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
Afghanistan
total population: 53.25 years
male: 51.73 years
female: 54.85 years (2021 est.)Albania
total population: 79.23 years
male: 76.55 years
female: 82.12 years (2021 est.)Algeria
total population: 77.79 years
male: 76.32 years
female: 79.33 years (2021 est.)American Samoa
total population: 75.06 years
male: 72.55 years
female: 77.72 years (2021 est.)Andorra
total population: 83.23 years
male: 80.99 years
female: 85.6 years (2021 est.)Angola
total population: 61.71 years
male: 59.66 years
female: 63.81 years (2021 est.)Anguilla
total population: 82 years
male: 79.37 years
female: 84.7 years (2021 est.)Antigua and Barbuda
total population: 77.55 years
male: 75.37 years
female: 79.85 years (2021 est.)Argentina
total population: 78.07 years
male: 74.97 years
female: 81.36 years (2021 est.)Armenia
total population: 75.86 years
male: 72.58 years
female: 79.44 years (2021 est.)Aruba
total population: 77.76 years
male: 74.66 years
female: 80.93 years (2021 est.)Australia
total population: 82.89 years
male: 80.73 years
female: 85.17 years (2021 est.)Austria
total population: 82.07 years
male: 79.42 years
female: 84.85 years (2021 est.)Azerbaijan
total population: 73.88 years
male: 70.79 years
female: 77.15 years (2021 est.)Bahamas, The
total population: 75.87 years
male: 72.93 years
female: 78.9 years (2021 est.)Bahrain
total population: 79.67 years
male: 77.39 years
female: 82.02 years (2021 est.)Bangladesh
total population: 74.43 years
male: 72.25 years
female: 76.7 years (2021 est.)Barbados
total population: 78.31 years
male: 75.54 years
female: 81.13 years (2021 est.)Belarus
total population: 74.01 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 79.74 years (2021 est.)Belgium
total population: 81.65 years
male: 79.02 years
female: 84.4 years (2021 est.)Belize
total population: 75.56 years
male: 73.96 years
female: 77.24 years (2021 est.)Benin
total population: 61.82 years
male: 60.02 years
female: 63.71 years (2021 est.)Bermuda
total population: 81.83 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 85.09 years (2021 est.)Bhutan
total population: 71.5 years
male: 70.1 years
female: 72.98 years (2021 est.)Bolivia
total population: 70.7 years
male: 67.87 years
female: 73.67 years (2021 est.)Bosnia and Herzegovina
total population: 77.74 years
male: 74.76 years
female: 80.93 years (2021 est.)Botswana
total population: 65.24 years
male: 63.21 years
female: 67.32 years (2021 est.)Brazil
total population: 74.98 years
male: 71.49 years
female: 78.65 years (2021 est.)British Virgin Islands
total population: 79.44 years
male: 77.94 years
female: 81.03 years (2021 est.)Brunei
total population: 78.14 years
male: 75.75 years
female: 80.63 years (2021 est.)Bulgaria
total population: 75.3 years
male: 72.08 years
female: 78.73 years (2021 est.)Burkina Faso
total population: 63.06 years
male: 61.28 years
female: 64.89 years (2021 est.)Burma
total population: 69.62 years
male: 67.96 years
female: 71.39 years (2021 est.)Burundi
total population: 67.07 years
male: 64.98 years
female: 69.22 years (2021 est.)Cabo Verde
total population: 73.47 years
male: 71.12 years
female: 75.89 years (2021 est.)Cambodia
total population: 66.27 years
male: 63.7 years
female: 68.95 years (2021 est.)Cameroon
total population: 62.79 years
male: 61.07 years
female: 64.57 years (2021 est.)Canada
total population: 83.62 years
male: 81.32 years
female: 86.03 years (2021 est.)Cayman Islands
total population: 81.84 years
male: 79.12 years
female: 84.59 years (2021 est.)Central African Republic
total population: 55.07 years
male: 53.74 years
female: 56.44 years (2021 est.)Chad
total population: 58.73 years
male: 56.92 years
female: 60.6 years (2021 est.)Chile
total population: 79.57 years
male: 76.55 years
female: 82.71 years (2021 est.)China
total population: 76.31 years
male: 74.23 years
female: 78.62 years (2021 est.)Christmas Island
total population: NA (2017 est.)
