Countries with the longest life expectancies REVEALED on interactive map… and neither the UK nor the US are in the top 30

Nicknamed the “Billionaires’ Playground,” you’re probably aware of the lavish luxury Monaco has to offer.

But did you know that the principality, which is so rich it can’t be bothered to keep up with the poverty rate, also has the highest life expectancy in the world?

Babies born today in the country on the south coast of France, which has a population of 40,000, have a life expectancy of 85.9 years, according to data.

The Republic of Chad, on the other hand, a country at the interface between North and Central Africa, is at the bottom of the world ranking.

The African country, one of the poorest countries in the world, has a life expectancy of just 52.5 years.

In fact, all 10 countries with the shortest life expectancies are in Africa, followed by Chad, Nigeria, Lesotho, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Somalia, Eswatini, Ivory Coast, Guinea and Mali. No one is over 60.

An interactive map published by Our World in Data, which MailOnline app users can view by clicking here, illustrates the huge gap in life expectancy around the world.

It uses the most recent figures from the United Nations Population Division, which tracks how countries are doing.

The countries with the longest life expectancy at birth, after Monaco, are Hong Kong (85.5), Macao (85.4), Japan (84.8) and Australia (84.5).

Switzerland (84), Malta (83.8), South Korea (83.7), Liechtenstein (83.3) and Norway (83.2) round out the top 10.

According to the rankings, neither the UK nor the US made it into the top 30.

The UK has a life expectancy of 80.7 years, 34th.

And the US, with a life expectancy of just 77.2 years, is way down in 69th place.

Thanks to medical advances, life expectancy has increased dramatically throughout the world in recent decades.

But Monaco (pictured), a country so rich it can’t match the poverty rate, also has the longest life expectancy

In contrast, the Republic of Chad (pictured), a country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa, has the shortest life expectancy

These include the introduction of vaccinations, antibiotics and increased disinfection – which eradicated many causes of early death.

In 1950, the average person expected to live 46.5 years, but by 2021 that number has risen to 71 years.

Health inequality has also improved somewhat, as the Republic of Mali in West Africa had a life expectancy of just 28.2 years in 1950, while Norway’s was 71.2 years – a difference of 43 years.

But in 2021, the gap between the best and the worst was 33.4 years.

Another map showing the change in life expectancy between 1800, 1950 and 2015 illustrates the dramatic global inequality.

At the beginning of the 19th century, all countries are red, meaning that no one had a life expectancy of more than 40 years.

Another map showing the change in life expectancy between 1800, 1950 and 2015 illustrates the dramatic global inequality

In 1950, some North American and most European countries were green, meaning they had a life expectancy of more than 60, while countries in Africa and South Asia were still red.

In 2015, life expectancy increased around the world, but large inequalities persisted.

Canada and many Central and Northern European countries were past the age of 80, while many African countries were still in their 50s.

Life expectancy growth rates have slowed in recent years in high-income countries, experts say, as people near the prime of human existence and cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death.

And since Covid, life expectancy has fallen in both countries at the top and bottom of the list due to an “unprecedented rise in deaths”, according to a study by researchers from Oxford University and the Max Planck Institute.

Monaco dropped from 86.5 years in 2019 to 85.9 in 2021.

And Mali’s fell from 53.3 years to 52.5 years over the same period.