Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total > Years: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Japan | 82.08 years | 2005 | ||
2 | Hong Kong | 81.58 years | 2005 | ||
3 | Switzerland | 81.24 years | 2005 | ||
4 | Iceland | 81.1 years | 2005 | ||
5 | Australia | 80.63 years | 2005 | ||
6 | Spain | 80.57 years | 2005 | ||
7 | Sweden | 80.55 years | 2005 | ||
8 | Italy | 80.33 years | 2005 | ||
9 | Macau | 80.28 years | 2005 | ||
10 | France | 80.21 years | 2005 | ||
11 | Canada | 80.18 years | 2005 | ||
12 | Norway | 80.04 years | 2005 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 79.77 years | 2005 | |||
13 | Israel | 79.72 years | 2005 | ||
14 | Singapore | 79.7 years | 2005 | ||
15 | New Zealand | 79.62 years | 2005 | ||
16 | Malta | 79.5 years | 2005 | ||
17 | Belgium | 79.48 years | 2005 | ||
18 | Ireland | 79.39 years | 2005 | ||
19 | Austria | 79.38 years | 2005 | ||
20 | Netherlands | 79.35 years | 2005 | ||
21 | Cyprus | 79.29 years | 2005 | ||
=22 | Luxembourg | 79.18 years | 2005 | ||
=22 | United Arab Emirates | 79.18 years | 2005 | ||
24 | Greece | 78.99 years | 2005 | ||
=25 | Costa Rica | 78.95 years | 2005 | ||
=25 | United Kingdom | 78.95 years | 2005 | ||
27 | Germany | 78.93 years | 2005 | ||
28 | Finland | 78.82 years | 2005 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 78.81 years | 2005 | |||
29 | Bermuda | 78.58 years | 2005 | ||
30 | Virgin Islands | 78.55 years | 2005 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 78.16 years | 2005 | |||
31 | Chile | 78.15 years | 2005 | ||
32 | Portugal | 78.07 years | 2005 | ||
33 | Denmark | 77.84 years | 2005 | ||
34 | United States | 77.71 years | 2005 | ||
35 | Puerto Rico | 77.65 years | 2005 | ||
36 | Slovenia | 77.61 years | 2005 | ||
37 | South Korea | 77.57 years | 2005 | ||
38 | Kuwait | 77.54 years | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 77.38 years | 2005 | |||
39 | Cuba | 77.25 years | 2005 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 77.11 years | 2005 | |||
40 | Brunei | 76.97 years | 2005 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 76.67 years | 2005 | |||
41 | Dominica | 76.6 years | 2002 | ||
42 | Netherlands Antilles | 76.39 years | 2005 | ||
43 | Czech Republic | 75.91 years | 2005 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 75.85 years | 2005 | |||
44 | Croatia | 75.67 years | 2005 | ||
45 | Uruguay | 75.61 years | 2005 | ||
46 | Albania | 75.48 years | 2005 | ||
47 | Barbados | 75.4 years | 2004 | ||
48 | Mexico | 75.37 years | 2005 | ||
49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.28 years | 2002 | ||
50 | Panama | 75.24 years | 2005 | ||
51 | Guam | 75.18 years | 2005 | ||
52 | New Caledonia | 75.16 years | 2005 | ||
53 | Poland | 75 years | 2005 | ||
54 | Bahrain | 74.86 years | 2005 | ||
55 | Argentina | 74.83 years | 2005 | ||
56 | Oman | 74.76 years | 2005 | ||
=57 | Sri Lanka | 74.67 years | 2005 | ||
=57 | Ecuador | 74.67 years | 2005 | ||
59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 74.41 years | 2005 | ||
60 | Libya | 74.35 years | 2005 | ||
61 | Venezuela | 74.22 years | 2005 | ||
62 | Saint Lucia | 74.17 years | 2005 | ||
63 | Qatar | 74.1 years | 2005 | ||
64 | Slovakia | 73.9 years | 2005 | ||
65 | Syria | 73.82 years | 2005 | ||
66 | French Polynesia | 73.76 years | 2005 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 73.73 years | 2005 | |||
67 | Malaysia | 73.7 years | 2005 | ||
68 | Tunisia | 73.45 years | 2005 | ||