male: NA
female: NACocos (Keeling) Islands
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2021 est.)Colombia
total population: 76.91 years
male: 73.77 years
female: 80.23 years (2021 est.)Comoros
total population: 66.9 years
male: 64.65 years
female: 69.21 years (2021 est.)Congo, Democratic Republic of the
total population: 61.43 years
male: 59.66 years
female: 63.25 years (2021 est.)Congo, Republic of the
total population: 61.69 years
male: 60.27 years
female: 63.16 years (2021 est.)Cook Islands
total population: 76.89 years
male: 74.05 years
female: 79.88 years (2021 est.)Costa Rica
total population: 79.41 years
male: 76.75 years
female: 82.22 years (2021 est.)Cote d'Ivoire
total population: 61.8 years
male: 59.62 years
female: 64.05 years (2021 est.)Croatia
total population: 76.97 years
male: 73.83 years
female: 80.3 years (2021 est.)Cuba
total population: 79.41 years
male: 77.04 years
female: 81.92 years (2021 est.)Curacao
total population: 79.19 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 81.65 years (2021 est.)Cyprus
total population: 79.51 years
male: 76.7 years
female: 82.46 years (2021 est.)Czechia
total population: 79.5 years
male: 76.55 years
female: 82.61 years (2021 est.)Denmark
total population: 81.45 years
male: 79.52 years
female: 83.51 years (2021 est.)Djibouti
total population: 65 years
male: 62.4 years
female: 67.67 years (2021 est.)Dominica
total population: 77.96 years
male: 74.99 years
female: 81.09 years (2021 est.)Dominican Republic
total population: 72.28 years
male: 70.57 years
female: 74.06 years (2021 est.)Ecuador
total population: 77.76 years
male: 74.8 years
female: 80.87 years (2021 est.)Egypt
total population: 74.01 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 75.57 years (2021 est.)El Salvador
total population: 75.11 years
male: 71.6 years
female: 78.79 years (2021 est.)Equatorial Guinea
total population: 66.35 years
male: 64.96 years
female: 67.78 years (2021 est.)Eritrea
total population: 66.51 years
male: 63.92 years
female: 69.18 years (2021 est.)Estonia
total population: 77.63 years
male: 72.98 years
female: 82.51 years (2021 est.)Eswatini
total population: 59.13 years
male: 57.05 years
female: 61.28 years (2021 est.)Ethiopia
total population: 67.9 years
male: 65.79 years
female: 70.06 years (2021 est.)European Union
total population: 77.63 years
male: 72.98 years
female: 82.51 years (2021 est.)Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
total population: 77.9
male: 75.6
female: 79.6 (2017 est.)Faroe Islands
total population: 81.04 years
male: 78.5 years
female: 83.77 years (2021 est.)Fiji
total population: 74 years
male: 71.32 years
female: 76.82 years (2021 est.)Finland
total population: 81.55 years
male: 78.63 years
female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)France
total population: 82.39 years
male: 79.31 years
female: 85.61 years (2021 est.)French Polynesia
total population: 78.19 years
male: 75.86 years
female: 80.63 years (2021 est.)Gabon
total population: 69.37 years
male: 67.66 years
female: 71.14 years (2021 est.)Gambia, The
total population: 66.15 years
male: 63.8 years
female: 68.57 years (2021 est.)Gaza Strip
total population: 75.14 years
male: 73.38 years
female: 77 years (2021 est.)Georgia
total population: 77.25 years
male: 73.18 years
female: 81.52 years (2021 est.)Germany
total population: 81.3 years
male: 78.93 years
female: 83.8 years (2021 est.)Ghana
total population: 69.01 years
male: 67.33 years
female: 70.74 years (2021 est.)Gibraltar
total population: 80.2 years
male: 77.34 years
female: 83.2 years (2021 est.)Greece
total population: 81.28 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 84 years (2021 est.)Greenland
total population: 73.71 years
male: 70.99 years
female: 76.56 years (2021 est.)Grenada
total population: 75.48 years
male: 72.86 years
female: 78.36 years (2021 est.)Guam
total population: 77.25 years
male: 74.81 years
female: 79.85 years (2021 est.)Guatemala
total population: 72.63 years
male: 70.59 years
female: 74.77 years (2021 est.)Guernsey
total population: 83.03 years
male: 80.31 years
female: 85.89 years (2021 est.)Guinea
total population: 63.53 years
male: 61.7 years
female: 65.42 years (2021 est.)Guinea-Bissau
total population: 63.26 years
male: 61.04 years
female: 65.55 years (2021 est.)Guyana
total population: 71.59 years
male: 69.74 years
female: 73.53 years (2021 est.)Haiti
total population: 65.61 years
male: 62.94 years
female: 68.31 years (2021 est.)Honduras
total population: 74.9 years
