Life Expectancy at Birth
CIA World Factbook (2008 estimates)
Rank | Country/Region | Overall | Male | Female |
---|---|---|---|---|
World Average | 65.82 | 63.89 | 67.84 | |
1 | Macau (+28% above world avg.) | 84.379 | 81.36 | 87.45 |
2 | Andorra | 82.67 | 80.35 | 85.14 |
3 | Japan | 82.07 | 78.73 | 85.59 |
4 | Singapore | 81.89 | 79.29 | 84.68 |
5 | San Marino | 81.88 | 78.43 | 85.64 |
6 | Hong Kong (+24%) | 81.77 | 79.07 | 84.69 |
7 | Gibraltar (UK)[4] | 80.9 | 78.5 | 83.3 |
8 | France (metropolitan) | 80.87 | 77.68 | 84.23 |
9 | Switzerland | 80.62 | 77.75 | 83.63 |
10 | Sweden | 80.63 | 78.39 | 83 |
11 | Australia | 80.62 | 77.8 | 83.59 |
12 | Guernsey (UK) | 80.53 | 77.53 | 83.64 |
13 | Iceland | 80.43 | 78.33 | 82.62 |
14 | Canada (+22%) | 80.34 | 76.98 | 83.86 |
15 | Cayman Islands (UK) | 80.2 | 77.57 | 82.87 |
16 | Italy | 79.94 | 77.01 | 83.07 |
17 | Monaco | 79.82 | 75.99 | 83.85 |
18 | Liechtenstein | 79.81 | 76.24 | 83.4 |
19 | Spain | 79.78 | 76.46 | 83.32 |
19 | Norway | 79.78 | 76.46 | 83.32 |
19 | Israel | 79.78 | 76.46 | 83.32 |
22 | Jersey (UK) | 79.51 | 77.02 | 82.2 |
23 | Faroe Islands (Denmark) | 79.49 | 76.06 | 82.93 |
24 | Greece | 79.38 | 76.85 | 82.06 |
25 | Austria | 79.21 | 76.32 | 82.26 |
26 | U.S. Virgin Islands (US) | 79.2 | 75.4 | 83.22 |
27 | Malta | 79.15 | 76.95 | 81.47 |
28 | Netherlands | 79.11 | 76.52 | 81.82 |
29 | South Korea | 79.10 | 78.10 | 80.10 |
30 | Luxembourg | 79.03 | 75.76 | 82.52 |
31 | Montserrat (UK) | 79 | 76.8 | 81.31 |
32 | New Zealand | 78.96 | 75.97 | 82.08 |
33 | Germany (+20%) | 78.95 | 75.96 | 82.11 |
34 | Belgium | 78.92 | 75.75 | 82.24 |
35 | Guam (US) | 78.76 | 75.69 | 82.01 |
36 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) | 78.76 | 76.41 | 81.23 |
37 | United Kingdom | 78.7 | 76.23 | 81.3 |
38 | European Union | 78.7 | 75.6 | 82 |
39 | Finland | 78.66 | 75.15 | 82.31 |
Isle of Man (UK) | 78.64 | 75.3 | 82.17 | |
40 | Jordan | 78.55 | 76.04 | 81.22 |
41 | Puerto Rico (US) | 78.54 | 74.6 | 82.67 |
42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.17 | 74.57 | 82.03 |
43 | Bermuda (UK) | 78.13 | 76 | 80.29 |
44 | Saint Helena (UK) | 78.09 | 75.19 | 81.15 |
45 | United States (+19%) | 78.06 | 75.15 | 80.97 |
46 | Cyprus | 77.98 | 75.6 | 80.49 |
47 | Denmark | 77.96 | 75.65 | 80.41 |
48 | Ireland | 77.9 | 75.27 | 80.7 |
49 | Portugal | 77.87 | 74.6 | 81.36 |
50 | Albania | 77.6 | 74.95 | 80.53 |
51 | Taiwan (ROC) | 77.56 | 74.65 | 80.74 |
