List of countries by life expectancy

Comparison of male and female life expectancy at birth for countries and territories as defined in the 2011 CIA Factbook, with selected bubbles labelled. The dotted line corresponds to equal female and male life expectancy. The apparent 3D volumes of the bubbles are linearly proportional to their population.

This is a list of countries by life expectancy at birth, the average number of years a person born in an given country would live if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. Each entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including ongoing wars and HIV/AIDS infections.

The life expectancy at birth of the world is 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 Revision and 66.57 years (64.52 years for males and 68.76 years for females) for 2009 according to CIA World Factbook 2009. Women on average live longer than men in all countries, with the exception of Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland and Afghanistan.

Many of the countries with the lowest life expectancies, namely Swaziland, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, the 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. In countries with high infant mortality rates, the life expectancy at birth will be lower, and may not reflect the life expectancy of a person who has survived his or her first year of life.

List by the United Nations (2005–2010)

Male Life Expectancy

Female Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth (years)

Rank	Country (State/territory)	Overall	Male	Female
1	Japan	82.6	79.0	86.1
2	Hong Kong (China)	82.2	79.4	85.1
3	Switzerland	82.1	80.0	84.2
4	Israel	82.0	80.0	84.0
5	Iceland	81.8	80.2	83.3
6	Australia	81.2	78.9	83.6
7	Singapore	81.0	79.0	83.0
8	Spain	80.9	77.7	84.2
9	Sweden	80.9	78.7	83.0
10	Macau (China)	80.7	78.5	82.8
11	France (metropolitan)	80.7	77.1	84.1
12	Canada	80.7	78.3	82.9
13	Italy	80.5	77.5	83.5
13	New Zealand	80.2	78.2	82.2
15	Norway	80.2	77.8	82.5
16	Austria	79.8	76.9	82.6
16	Netherlands	79.8	77.5	81.9
18	Martinique (France)	79.5	76.5	82.3
18	Greece	79.5	77.1	81.9
20	Belgium	79.4	76.5	82.3
20	Malta	79.4	77.3	81.3
20	United Kingdom	79.4	77.2	81.6
20	Germany	79.4	76.5	82.1
20	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
27	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
31	Luxembourg	78.7	75.7	81.6
31	United Arab Emirates	78.7	77.2	81.5
34	South Korea	78.6	75.0	82.2
34	Chile	78.6	75.5	81.5
36	Denmark	78.3	76.0	80.6
36	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
45	Albania	76.4	73.4	79.7
45	Uruguay	76.4	72.8	79.9
48	Mexico	76.2	73.7	78.6
49	Belize	76.1	73.3	79.2
49	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
53	Bahrain	75.6	74.3	77.5
53	Qatar	75.6	75.2	76.4
53	Poland	75.6	71.3	79.8
57	Panama	75.5	73.0	78.2
58	Guam (US)	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
65	Malaysia	74.2	72.0	76.7
65	Aruba (Netherlands)	74.2	71.3	77.1
65	Macedonia	74.2	71.8	76.6
69	Syria	74.1	72.3	76.1
69	French Polynesia (France)	74.1	71.7	76.8
71	Serbia	74.0	71.7	76.3
71	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
74	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
78	Tonga	73.3	72.3	74.3
80	Bulgaria	73.0	69.5	76.7
80	Lithuania	73.0	67.5	78.3
80	People's Republic of China (mainland)	73.0	71.3	74.8
83	Nicaragua	72.9	69.9	76.0
83	Colombia	72.9	69.2	76.6
85	Mauritius	72.8	69.5	76.2
85	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
89	Romania	72.5	69.0	76.1
91	Sri Lanka	72.4	68.8	76.2
91	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
95	Armenia	72.0	68.4	75.1
97	El Salvador	71.9	68.8	74.9
98	Turkey	71.8	69.4	74.3
98	Paraguay	71.8	69.7	73.9
100	Philippines	71.7	69.5	73.9
100	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
104	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	71.0	67.1	74.8
108	Iran	71.0	69.4	72.6
110	Indonesia	70.7	68.7	72.7
111	Thailand	70.6	66.5	75.0
112	Russia	70.3	64.3	76.4
113	Guatemala	70.3	66.7	73.8
114	Suriname	70.2	67.0	73.6
115	Honduras	70.2	66.9	73.7
116	Vanuatu	70.0	68.3	72.1
117	Trinidad and Tobago	69.8	67.8	71.8
118	Belarus	69.0	63.1	75.2
119	Moldova	68.9	65.1	72.5
120	Fiji	68.8	66.6	71.1
121	Grenada	68.7	67.0	70.3
122	Federated States of Micronesia	68.5	67.7	69.3
123	Maldives	68.5	67.6	69.5
124	Ukraine	67.9	62.1	73.8
125	Azerbaijan	67.5	63.8	71.2
126	North Korea	67.3	65.1	69.3
127	Uzbekistan	67.2	64.0	70.4
-	World Avg.	67.2	65.0	69.5
128	Kazakhstan	67.0	61.6	72.4
129	Guyana	66.8	64.2	69.9
130	Mongolia	66.8	63.9	69.9
131	Tajikistan	66.7	64.1	69.4
132	Western Sahara	65.9	64.3	68.1
133	Kyrgyzstan	65.9	62.0	69.9
134	Bhutan	65.6	64.0	67.5
135	Bolivia	65.6	63.4	67.7
136	São Tomé and Príncipe	65.5	63.6	67.4
137	Pakistan	65.5	65.2	65.8
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
161	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
168	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
179	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	Lesotho	42.6	42.9	42.3
190	Sierra Leone	42.6	41.0	44.1
192	Zambia	42.4	42.1	42.5
193	Swaziland (40% below world average)	39.6	39.8	39.4
194	Mozambique	39.2	38.3	39

