recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023
	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023
Tunisia	76.51	73.92	79.15	5.23	74.78	0.81	75.60	−0.59	75.00	−2.11	72.89	3.16	76.05	0.46	76.51	0.91
Algeria	76.26	74.89	77.70	2.80	74.99	0.69	75.68	−2.42	73.26	1.95	75.21	0.92	76.13	0.13	76.26	0.58
Cabo Verde	76.06	72.86	79.21	6.35	73.79	1.66	75.45	−1.63	73.82	0.61	74.42	1.48	75.91	0.15	76.06	0.61
Morocco	75.31	73.17	77.60	4.43	72.52	1.72	74.25	−1.11	73.13	0.25	73.39	1.78	75.16	0.15	75.31	1.07
Seychelles	74.96	71.30	78.80	7.50	73.23	0.82	74.05	3.19	77.24	−3.84	73.40	0.30	73.70	1.26	74.96	0.91
Mauritius	73.41	70.10	76.89	6.79	74.19	0.04	74.24	−0.06	74.18	−0.50	73.68	−0.17	73.51	−0.10	73.41	−0.82
World	73.33	70.95	75.84	4.89	71.78	1.09	72.87	−0.68	72.18	−0.97	71.22	1.75	72.97	0.36	73.33	0.46
Egypt	71.63	69.49	73.81	4.32	69.91	1.30	71.21	−1.42	69.79	−0.81	68.98	2.03	71.01	0.62	71.63	0.42
Sao Tome and Principe	69.72	66.24	73.73	7.49	65.48	2.57	68.04	−0.06	67.98	0.05	68.03	1.21	69.24	0.48	69.72	1.67
Libya	69.34	68.27	70.42	2.15	71.30	1.64	72.94	−0.55	72.39	−0.33	72.06	2.40	74.46	−5.12	69.34	−3.60
Botswana	69.16	66.67	71.70	5.02	62.17	5.00	67.17	0.48	67.64	−4.34	63.30	5.45	68.75	0.41	69.16	2.00
Senegal	68.68	66.79	70.75	3.96	66.00	1.67	67.67	−0.17	67.50	−0.63	66.87	0.92	67.79	0.90	68.68	1.02
Eritrea	68.62	66.51	70.66	4.15	65.52	1.79	67.31	−0.33	66.98	−0.04	66.94	0.85	67.79	0.83	68.62	1.32
Mauritania	68.48	66.50	70.48	3.98	66.21	1.43	67.64	−0.85	66.79	−0.03	66.76	1.52	68.28	0.20	68.48	0.84
Gabon	68.34	65.91	71.05	5.15	66.07	1.27	67.34	−0.26	67.07	0.00	67.07	0.64	67.71	0.62	68.34	1.00
Uganda	68.25	65.27	71.12	5.85	63.06	3.30	66.35	0.06	66.41	0.04	66.45	1.22	67.67	0.58	68.25	1.90
Rwanda	67.78	65.49	69.89	4.39	65.09	1.60	66.69	0.26	66.95	−0.10	66.85	0.68	67.53	0.26	67.78	1.09
Namibia	67.39	63.33	71.34	8.01	59.31	4.23	63.55	0.52	64.07	−3.22	60.85	3.34	64.19	3.20	67.39	3.84
