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Field Listing :: Life expectancy at birth
This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Life expectancy at birth(years)
Afghanistan total population: 49.72 years
male: 48.45 years
female: 51.05 years (2012 est.)
Albania total population: 77.59 years
male: 74.99 years
female: 80.49 years (2012 est.)
Algeria total population: 74.73 years
male: 72.99 years
female: 76.57 years (2012 est.)
American Samoa total population: 74.44 years
male: 71.5 years
female: 77.56 years (2012 est.)
Andorra total population: 82.5 years
male: 80.4 years
female: 84.74 years (2012 est.)
Angola total population: 54.59 years
male: 53.49 years
female: 55.73 years (2012 est.)
Anguilla total population: 80.98 years
male: 78.42 years
female: 83.63 years (2012 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 75.69 years
male: 73.66 years
female: 77.83 years (2012 est.)
Argentina total population: 77.14 years
male: 73.9 years
female: 80.54 years (2012 est.)
Armenia total population: 73.49 years
male: 69.85 years
female: 77.56 years (2012 est.)
Aruba total population: 75.93 years
male: 72.89 years
female: 79.04 years (2012 est.)
Australia total population: 81.9 years
male: 79.48 years
female: 84.45 years (2012 est.)
Austria total population: 79.91 years
male: 77 years
female: 82.97 years (2012 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 71.32 years
male: 68.38 years
female: 74.68 years (2012 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 71.44 years
male: 69.04 years
female: 73.91 years (2012 est.)
Bahrain total population: 78.29 years
male: 76.16 years
female: 80.48 years (2012 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 70.06 years
male: 68.21 years
female: 71.98 years (2012 est.)
Barbados total population: 74.52 years
male: 72.25 years
female: 76.82 years (2012 est.)
Belarus total population: 71.48 years
male: 65.88 years
female: 77.42 years (2012 est.)
Belgium total population: 79.65 years
male: 76.49 years
female: 82.95 years (2012 est.)
Belize total population: 68.28 years
male: 66.61 years
female: 70.04 years (2012 est.)
Benin total population: 60.26 years
male: 59 years
female: 61.59 years (2012 est.)
Bermuda total population: 80.82 years
male: 77.6 years
female: 84.1 years (2012 est.)
Bhutan total population: 67.88 years
male: 67.01 years
female: 68.79 years (2012 est.)
Bolivia total population: 67.9 years
male: 65.16 years
female: 70.77 years (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 78.96 years
male: 75.42 years
female: 82.77 years (2012 est.)
Botswana total population: 55.74 years
male: 56.93 years
female: 54.51 years (2012 est.)
Brazil total population: 72.79 years
male: 69.24 years
female: 76.53 years (2012 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 77.95 years
male: 76.73 years
female: 79.24 years (2012 est.)
Brunei total population: 76.37 years
male: 74.09 years
female: 78.75 years (2012 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 73.84 years
male: 70.24 years
female: 77.65 years (2012 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 54.07 years
male: 52.09 years
female: 56.1 years (2012 est.)
Burma total population: 65.24 years
male: 62.91 years
female: 67.71 years (2012 est.)
Burundi total population: 59.24 years
male: 57.52 years
female: 61.02 years (2012 est.)
Cambodia total population: 63.04 years
male: 60.66 years
female: 65.53 years (2012 est.)
Cameroon total population: 54.71 years
male: 53.82 years
female: 55.63 years (2012 est.)
Canada total population: 81.48 years
male: 78.89 years
female: 84.21 years (2012 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 71 years
male: 68.78 years
female: 73.27 years (2012 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 80.8 years
male: 78.12 years
female: 83.51 years (2012 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 50.48 years
male: 49.23 years
female: 51.76 years (2012 est.)
Chad total population: 48.69 years
male: 47.61 years
female: 49.82 years (2012 est.)
Chile total population: 78.1 years
male: 75.08 years
female: 81.25 years (2012 est.)
China total population: 74.84 years
male: 72.82 years
female: 77.11 years (2012 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Colombia total population: 74.79 years
male: 71.55 years
female: 78.23 years (2012 est.)
