Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total > Years: Countries Compared
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.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 82.08 years | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Hong Kong | 81.58 years | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | 81.24 years | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Iceland | 81.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Australia | 80.63 years | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Spain | 80.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Sweden | 80.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Italy | 80.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Macau | 80.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 10 | France | 80.21 years | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Canada | 80.18 years | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Norway | 80.04 years | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 79.77 years | 2005 | |||
| 13 | Israel | 79.72 years | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Singapore | 79.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 15 | New Zealand | 79.62 years | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Malta | 79.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Belgium | 79.48 years | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Ireland | 79.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Austria | 79.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Netherlands | 79.35 years | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Cyprus | 79.29 years | 2005 | ||
| =22 | Luxembourg | 79.18 years | 2005 | ||
| =22 | United Arab Emirates | 79.18 years | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Greece | 78.99 years | 2005 | ||
| =25 | Costa Rica | 78.95 years | 2005 | ||
| =25 | United Kingdom | 78.95 years | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Germany | 78.93 years | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Finland | 78.82 years | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 78.81 years | 2005 | |||
| 29 | Bermuda | 78.58 years | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Virgin Islands | 78.55 years | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 78.16 years | 2005 | |||
| 31 | Chile | 78.15 years | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Portugal | 78.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Denmark | 77.84 years | 2005 | ||
| 34 | United States | 77.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 35 | Puerto Rico | 77.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Slovenia | 77.61 years | 2005 | ||
| 37 | South Korea | 77.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Kuwait | 77.54 years | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 77.38 years | 2005 | |||
| 39 | Cuba | 77.25 years | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 77.11 years | 2005 | |||
| 40 | Brunei | 76.97 years | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 76.67 years | 2005 | |||
| 41 | Dominica | 76.6 years | 2002 | ||
| 42 | Netherlands Antilles | 76.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Czech Republic | 75.91 years | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 75.85 years | 2005 | |||
| 44 | Croatia | 75.67 years | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Uruguay | 75.61 years | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Albania | 75.48 years | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Barbados | 75.4 years | 2004 | ||
| 48 | Mexico | 75.37 years | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.28 years | 2002 | ||
| 50 | Panama | 75.24 years | 2005 | ||
| 51 | Guam | 75.18 years | 2005 | ||
| 52 | New Caledonia | 75.16 years | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Poland | 75 years | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Bahrain | 74.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Argentina | 74.83 years | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Oman | 74.76 years | 2005 | ||
| =57 | Sri Lanka | 74.67 years | 2005 | ||
| =57 | Ecuador | 74.67 years | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.41 years | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Libya | 74.35 years | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Venezuela | 74.22 years | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Saint Lucia | 74.17 years | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Qatar | 74.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Slovakia | 73.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Syria | 73.82 years | 2005 | ||
| 66 | French Polynesia | 73.76 years | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 73.73 years | 2005 | |||
| 67 | Malaysia | 73.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Tunisia | 73.45 years | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Armenia | 73.33 years | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 73.23 years | 2005 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 73.2 years | 2005 | |||
| 70 | Mauritius | 73.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Grenada | 72.97 years | 2002 | ||
| 72 | Seychelles | 72.95 years | 2002 | ||
| 73 | Colombia | 72.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Serbia and Montenegro | 72.79 years | 2005 | ||
| =75 | Tonga | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
| =75 | Hungary | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Estonia | 72.57 years | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Saudi Arabia | 72.56 years | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Bulgaria | 72.56 years | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Lebanon | 72.54 years | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 72.47 years | 2005 | |||
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 72.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Jordan | 72.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 84 | China | 71.83 years | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Belize | 71.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Algeria | 71.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Romania | 71.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Paraguay | 71.45 years | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 71.45 years | 2002 | |||
| 89 | Latvia | 71.36 years | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.34 years | 2002 | ||
| =91 | Georgia | 71.31 years | 2005 | ||
| =91 | El Salvador | 71.31 years | 2005 | ||
| 93 | Turkey | 71.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Lithuania | 71.25 years | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Brazil | 71.24 years | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 71.18 years | 2005 | |||
| 96 | Iran | 71.13 years | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Philippines | 71.04 years | 2005 | ||