male: 71.34 years
female: 78.58 years (2021 est.)Hong Kong
total population: 83.41 years
male: 80.71 years
female: 86.28 years (2021 est.)Hungary
total population: 76.95 years
male: 73.27 years
female: 80.83 years (2021 est.)Iceland
total population: 83.45 years
male: 81.21 years
female: 85.79 years (2021 est.)India
total population: 70.03 years
male: 68.71 years
female: 71.49 years (2021 est.)Indonesia
total population: 72.82 years
male: 70.62 years
female: 75.12 years (2021 est.)Iran
total population: 75.06 years
male: 73.71 years
female: 76.48 years (2021 est.)Iraq
total population: 72.9 years
male: 71.01 years
female: 74.89 years (2021 est.)Ireland
total population: 81.45 years
male: 79.12 years
female: 83.9 years (2021 est.)Isle of Man
total population: 81.84 years
male: 80.01 years
female: 83.8 years (2021 est.)Israel
total population: 83.15 years
male: 81.25 years
female: 85.15 years (2021 est.)Italy
total population: 82.67 years
male: 80.01 years
female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)Jamaica
total population: 75.49 years
male: 73.71 years
female: 77.35 years (2021 est.)Japan
total population: 84.65 years
male: 81.73 years
female: 87.74 years (2021 est.)Jersey
total population: 82.43 years
male: 79.92 years
female: 85.09 years (2021 est.)Jordan
total population: 75.75 years
male: 74.25 years
female: 77.35 years (2021 est.)Kazakhstan
total population: 72.25 years
male: 67.12 years
female: 77.06 years (2021 est.)Kenya
total population: 69.32 years
male: 67.65 years
female: 71.03 years (2021 est.)Kiribati
total population: 67.59 years
male: 65 years
female: 70.3 years (2021 est.)Korea, North
total population: 71.65 years
male: 67.79 years
female: 75.74 years (2021 est.)Korea, South
total population: 82.78 years
male: 79.66 years
female: 86.06 years (2021 est.)Kosovo
total population: 72.99 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 75.35 years (2021 est.)Kuwait
total population: 78.9 years
male: 77.44 years
female: 80.43 years (2021 est.)Kyrgyzstan
total population: 72.07 years
male: 67.97 years
female: 76.45 years (2021 est.)Laos
total population: 66 years
male: 63.83 years
female: 68.26 years (2021 est.)Latvia
total population: 75.65 years
male: 71.19 years
female: 80.33 years (2021 est.)Lebanon
total population: 78.53 years
male: 77.12 years
female: 80 years (2021 est.)Lesotho
total population: 58.9 years
male: 56.82 years
female: 61.04 years (2021 est.)Liberia
total population: 65.1 years
male: 62.86 years
female: 67.4 years (2021 est.)Libya
total population: 76.93 years
male: 74.68 years
female: 79.29 years (2021 est.)Liechtenstein
total population: 82.36 years
male: 80.11 years
female: 85.19 years (2021 est.)Lithuania
total population: 75.61 years
male: 70.23 years
female: 81.29 years (2021 est.)Luxembourg
total population: 82.78 years
male: 80.31 years
female: 85.39 years (2021 est.)Macau
total population: 84.81 years
male: 81.89 years
female: 87.86 years (2021 est.)Madagascar
total population: 67.86 years
male: 66.54 years
female: 69.22 years (2021 est.)Malawi
total population: 72.16 years
male: 69.04 years
female: 75.33 years (2021 est.)Malaysia
total population: 75.87 years
male: 74.24 years
female: 77.62 years (2021 est.)Maldives
total population: 76.69 years
male: 74.31 years
female: 79.18 years (2021 est.)Mali
total population: 62.01 years
male: 59.81 years
female: 64.28 years (2021 est.)Malta
total population: 83 years
male: 80.91 years
female: 85.19 years (2021 est.)Marshall Islands
total population: 74.38 years
male: 72.12 years
female: 76.76 years (2021 est.)Mauritania
total population: 64.86 years
male: 62.43 years
female: 67.37 years (2021 est.)Mauritius
total population: 76.7 years
male: 73.29 years
female: 80.29 years (2021 est.)Mexico
total population: 76.94 years
male: 74.15 years
female: 79.87 years (2021 est.)Micronesia, Federated States of
total population: 74.17 years
male: 72.06 years
female: 76.4 years (2021 est.)Moldova
total population: 72.16 years
male: 68.3 years
female: 76.26 years (2021 est.)Monaco
total population: 89.4 years
male: 85.55 years
female: 93.4 years (2021 est.)Mongolia
total population: 71.08 years
male: 66.88 years
female: 75.49 years (2021 est.)Montenegro
total population: 77.51 years
male: 75.06 years
female: 80.04 years (2021 est.)Montserrat
total population: 75.49 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 74.41 years (2021 est.)Morocco
total population: 73.56 years
male: 71.87 years
female: 75.34 years (2021 est.)
