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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 Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Life expectancy at birth field
Country Life expectancy at birth
Afghanistan
total population: 52.1 years
male: 50.6 years
female: 53.6 years (2018 est.)
Albania
total population: 78.6 years
male: 76 years
female: 81.6 years (2018 est.)
Algeria
total population: 77.2 years
male: 75.8 years
female: 78.7 years (2018 est.)
American Samoa
total population: 73.9 years
male: 71.6 years
female: 76.2 years (2018 est.)
Andorra
total population: 82.9 years
male: 80.7 years
female: 85.3 years (2018 est.)
Angola
total population: 60.6 years
male: 58.5 years
female: 62.7 years (2018 est.)
Anguilla
total population: 81.6 years
male: 79 years
female: 84.3 years (2018 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
total population: 76.9 years
male: 74.8 years
female: 79.2 years (2018 est.)
Argentina
total population: 77.5 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 80.8 years (2018 est.)
Armenia
total population: 75.1 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 78.7 years (2018 est.)
Aruba
total population: 77.1 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 80.3 years (2018 est.)
Australia
total population: 82.4 years
male: 79.9 years
female: 85 years (2018 est.)
Austria
total population: 81.7 years
male: 79 years
female: 84.5 years (2018 est.)
Azerbaijan
total population: 73 years
male: 70 years
female: 76.4 years (2018 est.)
Bahamas, The
total population: 72.9 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 75.4 years (2018 est.)
Bahrain
total population: 79.1 years
male: 76.9 years
female: 81.5 years (2018 est.)
Bangladesh
total population: 73.7 years
male: 71.5 years
female: 75.9 years (2018 est.)
Barbados
total population: 75.7 years
male: 73.3 years
female: 78.1 years (2018 est.)
Belarus
total population: 73.2 years
male: 67.8 years
female: 79 years (2018 est.)
Belgium
total population: 81.2 years
male: 78.6 years
female: 83.9 years (2018 est.)
Belize
total population: 74.7 years
male: 73.1 years
female: 76.3 years (2018 est.)
Benin
total population: 62.7 years
male: 61.2 years
female: 64.2 years (2018 est.)
Bermuda
total population: 81.5 years
male: 78.3 years
female: 84.7 years (2018 est.)
Bhutan
total population: 71.1 years
male: 70.1 years
female: 72.2 years (2018 est.)
Bolivia
total population: 69.8 years
male: 67 years
female: 72.8 years (2018 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total population: 77.1 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 80.3 years (2018 est.)
Botswana
total population: 63.8 years
male: 61.8 years
female: 66 years (2018 est.)
Brazil
total population: 74.3 years
male: 70.7 years
female: 78 years (2018 est.)
British Virgin Islands
total population: 78.9 years
male: 77.5 years
female: 80.4 years (2018 est.)
Brunei
total population: 77.5 years
male: 75.2 years
female: 80 years (2018 est.)
Bulgaria
total population: 74.8 years
male: 71.5 years
female: 78.3 years (2018 est.)
Burkina Faso
total population: 61.8 years
male: 60.1 years
female: 63.6 years (2018 est.)
Burma
total population: 68.6 years
male: 67 years
female: 70.3 years (2018 est.)
Burundi
total population: 61.4 years
male: 59.6 years
female: 63.2 years (2018 est.)
Cabo Verde
total population: 72.7 years
male: 70.3 years
female: 75.1 years (2018 est.)
Cambodia
total population: 65.2 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 67.9 years (2018 est.)
Cameroon
total population: 59.4 years
male: 58 years
female: 60.9 years (2018 est.)
Canada
total population: 82 years
male: 79.4 years
female: 84.8 years (2018 est.)
Cayman Islands
total population: 81.4 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 84.2 years (2018 est.)
Central African Republic
total population: 53.3 years
male: 51.9 years
female: 54.7 years (2018 est.)
Chad
total population: 57.5 years
male: 55.7 years
female: 59.3 years (2018 est.)
Chile
total population: 79.1 years
male: 76 years
female: 82.2 years (2018 est.)
China
total population: 75.8 years
male: 73.7 years
female: 78.1 years (2018 est.)
Christmas Island
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
Colombia
total population: 76.2 years
male: 73 years
female: 79.5 years (2018 est.)