52 | Anguilla (UK) | 77.46 | 74.53 | 80.49 |
53 | Kuwait | 77.36 | 76.25 | 78.52 |
55 | Costa Rica | 77.21 | 74.61 | 79.94 |
56 | Poland | 77.19 | 73.88 | 79.44 |
57 | Chile | 76.96 | 73.69 | 80.4 |
58 | Libya | 76.88 | 74.64 | 79.23 |
59 | British Virgin Islands (UK) | 76.86 | 75.71 | 78.07 |
60 | Ecuador | 76.62 | 73.74 | 79.63 |
61 | Slovenia | 76.53 | 72.84 | 80.47 |
62 | Czech Republic | 76.42 | 73.14 | 79.88 |
63 | Argentina | 76.32 | 72.6 | 80.24 |
64 | French Polynesia (France) | 76.31 | 73.88 | 78.86 |
65 | Georgia | 76.3 | 73 | 80.07 |
66 | Northern Mariana Islands (US) |
76.29 | 73.7 | 79.05 |
67 | American Samoa (US) | 76.25 | 72.69 | 80.02 |
68 | Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands) | 76.24 | 73.96 | 78.65 |
69 | Uruguay | 75.93 | 72.68 | 79.3 |
70 | Saudi Arabia | 75.88 | 73.85 | 78.02 |
71 | United Arab Emirates | 75.69 | 73.16 | 78.35 |
72 | Mexico | 75.84 | 73.05 | 78.78 |
73 | Paraguay | 75.34 | 72.78 | 78.02 |
73 | Tunisia | 75.34 | 73.6 | 77.21 |
75 | Brunei | 75.3 | 73.12 | 77.59 |
76 | Panama | 75.19 | 72.69 | 77 |
76 | Cuba | 75.08 | 72.55 | 79.28 |
78 | Dominica | 75.1 | 72.17 | 78.18 |
79 | Serbia | 75.06 | 72.49 | 77.86 |
80 | Slovakia | 74.95 | 71 | 79.11 |
80 | Turks and Caicos Islands (UK) |
74.95 | 72.69 | 77.32 |
82 | Croatia | 74.9 | 71.26 | 78.75 |
83 | Aruba (Netherlands) | 74.83 | 71.8 | 77.91 |
84 | Sri Lanka | 74.8 | 72.81 | 76.88 |
85 | Bahrain | 74.68 | 72.18 | 77.25 |
86 | New Caledonia (France) | 74.5 | 71.52 | 77.63 |
87 | Lithuania | 74.44 | 69.46 | 79.69 |
88 | Macedonia | 74.21 | 71.73 | 76.88 |
89 | Qatar | 74.14 | 71.6 | 76.82 |
90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.09 | 72.21 | 76.04 |
91 | Saint Lucia | 74.08 | 70.53 | 77.88 |
92 | Oman | 73.62 | 71.37 | 75.99 |
93 | Algeria | 73.52 | 71.91 | 75.21 |
94 | West Bank | 73.46 | 71.68 | 75.35 |
95 | Venezuela | 73.28 | 70.24 | 76.48 |
96 | Suriname | 73.23 | 70.52 | 76.12 |
97 | Solomon Islands | 73.16 | 70.64 | 75.81 |
98 | Lebanon | 73.15 | 70.67 | 75.77 |
99 | Jamaica | 73.12 | 71.43 | 74.9 |
100 | Dominican Republic | 73.07 | 71.34 | 74.87 |
101 | Barbados | 73 | 71.02 | 75.01 |
102 | Hungary | 72.92 | 68.73 | 77.38 |
103 | Mauritius | 72.88 | 68.92 | 76.9 |
103 | Turkey | 72.88 | 70.43 | 75.46 |
103 | China (+11%) | 72.88 | 71.13 | 74.82 |
106 | Malaysia | 72.76 | 70.05 | 75.65 |
114 | Brazil | 72.70 | 69.0 | 76.50 |
107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 72.66 | 69.81 | 75.69 |
