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: 44.65 years
male: 44.45 years
female: 44.87 years (2010 est.)
Albania total population: 78.13 years
male: 75.45 years
female: 81.07 years (2010 est.)
Algeria total population: 74.26 years
male: 72.57 years
female: 76.04 years (2010 est.)
American Samoa total population: 73.97 years
male: 71.04 years
female: 77.08 years (2010 est.)
Andorra total population: 82.36 years
male: 80.3 years
female: 84.55 years (2010 est.)
Angola total population: 38.48 years
male: 37.48 years
female: 39.52 years (2010 est.)
Anguilla total population: 80.77 years
male: 78.22 years
female: 83.39 years (2010 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 75.26 years
male: 73.27 years
female: 77.35 years (2010 est.)
Argentina total population: 76.76 years
male: 73.52 years
female: 80.17 years (2010 est.)
Armenia total population: 72.96 years
male: 69.33 years
female: 77.07 years (2010 est.)
Aruba total population: 75.51 years
male: 72.47 years
female: 78.61 years (2010 est.)
Australia total population: 81.72 years
male: 79.33 years
female: 84.25 years (2010 est.)
Austria total population: 79.65 years
male: 76.74 years
female: 82.71 years (2010 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 67.01 years
male: 62.86 years
female: 71.67 years (2010 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 70.84 years
male: 68.48 years
female: 73.27 years (2010 est.)
Bahrain total population: 75.4 years
male: 72.87 years
female: 78.01 years (2010 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 60.63 years
male: 57.93 years
female: 63.43 years (2010 est.)
Barbados total population: 74.14 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 76.42 years (2010 est.)
Belarus total population: 70.92 years
male: 65.26 years
female: 76.93 years (2010 est.)
Belgium total population: 79.37 years
male: 76.21 years
female: 82.68 years (2010 est.)
Belize total population: 68.23 years
male: 66.54 years
female: 70 years (2010 est.)
Benin total population: 59.42 years
male: 58.21 years
female: 60.68 years (2010 est.)
Bermuda total population: 80.6 years
male: 77.37 years
female: 83.88 years (2010 est.)
Bhutan total population: 66.71 years
male: 65.89 years
female: 67.57 years (2010 est.)
Bolivia total population: 67.23 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 70.07 years (2010 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 78.66 years
male: 75.09 years
female: 82.49 years (2010 est.)
Botswana total population: 60.93 years
male: 61.11 years
female: 60.75 years (2010 est.)
Brazil total population: 72.26 years
male: 68.7 years
female: 76 years (2010 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 77.45 years
male: 76.18 years
female: 78.78 years (2010 est.)
Brunei total population: 75.96 years
male: 73.72 years
female: 78.31 years (2010 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 73.35 years
male: 69.74 years
female: 77.17 years (2010 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 53.32 years
male: 51.39 years
female: 55.31 years (2010 est.)
Burma total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.23 years
female: 66.94 years (2010 est.)
Burundi total population: 58.29 years
male: 56.65 years
female: 59.98 years (2010 est.)
Cambodia total population: 62.52 years
male: 60.41 years
female: 64.71 years (2010 est.)
Cameroon total population: 54.04 years
male: 53.21 years
female: 54.9 years (2010 est.)
Canada total population: 81.29 years
male: 78.72 years
female: 84 years (2010 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 70.41 years
male: 68.24 years
female: 72.64 years (2010 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 80.57 years
male: 77.91 years
female: 83.27 years (2010 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 49.68 years
male: 48.45 years
female: 50.95 years (2010 est.)
Chad total population: 47.99 years
male: 46.95 years
female: 49.07 years (2010 est.)
Chile total population: 77.53 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 80.96 years (2010 est.)
China total population: 74.51 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 76.77 years (2010 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Colombia total population: 74.31 years
male: 70.98 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)
Comoros total population: 63.83 years
male: 61.41 years
female: 66.32 years (2010 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 54.73 years
male: 52.93 years
female: 56.59 years (2010 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 54.54 years
male: 53.27 years
female: 55.84 years (2010 est.)
