NationMaster - Life expectancy at birth > Total population (most recent) by country

DEFINITION
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.

Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth > Total population (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount (top to bottom)

Date

Macau:

84.33 years

2008 ...

Andorra:

82.67 years

2008 ...

Japan:

82.07 years

2008 ...

Singapore:

81.89 years

2008 ...

San Marino:

81.88 years

2008 ...

Hong Kong:

81.77 years

2008 ...

Australia:

81.53 years

2008 ...

Canada:

81.16 years

2008 ...

France:

80.87 years

2008 ...

#10

Switzerland:

80.74 years

2008 ...

#11

Sweden:

80.74 years

2008 ...

#12

Guernsey:

80.65 years

2008 ...

#13

Israel:

80.61 years

2008 ...

#14

Iceland:

80.55 years

2008 ...

#15

Anguilla:

80.53 years

2008 ...

#16

Cayman Islands:

80.32 years

2008 ...

#17

New Zealand:

80.24 years

2008 ...

#18

Italy:

80.07 years

2008 ...

#19

Gibraltar:

80.06 years

2008 ...

#20

Monaco:

79.96 years

2008 ...

#21

Liechtenstein:

79.95 years

2008 ...

#22

Spain:

79.92 years

2008 ...

#23

Norway:

79.81 years

2008 ...

#24

Jersey:

79.65 years

2008 ...

#25

Greece:

79.52 years

2008 ...

#26

Austria:

79.36 years

2008 ...

#27

Malta:

79.3 years

2008 ...

#28

Faroe Islands:

79.29 years

2008 ...

#29

Netherlands:

79.25 years

2008 ...

#30

Luxembourg:

79.18 years

2008 ...

#31

Martinique:

79.18 years

2006 ...

#32

Germany:

79.1 years

2008 ...

#33

Belgium:

79.07 years

2008 ...

#34

Guam:

78.93 years

2008 ...

#35

Virgin Islands:

78.92 years

2008 ...

#36

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:

78.91 years

2008 ...

#37

United Kingdom:

78.85 years

2008 ...

#38

Finland:

78.82 years

2008 ...

#39

Man, Isle of:

78.8 years

2008 ...

#40

Jordan:

78.71 years

2008 ...

#41

Korea, South:

78.64 years

2008 ...

#42

Puerto Rico:

78.58 years

2008 ...

#43

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

78.33 years

2008 ...

#44

Bermuda:

78.3 years

2008 ...

#45

Saint Helena:

78.27 years

2008 ...

#46

Cyprus:

78.15 years

2008 ...

#47

United States:

78.14 years

2008 ...

#48

Denmark:

78.13 years

2008 ...

#49

Ireland:

78.07 years

2008 ...

#50

Guadeloupe:

78.06 years

2006 ...

#51

Portugal:

78.04 years

2008 ...

#52

Albania:

77.78 years

2008 ...

#53

Taiwan:

77.76 years

2008 ...

#54

Kuwait:

77.53 years

2008 ...

#55

Costa Rica:

77.4 years

2008 ...

#57

Cuba:

77.27 years

2008 ...

#58

French Guiana:

77.27 years

2006 ...

#59

Chile:

77.15 years

2008 ...

#60

Libya:

77.07 years

2008 ...

#61

British Virgin Islands:

77.07 years

2008 ...

#62

Panama:

76.88 years

2008 ...

#63

Ecuador:

76.81 years

2008 ...

#64

Slovenia:

76.73 years

2008 ...

#65

Czech Republic:

76.62 years

2008 ...

#66

Georgia:

76.51 years

2008 ...

#67

French Polynesia:

76.51 years

2008 ...

#68

Northern Mariana Islands:

76.5 years

2008 ...

#69

Netherlands Antilles:

76.45 years

2008 ...

#70

Argentina:

76.36 years

2008 ...

#71

Saint Lucia:

76.25 years

2008 ...

#72

Uruguay:

76.14 years

2008 ...

#73

Saudi Arabia:

76.09 years

2008 ...

#74

United Arab Emirates:

75.89 years

2008 ...

#75

Mexico:

75.84 years

2008 ...

#76

Paraguay:

75.56 years

2008 ...

#77

Tunisia:

75.56 years

2008 ...