Malawi	67.35	64.07	70.56	6.49	61.65	3.34	65.00	0.22	65.22	−0.43	64.78	1.26	66.04	1.32	67.35	2.36
Ethiopia	67.31	64.08	70.73	6.65	62.93	2.81	65.74	0.23	65.97	−0.64	65.33	1.57	66.90	0.42	67.31	1.57
Tanzania	67.00	64.20	69.78	5.58	63.36	2.64	66.01	0.76	66.77	−0.64	66.13	0.75	66.88	0.12	67.00	0.99
Comoros	66.78	64.79	68.93	4.15	64.14	1.52	65.66	0.09	65.76	−0.56	65.20	1.28	66.48	0.30	66.78	1.11
Zambia	66.35	63.94	68.67	4.74	60.11	2.80	62.91	0.45	63.36	−1.00	62.36	2.92	65.28	1.07	66.35	3.44
Sudan	66.33	63.27	69.63	6.35	63.99	1.81	65.80	−0.68	65.12	−0.66	64.46	1.23	65.69	0.64	66.33	0.53
South Africa	66.14	62.61	69.60	6.99	63.18	2.89	66.07	−0.92	65.15	−3.14	62.01	3.44	65.45	0.69	66.14	0.07
Djibouti	65.99	63.52	68.51	4.99	62.43	1.95	64.38	−0.18	64.20	−0.37	63.83	1.71	65.54	0.45	65.99	1.61
Gambia	65.86	64.17	67.53	3.36	62.58	1.85	64.43	−0.01	64.42	−0.57	63.85	1.01	64.86	1.00	65.86	1.43
Congo, Rep.	65.77	64.12	67.46	3.34	63.35	−0.20	63.15	1.24	64.39	−0.20	64.19	0.81	65.00	0.77	65.77	2.62
Ghana	65.50	63.13	67.94	4.81	62.83	1.62	64.45	−0.15	64.31	−0.02	64.29	0.96	65.25	0.25	65.50	1.04
Angola	64.62	62.10	67.14	5.05	60.40	2.66	63.05	0.06	63.12	−0.16	62.96	1.29	64.25	0.37	64.62	1.57
Eswatini	64.12	61.19	66.95	5.77	53.49	6.36	59.85	0.01	59.86	−1.63	58.23	4.80	63.03	1.10	64.12	4.27
Guinea-Bissau	64.08	61.66	66.36	4.70	59.48	2.69	62.16	−0.82	61.34	0.31	61.65	1.95	63.60	0.48	64.08	1.92
Equatorial Guinea	63.71	62.04	65.66	3.62	60.23	2.07	62.30	−0.16	62.14	0.31	62.45	0.91	63.35	0.35	63.71	1.41
Cameroon	63.70	61.52	65.94	4.42	59.13	2.56	61.70	−0.02	61.67	−0.53	61.15	1.30	62.44	1.26	63.70	2.01
Burundi	63.65	61.60	65.70	4.10	59.76	2.42	62.18	0.39	62.57	−0.47	62.10	0.78	62.88	0.77	63.65	1.47
Kenya	63.65	61.46	65.92	4.46	61.99	0.95	62.94	−1.34	61.60	−0.37	61.23	2.32	63.55	0.10	63.65	0.71
