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: 45.02 years
male: 44.79 years
female: 45.25 years (2011 est.)
Albania
total population: 77.41 years
male: 74.82 years
female: 80.3 years (2011 est.)
Algeria
total population: 74.5 years
male: 72.78 years
female: 76.31 years (2011 est.)
American Samoa
total population: 74.21 years
male: 71.27 years
female: 77.32 years (2011 est.)
Andorra
total population: 82.43 years
male: 80.35 years
female: 84.64 years (2011 est.)
Angola
total population: 38.76 years
male: 37.74 years
female: 39.83 years (2011 est.)
Anguilla
total population: 80.87 years
male: 78.32 years
female: 83.51 years (2011 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
total population: 75.48 years
male: 73.47 years
female: 77.59 years (2011 est.)
Argentina
total population: 76.95 years
male: 73.71 years
female: 80.36 years (2011 est.)
Armenia
total population: 73.23 years
male: 69.59 years
female: 77.31 years (2011 est.)
Aruba
total population: 75.72 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 78.82 years (2011 est.)
Australia
total population: 81.81 years
male: 79.4 years
female: 84.35 years (2011 est.)
Austria
total population: 79.78 years
male: 76.87 years
female: 82.84 years (2011 est.)
Azerbaijan
total population: 67.36 years
male: 63.2 years
female: 72.01 years (2011 est.)
Bahamas, The
total population: 71.18 years
male: 68.8 years
female: 73.63 years (2011 est.)
Bahrain
total population: 78.15 years
male: 76.03 years
female: 80.33 years (2011 est.)
Bangladesh
total population: 69.75 years
male: 67.93 years
female: 71.65 years (2011 est.)
Barbados
total population: 74.34 years
male: 72.07 years
female: 76.64 years (2011 est.)
Belarus
total population: 71.2 years
male: 65.57 years
female: 77.18 years (2011 est.)
Belgium
total population: 79.51 years
male: 76.35 years
female: 82.81 years (2011 est.)
Belize
total population: 68.23 years
male: 66.53 years
female: 70.02 years (2011 est.)
Benin
total population: 59.84 years
male: 58.61 years
female: 61.14 years (2011 est.)
Bermuda
total population: 80.71 years
male: 77.49 years
female: 83.99 years (2011 est.)
Bhutan
total population: 67.3 years
male: 66.46 years
female: 68.19 years (2011 est.)
Bolivia
total population: 67.57 years
male: 64.84 years
female: 70.42 years (2011 est.)
Botswana
total population: 58.05 years
male: 58.78 years
female: 57.3 years (2011 est.)
Brazil
total population: 72.53 years
male: 68.97 years
female: 76.27 years (2011 est.)
Brunei
total population: 76.17 years
male: 73.91 years
female: 78.53 years (2011 est.)
Bulgaria
total population: 73.59 years
male: 69.99 years
female: 77.41 years (2011 est.)
Burkina Faso
total population: 53.7 years
male: 51.75 years
female: 55.71 years (2011 est.)
Burma
total population: 64.88 years
male: 62.57 years
female: 67.33 years (2011 est.)
Burundi
total population: 58.78 years
male: 57.09 years
female: 60.52 years (2011 est.)
Cambodia
total population: 62.67 years
male: 60.31 years
female: 65.13 years (2011 est.)
Cameroon
total population: 54.39 years
male: 53.52 years
female: 55.28 years (2011 est.)
Canada
total population: 81.38 years
male: 78.81 years
female: 84.1 years (2011 est.)
Cape Verde
total population: 70.7 years
male: 68.51 years
female: 72.96 years (2011 est.)
Cayman Islands
total population: 80.68 years
male: 78.02 years
female: 83.39 years (2011 est.)
Chad
total population: 48.33 years
male: 47.28 years
female: 49.43 years (2011 est.)
Chile
total population: 77.7 years
male: 74.44 years
female: 81.13 years (2011 est.)
China
total population: 74.68 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 76.94 years (2011 est.)
Colombia
total population: 74.55 years
male: 71.27 years
female: 78.03 years (2011 est.)
Comoros
total population: 64.2 years
male: 61.76 years
female: 66.72 years (2011 est.)
