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DEFINITION: The average number of years to be lived by amen in this nation 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.
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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Monaco 85.77 years 2011
2 Macau 81.45 years 2011
3 San Marino 80.5 years 2011
4 Andorra 80.35 years 2011
5 Singapore 79.53 years 2011
=6 Guernsey 79.5 years 2011
=6 Martinique 79.5 years 2006
8 Australia 79.4 years 2011
9 Hong Kong 79.32 years 2011
10 Italy 79.16 years 2011
=11 Jersey 78.96 years 2011
=11 Japan 78.96 years 2011
13 Canada 78.81 years 2011
14 Israel 78.79 years 2011
15 Sweden 78.78 years 2011
16 Jordan 78.73 years 2011
17 Iceland 78.72 years 2011
18 New Zealand 78.61 years 2011
Western Europe average (profile) 78.43 years 2011
19 Anguilla 78.32 years 2011
20 Switzerland 78.24 years 2011
21 Spain 78.16 years 2011
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 78.09 years 2011
=22 France 78.02 years 2011
=22 Cayman Islands 78.02 years 2011
24 Ireland 77.96 years 2011
25 United Kingdom 77.95 years 2011
26 Germany 77.82 years 2011
27 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 77.61 years 2011
28 Norway 77.53 years 2011
29 Bermuda 77.49 years 2011
30 Malta 77.45 years 2011
31 Greece 77.36 years 2011
Southern Europe average (profile) 77.35 years 2011
32 Faroe Islands 77.25 years 2011
33 Netherlands 77.06 years 2011
34 Austria 76.87 years 2011
35 Liechtenstein 76.86 years 2011
High income OECD countries average (profile) 76.58 years 2011
36 Turks and Caicos Islands 76.39 years 2011
37 Luxembourg 76.36 years 2011
38 Belgium 76.35 years 2011
39 British Virgin Islands 76.32 years 2011
40 Virgin Islands 76.29 years 2011
41 Denmark 76.25 years 2011
42 Bahrain 76.03 years 2011
43 Wallis and Futuna 76 years 2011
44 Kuwait 75.95 years 2011
45 United States 75.92 years 2011
=46 South Korea 75.84 years 2011
=46 Gibraltar 75.84 years 2011
48 Finland 75.79 years 2011
49 European Union 75.7 years 2010
Eurozone average (profile) 75.55 years 2011
50 Taiwan 75.5 years 2011
51 Cuba 75.46 years 2011
52 Saint Helena 75.36 years 2008
53 Libya 75.34 years 2011
54 Puerto Rico 75.31 years 2011
55 Guam 75.3 years 2011
56 Portugal 75.28 years 2011
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.25 years 2011
Non-religious countries average (profile) 75.18 years 2011
58 Dominican Republic 75.16 years 2011
59 Costa Rica 75.1 years 2011
60 Cyprus 75.04 years 2011
Tourist destinations average (profile) 75.04 years 2011
61 Panama 75.02 years 2011
62 Montserrat 74.99 years 2011
63 Guadeloupe 74.91 years 2006
64 Albania 74.82 years 2011
European Union average (profile) 74.75 years 2011
65 Mayotte 74.73 years 2011
66 French Polynesia 74.62 years 2011
NATO countries average (profile) 74.5 years 2011
67 Northern Mariana Islands 74.45 years 2011
68 Chile 74.44 years 2011
=69 Saint Lucia 74.15 years 2011
=69 Netherlands Antilles 74.15 years 2008
Europe average (profile) 74.09 years 2011
71 Qatar 73.96 years 2011
72 French Guiana 73.95 years 2006
73 United Arab Emirates 73.94 years 2011
74 Czech Republic 73.93 years 2011
75 Brunei 73.91 years 2011
76 Georgia 73.8 years 2011
77 Tonga 73.79 years 2011
78 Argentina 73.71 years 2011
79 Mexico 73.65 years 2011