Cook Islands total population: 74.47 years
male: 71.69 years
female: 77.38 years (2010 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 77.54 years
male: 74.93 years
female: 80.28 years (2010 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 56.19 years
male: 55.27 years
female: 57.13 years (2010 est.)
Croatia total population: 75.58 years
male: 71.95 years
female: 79.4 years (2010 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.64 years
male: 75.36 years
female: 80.05 years (2010 est.)
Cyprus total population: 77.66 years
male: 74.88 years
female: 80.57 years (2010 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 77.01 years
male: 73.74 years
female: 80.48 years (2010 est.)
Denmark total population: 78.47 years
male: 76.11 years
female: 80.97 years (2010 est.)
Djibouti total population: 60.73 years
male: 58.31 years
female: 63.22 years (2010 est.)
Dominica total population: 75.77 years
male: 72.82 years
female: 78.87 years (2010 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.99 years
male: 72.12 years
female: 75.92 years (2010 est.)
Ecuador total population: 75.52 years
male: 72.58 years
female: 78.6 years (2010 est.)
Egypt total population: 72.4 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 75.1 years (2010 est.)
El Salvador total population: 73.18 years
male: 69.91 years
female: 76.62 years (2010 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 61.98 years
male: 61.05 years
female: 62.94 years (2010 est.)
Eritrea total population: 62.15 years
male: 60.06 years
female: 64.3 years (2010 est.)
Estonia total population: 73.08 years
male: 67.74 years
female: 78.76 years (2010 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 55.8 years
male: 53.28 years
female: 58.39 years (2010 est.)
European Union total population: 78.82 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 82.13 years (2010 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Faroe Islands total population: 79.58 years
male: 77.13 years
female: 82.21 years (2010 est.)
Fiji total population: 71.03 years
male: 68.46 years
female: 73.73 years (2010 est.)
Finland total population: 79.13 years
male: 75.64 years
female: 82.76 years (2010 est.)
France total population: 81.09 years
male: 77.91 years
female: 84.44 years (2010 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.91 years
male: 74.44 years
female: 79.5 years (2010 est.)
Gabon total population: 52.75 years
male: 51.96 years
female: 53.58 years (2010 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 54.07 years
male: 52.32 years
female: 55.86 years (2010 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 73.68 years
male: 72.05 years
female: 75.4 years (2010 est.)
Georgia total population: 76.93 years
male: 73.61 years
female: 80.64 years (2010 est.)
Germany total population: 79.41 years
male: 76.41 years
female: 82.57 years (2010 est.)
Ghana total population: 60.55 years
male: 59.36 years
female: 61.78 years (2010 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 78.53 years
male: 75.69 years
female: 81.56 years (2010 est.)
Greece total population: 79.8 years
male: 77.24 years
female: 82.52 years (2010 est.)
Greenland total population: 70.67 years
male: 68.05 years
female: 73.43 years (2010 est.)
Grenada total population: 72.79 years
male: 70.27 years
female: 75.55 years (2010 est.)
Guam total population: 78.18 years
male: 75.14 years
female: 81.41 years (2010 est.)
Guatemala total population: 70.59 years
male: 68.76 years
female: 72.51 years (2010 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.14 years
male: 77.58 years
female: 82.79 years (2010 est.)
Guinea total population: 57.6 years
male: 56.13 years
female: 59.12 years (2010 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 48.3 years
male: 46.44 years
female: 50.22 years (2010 est.)
Guyana total population: 66.74 years
male: 62.93 years
female: 70.74 years (2010 est.)
Haiti total population: 61.38 years
male: 59.67 years
female: 63.14 years (2010 est.)
Honduras total population: 70.51 years
male: 68.82 years
female: 72.28 years (2010 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.96 years
male: 79.24 years
female: 84.88 years (2010 est.)
