CIA - The World Factbook
CIA - The World Factbook
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. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. 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: 44.64 years
male: 44.47 years
female: 44.81 years (2009 est.)
Albania
total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 80.89 years (2009 est.)
Algeria
total population: 74.02 years
male: 72.35 years
female: 75.77 years (2009 est.)
American Samoa
total population: 73.72 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 76.82 years (2009 est.)
Andorra
total population: 82.51 years
male: 80.33 years
female: 84.84 years (2009 est.)
Angola
total population: 38.2 years
male: 37.24 years
female: 39.22 years (2009 est.)
Anguilla
total population: 80.65 years
male: 78.11 years
female: 83.26 years (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
total population: 74.76 years
male: 72.81 years
female: 76.81 years (2009 est.)
Argentina
total population: 76.56 years
male: 73.32 years
female: 79.97 years (2009 est.)
Armenia
total population: 72.68 years
male: 69.06 years
female: 76.81 years (2009 est.)
Aruba
total population: 75.28 years
male: 72.25 years
female: 78.38 years (2009 est.)
Australia
total population: 81.63 years
male: 79.25 years
female: 84.14 years (2009 est.)
Austria
total population: 79.5 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 82.56 years (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan
total population: 66.66 years
male: 62.53 years
female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The
total population: 65.78 years
male: 62.63 years
female: 68.98 years (2009 est.)
Bahrain
total population: 75.16 years
male: 72.64 years
female: 77.76 years (2009 est.)
Bangladesh
total population: 60.25 years
male: 57.57 years
female: 63.03 years (2009 est.)
Barbados
total population: 73.94 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 76.26 years (2009 est.)
Belarus
total population: 70.63 years
male: 64.95 years
female: 76.67 years (2009 est.)
Belgium
total population: 79.22 years
male: 76.06 years
female: 82.53 years (2009 est.)
Belize
total population: 68.2 years
male: 66.44 years
female: 70.05 years (2009 est.)
Benin
total population: 59 years
male: 57.83 years
female: 60.23 years (2009 est.)
Bermuda
total population: 80.43 years
male: 77.2 years
female: 83.72 years (2009 est.)
Bhutan
total population: 66.13 years
male: 65.33 years
female: 66.97 years (2009 est.)
Bolivia
total population: 66.89 years
male: 64.2 years
female: 69.72 years (2009 est.)
Botswana
total population: 61.85 years
male: 61.72 years
female: 61.99 years (2009 est.)
Brazil
total population: 71.99 years
male: 68.43 years
female: 75.73 years (2009 est.)
Brunei
total population: 75.74 years
male: 73.52 years
female: 78.07 years (2009 est.)
Bulgaria
total population: 73.09 years
male: 69.48 years
female: 76.91 years (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso
total population: 52.95 years
male: 51.04 years
female: 54.91 years (2009 est.)
Burma
total population: 63.39 years
male: 61.17 years
female: 65.74 years (2009 est.)
Burundi
total population: 52.09 years
male: 51.2 years
female: 53.01 years (2009 est.)
Cambodia
total population: 62.1 years
male: 60.03 years
female: 64.27 years (2009 est.)
Cameroon
total population: 53.69 years
male: 52.89 years
female: 54.52 years (2009 est.)
Canada
total population: 81.23 years
male: 78.69 years
female: 83.91 years (2009 est.)
Cape Verde
total population: 71.61 years
male: 68.27 years
female: 75.05 years (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands
total population: 80.44 years
male: 77.8 years
female: 83.14 years (2009 est.)
Chad
total population: 47.7 years
male: 46.67 years
female: 48.77 years (2009 est.)
Chile
total population: 77.34 years
male: 74.07 years
female: 80.77 years (2009 est.)
China
total population: 73.47 years
male: 71.61 years
female: 75.52 years (2009 est.)
Colombia
total population: 72.81 years
male: 68.98 years
female: 76.76 years (2009 est.)
Comoros
total population: 63.47 years
male: 61.07 years
female: 65.94 years (2009 est.)
