Life Expectancy At Birth, Female years (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount	Date
# 1	Japan:	85.63 years	2005
# 2	Hong Kong:	84.5 years	2005
= 3	Switzerland:	83.9 years	2005
= 3	Spain:	83.9 years	2005
# 5	France:	83.8 years	2005
# 6	Italy:	83.2 years	2005
# 7	Australia:	83.16 years	2005
# 8	Iceland:	83.1 years	2005
# 9	Sweden:	82.8 years	2005
# 10	Canada:	82.68 years	2005
# 11	Norway:	82.5 years	2005
# 12	Belgium:	82.4 years	2005
# 13	Macau:	82.38 years	2005
= 14	Finland:	82.3 years	2005
= 14	Luxembourg:	82.3 years	2005
# 16	Austria:	82.2 years	2005
# 17	Israel:	81.82 years	2005
# 18	Puerto Rico:	81.81 years	2005
= 19	Ireland:	81.8 years	2005
= 19	Germany:	81.8 years	2005
# 21	New Zealand:	81.79 years	2005
# 22	Cyprus:	81.7 years	2005
= 23	Netherlands:	81.6 years	2005
= 23	Singapore:	81.6 years	2005
# 25	United Arab Emirates:	81.55 years	2005
= 26	Greece:	81.5 years	2005
= 26	Man, Isle of:	81.5 years	2002
= 28	Malta:	81.4 years	2005
= 28	Portugal:	81.4 years	2005
# 30	Bermuda:	81.34 years	2005
# 31	Slovenia:	81.3 years	2005
# 32	Chile:	81.24 years	2005
# 33	Costa Rica:	81.2 years	2005
# 34	Korea, South:	81.12 years	2005
# 35	United Kingdom:	81.1 years	2005
# 36	United States:	80.67 years	2005
# 37	Denmark:	80.2 years	2005
# 38	Virgin Islands:	79.98 years	2005
# 39	Kuwait:	79.73 years	2005
# 40	Netherlands Antilles:	79.52 years	2005
= 41	Poland:	79.4 years	2005
= 41	Uruguay:	79.4 years	2005
# 43	Brunei:	79.38 years	2005
= 44	Cuba:	79.2 years	2005
= 44	Croatia:	79.2 years	2005
# 46	Czech Republic:	79.1 years	2005
# 47	Dominica:	78.8 years	2002
# 48	Argentina:	78.68 years	2005
# 49	Albania:	78.5 years	2005
# 50	Antigua and Barbuda:	78.2 years	2002
# 51	Barbados:	78.19 years	2004
# 52	Estonia:	78.14 years	2005
# 53	New Caledonia:	77.99 years	2005
# 54	Slovakia:	77.9 years	2005
= 55	Panama:	77.89 years	2005
= 55	Mexico:	77.89 years	2005
# 57	Ecuador:	77.69 years	2005
# 58	Guam:	77.58 years	2005
= 59	Latvia:	77.4 years	2005
= 59	Lithuania:	77.4 years	2005
# 61	Sri Lanka:	77.38 years	2005
# 62	Venezuela:	77.2 years	2005
# 63	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	77.18 years	2005
# 64	Seychelles:	77 years	2002
# 65	Hungary:	76.9 years	2005
# 66	Libya:	76.75 years	2005
# 67	Qatar:	76.57 years	2005
# 68	Mauritius:	76.52 years	2005
= 69	Armenia:	76.4 years	2005
= 69	Macedonia, Republic of:	76.4 years	2005
# 71	French Polynesia:	76.38 years	2005
# 72	Bahrain:	76.31 years	2005
= 73	Grenada:	76.3 years	2002
= 73	Bulgaria:	76.3 years	2005
# 75	Oman:	76.29 years	2005
# 76	Malaysia:	76.06 years	2005
# 77	Saint Lucia:	75.94 years	2005
# 78	Colombia:	75.89 years	2005
# 79	Syria:	75.67 years	2005
= 80	Serbia and Montenegro:	75.5 years	2005
= 80	Tunisia:	75.5 years	2005
# 82	Romania:	75.4 years	2005
# 83	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	75.26 years	2005
# 84	Brazil:	75.2 years	2005
# 85	Azerbaijan:	75.1 years	2005
# 86	Georgia:	74.9 years	2005
# 87	Lebanon:	74.79 years	2005
# 88	Saudi Arabia:	74.57 years	2005
# 89	Thailand:	74.46 years	2005
# 90	El Salvador:	74.45 years	2005
# 91	Belarus:	74.38 years	2005
= 92	Belize:	74.24 years	2005
= 92	Bahamas, The:	74.24 years	2005