80 Slovenia 73.64 years 2011
81 Paraguay 73.59 years 2011
82 Lebanon 73.48 years 2011
83 Antigua and Barbuda 73.47 years 2011
84 Uruguay 73.07 years 2011
85 Dominica 73.03 years 2011
86 Tunisia 73 years 2011
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 72.84 years 2011
87 Morocco 72.84 years 2011
88 Ecuador 72.79 years 2011
89 Algeria 72.78 years 2011
Densely populated countries average (profile) 72.77 years 2011
=90 Aruba 72.68 years 2011
=90 China 72.68 years 2011
92 New Caledonia 72.67 years 2011
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 72.61 years 2011
93 Oman 72.38 years 2011
94 West Bank 72.32 years 2008
95 Syria 72.31 years 2011
96 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.26 years 2011
97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 72.25 years 2011
98 Maldives 72.22 years 2011
99 Sri Lanka 72.21 years 2011
100 Croatia 72.17 years 2011
101 Saudi Arabia 72.15 years 2011
Cold countries average (profile) 72.11 years 2011
102 Poland 72.1 years 2011
103 Barbados 72.07 years 2011
104 Slovakia 71.92 years 2011
105 Cook Islands 71.91 years 2011
106 Jamaica 71.79 years 2011
=107 Solomon Islands 71.6 years 2011
=107 Gaza Strip 71.6 years 2008
Catholic countries average (profile) 71.54 years 2011
109 Serbia and Montenegro 71.49 years 2011
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 71.49 years 2011
110 Suriname 71.47 years 2011
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 71.38 years 2011
=111 American Samoa 71.27 years 2011
=111 Colombia 71.27 years 2011
113 Thailand 71.24 years 2011
114 Malaysia 71.05 years 2011
115 Hungary 71.04 years 2011
116 Mauritius 71.01 years 2011
117 Venezuela 70.84 years 2011
118 Reunion 70.78 years 2006
119 Turkey 70.61 years 2011
120 Peru 70.55 years 2011
121 Grenada 70.51 years 2011
122 Romania 70.5 years 2011
123 Lithuania 70.48 years 2011
124 El Salvador 70.16 years 2011
125 Egypt 70.07 years 2011
126 Bulgaria 69.99 years 2011
Eastern Europe average (profile) 69.87 years 2011
127 Nicaragua 69.82 years 2011
128 Vietnam 69.72 years 2011
129 Marshall Islands 69.67 years 2011
130 Armenia 69.59 years 2011
131 Federated States of Micronesia 69.58 years 2011
132 Samoa 69.55 years 2011
133 Uzbekistan 69.48 years 2011
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 69.3 years 2011
134 Iraq 69.15 years 2011
135 Guatemala 69.03 years 2011
136 Brazil 68.97 years 2011
137 Honduras 68.93 years 2011
Christian countries average (profile) 68.9 years 2011
138 Seychelles 68.87 years 2011
=139 Indonesia 68.8 years 2011
=139 The Bahamas 68.8 years 2011
Emerging markets average (profile) 68.76 years 2011
141 Fiji 68.73 years 2011
142 Philippines 68.72 years 2011
143 Palau 68.63 years 2011
144 Iran 68.58 years 2011
=145 Trinidad and Tobago 68.51 years 2011
=145 Cape Verde 68.51 years 2011
147 Greenland 68.33 years 2011
148 Estonia 68.02 years 2011
149 Bangladesh 67.93 years 2011
150 Moldova 67.68 years 2011
151 Latvia 67.56 years 2011
OPEC countries average (profile) 67.02 years 2011
152 Belize 66.53 years 2011
153 Bhutan 66.46 years 2011
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 66.39 years 2011
154 Kyrgyzstan 66.04 years 2011
155 Mongolia 65.85 years 2011
Religious countries average (profile) 65.8 years 2011
156 India 65.77 years 2011