69 | Armenia | 73.33 years | 2005 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 73.23 years | 2005 | |||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 73.2 years | 2005 | |||
70 | Mauritius | 73.02 years | 2005 | ||
71 | Grenada | 72.97 years | 2002 | ||
72 | Seychelles | 72.95 years | 2002 | ||
73 | Colombia | 72.81 years | 2005 | ||
74 | Serbia and Montenegro | 72.79 years | 2005 | ||
=75 | Tonga | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
=75 | Hungary | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
77 | Estonia | 72.57 years | 2005 | ||
=78 | Saudi Arabia | 72.56 years | 2005 | ||
=78 | Bulgaria | 72.56 years | 2005 | ||
80 | Lebanon | 72.54 years | 2005 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 72.47 years | 2005 | |||
81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 72.33 years | 2005 | ||
82 | Azerbaijan | 72.28 years | 2005 | ||
83 | Jordan | 72.02 years | 2005 | ||
84 | China | 71.83 years | 2005 | ||
85 | Belize | 71.81 years | 2005 | ||
86 | Algeria | 71.73 years | 2005 | ||
87 | Romania | 71.71 years | 2005 | ||
88 | Paraguay | 71.45 years | 2005 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 71.45 years | 2002 | |||
89 | Latvia | 71.36 years | 2005 | ||
90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.34 years | 2002 | ||
=91 | Georgia | 71.31 years | 2005 | ||
=91 | El Salvador | 71.31 years | 2005 | ||
93 | Turkey | 71.29 years | 2005 | ||
94 | Lithuania | 71.25 years | 2005 | ||
95 | Brazil | 71.24 years | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 71.18 years | 2005 | |||
96 | Iran | 71.13 years | 2005 | ||
97 | Philippines | 71.04 years | 2005 | ||
98 | The Bahamas | 70.96 years | 2005 | ||
=99 | Jamaica | 70.9 years | 2005 | ||
=99 | Thailand | 70.9 years | 2005 | ||
101 | Samoa | 70.74 years | 2005 | ||
102 | Cape Verde | 70.71 years | 2005 | ||
103 | Peru | 70.66 years | 2005 | ||
104 | Vietnam | 70.65 years | 2005 | ||
105 | Egypt | 70.53 years | 2005 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 70.42 years | 2005 | |||
106 | Nicaragua | 70.39 years | 2005 | ||
107 | Morocco | 70.38 years | 2005 | ||
108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.97 years | 2005 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 69.86 years | 2002 | |||
109 | Suriname | 69.71 years | 2005 | ||
110 | Vanuatu | 69.49 years | 2005 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 69.3 years | 2005 | |||
111 | Greenland | 68.86 years | 2002 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 68.74 years | 2005 | |||
112 | Honduras | 68.57 years | 2005 | ||
113 | Belarus | 68.48 years | 2005 | ||
114 | Kyrgyzstan | 68.34 years | 2005 | ||
115 | Fiji | 68.33 years | 2005 | ||
116 | Moldova | 68.26 years | 2005 | ||
117 | Dominican Republic | 68.13 years | 2005 | ||
118 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.07 years | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 68.01 years | 2005 | |||
119 | Ukraine | 67.96 years | 2005 | ||
120 | Guatemala | 67.85 years | 2005 | ||
121 | Indonesia | 67.79 years | 2005 | ||
122 | Maldives | 67.64 years | 2005 | ||
123 | Uzbekistan | 67.37 years | 2005 | ||
124 | Mongolia | 66.84 years | 2005 | ||
125 | Kazakhstan | 66.25 years | 2005 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 66.06 years | 2002 | |||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 65.84 years | 2005 | |||
126 | Russia | 65.47 years | 2005 | ||
127 | Marshall Islands | 65.24 years | 2000 | ||