# 94	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	74 years	2002
# 95	Tonga:	73.99 years	2005
# 96	Ukraine:	73.97 years	2005
# 97	Samoa:	73.91 years	2005
# 98	Cape Verde:	73.88 years	2005
# 99	Turkey:	73.8 years	2005
# 100	Paraguay:	73.77 years	2005
# 101	China:	73.69 years	2005
# 102	Jordan:	73.61 years	2005
# 103	Peru:	73.31 years	2005
# 104	Philippines:	73.24 years	2005
# 105	Vietnam:	73.21 years	2005
# 106	Algeria:	73.13 years	2005
# 107	Suriname:	73.01 years	2005
# 108	Nicaragua:	72.86 years	2005
# 109	Egypt:	72.81 years	2005
# 110	Iran:	72.76 years	2005
# 111	Trinidad and Tobago:	72.72 years	2005
# 112	Morocco:	72.66 years	2005
# 113	Jamaica:	72.65 years	2005
# 114	Greenland:	72.5 years	2002
# 115	Russia:	72.4 years	2005
# 116	Kyrgyzstan:	72.38 years	2005
# 117	Moldova:	72.2 years	2005
# 118	Kazakhstan:	71.85 years	2005
# 119	Dominican Republic:	71.71 years	2005
# 120	Guatemala:	71.6 years	2005
# 121	Vanuatu:	71.42 years	2005
# 122	Uzbekistan:	70.71 years	2005
# 123	Honduras:	70.69 years	2005
# 124	Fiji:	70.62 years	2005
# 125	Indonesia:	69.69 years	2005
# 126	Micronesia, Federated States of:	68.81 years	2005
# 127	Mongolia:	68.48 years	2005
# 128	Marshall Islands:	67.8 years	2000
# 129	Guyana:	67.39 years	2005
# 130	Maldives:	67.35 years	2005
# 131	Turkmenistan:	67.21 years	2005
# 132	Bolivia:	67.02 years	2005
# 133	Korea, North:	66.92 years	2005
# 134	Tajikistan:	66.75 years	2005
# 135	Kiribati:	66 years	2002
# 136	Pakistan:	65.46 years	2005
# 137	Bhutan:	65.25 years	2005
# 138	Bangladesh:	64.82 years	2005
# 139	São Tomé and Príncipe:	64.59 years	2005
# 140	India:	64.32 years	2005
# 141	Burma:	64.07 years	2005
# 142	Comoros:	64.02 years	2005
# 143	Solomon Islands:	63.74 years	2005
# 144	Yemen:	63.16 years	2005
# 145	Nepal:	63.15 years	2005
# 146	Cambodia:	60.63 years	2005
# 147	Iraq:	60.4 years	1997
# 148	Gambia, The:	58.16 years	2005
# 149	Sudan:	58.07 years	2005
# 150	Ghana:	57.97 years	2005
# 151	East Timor:	57.85 years	2005
# 152	Senegal:	57.74 years	2005
# 153	Madagascar:	57.1 years	2005
# 154	Papua New Guinea:	56.97 years	2005
# 155	Togo:	56.96 years	2005
# 156	Laos:	56.95 years	2005
# 157	Eritrea:	56.81 years	2005
# 158	Benin:	55.79 years	2005
# 159	Mauritania:	55.3 years	2005
# 160	Djibouti:	54.55 years	2005
# 161	Gabon:	54.31 years	2005
# 162	Guinea:	54.29 years	2005
# 163	Congo, Republic of the:	54.14 years	2005
# 164	Haiti:	53.31 years	2005
# 165	Uganda:	50.64 years	2005
# 166	Mali:	49.28 years	2005
# 167	Burkina Faso:	49.27 years	2005
# 168	Somalia:	48.97 years	2005
# 169	South Africa:	48.68 years	2005
# 170	Kenya:	48.11 years	2005
# 171	Côte d'Ivoire:	46.94 years	2005
# 172	Namibia:	46.81 years	2005
# 173	Tanzania:	46.65 years	2005
# 174	Cameroon:	46.64 years	2005
# 175	Guinea-Bissau:	46.51 years	2005
# 176	Rwanda:	45.73 years	2005
# 177	Burundi:	45.67 years	2005
# 178	Chad:	45.11 years	2005
# 179	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	45.1 years	2005
# 180	Niger:	44.97 years	2005
# 181	Afghanistan:	44.78 years	1987
# 182	Nigeria:	44 years	2005
# 183	Ethiopia:	43.43 years	2005
# 184	Liberia:	43.3 years	2005
# 185	Angola:	42.92 years	2005
# 186	Sierra Leone:	42.78 years	2005
# 187	Equatorial Guinea:	42.6 years	2005
# 188	Mozambique:	42.25 years	2005
# 189	Swaziland:	40.71 years	2005
# 190	Malawi:	40.22 years	2005
# 191	Central African Republic:	40.13 years	2005
# 192	Zambia:	37.9 years	2005
# 193	Zimbabwe:	36.55 years	2005
# 194	Lesotho:	35.86 years	2005
# 195	Botswana:	34.47 years	2005
	Weighted average:	68.9 years

DEFINITION: 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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth, female > years (most recent) by country

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