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CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011
DEFINITION
The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. 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 > total population (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Monaco :
89.73 years
2011
Health in Monaco
# 2
Macau :
84.41 years
2011
Health in Macau
# 3
San Marino :
83.01 years
2011
Health in San Marino
# 4
Andorra :
82.43 years
2011
Health in Andorra
# 5
Japan :
82.25 years
2011
Health in Japan
# 6
Guernsey :
82.16 years
2011
Health in Guernsey
# 7
Singapore :
82.14 years
2011
Health in Singapore
# 8
Hong Kong :
82.04 years
2011
Health in Hong Kong
# 9
Australia :
81.81 years
2011
Health in Australia
# 10
Italy :
81.77 years
2011
Health in Italy
= 11
Jersey :
81.38 years
2011
Health in Jersey
= 11
Canada :
81.38 years
2011
Health in Canada
# 13
France :
81.19 years
2011
Health in France
# 14
Spain :
81.17 years
2011
Health in Spain
= 15
Switzerland :
81.07 years
2011
Health in Switzerland
= 15
Sweden :
81.07 years
2011
Health in Sweden
# 17
Israel :
80.96 years
2011
Health in Israel
# 18
Iceland :
80.9 years
2011
Health in Iceland
# 19
Anguilla :
80.87 years
2011
Health in Anguilla
# 20
Bermuda :
80.71 years
2011
Health in Bermuda
# 21
Cayman Islands :
80.68 years
2011
Health in Cayman Islands
# 22
Man, Isle of :
80.64 years
2011
Health in Man, Isle of
# 23
New Zealand :
80.59 years
2011
Health in New Zealand
# 24
Liechtenstein :
80.31 years
2011
Health in Liechtenstein
# 25
Norway :
80.2 years
2011
Health in Norway
# 26
Ireland :
80.19 years
2011
Health in Ireland
# 27
Germany :
80.07 years
2011
Health in Germany
= 28
United Kingdom :
80.05 years
2011
Health in United Kingdom
= 28
Jordan :
80.05 years
2011
Health in Jordan
# 30
Greece :
79.92 years
2011
Health in Greece
# 31
Saint Pierre and Miquelon :
79.87 years
2011
Health in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
# 32
Austria :
79.78 years
2011
Health in Austria
= 33
Malta :
79.72 years
2011
Health in Malta
= 33
Faroe Islands :
79.72 years
2011
Health in Faroe Islands
# 35
Netherlands :
79.68 years
2011
Health in Netherlands
# 36
Luxembourg :
79.61 years
2011
Health in Luxembourg
# 37
Belgium :
79.51 years
2011
Health in Belgium
# 38
Virgin Islands :
79.33 years
2011
Health in Virgin Islands
# 39
Finland :
79.27 years
2011
Health in Finland
# 40
Martinique :
79.18 years
2006
Health in Martinique
# 41
Turks and Caicos Islands :
79.11 years
2011
Health in Turks and Caicos Islands
# 42
Korea, South :
79.05 years
2011
Health in Korea, South
# 43
Wallis and Futuna :
78.98 years
2011
Health in Wallis and Futuna
# 44
Puerto Rico :
78.92 years
2011
Health in Puerto Rico
# 45
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
78.81 years
2011
Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 46
Gibraltar :
78.68 years
2011
Health in Gibraltar
# 47
Denmark :
78.63 years
2011
Health in Denmark
# 48
Portugal :
78.54 years
2011
Health in Portugal
# 49
United States :
78.37 years
2011
Health in United States
# 50
Guam :
78.34 years
2011
Health in Guam
# 51
Taiwan :
78.32 years
2011
Health in Taiwan
# 52
Saint Helena :
78.27 years
2008
Health in Saint Helena
# 53
Bahrain :
78.15 years
2011
Health in Bahrain
# 54
Guadeloupe :
78.06 years
2006
Health in Guadeloupe
