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