List of countries by life expectancy

2008/9 Schools Wikipedia Selection. Related subjects: Geography

CIA World Factbook 2007 Estimates for Life Expectancy at birth (years).

over 80      77.5-80.0      75.0-77.5      72.5-75.0      70.0-72.5      67.5-70.0      65.0-67.5

60-65      55-60      50-55      45-50      40-45      under 40      not available

This is a list of countries by life expectancy at birth, 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. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. Figures are from the 2008 CIA World Factbook and from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005- 2010 . Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included in the United Nations list.

The life expectancy (both sexes, at birth) of the world is 65.82 years (63.89 years for males and 67.84 years for females) for 2007 according to CIA World Factbook 2008 and 67.2 years (65.0 years for males and 69.5 years for females) for 2005-2010 according to United Nations World Population Prospects 2006. Life expectancy ranges from 83.52 years in Andorra to 32.23 years in Swaziland. Many of the countries with the lowest life expectancies, namely Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Central African Republic, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, are suffering from very high rates of HIV/AIDS infection, with adult prevalence rates ranging from 10 to 38.8 percent . Also note that in countries with high infant mortality rates, the life expectancy at birth will be lower and may not reflect the life expectancy a person who has survived his/her first year of life would have.

List by the CIA World Factbook (2007 estimates)

