| Field Listing :: Life expectancy at birth |
| This entry contains 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. | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Life expectancy at birth(years) |
|---|
| Afghanistan |
total population: 50.49 years
male: 49.17 years female: 51.88 years (2014 est.) |
| Albania |
total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.33 years female: 80.86 years (2014 est.) |
| Algeria |
total population: 76.39 years
male: 75.12 years female: 77.72 years (2014 est.) |
| American Samoa |
total population: 74.91 years
male: 71.96 years female: 78.04 years (2014 est.) |
| Andorra |
total population: 82.65 years
male: 80.51 years female: 84.92 years (2014 est.) |
| Angola |
total population: 55.29 years
male: 54.16 years female: 56.47 years (2014 est.) |
| Anguilla |
total population: 81.2 years
male: 78.61 years female: 83.86 years (2014 est.) |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
total population: 76.12 years
male: 74.04 years female: 78.3 years (2014 est.) |
| Argentina |
total population: 77.51 years
male: 74.28 years female: 80.91 years (2014 est.) |
| Armenia |
total population: 74.12 years
male: 70.9 years female: 77.78 years (2014 est.) |
| Aruba |
total population: 76.35 years
male: 73.3 years female: 79.47 years (2014 est.) |
| Australia |
total population: 82.07 years
male: 79.63 years female: 84.64 years (2014 est.) |
| Austria |
total population: 80.17 years
male: 77.25 years female: 83.24 years (2014 est.) |
| Azerbaijan |
total population: 71.91 years
male: 68.92 years female: 75.26 years (2014 est.) |
| Bahamas, The |
total population: 71.93 years
male: 69.48 years female: 74.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Bahrain |
total population: 78.58 years
male: 76.4 years female: 80.81 years (2014 est.) |
| Bangladesh |
total population: 70.65 years
male: 68.75 years female: 72.63 years (2014 est.) |
| Barbados |
total population: 74.99 years
male: 72.64 years female: 77.37 years (2014 est.) |
| Belarus |
total population: 72.15 years
male: 66.53 years female: 78.1 years (2014 est.) |
| Belgium |
total population: 79.92 years
male: 76.76 years female: 83.22 years (2014 est.) |
| Belize |
total population: 68.49 years
male: 66.88 years female: 70.17 years (2014 est.) |
| Benin |
total population: 61.07 years
male: 59.75 years female: 62.47 years (2014 est.) |
| Bermuda |
total population: 81.04 years
male: 77.83 years female: 84.31 years (2014 est.) |
| Bhutan |
total population: 68.98 years
male: 68.06 years female: 69.95 years (2014 est.) |
| Bolivia |
total population: 68.55 years
male: 65.78 years female: 71.45 years (2014 est.) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
total population: 76.33 years
male: 73.33 years female: 79.55 years (2014 est.) |
| Botswana |
total population: 54.06 years
male: 55.75 years female: 52.32 years (2014 est.) |
| Brazil |
total population: 73.28 years
male: 69.73 years female: 77 years (2014 est.) |
| British Virgin Islands |
total population: 78.29 years
male: 76.99 years female: 79.66 years (2014 est.) |
| Brunei |
total population: 76.77 years
male: 74.46 years female: 79.19 years (2014 est.) |
| Bulgaria |
total population: 74.33 years
male: 70.74 years female: 78.13 years (2014 est.) |
| Burkina Faso |
total population: 54.78 years
male: 52.77 years female: 56.85 years (2014 est.) |
| Burma |
total population: 65.94 years
male: 63.57 years female: 68.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Burundi |
total population: 59.55 years
male: 57.94 years female: 61.22 years (2014 est.) |
| Cabo Verde |
total population: 71.57 years
male: 69.32 years female: 73.89 years (2014 est.) |
| Cambodia |
total population: 63.78 years
male: 61.35 years female: 66.32 years (2014 est.) |