Hungary total population: 73.69 years
male: 69.53 years
female: 78.11 years (2010 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.79 years
male: 78.63 years
female: 83.04 years (2010 est.)
India total population: 66.46 years
male: 65.46 years
female: 67.57 years (2010 est.)
Indonesia total population: 71.05 years
male: 68.53 years
female: 73.69 years (2010 est.)
Iran total population: 71.43 years
male: 69.9 years
female: 73.03 years (2010 est.)
Iraq total population: 70.25 years
male: 68.88 years
female: 71.69 years (2010 est.)
Ireland total population: 78.41 years
male: 75.76 years
female: 81.24 years (2010 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 78.98 years
male: 76.02 years
female: 82.1 years (2010 est.)
Israel total population: 80.86 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 83.12 years (2010 est.)
Italy total population: 80.33 years
male: 77.39 years
female: 83.46 years (2010 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.48 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 75.25 years (2010 est.)
Japan total population: 82.17 years
male: 78.87 years
female: 85.66 years (2010 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.89 years
male: 77.36 years
female: 82.61 years (2010 est.)
Jordan total population: 79.92 years
male: 78.64 years
female: 81.28 years (2010 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 68.19 years
male: 62.91 years
female: 73.78 years (2010 est.)
Kenya total population: 58.82 years
male: 58.33 years
female: 59.32 years (2010 est.)
Kiribati total population: 64.03 years
male: 61.68 years
female: 66.49 years (2010 est.)
Korea, North total population: 64.13 years
male: 61.53 years
female: 66.89 years (2010 est.)
Korea, South total population: 78.81 years
male: 75.56 years
female: 82.28 years (2010 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.89 years
male: 76.64 years
female: 79.18 years (2010 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 69.74 years
male: 65.74 years
female: 73.94 years (2010 est.)
Laos total population: 56.96 years
male: 54.81 years
female: 59.21 years (2010 est.)
Latvia total population: 72.42 years
male: 67.27 years
female: 77.84 years (2010 est.)
Lebanon total population: 74.79 years
male: 73.28 years
female: 76.36 years (2010 est.)
Lesotho total population: 50.67 years
male: 50.58 years
female: 50.76 years (2010 est.)
Liberia total population: 56.58 years
male: 55.05 years
female: 58.14 years (2010 est.)
Libya total population: 77.47 years
male: 75.18 years
female: 79.88 years (2010 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 80.19 years
male: 76.73 years
female: 83.66 years (2010 est.)
Lithuania total population: 75.12 years
male: 70.23 years
female: 80.29 years (2010 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 79.48 years
male: 76.22 years
female: 82.95 years (2010 est.)
Macau total population: 84.38 years
male: 81.42 years
female: 87.49 years (2010 est.)
Macedonia total population: 74.92 years
male: 72.4 years
female: 77.64 years (2010 est.)
Madagascar total population: 63.26 years
male: 61.27 years
female: 65.3 years (2010 est.)
Malawi total population: 50.92 years
male: 50.22 years
female: 51.64 years (2010 est.)
Malaysia total population: 73.55 years
male: 70.81 years
female: 76.48 years (2010 est.)
Maldives total population: 74.21 years
male: 72 years
female: 76.54 years (2010 est.)
Mali total population: 52.17 years
male: 50.59 years
female: 53.8 years (2010 est.)
Malta total population: 79.59 years
male: 77.34 years
female: 81.97 years (2010 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 71.48 years
male: 69.41 years
female: 73.65 years (2010 est.)
Mauritania total population: 60.75 years
male: 58.57 years
female: 62.99 years (2010 est.)
Mauritius total population: 74.25 years
male: 70.77 years
female: 77.89 years (2010 est.)
Mayotte total population: 63.28 years
male: 60.99 years
female: 65.63 years (2010 est.)
Mexico total population: 76.26 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 79.22 years (2010 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 71.23 years
male: 69.32 years
female: 73.24 years (2010 est.)
