Health > Life expectancy at birth, total > Years: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth, total (years). 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.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 83.42 | 2011 | ||
| 2 | San Marino | 83.32 | 2011 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | 82.7 | 2011 | ||
| 4 | Japan | 82.59 | 2011 | ||
| 5 | Iceland | 82.36 | 2011 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 82.33 | 2011 | ||
| 7 | Italy | 82.09 | 2011 | ||
| 8 | Malta | 82 | 2011 | ||
| 9 | Faeroe Islands | 81.93 | 2011 | ||
| 10 | Singapore | 81.89 | 2011 | ||
| 11 | Australia | 81.85 | 2011 | ||
| 12 | Sweden | 81.8 | 2011 | ||
| 13 | Israel | 81.76 | 2011 | ||
| 14 | France | 81.67 | 2011 | ||
| 15 | Norway | 81.3 | 2011 | ||
| 16 | Netherlands | 81.2 | 2011 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 81.08 | 2011 | |||
| 17 | Canada | 81.07 | 2011 | ||
| 18 | Austria | 81.03 | 2011 | ||
| 19 | Luxembourg | 80.99 | 2011 | ||
| 20 | New Zealand | 80.9 | 2011 | ||
| 21 | South Korea | 80.87 | 2011 | ||
| 22 | United Kingdom | 80.75 | 2011 | ||
| 23 | Greece | 80.74 | 2011 | ||
| 24 | Germany | 80.74 | 2011 | ||
| 25 | Portugal | 80.72 | 2011 | ||
| 26 | Ireland | 80.5 | 2011 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 80.49 | 2011 | |||
| 27 | Belgium | 80.49 | 2011 | ||
| 28 | Finland | 80.47 | 2011 | ||
| 29 | European Union | 80.18 | 2011 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 80 | 2011 | |||
| 30 | Channel Islands | 79.98 | 2011 | ||
| 31 | Slovenia | 79.97 | 2011 | ||
| 32 | Macau | 79.91 | 2011 | ||
| 33 | Denmark | 79.8 | 2011 | ||
| 34 | Lebanon | 79.56 | 2011 | ||
| 35 | Costa Rica | 79.49 | 2011 | ||
| 36 | Cyprus | 79.47 | 2011 | ||
| 37 | Chile | 79.31 | 2011 | ||
| 38 | Bermuda | 79.29 | 2011 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 79.08 | 2011 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 78.97 | 2011 | |||
| 39 | Cuba | 78.89 | 2011 | ||
| 40 | United States | 78.64 | 2011 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 78.6 | 2011 | |||
| 41 | Guam | 78.36 | 2011 | ||
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 78.36 | 2011 | ||
| 43 | Qatar | 78.3 | 2011 | ||
| 44 | Brunei | 78.18 | 2011 | ||
| 45 | Isle of Man | 77.97 | 2002 | ||
| 46 | Czech Republic | 77.87 | 2011 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 77.4 | 2011 | |||
| 47 | Maldives | 77.19 | 2011 | ||
| 48 | Albania | 77.16 | 2011 | ||
| 49 | Panama | 77.16 | 2011 | ||
| 50 | Mexico | 76.91 | 2011 | ||
| 51 | Croatia | 76.88 | 2011 | ||
| 52 | United Arab Emirates | 76.78 | 2011 | ||
| 53 | Uruguay | 76.76 | 2011 | ||
| 54 | Poland | 76.75 | 2011 | ||
| 55 | Dominica | 76.6 | 2002 | ||
| 56 | Bahrain | 76.4 | 2011 | ||
| 57 | Oman | 76.32 | 2011 | ||
| 58 | Curacao | 76.16 | 2009 | ||
| 59 | Estonia | 76.13 | 2011 | ||
| 60 | New Caledonia | 76.04 | 2011 | ||
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.96 | 2011 | ||
| 62 | Slovakia | 75.96 | 2011 | ||
| 63 | Ecuador | 75.92 | 2011 | ||
| 64 | French Polynesia | 75.92 | 2011 | ||
| 65 | Argentina | 75.84 | 2011 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 75.81 | 2011 | |||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 75.65 | 2011 | |||
| 66 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 75.59 | 2009 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 75.52 | 2011 | |||
| 67 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.5 | 2011 | ||