Madagascar	63.63	61.94	65.38	3.44	63.26	0.24	63.50	−0.80	62.71	−0.19	62.52	0.55	63.07	0.56	63.63	0.13
Mozambique	63.61	60.30	66.54	6.24	57.97	3.34	61.31	0.08	61.39	−1.12	60.27	2.74	63.01	0.60	63.61	2.30
Zimbabwe	62.77	60.23	65.01	4.79	58.11	2.95	61.06	0.47	61.53	−1.40	60.13	2.23	62.36	0.41	62.77	1.71
Togo	62.74	62.54	62.92	0.39	58.77	2.29	61.05	0.07	61.12	0.21	61.33	0.96	62.29	0.45	62.74	1.68
Liberia	62.16	60.88	63.44	2.57	59.21	2.02	61.23	0.04	61.27	−0.10	61.17	0.77	61.93	0.23	62.16	0.93
Cote d'Ivoire	61.94	60.02	64.13	4.12	57.77	2.50	60.27	−0.13	60.14	0.15	60.29	1.27	61.56	0.38	61.94	1.67
DR Congo	61.90	59.79	64.04	4.25	58.24	2.01	60.24	0.19	60.43	−0.38	60.04	0.94	60.98	0.92	61.90	1.65
Sierra Leone	61.79	60.06	63.50	3.44	54.28	5.31	59.59	0.10	59.69	0.57	60.26	1.02	61.27	0.51	61.79	2.19
Niger	61.18	60.26	62.13	1.87	58.69	1.34	60.03	−0.14	59.89	−0.35	59.54	0.86	60.40	0.78	61.18	1.15
Burkina Faso	61.09	58.92	63.22	4.30	58.33	1.85	60.18	0.27	60.45	−0.41	60.05	0.65	60.70	0.39	61.09	0.91
Benin	60.77	59.35	62.21	2.86	59.01	0.88	59.89	0.27	60.15	−0.54	59.61	0.87	60.48	0.30	60.77	0.89
Guinea	60.74	59.52	61.90	2.38	57.58	1.80	59.38	−0.03	59.35	0.02	59.37	1.06	60.43	0.31	60.74	1.36
Mali	60.44	59.04	61.90	2.86	57.48	1.73	59.22	−0.36	58.86	0.26	59.12	0.92	60.03	0.40	60.44	1.22
Somalia	58.82	56.35	61.39	5.04	54.44	2.81	57.25	−0.15	57.09	−1.39	55.70	−1.77	53.93	4.89	58.82	1.57
South Sudan	57.62	54.64	60.63	5.99	45.62	12.50	58.13	−0.48	57.65	−0.60	57.05	0.16	57.20	0.41	57.62	−0.51
Central African Republic	57.41	55.26	59.29	4.03	40.27	−8.73	31.53	19.07	50.60	−10.32	40.28	−21.46	18.82	38.59	57.41	25.88
Lesotho	57.38	54.62	60.01	5.39	50.79	4.46	55.25	−0.12	55.13	−0.92	54.21	2.60	56.81	0.56	57.38	2.13
Chad	55.07	53.20	57.01	3.82	51.14	1.85	52.99	0.09	53.08	0.05	53.14	1.39	54.53	0.54	55.07	2.08
Nigeria	54.46	54.18	54.74	0.57	51.94	1.07	53.01	0.06	53.07	0.38	53.45	0.62	54.08	0.38	54.46	1.45