Moldova total population: 71.09 years
male: 67.39 years
female: 75 years (2010 est.)
Monaco total population: 89.78 years
male: 85.81 years
female: 93.9 years (2010 est.)
Mongolia total population: 67.98 years
male: 65.54 years
female: 70.54 years (2010 est.)
Montserrat total population: 72.91 years
male: 74.82 years
female: 70.91 years (2010 est.)
Morocco total population: 75.69 years
male: 72.63 years
female: 78.9 years (2010 est.)
Mozambique total population: 41.37 years
male: 42.05 years
female: 40.68 years (2010 est.)
Namibia total population: 51.95 years
male: 52.25 years
female: 51.64 years (2010 est.)
Nauru total population: 64.57 years
male: 60.93 years
female: 68.39 years (2010 est.)
Nepal total population: 65.81 years
male: 64.62 years
female: 67.05 years (2010 est.)
Netherlands total population: 79.55 years
male: 76.94 years
female: 82.3 years (2010 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 76.86 years
male: 74.52 years
female: 79.31 years (2010 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 75.21 years
male: 72.21 years
female: 78.36 years (2010 est.)
New Zealand total population: 80.48 years
male: 78.52 years
female: 82.53 years (2010 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 71.78 years
male: 69.61 years
female: 74.05 years (2010 est.)
Niger total population: 52.99 years
male: 51.75 years
female: 54.26 years (2010 est.)
Nigeria total population: 47.24 years
male: 46.46 years
female: 48.08 years (2010 est.)
Niue total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Norfolk Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.9 years
male: 74.27 years
female: 79.68 years (2010 est.)
Norway total population: 80.08 years
male: 77.42 years
female: 82.89 years (2010 est.)
Oman total population: 73.97 years
male: 72.15 years
female: 75.88 years (2010 est.)
Pakistan total population: 65.62 years
male: 63.84 years
female: 67.49 years (2010 est.)
Palau total population: 71.51 years
male: 68.36 years
female: 74.84 years (2010 est.)
Panama total population: 77.61 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 80.5 years (2010 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 65.99 years
male: 63.78 years
female: 68.31 years (2010 est.)
Paraguay total population: 75.99 years
male: 73.39 years
female: 78.71 years (2010 est.)
Peru total population: 71.03 years
male: 69.14 years
female: 73 years (2010 est.)
Philippines total population: 71.38 years
male: 68.45 years
female: 74.45 years (2010 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Poland total population: 75.85 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 80.06 years (2010 est.)
Portugal total population: 78.38 years
male: 75.12 years
female: 81.86 years (2010 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.57 years
male: 74.91 years
female: 82.41 years (2010 est.)
Qatar total population: 75.51 years
male: 73.78 years
female: 77.33 years (2010 est.)
Romania total population: 72.71 years
male: 69.22 years
female: 76.43 years (2010 est.)
Russia total population: 66.16 years
male: 59.54 years
female: 73.17 years (2010 est.)
Rwanda total population: 57.46 years
male: 56.06 years
female: 58.91 years (2010 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha total population: 78.6 years
male: 75.68 years
female: 81.67 years (2010 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 74.37 years
male: 72.03 years
female: 76.75 years (2010 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 76.65 years
male: 73.97 years
female: 79.48 years (2010 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 79.75 years
male: 77.49 years
female: 82.12 years (2010 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 73.9 years
male: 72.04 years
female: 75.82 years (2010 est.)
Samoa total population: 72.13 years
male: 69.28 years
female: 75.13 years (2010 est.)
San Marino total population: 82.95 years
male: 80.45 years
female: 85.68 years (2010 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 62.73 years
male: 61.58 years
female: 63.91 years (2010 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 76.51 years
male: 74.41 years
female: 78.71 years (2010 est.)
Senegal total population: 59.38 years
male: 57.48 years
female: 61.34 years (2010 est.)
Serbia total population: 74.09 years
male: 71.26 years
female: 77.1 years (2010 est.)