Comoros
total population: 64.9 years
male: 62.6 years
female: 67.4 years (2018 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total population: 58.1 years
male: 56.5 years
female: 59.7 years (2018 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
total population: 60.3 years
male: 59 years
female: 61.6 years (2018 est.)
Cook Islands
total population: 76.2 years
male: 73.4 years
female: 79.2 years (2018 est.)
Costa Rica
total population: 78.9 years
male: 76.2 years
female: 81.7 years (2018 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
total population: 60.1 years
male: 58 years
female: 62.4 years (2018 est.)
Croatia
total population: 76.3 years
male: 73.2 years
female: 79.6 years (2018 est.)
Cuba
total population: 78.9 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 81.4 years (2018 est.)
Curacao
total population: 78.6 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 81.1 years (2018 est.)
Cyprus
total population: 79 years
male: 76.2 years
female: 81.9 years (2018 est.)
Czechia
total population: 78.9 years
male: 76 years
female: 82.1 years (2018 est.)
Denmark
total population: 81 years
male: 79.1 years
female: 83.1 years (2018 est.)
Djibouti
total population: 64 years
male: 61.4 years
female: 66.6 years (2018 est.)
Dominica
total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 80.5 years (2018 est.)
Dominican Republic
total population: 71.3 years
male: 69.7 years
female: 73.1 years (2018 est.)
Ecuador
total population: 77.1 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 80.3 years (2018 est.)
Egypt
total population: 73.2 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 74.7 years (2018 est.)
El Salvador
total population: 75.1 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 78.6 years (2018 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
total population: 65 years
male: 63.8 years
female: 66.2 years (2018 est.)
Eritrea
total population: 65.6 years
male: 63 years
female: 68.2 years (2018 est.)
Estonia
total population: 77 years
male: 72.3 years
female: 82 years (2018 est.)
Eswatini
total population: 57.2 years
male: 55.1 years
female: 59.3 years (2018 est.)
Ethiopia
total population: 63 years
male: 60.5 years
female: 65.5 years (2018 est.)
European Union
total population: 80.7 years
male: 77.9 years
female: 83.6 years (2018 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total population: 77.9
male: 75.6
female: 79.6 (2017 est.)
Faroe Islands
total population: 80.6 years
male: 78.1 years
female: 83.3 years (2018 est.)
Fiji
total population: 73.2 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 76 years (2018 est.)
Finland
total population: 81.1 years
male: 78.1 years
female: 84.2 years (2018 est.)
France
total population: 82 years
male: 78.9 years
female: 85.3 years (2018 est.)
French Polynesia
total population: 77.5 years
male: 75.2 years
female: 80 years (2018 est.)
Gabon
total population: 68 years
male: 66.3 years
female: 69.6 years (2018 est.)
Gambia, The
total population: 65.4 years
male: 63 years
female: 67.8 years (2018 est.)
Gaza Strip
total population: 74.4 years
male: 72.7 years
female: 76.2 years (2018 est.)
Georgia
total population: 76.6 years
male: 72.5 years
female: 80.9 years (2018 est.)
Germany
total population: 80.9 years
male: 78.6 years
female: 83.4 years (2018 est.)
Ghana
total population: 67.4 years
male: 64.9 years
female: 70 years (2018 est.)
Gibraltar
total population: 79.7 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 82.8 years (2018 est.)
Greece
total population: 80.8 years
male: 78.2 years
female: 83.6 years (2018 est.)
Greenland
total population: 72.9 years
male: 70.2 years
female: 75.8 years (2018 est.)
Grenada
total population: 74.8 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 77.6 years (2018 est.)
Guam
total population: 76.4 years
male: 73.9 years
female: 78.9 years (2018 est.)
Guatemala
total population: 71.8 years
male: 69.8 years
female: 73.9 years (2018 est.)
Guernsey
total population: 82.7 years
male: 80 years
female: 85.5 years (2018 est.)
Guinea
total population: 62.1 years
male: 60.4 years
female: 64 years (2018 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
total population: 61.4 years
male: 59.2 years
female: 63.6 years (2018 est.)
Guyana
total population: 68.9 years
male: 65.9 years
female: 72.1 years (2018 est.)
