People > Life expectancy at birth > Female: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
This entry is derived from People > Life expectancy at birth, which 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.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Monaco | 93.71 years | 2013 | ||
2 | Japan | 87.71 years | 2013 | ||
3 | Macau | 87.56 years | 2013 | ||
4 | Singapore | 86.64 years | 2013 | ||
5 | San Marino | 85.88 years | 2013 | ||
6 | Hong Kong | 85.14 years | 2013 | ||
7 | Guernsey | 85.12 years | 2013 | ||
8 | Andorra | 84.83 years | 2013 | ||
9 | France | 84.82 years | 2013 | ||
10 | Italy | 84.73 years | 2013 | ||
11 | Switzerland | 84.71 years | 2013 | ||
12 | Spain | 84.57 years | 2013 | ||
13 | Australia | 84.54 years | 2013 | ||
Western Europe average (profile) | 84.34 years | 2013 | |||
14 | Canada | 84.31 years | 2013 | ||
15 | Liechtenstein | 84.29 years | 2013 | ||
16 | Bermuda | 84.2 years | 2013 | ||
17 | Jersey | 84.15 years | 2013 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 84 years | 2013 | |||
18 | Sweden | 83.75 years | 2013 | ||
19 | Anguilla | 83.74 years | 2013 | ||
20 | Cayman Islands | 83.64 years | 2013 | ||
21 | Israel | 83.49 years | 2013 | ||
22 | Iceland | 83.42 years | 2013 | ||
23 | Luxembourg | 83.33 years | 2013 | ||
24 | Norway | 83.27 years | 2013 | ||
Southern Europe average (profile) | 83.25 years | 2013 | |||
25 | Netherlands | 83.21 years | 2013 | ||
26 | Finland | 83.15 years | 2013 | ||
27 | Austria | 83.1 years | 2013 | ||
28 | Belgium | 83.08 years | 2013 | ||
29 | Taiwan | 83.06 years | 2013 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 82.95 years | 2013 | |||
30 | New Zealand | 82.94 years | 2013 | ||
31 | Greece | 82.93 years | 2013 | ||
32 | South Korea | 82.91 years | 2013 | ||
=33 | Ireland | 82.83 years | 2013 | ||
=33 | Virgin Islands | 82.83 years | 2013 | ||
35 | Puerto Rico | 82.79 years | 2013 | ||
36 | Germany | 82.72 years | 2013 | ||
37 | Faroe Islands | 82.64 years | 2013 | ||
38 | Isle of Man | 82.61 years | 2013 | ||
39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 82.56 years | 2013 | ||
40 | United Kingdom | 82.54 years | 2013 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 82.45 years | 2013 | |||
41 | Malta | 82.41 years | 2013 | ||
42 | Wallis and Futuna | 82.4 years | 2013 | ||
43 | Portugal | 82.32 years | 2013 | ||
44 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 82.27 years | 2013 | ||
45 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 82.14 years | 2013 | ||
46 | Gibraltar | 82.03 years | 2013 | ||
47 | Guam | 81.89 years | 2013 | ||
48 | Saint Helena | 81.83 years | 2011 | ||
49 | Jordan | 81.77 years | 2013 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 81.77 years | 2013 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 81.56 years | 2013 | |||
50 | Slovenia | 81.53 years | 2013 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 81.48 years | 2013 | |||
51 | Denmark | 81.47 years | 2013 | ||
52 | Chile | 81.42 years | 2013 | ||
53 | New Caledonia | 81.37 years | 2013 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 81.22 years | 2013 | |||
=54 | United States | 81.17 years | 2013 | ||
=54 | Georgia | 81.17 years | 2013 | ||
56 | Cyprus | 81.09 years | 2013 | ||
57 | Panama | 81.04 years | 2013 | ||
58 | Czech Republic | 81.01 years | 2013 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 80.99 years | 2013 | |||
59 | Lithuania | 80.84 years | 2013 | ||
60 | Costa Rica | 80.83 years | 2013 | ||
61 | Argentina | 80.73 years | 2013 | ||
62 | Albania | 80.67 years | 2013 | ||
63 | Bahrain | 80.63 years | 2013 | ||
64 | Poland | 80.62 years | 2013 | ||
65 | Cuba | 80.46 years | 2013 | ||
66 | Slovakia | 80.31 years | 2013 | ||
67 | Northern Mariana Islands | 80.26 years | 2013 | ||
68 | Qatar | 80.25 years | 2013 | ||
69 | Saint Lucia | 80.08 years | 2013 | ||
70 | Croatia | 80 years | 2013 | ||
71 | Dominican Republic | 79.88 years | 2013 | ||
72 | Uruguay | 79.86 years | 2013 | ||
73 | Mexico | 79.83 years | 2013 | ||
74 | Sri Lanka | 79.79 years | 2013 | ||