| 68 | Vietnam | 75.46 | 2011 | ||
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 75.29 | 2011 | ||
| 70 | Aruba | 75.08 | 2011 | ||
| 71 | China | 75.04 | 2011 | ||
| 72 | Libya | 74.99 | 2011 | ||
| 73 | Barbados | 74.97 | 2011 | ||
| 74 | Republic of Macedonia | 74.87 | 2011 | ||
| 75 | Hungary | 74.86 | 2011 | ||
| 76 | Syria | 74.77 | 2011 | ||
| 77 | The Bahamas | 74.75 | 2011 | ||
| 78 | Tunisia | 74.75 | 2011 | ||
| 79 | Malaysia | 74.67 | 2011 | ||
| 80 | Serbia | 74.59 | 2011 | ||
| 81 | Saint Lucia | 74.55 | 2011 | ||
| 82 | Turkey | 74.54 | 2011 | ||
| 83 | Montenegro | 74.54 | 2011 | ||
| 84 | Romania | 74.51 | 2011 | ||
| 85 | Armenia | 74.33 | 2011 | ||
| 86 | Venezuela | 74.33 | 2011 | ||
| 87 | Kuwait | 74.26 | 2011 | ||
| 88 | Peru | 74.21 | 2011 | ||
| 89 | Cape Verde | 74.21 | 2011 | ||
| 90 | Bulgaria | 74.16 | 2011 | ||
| 91 | Nicaragua | 74.13 | 2011 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 74.1 | 2011 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 74.05 | 2011 | |||
| 92 | Thailand | 74.01 | 2011 | ||
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 73.9 | 2011 | ||
| 94 | Georgia | 73.81 | 2011 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 73.7 | 2011 | |||
| 95 | Jordan | 73.59 | 2011 | ||
| 96 | Latvia | 73.58 | 2011 | ||
| 97 | Colombia | 73.57 | 2011 | ||
| 98 | Lithuania | 73.56 | 2011 | ||
| 99 | Belize | 73.49 | 2011 | ||
| 100 | Seychelles | 73.46 | 2011 | ||
| 101 | Iran | 73.45 | 2011 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 73.38 | 2011 | |||
| 102 | Brazil | 73.35 | 2011 | ||
| 103 | Mauritius | 73.27 | 2011 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 73.26 | 2011 | |||
| 104 | Honduras | 73.17 | 2011 | ||
| 105 | Jamaica | 73.08 | 2011 | ||
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 73.01 | 2011 | ||
| 107 | Samoa | 72.7 | 2011 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 72.62 | 2011 | |||
| 108 | Grenada | 72.48 | 2011 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 72.4 | 2011 | |||
| 109 | Tonga | 72.34 | 2011 | ||
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.3 | 2011 | ||
| 111 | Paraguay | 72.11 | 2011 | ||
| 112 | El Salvador | 71.87 | 2011 | ||
| 113 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.34 | 2002 | ||
| 114 | Guatemala | 71.33 | 2011 | ||
| 115 | Vanuatu | 71.13 | 2011 | ||
| 116 | Cambodia | 71.05 | 2011 | ||
| 117 | Ukraine | 70.81 | 2011 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 70.79 | 2011 | |||
| 118 | Algeria | 70.75 | 2011 | ||
| 119 | Egypt | 70.68 | 2011 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 70.65 | 2011 | |||
| 120 | Belarus | 70.65 | 2011 | ||
| 121 | Suriname | 70.58 | 2011 | ||
| 122 | Azerbaijan | 70.55 | 2011 | ||
| 123 | Morocco | 70.41 | 2011 | ||
| 124 | Indonesia | 70.39 | 2011 | ||
| 125 | Greenland | 70.24 | 2010 | ||
| 126 | Kosovo | 70.15 | 2011 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 69.99 | 2011 | |||
| 127 | Bangladesh | 69.89 | 2011 | ||
| 128 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.71 | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.6 | 2011 | ||
| 130 | Fiji | 69.56 | 2011 | ||
| 131 | North Korea | 69.19 | 2011 | ||
| 132 | Palau | 69.13 | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Iraq | 69.02 | 2011 | ||
| 134 | Russia | 69 | 2011 | ||
| 135 | Kazakhstan | 68.89 | 2011 | ||
| 136 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.74 | 2011 | ||