Haiti
total population: 64.6 years
male: 61.9 years
female: 67.2 years (2018 est.)
Honduras
total population: 71.3 years
male: 69.6 years
female: 73 years (2018 est.)
Hong Kong
total population: 83.1 years
male: 80.4 years
female: 86 years (2018 est.)
Hungary
total population: 76.3 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 80.2 years (2018 est.)
Iceland
total population: 83.1 years
male: 80.9 years
female: 85.5 years (2018 est.)
India
total population: 69.1 years
male: 67.8 years
female: 70.5 years (2018 est.)
Indonesia
total population: 73.2 years
male: 70.6 years
female: 76 years (2018 est.)
Iran
total population: 74.2 years
male: 72.8 years
female: 75.6 years (2018 est.)
Iraq
total population: 74.9 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 77.2 years (2018 est.)
Ireland
total population: 81 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 83.5 years (2018 est.)
Isle of Man
total population: 81.4 years
male: 79.6 years
female: 83.3 years (2018 est.)
Israel
total population: 82.7 years
male: 80.8 years
female: 84.7 years (2018 est.)
Italy
total population: 82.4 years
male: 79.7 years
female: 85.2 years (2018 est.)
Jamaica
total population: 74.5 years
male: 72.7 years
female: 76.5 years (2018 est.)
Japan
total population: 85.5 years
male: 82.2 years
female: 89 years (2018 est.)
Jersey
total population: 82 years
male: 79.5 years
female: 84.7 years (2018 est.)
Jordan
total population: 75 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 76.6 years (2018 est.)
Kazakhstan
total population: 71.4 years
male: 66.2 years
female: 76.3 years (2018 est.)
Kenya
total population: 64.6 years
male: 63.1 years
female: 66.1 years (2018 est.)
Kiribati
total population: 66.9 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 69.5 years (2018 est.)
Korea, North
total population: 71 years
male: 67.2 years
female: 75 years (2018 est.)
Korea, South
total population: 82.5 years
male: 79.4 years
female: 85.8 years (2018 est.)
Kuwait
total population: 78.3 years
male: 76.9 years
female: 79.8 years (2018 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
total population: 71.2 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 75.6 years (2018 est.)
Laos
total population: 65 years
male: 62.9 years
female: 67.1 years (2018 est.)
Latvia
total population: 74.9 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 79.7 years (2018 est.)
Lebanon
total population: 77.9 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 79.3 years (2018 est.)
Lesotho
total population: 53 years
male: 53 years
female: 53.1 years (2018 est.)
Liberia
total population: 63.8 years
male: 61.6 years
female: 66 years (2018 est.)
Libya
total population: 76.9 years
male: 75.1 years
female: 78.7 years (2018 est.)
Liechtenstein
total population: 82 years
male: 79.8 years
female: 84.8 years (2018 est.)
Lithuania
total population: 75.2 years
male: 69.9 years
female: 80.8 years (2018 est.)
Luxembourg
total population: 82.4 years
male: 79.9 years
female: 85 years (2018 est.)
Macau
total population: 84.6 years
male: 81.6 years
female: 87.7 years (2018 est.)
Madagascar
total population: 66.6 years
male: 65.1 years
female: 68.2 years (2018 est.)
Malawi
total population: 62.2 years
male: 60.2 years
female: 64.3 years (2018 est.)
Malaysia
total population: 75.4 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 78.4 years (2018 est.)
Maldives
total population: 76 years
male: 73.7 years
female: 78.5 years (2018 est.)
Mali
total population: 60.8 years
male: 58.6 years
female: 63 years (2018 est.)
Malta
total population: 82.7 years
male: 80.6 years
female: 84.8 years (2018 est.)
Marshall Islands
total population: 73.6 years
male: 71.4 years
female: 76 years (2018 est.)
Mauritania
total population: 63.8 years
male: 61.4 years
female: 66.2 years (2018 est.)
Mauritius
total population: 76 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 79.7 years (2018 est.)
Mexico
total population: 76.3 years
male: 73.5 years
female: 79.2 years (2018 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
total population: 73.4 years
male: 71.3 years
female: 75.6 years (2018 est.)
