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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.
Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth, male > years (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Iceland :
79.2 years
2005 ...
#2
Hong Kong :
78.8 years
2005 ...
#3
Switzerland :
78.7 years
2005 ...
#4
Japan :
78.69 years
2005 ...
#5
Sweden :
78.4 years
2005 ...
#6
Macau :
78.29 years
2005 ...
#7
Australia :
78.21 years
2005 ...
#8
Singapore :
77.9 years
2005 ...
#9
Canada :
77.8 years
2005 ...
#10
Israel :
77.72 years
2005 ...
#11
Malta :
77.7 years
2005 ...
#12
Norway :
77.7 years
2005 ...
#13
Italy :
77.6 years
2005 ...
#14
New Zealand :
77.56 years
2005 ...
#15
Spain :
77.4 years
2005 ...
#16
Netherlands :
77.2 years
2005 ...
#17
Virgin Islands :
77.2 years
2005 ...
#18
Ireland :
77.1 years
2005 ...
#19
Cyprus :
77 years
2005 ...
#20
United Arab Emirates :
76.93 years
2005 ...
#21
United Kingdom :
76.9 years
2005 ...
#22
Costa Rica :
76.8 years
2005 ...
#23
France :
76.8 years
2005 ...
#24
Belgium :
76.7 years
2005 ...
#25
Austria :
76.7 years
2005 ...
#26
Greece :
76.6 years
2005 ...
#27
Germany :
76.2 years
2005 ...
#28
Luxembourg :
76.2 years
2005 ...
#29
Bermuda :
75.94 years
2005 ...
#30
Denmark :
75.6 years
2005 ...
#31
Finland :
75.5 years
2005 ...
#32
Kuwait :
75.44 years
2005 ...
#33
Cuba :
75.4 years
2005 ...
#34
Chile :
75.21 years
2005 ...
#35
Portugal :
74.9 years
2005 ...
#36
United States :
74.89 years
2005 ...
#37
Brunei :
74.68 years
2005 ...
#38
Man, Isle of :
74.6 years
2002 ...
#39
Dominica :
74.5 years
2002 ...
#40
Korea, South :
74.18 years
2005 ...
#41
Slovenia :
74.1 years
2005 ...
#42
Puerto Rico :
73.68 years
2005 ...
#43
Bahrain :
73.48 years
2005 ...
#44
Netherlands Antilles :
73.41 years
2005 ...
#45
Oman :
73.31 years
2005 ...
#46
Mexico :
72.98 years
2005 ...
#47
Guam :
72.9 years
2005 ...
#48
Czech Republic :
72.88 years
2005 ...
#49
Barbados :
72.75 years
2004 ...
#50
Panama :
72.71 years
2005 ...
#51
Albania :
72.6 years
2005 ...
#52
Antigua and Barbuda :
72.5 years
2002 ...
#53
Saint Lucia :
72.48 years
2005 ...
#54
New Caledonia :
72.46 years
2005 ...
#55
Croatia :
72.3 years
2005 ...
#56
Sri Lanka :
72.09 years
2005 ...
#57
Libya :
72.07 years
2005 ...
#58
Syria :
72.05 years
2005 ...
#59
Uruguay :
72 years
2005 ...
#60
Ecuador :
71.79 years
2005 ...
#61
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
71.78 years
2005 ...
#62
Qatar :
71.75 years
2005 ...
#63
Tunisia :
71.5 years
2005 ...
#64
Malaysia :
71.46 years
2005 ...
#65
Macedonia, Republic of :
71.4 years
2005 ...
#66
Venezuela :
71.38 years
2005 ...
#67
Tonga :
71.36 years
2005 ...
#68
French Polynesia :
71.26 years
2005 ...
#69
Argentina :
71.18 years
2005 ...
#70
Poland :
70.8 years
2005 ...
#71
Saudi Arabia :
70.64 years
2005 ...
#72
Jordan :
70.51 years
2005 ...
#73
Lebanon :
70.4 years
2005 ...
#74
Armenia :
70.4 years
2005 ...
#75
Algeria :
70.4 years
2005 ...
#76
Serbia and Montenegro :
70.2 years
2005 ...
#77
Slovakia :
70.1 years
2005 ...
#78
China :
70.07 years
2005 ...
#79
Colombia :
69.87 years
2005 ...
#80
Grenada :
69.8 years
2002 ...
#81
Mauritius :
69.68 years
2005 ...
#82
Azerbaijan :
69.6 years
2005 ...
#83
Iran :
69.57 years
2005 ...
#84
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
69.55 years
2005 ...
#85
Belize :
69.49 years
2005 ...
#86
Paraguay :
69.24 years
2005 ...
#87
Jamaica :
69.22 years
2005 ...
#88
Seychelles :
69.1 years
2002 ...
#89
Bulgaria :
69 years
2005 ...
#90
Philippines :
68.93 years
2005 ...
#91
Turkey :
68.9 years
2005 ...
#92
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
68.8 years
2002 ...
#93
Hungary :
68.6 years
2005 ...
#94
Egypt :
68.36 years
2005 ...
#95
El Salvador :
68.33 years
2005 ...
#96
Vietnam :
68.22 years
2005 ...
#97
Morocco :
68.2 years
2005 ...
#98
Romania :
68.2 years
2005 ...
#99
Peru :
68.14 years
2005 ...
#100
Nicaragua :
68.05 years
2005 ...
#101
Maldives :
67.93 years
2005 ...
#102
Georgia :
67.9 years
2005 ...
#103
Bahamas, The :
67.84 years
2005 ...
#104
Samoa :
67.72 years
2005 ...
#105
Cape Verde :
67.69 years
2005 ...
#106
Vanuatu :
67.65 years
2005 ...
#107
Thailand :
67.51 years
2005 ...
#108
Brazil :
67.47 years
2005 ...
#109
Micronesia, Federated States of :
67.36 years
2005 ...
#110
Trinidad and Tobago :
67.35 years
2005 ...
#111
Estonia :
67.27 years
2005 ...
#112
Suriname :
66.56 years
2005 ...
#113
Honduras :
66.55 years
2005 ...
#114
Fiji :
66.15 years
2005 ...
#115
Indonesia :
65.99 years
2005 ...
#116
Latvia :
65.6 years
2005 ...
#117
Greenland :
65.4 years
2002 ...
#118
Lithuania :
65.4 years
2005 ...
#119
Mongolia :
65.28 years
2005 ...
#120
Dominican Republic :
64.72 years
2005 ...
#121
Kyrgyzstan :
64.5 years
2005 ...
#122
Moldova :
64.5 years
2005 ...
#123
Pakistan :
64.3 years
2005 ...
#124
Guatemala :
64.29 years
2005 ...
#125
Uzbekistan :
64.19 years
2005 ...
#126
Bangladesh :
63.02 years
2005 ...
#127
Belarus :
62.86 years
2005 ...
#128
Marshall Islands :
62.8 years