Cook Islands
total population: 74.22 years
male: 71.46 years
female: 77.13 years (2009 est.)
Costa Rica
total population: 77.58 years
male: 74.96 years
female: 80.34 years (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
total population: 55.45 years
male: 54.64 years
female: 56.28 years (2009 est.)
Croatia
total population: 75.35 years
male: 71.72 years
female: 79.18 years (2009 est.)
Cuba
total population: 77.45 years
male: 75.19 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
Cyprus
total population: 78.33 years
male: 75.91 years
female: 80.86 years (2009 est.)
Czech Republic
total population: 76.81 years
male: 73.54 years
female: 80.28 years (2009 est.)
Denmark
total population: 78.3 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 80.78 years (2009 est.)
Djibouti
total population: 43.37 years
male: 41.89 years
female: 44.89 years (2009 est.)
Dominica
total population: 75.55 years
male: 72.61 years
female: 78.64 years (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic
total population: 73.7 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 75.6 years (2009 est.)
Ecuador
total population: 75.3 years
male: 72.37 years
female: 78.37 years (2009 est.)
Egypt
total population: 72.12 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 74.81 years (2009 est.)
El Salvador
total population: 72.33 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 76.11 years (2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
total population: 61.61 years
male: 60.71 years
female: 62.54 years (2009 est.)
Eritrea
total population: 61.78 years
male: 59.71 years
female: 63.9 years (2009 est.)
Estonia
total population: 72.82 years
male: 67.45 years
female: 78.53 years (2009 est.)
Ethiopia
total population: 55.41 years
male: 52.92 years
female: 57.97 years (2009 est.)
European Union
total population: 78.67 years
male: 75.54 years
female: 81.97 years (2009 est.)
Faroe Islands
total population: 79.44 years
male: 77 years
female: 82.05 years (2009 est.)
Fiji
total population: 70.73 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 73.41 years (2009 est.)
Finland
total population: 78.97 years
male: 75.48 years
female: 82.61 years (2009 est.)
France
total population: 80.98 years
male: 77.79 years
female: 84.33 years (2009 est.)
French Polynesia
total population: 76.71 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 79.29 years (2009 est.)
Gabon
total population: 53.11 years
male: 52.19 years
female: 54.05 years (2009 est.)
Gambia, The
total population: 55.35 years
male: 53.43 years
female: 57.34 years (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip
total population: 73.42 years
male: 71.82 years
female: 75.12 years (2009 est.)
Georgia
total population: 76.72 years
male: 73.41 years
female: 80.45 years (2009 est.)
Germany
total population: 79.26 years
male: 76.26 years
female: 82.42 years (2009 est.)
Ghana
total population: 59.85 years
male: 58.98 years
female: 60.75 years (2009 est.)
Gibraltar
total population: 80.19 years
male: 77.3 years
female: 83.22 years (2009 est.)
Greece
total population: 79.66 years
male: 77.11 years
female: 82.37 years (2009 est.)
Greenland
total population: 70.07 years
male: 67.44 years
female: 72.85 years (2009 est.)
Grenada
total population: 65.95 years
male: 64.06 years
female: 67.85 years (2009 est.)
Guam
total population: 78.01 years
male: 74.97 years
female: 81.23 years (2009 est.)
Guatemala
total population: 70.29 years
male: 68.49 years
female: 72.19 years (2009 est.)
Guernsey
total population: 80.77 years
male: 77.76 years
female: 83.88 years (2009 est.)
Guinea
total population: 57.09 years
male: 55.63 years
female: 58.6 years (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
total population: 47.9 years
male: 46.07 years
female: 49.79 years (2009 est.)
Guyana
total population: 66.68 years
male: 64.09 years
female: 69.4 years (2009 est.)
Haiti
total population: 60.78 years
male: 59.13 years
female: 62.48 years (2009 est.)
Honduras
total population: 69.4 years
male: 67.86 years
female: 71.02 years (2009 est.)