Former British colonies average (profile) 65.76 years 2011
=157 Turkmenistan 65.57 years 2011
=157 Belarus 65.57 years 2011
159 East Timor 65.54 years 2011
Hot countries average (profile) 65.24 years 2011
South and Central Asia average (profile) 65.06 years 2011
Muslim countries average (profile) 65.03 years 2011
160 North Korea 65.03 years 2011
161 Nepal 64.94 years 2011
162 Bolivia 64.84 years 2011
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 64.69 years 2011
163 Pakistan 64.18 years 2011
164 Papua New Guinea 64.02 years 2011
165 Guyana 63.27 years 2011
166 Kazakhstan 63.24 years 2011
167 Azerbaijan 63.2 years 2011
168 Vanuatu 63.04 years 2011
169 Tajikistan 62.97 years 2011
170 Ukraine 62.79 years 2011
171 Tuvalu 62.7 years 2011
172 Burma 62.57 years 2011
Landlocked countries average (profile) 62.55 years 2011
173 Kiribati 62.03 years 2011
174 Sao Tome and Principe 61.93 years 2011
South Asia average (profile) 61.83 years 2011
175 Comoros 61.76 years 2011
176 Yemen 61.7 years 2011
177 Madagascar 61.62 years 2011
178 Equatorial Guinea 61.4 years 2011
179 Nauru 61.27 years 2011
180 The Gambia 61.23 years 2011
181 Haiti 60.84 years 2011
182 Laos 60.5 years 2011
183 Eritrea 60.4 years 2011
184 Cambodia 60.31 years 2011
185 Togo 60.19 years 2011
186 Russia 59.8 years 2011
187 Ghana 59.78 years 2011
Former French colonies average (profile) 59.66 years 2011
188 Mauritania 58.94 years 2011
189 Kenya 58.91 years 2011
190 Botswana 58.78 years 2011
191 Djibouti 58.69 years 2011
192 Benin 58.61 years 2011
193 Senegal 57.85 years 2011
194 Burundi 57.09 years 2011
195 Guinea 56.63 years 2011
196 Rwanda 56.57 years 2011
197 Cote d'Ivoire 55.79 years 2011
198 Liberia 55.44 years 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 55.13 years 2011
199 Sudan 54.18 years 2011
failed states average (profile) 53.95 years 2011
200 Democratic Republic of the Congo 53.9 years 2011
201 Sierra Leone 53.69 years 2011
202 Ethiopia 53.64 years 2011
203 Congo, Republic of the 53.62 years 2011
204 Cameroon 53.52 years 2011
205 Namibia 52.48 years 2011
206 Uganda 52.17 years 2011
207 Niger 52.13 years 2011
208 Gabon 51.78 years 2011
209 Burkina Faso 51.75 years 2011
210 Western Sahara 51.64 years 2008
211 Lesotho 51.51 years 2011
212 Tanzania 51.34 years 2011
213 Zambia 51.13 years 2011
=214 Mali 51.01 years 2011
=214 Mozambique 51.01 years 2011
216 Malawi 50.93 years 2011
217 South Africa 50.24 years 2011
218 Zimbabwe 49.93 years 2011
219 Swaziland 48.93 years 2011
220 Central African Republic 48.84 years 2011
221 Somalia 48.49 years 2011
222 Chad 47.28 years 2011
223 Guinea-Bissau 46.8 years 2011
224 Nigeria 46.76 years 2011
225 Afghanistan 44.79 years 2011
226 Angola 37.74 years 2011
227 Tokelau -9 years 2005

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Interesting observations about Health > Life expectancy at birth > Male

  • Macau ranked first for life expectancy at birth > male amongst Hot countries in 2011.
  • Monaco ranked first for life expectancy at birth > male amongst Christian countries in 2011.
  • Jordan ranked first for life expectancy at birth > male amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
  • Singapore ranked first for life expectancy at birth > male amongst Former British colonies in 2011.
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