CIA - The World Factbook
CIA - The World Factbook
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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
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.)
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 Lucia
total population: 76.65 years
male: 73.97 years
female: 79.48 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.)
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.)
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.)
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