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World map showing Life expectancy

This is a list of countries by life expectancy at birth, 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. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. Figures are from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005-2010.[1] Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included. Image File history File links Trafficcones2. ... Shortcut: WP:CSD Current list: Category:Candidates for speedy deletion There are a few, limited, cases where admins can delete Wikipedia pages on sight. Non-admins can ask for an admin to delete such a page, either by listing it on speedy deletions, or by adding either a {{delete}} or... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 53 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Life expectancy List of countries by life expectancy ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 53 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Life expectancy List of countries by life expectancy ... World map of human life expectancy, 2005 Life expectancy is a statistical measure of the average length of survival of a living thing. ...


The life expectancy (both sexes, at birth) ranges from 82.6 years in Japan to 39.2 years in Swaziland. Many of the countries with the lowest life expectancies, namely Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Central African Republic, Namibia, and Guinea-Bissau, are suffering from very high rates of HIV/AIDS infection, with adult prevalence rates ranging from 10 to 38 percent. Also note that in countries with high infant mortality rates, the life expectancy at birth will be lower and may not reflect the life expectancy a person that has survived his/her first year of life would have. Species Human immunodeficiency virus 1 Human immunodeficiency virus 2 Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). ... Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a collection of symptoms and infections resulting from the specific damage to the immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). ... is the death of infants in the first year of life. ...