Moldova
total population: 71.3 years
male: 67.4 years
female: 75.4 years (2018 est.)
Monaco
total population: 89.4 years
male: 85.5 years
female: 93.4 years (2018 est.)
Mongolia
total population: 70.2 years
male: 66 years
female: 74.7 years (2018 est.)
Montserrat
total population: 74.8 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 73.5 years (2018 est.)
Morocco
total population: 77.3 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 80.5 years (2018 est.)
Mozambique
total population: 54.1 years
male: 53.3 years
female: 54.9 years (2018 est.)
Namibia
total population: 64.4 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 66.2 years (2018 est.)
Nauru
total population: 67.8 years
male: 63.6 years
female: 71.2 years (2018 est.)
Nepal
total population: 71.3 years
male: 70.6 years
female: 72 years (2018 est.)
Netherlands
total population: 81.5 years
male: 79.3 years
female: 83.8 years (2018 est.)
New Caledonia
total population: 78 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 82.2 years (2018 est.)
New Zealand
total population: 81.4 years
male: 79.2 years
female: 83.6 years (2018 est.)
Nicaragua
total population: 73.7 years
male: 71.5 years
female: 76.1 years (2018 est.)
Niger
total population: 56.3 years
male: 55 years
female: 57.7 years (2018 est.)
Nigeria
total population: 59.3 years
male: 57.5 years
female: 61.1 years (2018 est.)
Niue
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
Norfolk Island
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
North Macedonia
total population: 75.9 years
male: 73.8 years
female: 78.2 years (2018 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
total population: 75.6 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 78.1 years (2018 est.)
Norway
total population: 82 years
male: 79.9 years
female: 84.1 years (2018 est.)
Oman
total population: 75.9 years
male: 73.9 years
female: 78 years (2018 est.)
Pakistan
total population: 68.4 years
male: 66.4 years
female: 70.5 years (2018 est.)
Palau
total population: 73.6 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 77 years (2018 est.)
Panama
total population: 78.9 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 81.9 years (2018 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total population: 67.5 years
male: 65.3 years
female: 69.8 years (2018 est.)
Paraguay
total population: 77.6 years
male: 74.9 years
female: 80.4 years (2018 est.)
Peru
total population: 74.2 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 76.4 years (2018 est.)
Philippines
total population: 69.6 years
male: 66.1 years
female: 73.3 years (2018 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
Poland
total population: 77.9 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 82 years (2018 est.)
Portugal
total population: 80.9 years
male: 77.7 years
female: 84.2 years (2018 est.)
Puerto Rico
total population: 81 years
male: 77.7 years
female: 84.5 years (2018 est.)
Qatar
total population: 79 years
male: 76.9 years
female: 81.2 years (2018 est.)
Romania
total population: 75.6 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 79.2 years (2018 est.)
Russia
total population: 71.3 years
male: 65.6 years
female: 77.3 years (2018 est.)
Rwanda
total population: 64.5 years
male: 62.6 years
female: 66.5 years (2018 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total population: 79.8 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 82.9 years (2018 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total population: 76.2 years
male: 73.7 years
female: 78.7 years (2018 est.)
Saint Lucia
total population: 78.1 years
male: 75.4 years
female: 81 years (2018 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total population: 80.7 years
male: 78.4 years
female: 83.2 years (2018 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total population: 75.8 years
male: 73.7 years
female: 77.9 years (2018 est.)
Samoa
total population: 74.2 years
male: 71.3 years
female: 77.3 years (2018 est.)
San Marino
total population: 83.4 years
male: 80.8 years
female: 86.2 years (2018 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
total population: 65.7 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 67.1 years (2018 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total population: 75.7 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 77.3 years (2018 est.)
Senegal
total population: 62.5 years
male: 60.4 years
female: 64.7 years (2018 est.)
Serbia
total population: 75.9 years
male: 73 years
female: 79 years (2018 est.)
Seychelles
total population: 75.2 years
male: 70.7 years
female: 79.8 years (2018 est.)
Sierra Leone
total population: 59 years
male: 56.4 years
female: 61.7 years (2018 est.)
Singapore
total population: 85.5 years
male: 82.8 years
female: 88.3 years (2018 est.)