Change in life expectancy in Africa from 2019 to 2021 ^[2]

WHO (2019)

Estimation of the World Health Organization for 2019. ^[5]

World Health Organization (2019)

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
Tunisia	77.51	75.09	79.99	4.90	3.21	66.68	66.03	67.38	1.35	2.33	21.74	20.14	23.33	3.19	1.47	16.19	15.26	17.12	1.86	0.89
Algeria	76.55	76.24	77.08	0.84	4.08	66.14	67.04	65.34	−1.70	3.20	21.43	21.62	21.47	−0.15	1.39	16.09	16.45	15.89	−0.56	0.82
Cape Verde	74.06	69.71	78.23	8.52	2.36	64.76	62.30	67.06	4.76	2.32	19.59	16.54	21.95	5.41	−1.09	14.91	12.93	16.44	3.51	−0.90
Mauritius	74.06	70.83	77.43	6.60	2.92	64.25	62.46	66.12	3.66	2.06	20.40	18.56	22.09	3.53	2.59	15.08	13.99	16.08	2.09	1.65
Morocco	73.75	72.85	74.64	1.79	3.56	63.60	64.13	63.04	−1.09	2.91	18.97	18.32	19.59	1.27	−0.09	14.15	13.92	14.36	0.44	−0.32
Libya	73.54	71.47	75.70	4.23	−0.50	63.36	62.73	63.99	1.26	−0.87	19.90	19.10	20.63	1.53	−1.02	14.76	14.36	15.13	0.77	−1.08
Seychelles	73.12	70.08	76.65	6.57	1.01	64.31	62.52	66.37	3.85	0.62	19.38	17.51	21.23	3.72	0.19	14.54	13.34	15.75	2.41	−0.12
World	73.12	70.61	75.70	5.09	6.35	63.45	62.33	64.59	2.26	5.33	21.03	19.41	22.54	3.13	2.16	15.80	14.87	16.67	1.80	1.52
Sao Tome and Principe	71.66	70.16	73.18	3.02	8.53	62.95	62.80	63.09	0.29	7.43	17.77	16.82	18.69	1.87	0.83	13.62	13.21	14.02	0.81	0.58
Egypt	71.59	68.97	74.30	5.33	2.44	62.52	61.66	63.40	1.74	2.10	17.18	15.30	18.94	3.64	−0.66	13.02	11.93	14.05	2.12	−0.65
Mauritania	70.18	70.00	70.38	0.38	7.26	61.59	62.49	60.82	−1.67	6.38	18.63	18.89	18.39	−0.50	1.61	14.45	14.95	14.01	−0.94	1.27
Sudan	69.47	68.35	70.55	2.20	6.98	60.11	60.26	59.98	−0.28	5.98	19.04	18.65	19.39	0.74	1.68	14.42	14.32	14.52	0.20	1.20
Ethiopia	68.85	67.17	70.54	3.37	18.06	59.93	59.20	60.67	1.47	15.48	18.67	17.89	19.39	1.50	5.23	14.05	13.67	14.40	0.73	3.94
Senegal	68.76	67.08	70.28	3.20	10.15	59.87	59.62	60.11	0.49	8.92	17.90	17.08	18.55	1.47	1.34	13.54	13.23	13.78	0.55	0.99
Comoros	68.10	66.80	69.43	2.63	6.06	59.76	59.44	60.07	0.63	5.47	18.05	17.58	18.49	0.91	1.96	13.82	13.64	13.99	0.35	1.48
Rwanda	67.76	65.65	69.62	3.97	20.87	59.10	58.15	59.93	1.78	18.34	17.82	16.50	18.83	2.33	5.14	13.66	12.87	14.27	1.40	3.96
Tanzania	66.79	65.20	68.37	3.17	14.00	58.31	57.97	58.68	0.71	12.39	18.05	17.23	18.79	1.56	2.62	13.80	13.44	14.12	0.68	2.02
Kenya	66.50	64.07	68.99	4.92	12.41	58.25	57.12	59.40	2.28	11.10	17.37	15.81	18.80	2.99	0.66	13.16	12.24	13.99	1.75	0.72
Uganda	66.09	62.82	69.31	6.49	17.20	57.55	55.58	59.50	3.92	15.06	17.70	15.57	19.52	3.95	3.77	13.46	11.99	14.71	2.72	2.90
Ghana	65.97	63.47	68.59	5.12	6.88	57.94	56.84	59.12	2.28	6.21	16.99	15.45	18.52	3.07	1.16	13.11	12.14	14.07	1.93	0.94
South Africa	65.84	62.50	68.85	6.35	8.72	56.29	54.65	57.73	3.08	6.89	18.71	16.78	19.92	3.14	1.70	13.77	12.67	14.46	1.79	1.02
