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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
DEFINITION
The average number of years to be lived by amen in this nation 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.
Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth > male (2005) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Andorra :
80.6 years
2005
Health in Andorra
# 2
Martinique :
79.43 years
2005
Health in Martinique
# 3
Macau :
79.29 years
2005
Health in Macau
# 4
Singapore :
79.05 years
2005
Health in Singapore
# 5
Hong Kong :
78.81 years
2005
Health in Hong Kong
# 6
Sweden :
78.19 years
2005
Health in Sweden
# 7
San Marino :
78.13 years
2005
Health in San Marino
# 8
Iceland :
78.13 years
2005
Health in Iceland
# 9
Japan :
77.86 years
2005
Health in Japan
# 10
Switzerland :
77.58 years
2005
Health in Switzerland
# 11
Australia :
77.52 years
2005
Health in Australia
# 12
Cayman Islands :
77.33 years
2005
Health in Cayman Islands
# 13
Guernsey :
77.3 years
2005
Health in Guernsey
# 14
Israel :
77.21 years
2005
Health in Israel
# 15
Gibraltar :
76.8 years
2005
Health in Gibraltar
# 16
Norway :
76.78 years
2005
Health in Norway
# 17
Jersey :
76.77 years
2005
Health in Jersey
# 18
Italy :
76.75 years
2005
Health in Italy
# 19
Canada :
76.73 years
2005
Health in Canada
# 20
Malta :
76.7 years
2005
Health in Malta
# 21
Greece :
76.59 years
2005
Health in Greece
# 22
Montserrat :
76.54 years
2005
Health in Montserrat
# 23
Netherlands :
76.25 years
2005
Health in Netherlands
# 24
Spain :
76.18 years
2005
Health in Spain
# 25
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
76.13 years
2005
Health in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
# 26
Austria :
76.03 years
2005
Health in Austria
# 27
Kuwait :
76.01 years
2005
Health in Kuwait
# 28
Liechtenstein :
75.96 years
2005
Health in Liechtenstein
# 29
France :
75.96 years
2005
Health in France
# 30
United Kingdom :
75.94 years
2005
Health in United Kingdom
# 31
Aruba :
75.8 years
2005
Health in Aruba
# 32
Faroe Islands :
75.77 years
2005
Health in Faroe Islands
# 33
Jordan :
75.75 years
2005
Health in Jordan
# 34
Monaco :
75.7 years
2005
Health in Monaco
# 35
Bermuda :
75.7 years
2005
Health in Bermuda
# 36
New Zealand :
75.67 years
2005
Health in New Zealand
# 37
Germany :
75.66 years
2005
Health in Germany
# 38
Luxembourg :
75.45 years
2005
Health in Luxembourg
# 39
Belgium :
75.44 years
2005
Health in Belgium
# 40
British Virgin Islands :
75.41 years
2005
Health in British Virgin Islands
# 41
Denmark :
75.34 years
2005
Health in Denmark
# 42
Guam :
75.34 years
2005
Health in Guam
# 43
Cyprus :
75.29 years
2005
Health in Cyprus
# 44
Virgin Islands :
75.08 years
2005
Health in Virgin Islands
# 45
Man, Isle of :
74.98 years
2005
Health in Man, Isle of
# 46
Ireland :
74.95 years
2005
Health in Ireland
# 47
Cuba :
74.94 years
2005
Health in Cuba
# 48
United States :
74.89 years
2005
Health in United States
# 49
Saint Helena :
74.86 years
2005
Health in Saint Helena
# 50
Finland :
74.82 years
2005
Health in Finland
# 51
Guadeloupe :
74.74 years
2005
Health in Guadeloupe
# 52
Albania :
74.6 years
2005
Health in Albania
# 53
Taiwan :
74.49 years
2005
Health in Taiwan
# 54
Puerto Rico :
74.35 years
2005
Health in Puerto Rico
# 55
Libya :
74.29 years
2005
Health in Libya
# 56
Costa Rica :
74.26 years
2005
Health in Costa Rica