Rank by UN member state	Rank by entity	Entity	Overall life expectancy at birth	Male life expectancy at birth	Female life expectancy at birth
1	1	Andorra	83.52	80.62	86.23
	2	Macau ( PRC)	82.27	79.44	85.25
2	3	Japan	82.02	78.67	85.56
3	4	San Marino	81.8	78.33	85.57
3	4	Singapore	81.8	79.21	84.59
	6	Hong Kong ( PRC)	81.68	78.99	84.6
	7	Gibraltar ( UK)	80.9	78.5	83.3
5	8	Sweden	80.63	78.39	83
6	9	Australia	80.62	77.8	83.59
6	10	Switzerland	80.62	77.75	83.63
8	11	France ( metropolitan)	80.59	77.35	84
	12	Guernsey ( UK)	80.53	77.53	83.64
9	13	Iceland	80.43	78.33	82.62
10	14	Canada	80.34	76.98	83.86
	15	Cayman Islands ( UK)	80.2	77.57	82.87
11	16	Italy	79.94	77.01	83.07
12	17	Monaco	79.82	75.99	83.85
13	18	Liechtenstein	79.81	76.24	83.4
14	19	Spain	79.78	76.46	83.32
14	19	Norway	79.78	76.46	83.32
14	19	Israel	79.78	76.46	83.32
	22	Jersey ( UK)	79.51	77.02	82.2
	23	Faroe Islands ( Denmark)	79.49	76.06	82.93
17	24	Greece	79.38	76.85	82.06
18	25	Austria	79.21	76.32	82.26
	26	U.S. Virgin Islands ( US)	79.2	75.4	83.22
19	27	Malta	79.15	76.95	81.47
20	28	Netherlands	79.11	76.52	81.82
21	29	Luxembourg	79.03	75.76	82.52
	30	Montserrat ( UK)	79	76.8	81.31
22	31	New Zealand	78.96	75.97	82.08
23	32	Germany	78.95	75.96	82.11
24	33	Belgium	78.92	75.75	82.24
	34	Guam ( US)	78.76	75.69	82.01
	34	Saint Pierre and Miquelon ( France)	78.76	76.41	81.23
25	36	United Kingdom	78.7	76.23	81.3
	36	European Union	78.7	75.6	82
26	38	Finland	78.66	75.15	82.31
	39	Isle of Man ( UK)	78.64	75.3	82.17
27	40	Jordan	78.55	76.04	81.22
	41	Puerto Rico ( US)	78.54	74.6	82.67
28	42	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.17	74.57	82.03
	43	Bermuda ( UK)	78.13	76	80.29
	44	Saint Helena ( UK)	78.09	75.19	81.15
29	45	United States	78.06	75.15	80.97
30	46	Cyprus	77.98	75.6	80.49
31	47	Denmark	77.96	75.65	80.41
32	48	Ireland	77.9	75.27	80.7
33	49	Portugal	77.87	74.6	81.36
34	50	Albania	77.6	74.95	80.53
	51	Taiwan	77.56	74.65	80.74
	52	Anguilla ( UK)	77.46	74.53	80.49
35	53	Kuwait	77.36	76.25	78.52
36	54	South Korea	77.23	73.81	80.93
37	55	Costa Rica	77.21	74.61	79.94
38	56	Cuba	77.08	74.85	79.43
39	57	Chile	76.96	73.69	80.4
40	58	Libya	76.88	74.64	79.23
	59	British Virgin Islands ( UK)	76.86	75.71	78.07
41	60	Ecuador	76.62	73.74	79.63
42	61	Slovenia	76.53	72.84	80.47
43	62	Czech Republic	76.42	73.14	79.88
44	63	Argentina	76.32	72.6	80.24
	64	French Polynesia ( France)	76.31	73.88	78.86
45	65	Georgia	76.3	73	80.07
	66	Northern Mariana Islands ( US)	76.29	73.7	79.05
	67	American Samoa ( US)	76.25	72.69	80.02
	68	Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands)	76.24	73.96	78.65
46	69	Uruguay	75.93	72.68	79.3
47	70	Saudi Arabia	75.88	73.85	78.02
48	71	United Arab Emirates	75.69	73.16	78.35