note: does not include data from the former Western SaharaMozambique
total population: 56.49 years
male: 55.09 years
female: 57.94 years (2021 est.)Namibia
total population: 65.87 years
male: 63.9 years
female: 67.9 years (2021 est.)Nauru
total population: 67.62 years
male: 64.06 years
female: 71.3 years (2021 est.)Nepal
total population: 72.12 years
male: 71.38 years
female: 72.9 years (2021 est.)Netherlands
total population: 81.95 years
male: 79.72 years
female: 84.3 years (2021 est.)New Caledonia
total population: 78.59 years
male: 74.66 years
female: 82.71 years (2021 est.)New Zealand
total population: 82.33 years
male: 80.57 years
female: 84.19 years (2021 est.)Nicaragua
total population: 74.51 years
male: 72.28 years
female: 76.86 years (2021 est.)Niger
total population: 59.7 years
male: 58.19 years
female: 61.26 years (2021 est.)Nigeria
total population: 60.87 years
male: 59.07 years
female: 62.78 years (2021 est.)Niue
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2021 est.)Norfolk Island
total population: NA (2017 est.)
male: NA
female: NANorth Macedonia
total population: 76.59 years
male: 74.47 years
female: 78.84 years (2021 est.)Northern Mariana Islands
total population: 76.33 years
male: 74.22 years
female: 78.79 years (2021 est.)Norway
total population: 82.35 years
male: 80.21 years
female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)Oman
total population: 76.64 years
male: 74.69 years
female: 78.68 years (2021 est.)Pakistan
total population: 69.37 years
male: 67.34 years
female: 71.5 years (2021 est.)Palau
total population: 74.38 years
male: 71.19 years
female: 77.75 years (2021 est.)Panama
total population: 79.47 years
male: 76.66 years
female: 82.41 years (2021 est.)Papua New Guinea
total population: 69.86 years
male: 67.37 years
female: 72.48 years (2021 est.)Paraguay
total population: 78.13 years
male: 75.46 years
female: 80.93 years (2021 est.)Peru
total population: 74.96 years
male: 72.84 years
female: 77.19 years (2021 est.)Philippines
total population: 70.32 years
male: 66.78 years
female: 74.03 years (2021 est.)Pitcairn Islands
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2021 est.)Poland
total population: 78.53 years
male: 74.76 years
female: 82.51 years (2021 est.)Portugal
total population: 81.29 years
male: 78.14 years
female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)Puerto Rico
total population: 81.47 years
male: 78.23 years
female: 84.89 years (2021 est.)Qatar
total population: 79.58 years
male: 77.47 years
female: 81.74 years (2021 est.)Romania
total population: 76.3 years
male: 72.88 years
female: 79.94 years (2021 est.)Russia
total population: 72.16 years
male: 66.61 years
female: 78.05 years (2021 est.)Rwanda
total population: 65.48 years
male: 63.55 years
female: 67.47 years (2021 est.)Saint Barthelemy
total population: 80.36 years
male: 77.24 years
female: 83.6 years (2021 est.)Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
total population: 80.25 years
male: 77.34 years
female: 83.31 years (2021 est.)Saint Kitts and Nevis
total population: 76.83 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 79.34 years (2021 est.)Saint Lucia
total population: 78.71 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 81.62 years (2021 est.)Saint Martin
total population: 80.36 years
male: 77.24 years
female: 83.6 years (2021 est.)Saint Pierre and Miquelon
total population: 81.2 years
male: 78.83 years
female: 83.7 years (2021 est.)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
total population: 76.43 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 78.55 years (2021 est.)Samoa
total population: 74.92 years
male: 72.01 years
female: 77.98 years (2021 est.)San Marino
total population: 83.68 years
male: 81.1 years
female: 86.48 years (2021 est.)Sao Tome and Principe
total population: 66.72 years
male: 65.14 years
female: 68.36 years (2021 est.)Saudi Arabia
total population: 76.4 years
male: 74.81 years
female: 78.07 years (2021 est.)Senegal
total population: 63.83 years
male: 61.59 years
female: 66.14 years (2021 est.)Serbia
total population: 76.56 years
male: 73.67 years
female: 79.64 years (2021 est.)Seychelles
total population: 75.84 years
male: 71.39 years
female: 80.43 years (2021 est.)Sierra Leone