# 57
Portugal :
74.25 years
2005
Health in Portugal
# 58
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
74.21 years
2005
Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 59
Anguilla :
74.18 years
2005
Health in Anguilla
# 60
French Guiana :
73.77 years
2005
Health in French Guiana
# 61
Netherlands Antilles :
73.58 years
2005
Health in Netherlands Antilles
# 62
French Polynesia :
73.5 years
2005
Health in French Polynesia
# 63
Saudi Arabia :
73.46 years
2005
Health in Saudi Arabia
# 64
Korea, South :
73.42 years
2005
Health in Korea, South
# 65
Ecuador :
73.35 years
2005
Health in Ecuador
# 66
Northern Mariana Islands :
73.31 years
2005
Health in Northern Mariana Islands
# 67
Chile :
73.3 years
2005
Health in Chile
# 68
Tunisia :
73.2 years
2005
Health in Tunisia
# 69
Uruguay :
72.92 years
2005
Health in Uruguay
# 70
Czech Republic :
72.74 years
2005
Health in Czech Republic
# 71
United Arab Emirates :
72.73 years
2005
Health in United Arab Emirates
# 72
Panama :
72.68 years
2005
Health in Panama
# 73
Georgia :
72.59 years
2005
Health in Georgia
# 74
Mexico :
72.42 years
2005
Health in Mexico
# 75
Slovenia :
72.42 years
2005
Health in Slovenia
# 76
Brunei :
72.36 years
2005
Health in Brunei
# 77
Paraguay :
72.35 years
2005
Health in Paraguay
# 78
Turks and Caicos Islands :
72.28 years
2005
Health in Turks and Caicos Islands
# 79
American Samoa :
72.27 years
2005
Health in American Samoa
# 80
Argentina :
72.17 years
2005
Health in Argentina
# 81
Serbia and Montenegro :
72.15 years
2005
Health in Serbia and Montenegro
# 82
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
71.78 years
2005
Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 83
Bahrain :
71.76 years
2005
Health in Bahrain
# 84
Dominica :
71.73 years
2005
Health in Dominica
# 85
Jamaica :
71.63 years
2005
Health in Jamaica
# 86
Algeria :
71.45 years
2005
Health in Algeria
# 87
West Bank :
71.33 years
2005
Health in West Bank
# 88
Macedonia, Republic of :
71.28 years
2005
Health in Macedonia, Republic of
# 89
Venezuela :
71.27 years
2005
Health in Venezuela
# 90
Qatar :
71.15 years
2005
Health in Qatar
# 91
New Caledonia :
71.07 years
2005
Health in New Caledonia
# 92
Oman :
70.92 years
2005
Health in Oman
# 93
Croatia :
70.79 years
2005
Health in Croatia
# 94
Poland :
70.71 years
2005
Health in Poland
# 95
China :
70.65 years
2005
Health in China
# 96
Barbados :
70.6 years
2005
Health in Barbados
# 97
Sri Lanka :
70.6 years
2005
Health in Sri Lanka
# 98
Réunion :
70.55 years
2005
Health in Réunion
# 99
Slovakia :
70.52 years
2005
Health in Slovakia
# 100
Gaza Strip :
70.5 years
2005
Health in Gaza Strip
# 101
Lebanon :
70.17 years
2005
Health in Lebanon
# 102
Solomon Islands :
70.16 years
2005
Health in Solomon Islands
# 103
Saint Lucia :
70.05 years
2005
Health in Saint Lucia
# 104
Dominican Republic :
69.94 years
2005
Health in Dominican Republic
# 105
Turkey :
69.94 years
2005
Health in Turkey
# 106
Thailand :
69.65 years
2005
Health in Thailand
# 107
Malaysia :
69.56 years
2005
Health in Malaysia
# 108
Antigua and Barbuda :
69.53 years
2005
Health in Antigua and Barbuda
# 109
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
69.31 years
2005
Health in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 110
Lithuania :
68.94 years
2005
Health in Lithuania
# 111
Syria :
68.75 years
2005
Health in Syria
# 112
Korea, North :
68.65 years