List by the CIA World Factbook (2011 estimates)

2011 life expectancy estimates by the CIA World Factbook.

  > 80

  > 77.5

  > 75

  > 72.5

  > 70

  > 67.5

  > 65

  > 60

  > 55

  > 50

  > 45

  > 40

  < 40

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	Monaco	89.73	85.77	93.69
	2	Macau	84.41	81.45	87.52
2	3	San Marino	83.01	80.5	85.74
3	4	Andorra	82.43	80.35	84.64
4	5	Japan	82.25	78.96	85.72
	6	Guernsey	82.16	79.5	84.95
5	7	Singapore	82.14	79.53	84.96
-	8	Hong Kong	82.04	79.32	84.97
6	9	Australia	81.81	79.4	84.35
7	10	Italy	81.77	79.16	84.53
8	11	France (metropolitan)	81.50	78.2	84.80
	12	Jersey	81.38	78.96	83.94
9	13	Canada	81.38	78.81	84.1
10	14	Spain	81.17	78.16	84.37
11	15	Switzerland	81.07	78.24	84.05
12	16	Sweden	81.07	78.78	83.51
13	17	Israel	80.96	78.79	83.24
14	18	Iceland	80.9	78.72	83.17
	19	Anguilla	80.87	78.32	83.51
	20	Cayman Islands	80.68	78.02	83.39
	21	Bermuda	80.71	77.49	83.99
	22	Isle of Man	80.64	79.09	82.32
15	23	New Zealand	80.59	78.61	82.67
16	24	Liechtenstein	80.31	76.86	83.77
17	25	Norway	80.2	77.53	83.02
18	26	Ireland	80.19	77.96	82.55
19	27	Germany	80.07	77.82	82.44
20	28	United Kingdom	80.05	77.95	82.25
21	29	Jordan	80.05	78.73	81.45
22	30	Greece	79.92	77.36	82.65
	31	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	79.87	77.61	82.26
23	32	Austria	79.78	76.87	82.84
	33	Faroe Islands	79.72	77.25	82.35
24	34	Malta	79.72	77.45	82.12
25	35	Netherlands	79.68	77.06	82.44
26	36	Luxembourg	79.61	76.36	83.08
27	37	Belgium	79.51	76.35	82.81
	38	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.33	76.29	82.55
28	39	Finland	79.27	75.79	82.89
	40	Turks and Caicos Islands	79.11	76.39	81.97
29	41	South Korea	79.05	75.84	82.49
	42	Wallis and Futuna	78.98	76	82.11
	43	Puerto Rico (US)	78.92	75.31	82.71
	44	European Union	78.82	75.7	82.13
30	45	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.81	75.25	82.63
	46	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	78.76	75.83	81.83
	47	Gibraltar	78.68	75.84	81.72
31	48	Denmark	78.63	76.25	81.14
33	49	Portugal	78.54	75.28	82.01
34	50	United States	78.37	75.92	80.93
	51	Republic of China (Taiwan)	78.32	75.5	81.36
35	52	Bahrain	78.15	76.03	80.33
36	53	Cyprus	77.82	75.04	80.74
37	54	Panama	77.79	75.02	80.68
38	55	Costa Rica	77.72	75.10	80.46
39	56	Chile	77.70	74.44	81.13
40	57	Cuba	77.70	75.46	80.08
41	58	Libya	77.65	75.34	80.08
	59	British Virgin Islands	77.63	76.32	78.99
42	60	Albania	77.41	74.82	80.30
43	61	Dominican Republic	77.31	75.16	79.55
44	62	Slovenia	77.30	73.64	81.20
45	63	Czech Republic	77.19	73.93	80.66
46	64	Georgia	77.12	73.80	80.82
	65	French Polynesia (France)	77.10	74.62	79.70
47	66	Kuwait	77.09	75.95	78.3
	67	Northern Mariana Islands (US)	77.08	74.45	79.87
48	68	Argentina	76.95	73.71	80.36
49	69	Saint Lucia	76.84	74.15	79.68
	70	New Caledonia (France)	76.75	72.67	81.03
	71	Netherlands Antilles (Netherlands)	76.65	74.33	79.09