Cook Islands
total population: 74.7 years
male: 71.91 years
female: 77.62 years (2011 est.)
Costa Rica
total population: 77.72 years
male: 75.1 years
female: 80.46 years (2011 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
total population: 56.78 years
male: 55.79 years
female: 57.81 years (2011 est.)
Croatia
total population: 75.79 years
male: 72.17 years
female: 79.6 years (2011 est.)
Cuba
total population: 77.7 years
male: 75.46 years
female: 80.08 years (2011 est.)
Curacao
total: NA
males: 72.4 years
females: 80.1 years (2009)
Cyprus
total population: 77.82 years
male: 75.04 years
female: 80.74 years (2011 est.)
Czech Republic
total population: 77.19 years
male: 73.93 years
female: 80.66 years (2011 est.)
Denmark
total population: 78.63 years
male: 76.25 years
female: 81.14 years (2011 est.)
Djibouti
total population: 61.14 years
male: 58.69 years
female: 63.66 years (2011 est.)
Dominica
total population: 75.98 years
male: 73.03 years
female: 79.08 years (2011 est.)
Dominican Republic
total population: 77.31 years
male: 75.16 years
female: 79.55 years (2011 est.)
Ecuador
total population: 75.73 years
male: 72.79 years
female: 78.82 years (2011 est.)
Egypt
total population: 72.66 years
male: 70.07 years
female: 75.38 years (2011 est.)
El Salvador
total population: 73.44 years
male: 70.16 years
female: 76.87 years (2011 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
total population: 62.37 years
male: 61.4 years
female: 63.36 years (2011 est.)
Eritrea
total population: 62.52 years
male: 60.4 years
female: 64.69 years (2011 est.)
Estonia
total population: 73.33 years
male: 68.02 years
female: 78.97 years (2011 est.)
Ethiopia
total population: 56.19 years
male: 53.64 years
female: 58.81 years (2011 est.)
European Union
total population: 78.82 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 82.13 years (2010 est.)
Faroe Islands
total population: 79.72 years
male: 77.25 years
female: 82.35 years (2011 est.)
Fiji
total population: 71.31 years
male: 68.73 years
female: 74.03 years (2011 est.)
Finland
total population: 79.27 years
male: 75.79 years
female: 82.89 years (2011 est.)
France
total population: 81.19 years
male: 78.02 years
female: 84.54 years (2011 est.)
French Polynesia
total population: 77.1 years
male: 74.62 years
female: 79.7 years (2011 est.)
Gabon
total population: 52.49 years
male: 51.78 years
female: 53.22 years (2011 est.)
Gambia, The
total population: 63.51 years
male: 61.23 years
female: 65.86 years (2011 est.)
Gaza Strip
total population: 73.92 years
male: 72.27 years
female: 75.68 years (2011 est.)
Georgia
total population: 77.12 years
male: 73.8 years
female: 80.82 years (2011 est.)
Germany
total population: 80.07 years
male: 77.82 years
female: 82.44 years (2011 est.)
Ghana
total population: 61 years
male: 59.78 years
female: 62.25 years (2011 est.)
Gibraltar
total population: 78.68 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 81.72 years (2011 est.)
Greece
total population: 79.92 years
male: 77.36 years
female: 82.65 years (2011 est.)
Greenland
total population: 70.96 years
male: 68.33 years
female: 73.74 years (2011 est.)
Grenada
total population: 73.04 years
male: 70.51 years
female: 75.82 years (2011 est.)
Guam
total population: 78.34 years
male: 75.3 years
female: 81.57 years (2011 est.)
Guatemala
total population: 70.88 years
male: 69.03 years
female: 72.83 years (2011 est.)
Guernsey
total population: 82.16 years
male: 79.5 years
female: 84.95 years (2011 est.)
Guinea
total population: 58.11 years
male: 56.63 years
female: 59.64 years (2011 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
total population: 48.7 years
male: 46.8 years
female: 50.67 years (2011 est.)
Guyana
total population: 67.08 years
male: 63.27 years
female: 71.07 years (2011 est.)
Haiti
total population: 62.17 years
male: 60.84 years
female: 63.53 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 (2011 est.)
Honduras
total population: 70.61 years
male: 68.93 years
female: 72.37 years (2011 est.)