49	72	Mexico	75.63	72.84	78.56
50	73	Paraguay	75.34	72.78	78.02
50	73	Tunisia	75.34	73.6	77.21
52	75	Brunei	75.3	73.12	77.59
53	76	Panama	75.19	72.69	77.8
53	76	Poland	75.19	71.18	79.44
55	78	Dominica	75.1	72.17	78.18
56	79	Serbia	75.06	72.49	77.86
57	80	Slovakia	74.95	71	79.11
	80	Turks and Caicos Islands ( UK)	74.95	72.69	77.32
58	82	Croatia	74.9	71.26	78.75
	83	Aruba ( Netherlands)	74.83	71.8	77.91
59	84	Sri Lanka	74.8	72.81	76.88
60	85	Bahrain	74.68	72.18	77.25
	86	New Caledonia ( France)	74.5	71.52	77.63
61	87	Lithuania	74.44	69.46	79.69
62	88	Macedonia	74.21	71.73	76.88
63	89	Qatar	74.14	71.6	76.82
64	90	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.09	72.21	76.04
65	91	Saint Lucia	74.08	70.53	77.88
66	92	Oman	73.62	71.37	75.99
67	93	Algeria	73.52	71.91	75.21
	94	West Bank	73.46	71.68	75.35
68	95	Venezuela	73.28	70.24	76.48
69	96	Suriname	73.23	70.52	76.12
70	97	Solomon Islands	73.16	70.64	75.81
71	98	Lebanon	73.15	70.67	75.77
72	99	Jamaica	73.12	71.43	74.9
73	100	Dominican Republic	73.07	71.34	74.87
74	101	Barbados	73	71.02	75.01
75	102	Hungary	72.92	68.73	77.38
76	103	Mauritius	72.88	68.92	76.9
76	103	Turkey	72.88	70.43	75.46
76	103	People's Republic of China ( mainland)	72.88	71.13	74.82
79	106	Malaysia	72.76	70.05	75.65
80	107	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.66	69.81	75.69
81	108	Bulgaria	72.57	68.95	76.4
82	109	Thailand	72.55	70.24	74.98
83	110	Antigua and Barbuda	72.42	70.03	74.94
84	111	Seychelles	72.34	66.98	77.86
85	112	Estonia	72.3	66.87	78.07
86	113	Colombia	72.27	68.44	76.24
87	114	Brazil	72.24	68.3	76.38
	115	Gaza Strip	72.16	70.84	73.54
88	116	Armenia	72.12	68.52	76.29
89	117	North Korea	71.92	69.18	74.8
90	118	Romania	71.91	68.41	75.62
91	119	El Salvador	71.78	68.18	75.57
92	120	Latvia	71.6	66.39	77.1
93	121	Egypt	71.57	69.04	74.22
94	122	Samoa	71.3	68.49	74.26
95	123	Morocco	71.22	68.88	73.67
96	124	Vietnam	71.07	68.27	74.08
97	125	Cape Verde	71.02	67.69	74.44
98	126	Nicaragua	70.92	68.82	73.13
99	127	Palau	70.71	67.54	74.06
100	128	Syria	70.61	69.27	72.02
100	128	Marshall Islands	70.61	68.61	72.71
102	130	Iran	70.56	69.12	72.07
103	131	Philippines	70.51	67.61	73.55
104	132	Federated States of Micronesia	70.35	68.52	72.28
	133	Greenland ( Denmark)	70.23	66.65	73.9
105	134	Moldova	70.2	66.51	74.11
106	135	Indonesia	70.16	67.69	72.76
107	136	Peru	70.14	68.33	72.04
108	137	Fiji	70.12	67.6	72.76
108	137	Tonga	70.12	67.6	72.76
110	139	Belarus	70.05	64.31	76.14
111	140	Guatemala	69.69	67.94	71.52
112	141	Honduras	69.35	67.78	70.99
113	142	Iraq	69.31	68.04	70.65
114	143	Kyrgyzstan	68.81	64.8	73.02
115	144	Tuvalu	68.63	66.38	70.99
116	145	India	68.59	66.28	71.17
117	146	Turkmenistan	68.3	65.23	71.54