Rank Country/territory Overall life
expectancy at
birth (years)
World average 67.2
1 Japan 82.6
2 Hong Kong (PRC) 82.2
3 Iceland 81.8
4 Switzerland 81.7
5 Australia 81.2
Country/territory
1 1 Andorra 83.52 80.62 86.23
2 Macau (PRC) 82.27 79.44 85.25
3 4 San Marino 81.8 78.33 85.57
3 4 Singapore 81.8 79.21 84.59
5 7 Sweden 80.63 78.39 83
8 10 France (metropolitan) 80.59 77.35 84
11 Guernsey (UK) 80.53 77.53 83.64
10 13 Canada 80.34 76.98 83.86
14 Cayman Islands (UK) 80.2 77.57 82.87
11 15 Italy 79.94 77.01 83.07
16 Gibraltar (UK) 79.93 77.05 82.96
12 17 Monaco 79.82 75.99 83.85
13 18 Liechtenstein 79.81 76.24 83.4
14 19 Spain 79.78 76.46 83.32
15 20 Norway 79.67 77.04 82.46
16 21 Israel 79.59 77.44 81.85
22 Jersey (UK) 79.51 77.02 82.2
23 Faroe Islands (Denmark) 79.49 76.06 82.93
17 24 Greece 79.38 76.85 82.06
18 25 Austria 79.21 76.32 82.26
26 U.S. Virgin Islands (US) 79.2 75.4 83.22
19 27 Malta 79.15 76.95 81.47
20 28 Netherlands 79.11 76.52 81.82
21 29 Luxembourg 79.03 75.76 82.52
30 Montserrat (UK) 79 76.8 81.31
22 31 New Zealand 78.96 75.97 82.08
23 32 Germany 78.95 75.96 82.11
24 33 Belgium 78.92 75.75 82.24
34 Guam (US) 78.76 75.69 82.01
34 Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) 78.76 76.41 81.23
25 36 United Kingdom 78.7 76.23 81.3
36 European Union 78.7 75.6 82
26 38 Finland 78.66 75.15 82.31
39 Isle of Man (UK) 78.64 75.3 82.17
27 40 Jordan 78.55 76.04 81.22
41 Puerto Rico (US) 78.54 74.6 82.67
28 42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.17 74.57 82.03
43 Bermuda (UK) 78.13 76 80.29
44 Saint Helena (UK) 78.09 75.19 81.15
29 45 United States 78 75.15 80.97
30 46 Cyprus 77.98 75.6 80.49
31 47 Denmark 77.96 75.65 80.41
32 48 Republic of Ireland 77.9 75.27 80.7
33 49 Portugal 77.87 74.6 81.36
34 50 Albania 77.6 74.95 80.53
35 51 Republic of China (Taiwan) 77.56 74.65 80.74
52 Anguilla (UK) 77.46 74.53 80.49
36 53 Kuwait 77.36 76.25 78.52
37 54 South Korea 77.23 73.81 80.93
38 55 Costa Rica 77.21 74.61 79.94
39 56 Cuba 77.08 74.85 79.43
40 57 Chile 76.96 73.69 80.4
41 58 Libya 76.88 74.64 79.23
59 British Virgin Islands (UK) 76.86 75.71 78.07
42 60 Ecuador 76.62 73.74 79.63
43 61 Slovenia 76.53 72.84 80.47
44 62 Czech Republic 76.42 73.14 79.88
45 63 Argentina 76.32 72.6 80.24
64 French Polynesia (France) 76.31 73.88 78.86
46 65 Georgia 76.3 73 80.07
66 Northern Mariana Islands (US) 76.29 73.7 79.05
67 American Samoa (US) 76.25 72.69 80.02
68 Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) 76.24 73.96 78.65
47 69 Uruguay 75.93 72.68 79.3
48 70 Saudi Arabia 75.88 73.85 78.02
49 71 United Arab Emirates 75.69 73.16 78.35
50 72 Mexico 75.63 72.84 78.56
51 73 Paraguay 75.34 72.78 78.02
51 73 Tunisia 75.34 73.6 77.21
53 75 Brunei 75.3 73.12 77.59
54 76 Panama 75.19 72.69 77.8
54 76 Poland 75.19 71.18 79.44
56 78 Dominica 75.1 72.17 78.18
57 79 Serbia and Montenegro 75.06 72.49 77.86
58 80 Slovakia 74.95 71 79.11
80 Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) 74.95 72.69 77.32
59 82 Croatia 74.9 71.26 78.75
83 Aruba (Netherlands) 74.83 71.8 77.91
60 84 Sri Lanka 74.8 72.81 76.88
61 85 Bahrain 74.68 72.18 77.25
86 New Caledonia (France) 74.5 71.52 77.63
62 87 Lithuania 74.44 69.46 79.69
63 88 Republic of Macedonia 74.21 71.73 76.88
64 89 Qatar 74.14 71.6 76.82
65 90 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 74.09 72.21 76.04
66 91 Saint Lucia 74.08 70.53 77.88
67 92 Oman 73.62 71.37 75.99
68 93 Algeria 73.52 71.91 75.21
94 West Bank 73.46 71.68 75.35
69 95 Venezuela 73.28 70.24 76.48
70 96 Suriname 73.23 70.52 76.12
71 97 Solomon Islands 73.16 70.64 75.81
72 98 Lebanon 73.15 70.67 75.77
73 99 Jamaica 73.12 71.43 74.9
74 100 Dominican Republic 73.07 71.34 74.87
75 101 Barbados 73 71.02 75.01
76 102 Hungary 72.92 68.73 77.38
77 103 Mauritius 72.88 68.92 76.9
77 103 Turkey 72.88 70.43 75.46
77 103 People's Republic of China (mainland) 72.88 71.13 74.82
80 106 Malaysia 72.76 70.05 75.65
81 107 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.66 69.81 75.69
82 108 Bulgaria 72.57 68.95 76.4
83 109 Thailand 72.55 70.24 74.98
84 110 Antigua and Barbuda 72.42 70.03 74.94