Hong Kong
total population: 82.04 years
male: 79.32 years
female: 84.97 years (2011 est.)
Hungary
total population: 74.79 years
male: 71.04 years
female: 78.76 years (2011 est.)
Iceland
total population: 80.9 years
male: 78.72 years
female: 83.17 years (2011 est.)
India
total population: 66.8 years
male: 65.77 years
female: 67.95 years (2011 est.)
Indonesia
total population: 71.33 years
male: 68.8 years
female: 73.99 years (2011 est.)
Iran
total population: 70.06 years
male: 68.58 years
female: 71.61 years (2011 est.)
Iraq
total population: 70.55 years
male: 69.15 years
female: 72.02 years (2011 est.)
Ireland
total population: 80.19 years
male: 77.96 years
female: 82.55 years (2011 est.)
Isle of Man
total population: 80.64 years
male: 79.09 years
female: 82.32 years (2011 est.)
Israel
total population: 80.96 years
male: 78.79 years
female: 83.24 years (2011 est.)
Italy
total population: 81.77 years
male: 79.16 years
female: 84.53 years (2011 est.)
Jamaica
total population: 73.45 years
male: 71.79 years
female: 75.19 years (2011 est.)
Japan
total population: 82.25 years
male: 78.96 years
female: 85.72 years (2011 est.)
Jersey
total population: 81.38 years
male: 78.96 years
female: 83.94 years (2011 est.)
Jordan
total population: 80.05 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 81.45 years (2011 est.)
Kazakhstan
total population: 68.51 years
male: 63.24 years
female: 74.08 years (2011 est.)
Kenya
total population: 59.48 years
male: 58.91 years
female: 60.07 years (2011 est.)
Kiribati
total population: 64.39 years
male: 62.03 years
female: 66.88 years (2011 est.)
Korea, North
total population: 68.89 years
male: 65.03 years
female: 72.93 years (2011 est.)
Korea, South
total population: 79.05 years
male: 75.84 years
female: 82.49 years (2011 est.)
Kuwait
total population: 77.09 years
male: 75.95 years
female: 78.3 years (2011 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
total population: 70.04 years
male: 66.04 years
female: 74.24 years (2011 est.)
Laos
total population: 62.39 years
male: 60.5 years
female: 64.36 years (2011 est.)
Latvia
total population: 72.68 years
male: 67.56 years
female: 78.07 years (2011 est.)
Lebanon
total population: 75.01 years
male: 73.48 years
female: 76.62 years (2011 est.)
Lesotho
total population: 51.63 years
male: 51.51 years
female: 51.76 years (2011 est.)
Liberia
total population: 57 years
male: 55.44 years
female: 58.6 years (2011 est.)
Libya
total population: 77.65 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 80.08 years (2011 est.)
Liechtenstein
total population: 80.31 years
male: 76.86 years
female: 83.77 years (2011 est.)
Lithuania
total population: 75.34 years
male: 70.48 years
female: 80.48 years (2011 est.)
Luxembourg
total population: 79.61 years
male: 76.36 years
female: 83.08 years (2011 est.)
Macau
total population: 84.41 years
male: 81.45 years
female: 87.52 years (2011 est.)
Macedonia
total population: 75.14 years
male: 72.61 years
female: 77.87 years (2011 est.)
Madagascar
total population: 63.63 years
male: 61.62 years
female: 65.7 years (2011 est.)
Malawi
total population: 51.7 years
male: 50.93 years
female: 52.48 years (2011 est.)
Malaysia
total population: 73.79 years
male: 71.05 years
female: 76.73 years (2011 est.)
Maldives
total population: 74.45 years
male: 72.22 years
female: 76.8 years (2011 est.)
Mali
total population: 52.61 years
male: 51.01 years
female: 54.26 years (2011 est.)
Malta
total population: 79.72 years
male: 77.45 years
female: 82.12 years (2011 est.)
Marshall Islands
total population: 71.76 years
male: 69.67 years
female: 73.95 years (2011 est.)
Mauritania
total population: 61.14 years
male: 58.94 years
female: 63.41 years (2011 est.)
Mauritius
total population: 74.48 years
male: 71.01 years
female: 78.12 years (2011 est.)