Hong Kong
total population: 81.86 years
male: 79.16 years
female: 84.79 years (2009 est.)
Hungary
total population: 73.44 years
male: 69.27 years
female: 77.87 years (2009 est.)
Iceland
total population: 80.67 years
male: 78.53 years
female: 82.9 years (2009 est.)
India
total population: 69.89 years
male: 67.46 years
female: 72.61 years (2009 est.)
Indonesia
total population: 70.76 years
male: 68.26 years
female: 73.38 years (2009 est.)
Iran
total population: 71.14 years
male: 69.65 years
female: 72.72 years (2009 est.)
Iraq
total population: 69.94 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)
Ireland
total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 81.06 years (2009 est.)
Isle of Man
total population: 78.82 years
male: 75.86 years
female: 81.93 years (2009 est.)
Israel
total population: 80.73 years
male: 78.62 years
female: 82.95 years (2009 est.)
Italy
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77.26 years
female: 83.33 years (2009 est.)
Jamaica
total population: 73.53 years
male: 71.83 years
female: 75.3 years (2009 est.)
Japan
total population: 82.12 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 85.62 years (2009 est.)
Jersey
total population: 79.75 years
male: 77.23 years
female: 82.46 years (2009 est.)
Jordan
total population: 78.87 years
male: 76.34 years
female: 81.56 years (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan
total population: 67.87 years
male: 62.58 years
female: 73.47 years (2009 est.)
Kenya
total population: 57.86 years
male: 57.49 years
female: 58.24 years (2009 est.)
Kiribati
total population: 63.22 years
male: 60.14 years
female: 66.45 years (2009 est.)
Korea, North
total population: 63.81 years
male: 61.23 years
female: 66.53 years (2009 est.)
Korea, South
total population: 78.72 years
male: 75.45 years
female: 82.22 years (2009 est.)
Kuwait
total population: 77.71 years
male: 76.51 years
female: 78.95 years (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
total population: 69.43 years
male: 65.43 years
female: 73.64 years (2009 est.)
Laos
total population: 56.68 years
male: 54.56 years
female: 58.9 years (2009 est.)
Latvia
total population: 72.15 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 77.59 years (2009 est.)
Lebanon
total population: 73.66 years
male: 71.15 years
female: 76.31 years (2009 est.)
Lesotho
total population: 40.38 years
male: 41.18 years
female: 39.54 years (2009 est.)
Liberia
total population: 41.84 years
male: 40.71 years
female: 43 years (2009 est.)
Libya
total population: 77.26 years
male: 74.98 years
female: 79.65 years (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein
total population: 80.06 years
male: 76.59 years
female: 83.53 years (2009 est.)
Lithuania
total population: 74.9 years
male: 69.98 years
female: 80.1 years (2009 est.)
Luxembourg
total population: 79.33 years
male: 76.07 years
female: 82.81 years (2009 est.)
Macau
total population: 84.36 years
male: 81.39 years
female: 87.47 years (2009 est.)
Macedonia
total population: 74.68 years
male: 72.18 years
female: 77.38 years (2009 est.)
Madagascar
total population: 62.89 years
male: 60.93 years
female: 64.91 years (2009 est.)
Malawi
total population: 43.82 years
male: 44.07 years
female: 43.57 years (2009 est.)
Malaysia
total population: 73.29 years
male: 70.56 years
female: 76.21 years (2009 est.)
Maldives
total population: 73.97 years
male: 71.78 years
female: 76.28 years (2009 est.)
Mali
total population: 50.35 years
male: 48.38 years
female: 52.38 years (2009 est.)
Malta
total population: 79.44 years
male: 77.21 years
female: 81.8 years (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands
total population: 71.19 years
male: 69.15 years
female: 73.34 years (2009 est.)
Mauritania
total population: 60.37 years
male: 58.22 years
female: 62.59 years (2009 est.)
Mauritius
total population: 74 years
male: 70.53 years
female: 77.65 years (2009 est.)
Mayotte
total population: 62.91 years
male: 60.65 years
female: 65.24 years (2009 est.)
