Japan vs Monaco: Life expectancy at birth, female

Japan

87.13 years

in 2024

Monaco

88.63 years

in 2024

Japan rank

4th

Monaco rank

1st

Life expectancy at birth, female over time

Japan
Monaco

How they compare

Monaco currently reports 88.63 years against 87.13 years in Japan, a difference of 1.5 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Monaco ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 4th and Monaco ranks 1st of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, female in Japan
Life expectancy at birth, female in Monaco
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.