Djibouti	65.44	63.63	67.27	3.64	5.92	57.61	56.90	58.34	1.44	5.24	17.45	16.30	18.54	2.24	1.48	13.44	12.77	14.08	1.31	1.13
Gabon	64.97	62.61	67.75	5.14	7.28	56.38	55.38	57.56	2.18	6.34	16.24	14.72	17.96	3.24	1.73	12.21	11.20	13.34	2.14	1.24
Botswana	64.92	62.74	66.95	4.21	17.76	56.05	55.04	56.96	1.92	14.74	17.93	16.14	19.42	3.28	3.85	13.38	12.20	14.36	2.16	2.73
Gambia	64.91	62.91	66.98	4.07	5.76	56.60	56.31	56.93	0.62	5.09	16.45	15.48	17.44	1.96	0.39	12.53	12.19	12.87	0.68	0.28
Burundi	64.32	62.37	66.23	3.86	19.96	56.21	55.10	57.29	2.19	17.41	16.51	15.46	17.42	1.96	3.78	12.78	12.16	13.30	1.14	2.99
Africa [6]	64.17	62.26	66.08	3.82	11.19	55.81	55.14	56.49	1.35	9.83	17.57	16.58	18.44	1.86	2.22	13.29	12.79	13.73	0.94	1.71
Benin	64.14	61.76	66.58	4.82	6.72	55.87	54.94	56.83	1.89	5.98	17.78	16.47	18.98	2.51	1.55	13.46	12.77	14.11	1.34	1.18
Madagascar	63.82	62.83	64.82	1.99	5.09	56.16	56.09	56.23	0.14	4.83	16.25	15.90	16.57	0.67	1.29	12.56	12.48	12.64	0.16	1.08
Eritrea	63.76	61.00	66.53	5.53	8.83	55.67	53.75	57.59	3.84	7.98	15.09	13.87	16.18	2.31	1.87	11.49	10.65	12.23	1.58	1.37
Togo	63.65	61.21	66.34	5.13	7.57	55.81	54.83	56.91	2.08	6.79	16.38	15.00	17.84	2.84	1.11	12.64	11.84	13.48	1.64	0.93
Namibia	63.49	59.99	66.90	6.91	10.47	55.53	53.34	57.66	4.32	8.81	16.47	14.24	18.26	4.02	2.40	12.59	11.05	13.82	2.77	1.71
Cote d'Ivoire	63.48	61.19	66.19	5.00	12.31	55.42	54.42	56.64	2.22	10.90	17.07	15.86	18.55	2.69	2.48	13.00	12.30	13.85	1.55	2.01
Liberia	63.44	62.68	64.20	1.52	10.17	53.99	54.54	53.47	−1.07	8.88	17.05	16.96	17.11	0.15	1.60	12.57	12.83	12.36	−0.47	1.15
Malawi	63.23	60.43	66.05	5.62	18.59	55.54	54.20	56.91	2.71	16.53	15.90	14.19	17.44	3.25	2.82	12.24	11.21	13.17	1.96	2.25
Nigeria	63.07	61.68	64.51	2.83	9.01	54.81	54.68	54.95	0.27	8.18	18.61	18.00	19.21	1.21	2.39	14.10	13.94	14.25	0.31	1.94
Congo Republic	62.76	62.43	63.08	0.65	10.54	54.67	55.30	54.06	−1.24	9.14	15.56	15.31	15.79	0.48	2.48	11.80	11.79	11.82	0.03	1.84
Burkina Faso	62.61	60.08	65.06	4.98	10.72	54.96	53.78	56.09	2.31	9.90	16.77	15.33	17.92	2.59	1.49	12.93	12.04	13.64	1.60	1.31
Angola	62.49	60.33	64.65	4.32	13.12	54.32	53.24	55.40	2.16	11.47	16.35	14.90	17.69	2.79	2.31	12.31	11.34	13.21	1.87	1.70
Cameroon	62.03	60.08	64.06	3.98	9.07	54.24	53.56	54.96	1.40	8.11	16.80	15.66	17.89	2.23	2.01	12.77	12.19	13.33	1.14	1.60
Congo DR	61.84	59.67	64.08	4.41	9.20	53.50	52.46	54.59	2.13	8.47	15.99	14.89	17.04	2.15	1.52	11.99	11.28	12.67	1.39	1.25
Mali	61.83	61.28	62.41	1.13	8.77	53.81	54.23	53.40	−0.83	7.75	17.18	17.15	17.20	0.05	1.34	13.00	13.22	12.82	−0.40	1.01
Zambia	61.76	59.43	63.95	4.52	17.23	53.87	52.67	54.97	2.30	14.98	16.00	14.43	17.22	2.79	3.30	12.20	11.17	13.00	1.83	2.48
Equatorial Guinea	61.39	59.88	63.05	3.17	7.36	53.17	52.76	53.51	0.75	6.57	16.92	15.62	18.23	2.61	1.95	12.58	11.78	13.37	1.59	1.44
Guinea	61.13	59.80	62.36	2.56	6.93	53.51	53.36	53.67	0.31	6.08	16.58	16.02	17.01	0.99	1.09	12.71	12.57	12.81	0.24	0.84
