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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth, total > years (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Japan :
82.08 years
2005 ...
#2
Hong Kong :
81.58 years
2005 ...
#3
Switzerland :
81.24 years
2005 ...
#4
Iceland :
81.1 years
2005 ...
#5
Australia :
80.63 years
2005 ...
#6
Spain :
80.57 years
2005 ...
#7
Sweden :
80.55 years
2005 ...
#8
Italy :
80.33 years
2005 ...
#9
Macau :
80.28 years
2005 ...
#10
France :
80.21 years
2005 ...
#11
Canada :
80.18 years
2005 ...
#12
Norway :
80.04 years
2005 ...
#13
Israel :
79.72 years
2005 ...
#14
Singapore :
79.7 years
2005 ...
#15
New Zealand :
79.62 years
2005 ...
#16
Malta :
79.5 years
2005 ...
#17
Belgium :
79.48 years
2005 ...
#18
Ireland :
79.39 years
2005 ...
#19
Austria :
79.38 years
2005 ...
#20
Netherlands :
79.35 years
2005 ...
#21
Cyprus :
79.29 years
2005 ...
#22
Luxembourg :
79.18 years
2005 ...
#23
United Arab Emirates :
79.18 years
2005 ...
#24
Greece :
78.99 years
2005 ...
#25
Costa Rica :
78.95 years
2005 ...
#26
United Kingdom :
78.95 years
2005 ...
#27
Germany :
78.93 years
2005 ...
#28
Finland :
78.82 years
2005 ...
#29
Bermuda :
78.58 years
2005 ...
#30
Virgin Islands :
78.55 years
2005 ...
#31
Chile :
78.15 years
2005 ...
#32
Portugal :
78.07 years
2005 ...
#33
Man, Isle of :
77.97 years
2002 ...
#34
Denmark :
77.84 years
2005 ...
#35
United States :
77.71 years
2005 ...
#36
Puerto Rico :
77.65 years
2005 ...
#37
Slovenia :
77.61 years
2005 ...
#38
Korea, South :
77.57 years
2005 ...
#39
Kuwait :
77.54 years
2005 ...
#40
Cuba :
77.25 years
2005 ...
#41
Brunei :
76.97 years
2005 ...
#42
Dominica :
76.6 years
2002 ...
#43
Netherlands Antilles :
76.39 years
2005 ...
#44
Czech Republic :
75.91 years
2005 ...
#45
Croatia :
75.67 years
2005 ...
#46
Uruguay :
75.61 years
2005 ...
#47
Albania :
75.48 years
2005 ...
#48
Barbados :
75.4 years
2004 ...
#49
Mexico :
75.37 years
2005 ...
#50
Antigua and Barbuda :
75.28 years
2002 ...
#51
Panama :
75.24 years
2005 ...
#52
Guam :
75.18 years
2005 ...
#53
New Caledonia :
75.16 years
2005 ...
#54
Poland :
75 years
2005 ...
#55
Bahrain :
74.86 years
2005 ...
#56
Argentina :
74.83 years
2005 ...
#57
Oman :
74.76 years
2005 ...
#58
Ecuador :
74.67 years
2005 ...
#59
Sri Lanka :
74.67 years
2005 ...
#60
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
74.41 years
2005 ...
#61
Libya :
74.35 years
2005 ...
#62
Venezuela :
74.22 years
2005 ...
#63
Saint Lucia :
74.17 years
2005 ...
#64
Qatar :
74.1 years
2005 ...
#65
Slovakia :
73.9 years
2005 ...
#66
Macedonia, Republic of :
73.84 years
2005 ...
#67
Syria :
73.82 years
2005 ...
#68
French Polynesia :
73.76 years
2005 ...
#69
Malaysia :
73.7 years
2005 ...
#70
Tunisia :
73.45 years
2005 ...
#71
Armenia :
73.33 years
2005 ...
#72
Mauritius :
73.02 years
2005 ...
#73
Grenada :
72.97 years
2002 ...
#74
Seychelles :
72.95 years
2002 ...
#75
Colombia :
72.81 years
2005 ...
#76
Serbia and Montenegro :
72.79 years
2005 ...
#77
Hungary :
72.65 years
2005 ...
#78
Tonga :
72.65 years
2005 ...
#79
Estonia :
72.57 years
2005 ...
#80
Bulgaria :
72.56 years
2005 ...
#81
Saudi Arabia :
72.56 years
2005 ...
#82
Lebanon :
72.54 years
2005 ...
#83
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
72.33 years
2005 ...
#84
Azerbaijan :
72.28 years
2005 ...
#85
Jordan :
72.02 years
2005 ...
#86
China :
71.83 years
2005 ...
#87
Belize :
71.81 years
2005 ...
#88
Algeria :
71.73 years
2005 ...
#89
Romania :
71.71 years
2005 ...
#90
Paraguay :
71.45 years
2005 ...
#91
Latvia :
71.36 years
2005 ...
#92
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
71.34 years
2002 ...
#93
El Salvador :
71.31 years
2005 ...
#94
Georgia :
71.31 years
2005 ...
#95
Turkey :
71.29 years
2005 ...
#96
Lithuania :
71.25 years
2005 ...
#97
Brazil :
71.24 years
2005 ...
#98
Iran :
71.13 years
2005 ...
#99
Philippines :
71.04 years
2005 ...
#100
Bahamas, The :
70.96 years
2005 ...
#101
Thailand :
70.9 years
2005 ...
#102
Jamaica :
70.9 years
2005 ...
#103
Samoa :
70.74 years
2005 ...
#104
Cape Verde :
70.71 years
2005 ...
#105
Peru :
70.66 years
2005 ...
#106
Vietnam :
70.65 years
2005 ...
#107
Egypt :
70.53 years
2005 ...
#108
Nicaragua :
70.39 years
2005 ...
#109
Morocco :
70.38 years
2005 ...
#110
Trinidad and Tobago :
69.97 years
2005 ...
#111
Suriname :
69.71 years
2005 ...
#112
Vanuatu :
69.49 years
2005 ...
#113
Greenland :
68.86 years
2002 ...
#114
Honduras :
68.57 years
2005 ...
#115
Belarus :
68.48 years
2005 ...
#116
Kyrgyzstan :
68.34 years
2005 ...
#117
Fiji :
68.33 years
2005 ...
#118
Moldova :
68.26 years
2005 ...
#119
Dominican Republic :
68.13 years
2005 ...
#120
Micronesia, Federated States of :
68.07 years
2005 ...
#121
Ukraine :
67.96 years
2005 ...
#122
Guatemala :
67.85 years
2005 ...
#123
Indonesia :
67.79 years
2005 ...
#124
Maldives :
67.64 years
2005 ...
#125
Uzbekistan :
67.37 years
2005 ...
#126
Mongolia :
66.84 years
2005 ...
#127
Kazakhstan :
66.25 years
2005 ...
#128
Russia :
65.47 years
2005 ...
#129
Marshall Islands :