Comoros total population: 62.74 years
male: 60.54 years
female: 65.01 years (2012 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 55.74 years
male: 54.28 years
female: 57.23 years (2012 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 55.27 years
male: 53.95 years
female: 56.62 years (2012 est.)
Cook Islands total population: 74.92 years
male: 72.13 years
female: 77.86 years (2012 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 77.89 years
male: 75.26 years
female: 80.65 years (2012 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 57.25 years
male: 56.21 years
female: 58.33 years (2012 est.)
Croatia total population: 75.99 years
male: 72.38 years
female: 79.8 years (2012 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.87 years
male: 75.61 years
female: 80.27 years (2012 est.)
Curacao total: NA
males: 72.4 years
females: 80.1 years (2009)
Cyprus total population: 78 years
male: 75.21 years
female: 80.92 years (2012 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 77.38 years
male: 74.11 years
female: 80.83 years (2012 est.)
Denmark total population: 78.78 years
male: 76.39 years
female: 81.31 years (2012 est.)
Djibouti total population: 61.57 years
male: 59.15 years
female: 64.07 years (2012 est.)
Dominica total population: 76.18 years
male: 73.23 years
female: 79.29 years (2012 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 77.44 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 79.69 years (2012 est.)
Ecuador total population: 75.94 years
male: 73 years
female: 79.04 years (2012 est.)
Egypt total population: 72.93 years
male: 70.33 years
female: 75.66 years (2012 est.)
El Salvador total population: 73.69 years
male: 70.41 years
female: 77.12 years (2012 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 62.75 years
male: 61.75 years
female: 63.78 years (2012 est.)
Eritrea total population: 62.86 years
male: 60.73 years
female: 65.06 years (2012 est.)
Estonia total population: 73.58 years
male: 68.3 years
female: 79.19 years (2012 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 56.56 years
male: 53.99 years
female: 59.21 years (2012 est.)
European Union total population: 79.76 years
male: 76.91 years
female: 82.76 years (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Faroe Islands total population: 79.85 years
male: 77.37 years
female: 82.5 years (2012 est.)
Fiji total population: 71.59 years
male: 69 years
female: 74.32 years (2012 est.)
Finland total population: 79.41 years
male: 75.94 years
female: 83.02 years (2012 est.)
France total population: 81.46 years
male: 78.35 years
female: 84.73 years (2012 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.39 years
male: 74.18 years
female: 78.71 years (2012 est.)
Gabon total population: 52.29 years
male: 51.65 years
female: 52.93 years (2012 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 63.82 years
male: 61.52 years
female: 66.18 years (2012 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 74.16 years
male: 72.48 years
female: 75.95 years (2012 est.)
Georgia total population: 77.32 years
male: 73.99 years
female: 81 years (2012 est.)
Germany total population: 80.19 years
male: 77.93 years
female: 82.58 years (2012 est.)
Ghana total population: 61.45 years
male: 60.22 years
female: 62.73 years (2012 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 78.83 years
male: 75.99 years
female: 81.87 years (2012 est.)
Greece total population: 80.05 years
male: 77.48 years
female: 82.79 years (2012 est.)
Greenland total population: 71.25 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 74.04 years (2012 est.)
Grenada total population: 73.3 years
male: 70.76 years
female: 76.09 years (2012 est.)
Guam total population: 78.5 years
male: 75.46 years
female: 81.73 years (2012 est.)
Guatemala total population: 71.17 years
male: 69.29 years
female: 73.14 years (2012 est.)
Guernsey total population: 82.24 years
male: 79.57 years
female: 85.04 years (2012 est.)
Guinea total population: 58.61 years
male: 57.12 years
female: 60.15 years (2012 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 49.11 years
male: 47.16 years
female: 51.11 years (2012 est.)
Guyana total population: 67.39 years
male: 63.57 years
female: 71.4 years (2012 est.)
Haiti total population: 62.51 years
male: 61.15 years
female: 63.89 years
note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2012 est.)