| 98 | The Bahamas | 70.96 years | 2005 | ||
| =99 | Jamaica | 70.9 years | 2005 | ||
| =99 | Thailand | 70.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 101 | Samoa | 70.74 years | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Cape Verde | 70.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Peru | 70.66 years | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Vietnam | 70.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Egypt | 70.53 years | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 70.42 years | 2005 | |||
| 106 | Nicaragua | 70.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Morocco | 70.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.97 years | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 69.86 years | 2002 | |||
| 109 | Suriname | 69.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 110 | Vanuatu | 69.49 years | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 69.3 years | 2005 | |||
| 111 | Greenland | 68.86 years | 2002 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 68.74 years | 2005 | |||
| 112 | Honduras | 68.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Belarus | 68.48 years | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.34 years | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Fiji | 68.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Moldova | 68.26 years | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 68.13 years | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.07 years | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 68.01 years | 2005 | |||
| 119 | Ukraine | 67.96 years | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Guatemala | 67.85 years | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Indonesia | 67.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Maldives | 67.64 years | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 67.37 years | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Mongolia | 66.84 years | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Kazakhstan | 66.25 years | 2005 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 66.06 years | 2002 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 65.84 years | 2005 | |||
| 126 | Russia | 65.47 years | 2005 | ||
| 127 | Marshall Islands | 65.24 years | 2000 | ||
| 128 | Pakistan | 64.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Bolivia | 64.85 years | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 64.55 years | 2005 | |||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 64.52 years | 1997 | |||
| 130 | Guyana | 64.26 years | 2005 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 64.06 years | 2005 | |||
| 131 | Tajikistan | 64.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Bhutan | 63.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 133 | North Korea | 63.92 years | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Bangladesh | 63.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 135 | India | 63.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.49 years | 2005 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 63.16 years | 2005 | |||
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 62.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 62.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Kiribati | 62.82 years | 2002 | ||
| 140 | Nepal | 62.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 141 | Comoros | 62.64 years | 2005 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 62.49 years | 2005 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 62.07 years | 2005 | |||
| 142 | Yemen | 61.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Burma | 61.11 years | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Iraq | 58.81 years | 1997 | ||
| 145 | Ghana | 57.48 years | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Cambodia | 57.03 years | 2005 | ||
| 147 | The Gambia | 56.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 148 | East Timor | 56.72 years | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Sudan | 56.66 years | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Senegal | 56.45 years | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 56.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 152 | Madagascar | 55.82 years | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 55.79 years | 2005 | |||
| 153 | Laos | 55.67 years | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Togo | 55.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Benin | 54.99 years | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Eritrea | 54.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 157 | Guinea | 54.05 years | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Gabon | 53.83 years | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Mauritania | 53.66 years | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Djibouti | 53.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Congo, Republic of the | 52.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Haiti | 52.61 years | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Uganda | 49.95 years | 2005 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 49.04 years | 2005 | |||
| 164 | Kenya | 48.99 years | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 48.69 years | 2005 | |||
| 165 | Mali | 48.62 years | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 48.48 years | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Somalia | 47.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 168 | South Africa | 47.66 years | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Namibia | 46.93 years | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Tanzania | 46.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.18 years | 2005 | ||
| 172 | Cameroon | 46.06 years | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.12 years | 2005 | ||
| 174 | Niger | 44.93 years | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Afghanistan | 44.67 years | 1987 | ||
| 176 | Burundi | 44.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Rwanda | 44.12 years | 2005 | ||
| 178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.03 years | 2005 | ||
| 179 | Chad | 44.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 180 | Nigeria | 43.83 years | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Ethiopia | 42.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Liberia | 42.47 years | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 184 | Mozambique | 41.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 185 | Swaziland | 41.46 years | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Angola | 41.42 years | 2005 | ||
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 41.36 years | 2005 | ||
| 188 | Malawi | 40.52 years | 2005 | ||
| 189 | Central African Republic | 39.43 years | 2005 | ||
| 190 | Zambia | 38.41 years | 2005 | ||
| 191 | Zimbabwe | 37.26 years | 2005 | ||
| 192 | Lesotho | 35.16 years | 2005 | ||
| 193 | Botswana | 34.97 years | 2005 |