Mexico
total population: 76.47 years
male: 73.65 years
female: 79.43 years (2011 est.)
Moldova
total population: 71.37 years
male: 67.68 years
female: 75.28 years (2011 est.)
Monaco
total population: 89.73 years
male: 85.77 years
female: 93.84 years (2011 est.)
Mongolia
total population: 68.31 years
male: 65.85 years
female: 70.89 years (2011 est.)
Montserrat
total population: 73.16 years
male: 74.99 years
female: 71.24 years (2011 est.)
Morocco
total population: 75.9 years
male: 72.84 years
female: 79.11 years (2011 est.)
Mozambique
total population: 51.78 years
male: 51.01 years
female: 52.57 years (2011 est.)
Namibia
total population: 52.19 years
male: 52.48 years
female: 51.89 years (2011 est.)
Nauru
total population: 65.35 years
male: 61.27 years
female: 68.75 years (2011 est.)
Nepal
total population: 66.16 years
male: 64.94 years
female: 67.44 years (2011 est.)
Netherlands
total population: 79.68 years
male: 77.06 years
female: 82.44 years (2011 est.)
New Caledonia
total population: 76.75 years
male: 72.67 years
female: 81.03 years (2011 est.)
New Zealand
total population: 80.59 years
male: 78.61 years
female: 82.67 years (2011 est.)
Nicaragua
total population: 71.9 years
male: 69.82 years
female: 74.09 years (2011 est.)
Niger
total population: 53.4 years
male: 52.13 years
female: 54.7 years (2011 est.)
Nigeria
total population: 47.56 years
male: 46.76 years
female: 48.41 years (2011 est.)
Niue
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Norway
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77.53 years
female: 83.02 years (2011 est.)
Oman
total population: 74.22 years
male: 72.38 years
female: 76.16 years (2011 est.)
Pakistan
total population: 65.99 years
male: 64.18 years
female: 67.9 years (2011 est.)
Palau
total population: 71.78 years
male: 68.63 years
female: 75.12 years (2011 est.)
Panama
total population: 77.79 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 80.68 years (2011 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total population: 66.24 years
male: 64.02 years
female: 68.56 years (2011 est.)
Paraguay
total population: 76.19 years
male: 73.59 years
female: 78.93 years (2011 est.)
Peru
total population: 72.47 years
male: 70.55 years
female: 74.48 years (2011 est.)
Philippines
total population: 71.66 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 74.74 years (2011 est.)
Poland
total population: 76.05 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 80.25 years (2011 est.)
Portugal
total population: 78.54 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 82.01 years (2011 est.)
Puerto Rico
total population: 78.92 years
male: 75.31 years
female: 82.71 years (2011 est.)
Qatar
total population: 75.7 years
male: 73.96 years
female: 77.53 years (2011 est.)
Romania
total population: 73.98 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 77.66 years (2011 est.)
Russia
total population: 66.29 years
male: 59.8 years
female: 73.17 years (2011 est.)
Rwanda
total population: 58.02 years
male: 56.57 years
female: 59.52 years (2011 est.)
Saint Lucia
total population: 76.84 years
male: 74.15 years
female: 79.68 years (2011 est.)
Samoa
total population: 72.4 years
male: 69.55 years
female: 75.39 years (2011 est.)
San Marino
total population: 83.01 years
male: 80.5 years
female: 85.74 years (2011 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total population: 74.11 years
male: 72.15 years
female: 76.16 years (2011 est.)
Senegal
total population: 59.78 years
male: 57.85 years
female: 61.77 years (2011 est.)
Serbia
total population: 74.32 years
male: 71.49 years
female: 77.34 years (2011 est.)
Seychelles
total population: 73.52 years
male: 68.87 years
female: 78.32 years (2011 est.)
Sierra Leone
total population: 56.13 years
male: 53.69 years
female: 58.65 years (2011 est.)
Singapore
total population: 82.14 years
male: 79.53 years
female: 84.96 years (2011 est.)
Sint Maarten
total population: NA
male: 73.1 years
female: 78.2 years (2009)
Slovakia
total population: 75.83 years
male: 71.92 years
female: 79.93 years (2011 est.)