Seychelles total population: 73.28 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 78.09 years (2010 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 55.69 years
male: 53.27 years
female: 58.18 years (2010 est.)
Singapore total population: 82.06 years
male: 79.45 years
female: 84.87 years (2010 est.)
Slovakia total population: 75.62 years
male: 71.7 years
female: 79.74 years (2010 est.)
Slovenia total population: 77.12 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 81.03 years (2010 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 73.94 years
male: 71.37 years
female: 76.63 years (2010 est.)
Somalia total population: 50 years
male: 48.12 years
female: 51.94 years (2010 est.)
South Africa total population: 49.2 years
male: 50.08 years
female: 48.29 years (2010 est.)
Spain total population: 80.18 years
male: 76.88 years
female: 83.7 years (2010 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 75.3 years
male: 73.22 years
female: 77.47 years (2010 est.)
Sudan total population: 52.52 years
male: 51.56 years
female: 53.54 years (2010 est.)
Suriname total population: 73.98 years
male: 71.24 years
female: 76.91 years (2010 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Swaziland total population: 47.97 years
male: 48.14 years
female: 47.8 years (2010 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.97 years
male: 78.69 years
female: 83.4 years (2010 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.97 years
male: 78.14 years
female: 83.95 years (2010 est.)
Syria total population: 74.46 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 76.96 years (2010 est.)
Taiwan total population: 78.15 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 81.2 years (2010 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 65.68 years
male: 62.63 years
female: 68.88 years (2010 est.)
Tanzania total population: 52.49 years
male: 50.99 years
female: 54.03 years (2010 est.)
Thailand total population: 73.36 years
male: 71.02 years
female: 75.82 years (2010 est.)
Timor-Leste total population: 67.61 years
male: 65.23 years
female: 70.11 years (2010 est.)
Togo total population: 59.99 years
male: 57.71 years
female: 62.34 years (2010 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga total population: 71.03 years
male: 68.46 years
female: 73.73 years (2010 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 71.09 years
male: 68.23 years
female: 74.02 years (2010 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.99 years
male: 74.17 years
female: 77.94 years (2010 est.)
Turkey total population: 72.23 years
male: 70.37 years
female: 74.19 years (2010 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 68.2 years
male: 65.25 years
female: 71.29 years (2010 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 75.64 years
male: 73.32 years
female: 78.07 years (2010 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 64.39 years
male: 62.36 years
female: 66.51 years (2010 est.)
Uganda total population: 52.98 years
male: 51.92 years
female: 54.07 years (2010 est.)
Ukraine total population: 68.46 years
male: 62.56 years
female: 74.74 years (2010 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 76.32 years
male: 73.75 years
female: 79.01 years (2010 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 79.16 years
male: 76.66 years
female: 81.8 years (2010 est.)
United States total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.78 years
female: 80.81 years (2010 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.55 years
male: 73.3 years
female: 79.92 years (2010 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 72.24 years
male: 69.22 years
female: 75.44 years (2010 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 64.33 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 66.04 years (2010 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.77 years
male: 70.69 years
female: 77 years (2010 est.)
Vietnam total population: 71.94 years
male: 69.48 years
female: 74.69 years (2010 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 79.19 years
male: 76.14 years
female: 82.41 years (2010 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: 78.83 years
male: 75.85 years
female: 81.96 years (2010 est.)
West Bank total population: 74.78 years
male: 72.76 years
female: 76.92 years (2010 est.)
Western Sahara total population: 60.74 years
male: 58.57 years
female: 62.99 years (2010 est.)
World total population: 66.12 years
male: 64.29 years
female: 68.07 years (2009 est.)
Yemen total population: 63.36 years
male: 61.35 years
female: 65.47 years (2010 est.)
Zambia total population: 38.86 years
male: 38.77 years
female: 38.95 years (2010 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 47.55 years
male: 47.98 years
female: 47.11 years (2010 est.)