Honduras total population: 70.71 years
male: 69.03 years
female: 72.47 years (2012 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 82.12 years
male: 79.39 years
female: 85.05 years (2012 est.)
Hungary total population: 75.02 years
male: 71.27 years
female: 78.98 years (2012 est.)
Iceland total population: 81 years
male: 78.81 years
female: 83.29 years (2012 est.)
India total population: 67.14 years
male: 66.08 years
female: 68.33 years (2012 est.)
Indonesia total population: 71.62 years
male: 69.07 years
female: 74.29 years (2012 est.)
Iran total population: 70.35 years
male: 68.84 years
female: 71.93 years (2012 est.)
Iraq total population: 70.85 years
male: 69.41 years
female: 72.35 years (2012 est.)
Ireland total population: 80.32 years
male: 78.07 years
female: 82.69 years (2012 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 80.76 years
male: 79.17 years
female: 82.47 years (2012 est.)
Israel total population: 81.07 years
male: 78.88 years
female: 83.36 years (2012 est.)
Italy total population: 81.86 years
male: 79.24 years
female: 84.63 years (2012 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.43 years
male: 71.78 years
female: 75.15 years (2012 est.)
Japan total population: 83.91 years
male: 80.57 years
female: 87.43 years (2012 est.)
Jersey total population: 81.47 years
male: 79.05 years
female: 84.04 years (2012 est.)
Jordan total population: 80.18 years
male: 78.82 years
female: 81.61 years (2012 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 69.63 years
male: 64.34 years
female: 74.59 years (2012 est.)
Kenya total population: 63.07 years
male: 61.62 years
female: 64.55 years (2012 est.)
Kiribati total population: 64.76 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 67.26 years (2012 est.)
Korea, North total population: 69.2 years
male: 65.34 years
female: 73.24 years (2012 est.)
Korea, South total population: 79.3 years
male: 76.12 years
female: 82.7 years (2012 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.28 years
male: 76.09 years
female: 78.51 years (2012 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 69.45 years
male: 65.27 years
female: 73.91 years (2012 est.)
Laos total population: 62.77 years
male: 60.85 years
female: 64.76 years (2012 est.)
Latvia total population: 72.93 years
male: 67.84 years
female: 78.3 years (2012 est.)
Lebanon total population: 75.23 years
male: 73.67 years
female: 76.88 years (2012 est.)
Lesotho total population: 51.86 years
male: 51.77 years
female: 51.95 years (2012 est.)
Liberia total population: 57.41 years
male: 55.82 years
female: 59.04 years (2012 est.)
Libya total population: 77.83 years
male: 75.5 years
female: 80.27 years (2012 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 81.5 years
male: 79.37 years
female: 84.19 years (2012 est.)
Lithuania total population: 75.55 years
male: 70.72 years
female: 80.66 years (2012 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 79.75 years
male: 76.5 years
female: 83.21 years (2012 est.)
Macau total population: 84.43 years
male: 81.47 years
female: 87.54 years (2012 est.)
Macedonia total population: 75.36 years
male: 72.82 years
female: 78.1 years (2012 est.)
Madagascar total population: 64 years
male: 61.97 years
female: 66.1 years (2012 est.)
Malawi total population: 52.31 years
male: 51.5 years
female: 53.13 years (2012 est.)
Malaysia total population: 74.04 years
male: 71.28 years
female: 76.99 years (2012 est.)
Maldives total population: 74.69 years
male: 72.44 years
female: 77.05 years (2012 est.)
Mali total population: 53.06 years
male: 51.43 years
female: 54.73 years (2012 est.)
Malta total population: 79.85 years
male: 77.57 years
female: 82.26 years (2012 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 72.03 years
male: 69.92 years
female: 74.25 years (2012 est.)
Mauritania total population: 61.53 years
male: 59.3 years
female: 63.82 years (2012 est.)
Mauritius total population: 74.71 years
male: 71.25 years
female: 78.35 years (2012 est.)
Mexico total population: 76.66 years
male: 73.84 years
female: 79.63 years (2012 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 71.8 years
male: 69.84 years
female: 73.85 years (2012 est.)