# 55
Cyprus :
77.82 years
2011
Health in Cyprus
# 56
Panama :
77.79 years
2011
Health in Panama
# 57
Costa Rica :
77.72 years
2011
Health in Costa Rica
= 58
Cuba :
77.7 years
2011
Health in Cuba
= 58
Chile :
77.7 years
2011
Health in Chile
# 60
Libya :
77.65 years
2011
Health in Libya
# 61
British Virgin Islands :
77.63 years
2011
Health in British Virgin Islands
# 62
Albania :
77.41 years
2011
Health in Albania
# 63
Dominican Republic :
77.31 years
2011
Health in Dominican Republic
# 64
Slovenia :
77.3 years
2011
Health in Slovenia
# 65
French Guiana :
77.27 years
2006
Health in French Guiana
# 66
Czech Republic :
77.19 years
2011
Health in Czech Republic
# 67
Georgia :
77.12 years
2011
Health in Georgia
# 68
French Polynesia :
77.1 years
2011
Health in French Polynesia
# 69
Kuwait :
77.09 years
2011
Health in Kuwait
# 70
Northern Mariana Islands :
77.08 years
2011
Health in Northern Mariana Islands
# 71
Argentina :
76.95 years
2011
Health in Argentina
# 72
Saint Lucia :
76.84 years
2011
Health in Saint Lucia
# 73
Mayotte :
76.83 years
2011
Health in Mayotte
# 74
New Caledonia :
76.75 years
2011
Health in New Caledonia
# 75
United Arab Emirates :
76.51 years
2011
Health in United Arab Emirates
# 76
Mexico :
76.47 years
2011
Health in Mexico
# 77
Netherlands Antilles :
76.45 years
2008
Health in Netherlands Antilles
# 78
Uruguay :
76.21 years
2011
Health in Uruguay
# 79
Paraguay :
76.19 years
2011
Health in Paraguay
# 80
Brunei :
76.17 years
2011
Health in Brunei
# 81
Poland :
76.05 years
2011
Health in Poland
# 82
Dominica :
75.98 years
2011
Health in Dominica
# 83
Morocco :
75.9 years
2011
Health in Morocco
# 84
Slovakia :
75.83 years
2011
Health in Slovakia
# 85
Croatia :
75.79 years
2011
Health in Croatia
= 86
Ecuador :
75.73 years
2011
Health in Ecuador
= 86
Sri Lanka :
75.73 years
2011
Health in Sri Lanka
# 88
Aruba :
75.72 years
2011
Health in Aruba
# 89
Qatar :
75.7 years
2011
Health in Qatar
# 90
Antigua and Barbuda :
75.48 years
2011
Health in Antigua and Barbuda
# 91
Lithuania :
75.34 years
2011
Health in Lithuania
# 92
Tonga :
75.16 years
2011
Health in Tonga
# 93
Macedonia, Republic of :
75.14 years
2011
Health in Macedonia, Republic of
= 94
Tunisia :
75.01 years
2011
Health in Tunisia
= 94
Lebanon :
75.01 years
2011
Health in Lebanon
# 96
Hungary :
74.79 years
2011
Health in Hungary
# 97
Cook Islands :
74.7 years
2011
Health in Cook Islands
# 98
Syria :
74.69 years
2011
Health in Syria
# 99
China :
74.68 years
2011
Health in China
# 100
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
74.6 years
2011
Health in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 101
Colombia :
74.55 years
2011
Health in Colombia
# 102
Algeria :
74.5 years
2011
Health in Algeria
# 103
Mauritius :
74.48 years
2011
Health in Mauritius
# 104
Maldives :
74.45 years
2011
Health in Maldives
# 105
Barbados :
74.34 years
2011
Health in Barbados
# 106
Serbia and Montenegro :
74.32 years
2011
Health in Serbia and Montenegro
# 107
West Bank :
74.29 years
2008
Health in West Bank
= 108
Oman :
74.22 years
2011
Health in Oman
= 108
Suriname :
74.22 years
2011
Health in Suriname
# 110
American Samoa :
74.21 years
2011
Health in American Samoa
= 111
Réunion :
74.18 years
2006
Health in Réunion
= 111
Solomon Islands :
74.18 years
2011
Health in Solomon Islands
# 113
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