#78

Brunei:

75.52 years

2008 ...

#79

Poland:

75.41 years

2008 ...

#80

Dominica:

75.33 years

2008 ...

#81

Serbia and Montenegro:

75.29 years

2008 ...

#82

Qatar:

75.19 years

2008 ...

#83

Turks and Caicos Islands:

75.19 years

2008 ...

#84

Slovakia:

75.17 years

2008 ...

#85

Croatia:

75.13 years

2008 ...

#86

Aruba:

75.06 years

2008 ...

#87

Sri Lanka:

74.97 years

2008 ...

#88

Bahrain:

74.92 years

2008 ...

#89

New Caledonia:

74.75 years

2008 ...

#90

Lithuania:

74.67 years

2008 ...

#91

Macedonia, Republic of:

74.45 years

2008 ...

#92

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

74.34 years

2008 ...

#93

West Bank:

74.29 years

2008 ...

#94

Antigua and Barbuda:

74.25 years

2008 ...

#95

Réunion:

74.18 years

2006 ...

#96

Oman:

73.91 years

2008 ...

#97

Algeria:

73.77 years

2008 ...

#98

Mauritius:

73.75 years

2008 ...

#99

Maldives:

73.72 years

2008 ...

#100

Jamaica:

73.59 years

2008 ...

#101

Suriname:

73.48 years

2008 ...

#102

American Samoa:

73.47 years

2008 ...

#103

Venezuela:

73.45 years

2008 ...

#104

Solomon Islands:

73.44 years

2008 ...

#105

Lebanon:

73.41 years

2008 ...

#106

Dominican Republic:

73.39 years

2008 ...

#107

Barbados:

73.21 years

2008 ...

#108

China:

73.18 years

2008 ...

#109

Hungary:

73.18 years

2008 ...

#110

Gaza Strip:

73.16 years

2008 ...

#111

Turkey:

73.14 years

2008 ...

#112

Malaysia:

73.03 years

2008 ...

#113

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

72.94 years

2008 ...

#114

Thailand:

72.83 years

2008 ...

#115

Bulgaria:

72.83 years

2008 ...

#116

Seychelles:

72.6 years

2008 ...

#117

Montserrat:

72.6 years

2008 ...

#118

Estonia:

72.56 years

2008 ...

#119

Colombia:

72.54 years

2008 ...

#120

Armenia:

72.4 years

2008 ...

#121

Korea, North:

72.2 years

2008 ...

#122

Romania:

72.18 years

2008 ...

#123

El Salvador:

72.06 years

2008 ...

#124

Latvia:

71.88 years

2008 ...

#125

Egypt:

71.85 years

2008 ...

#126

Brazil:

71.71 years

2008 ...

#127

Uzbekistan:

71.69 years

2008 ...

#128

Samoa:

71.58 years

2008 ...

#129

Morocco:

71.52 years

2008 ...

#130

Cape Verde:

71.33 years

2008 ...

#131

Vietnam:

71.33 years

2008 ...

#132

Nicaragua:

71.21 years

2008 ...

#133

Palau:

71 years

2008 ...

#134

Marshall Islands:

70.9 years

2008 ...

#135

Syria:

70.9 years

2008 ...

#136

Iran:

70.86 years

2008 ...

#137

Philippines:

70.8 years

2008 ...

#138

Micronesia, Federated States of:

70.65 years

2008 ...

#139

Moldova:

70.5 years

2008 ...

#140

Indonesia:

70.46 years

2008 ...

#141

Tonga:

70.44 years

2008 ...

#142

Peru:

70.44 years

2008 ...

#143

Fiji:

70.44 years

2008 ...

#144

Belarus:

70.34 years

2008 ...

#145

Guatemala:

69.99 years

2008 ...

#146

Iraq:

69.62 years

2008 ...

#147

Greenland:

69.46 years

2008 ...

#148

Honduras:

69.37 years

2008 ...

#149

India:

69.25 years

2008 ...

#150

Kyrgyzstan:

69.12 years

2008 ...

#151

Tuvalu:

68.97 years

2008 ...

#152

Turkmenistan:

68.6 years

2008 ...

#153

Belize:

68.19 years

2008 ...

