France vs Sweden: Life expectancy at birth, female

France

85.9 years

in 2024

Sweden

85.6 years

in 2024

France rank

14th

Sweden rank

16th

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

France
Sweden

How they compare

France currently reports 85.9 years against 85.6 years in Sweden, a difference of 0.3 years.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sweden ahead.

Globally, France ranks 14th and Sweden ranks 16th of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in France
Life expectancy at birth, female in Sweden
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, female (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.