108 | Bulgaria | 72.57 | 68.95 | 76.4 |
109 | Thailand | 72.55 | 70.24 | 74.98 |
110 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.42 | 70.03 | 74.94 |
111 | Seychelles | 72.34 | 66.98 | 77.86 |
112 | Estonia | 72.3 | 66.87 | 78.07 |
113 | Colombia | 72.27 | 68.44 | 76.24 |
115 | Gaza Strip | 72.16 | 70.84 | 73.54 |
116 | Armenia | 72.12 | 68.52 | 76.29 |
117 | North Korea | 71.92 | 69.18 | 74.8 |
118 | Romania | 71.91 | 68.41 | 75.62 |
119 | El Salvador | 71.78 | 68.18 | 75.57 |
120 | Latvia | 71.6 | 66.39 | 77.1 |
121 | Egypt | 71.57 | 69.04 | 74.22 |
122 | Samoa | 71.3 | 68.49 | 74.26 |
123 | Morocco | 71.22 | 68.88 | 73.67 |
124 | Vietnam | 71.07 | 68.27 | 74.08 |
125 | Cape Verde | 71.02 | 67.69 | 74.44 |
126 | Nicaragua | 70.92 | 68.82 | 73.13 |
127 | Palau | 70.71 | 67.54 | 74.06 |
128 | Syria | 70.61 | 69.27 | 72.02 |
128 | Marshall Islands | 70.61 | 68.61 | 72.71 |
130 | Iran | 70.56 | 69.12 | 72.07 |
131 | Philippines | 70.51 | 67.61 | 73.55 |
132 | Federated States of Micronesia | 70.35 | 68.52 | 72.28 |
133 | Greenland (Denmark) | 70.23 | 66.65 | 73.9 |
134 | Moldova | 70.2 | 66.51 | 74.11 |
135 | Indonesia | 70.16 | 67.69 | 72.76 |
136 | Peru | 70.14 | 68.33 | 72.04 |
137 | Fiji | 70.12 | 67.6 | 72.76 |
137 | Tonga | 70.12 | 67.6 | 72.76 |
139 | Belarus | 70.05 | 64.31 | 76.14 |
140 | Guatemala | 69.69 | 67.94 | 71.52 |
141 | Honduras | 69.35 | 67.78 | 70.99 |
142 | Iraq | 69.31 | 68.04 | 70.65 |
143 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.81 | 64.8 | 73.02 |
144 | Tuvalu | 68.63 | 66.38 | 70.99 |
145 | India (+4%) | 68.59 | 66.28 | 71.17 |
146 | Turkmenistan | 68.3 | 65.23 | 71.54 |
147 | Belize | 68.25 | 66.44 | 70.16 |
148 | Ukraine | 67.88 | 62.16 | 73.96 |
149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67.64 | 66.03 | 69.3 |
150 | Kazakhstan | 67.22 | 61.9 | 72.84 |
151 | Mongolia | 66.99 | 64.61 | 69.48 |
152 | Trinidad and Tobago | 75.98 | 76.81 | 74.12 |
153 | East Timor | 66.6 | 64.28 | 69.04 |
154 | Bolivia | 66.19 | 63.53 | 68.97 |
155 | Guyana | 66.17 | 63.52 | 68.95 |
156 | Azerbaijan | 65.96 | 61.86 | 70.66 |
157 | Russia (0%) | 65.87 | 59.12 | 73.03 |
158 | The Bahamas | 65.66 | 62.37 | 69.02 |
159 | Papua New Guinea | 65.62 | 63.41 | 67.95 |
160 | Grenada | 65.21 | 63.38 | 67.05 |
161 | Uzbekistan | 64.98 | 61.57 | 68.56 |
162 | Maldives | 64.76 | 63.41 | 66.19 |
163 | Tajikistan | 64.61 | 61.6 | 67.78 |
164 | Pakistan (-3%) | 63.75 | 62.73 | 64.83 |