#154

Ukraine:

68.06 years

2008 ...

#155

São Tomé and Príncipe:

68 years

2008 ...

#156

Kazakhstan:

67.55 years

2008 ...

#157

Mongolia:

67.32 years

2008 ...

#158

Trinidad and Tobago:

67 years

2008 ...

#159

East Timor:

66.94 years

2008 ...

#160

Bolivia:

66.53 years

2008 ...

#161

Guyana:

66.43 years

2008 ...

#162

Azerbaijan:

66.31 years

2008 ...

#163

Papua New Guinea:

66 years

2008 ...

#164

Russia:

65.94 years

2008 ...

#165

Bahamas, The:

65.72 years

2008 ...

#166

Grenada:

65.6 years

2008 ...

#167

Bhutan:

65.53 years

2008 ...

#168

Tajikistan:

64.97 years

2008 ...

#169

Pakistan:

64.13 years

2008 ...

#170

Nauru:

63.81 years

2008 ...

#171

Vanuatu:

63.61 years

2008 ...

#172

Bangladesh:

63.21 years

2008 ...

#173

Comoros:

63.1 years

2008 ...

#174

Burma:

62.94 years

2008 ...

#175

Yemen:

62.9 years

2008 ...

#176

Kiribati:

62.85 years

2008 ...

#177

Mayotte:

62.54 years

2008 ...

#178

Madagascar:

62.52 years

2008 ...

#179

Cambodia:

61.69 years

2008 ...

#180

Eritrea:

61.38 years

2008 ...

#181

Equatorial Guinea:

61.23 years

2008 ...

#182

Nepal:

60.94 years

2008 ...

#183

Ghana:

59.49 years

2008 ...

#184

Benin:

58.56 years

2008 ...

#185

Togo:

58.28 years

2008 ...

#186

Haiti:

57.56 years

2008 ...

#187

Senegal:

57.08 years

2008 ...

#188

Kenya:

56.64 years

2008 ...

#189

Guinea:

56.58 years

2008 ...

#190

Laos:

56.29 years

2008 ...

#191

Ethiopia:

54.99 years

2008 ...

#192

Gambia, The:

54.95 years

2008 ...

#193

Côte d'Ivoire:

54.64 years

2008 ...

#194

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

53.98 years

2008 ...

#195

Western Sahara:

53.92 years

2008 ...

#196

Mauritania:

53.91 years

2008 ...

#197

Congo, Republic of the:

53.74 years

2008 ...

#198

Gabon:

53.52 years

2008 ...

#199

Cameroon:

53.3 years

2008 ...

#200

Burkina Faso:

52.55 years

2008 ...

#201

Uganda:

52.34 years

2008 ...

#202

Burundi:

51.71 years

2008 ...

#203

Tanzania:

51.45 years

2008 ...

#204

Sudan:

50.28 years

2008 ...

#205

Botswana:

50.16 years

2008 ...

#206

Mali:

49.94 years

2008 ...

#207

Namibia:

49.89 years

2008 ...

#208

Rwanda:

49.76 years

2008 ...

#209

Somalia:

49.25 years

2008 ...

#210

South Africa:

48.89 years

2008 ...

#211

Guinea-Bissau:

47.52 years

2008 ...

#212

Chad:

47.43 years

2008 ...

#213

Nigeria:

46.53 years

2008 ...

#214

Niger:

44.28 years

2008 ...

#215

Zimbabwe:

44.28 years

2008 ...

#216

Central African Republic:

44.22 years

2008 ...

#217

Afghanistan:

44.21 years

2008 ...

#218

Malawi:

43.45 years

2008 ...

#219

Djibouti:

43.31 years

2008 ...

#220

Liberia:

41.13 years

2008 ...

#221

Mozambique:

41.04 years

2008 ...

#222

Sierra Leone:

40.93 years

2008 ...

#223

Lesotho:

40.17 years

2008 ...

#224

Zambia:

38.59 years

2008 ...

#225

Angola:

37.92 years

2008 ...

#226

Swaziland:

31.99 years

2008 ...

Weighted average:

68.8 years

Historical countries, unions or other regions:

European Union

77.32 years

DEFINITION: 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.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth > Total population (most recent) by country

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