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