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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: 52.8 years
male: 51.4 years
female: 54.4 years (2020 est.)
Albania
total population: 79 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 81.9 years (2020 est.)
Algeria
total population: 77.5 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 79.1 years (2020 est.)
American Samoa
total population: 74.8 years
male: 72.3 years
female: 77.5 years (2020 est.)
Andorra
total population: 83 years
male: 80.8 years
female: 85.4 years (2020 est.)
Angola
total population: 61.3 years
male: 59.3 years
female: 63.4 years (2020 est.)
Anguilla
total population: 81.8 years
male: 79.2 years
female: 84.5 years (2020 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda
total population: 77.3 years
male: 75.1 years
female: 79.6 years (2020 est.)
Argentina
total population: 77.8 years
male: 74.7 years
female: 81.1 years (2020 est.)
Armenia
total population: 75.6 years
male: 72.3 years
female: 79.2 years (2020 est.)
Aruba
total population: 77.5 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 80.7 years (2020 est.)
Australia
total population: 82.7 years
male: 80.5 years
female: 85 years (2020 est.)
Austria
total population: 81.9 years
male: 79.2 years
female: 84.7 years (2020 est.)
Azerbaijan
total population: 73.6 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 76.9 years (2020 est.)
Bahamas, The
total population: 73.3 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 75.8 years (2020 est.)
Bahrain
total population: 79.4 years
male: 77.1 years
female: 81.8 years (2020 est.)
Bangladesh
total population: 74.2 years
male: 72 years
female: 76.5 years (2020 est.)
Barbados
total population: 76 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 78.4 years (2020 est.)
Belarus
total population: 73.8 years
male: 68.3 years
female: 79.5 years (2020 est.)
Belgium
total population: 81.4 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 84.2 years (2020 est.)
Belize
total population: 75.3 years
male: 73.7 years
female: 77 years (2020 est.)
Benin
total population: 61.4 years
male: 59.6 years
female: 63.3 years (2020 est.)
Bermuda
total population: 81.7 years
male: 78.5 years
female: 84.9 years (2020 est.)
Bhutan
total population: 72.1 years
male: 71 years
female: 73.2 years (2020 est.)
Bolivia
total population: 70.4 years
male: 67.6 years
female: 73.4 years (2020 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
total population: 77.5 years
male: 74.5 years
female: 80.7 years (2020 est.)
Botswana
total population: 64.8 years
male: 62.8 years
female: 66.9 years (2020 est.)
Brazil
total population: 74.7 years
male: 71.2 years
female: 78.4 years (2020 est.)
British Virgin Islands
total population: 79.2 years
male: 77.7 years
female: 80.8 years (2020 est.)
Brunei
total population: 77.9 years
male: 75.5 years
female: 80.4 years (2020 est.)
Bulgaria
total population: 75 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 78.5 years (2020 est.)
Burkina Faso
total population: 62.7 years
male: 60.9 years
female: 64.5 years (2020 est.)
Burma
total population: 69.3 years
male: 67.7 years
female: 71.1 years (2020 est.)
Burundi
total population: 66.7 years
male: 64.6 years
female: 68.8 years (2020 est.)
Cabo Verde
total population: 73.2 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 75.6 years (2020 est.)
Cambodia
total population: 65.9 years
male: 63.4 years
female: 68.6 years (2020 est.)
Cameroon
total population: 62.3 years
male: 60.6 years
female: 64 years (2020 est.)
Canada
total population: 83.4 years
male: 81.1 years
female: 85.9 years (2020 est.)
Cayman Islands
total population: 81.6 years
male: 78.9 years
female: 84.4 years (2020 est.)
Central African Republic
total population: 54.2 years
male: 52.7 years
female: 55.7 years (2020 est.)
Chad
total population: 58.3 years
male: 56.5 years
female: 60.1 years (2020 est.)
Chile
total population: 79.4 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 82.5 years (2020 est.)
China
total population: 76.1 years
male: 74 years
female: 78.4 years (2020 est.)
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: 76.6 years
male: 73.5 years
female: 80 years (2020 est.)
Comoros
total population: 65.7 years
male: 63.3 years
female: 68.1 years (2020 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total population: 61 years
male: 59.3 years
female: 62.8 years (2020 est.)
Congo, Republic of the
total population: 61.3 years
male: 59.9 years
female: 62.7 years (2020 est.)