Niger	60.57	59.64	61.52	1.88	10.33	53.15	53.31	52.99	−0.32	9.29	17.24	16.85	17.58	0.73	1.43	13.21	13.23	13.21	−0.02	1.15
Sierra Leone	60.40	59.50	61.30	1.80	10.61	52.63	52.68	52.58	−0.10	9.56	16.62	16.32	16.87	0.55	1.45	12.62	12.64	12.61	−0.03	1.15
Chad	59.37	57.84	60.94	3.10	8.20	51.78	51.37	52.20	0.83	7.22	16.05	15.34	16.71	1.37	1.41	12.18	11.90	12.44	0.54	1.11
Zimbabwe	59.07	56.90	61.02	4.12	13.32	51.95	50.90	52.93	2.03	11.42	14.31	13.12	15.27	2.15	0.71	10.98	10.21	11.58	1.37	0.48
South Sudan	59.00	56.78	61.16	4.38	7.10	50.96	49.90	52.00	2.10	6.35	15.60	14.35	16.65	2.30	0.37	11.47	10.85	11.99	1.14	0.30
Guinea-Bissau	58.98	56.41	61.44	5.03	8.78	51.81	50.60	52.96	2.36	7.86	14.57	13.43	15.47	2.04	1.60	11.17	10.55	11.65	1.10	1.23
Mozambique	58.51	55.39	61.67	6.28	7.56	50.65	49.27	52.06	2.79	7.10	15.15	12.92	17.06	4.14	0.47	11.41	9.96	12.64	2.68	0.59
Eswatini	55.75	52.47	59.38	6.91	8.97	48.65	46.64	50.88	4.24	7.23	14.22	11.96	16.13	4.17	1.59	10.69	9.11	12.02	2.91	0.94
Somalia	55.21	52.87	57.75	4.88	5.93	48.65	47.28	50.14	2.86	5.24	13.52	12.42	14.59	2.17	1.17	10.41	9.72	11.08	1.36	0.88
Central African Republic	52.93	50.31	55.89	5.58	8.70	45.97	44.41	47.75	3.34	7.67	12.61	11.19	14.27	3.08	1.48	9.42	8.44	10.56	2.12	1.15
Lesotho	51.78	48.96	54.91	5.95	4.40	45.04	43.39	46.88	3.49	3.22	12.71	10.80	14.33	3.53	−0.41	9.52	8.24	10.59	2.35	−0.61

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  Life expectancy and HALE in countries of Africa in 2019 ^[5]
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  Elaboration by sex ^[5]

Interactive chart of male and female life expectancy in Africa as defined by WHO for 2019. Open the original chart and hover over chart elements. The squares of bubbles are proportional to population according to estimation of the UN for 2019.

Charts

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  Life expectancy in some African countries ^[2]

See also

• List of countries by life expectancy
• List of African regions by life expectancy
• List of South African provinces by life expectancy
• Oldest people
• Longevity
• Life extension

References

1. "World Population Prospects 2024" (XLSX). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs. 27 July 2024. — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"
2. "Life expectancy at birth, total". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
3. "Life expectancy at birth, male". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
4. "Life expectancy at birth, female". The World Bank Group. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
5. "The Global Health Observatory: Life expectancy and Healthy life expectancy". World Health Organization. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
6. "WHO: Africa: Countries". World Health Organization. Retrieved 12 November 2025.