Sint Maarten
total population: 78.5 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 80.9 years (2018 est.)
Slovakia
total population: 77.4 years
male: 73.9 years
female: 81.2 years (2018 est.)
Slovenia
total population: 81.2 years
male: 78.3 years
female: 84.2 years (2018 est.)
Solomon Islands
total population: 75.8 years
male: 73.1 years
female: 78.6 years (2018 est.)
Somalia
total population: 53.2 years
male: 51 years
female: 55.4 years (2018 est.)
South Africa
total population: 64.1 years
male: 62.7 years
female: 65.6 years (2018 est.)
Spain
total population: 81.8 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 85 years (2018 est.)
Sri Lanka
total population: 77.1 years
male: 73.7 years
female: 80.8 years (2018 est.)
Sudan
total population: 65.8 years
male: 63.7 years
female: 68.1 years (2018 est.)
Suriname
total population: 72.8 years
male: 70.3 years
female: 75.3 years (2018 est.)
Svalbard
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
Sweden
total population: 82.2 years
male: 80.3 years
female: 84.3 years (2018 est.)
Switzerland
total population: 82.7 years
male: 80.4 years
female: 85.2 years (2018 est.)
Syria
total population: 75.2 years
male: 72.8 years
female: 77.8 years (2018 est.)
Taiwan
total population: 80.4 years
male: 77.2 years
female: 83.7 years (2018 est.)
Tajikistan
total population: 68.4 years
male: 65.2 years
female: 71.7 years (2018 est.)
Tanzania
total population: 63.1 years
male: 61.6 years
female: 64.6 years (2018 est.)
Thailand
total population: 75.1 years
male: 71.9 years
female: 78.5 years (2018 est.)
Timor-Leste
total population: 68.7 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 70.4 years (2018 est.)
Togo
total population: 65.8 years
male: 63.1 years
female: 68.6 years (2018 est.)
Tokelau
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2017 est.)
Tonga
total population: 76.6 years
male: 75 years
female: 78.3 years (2018 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total population: 73.4 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 76.4 years (2018 est.)
Tunisia
total population: 75.9 years
male: 74.3 years
female: 77.6 years (2018 est.)
Turkey
total population: 75.3 years
male: 72.9 years
female: 77.7 years (2018 est.)
Turkmenistan
total population: 70.7 years
male: 67.6 years
female: 73.9 years (2018 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
total population: 80.1 years
male: 77.3 years
female: 83 years (2018 est.)
Tuvalu
total population: 67.2 years
male: 65 years
female: 69.5 years (2018 est.)
Uganda
total population: 56.3 years
male: 54.8 years
female: 57.8 years (2018 est.)
Ukraine
total population: 72.4 years
male: 67.7 years
female: 77.4 years (2018 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total population: 78.7 years
male: 77.3 years
female: 80.1 years (2018 est.)
United Kingdom
total population: 80.9 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 83.2 years (2018 est.)
United States
total population: 80.1 years
male: 77.8 years
female: 82.3 years (2018 est.)
Uruguay
total population: 77.6 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 80.8 years (2018 est.)
Uzbekistan
total population: 74.3 years
male: 71.2 years
female: 77.5 years (2018 est.)
Vanuatu
total population: 74 years
male: 72.4 years
female: 75.7 years (2018 est.)
Venezuela
total population: 76.2 years
male: 73.2 years
female: 79.3 years (2018 est.)
Vietnam
total population: 73.9 years
male: 71.4 years
female: 76.7 years (2018 est.)
Virgin Islands
total population: 79.5 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 83 years (2018 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
total population: 80 years
male: 77 years
female: 83.1 years (2018 est.)
West Bank
total population: 75.4 years
male: 73.4 years
female: 77.6 years (2018 est.)
Western Sahara
total population: 63.8 years
male: 61.4 years
female: 66.2 years (2018 est.)
World
total population: 69.8 years
male: 67.8 years
female: 72 years (2018 est.)
Yemen
total population: 66.2 years
male: 64 years
female: 68.5 years (2018 est.)
Zambia
total population: 53 years
male: 51.4 years
female: 54.7 years (2018 est.)
Zimbabwe
total population: 61.1 years
male: 59 years
female: 63.2 years (2018 est.)