total population: 60.19 years
male: 57.48 years
female: 62.97 years (2021 est.)Singapore
total population: 86.19 years
male: 83.48 years
female: 89.05 years (2021 est.)Sint Maarten
total population: 79.03 years
male: 76.67 years
female: 81.51 years (2021 est.)Slovakia
total population: 78.07 years
male: 74.56 years
female: 81.82 years (2021 est.)Slovenia
total population: 81.61 years
male: 78.73 years
female: 84.6 years (2021 est.)Solomon Islands
total population: 76.45 years
male: 73.78 years
female: 79.25 years (2021 est.)Somalia
total population: 55.32 years
male: 53.02 years
female: 57.7 years (2021 est.)South Africa
total population: 65.04 years
male: 63.68 years
female: 66.42 years (2021 est.)South Sudan
total population: 58.6 years
male: 56.92 years
female: 60.36 years (2021 est.)Spain
total population: 82.21 years
male: 79.22 years
female: 85.39 years (2021 est.)Sri Lanka
total population: 77.75 years
male: 74.31 years
female: 81.33 years (2021 est.)Sudan
total population: 66.79 years
male: 64.58 years
female: 69.11 years (2021 est.)Suriname
total population: 73.57 years
male: 71.09 years
female: 76.16 years (2021 est.)Svalbard
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2021 est.)Sweden
total population: 82.6 years
male: 80.61 years
female: 84.7 years (2021 est.)Switzerland
total population: 83.03 years
male: 80.71 years
female: 85.49 years (2021 est.)Syria
total population: 74.01 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 75.57 years (2021 est.)Taiwan
total population: 80.95 years
male: 77.93 years
female: 84.14 years (2021 est.)Tajikistan
total population: 69.06 years
male: 65.91 years
female: 72.38 years (2021 est.)Tanzania
total population: 69.9 years
male: 68.12 years
female: 71.74 years (2021 est.)Thailand
total population: 77.41 years
male: 74.39 years
female: 80.6 years (2021 est.)Timor-Leste
total population: 69.62 years
male: 67.94 years
female: 71.41 years (2021 est.)Togo
total population: 70.99 years
male: 68.37 years
female: 73.69 years (2021 est.)Tokelau
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA (2021 est.)Tonga
total population: 77.29 years
male: 75.63 years
female: 78.99 years (2021 est.)Trinidad and Tobago
total population: 74.92 years
male: 71.83 years
female: 78.1 years (2021 est.)Tunisia
total population: 76.57 years
male: 74.88 years
female: 78.36 years (2021 est.)Turkey
total population: 75.96 years
male: 73.57 years
female: 78.46 years (2021 est.)Turkmenistan
total population: 71.54 years
male: 68.5 years
female: 74.73 years (2021 est.)Turks and Caicos Islands
total population: 80.6 years
male: 77.84 years
female: 83.51 years (2021 est.)Tuvalu
total population: 68.07 years
male: 65.67 years
female: 70.59 years (2021 est.)Uganda
total population: 68.58 years
male: 66.34 years
female: 70.9 years (2021 est.)Ukraine
total population: 73.18 years
male: 68.51 years
female: 78.15 years (2021 est.)United Arab Emirates
total population: 79.37 years
male: 78.04 years
female: 80.78 years (2021 est.)United Kingdom
total population: 81.3 years
male: 79.02 years
female: 83.7 years (2021 est.)United States
total population: 80.43 years
male: 78.18 years
female: 82.65 years (2021 est.)Uruguay
total population: 78.19 years
male: 75.06 years
female: 81.42 years (2021 est.)Uzbekistan
total population: 75.03 years
male: 71.98 years
female: 78.25 years (2021 est.)Vanuatu
total population: 74.87 years
male: 73.18 years
female: 76.66 years (2021 est.)Venezuela
total population: 72.22 years
male: 68.9 years
female: 75.7 years (2021 est.)Vietnam
total population: 75.25 years
male: 72.67 years
female: 78.12 years (2021 est.)Virgin Islands
total population: 80.05 years
male: 76.84 years
female: 83.45 years (2021 est.)Wallis and Futuna
total population: 80.45 years
male: 77.44 years
female: 83.61 years (2021 est.)West Bank
total population: 76.12 years
male: 74.02 years
female: 78.36 years (2021 est.)World
total population: 70.5 years
male: 68.4 years
female: 72.6 years (2020 est.)Yemen
total population: 67.18 years
male: 64.89 years
female: 69.59 years (2021 est.)Zambia
total population: 65.92 years
male: 64.15 years
female: 67.75 years (2021 est.)Zimbabwe
total population: 62.83 years
male: 60.7 years
female: 65.02 years (2021 est.)