2005
Health in Korea, North
# 113
Iran :
68.58 years
2005
Health in Iran
# 114
Egypt :
68.5 years
2005
Health in Egypt
# 115
Bulgaria :
68.41 years
2005
Health in Bulgaria
# 116
Mauritius :
68.4 years
2005
Health in Mauritius
# 117
Morocco :
68.35 years
2005
Health in Morocco
# 118
Nicaragua :
68.27 years
2005
Health in Nicaragua
# 119
Hungary :
68.18 years
2005
Health in Hungary
# 120
Marshall Islands :
68.05 years
2005
Health in Marshall Islands
# 121
Armenia :
67.97 years
2005
Health in Armenia
# 122
Micronesia, Federated States of :
67.96 years
2005
Health in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 123
Samoa :
67.93 years
2005
Health in Samoa
# 124
Colombia :
67.88 years
2005
Health in Colombia
# 125
Romania :
67.86 years
2005
Health in Romania
# 126
Vietnam :
67.82 years
2005
Health in Vietnam
# 127
Peru :
67.77 years
2005
Health in Peru
# 128
Brazil :
67.74 years
2005
Health in Brazil
# 129
Honduras :
67.71 years
2005
Health in Honduras
# 130
El Salvador :
67.61 years
2005
Health in El Salvador
# 131
Iraq :
67.49 years
2005
Health in Iraq
# 132
Guatemala :
67.37 years
2005
Health in Guatemala
# 133
Indonesia :
67.13 years
2005
Health in Indonesia
# 134
Cape Verde :
67.13 years
2005
Health in Cape Verde
# 135
Fiji :
67.05 years
2005
Health in Fiji
# 136
Tonga :
67.05 years
2005
Health in Tonga
# 137
Philippines :
67.03 years
2005
Health in Philippines
# 138
Palau :
66.98 years
2005
Health in Palau
# 139
Suriname :
66.75 years
2005
Health in Suriname
# 140
Belize :
66.54 years
2005
Health in Belize
# 141
Seychelles :
66.41 years
2005
Health in Seychelles
# 142
Estonia :
66.28 years
2005
Health in Estonia
# 143
Greenland :
66.07 years
2005
Health in Greenland
# 144
Tuvalu :
65.79 years
2005
Health in Tuvalu
# 145
Latvia :
65.78 years
2005
Health in Latvia
# 146
Trinidad and Tobago :
65.6 years
2005
Health in Trinidad and Tobago
# 147
São Tomé and Príncipe :
65.43 years
2005
Health in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 148
Ukraine :
64.39 years
2005
Health in Ukraine
# 149
Kyrgyzstan :
64.16 years
2005
Health in Kyrgyzstan
# 150
East Timor :
63.63 years
2005
Health in East Timor
# 151
India :
63.57 years
2005
Health in India
# 152
Belarus :
63.03 years
2005
Health in Belarus
# 153
Bolivia :
62.89 years
2005
Health in Bolivia
# 154
Guyana :
62.86 years
2005
Health in Guyana
# 155
Papua New Guinea :
62.76 years
2005
Health in Papua New Guinea
# 156
Maldives :
62.76 years
2005
Health in Maldives
# 157
Grenada :
62.74 years
2005
Health in Grenada
# 158
Mongolia :
62.3 years
2005
Health in Mongolia
# 159
Bangladesh :
62.13 years
2005
Health in Bangladesh
# 160
Bahamas, The :
62.11 years
2005
Health in Bahamas, The
# 161
Pakistan :
62.04 years
2005
Health in Pakistan
# 162
Tajikistan :
61.68 years
2005
Health in Tajikistan
# 163
Kazakhstan :
61.21 years
2005
Health in Kazakhstan
# 164
Moldova :
61.12 years
2005
Health in Moldova
# 165
Vanuatu :
61 years
2005
Health in Vanuatu
# 166
Uzbekistan :
60.82 years
2005
Health in Uzbekistan
# 167
Russia :
60.55 years
2005
Health in Russia
# 168
Nepal :
60.09 years
2005
Health in Nepal
# 169
Yemen :
59.89 years
2005
Health in Yemen
# 170
Comoros :
59.65 years
2005
Health in Comoros
# 171
Azerbaijan :
59.24 years
2005
Health in Azerbaijan
# 172
Mayotte :
59.22 years
2005
Health in Mayotte
# 173
Nauru :
59.16 years
2005
Health in Nauru
# 174
Kiribati :