74.15 years
2011
Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 114
Saudi Arabia :
74.11 years
2011
Health in Saudi Arabia
# 115
Romania :
73.98 years
2011
Health in Romania
# 116
Venezuela :
73.93 years
2011
Health in Venezuela
# 117
Malaysia :
73.79 years
2011
Health in Malaysia
# 118
Thailand :
73.6 years
2011
Health in Thailand
# 119
Bulgaria :
73.59 years
2011
Health in Bulgaria
# 120
Seychelles :
73.52 years
2011
Health in Seychelles
# 121
Jamaica :
73.45 years
2011
Health in Jamaica
# 122
El Salvador :
73.44 years
2011
Health in El Salvador
# 123
Estonia :
73.33 years
2011
Health in Estonia
# 124
Armenia :
73.23 years
2011
Health in Armenia
= 125
Montserrat :
73.16 years
2011
Health in Montserrat
= 125
Gaza Strip :
73.16 years
2008
Health in Gaza Strip
# 127
Grenada :
73.04 years
2011
Health in Grenada
# 128
Latvia :
72.68 years
2011
Health in Latvia
# 129
Egypt :
72.66 years
2011
Health in Egypt
# 130
Brazil :
72.53 years
2011
Health in Brazil
# 131
Uzbekistan :
72.51 years
2011
Health in Uzbekistan
# 132
Turkey :
72.5 years
2011
Health in Turkey
# 133
Peru :
72.47 years
2011
Health in Peru
# 134
Samoa :
72.4 years
2011
Health in Samoa
# 135
Vietnam :
72.18 years
2011
Health in Vietnam
# 136
Nicaragua :
71.9 years
2011
Health in Nicaragua
# 137
Palau :
71.78 years
2011
Health in Palau
# 138
Marshall Islands :
71.76 years
2011
Health in Marshall Islands
# 139
Philippines :
71.66 years
2011
Health in Philippines
# 140
Micronesia, Federated States of :
71.52 years
2011
Health in Micronesia, Federated States of
= 141
Moldova :
71.37 years
2011
Health in Moldova
= 141
Trinidad and Tobago :
71.37 years
2011
Health in Trinidad and Tobago
# 143
Indonesia :
71.33 years
2011
Health in Indonesia
# 144
Fiji :
71.31 years
2011
Health in Fiji
# 145
Belarus :
71.2 years
2011
Health in Belarus
# 146
Bahamas, The :
71.18 years
2011
Health in Bahamas, The
# 147
Greenland :
70.96 years
2011
Health in Greenland
# 148
Guatemala :
70.88 years
2011
Health in Guatemala
# 149
Cape Verde :
70.7 years
2011
Health in Cape Verde
# 150
Honduras :
70.61 years
2011
Health in Honduras
# 151
Iraq :
70.55 years
2011
Health in Iraq
# 152
Iran :
70.06 years
2011
Health in Iran
# 153
Kyrgyzstan :
70.04 years
2011
Health in Kyrgyzstan
# 154
Bangladesh :
69.75 years
2011
Health in Bangladesh
# 155
Korea, North :
68.89 years
2011
Health in Korea, North
# 156
Ukraine :
68.58 years
2011
Health in Ukraine
# 157
Turkmenistan :
68.52 years
2011
Health in Turkmenistan
# 158
Kazakhstan :
68.51 years
2011
Health in Kazakhstan
# 159
Mongolia :
68.31 years
2011
Health in Mongolia
# 160
Belize :
68.23 years
2011
Health in Belize
# 161
East Timor :
67.95 years
2011
Health in East Timor
# 162
Bolivia :
67.57 years
2011
Health in Bolivia
# 163
Azerbaijan :
67.36 years
2011
Health in Azerbaijan
# 164
Bhutan :
67.3 years
2011
Health in Bhutan
# 165
Guyana :
67.08 years
2011
Health in Guyana
# 166
India :
66.8 years
2011
Health in India
# 167
Russia :
66.29 years
2011
Health in Russia
# 168
Papua New Guinea :
66.24 years
2011
Health in Papua New Guinea
# 169
Nepal :
66.16 years
2011
Health in Nepal
# 170
Tajikistan :
66.03 years
2011
Health in Tajikistan
# 171
Pakistan :
65.99 years
2011
Health in Pakistan
# 172
Nauru :
65.35 years
2011
Health in Nauru
# 173
Burma :
64.88 years
2011
