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Oceania: Countries and Territories by Life Expectancy

Countries and territories in Oceania, ordered by the longest life expectancy.

Figures as of October 14, 2026

RankCountry / RegionLife expectancy
1French PolynesiaBorn here: 1 in 44,000
84.2 years
2AustraliaBorn here: 1 in 430
84.1 years
3New ZealandBorn here: 1 in 2,200
82.2 years
4Northern Mariana IslandsBorn here: 1 in 250,000
78.9 years
5New CaledoniaBorn here: 1 in 32,000
78.9 years
6Wallis and FutunaBorn here: 1 in 1,400,000
78.7 years
7GuamBorn here: 1 in 46,000
77.4 years
8TokelauBorn here: 1 in 2,600,000
77.2 years
9Cook IslandsBorn here: 1 in 830,000
75.5 years
10TongaBorn here: 1 in 55,000
73.1 years
11American SamoaBorn here: 1 in 190,000
73.0 years
12SamoaBorn here: 1 in 24,000
71.8 years
13VanuatuBorn here: 1 in 15,000
71.7 years
14Solomon IslandsBorn here: 1 in 6,100
70.7 years
15NiueBorn here: 1 in 5,300,000
70.1 years
16PalauBorn here: 1 in 700,000
69.4 years
17FijiBorn here: 1 in 8,000
67.5 years
18MicronesiaBorn here: 1 in 52,000
67.4 years
19TuvaluBorn here: 1 in 620,000
67.3 years
20Marshall IslandsBorn here: 1 in 180,000
67.1 years
21KiribatiBorn here: 1 in 39,000
66.6 years
22Papua New GuineaBorn here: 1 in 520
66.3 years
23NauruBorn here: 1 in 450,000
62.3 years

By subregion

RegionCountShare
Polynesia939%
Micronesia730%
Melanesia522%
Australia and New Zealand29%

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This list was last updated on October 14, 2026. Includes overseas territories and other regions as well as independent countries. Countries and territories without statistics are not listed.

Life statistics: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, UNDP (via Our World in Data)