118	147	Belize	68.25	66.44	70.16
119	148	Ukraine	67.88	62.16	73.96
120	149	Sao Tome and Principe	67.64	66.03	69.3
121	150	Kazakhstan	67.22	61.9	72.84
122	151	Mongolia	66.99	64.61	69.48
123	152	Trinidad and Tobago	66.85	65.87	67.87
124	153	East Timor	66.6	64.28	69.04
125	154	Bolivia	66.19	63.53	68.97
126	155	Guyana	66.17	63.52	68.95
127	156	Azerbaijan	65.96	61.86	70.66
128	157	Russia	65.87	59.12	73.03
129	158	The Bahamas	65.66	62.37	69.02
130	159	Papua New Guinea	65.62	63.41	67.95
131	160	Grenada	65.21	63.38	67.05
132	161	Uzbekistan	64.98	61.57	68.56
133	162	Maldives	64.76	63.41	66.19
134	163	Tajikistan	64.61	61.6	67.78
135	164	Pakistan	63.75	62.73	64.83
136	165	Nauru	63.44	59.85	67.21
137	166	Vanuatu	63.22	61.67	64.84
138	167	Bangladesh	62.84	62.81	62.86
139	168	Comoros	62.73	60.37	65.15
140	169	Yemen	62.52	60.61	64.54
141	170	Burma	62.49	60.29	64.83
142	171	Kiribati	62.45	59.41	65.63
	172	Mayotte ( France)	62.16	59.94	64.45
143	173	Madagascar	62.14	60.23	64.1
144	174	Cambodia	61.29	59.27	63.4
145	175	Nepal	60.56	60.78	60.33
146	176	Eritrea	59.55	57.88	61.28
147	177	Ghana	59.12	58.31	59.95
148	178	Togo	57.86	55.81	59.96
149	179	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57.2	54.97	59.5
150	180	Haiti	57.03	55.35	58.75
151	181	Senegal	56.69	55.34	58.09
152	182	Laos	55.89	53.82	58.04
153	183	Kenya	55.31	55.24	55.37
154	184	Bhutan	55.17	55.38	54.96
155	185	The Gambia	54.54	52.68	56.46
156	186	Gabon	53.99	52.85	55.17
157	187	Mauritania	53.51	51.24	55.85
158	188	Benin	53.44	52.28	54.63
159	189	Republic of the Congo	53.29	52.1	54.52
160	190	Cameroon	52.86	52.15	53.59
161	191	Uganda	51.75	50.78	52.73
162	192	Burundi	51.29	50.48	52.12
163	193	Tanzania	50.71	49.41	52.04
164	194	Botswana	50.58	51.55	49.58
165	195	Guinea	49.65	48.5	50.84
166	196	Equatorial Guinea	49.51	48.11	50.95
166	196	Mali	49.51	47.6	51.46
168	198	Ethiopia	49.23	48.06	50.44
169	199	Burkina Faso	49.21	47.68	50.8
170	200	Sudan	49.11	48.24	50.03
171	201	Côte d'Ivoire	49	46.43	51.66
172	202	Rwanda	48.99	47.87	50.16
173	203	Somalia	48.84	47.06	50.69
174	204	Nigeria	47.44	46.83	48.07
175	205	Chad	47.2	46.17	48.27
176	206	Guinea-Bissau	47.18	45.37	49.04
177	207	Niger	44.03	44.05	44
178	208	Afghanistan	43.77	43.6	43.96
179	209	Central African Republic	43.74	43.69	43.79
180	210	Djibouti	43.25	41.88	44.65
181	211	Namibia	43.11	44.39	41.79
182	212	Malawi	42.98	43.35	42.61
183	213	South Africa	42.45	43.21	41.66
184	214	Mozambique	40.9	41.4	40.4
185	215	Sierra Leone	40.58	38.36	42.87
186	216	Liberia	40.39	38.93	41.89
187	217	Lesotho	39.97	40.73	39.18
188	218	Zimbabwe	39.5	40.62	38.35
189	219	Zambia	38.44	38.34	38.54
190	220	Angola	37.63	36.73	38.57
191	221	Swaziland	32.23	31.84	32.62
World Average			65.82	63.89	67.84