Health in Burma
# 174
Tuvalu :
64.75 years
2011
Health in Tuvalu
# 175
Vanuatu :
64.7 years
2011
Health in Vanuatu
# 176
Kiribati :
64.39 years
2011
Health in Kiribati
# 177
Comoros :
64.2 years
2011
Health in Comoros
# 178
Yemen :
63.74 years
2011
Health in Yemen
# 179
Madagascar :
63.63 years
2011
Health in Madagascar
# 180
Gambia, The :
63.51 years
2011
Health in Gambia, The
# 181
São Tomé and Príncipe :
63.11 years
2011
Health in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 182
Togo :
62.71 years
2011
Health in Togo
# 183
Cambodia :
62.67 years
2011
Health in Cambodia
# 184
Eritrea :
62.52 years
2011
Health in Eritrea
# 185
Laos :
62.39 years
2011
Health in Laos
# 186
Equatorial Guinea :
62.37 years
2011
Health in Equatorial Guinea
# 187
Haiti :
62.17 years
2011
Health in Haiti
= 188
Mauritania :
61.14 years
2011
Health in Mauritania
= 188
Djibouti :
61.14 years
2011
Health in Djibouti
# 190
Ghana :
61 years
2011
Health in Ghana
# 191
Benin :
59.84 years
2011
Health in Benin
# 192
Senegal :
59.78 years
2011
Health in Senegal
# 193
Kenya :
59.48 years
2011
Health in Kenya
# 194
Burundi :
58.78 years
2011
Health in Burundi
# 195
Guinea :
58.11 years
2011
Health in Guinea
# 196
Botswana :
58.05 years
2011
Health in Botswana
# 197
Rwanda :
58.02 years
2011
Health in Rwanda
# 198
Liberia :
57 years
2011
Health in Liberia
# 199
Côte d'Ivoire :
56.78 years
2011
Health in Côte d'Ivoire
# 200
Ethiopia :
56.19 years
2011
Health in Ethiopia
# 201
Sierra Leone :
56.13 years
2011
Health in Sierra Leone
# 202
Sudan :
55.42 years
2011
Health in Sudan
# 203
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
55.33 years
2011
Health in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 204
Congo, Republic of the :
54.91 years
2011
Health in Congo, Republic of the
# 205
Cameroon :
54.39 years
2011
Health in Cameroon
# 206
Western Sahara :
53.92 years
2008
Health in Western Sahara
# 207
Burkina Faso :
53.7 years
2011
Health in Burkina Faso
# 208
Niger :
53.4 years
2011
Health in Niger
# 209
Uganda :
53.24 years
2011
Health in Uganda
# 210
Tanzania :
52.85 years
2011
Health in Tanzania
# 211
Mali :
52.61 years
2011
Health in Mali
# 212
Gabon :
52.49 years
2011
Health in Gabon
# 213
Zambia :
52.36 years
2011
Health in Zambia
# 214
Namibia :
52.19 years
2011
Health in Namibia
# 215
Mozambique :
51.78 years
2011
Health in Mozambique
# 216
Malawi :
51.7 years
2011
Health in Malawi
# 217
Lesotho :
51.63 years
2011
Health in Lesotho
# 218
Somalia :
50.4 years
2011
Health in Somalia
# 219
Central African Republic :
50.07 years
2011
Health in Central African Republic
# 220
Zimbabwe :
49.64 years
2011
Health in Zimbabwe
# 221
South Africa :
49.33 years
2011
Health in South Africa
# 222
Guinea-Bissau :
48.7 years
2011
Health in Guinea-Bissau
# 223
Swaziland :
48.66 years
2011
Health in Swaziland
# 224
Chad :
48.33 years
2011
Health in Chad
# 225
Nigeria :
47.56 years
2011
Health in Nigeria
# 226
Afghanistan :
45.02 years
2011
Health in Afghanistan
# 227
Angola :
38.76 years
2011
Health in Angola
Weighted average:
70.6 years
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
78.82 years
DEFINITION: The average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. 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 via NationMaster
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