50	72	United Arab Emirates	76.51	73.94	79.22
51	73	Mexico	76.47	73.65	79.43
52	74	Uruguay	76.35	73.1	79.72
53	75	Paraguay	75.77	73.19	78.49
54	76	Saudi Arabia	76.3	74.23	78.48
55	77	Poland	76.28	73.12	79.44
56	78	Tunisia	75.78	73.98	77.7
57	79	Brunei	75.74	73.52	78.07
58	80	Dominica	75.55	72.61	78.64
59	81	Slovakia	75.4	71.47	79.53
60	82	Croatia	75.35	71.72	79.18
61	83	Qatar	75.35	71.66	77.14
62	84	Ecuador	75.3	72.37	78.37
	85	Aruba (Netherlands)	75.28	72.25	78.38
63	86	Sri Lanka	75.14	73.08	77.28
64	87	Lithuania	74.9	69.98	80.1
65	88	Hungary	74.79	71.04	78.76
	89	Antigua and Barbuda	74.76	72.81
66	90	Macedonia	74.68	72.18	77.38
	91	West Bank	74.54	72.54	76.65
	92	Cook Islands	74.22	71.46	77.13
67	93	Oman	74.16	71.87	76.55
68	94	Algeria	74.02	72.35	75.77
69	95	Mauritius	74	70.53	77.65
70	96	Maldives	73.97	71.78	76.28
71	97	Barbados	73.94	71.65	76.26
72	98	Serbia	73.9	71.09	76.89
73	99	Suriname	73.73	71	76.65
	100	American Samoa (US)	73.72	70.8	76.82
74	101	Solomon Islands	73.69	71.14	76.37
75	102	Lebanon	73.66	71.15	76.31
76	103	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.65	71.82	75.54
77	104	Venezuela	73.61	70.54	76.83
78	105	Jamaica	73.53	71.83	75.3
79	106	People's Republic of China	73.47	71.61	75.52
	107	Gaza Strip	73.42	71.82	75.12
80	108	Malaysia	73.29	70.56	76.21
81	109	Saint Kitts and Nevis	73.2	70.33	76.25
82	110	Thailand	73.1	70.77	75.55
83	111	Bulgaria	73.09	69.48	76.91
84	112	Seychelles	73.02	68.33	77.85
85	113	Estonia	72.82	67.45	78.53
86	114	Colombia	72.81	68.98	76.76
	115	Montserrat	72.76	74.74	70.68
87	116	Armenia	72.68	69.06	76.81
88	117	Romania	72.45	68.95	76.16
89	118	El Salvador	72.33	68.72	76.11
90	119	Latvia	72.15	66.98	77.59
91	120	Egypt	72.12	69.56	74.81
92	121	Brazil	71.99	68.43	75.73
93	122	Turkey	71.96	70.12	73.89
94	123	Uzbekistan	71.96	68.95	75.15
95	124	Samoa	71.86	69.03	74.84
96	125	Morocco	71.8	69.42	74.3
97	126	Cape Verde	71.61	68.27	75.05
98	127	Vietnam	71.58	68.78	74.57
99	128	Nicaragua	71.5	69.35	73.75
100	129	Palau	71.22	68.08	74.54
101	130	Marshall Islands	71.19	69.15	73.34
102	131	Syria	71.19	69.8	72.68
103	132	Iran	71.14	69.65	72.72
104	133	Philippines	71.09	68.17	74.15
105	134	Federated States of Micronesia	70.94	69.06	72.93
106	135	Trinidad and Tobago	70.86	67.98	73.82
107	136	Moldova	70.8	67.1	74.71
108	137	Indonesia	70.76	68.26	73.38
109	138	Peru	70.74	68.33	68.88
110	139	Fiji	70.73	68.18	73.41
111	140	Tonga	70.73	68.18	73.41
112	141	Belarus	70.63	64.95	76.67
113	142	Russia	70.3	64.3	76.4
114	144	Guatemala	70.29	68.49	72.19
	144	Greenland (Denmark)	70.07	67.44	72.85
115	145	Iraq	69.94	68.6	71.34
116	146	India	69.89	67.46	72.61
117	147	Kyrgyzstan	69.43	65.43	73.64
118	148	Honduras	69.4	67.86	71.02
119	149	Tuvalu	69.29	66.99	71.7
120	150	São Tomé and Príncipe	68.32	66.65	70.04
121	151	Ukraine	68.25	62.37	74.5
122	152	Belize	68.2	66.44	70.05
123	153	Kazakhstan	67.87	62.58	73.47