165 | Nauru | 63.44 | 59.85 | 67.21 |
166 | Vanuatu | 63.22 | 61.67 | 64.84 |
167 | Bangladesh | 62.84 | 62.81 | 62.86 |
168 | Comoros | 62.73 | 60.37 | 65.15 |
169 | Yemen | 62.52 | 60.61 | 64.54 |
170 | Burma | 62.49 | 60.29 | 64.83 |
171 | Kiribati | 62.45 | 59.41 | 65.63 |
172 | Mayotte (France) | 62.16 | 59.94 | 64.45 |
173 | Madagascar | 62.14 | 60.23 | 64.1 |
174 | Cambodia | 61.29 | 59.27 | 63.4 |
175 | Nepal | 60.56 | 60.78 | 60.33 |
176 | Eritrea | 59.55 | 57.88 | 61.28 |
177 | Ghana | 59.49 | 58.65 | 60.35 |
178 | Togo | 57.86 | 55.81 | 59.96 |
179 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57.2 | 54.97 | 59.5 |
180 | Haiti | 57.03 | 55.35 | 58.75 |
181 | Senegal | 56.69 | 55.34 | 58.09 |
182 | Laos | 55.89 | 53.82 | 58.04 |
183 | Kenya | 55.31 | 55.24 | 55.37 |
184 | Bhutan | 55.17 | 55.38 | 54.96 |
185 | The Gambia | 54.54 | 52.68 | 56.46 |
186 | Gabon | 53.99 | 52.85 | 55.17 |
187 | Mauritania | 53.51 | 51.24 | 55.85 |
188 | Benin | 53.44 | 52.28 | 54.63 |
189 | Republic of the Congo | 53.29 | 52.1 | 54.52 |
190 | Cameroon | 52.86 | 52.15 | 53.59 |
191 | Uganda | 51.75 | 50.78 | 52.73 |
192 | Burundi | 51.29 | 50.48 | 52.12 |
193 | Tanzania | 50.71 | 49.41 | 52.04 |
194 | Botswana | 50.58 | 51.55 | 49.58 |
195 | Guinea | 49.65 | 48.5 | 50.84 |
196 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.51 | 48.11 | 50.95 |
196 | Mali | 49.51 | 47.6 | 51.46 |
198 | Ethiopia | 49.23 | 48.06 | 50.44 |
199 | Burkina Faso | 49.21 | 47.68 | 50.8 |
200 | Sudan | 49.11 | 48.24 | 50.03 |
201 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49 | 46.43 | 51.66 |
202 | Rwanda | 48.99 | 47.87 | 50.16 |
203 | Somalia | 48.84 | 47.06 | 50.69 |
204 | Nigeria | 47.44 | 46.83 | 48.07 |
205 | Chad | 47.2 | 46.17 | 48.27 |
206 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.18 | 45.37 | 49.04 |
207 | Niger | 44.03 | 44.05 | 44 |
208 | Afghanistan | 43.77 | 43.6 | 43.96 |
209 | Central African Republic | 43.74 | 43.69 | 43.79 |
210 | Djibouti | 43.25 | 41.88 | 44.65 |
211 | Namibia | 43.11 | 44.39 | 41.79 |
212 | Malawi | 42.98 | 43.35 | 42.61 |
213 | South Africa | 42.45 | 43.21 | 41.66 |
214 | Mozambique | 40.9 | 41.4 | 40.4 |
215 | Sierra Leone | 40.58 | 38.36 | 42.87 |
216 | Liberia | 40.39 | 38.93 | 41.89 |
217 | Lesotho | 39.97 | 40.73 | 39.18 |
218 | Zimbabwe | 39.5 | 40.62 | 38.35 |
219 | Zambia | 38.44 | 38.34 | 38.54 |
220 | Angola | 37.63 | 36.73 | 38.57 |
221 | Swaziland (-51%) | 32.23 | 31.84 | 32.62 |