128 | Pakistan | 64.86 years | 2005 | ||
129 | Bolivia | 64.85 years | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 64.55 years | 2005 | |||
Religious countries average (profile) | 64.52 years | 1997 | |||
130 | Guyana | 64.26 years | 2005 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 64.06 years | 2005 | |||
131 | Tajikistan | 64.02 years | 2005 | ||
132 | Bhutan | 63.98 years | 2005 | ||
133 | North Korea | 63.92 years | 2005 | ||
134 | Bangladesh | 63.9 years | 2005 | ||
135 | India | 63.5 years | 2005 | ||
136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.49 years | 2005 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 63.16 years | 2005 | |||
137 | Solomon Islands | 62.94 years | 2005 | ||
138 | Turkmenistan | 62.86 years | 2005 | ||
139 | Kiribati | 62.82 years | 2002 | ||
140 | Nepal | 62.65 years | 2005 | ||
141 | Comoros | 62.64 years | 2005 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 62.49 years | 2005 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 62.07 years | 2005 | |||
142 | Yemen | 61.73 years | 2005 | ||
143 | Burma | 61.11 years | 2005 | ||
144 | Iraq | 58.81 years | 1997 | ||
145 | Ghana | 57.48 years | 2005 | ||
146 | Cambodia | 57.03 years | 2005 | ||
147 | The Gambia | 56.79 years | 2005 | ||
148 | East Timor | 56.72 years | 2005 | ||
149 | Sudan | 56.66 years | 2005 | ||
150 | Senegal | 56.45 years | 2005 | ||
151 | Papua New Guinea | 56.39 years | 2005 | ||
152 | Madagascar | 55.82 years | 2005 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 55.79 years | 2005 | |||
153 | Laos | 55.67 years | 2005 | ||
154 | Togo | 55.1 years | 2005 | ||
155 | Benin | 54.99 years | 2005 | ||
156 | Eritrea | 54.9 years | 2005 | ||
157 | Guinea | 54.05 years | 2005 | ||
158 | Gabon | 53.83 years | 2005 | ||
159 | Mauritania | 53.66 years | 2005 | ||
160 | Djibouti | 53.39 years | 2005 | ||
161 | Congo, Republic of the | 52.81 years | 2005 | ||
162 | Haiti | 52.61 years | 2005 | ||
163 | Uganda | 49.95 years | 2005 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 49.04 years | 2005 | |||
164 | Kenya | 48.99 years | 2005 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 48.69 years | 2005 | |||
165 | Mali | 48.62 years | 2005 | ||
166 | Burkina Faso | 48.48 years | 2005 | ||
167 | Somalia | 47.73 years | 2005 | ||
168 | South Africa | 47.66 years | 2005 | ||
169 | Namibia | 46.93 years | 2005 | ||
170 | Tanzania | 46.3 years | 2005 | ||
171 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.18 years | 2005 | ||
172 | Cameroon | 46.06 years | 2005 | ||
173 | Guinea-Bissau | 45.12 years | 2005 | ||
174 | Niger | 44.93 years | 2005 | ||
175 | Afghanistan | 44.67 years | 1987 | ||
176 | Burundi | 44.65 years | 2005 | ||
177 | Rwanda | 44.12 years | 2005 | ||
178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 44.03 years | 2005 | ||
179 | Chad | 44.02 years | 2005 | ||
180 | Nigeria | 43.83 years | 2005 | ||
181 | Ethiopia | 42.65 years | 2005 | ||
182 | Liberia | 42.47 years | 2005 | ||
183 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.28 years | 2005 | ||
184 | Mozambique | 41.81 years | 2005 | ||
185 | Swaziland | 41.46 years | 2005 | ||
186 | Angola | 41.42 years | 2005 | ||
187 | Sierra Leone | 41.36 years | 2005 | ||
188 | Malawi | 40.52 years | 2005 | ||
189 | Central African Republic | 39.43 years | 2005 | ||
190 | Zambia | 38.41 years | 2005 | ||
191 | Zimbabwe | 37.26 years | 2005 | ||
192 | Lesotho | 35.16 years | 2005 | ||
193 | Botswana | 34.97 years | 2005 |