| Cameroon |
total population: 57.35 years
male: 56.09 years female: 58.65 years (2014 est.) |
| Canada |
total population: 81.67 years
male: 79.07 years female: 84.42 years (2014 est.) |
| Cayman Islands |
total population: 81.02 years
male: 78.33 years female: 83.76 years (2014 est.) |
| Central African Republic |
total population: 51.35 years
male: 50.06 years female: 52.67 years (2014 est.) |
| Chad |
total population: 49.44 years
male: 48.3 years female: 50.63 years (2014 est.) |
| Chile |
total population: 78.44 years
male: 75.42 years female: 81.59 years (2014 est.) |
| China |
total population: 75.15 years
male: 73.09 years female: 77.43 years (2014 est.) |
| Christmas Island |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Colombia |
total population: 75.25 years
male: 72.08 years female: 78.61 years (2014 est.) |
| Comoros |
total population: 63.48 years
male: 61.23 years female: 65.8 years (2014 est.) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
total population: 56.54 years
male: 55.03 years female: 58.09 years (2014 est.) |
| Congo, Republic of the |
total population: 58.52 years
male: 57.38 years female: 59.7 years (2014 est.) |
| Cook Islands |
total population: 75.38 years
male: 72.56 years female: 78.33 years (2014 est.) |
| Costa Rica |
total population: 78.23 years
male: 75.59 years female: 81.01 years (2014 est.) |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
total population: 58.01 years
male: 56.9 years female: 59.16 years (2014 est.) |
| Croatia |
total population: 76.41 years
male: 72.81 years female: 80.2 years (2014 est.) |
| Cuba |
total population: 78.22 years
male: 75.92 years female: 80.65 years (2014 est.) |
| Curacao |
total: NA
males: 72.4 years females: 80.1 years (2009) |
| Cyprus |
total population: 78.34 years
male: 75.54 years female: 81.27 years (2014 est.) |
| Czech Republic |
total population: 78.31 years
male: 75.34 years female: 81.45 years (2014 est.) |
| Denmark |
total population: 79.09 years
male: 76.68 years female: 81.64 years (2014 est.) |
| Djibouti |
total population: 62.4 years
male: 59.93 years female: 64.94 years (2014 est.) |
| Dominica |
total population: 76.59 years
male: 73.63 years female: 79.7 years (2014 est.) |
| Dominican Republic |
total population: 77.8 years
male: 75.6 years female: 80.08 years (2014 est.) |
| Ecuador |
total population: 76.36 years
male: 73.4 years female: 79.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Egypt |
total population: 73.45 years
male: 70.82 years female: 76.2 years (2014 est.) |
| El Salvador |
total population: 74.18 years
male: 70.9 years female: 77.62 years (2014 est.) |
| Equatorial Guinea |
total population: 63.49 years
male: 62.43 years female: 64.58 years (2014 est.) |
| Eritrea |
total population: 63.51 years
male: 61.36 years female: 65.72 years (2014 est.) |
| Estonia |
total population: 74.07 years
male: 68.85 years female: 79.61 years (2014 est.) |
| Ethiopia |
total population: 60.75 years
male: 58.43 years female: 63.15 years (2014 est.) |
| European Union |
total population: 80.02 years
male: 77.19 years female: 83.01 years (2014 est.) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Faroe Islands |
total population: 80.11 years
male: 77.61 years female: 82.79 years (2014 est.) |
| Fiji |
total population: 72.15 years
male: 69.53 years female: 74.91 years (2014 est.) |
| Finland |
total population: 79.69 years
male: 76.24 years female: 83.29 years (2014 est.) |
| France |
total population: 81.66 years
male: 78.55 years female: 84.91 years (2014 est.) |
| French Polynesia |
total population: 76.79 years
male: 74.54 years female: 79.15 years (2014 est.) |
| Gabon |
total population: 52.06 years
male: 51.54 years female: 52.6 years (2014 est.) |
| Gambia, The |
total population: 64.36 years