UN World Population Prospects - The 2006 Revision: 2005-2010 Life Expectancy at birth (years).

over 80      77.5-80.0      75.0-77.5      72.5-75.0      70.0-72.5      67.5-70.0      65.0-67.5

60-65      55-60      50-55      45-50      under 45      not available

List by the United Nations (average for the 2005-2010 period)

Rank	Country/territory	Life expectancy at birth (years)
		Overall	Male	Female
	World average	67.2	65.0	69.5
1	Japan	82.6	79.0	86.1
2	Hong Kong SAR ( PRC)	82.2	79.4	85.1
3	Iceland	81.8	80.2	83.3
4	Switzerland	81.7	79.0	84.2
5	Australia	81.2	78.9	83.6
6	Spain	80.9	77.7	84.2
7	Sweden	80.9	78.7	83.0
8	Israel	80.7	78.5	82.8
9	Macau SAR ( PRC)	80.7	78.5	82.8
10	France ( metropolitan)	80.7	77.1	84.1
11	Canada	80.7	78.3	82.9
12	Italy (20% above world average)	80.5	77.5	83.5
13	New Zealand	80.2	78.2	82.2
14	Norway	80.2	77.8	82.5
15	Singapore	80.0	78.0	81.9
16	Austria	79.8	76.9	82.6
17	Netherlands	79.8	77.5	81.9
18	Martinique ( France)	79.5	76.5	82.3
19	Greece	79.5	77.1	81.9
20	Belgium	79.4	76.5	82.3
21	Malta	79.4	77.3	81.3
22	United Kingdom	79.4	77.2	81.6
23	Germany	79.4	76.5	82.1
24	U.S. Virgin Islands ( US)	79.4	75.5	83.3
25	Finland	79.3	76.1	82.4
26	Guadeloupe ( France)	79.2	76.0	82.2
27	Channel Islands ( Jersey and  Guernsey) ( UK)	79.0	76.6	81.5
28	Cyprus	79.0	76.5	81.6
29	Ireland	78.9	76.5	81.3
30	Costa Rica	78.8	76.5	81.2
31	Puerto Rico ( US)	78.7	74.7	82.7
32	Luxembourg	78.7	75.7	81.6
33	United Arab Emirates	78.7	77.2	81.5
34	South Korea	78.6	75.0	82.2
35	Chile	78.6	75.5	81.5
36	Denmark	78.3	76.0	80.6
37	Cuba	78.3	76.2	80.4
38	United States	78.2	75.6	80.8
39	Portugal	78.1	75.0	81.2
40	Slovenia	77.9	74.1	81.5
41	Kuwait	77.6	76.0	79.9
42	Barbados	77.3	74.4	79.8
43	Brunei	77.1	75.0	79.7
44	Czech Republic	76.5	73.4	79.5
45	Réunion ( France)	76.4	72.3	80.5
46	Albania	76.4	73.4	79.7
47	Uruguay	76.4	72.8	79.9
48	Mexico	76.2	73.7	78.6
49	Belize	76.1	73.3	79.2
50	New Caledonia ( France)	76.1	72.8	79.7
51	French Guiana ( France)	75.9	72.5	79.9
52	Croatia	75.7	72.3	79.2
53	Oman	75.6	74.2	77.5
54	Bahrain	75.6	74.3	77.5
55	Qatar	75.6	75.2	76.4
56	Poland	75.6	71.3	79.8
57	Panama	75.5	73.0	78.2
58	Guam (United States)	75.5	73.3	77.9
59	Argentina	75.3	71.6	79.1
60	Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands)	75.1	71.3	78.8
61	Ecuador	75.0	72.1	78.0
62	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.9	72.2	77.4
63	Slovakia	74.7	70.7	78.5
64	Montenegro	74.5	72.4	76.8
65	Vietnam	74.2	72.3	76.2
66	Malaysia	74.2	72.0	76.7
67	Aruba ( Netherlands)	74.2	71.3	77.1
68	Republic of Macedonia	74.2	71.8	76.6
69	Syria	74.1	72.3	76.1
70	French Polynesia ( France)	74.1	71.7	76.8
71	Serbia	74.0	71.7	76.3
72	Libya	74.0	71.7	76.9
73	Tunisia (10% above world average)	73.9	71.9	76.0
74	Venezuela	73.7	70.9	76.8
75	Saint Lucia	73.7	71.8	75.6
76	Bahamas	73.5	70.6	76.3
77	Palestinian territories	73.4	71.8	75.0
78	Hungary	73.3	69.2	77.4
79	Tonga	73.3	72.3	74.3
80	Bulgaria	73.0	69.5	76.7
81	Lithuania	73.0	67.5	78.3
82	People's Republic of China	73.0	71.3	74.8
83	Nicaragua	72.9	69.9	76.0
84	Colombia	72.9	69.2	76.6
85	Mauritius	72.8	69.5	76.2
86	Saudi Arabia	72.8	70.9	75.3
87	Latvia	72.7	67.3	77.7
88	Jamaica	72.6	70.0	75.2
89	Jordan	72.5	70.8	74.5
90	Romania	72.5	69.0	76.1