Cook Islands
total population: 76.6 years
male: 73.8 years
female: 79.6 years (2020 est.)
Costa Rica
total population: 79.2 years
male: 76.5 years
female: 82 years (2020 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire
total population: 61.3 years
male: 59.2 years
female: 63.6 years (2020 est.)
Croatia
total population: 76.7 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 80.1 years (2020 est.)
Cuba
total population: 79.2 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 81.7 years (2020 est.)
Curacao
total population: 79 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 81.4 years (2020 est.)
Cyprus
total population: 79.3 years
male: 76.4 years
female: 82.2 years (2020 est.)
Czechia
total population: 79.3 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 82.4 years (2020 est.)
Denmark
total population: 81.2 years
male: 79.3 years
female: 83.3 years (2020 est.)
Djibouti
total population: 64.7 years
male: 62.1 years
female: 67.4 years (2020 est.)
Dominica
total population: 77.7 years
male: 74.7 years
female: 80.9 years (2020 est.)
Dominican Republic
total population: 72 years
male: 70.3 years
female: 73.8 years (2020 est.)
Ecuador
total population: 77.5 years
male: 74.5 years
female: 80.6 years (2020 est.)
Egypt
total population: 73.7 years
male: 72.3 years
female: 75.3 years (2020 est.)
El Salvador
total population: 74.8 years
male: 71.3 years
female: 78.6 years (2020 est.)
Equatorial Guinea
total population: 65.7 years
male: 64.4 years
female: 66.9 years (2020 est.)
Eritrea
total population: 66.2 years
male: 63.6 years
female: 68.8 years (2020 est.)
Estonia
total population: 77.4 years
male: 72.7 years
female: 82.3 years (2020 est.)
Eswatini
total population: 58.6 years
male: 56.5 years
female: 60.7 years (2020 est.)
Ethiopia
total population: 67.5 years
male: 65.5 years
female: 69.7 years (2020 est.)
European Union
total population: 80.9 years
male: 78 years
female: 83.9 years (2020 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total population: 77.9 (2017 est.)
male: 75.6
female: 79.6
Faroe Islands
total population: 80.8 years
male: 78.3 years
female: 83.6 years (2020 est.)
Fiji
total population: 73.7 years
male: 71 years
female: 76.6 years (2020 est.)
Finland
total population: 81.3 years
male: 78.4 years
female: 84.4 years (2020 est.)
France
total population: 82.2 years
male: 79.1 years
female: 85.4 years (2020 est.)
French Polynesia
total population: 77.9 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 80.4 years (2020 est.)
Gabon
total population: 69 years
male: 67.3 years
female: 70.8 years (2020 est.)
Gambia, The
total population: 65.8 years
male: 63.5 years
female: 68.3 years (2020 est.)
Gaza Strip
total population: 74.9 years
male: 73.1 years
female: 76.7 years (2020 est.)
Georgia
total population: 77 years
male: 72.9 years
female: 81.3 years (2020 est.)
Germany
total population: 81.1 years
male: 78.7 years
female: 83.6 years (2020 est.)
Ghana
total population: 68.2 years
male: 65.6 years
female: 70.8 years (2020 est.)
Gibraltar
total population: 80 years
male: 77.1 years
female: 83 years (2020 est.)
Greece
total population: 81.1 years
male: 78.5 years
female: 83.8 years (2020 est.)
Greenland
total population: 73.4 years
male: 70.7 years
female: 76.3 years (2020 est.)
Grenada
total population: 75.2 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 78.1 years (2020 est.)
Guam
total population: 77 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 79.6 years (2020 est.)
Guatemala
total population: 72.4 years
male: 70.3 years
female: 74.5 years (2020 est.)
Guernsey
total population: 82.8 years
male: 80.1 years
female: 85.7 years (2020 est.)
Guinea
total population: 63.2 years
male: 61.3 years
female: 65 years (2020 est.)
Guinea-Bissau
total population: 62.8 years
male: 60.6 years
female: 65.1 years (2020 est.)
Guyana
total population: 69.5 years
male: 66.5 years
female: 72.6 years (2020 est.)
Haiti
total population: 65.3 years
male: 62.6 years
female: 68 years (2020 est.)
Honduras
total population: 74.6 years
male: 71.1 years
female: 78.3 years (2020 est.)
Hong Kong
total population: 83.2 years
male: 80.5 years
female: 86.1 years (2020 est.)
Hungary
total population: 76.7 years
male: 73 years
female: 80.6 years (2020 est.)