124	154	Turkmenistan	67.87	64.94	70.95
125	155	Mongolia	67.65	65.23	70.19
126	156	East Timor	67.27	64.92	69.75
127	157	Bolivia	66.89	64.2	69.72
128	158	Guyana	66.68	64.09	69.4
129	159	Azerbaijan	66.66	62.53	71.34
-	-	World	66.57	64.52	68.76
130	160	Papua New Guinea	66.34	64.08	68.72
131	161	Bhutan	66.13	65.33	66.97
132	162	Grenada	65.95	64.06	67.85
133	163	The Bahamas	65.78	62.63	68.98
134	164	Nepal	65.46	64.3	66.67
135	165	Tajikistan	65.33	62.29	68.52
136	166	Pakistan	64.49	63.4	65.64
137	167	Nauru	64.2	60.58	68.01
138	168	Vanuatu	63.98	62.37	65.66
139	169	North Korea	63.81	61.23	66.53
140	170	Comoros	63.47	61.07	65.94
141	171	Burma	63.39	61.17	65.74
142	172	Yemen	63.27	61.3	65.33
143	173	Kiribati	63.22	60.14	66.45
	174	Mayotte (France)	62.91	60.65	65.24
144	175	Madagascar	62.89	60.93	64.91
145	176	Cambodia	62.1	60.03	64.27
146	177	Botswana	61.85	61.72	61.99
147	178	Eritrea	61.78	59.71	63.9
148	179	Equatorial Guinea	61.61	60.71	62.54
149	180	Haiti	60.78	59.13	62.48
150	181	Mauritania	60.37	58.22	62.59
151	182	Bangladesh	60.25	57.57	63.03
152	183	Ghana	59.85	58.98	60.75
153	184	Benin	59	57.83	60.23
154	185	Senegal	59	57.12	60.93
155	186	Togo	58.69	56.56	60.88
156	187	Kenya	57.86	57.49	58.24
157	188	Guinea	57.09	55.63	58.6
158	189	Laos	56.68	54.56	58.9
159	190	Côte d'Ivoire	55.45	54.64	56.28
160	191	Ethiopia	55.41	52.92	57.97
161	192	The Gambia	55.35	53.43	57.34
162	193	Democratic Republic of the Congo	54.36	52.58	56.2
	194	Western Sahara	54.32	52	56.73
163	195	Republic of the Congo	54.15	52.9	55.43
164	196	Cameroon	53.69	52.89	54.52
165	197	Gabon	53.11	52.19	54.05
166	198	Burkina Faso	52.95	51.04	54.91
167	199	Uganda	52.72	51.66	53.81
168	200	Niger	52.6	51.39	53.85
169	201	Burundi	52.09	51.2	53.01
170	202	Tanzania	52.01	50.56	53.51
171	203	Sudan	62.57	60.58	64.67
172	204	Namibia	51.24	51.61	50.86
173	205	Rwanda	50.52	49.25	51.83
174	206	Mali	50.35	48.38	52.38
175	207	Somalia	49.63	47.78	51.53
176	208	South Africa	48.98	49.81	48.13
177	209	Guinea-Bissau	47.9	46.07	49.79
178	210	Chad	47.7	46.67	48.77
179	211	Nigeria	46.94	46.16	47.76
180	212	Zimbabwe	45.77	46.36	45.16
181	213	Afghanistan	45.02	44.79	45.25
182	214	Central African Republic	44.47	44.4	44.54
183	215	Malawi	43.82	44.07	43.57
184	216	Djibouti	43.37	41.89	44.89
185	217	Liberia	41.84	40.71	43
186	218	Sierra Leone	41.24	38.92	43.64
187	219	Mozambique	41.18	41.83	40.53
188	220	Lesotho	40.38	41.18	39.54
189	221	Zambia	38.63	38.53	38.73
190	222	Angola	38.2	37.24	39.22
191	223	Swaziland	31.88	31.62	32.15

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

External links

• Life expectancy trends interactive graph
• Life expectancy interactive world map

References

Figures are from the CIA World Factbook 2009 and from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for 2005–2010. Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included in the United Nations list.