male: 62.04 years female: 66.74 years (2014 est.) |
| Gaza Strip |
total population: 74.64 years
male: 72.9 years female: 76.48 years (2014 est.) |
| Georgia |
total population: 75.72 years
male: 71.62 years female: 80.17 years (2014 est.) |
| Germany |
total population: 80.44 years
male: 78.15 years female: 82.86 years (2014 est.) |
| Ghana |
total population: 65.75 years
male: 63.38 years female: 68.19 years (2014 est.) |
| Gibraltar |
total population: 79.13 years
male: 76.28 years female: 82.18 years (2014 est.) |
| Greece |
total population: 80.3 years
male: 77.71 years female: 83.06 years (2014 est.) |
| Greenland |
total population: 71.82 years
male: 69.15 years female: 74.63 years (2014 est.) |
| Grenada |
total population: 73.8 years
male: 71.24 years female: 76.62 years (2014 est.) |
| Guam |
total population: 78.82 years
male: 75.78 years female: 82.05 years (2014 est.) |
| Guatemala |
total population: 71.74 years
male: 69.82 years female: 73.76 years (2014 est.) |
| Guernsey |
total population: 82.39 years
male: 79.72 years female: 85.2 years (2014 est.) |
| Guinea |
total population: 59.6 years
male: 58.08 years female: 61.17 years (2014 est.) |
| Guinea-Bissau |
total population: 49.87 years
male: 47.87 years female: 51.93 years (2014 est.) |
| Guyana |
total population: 67.81 years
male: 64.82 years female: 70.96 years (2014 est.) |
| Haiti |
total population: 63.18 years
male: 61.77 years female: 64.6 years note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2014 est.) |
| Honduras |
total population: 70.91 years
male: 69.24 years female: 72.65 years (2014 est.) |
| Hong Kong |
total population: 82.78 years
male: 80.18 years female: 85.71 years (2014 est.) |
| Hungary |
total population: 75.46 years
male: 71.73 years female: 79.41 years (2014 est.) |
| Iceland |
total population: 81.22 years
male: 78.98 years female: 83.54 years (2014 est.) |
| India |
total population: 67.8 years
male: 66.68 years female: 69.06 years (2014 est.) |
| Indonesia |
total population: 72.17 years
male: 69.59 years female: 74.88 years (2014 est.) |
| Iran |
total population: 70.89 years
male: 69.32 years female: 72.53 years (2014 est.) |
| Iraq |
total population: 71.42 years
male: 69.93 years female: 72.99 years (2014 est.) |
| Ireland |
total population: 80.56 years
male: 78.28 years female: 82.97 years (2014 est.) |
| Isle of Man |
total population: 80.98 years
male: 79.33 years female: 82.75 years (2014 est.) |
| Israel |
total population: 81.28 years
male: 79.05 years female: 83.61 years (2014 est.) |
| Italy |
total population: 82.03 years
male: 79.4 years female: 84.82 years (2014 est.) |
| Jamaica |
total population: 73.48 years
male: 71.87 years female: 75.17 years (2014 est.) |
| Japan |
total population: 84.46 years
male: 81.13 years female: 87.99 years (2014 est.) |
| Jersey |
total population: 81.66 years
male: 79.22 years female: 84.26 years (2014 est.) |
| Jordan |
total population: 74.1 years
male: 72.79 years female: 75.5 years (2014 est.) |
| Kazakhstan |
total population: 70.24 years
male: 64.98 years female: 75.17 years (2014 est.) |
| Kenya |
total population: 63.52 years
male: 62.06 years female: 65.01 years (2014 est.) |
| Kiribati |
total population: 65.47 years
male: 63.03 years female: 68.02 years (2014 est.) |
| Korea, North |
total population: 69.81 years
male: 65.96 years female: 73.86 years (2014 est.) |
| Korea, South |
total population: 79.8 years
male: 76.67 years female: 83.13 years (2014 est.) |
| Kuwait |
total population: 77.64 years
male: 76.37 years female: 78.96 years (2014 est.) |
| Kyrgyzstan |
total population: 70.06 years
male: 65.89 years female: 74.51 years (2014 est.) |
| Laos |
total population: 63.51 years
male: 61.54 years female: 65.56 years (2014 est.) |