| 137 | Moldova | 68.58 | 2011 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 68.47 | 2011 | |||
| 138 | Philippines | 68.39 | 2011 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 68.24 | 2011 | |||
| 139 | Kiribati | 68.21 | 2011 | ||
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 67.98 | 2011 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 67.59 | 2011 | |||
| 141 | Nepal | 67.55 | 2011 | ||
| 142 | Bhutan | 67.46 | 2011 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 67.44 | 2011 | |||
| 143 | Laos | 67.35 | 2011 | ||
| 144 | Solomon Islands | 67.29 | 2011 | ||
| 145 | Tajikistan | 67.14 | 2011 | ||
| 146 | Mongolia | 67.12 | 2011 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 66.96 | 2011 | |||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 66.9 | 2011 | |||
| 147 | Bolivia | 66.63 | 2011 | ||
| 148 | East Timor | 66.49 | 2011 | ||
| 149 | Pakistan | 66.28 | 2011 | ||
| 150 | Sao Tome and Principe | 66 | 2011 | ||
| 151 | India | 65.96 | 2011 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 65.93 | 2011 | |||
| 152 | Guyana | 65.88 | 2011 | ||
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 65.24 | 2000 | ||
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 65.16 | 2011 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 64.84 | 2011 | |||
| 155 | Burma | 64.76 | 2011 | ||
| 156 | Madagascar | 63.8 | 2011 | ||
| 157 | Namibia | 63.28 | 2011 | ||
| 158 | Senegal | 63.04 | 2011 | ||
| 159 | Rwanda | 62.92 | 2011 | ||
| 160 | Yemen | 62.72 | 2011 | ||
| 161 | Gabon | 62.69 | 2011 | ||
| 162 | Haiti | 62.31 | 2011 | ||
| 163 | Ethiopia | 62.25 | 2011 | ||
| 164 | Papua New Guinea | 62.16 | 2011 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 61.76 | 2011 | |||
| 165 | Eritrea | 61.71 | 2011 | ||
| 166 | Sudan | 61.68 | 2011 | ||
| 167 | Mauritania | 61.19 | 2011 | ||
| 168 | Djibouti | 60.8 | 2011 | ||
| 169 | Ghana | 60.79 | 2011 | ||
| 170 | Comoros | 60.43 | 2011 | ||
| 171 | Kenya | 60.37 | 2011 | ||
| 172 | Tanzania | 60.07 | 2011 | ||
| 173 | Afghanistan | 60.07 | 2011 | ||
| 174 | Liberia | 59.86 | 2011 | ||
| 175 | Benin | 58.94 | 2011 | ||
| 176 | The Gambia | 58.37 | 2011 | ||
| 177 | Uganda | 58.02 | 2011 | ||
| 178 | Republic of the Congo | 57.78 | 2011 | ||
| 179 | Niger | 57.48 | 2011 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 57.26 | 2011 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 56.62 | 2011 | |||
| 180 | Zimbabwe | 55.95 | 2011 | ||
| 181 | Zambia | 55.83 | 2011 | ||
| 182 | Togo | 55.81 | 2011 | ||
| 183 | Guinea | 55.59 | 2011 | ||
| 184 | Burkina Faso | 55.44 | 2011 | ||
| 185 | South Africa | 55.3 | 2011 | ||
| 186 | Somalia | 54.36 | 2011 | ||
| 187 | Mali | 54.19 | 2011 | ||
| 188 | Malawi | 54.14 | 2011 | ||
| 189 | Cameroon | 54.14 | 2011 | ||
| 190 | South Sudan | 54.05 | 2011 | ||
| 191 | Guinea-Bissau | 53.8 | 2011 | ||
| 192 | Burundi | 53.14 | 2011 | ||
| 193 | Equatorial Guinea | 52.08 | 2011 | ||
| 194 | Nigeria | 51.71 | 2011 | ||
| 195 | Angola | 51.06 | 2011 | ||
| 196 | Chad | 50.24 | 2011 | ||
| 197 | Cote d'Ivoire | 50.05 | 2011 | ||
| 198 | Mozambique | 49.49 | 2011 | ||
| 199 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 49.3 | 2011 | ||
| 200 | Central African Republic | 48.79 | 2011 | ||
| 201 | Swaziland | 48.66 | 2011 | ||
| 202 | Lesotho | 48.22 | 2011 | ||
| 203 | Botswana | 46.67 | 2011 | ||
| 204 | Sierra Leone | 45.1 | 2011 |