85 111 Seychelles 72.34 66.98 77.86
86 112 Estonia 72.3 66.87 78.07
87 113 Colombia 72.27 68.44 76.24
88 114 Brazil 72.24 68.3 76.38
115 Gaza Strip 72.16 70.84 73.54
89 116 Armenia 72.12 68.52 76.29
90 117 North Korea 71.92 69.18 74.8
91 118 Romania 71.91 68.41 75.62
92 119 El Salvador 71.78 68.18 75.57
93 120 Latvia 71.6 66.39 77.1
94 121 Egypt 71.57 69.04 74.22
95 122 Samoa 71.3 68.49 74.26
96 123 Morocco 71.22 68.88 73.67
97 124 Vietnam 71.07 68.27 74.08
98 125 Cape Verde 71.02 67.69 74.44
99 126 Nicaragua 70.92 68.82 73.13
100 127 Palau 70.71 67.54 74.06
101 128 Syria 70.61 69.27 72.02
101 128 Marshall Islands 70.61 68.61 72.71
103 130 Iran 70.56 69.12 72.07
104 131 Philippines 70.51 67.61 73.55
105 132 Federated States of Micronesia 70.35 68.52 72.28
133 Greenland (Denmark) 70.23 66.65 73.9
106 134 Moldova 70.2 66.51 74.11
107 135 Indonesia 70.16 67.69 72.76
108 136 Peru 70.14 68.33 72.04
109 137 Fiji 70.12 67.6 72.76
109 137 Tonga 70.12 67.6 72.76
111 139 Belarus 70.05 64.31 76.14
112 140 Guatemala 69.69 67.94 71.52
113 141 Honduras 69.35 67.78 70.99
114 142 Iraq 69.31 68.04 70.65
115 143 Kyrgyzstan 68.81 64.8 73.02
116 144 Tuvalu 68.63 66.38 70.99
117 145 India 68.59 66.28 71.17
118 146 Turkmenistan 68.3 65.23 71.54
119 147 Belize 68.25 66.44 70.16
120 148 Ukraine 67.88 62.16 73.96
121 149 Sao Tome and Principe 67.64 66.03 69.3
122 150 Kazakhstan 67.22 61.9 72.84
123 151 Mongolia 66.99 64.61 69.48
124 152 Trinidad and Tobago 66.85 65.87 67.87
125 153 East Timor 66.6 64.28 69.04
126 154 Bolivia 66.19 63.53 68.97
127 155 Guyana 66.17 63.52 68.95
128 156 Azerbaijan 65.96 61.86 70.66
129 157 Russia 65.87 59.12 73.03
130 158 The Bahamas 65.66 62.37 69.02
131 159 Papua New Guinea 65.62 63.41 67.95
132 160 Grenada 65.21 63.38 67.05
133 161 Uzbekistan 64.98 61.57 68.56
134 162 Maldives 64.76 63.41 66.19
135 163 Tajikistan 64.61 61.6 67.78
136 164 Pakistan 63.75 62.73 64.83
137 165 Nauru 63.44 59.85 67.21
138 166 Vanuatu 63.22 61.67 64.84
139 167 Bangladesh 62.84 62.81 62.86
140 168 Comoros 62.73 60.37 65.15
141 169 Yemen 62.52 60.61 64.54
142 170 Burma 62.49 60.29 64.83
143 171 Kiribati 62.45 59.41 65.63
172 Mayotte (France) 62.16 59.94 64.45
144 173 Madagascar 62.14 60.23 64.1
145 174 Cambodia 61.29 59.27 63.4
146 175 Nepal 60.56 60.78 60.33
147 176 Eritrea 59.55 57.88 61.28
148 177 Ghana 59.12 58.31 59.95
149 178 Togo 57.86 55.81 59.96
150 179 Democratic Republic of the Congo 57.2 54.97 59.5
151 180 Haiti 57.03 55.35 58.75
152 181 Senegal 56.69 55.34 58.09
153 182 Laos 55.89 53.82 58.04
154 183 Kenya 55.31 55.24 55.37
155 184 Bhutan 55.17 55.38 54.96
156 185 The Gambia 54.54 52.68 56.46
157 186 Gabon 53.99 52.85 55.17
158 187 Mauritania 53.51 51.24 55.85
159 188 Benin 53.44 52.28 54.63
160 189 Republic of the Congo 53.29 52.1 54.52
161 190 Cameroon 52.86 52.15 53.59
162 191 Uganda 51.75 50.78 52.73
163 192 Burundi 51.29 50.48 52.12
164 193 Tanzania 50.71 49.41 52.04
165 194 Botswana 50.58 51.55 49.58
166 195 Guinea 49.65 48.5 50.84
167 196 Equatorial Guinea 49.51 48.11 50.95
167 196 Mali 49.51 47.6 51.46
169 198 Ethiopia 49.23 48.06 50.44
170 199 Burkina Faso 49.21 47.68 50.8
171 200 Sudan 49.11 48.24 50.03
172 201 Côte d'Ivoire 49 46.43 51.66
173 202 Rwanda 48.99 47.87 50.16
174 203 Somalia 48.84 47.06 50.69
175 204 Nigeria 47.44 46.83 48.07
176 205 Chad 47.2 46.17 48.27
177 206 Guinea-Bissau 47.18 45.37 49.04
178 207 Niger 44.03 44.05 44
179 208 Afghanistan 43.77 43.6 43.96
180 209 Central African Republic 43.74 43.69 43.79
181 210 Djibouti 43.25 41.88 44.65
182 211 Namibia 43.11 44.39 41.79
183 212 Malawi 42.98 43.35 42.61
184 213 South Africa 42.45 43.21 41.66
185 214 Mozambique 40.9 41.4 40.4
186 215 Sierra Leone 40.58 38.36 42.87
187 216 Liberia 40.39 38.93 41.89
188 217 Lesotho 39.97 40.73 39.18
189 218 Zimbabwe 39.5 40.62 38.35
190 219 Zambia 38.44 38.34 38.54
191 220 Angola 37.63 36.73 38.57
192 221 Swaziland 32.23 31.84 32.62

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Reference

  1. ^ United Nations World Population Propsects: 2006 revision – Table A.17


 

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