75 | United Arab Emirates | 79.63 years | 2013 | ||
76 | Morocco | 79.53 years | 2013 | ||
77 | Dominica | 79.49 years | 2013 | ||
78 | British Virgin Islands | 79.45 years | 2013 | ||
79 | Estonia | 79.4 years | 2013 | ||
80 | Paraguay | 79.35 years | 2013 | ||
81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.34 years | 2013 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 79.32 years | 2013 | |||
=82 | Aruba | 79.25 years | 2013 | ||
=82 | Ecuador | 79.25 years | 2013 | ||
84 | Hungary | 79.19 years | 2013 | ||
85 | Brunei | 78.97 years | 2013 | ||
86 | French Polynesia | 78.93 years | 2013 | ||
87 | Seychelles | 78.76 years | 2013 | ||
88 | Kuwait | 78.75 years | 2013 | ||
Densely populated countries average (profile) | 78.62 years | 2013 | |||
89 | Mauritius | 78.58 years | 2013 | ||
90 | Latvia | 78.53 years | 2013 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 78.5 years | 2013 | |||
91 | Colombia | 78.42 years | 2013 | ||
92 | Republic of Macedonia | 78.33 years | 2013 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 78.3 years | 2013 | |||
93 | Romania | 78.13 years | 2013 | ||
94 | Cook Islands | 78.09 years | 2013 | ||
95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78.07 years | 2013 | ||
96 | Bulgaria | 77.89 years | 2013 | ||
=97 | Belarus | 77.82 years | 2013 | ||
=97 | Serbia | 77.82 years | 2013 | ||
=99 | Armenia | 77.8 years | 2013 | ||
=99 | American Samoa | 77.8 years | 2013 | ||
101 | Syria | 77.69 years | 2013 | ||
102 | West Bank | 77.67 years | 2013 | ||
103 | Tunisia | 77.66 years | 2013 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 77.61 years | 2013 | |||
104 | Libya | 77.57 years | 2013 | ||
=105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 77.5 years | 2013 | ||
=105 | Venezuela | 77.5 years | 2013 | ||
107 | Algeria | 77.47 years | 2013 | ||
108 | Solomon Islands | 77.39 years | 2013 | ||
109 | El Salvador | 77.37 years | 2013 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 77.36 years | 2013 | |||
110 | Maldives | 77.31 years | 2013 | ||
111 | China | 77.27 years | 2013 | ||
112 | Malaysia | 77.24 years | 2013 | ||
113 | Lebanon | 77.13 years | 2013 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 77.11 years | 2013 | |||
114 | Tonga | 77.09 years | 2013 | ||
115 | Barbados | 77.05 years | 2013 | ||
116 | Brazil | 76.74 years | 2013 | ||
117 | Oman | 76.7 years | 2013 | ||
118 | Saudi Arabia | 76.68 years | 2013 | ||
119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.62 years | 2013 | ||
120 | Thailand | 76.58 years | 2013 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 76.5 years | 2013 | |||
121 | Grenada | 76.35 years | 2013 | ||
122 | Uzbekistan | 76.25 years | 2013 | ||
123 | Gaza Strip | 76.21 years | 2013 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 76.19 years | 2013 | |||
124 | Russia | 76.02 years | 2013 | ||
125 | Samoa | 75.97 years | 2013 | ||
126 | Egypt | 75.93 years | 2013 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 75.88 years | 2013 | |||
127 | Palau | 75.68 years | 2013 | ||
128 | Vietnam | 75.4 years | 2013 | ||
129 | Philippines | 75.31 years | 2013 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 75.27 years | 2013 | |||
130 | Jamaica | 75.15 years | 2013 | ||
131 | Turkey | 75.07 years | 2013 | ||
132 | Peru | 75.05 years | 2013 | ||
133 | Azerbaijan | 74.97 years | 2013 | ||
134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.91 years | 2013 | ||
135 | Kazakhstan | 74.88 years | 2013 | ||
136 | Ukraine | 74.8 years | 2013 | ||
137 | Nicaragua | 74.68 years | 2013 | ||
138 | Fiji | 74.62 years | 2013 | ||
139 | Indonesia | 74.59 years | 2013 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 74.58 years | 2013 | |||
140 | Marshall Islands | 74.55 years | 2013 | ||
141 | Greenland | 74.33 years | 2013 | ||
142 | Kyrgyzstan | 74.21 years | 2013 | ||
143 | The Bahamas | 74.19 years | 2013 | ||
144 | Federated States of Micronesia | 74.16 years | 2013 | ||
145 | Vanuatu | 74 years | 2013 | ||
146 | Moldova | 73.94 years | 2013 | ||
147 | Suriname | 73.88 years | 2013 | ||