Iceland
total population: 83.3 years
male: 81 years
female: 85.6 years (2020 est.)
India
total population: 69.7 years
male: 68.4 years
female: 71.2 years (2020 est.)
Indonesia
total population: 73.7 years
male: 71.1 years
female: 76.5 years (2020 est.)
Iran
total population: 74.5 years
male: 73.1 years
female: 76 years (2020 est.)
Iraq
total population: 72.6 years
male: 70.7 years
female: 74.6 years (2020 est.)
Ireland
total population: 81.2 years
male: 78.9 years
female: 83.7 years (2020 est.)
Isle of Man
total population: 81.6 years
male: 79.8 years
female: 83.6 years (2020 est.)
Israel
total population: 83 years
male: 81.1 years
female: 85 years (2020 est.)
Italy
total population: 82.5 years
male: 79.8 years
female: 85.3 years (2020 est.)
Jamaica
total population: 75.2 years
male: 73.4 years
female: 77.1 years (2020 est.)
Japan
total population: 86 years
male: 82.7 years
female: 89.5 years (2020 est.)
Jersey
total population: 82.2 years
male: 79.7 years
female: 84.9 years (2020 est.)
Jordan
total population: 75.5 years
male: 74 years
female: 77.1 years (2020 est.)
Kazakhstan
total population: 72 years
male: 66.8 years
female: 76.8 years (2020 est.)
Kenya
total population: 69 years
male: 67.3 years
female: 70.6 years (2020 est.)
Kiribati
total population: 67.5 years
male: 65 years
female: 70.2 years (2020 est.)
Korea, North
total population: 71.6 years
male: 67.7 years
female: 75.6 years (2020 est.)
Korea, South
total population: 82.6 years
male: 79.4 years
female: 85.9 years (2020 est.)
Kosovo
total population: 72.7 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 75.1 years (2020 est.)
Kuwait
total population: 78.6 years
male: 77.2 years
female: 80.2 years (2020 est.)
Kyrgyzstan
total population: 71.8 years
male: 67.7 years
female: 76.2 years (2020 est.)
Laos
total population: 65.7 years
male: 63.6 years
female: 67.9 years (2020 est.)
Latvia
total population: 75.4 years
male: 70.9 years
female: 80.1 years (2020 est.)
Lebanon
total population: 78.3 years
male: 76.9 years
female: 79.8 years (2020 est.)
Lesotho
total population: 53 years
male: 53.1 years
female: 53 years (2020 est.)
Liberia
total population: 64.7 years
male: 62.5 years
female: 67 years (2020 est.)
Libya
total population: 76.7 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 79.1 years (2020 est.)
Liechtenstein
total population: 82.2 years
male: 79.9 years
female: 85 years (2020 est.)
Lithuania
total population: 75.5 years
male: 70.3 years
female: 81.1 years (2020 est.)
Luxembourg
total population: 82.6 years
male: 80.1 years
female: 85.2 years (2020 est.)
Macau
total population: 84.6 years
male: 81.7 years
female: 87.7 years (2020 est.)
Madagascar
total population: 67.3 years
male: 65.7 years
female: 68.9 years (2020 est.)
Malawi
total population: 63.2 years
male: 61.2 years
female: 65.3 years (2020 est.)
Malaysia
total population: 75.9 years
male: 73 years
female: 78.9 years (2020 est.)
Maldives
total population: 76.4 years
male: 74 years
female: 78.9 years (2020 est.)
Mali
total population: 61.6 years
male: 59.4 years
female: 63.9 years (2020 est.)
Malta
total population: 82.8 years
male: 80.7 years
female: 85 years (2020 est.)
Marshall Islands
total population: 74.1 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 76.5 years (2020 est.)
Mauritania
total population: 64.5 years
male: 62.1 years
female: 67 years (2020 est.)
Mauritius
total population: 76.5 years
male: 73 years
female: 80.1 years (2020 est.)
Mexico
total population: 76.7 years
male: 73.9 years
female: 79.6 years (2020 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of
total population: 73.9 years
male: 71.8 years
female: 76.1 years (2020 est.)
Moldova
total population: 71.9 years
male: 68 years
female: 76 years (2020 est.)
Monaco
total population: 89.3 years
male: 85.4 years
female: 93.3 years (2020 est.)
Mongolia
total population: 70.8 years
male: 66.6 years
female: 75.2 years (2020 est.)
