Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: 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. 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.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Monaco	89.73 years	2011
2	Macau	84.41 years	2011
3	San Marino	83.01 years	2011
4	Andorra	82.43 years	2011
5	Japan	82.25 years	2011
6	Guernsey	82.16 years	2011
7	Singapore	82.14 years	2011
8	Hong Kong	82.04 years	2011
9	Australia	81.81 years	2011
10	Italy	81.77 years	2011
=11	Canada	81.38 years	2011
=11	Jersey	81.38 years	2011
	Western Europe average (profile)	81.23 years	2011
13	France	81.19 years	2011
14	Spain	81.17 years	2011
=15	Sweden	81.07 years	2011
=15	Switzerland	81.07 years	2011
17	Israel	80.96 years	2011
18	Iceland	80.9 years	2011
19	Anguilla	80.87 years	2011
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	80.73 years	2011
20	Bermuda	80.71 years	2011
21	Cayman Islands	80.68 years	2011
22	New Zealand	80.59 years	2011
23	Liechtenstein	80.31 years	2011
24	Norway	80.2 years	2011
25	Ireland	80.19 years	2011
	Southern Europe average (profile)	80.08 years	2011
26	Germany	80.07 years	2011
=27	Jordan	80.05 years	2011
=27	United Kingdom	80.05 years	2011
29	Greece	79.92 years	2011
30	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	79.87 years	2011
31	Austria	79.78 years	2011
=32	Faroe Islands	79.72 years	2011
=32	Malta	79.72 years	2011
34	Netherlands	79.68 years	2011
35	Luxembourg	79.61 years	2011
36	Belgium	79.51 years	2011
	High income OECD countries average (profile)	79.5 years	2011
37	Virgin Islands	79.33 years	2011
38	Finland	79.27 years	2011
39	Martinique	79.18 years	2006
40	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.11 years	2011
41	South Korea	79.05 years	2011
42	Wallis and Futuna	78.98 years	2011
43	Puerto Rico	78.92 years	2011
44	European Union	78.82 years	2010
45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.81 years	2011
	Eurozone average (profile)	78.74 years	2011
46	Gibraltar	78.68 years	2011
47	Denmark	78.63 years	2011
48	Portugal	78.54 years	2011
49	United States	78.37 years	2011
50	Guam	78.34 years	2011
51	Taiwan	78.32 years	2011
52	Saint Helena	78.27 years	2008
53	Bahrain	78.15 years	2011
54	Guadeloupe	78.06 years	2006
	European Union average (profile)	78 years	2011
	Non-religious countries average (profile)	77.93 years	2011
55	Cyprus	77.82 years	2011
56	Panama	77.79 years	2011
	Tourist destinations average (profile)	77.79 years	2011
57	Costa Rica	77.72 years	2011
	NATO countries average (profile)	77.72 years	2011
=58	Cuba	77.7 years	2011
=58	Chile	77.7 years	2011
60	Libya	77.65 years	2011
61	British Virgin Islands	77.63 years	2011
	Europe average (profile)	77.45 years	2011
62	Albania	77.41 years	2011
63	Dominican Republic	77.31 years	2011
64	Slovenia	77.3 years	2011
65	French Guiana	77.27 years	2006
66	Czech Republic	77.19 years	2011
67	Georgia	77.12 years	2011
68	French Polynesia	77.1 years	2011
69	Kuwait	77.09 years	2011
70	Northern Mariana Islands	77.08 years	2011
71	Argentina	76.95 years	2011
72	Saint Lucia	76.84 years	2011
73	Mayotte	76.83 years	2011
74	New Caledonia	76.75 years	2011
75	United Arab Emirates	76.51 years	2011
76	Mexico	76.47 years	2011
77	Netherlands Antilles	76.45 years	2008
78	Uruguay	76.21 years	2011
79	Paraguay	76.19 years	2011
80	Brunei	76.17 years	2011
81	Poland	76.05 years	2011
82	Dominica	75.98 years	2011
83	Morocco	75.9 years	2011
84	Slovakia	75.83 years	2011
85	Croatia	75.79 years	2011
=86	Ecuador	75.73 years	2011
=86	Sri Lanka	75.73 years	2011
88	Aruba	75.72 years	2011
89	Qatar	75.7 years	2011
90	Antigua and Barbuda	75.48 years	2011
	Cold countries average (profile)	75.44 years	2011
	Densely populated countries average (profile)	75.39 years	2011
91	Lithuania	75.34 years	2011
92	Tonga	75.16 years	2011
	Heavily indebted countries average (profile)	75.03 years	2011
=93	Lebanon	75.01 years	2011
=93	Tunisia	75.01 years	2011
	Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile)	74.81 years	2011
95	Hungary	74.79 years	2011
96	Cook Islands	74.7 years	2011
97	Syria	74.69 years	2011
98	China	74.68 years	2011
99	Saint Kitts and Nevis	74.6 years	2011
100	Colombia	74.55 years	2011
101	Algeria	74.5 years	2011
102	Mauritius	74.48 years	2011
103	Maldives	74.45 years	2011
104	Barbados	74.34 years	2011
105	Serbia and Montenegro	74.32 years	2011
	Catholic countries average (profile)	74.31 years	2011
106	West Bank	74.29 years	2008
=107	Suriname	74.22 years	2011
=107	Oman	74.22 years	2011
109	American Samoa	74.21 years	2011
=110	Solomon Islands	74.18 years	2011
=110	Reunion	74.18 years	2006
112	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.15 years	2011
113	Saudi Arabia	74.11 years	2011