Moldova total population: 69.51 years
male: 65.64 years
female: 73.63 years (2012 est.)
Monaco total population: 89.68 years
male: 85.74 years
female: 93.77 years (2012 est.)
Mongolia total population: 68.63 years
male: 66.16 years
female: 71.23 years (2012 est.)
Montserrat total population: 73.41 years
male: 75.15 years
female: 71.58 years (2012 est.)
Morocco total population: 76.11 years
male: 73.04 years
female: 79.32 years (2012 est.)
Mozambique total population: 52.02 years
male: 51.26 years
female: 52.8 years (2012 est.)
Namibia total population: 52.17 years
male: 52.47 years
female: 51.86 years (2012 est.)
Nauru total population: 65.7 years
male: 61.62 years
female: 69.11 years (2012 est.)
Nepal total population: 66.51 years
male: 65.26 years
female: 67.82 years (2012 est.)
Netherlands total population: 80.91 years
male: 78.84 years
female: 83.08 years (2012 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 76.94 years
male: 72.88 years
female: 81.2 years (2012 est.)
New Zealand total population: 80.71 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 82.81 years (2012 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 72.18 years
male: 70.07 years
female: 74.39 years (2012 est.)
Niger total population: 53.8 years
male: 52.51 years
female: 55.13 years (2012 est.)
Nigeria total population: 52.05 years
male: 48.95 years
female: 55.33 years (2012 est.)
Niue total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Norfolk Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 77.27 years
male: 74.62 years
female: 80.07 years (2012 est.)
Norway total population: 80.32 years
male: 77.65 years
female: 83.14 years (2012 est.)
Oman total population: 74.47 years
male: 72.61 years
female: 76.43 years (2012 est.)
Pakistan total population: 66.35 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 68.28 years (2012 est.)
Palau total population: 72.06 years
male: 68.9 years
female: 75.4 years (2012 est.)
Panama total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.18 years
female: 80.86 years (2012 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 66.46 years
male: 64.23 years
female: 68.79 years (2012 est.)
Paraguay total population: 76.4 years
male: 73.78 years
female: 79.14 years (2012 est.)
Peru total population: 72.73 years
male: 70.78 years
female: 74.76 years (2012 est.)
Philippines total population: 71.94 years
male: 68.99 years
female: 75.03 years (2012 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Poland total population: 76.25 years
male: 72.31 years
female: 80.43 years (2012 est.)
Portugal total population: 78.7 years
male: 75.45 years
female: 82.16 years (2012 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 79.07 years
male: 75.47 years
female: 82.84 years (2012 est.)
Qatar total population: 78.09 years
male: 76.11 years
female: 80.12 years (2012 est.)
Romania total population: 74.22 years
male: 70.75 years
female: 77.89 years (2012 est.)
Russia total population: 66.46 years
male: 60.11 years
female: 73.18 years (2012 est.)
Rwanda total population: 58.44 years
male: 56.96 years
female: 59.96 years (2012 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha total population: 78.91 years
male: 75.98 years
female: 81.98 years (2012 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 74.84 years
male: 72.46 years
female: 77.26 years (2012 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 77.04 years
male: 74.34 years
female: 79.88 years (2012 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 80 years
male: 77.72 years
female: 82.41 years (2012 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 74.39 years
male: 72.48 years
female: 76.36 years (2012 est.)
Samoa total population: 72.66 years
male: 69.79 years
female: 75.68 years (2012 est.)
San Marino total population: 83.07 years
male: 80.55 years
female: 85.81 years (2012 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 63.49 years
male: 62.27 years
female: 64.74 years (2012 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 74.35 years
male: 72.37 years
female: 76.42 years (2012 est.)
Senegal total population: 60.18 years
male: 58.22 years
female: 62.19 years (2012 est.)
Serbia total population: 74.56 years
male: 71.71 years
female: 77.58 years (2012 est.)
Seychelles total population: 73.77 years
male: 69.14 years
female: 78.54 years (2012 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 56.55 years
male: 54.08 years
female: 59.11 years (2012 est.)