| Latvia |
total population: 73.44 years
male: 68.41 years female: 78.75 years (2014 est.) |
| Lebanon |
total population: 77.22 years
male: 76.03 years female: 78.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Lesotho |
total population: 52.65 years
male: 52.55 years female: 52.75 years (2014 est.) |
| Liberia |
total population: 58.21 years
male: 56.56 years female: 59.9 years (2014 est.) |
| Libya |
total population: 76.04 years
male: 74.36 years female: 77.82 years (2014 est.) |
| Liechtenstein |
total population: 81.68 years
male: 79.52 years female: 84.4 years (2014 est.) |
| Lithuania |
total population: 75.98 years
male: 71.2 years female: 81.02 years (2014 est.) |
| Luxembourg |
total population: 80.01 years
male: 76.77 years female: 83.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Macau |
total population: 84.48 years
male: 81.52 years female: 87.59 years (2014 est.) |
| Macedonia |
total population: 75.8 years
male: 73.23 years female: 78.56 years (2014 est.) |
| Madagascar |
total population: 65.2 years
male: 63.77 years female: 66.67 years (2014 est.) |
| Malawi |
total population: 59.99 years
male: 58.04 years female: 61.97 years (2014 est.) |
| Malaysia |
total population: 74.52 years
male: 71.74 years female: 77.48 years (2014 est.) |
| Maldives |
total population: 75.15 years
male: 72.86 years female: 77.55 years (2014 est.) |
| Mali |
total population: 54.95 years
male: 53.12 years female: 56.83 years (2014 est.) |
| Malta |
total population: 80.11 years
male: 77.8 years female: 82.56 years (2014 est.) |
| Marshall Islands |
total population: 72.58 years
male: 70.42 years female: 74.84 years (2014 est.) |
| Mauritania |
total population: 62.28 years
male: 60 years female: 64.63 years (2014 est.) |
| Mauritius |
total population: 75.17 years
male: 71.71 years female: 78.81 years (2014 est.) |
| Mexico |
total population: 75.43 years
male: 72.67 years female: 78.32 years (2014 est.) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of |
total population: 72.35 years
male: 70.34 years female: 74.45 years (2014 est.) |
| Moldova |
total population: 70.12 years
male: 66.25 years female: 74.24 years (2014 est.) |
| Monaco |
total population: 89.57 years
male: 85.66 years female: 93.64 years (2014 est.) |
| Mongolia |
total population: 68.98 years
male: 64.72 years female: 73.45 years (2014 est.) |
| Montserrat |
total population: 73.9 years
male: 75.48 years female: 72.24 years (2014 est.) |
| Morocco |
total population: 76.51 years
male: 73.44 years female: 79.74 years (2014 est.) |
| Mozambique |
total population: 52.6 years
male: 51.85 years female: 53.37 years (2014 est.) |
| Namibia |
total population: 51.85 years
male: 52.22 years female: 51.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Nauru |
total population: 66.4 years
male: 62.3 years female: 69.83 years (2014 est.) |
| Nepal |
total population: 67.19 years
male: 65.88 years female: 68.56 years (2014 est.) |
| Netherlands |
total population: 81.12 years
male: 79.02 years female: 83.34 years (2014 est.) |
| New Caledonia |
total population: 77.31 years
male: 73.29 years female: 81.54 years (2014 est.) |
| New Zealand |
total population: 80.93 years
male: 78.88 years female: 83.08 years (2014 est.) |
| Nicaragua |
total population: 72.72 years
male: 70.57 years female: 74.98 years (2014 est.) |
| Niger |
total population: 54.74 years
male: 53.54 years female: 55.97 years (2014 est.) |
| Nigeria |
total population: 52.62 years
male: 51.63 years female: 53.66 years (2014 est.) |
| Niue |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Norfolk Island |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
total population: 77.64 years
male: 74.98 years female: 80.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Norway |