Slovenia
total population: 77.3 years
male: 73.64 years
female: 81.2 years (2011 est.)
Solomon Islands
total population: 74.18 years
male: 71.6 years
female: 76.89 years (2011 est.)
Somalia
total population: 50.4 years
male: 48.49 years
female: 52.37 years (2011 est.)
South Africa
total population: 49.33 years
male: 50.24 years
female: 48.39 years (2011 est.)
Spain
total population: 81.17 years
male: 78.16 years
female: 84.37 years (2011 est.)
Sri Lanka
total population: 75.73 years
male: 72.21 years
female: 79.38 years (2011 est.)
Sudan
total population: 55.42 years
male: 54.18 years
female: 56.71 years (2011 est.)
Suriname
total population: 74.22 years
male: 71.47 years
female: 77.16 years (2011 est.)
Svalbard
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Swaziland
total population: 48.66 years
male: 48.93 years
female: 48.39 years (2011 est.)
Sweden
total population: 81.07 years
male: 78.78 years
female: 83.51 years (2011 est.)
Switzerland
total population: 81.07 years
male: 78.24 years
female: 84.05 years (2011 est.)
Syria
total population: 74.69 years
male: 72.31 years
female: 77.21 years (2011 est.)
Taiwan
total population: 78.32 years
male: 75.5 years
female: 81.36 years (2011 est.)
Tajikistan
total population: 66.03 years
male: 62.97 years
female: 69.25 years (2011 est.)
Tanzania
total population: 52.85 years
male: 51.34 years
female: 54.42 years (2011 est.)
Thailand
total population: 73.6 years
male: 71.24 years
female: 76.08 years (2011 est.)
Timor-Leste
total population: 67.95 years
male: 65.54 years
female: 70.47 years (2011 est.)
Togo
total population: 62.71 years
male: 60.19 years
female: 65.3 years (2011 est.)
Tokelau
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga
total population: 75.16 years
male: 73.79 years
female: 76.58 years (2011 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total population: 71.37 years
male: 68.51 years
female: 74.3 years (2011 est.)
Tunisia
total population: 75.01 years
male: 73 years
female: 77.17 years (2011 est.)
Turkey
total population: 72.5 years
male: 70.61 years
female: 74.49 years (2011 est.)
Turkmenistan
total population: 68.52 years
male: 65.57 years
female: 71.63 years (2011 est.)
Tuvalu
total population: 64.75 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 66.9 years (2011 est.)
Uganda
total population: 53.24 years
male: 52.17 years
female: 54.33 years (2011 est.)
Ukraine
total population: 68.58 years
male: 62.79 years
female: 74.75 years (2011 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total population: 76.51 years
male: 73.94 years
female: 79.22 years (2011 est.)
United Kingdom
total population: 80.05 years
male: 77.95 years
female: 82.25 years (2011 est.)
United States
total population: 78.37 years
male: 75.92 years
female: 80.93 years (2011 est.)
Uruguay
total population: 76.21 years
male: 73.07 years
female: 79.46 years (2011 est.)
Uzbekistan
total population: 72.51 years
male: 69.48 years
female: 75.71 years (2011 est.)
Vanuatu
total population: 64.7 years
male: 63.04 years
female: 66.44 years (2011 est.)
Venezuela
total population: 73.93 years
male: 70.84 years
female: 77.17 years (2011 est.)
Vietnam
total population: 72.18 years
male: 69.72 years
female: 74.92 years (2011 est.)
Virgin Islands
total population: 79.33 years
male: 76.29 years
female: 82.55 years (2011 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
total population: 78.98 years
male: 76 years
female: 82.11 years (2011 est.)
West Bank
total population: 75.01 years
male: 72.97 years
female: 77.17 years (2011 est.)
Western Sahara
total population: 61.13 years
male: 58.94 years
female: 63.41 years (2011 est.)
World
total population: 67.07 years
male: 65.21 years
female: 69.05 years (2011 est.)
Yemen
total population: 63.74 years
male: 61.7 years
female: 65.87 years (2011 est.)
Zambia
total population: 52.36 years
male: 51.13 years
female: 53.63 years (2011 est.)
Zimbabwe
total population: 49.64 years
male: 49.93 years
female: 49.34 years (2011 est.)
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