Singapore total population: 83.75 years
male: 81.47 years
female: 86.2 years (2012 est.)
Sint Maarten total population: NA
male: 73.1 years
female: 78.2 years (2009)
Slovakia total population: 76.03 years
male: 72.14 years
female: 80.12 years (2012 est.)
Slovenia total population: 77.48 years
male: 73.83 years
female: 81.36 years (2012 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 74.42 years
male: 71.83 years
female: 77.14 years (2012 est.)
Somalia total population: 50.8 years
male: 48.86 years
female: 52.8 years (2012 est.)
South Africa total population: 49.41 years
male: 50.34 years
female: 48.45 years (2012 est.)
Spain total population: 81.27 years
male: 78.26 years
female: 84.47 years (2012 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 75.94 years
male: 72.43 years
female: 79.59 years (2012 est.)
Sudan total population: 62.57 years
male: 60.58 years
female: 64.67 years (2012 est.)
Suriname total population: 71.12 years
male: 68.78 years
female: 73.58 years (2012 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Swaziland total population: 49.42 years
male: 49.77 years
female: 49.06 years (2012 est.)
Sweden total population: 81.18 years
male: 78.86 years
female: 83.63 years (2012 est.)
Switzerland total population: 81.17 years
male: 78.34 years
female: 84.16 years (2012 est.)
Syria total population: 74.92 years
male: 72.53 years
female: 77.45 years (2012 est.)
Taiwan total population: 78.48 years
male: 75.66 years
female: 81.53 years (2012 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 66.38 years
male: 63.3 years
female: 69.61 years (2012 est.)
Tanzania total population: 53.14 years
male: 51.62 years
female: 54.7 years (2012 est.)
Thailand total population: 73.83 years
male: 71.45 years
female: 76.33 years (2012 est.)
Timor-Leste total population: 68.27 years
male: 65.85 years
female: 70.81 years (2012 est.)
Togo total population: 63.17 years
male: 60.64 years
female: 65.77 years (2012 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga total population: 75.38 years
male: 73.98 years
female: 76.83 years (2012 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 71.67 years
male: 68.81 years
female: 74.6 years (2012 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.24 years
male: 73.2 years
female: 77.42 years (2012 est.)
Turkey total population: 72.77 years
male: 70.86 years
female: 74.78 years (2012 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 68.84 years
male: 65.87 years
female: 71.96 years (2012 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 79.26 years
male: 76.53 years
female: 82.12 years (2012 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 65.11 years
male: 63.03 years
female: 67.29 years (2012 est.)
Uganda total population: 53.45 years
male: 52.4 years
female: 54.54 years (2012 est.)
Ukraine total population: 68.74 years
male: 63.07 years
female: 74.77 years (2012 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 76.71 years
male: 74.12 years
female: 79.42 years (2012 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 80.17 years
male: 78.05 years
female: 82.4 years (2012 est.)
United States total population: 78.49 years
male: 76.05 years
female: 81.05 years (2012 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.41 years
male: 73.27 years
female: 79.66 years (2012 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 72.77 years
male: 69.74 years
female: 75.98 years (2012 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 65.06 years
male: 63.38 years
female: 66.83 years (2012 est.)
Venezuela total population: 74.08 years
male: 70.98 years
female: 77.34 years (2012 est.)
Vietnam total population: 72.41 years
male: 69.95 years
female: 75.16 years (2012 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 79.47 years
male: 76.43 years
female: 82.69 years (2012 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: 79.12 years
male: 76.14 years
female: 82.26 years (2012 est.)
West Bank total population: 75.24 years
male: 73.17 years
female: 77.42 years (2012 est.)
Western Sahara total population: 61.52 years
male: 59.3 years
female: 63.82 years (2012 est.)
World total population: 67.59 years
male: 65.59 years
female: 69.73 years (2012 est.)
Yemen total population: 64.11 years
male: 62.05 years
female: 66.27 years (2012 est.)
Zambia total population: 52.57 years
male: 51.35 years
female: 53.83 years (2012 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 51.82 years
male: 51.95 years
female: 51.68 years (2012 est.)
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