total population: 81.6 years
male: 79.63 years female: 83.69 years (2014 est.) |
| Oman |
total population: 74.97 years
male: 73.07 years female: 76.97 years (2014 est.) |
| Pakistan |
total population: 67.05 years
male: 65.16 years female: 69.03 years (2014 est.) |
| Palau |
total population: 72.6 years
male: 69.43 years female: 75.96 years (2014 est.) |
| Panama |
total population: 78.3 years
male: 75.51 years female: 81.22 years (2014 est.) |
| Papua New Guinea |
total population: 66.85 years
male: 64.63 years female: 69.19 years (2014 est.) |
| Paraguay |
total population: 76.8 years
male: 74.16 years female: 79.56 years (2014 est.) |
| Peru |
total population: 73.23 years
male: 71.23 years female: 75.33 years (2014 est.) |
| Philippines |
total population: 72.48 years
male: 69.52 years female: 75.59 years (2014 est.) |
| Pitcairn Islands |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Poland |
total population: 76.65 years
male: 72.74 years female: 80.8 years (2014 est.) |
| Portugal |
total population: 79.01 years
male: 75.76 years female: 82.47 years (2014 est.) |
| Puerto Rico |
total population: 79.09 years
male: 75.46 years female: 82.8 years (2014 est.) |
| Qatar |
total population: 78.38 years
male: 76.4 years female: 80.4 years (2014 est.) |
| Romania |
total population: 74.69 years
male: 71.23 years female: 78.36 years (2014 est.) |
| Russia |
total population: 70.16 years
male: 64.37 years female: 76.3 years (2014 est.) |
| Rwanda |
total population: 59.26 years
male: 57.73 years female: 60.83 years (2014 est.) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
total population: 79.21 years
male: 76.27 years female: 82.29 years (2014 est.) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
total population: 75.29 years
male: 72.88 years female: 77.75 years (2014 est.) |
| Saint Lucia |
total population: 77.41 years
male: 74.69 years female: 80.28 years (2014 est.) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
total population: 80.26 years
male: 77.95 years female: 82.7 years (2014 est.) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
total population: 74.86 years
male: 72.9 years female: 76.88 years (2014 est.) |
| Samoa |
total population: 73.21 years
male: 70.32 years female: 76.24 years (2014 est.) |
| San Marino |
total population: 83.18 years
male: 80.64 years female: 85.94 years (2014 est.) |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
total population: 64.22 years
male: 62.94 years female: 65.53 years (2014 est.) |
| Saudi Arabia |
total population: 74.82 years
male: 72.79 years female: 76.94 years (2014 est.) |
| Senegal |
total population: 60.95 years
male: 58.94 years female: 63.02 years (2014 est.) |
| Serbia |
total population: 75.02 years
male: 72.17 years female: 78.07 years (2014 est.) |
| Seychelles |
total population: 74.25 years
male: 69.66 years female: 78.98 years (2014 est.) |
| Sierra Leone |
total population: 57.39 years
male: 54.85 years female: 60 years (2014 est.) |
| Singapore |
total population: 84.38 years
male: 81.86 years female: 87.07 years (2014 est.) |
| Sint Maarten |
total population: 77.61 years
male: 75.34 years female: 79.99 years (2013 est.) |
| Slovakia |
total population: 76.69 years
male: 73.09 years female: 80.52 years (2014 est.) |
| Slovenia |
total population: 77.83 years
male: 74.21 years female: 81.69 years (2014 est.) |
| Solomon Islands |
total population: 74.89 years
male: 72.27 years female: 77.64 years (2014 est.) |
| Somalia |
total population: 51.58 years
male: 49.58 years female: 53.65 years (2014 est.) |
| South Africa |
total population: 49.56 years
male: 50.52 years female: 48.58 years (2014 est.) |
| Spain |
total population: 81.47 years
male: 78.47 years female: 84.67 years (2014 est.) |
| Sri Lanka |
total population: 76.35 years