Montenegro
total population: 77.3 years
male: 74.8 years
female: 79.8 years (2020 est.)
Montserrat
total population: 75.3 years
male: 76.4 years
female: 74.1 years (2020 est.)
Morocco
total population: 73.3 years
male: 71.6 years
female: 75.1 years (2020 est.)
Mozambique
total population: 55.9 years
male: 54.4 years
female: 57.4 years (2020 est.)
Namibia
total population: 65.3 years
male: 63.3 years
female: 67.3 years (2020 est.)
Nauru
total population: 68.4 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 71.9 years (2020 est.)
Nepal
total population: 71.8 years
male: 71.1 years
female: 72.6 years (2020 est.)
Netherlands
total population: 81.7 years
male: 79.5 years
female: 84.1 years (2020 est.)
New Caledonia
total population: 78.4 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 82.5 years (2020 est.)
New Zealand
total population: 82.1 years
male: 80.4 years
female: 84 years (2020 est.)
Nicaragua
total population: 74.2 years
male: 72 years
female: 76.6 years (2020 est.)
Niger
total population: 59.3 years
male: 57.8 years
female: 60.8 years (2020 est.)
Nigeria
total population: 60.4 years
male: 58.6 years
female: 62.3 years (2020 est.)
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: 76.3 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 78.6 years (2020 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands
total population: 76.1 years
male: 74 years
female: 78.5 years (2020 est.)
Norway
total population: 82.1 years
male: 80 years
female: 84.4 years (2020 est.)
Oman
total population: 76.3 years
male: 74.4 years
female: 78.4 years (2020 est.)
Pakistan
total population: 69.2 years
male: 67.2 years
female: 71.3 years (2020 est.)
Palau
total population: 74.1 years
male: 70.9 years
female: 77.5 years (2020 est.)
Panama
total population: 79.2 years
male: 76.4 years
female: 82.2 years (2020 est.)
Papua New Guinea
total population: 67.8 years
male: 65.6 years
female: 70 years (2020 est.)
Paraguay
total population: 77.9 years
male: 75.2 years
female: 80.7 years (2020 est.)
Peru
total population: 74.7 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 76.9 years (2020 est.)
Philippines
total population: 70 years
male: 66.5 years
female: 73.8 years (2020 est.)
Pitcairn Islands
total population: NA (2017 est.)
male: NA
female: NA
Poland
total population: 78.3 years
male: 74.5 years
female: 82.3 years (2020 est.)
Portugal
total population: 81.1 years
male: 77.9 years
female: 84.4 years (2020 est.)
Puerto Rico
total population: 81.3 years
male: 78 years
female: 84.7 years (2020 est.)
Qatar
total population: 79.4 years
male: 77.2 years
female: 81.6 years (2020 est.)
Romania
total population: 76 years
male: 72.6 years
female: 79.7 years (2020 est.)
Russia
total population: 71.9 years
male: 66.3 years
female: 77.8 years (2020 est.)
Rwanda
total population: 65.1 years
male: 63.2 years
female: 67.1 years (2020 est.)
Saint Barthelemy
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77 years
female: 83.4 years (2020 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total population: 80 years
male: 77.1 years
female: 83.1 years (2020 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
total population: 76.6 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 79.1 years (2020 est.)
Saint Lucia
total population: 78.5 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 81.4 years (2020 est.)
Saint Martin
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77 years
female: 83.4 years (2020 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total population: 81 years
male: 78.6 years
female: 83.5 years (2020 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total population: 76.2 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 78.3 years (2020 est.)
Samoa
total population: 74.7 years
male: 71.7 years
female: 77.7 years (2020 est.)
San Marino
total population: 83.5 years
male: 80.9 years
female: 86.3 years (2020 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe
total population: 66.3 years
male: 64.9 years
female: 67.8 years (2020 est.)
Saudi Arabia
total population: 76.2 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 77.8 years (2020 est.)
Senegal
total population: 63.2 years
male: 61.1 years
female: 65.4 years (2020 est.)
Serbia
total population: 76.3 years
male: 73.4 years
female: 79.4 years (2020 est.)
Seychelles
total population: 75.6 years
male: 71.1 years
female: 80.2 years (2020 est.)
Sierra Leone
total population: 59.8 years
male: 57.1 years
female: 62.6 years (2020 est.)
Singapore
total population: 86 years
male: 83.3 years
female: 88.9 years (2020 est.)