Mexico
total population: 76.06 years
male: 73.25 years
female: 79 years (2009 est.)
Moldova
total population: 70.8 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 74.71 years (2009 est.)
Monaco
total population: 80.09 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 84.09 years (2009 est.)
Mongolia
total population: 67.65 years
male: 65.23 years
female: 70.19 years (2009 est.)
Montserrat
total population: 72.76 years
male: 74.74 years
female: 70.68 years (2009 est.)
Morocco
total population: 71.8 years
male: 69.42 years
female: 74.3 years (2009 est.)
Mozambique
total population: 41.18 years
male: 41.83 years
female: 40.53 years (2009 est.)
Namibia
total population: 51.24 years
male: 51.61 years
female: 50.86 years (2009 est.)
Nauru
total population: 64.2 years
male: 60.58 years
female: 68.01 years (2009 est.)
Nepal
total population: 65.46 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 66.67 years (2009 est.)
Netherlands
total population: 79.4 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 82.14 years (2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles
total population: 76.65 years
male: 74.33 years
female: 79.09 years (2009 est.)
New Caledonia
total population: 74.98 years
male: 71.99 years
female: 78.12 years (2009 est.)
New Zealand
total population: 80.36 years
male: 78.43 years
female: 82.39 years (2009 est.)
Nicaragua
total population: 71.5 years
male: 69.35 years
female: 73.75 years (2009 est.)
Niger
total population: 52.6 years
male: 51.39 years
female: 53.85 years (2009 est.)
Nigeria
total population: 46.94 years
male: 46.16 years
female: 47.76 years (2009 est.)
Niue
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Norway
total population: 79.95 years
male: 77.29 years
female: 82.74 years (2009 est.)
Oman
total population: 74.16 years
male: 71.87 years
female: 76.55 years (2009 est.)
Pakistan
total population: 64.49 years
male: 63.4 years
female: 65.64 years (2009 est.)
Palau
total population: 71.22 years
male: 68.08 years
female: 74.54 years (2009 est.)
Panama
total population: 77.25 years
male: 74.47 years
female: 80.16 years (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total population: 66.34 years
male: 64.08 years
female: 68.72 years (2009 est.)
Paraguay
total population: 75.77 years
male: 73.19 years
female: 78.49 years (2009 est.)
Peru
total population: 70.74 years
male: 68.88 years
female: 72.69 years (2009 est.)
Philippines
total population: 71.09 years
male: 68.17 years
female: 74.15 years (2009 est.)
Poland
total population: 75.63 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
Portugal
total population: 78.21 years
male: 74.95 years
female: 81.69 years (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico
total population: 78.53 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 82.39 years (2009 est.)
Qatar
total population: 75.35 years
male: 73.66 years
female: 77.14 years (2009 est.)
Romania
total population: 72.45 years
male: 68.95 years
female: 76.16 years (2009 est.)
Russia
total population: 66.03 years
male: 59.33 years
female: 73.14 years (2009 est.)
Rwanda
total population: 50.52 years
male: 49.25 years
female: 51.83 years (2009 est.)
Saint Helena
total population: 78.44 years
male: 75.52 years
female: 81.5 years (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia
total population: 76.45 years
male: 73.78 years
female: 79.27 years (2009 est.)
Samoa
total population: 71.86 years
male: 69.03 years
female: 74.84 years (2009 est.)
San Marino
total population: 81.97 years
male: 78.53 years
female: 85.72 years (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total population: 76.3 years
male: 74.23 years
female: 78.48 years (2009 est.)
Senegal
total population: 59 years
male: 57.12 years
female: 60.93 years (2009 est.)
Serbia
total population: 73.9 years
male: 71.09 years
female: 76.89 years (2009 est.)
Seychelles
total population: 73.02 years
male: 68.33 years
female: 77.85 years (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone
total population: 41.24 years
male: 38.92 years
female: 43.64 years (2009 est.)
Singapore
total population: 81.98 years
male: 79.37 years
female: 84.78 years (2009 est.)