148 | Cape Verde | 73.58 years | 2013 | ||
149 | North Korea | 73.55 years | 2013 | ||
150 | Guatemala | 73.45 years | 2013 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 73.15 years | 2013 | |||
151 | Iraq | 72.67 years | 2013 | ||
152 | Honduras | 72.56 years | 2013 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 72.44 years | 2013 | |||
153 | Bangladesh | 72.31 years | 2013 | ||
154 | Turkmenistan | 72.29 years | 2013 | ||
155 | Iran | 72.24 years | 2013 | ||
156 | Montserrat | 71.91 years | 2013 | ||
157 | Guyana | 71.72 years | 2013 | ||
158 | Mongolia | 71.56 years | 2013 | ||
159 | Bolivia | 71.11 years | 2013 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 71.03 years | 2013 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 70.61 years | 2013 | |||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 70.52 years | 2013 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 70.37 years | 2013 | |||
160 | Belize | 70.13 years | 2013 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 70.02 years | 2013 | |||
161 | Tajikistan | 69.97 years | 2013 | ||
162 | Nauru | 69.47 years | 2013 | ||
163 | Bhutan | 69.38 years | 2013 | ||
164 | Papua New Guinea | 69 years | 2013 | ||
165 | India | 68.7 years | 2013 | ||
166 | Pakistan | 68.66 years | 2013 | ||
167 | East Timor | 68.65 years | 2013 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 68.26 years | 2013 | |||
168 | Nepal | 68.19 years | 2013 | ||
169 | Burma | 68.09 years | 2013 | ||
170 | Ghana | 67.71 years | 2013 | ||
171 | Tuvalu | 67.67 years | 2013 | ||
172 | Kiribati | 67.64 years | 2013 | ||
173 | Yemen | 66.65 years | 2013 | ||
174 | The Gambia | 66.47 years | 2013 | ||
175 | Madagascar | 66.29 years | 2013 | ||
176 | Togo | 66.24 years | 2013 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 66.1 years | 2013 | |||
177 | Cambodia | 65.93 years | 2013 | ||
178 | Mayotte | 65.63 years | 2010 | ||
179 | Comoros | 65.41 years | 2013 | ||
180 | Eritrea | 65.4 years | 2013 | ||
181 | Laos | 65.17 years | 2013 | ||
182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 65.14 years | 2013 | ||
183 | Sudan | 65.07 years | 2013 | ||
184 | Kenya | 64.77 years | 2013 | ||
185 | Djibouti | 64.52 years | 2013 | ||
186 | Haiti | 64.25 years | 2013 | ||
=187 | Western Sahara | 64.23 years | 2013 | ||
=187 | Mauritania | 64.23 years | 2013 | ||
189 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.18 years | 2013 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 63.93 years | 2013 | |||
190 | Senegal | 62.61 years | 2013 | ||
191 | Ethiopia | 62.35 years | 2013 | ||
192 | Tanzania | 62.09 years | 2013 | ||
193 | Benin | 62.04 years | 2013 | ||
194 | Burundi | 61.5 years | 2013 | ||
195 | Guinea | 60.66 years | 2013 | ||
196 | Rwanda | 60.4 years | 2013 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 59.66 years | 2013 | |||
197 | Sierra Leone | 59.56 years | 2013 | ||
198 | Liberia | 59.47 years | 2013 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 58.85 years | 2013 | |||
199 | Cote d'Ivoire | 58.78 years | 2013 | ||
200 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 57.66 years | 2013 | ||
201 | Congo, Republic of the | 56.96 years | 2013 | ||
202 | Burkina Faso | 56.48 years | 2013 | ||
203 | Mali | 56.41 years | 2013 | ||
204 | Angola | 56.11 years | 2013 | ||
205 | Cameroon | 55.95 years | 2013 | ||
206 | Nigeria | 55.77 years | 2013 | ||
207 | Niger | 55.55 years | 2013 | ||
208 | Uganda | 55.35 years | 2013 | ||
209 | Zimbabwe | 53.93 years | 2013 | ||
210 | Malawi | 53.62 years | 2013 | ||
211 | Somalia | 53.23 years | 2013 | ||
212 | Zambia | 53.14 years | 2013 | ||
213 | Mozambique | 53.06 years | 2013 | ||
214 | Botswana | 52.92 years | 2013 | ||
215 | Gabon | 52.74 years | 2013 | ||
216 | Lesotho | 52.39 years | 2013 | ||
217 | Central African Republic | 52.2 years | 2013 | ||
218 | Namibia | 51.69 years | 2013 | ||
219 | Guinea-Bissau | 51.52 years | 2013 | ||
220 | Afghanistan | 51.47 years | 2013 | ||
221 | Chad | 50.22 years | 2013 | ||
222 | Swaziland | 49.56 years | 2013 | ||
223 | South Africa | 48.51 years | 2013 |