91	Sri Lanka	72.4	68.8	76.2
92	Brazil	72.4	68.8	76.1
93	Algeria	72.3	70.9	73.7
94	Dominican Republic	72.2	69.3	75.5
95	Lebanon	72.0	69.9	74.2
96	Armenia	72.0	68.4	75.1
97	El Salvador	71.9	68.8	74.9
98	Turkey	71.8	69.4	74.3
99	Paraguay	71.8	69.7	73.9
100	Philippines	71.7	69.5	73.9
101	Cape Verde	71.7	68.3	74.5
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.6	69.5	73.8
103	Samoa	71.5	68.5	74.8
104	Peru	71.4	68.9	74.0
105	Estonia	71.4	65.9	76.8
106	Egypt	71.3	69.1	73.6
107	Morocco	71.2	69.0	73.4
108	Georgia (country)	71.0	67.1	74.8
109	Iran	71.0	69.4	72.6
110	Indonesia	70.7	68.7	72.7
111	Thailand	70.6	66.5	75.0
112	Guatemala	70.3	66.7	73.8
113	Suriname	70.2	67.0	73.6
114	Honduras	70.2	66.9	73.7
115	Vanuatu	70.0	68.3	72.1
116	Trinidad and Tobago	69.8	67.8	71.8
117	Belarus	69.0	63.1	75.2
118	Moldova	68.9	65.1	72.5
119	Fiji	68.8	66.6	71.1
120	Grenada	68.7	67.0	70.3
121	Federated States of Micronesia	68.5	67.7	69.3
122	Maldives	68.5	67.6	69.5
123	Ukraine	67.9	62.1	73.8
124	Azerbaijan	67.5	63.8	71.2
125	North Korea	67.3	65.1	69.3
126	Uzbekistan (world average)	67.2	64.0	70.4
127	Kazakhstan	67.0	61.6	72.4
128	Guyana	66.8	64.2	69.9
129	Mongolia	66.8	63.9	69.9
130	Tajikistan	66.7	64.1	69.4
131	Western Sahara	65.9	64.3	68.1
132	Kyrgyzstan	65.9	62.0	69.9
133	Bhutan	65.6	64.0	67.5
134	Bolivia	65.6	63.4	67.7
135	Sao Tome and Principe	65.5	63.6	67.4
136	Pakistan	65.5	65.2	65.8
137	Russia	65.5	59.0	72.6
138	Comoros	65.2	63.0	67.4
139	India	64.7	63.2	66.4
140	Laos	64.4	63.0	65.8
141	Mauritania	64.2	62.4	66.0
142	Bangladesh	64.1	63.2	65.0
143	Nepal	63.8	63.2	64.2
144	Solomon Islands	63.6	62.7	64.5
145	Turkmenistan	63.2	59.0	67.5
146	Senegal	63.1	61.0	65.1
147	Yemen	62.7	61.1	64.3
148	Myanmar	62.1	59.0	65.3
149	Haiti	60.9	59.1	62.8
150	East Timor (10% below world average)	60.8	60.0	61.7
151	Ghana	60.0	59.6	60.5
152	Cambodia	59.7	57.3	61.9
153	Iraq	59.5	57.8	61.5
154	Gambia	59.4	58.6	60.3
155	Madagascar	59.4	57.7	61.3
156	Sudan	58.6	57.1	60.1
157	Togo	58.4	56.7	60.1
158	Eritrea	58.0	55.6	60.3
159	Papua New Guinea	57.2	54.6	60.4
160	Niger	56.9	57.8	56.0
161	Gabon	56.7	56.4	57.1
162	Benin	56.7	55.6	57.8
163	Guinea	56.0	54.4	57.6
164	Republic of the Congo	55.3	54.0	56.6
165	Djibouti	54.8	53.6	56.0
166	Mali	54.5	52.1	56.6
167	Kenya (20% below world average)	54.1	53.0	55.2
168	Ethiopia	52.9	51.7	54.3
169	Namibia	52.9	52.5	53.1
170	Tanzania	52.5	51.4	53.6
171	Burkina Faso	52.3	50.7	53.8
172	Equatorial Guinea	51.6	50.4	52.8
173	Uganda	51.5	50.8	52.2
174	Botswana	50.7	50.5	50.7
175	Chad	50.6	49.3	52.0
176	Cameroon	50.4	50.0	50.8
177	Burundi	49.6	48.1	51.0
178	South Africa	49.3	48.8	49.7
179	Côte d'Ivoire	48.3	47.5	49.3
180	Malawi	48.3	48.1	48.4
181	Somalia	48.2	46.9	49.4
182	Nigeria (30% below world average)	46.9	46.4	47.3
183	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.5	45.2	47.7
184	Guinea-Bissau	46.4	44.9	47.9
185	Rwanda	46.2	44.6	47.8
186	Liberia	45.7	44.8	46.6
187	Central African Republic	44.7	43.3	46.1
188	Afghanistan	43.8	43.9	43.8
189	Zimbabwe	43.5	44.1	42.6
190	Angola	42.7	41.2	44.3
191	Lesotho	42.6	42.9	42.3
192	Sierra Leone	42.6	41.0	44.1
193	Zambia	42.4	42.1	42.5
194	Mozambique	42.1	41.7	42.4
195	Swaziland (40% below world average)	39.6	39.8	39.4