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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
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 (2012 est.)
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.)
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
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.)
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 Lucia
total population: 77.04 years
male: 74.34 years
female: 79.88 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.)
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.)
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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