58.71 years
2005
Health in Kiribati
# 175
Turkmenistan :
58.02 years
2005
Health in Turkmenistan
# 176
Burma :
57.8 years
2005
Health in Burma
# 177
Ghana :
57.7 years
2005
Health in Ghana
# 178
Senegal :
57.37 years
2005
Health in Senegal
# 179
Sudan :
57.33 years
2005
Health in Sudan
# 180
Cambodia :
56.98 years
2005
Health in Cambodia
# 181
Eritrea :
56.96 years
2005
Health in Eritrea
# 182
Togo :
55.02 years
2005
Health in Togo
# 183
Bhutan :
54.65 years
2005
Health in Bhutan
# 184
Madagascar :
54.57 years
2005
Health in Madagascar
# 185
Gabon :
53.63 years
2005
Health in Gabon
# 186
Laos :
53.07 years
2005
Health in Laos
# 187
Gambia, The :
51.91 years
2005
Health in Gambia, The
# 188
Haiti :
51.58 years
2005
Health in Haiti
# 189
Benin :
51.53 years
2005
Health in Benin
# 190
Congo, Republic of the :
51.17 years
2005
Health in Congo, Republic of the
# 191
Uganda :
50.74 years
2005
Health in Uganda
# 192
Cameroon :
50.71 years
2005
Health in Cameroon
# 193
Mauritania :
50.52 years
2005
Health in Mauritania
# 194
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
49.68 years
2005
Health in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 195
Burundi :
49.61 years
2005
Health in Burundi
# 196
Kenya :
48.87 years
2005
Health in Kenya
# 197
Guinea :
48.19 years
2005
Health in Guinea
# 198
Equatorial Guinea :
48.01 years
2005
Health in Equatorial Guinea
# 199
Ethiopia :
47.67 years
2005
Health in Ethiopia
# 200
Burkina Faso :
46.96 years
2005
Health in Burkina Faso
# 201
Mali :
46.68 years
2005
Health in Mali
# 202
Somalia :
46.36 years
2005
Health in Somalia
# 203
Nigeria :
46.21 years
2005
Health in Nigeria
# 204
Côte d'Ivoire :
46.05 years
2005
Health in Côte d'Ivoire
# 205
Rwanda :
45.92 years
2005
Health in Rwanda
# 206
Chad :
45.55 years
2005
Health in Chad
# 207
Guinea-Bissau :
44.77 years
2005
Health in Guinea-Bissau
# 208
Namibia :
44.71 years
2005
Health in Namibia
# 209
Tanzania :
44.56 years
2005
Health in Tanzania
# 210
Niger :
43.54 years
2005
Health in Niger
# 211
South Africa :
43.47 years
2005
Health in South Africa
# 212
Central African Republic :
43.27 years
2005
Health in Central African Republic
# 213
Afghanistan :
42.71 years
2005
Health in Afghanistan
# 214
Djibouti :
41.84 years
2005
Health in Djibouti
# 215
Malawi :
41.66 years
2005
Health in Malawi
# 216
Zimbabwe :
40.2 years
2005
Health in Zimbabwe
# 217
Mozambique :
39.9 years
2005
Health in Mozambique
# 218
Zambia :
39.43 years
2005
Health in Zambia
# 219
Sierra Leone :
37.74 years
2005
Health in Sierra Leone
# 220
Angola :
37.28 years
2005
Health in Angola
# 221
Liberia :
37.03 years
2005
Health in Liberia
# 222
Lesotho :
35.49 years
2005
Health in Lesotho
# 223
Botswana :
33.89 years
2005
Health in Botswana
# 224
Swaziland :
32.49 years
2005
Health in Swaziland
# 225
Tokelau :
-9 years
2005
Health in Tokelau
Weighted average:
64.9 years
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
75.1 years
DEFINITION: The average number of years to be lived by amen in this nation 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.
SOURCE: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
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"Life expectancy at birth > male (2005) by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_mal-health-life-expectancy-birth-male&date=2005
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