	Latin America and Caribbean average (profile)	74.08 years	2011
114	Romania	73.98 years	2011
	Former Spanish colonies average (profile)	73.96 years	2011
115	Venezuela	73.93 years	2011
	Eastern Europe average (profile)	73.88 years	2011
116	Malaysia	73.79 years	2011
117	Thailand	73.6 years	2011
118	Bulgaria	73.59 years	2011
119	Seychelles	73.52 years	2011
120	Jamaica	73.45 years	2011
121	El Salvador	73.44 years	2011
122	Estonia	73.33 years	2011
123	Armenia	73.23 years	2011
=124	Gaza Strip	73.16 years	2008
=124	Montserrat	73.16 years	2011
126	Grenada	73.04 years	2011
127	Latvia	72.68 years	2011
128	Egypt	72.66 years	2011
129	Brazil	72.53 years	2011
130	Uzbekistan	72.51 years	2011
131	Turkey	72.5 years	2011
132	Peru	72.47 years	2011
133	Samoa	72.4 years	2011
134	Vietnam	72.18 years	2011
	Emerging markets average (profile)	71.96 years	2011
135	Nicaragua	71.9 years	2011
	East Asia and Pacific average (profile)	71.81 years	2011
136	Palau	71.78 years	2011
137	Marshall Islands	71.76 years	2011
138	Philippines	71.66 years	2011
139	Federated States of Micronesia	71.52 years	2011
=140	Moldova	71.37 years	2011
=140	Trinidad and Tobago	71.37 years	2011
142	Indonesia	71.33 years	2011
143	Fiji	71.31 years	2011
	Christian countries average (profile)	71.29 years	2011
144	Belarus	71.2 years	2011
145	The Bahamas	71.18 years	2011
146	Greenland	70.96 years	2011
147	Guatemala	70.88 years	2011
	Former Soviet republics average (profile)	70.81 years	2011
148	Cape Verde	70.7 years	2011
149	Honduras	70.61 years	2011
150	Iraq	70.55 years	2011
151	Iran	70.06 years	2011
152	Kyrgyzstan	70.04 years	2011
153	Bangladesh	69.75 years	2011
154	North Korea	68.89 years	2011
	OPEC countries average (profile)	68.77 years	2011
155	Ukraine	68.58 years	2011
156	Turkmenistan	68.52 years	2011
157	Kazakhstan	68.51 years	2011
158	Mongolia	68.31 years	2011
159	Belize	68.23 years	2011
	Religious countries average (profile)	68.04 years	2011
160	East Timor	67.95 years	2011
161	Bolivia	67.57 years	2011
	Former British colonies average (profile)	67.56 years	2011
	South and Central Asia average (profile)	67.45 years	2011
162	Azerbaijan	67.36 years	2011
	Hot countries average (profile)	67.3 years	2011
163	Bhutan	67.3 years	2011
	Muslim countries average (profile)	67.18 years	2011
164	Guyana	67.08 years	2011
	Sparsely populated countries average (profile)	66.93 years	2011
165	India	66.8 years	2011
166	Russia	66.29 years	2011
167	Papua New Guinea	66.24 years	2011
168	Nepal	66.16 years	2011
169	Tajikistan	66.03 years	2011
170	Pakistan	65.99 years	2011
171	Nauru	65.35 years	2011
172	Burma	64.88 years	2011
	Landlocked countries average (profile)	64.8 years	2011
173	Tuvalu	64.75 years	2011
174	Vanuatu	64.7 years	2011
175	Kiribati	64.39 years	2011
176	Comoros	64.2 years	2011
177	Yemen	63.74 years	2011
178	Madagascar	63.63 years	2011
179	The Gambia	63.51 years	2011
180	Sao Tome and Principe	63.11 years	2011
	South Asia average (profile)	62.97 years	2011
181	Togo	62.71 years	2011
182	Cambodia	62.67 years	2011
183	Eritrea	62.52 years	2011
184	Laos	62.39 years	2011
185	Equatorial Guinea	62.37 years	2011
186	Haiti	62.17 years	2011
	Former French colonies average (profile)	61.38 years	2011
=187	Mauritania	61.14 years	2011
=187	Djibouti	61.14 years	2011
189	Ghana	61 years	2011
190	Benin	59.84 years	2011
191	Senegal	59.78 years	2011
192	Kenya	59.48 years	2011
193	Burundi	58.78 years	2011
194	Guinea	58.11 years	2011
195	Botswana	58.05 years	2011
196	Rwanda	58.02 years	2011
197	Liberia	57 years	2011
198	Cote d'Ivoire	56.78 years	2011
	Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile)	56.53 years	2011
199	Ethiopia	56.19 years	2011
200	Sierra Leone	56.13 years	2011
201	Sudan	55.42 years	2011
202	Democratic Republic of the Congo	55.33 years	2011
	failed states average (profile)	55.19 years	2011
203	Congo, Republic of the	54.91 years	2011
204	Cameroon	54.39 years	2011
205	Western Sahara	53.92 years	2008
206	Burkina Faso	53.7 years	2011
207	Niger	53.4 years	2011
208	Uganda	53.24 years	2011
209	Tanzania	52.85 years	2011
210	Mali	52.61 years	2011
211	Gabon	52.49 years	2011
212	Zambia	52.36 years	2011
213	Namibia	52.19 years	2011
214	Mozambique	51.78 years	2011
215	Malawi	51.7 years	2011
216	Lesotho	51.63 years	2011
217	Somalia	50.4 years	2011
218	Central African Republic	50.07 years	2011
219	Zimbabwe	49.64 years	2011
220	South Africa	49.33 years	2011
221	Guinea-Bissau	48.7 years	2011
222	Swaziland	48.66 years	2011
223	Chad	48.33 years	2011
224	Nigeria	47.56 years	2011
225	Afghanistan	45.02 years	2011
226	Angola	38.76 years	2011

Citation

"Countries Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Health/Life-expectancy-at-birth/Total-population

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