male: 72.85 years female: 79.99 years (2014 est.) |
| Sudan |
total population: 63.32 years
male: 61.27 years female: 65.46 years (2014 est.) |
| Suriname |
total population: 71.69 years
male: 69.31 years female: 74.18 years (2014 est.) |
| Svalbard |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Swaziland |
total population: 50.54 years
male: 51.04 years female: 50.04 years (2014 est.) |
| Sweden |
total population: 81.89 years
male: 80.03 years female: 83.87 years (2014 est.) |
| Switzerland |
total population: 82.39 years
male: 80.1 years female: 84.81 years (2014 est.) |
| Syria |
total population: 68.41 years
male: 61.4 years female: 75.84 years (2014 est.) |
| Taiwan |
total population: 79.84 years
male: 76.72 years female: 83.2 years (2014 est.) |
| Tajikistan |
total population: 67.06 years
male: 63.96 years female: 70.32 years (2014 est.) |
| Tanzania |
total population: 61.24 years
male: 59.91 years female: 62.62 years (2014 est.) |
| Thailand |
total population: 74.18 years
male: 71 years female: 77.54 years (2014 est.) |
| Timor-Leste |
total population: 67.39 years
male: 65.87 years female: 69.01 years (2014 est.) |
| Togo |
total population: 64.06 years
male: 61.49 years female: 66.71 years (2014 est.) |
| Tokelau |
total population: NA
male: NA female: NA |
| Tonga |
total population: 75.82 years
male: 74.35 years female: 77.34 years (2014 est.) |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
total population: 72.29 years
male: 69.42 years female: 75.24 years (2014 est.) |
| Tunisia |
total population: 75.68 years
male: 73.6 years female: 77.9 years (2014 est.) |
| Turkey |
total population: 73.29 years
male: 71.33 years female: 75.35 years (2014 est.) |
| Turkmenistan |
total population: 69.47 years
male: 66.48 years female: 72.61 years (2014 est.) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands |
total population: 79.55 years
male: 76.8 years female: 82.42 years (2014 est.) |
| Tuvalu |
total population: 65.81 years
male: 63.69 years female: 68.05 years (2014 est.) |
| Uganda |
total population: 54.46 years
male: 53.1 years female: 55.86 years (2014 est.) |
| Ukraine |
total population: 69.14 years
male: 63.78 years female: 74.86 years (2014 est.) |
| United Arab Emirates |
total population: 77.09 years
male: 74.49 years female: 79.83 years (2014 est.) |
| United Kingdom |
total population: 80.42 years
male: 78.26 years female: 82.69 years (2014 est.) |
| United States |
total population: 79.56 years
male: 77.11 years female: 81.94 years (2014 est.) |
| Uruguay |
total population: 76.81 years
male: 73.67 years female: 80.06 years (2014 est.) |
| Uzbekistan |
total population: 73.29 years
male: 70.25 years female: 76.52 years (2014 est.) |
| Vanuatu |
total population: 72.72 years
male: 71.16 years female: 74.36 years (2014 est.) |
| Venezuela |
total population: 74.39 years
male: 71.26 years female: 77.67 years (2014 est.) |
| Vietnam |
total population: 72.91 years
male: 70.44 years female: 75.65 years (2014 est.) |
| Virgin Islands |
total population: 79.75 years
male: 76.7 years female: 82.97 years (2014 est.) |
| Wallis and Futuna |
total population: 79.42 years
male: 76.43 years female: 82.55 years (2014 est.) |
| West Bank |
total population: 75.69 years
male: 73.58 years female: 77.92 years (2014 est.) |
| Western Sahara |
total population: 62.27 years
male: 60 years female: 64.63 years (2014 est.) |
| World |
total population: 68.35 years
male: 66.39 years female: 70.43 years (2014 est.) |
| Yemen |
total population: 64.83 years
male: 62.72 years female: 67.04 years (2014 est.) |
| Zambia |
total population: 51.83 years
male: 50.24 years female: 53.48 years (2014 est.) |
| Zimbabwe |
total population: 55.68 years
male: 55.4 years female: 55.97 years (2014 est.) |