Slovakia
total population: 75.4 years
male: 71.47 years
female: 79.53 years (2009 est.)
Slovenia
total population: 76.92 years
male: 73.25 years
female: 80.84 years (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands
total population: 73.69 years
male: 71.14 years
female: 76.37 years (2009 est.)
Somalia
total population: 49.63 years
male: 47.78 years
female: 51.53 years (2009 est.)
South Africa
total population: 48.98 years
male: 49.81 years
female: 48.13 years (2009 est.)
Spain
total population: 80.05 years
male: 76.74 years
female: 83.57 years (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka
total population: 75.14 years
male: 73.08 years
female: 77.28 years (2009 est.)
Sudan
total population: 51.42 years
male: 50.49 years
female: 52.4 years (2009 est.)
Suriname
total population: 73.73 years
male: 71 years
female: 76.65 years (2009 est.)
Svalbard
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Swaziland
total population: 31.99 years
male: 31.69 years
female: 32.3 years (2009 est.)
Sweden
total population: 80.86 years
male: 78.59 years
female: 83.26 years (2009 est.)
Switzerland
total population: 80.85 years
male: 78.03 years
female: 83.83 years (2009 est.)
Syria
total population: 71.19 years
male: 69.8 years
female: 72.68 years (2009 est.)
Taiwan
total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.12 years
female: 81.05 years (2009 est.)
Tajikistan
total population: 65.33 years
male: 62.29 years
female: 68.52 years (2009 est.)
Tanzania
total population: 52.01 years
male: 50.56 years
female: 53.51 years (2009 est.)
Thailand
total population: 73.1 years
male: 70.77 years
female: 75.55 years (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste
total population: 67.27 years
male: 64.92 years
female: 69.75 years (2009 est.)
Togo
total population: 58.69 years
male: 56.56 years
female: 60.88 years (2009 est.)
Tokelau
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga
total population: 70.73 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 73.41 years (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total population: 70.86 years
male: 67.98 years
female: 73.82 years (2009 est.)
Tunisia
total population: 75.78 years
male: 73.98 years
female: 77.7 years (2009 est.)
Turkey
total population: 71.96 years
male: 70.12 years
female: 73.89 years (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan
total population: 67.87 years
male: 64.94 years
female: 70.95 years (2009 est.)
Tuvalu
total population: 69.29 years
male: 66.99 years
female: 71.7 years (2009 est.)
Uganda
total population: 52.72 years
male: 51.66 years
female: 53.81 years (2009 est.)
Ukraine
total population: 68.25 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 74.5 years (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total population: 76.11 years
male: 73.56 years
female: 78.78 years (2009 est.)
United Kingdom
total population: 79.01 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 81.63 years (2009 est.)
United States
total population: 78.11 years
male: 75.65 years
female: 80.69 years (2009 est.)
Uruguay
total population: 76.35 years
male: 73.1 years
female: 79.72 years (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan
total population: 71.96 years
male: 68.95 years
female: 75.15 years (2009 est.)
Vanuatu
total population: 63.98 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 65.66 years (2009 est.)
Venezuela
total population: 73.61 years
male: 70.54 years
female: 76.83 years (2009 est.)
Vietnam
total population: 71.58 years
male: 68.78 years
female: 74.57 years (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands
total population: 79.05 years
male: 76.02 years
female: 82.26 years (2009 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
total population: 78.2 years
male: 75.22 years
female: 81.32 years (2009 est.)
West Bank
total population: 74.54 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 76.65 years (2009 est.)
Western Sahara
total population: 54.32 years
male: 52 years
female: 56.73 years (2009 est.)
World
total population: 66.57 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 68.76 years (2009 est.)
Yemen
total population: 63.27 years
male: 61.3 years
female: 65.33 years (2009 est.)
Zambia
total population: 38.63 years
male: 38.53 years
female: 38.73 years (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe
total population: 45.77 years
male: 46.36 years
female: 45.16 years (2009 est.)
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