Sint Maarten
total population: 78.8 years
male: 76.4 years
female: 81.3 years (2020 est.)
Slovakia
total population: 77.8 years
male: 74.3 years
female: 81.6 years (2020 est.)
Slovenia
total population: 81.4 years
male: 78.5 years
female: 84.4 years (2020 est.)
Solomon Islands
total population: 76.2 years
male: 73.5 years
female: 79 years (2020 est.)
Somalia
total population: 54 years
male: 51.8 years
female: 56.2 years (2020 est.)
South Africa
total population: 64.8 years
male: 63.4 years
female: 66.2 years (2020 est.)
South Sudan
total population: 55.5 years
male: 54.6 years
female: 56.5 years (2020 est.)
Spain
total population: 82 years
male: 79 years
female: 85.2 years (2020 est.)
Sri Lanka
total population: 77.5 years
male: 74 years
female: 81.1 years (2020 est.)
Sudan
total population: 66.5 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 68.8 years (2020 est.)
Suriname
total population: 73.3 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 75.9 years (2020 est.)
Svalbard
total population: NA (2017 est.)
male: NA
female: NA
Sweden
total population: 82.4 years
male: 80.4 years
female: 84.5 years (2020 est.)
Switzerland
total population: 82.8 years
male: 80.5 years
female: 85.3 years (2020 est.)
Syria
total population: 73.7 years
male: 72.3 years
female: 75.3 years (2020 est.)
Taiwan
total population: 80.6 years
male: 77.5 years
female: 83.9 years (2020 est.)
Tajikistan
total population: 69 years
male: 65.9 years
female: 72.3 years (2020 est.)
Tanzania
total population: 63.9 years
male: 62.3 years
female: 65.5 years (2020 est.)
Thailand
total population: 75.6 years
male: 72.4 years
female: 78.9 years (2020 est.)
Timor-Leste
total population: 69.3 years
male: 67.6 years
female: 71.1 years (2020 est.)
Togo
total population: 66.6 years
male: 63.9 years
female: 69.3 years (2020 est.)
Tokelau
total population: NA (2017 est.)
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga
total population: 77 years
male: 75.4 years
female: 78.8 years (2020 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago
total population: 73.9 years
male: 70.9 years
female: 76.9 years (2020 est.)
Tunisia
total population: 76.3 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 78.1 years (2020 est.)
Turkey
total population: 75.7 years
male: 73.3 years
female: 78.2 years (2020 est.)
Turkmenistan
total population: 71.3 years
male: 68.2 years
female: 74.5 years (2020 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands
total population: 80.3 years
male: 77.6 years
female: 83.3 years (2020 est.)
Tuvalu
total population: 67.9 years
male: 65.6 years
female: 70.2 years (2020 est.)
Uganda
total population: 68.2 years
male: 66 years
female: 70.5 years (2020 est.)
Ukraine
total population: 72.9 years
male: 68.2 years
female: 77.9 years (2020 est.)
United Arab Emirates
total population: 79 years
male: 77.6 years
female: 80.5 years (2020 est.)
United Kingdom
total population: 81.1 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 83.5 years (2020 est.)
United States
total population: 80.3 years
male: 78 years
female: 82.5 years (2020 est.)
Uruguay
total population: 77.9 years
male: 74.8 years
female: 81.2 years (2020 est.)
Uzbekistan
total population: 74.8 years
male: 71.7 years
female: 78 years (2020 est.)
Vanuatu
total population: 74.6 years
male: 72.9 years
female: 76.4 years (2020 est.)
Venezuela
total population: 71 years
male: 67.5 years
female: 74.7 years (2020 est.)
Vietnam
total population: 74.4 years
male: 71.9 years
female: 77.1 years (2020 est.)
Virgin Islands
total population: 79.8 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 83.2 years (2020 est.)
Wallis and Futuna
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77.2 years
female: 83.4 years (2020 est.)
West Bank
total population: 75.9 years
male: 73.8 years
female: 78.1 years (2020 est.)
World
total population: 70.5 years
male: 68.4 years
female: 72.6 years (2020 est.)
Yemen
total population: 66.9 years
male: 64.7 years
female: 69.3 years (2020 est.)
Zambia
total population: 53.6 years
male: 51.9 years
female: 55.3 years (2020 est.)
Zimbabwe
total population: 62.3 years
male: 60.2 years
female: 64.5 years (2020 est.)