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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. 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. Figures are from the CIA World Factbook 2009^[1] and from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for 2005-2010.^[2]. Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included in the United Nations list.

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.

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 ^[3]. 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 or her first year of life would have.

List by the United Nations (2005-2010)

Male Life Expectancy

Female Life Expectancy

Rank	Country (State/territory)	Life expectancy at birth (years) Overall	Life expectancy at birth (years) Male	Life expectancy at birth (years) Female
1	Japan	82.6	79.0	86.1
2	Hong Kong	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	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	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	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	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[4]	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	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
-	World	67.2	65.0	69.5
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	São Tomé and Príncipe	65.5	63.6	67.4
136	Pakistan	65.5	65.2	65.8
137	Russia	65.5	61.83	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
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

List by the CIA World Factbook (2009 estimates)

CIA World Factbook 2009 Estimates for Life Expectancy at birth (years).      over 80      77.5-80      75-77.5      72.5-75      70-72.5      67.5-70      65-67.5      60-65      55-60      50-55      45-50      40-45      under 40      not available

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	Macau	84.36	81.39	87.47
1	2	Andorra	82.51	80.33	84.84
2	3	Japan	82.12	78.8	85.62
3	4	Singapore	81.98	79.37	84.78
4	5	San Marino	81.97	78.53	85.72
-	6	Hong Kong	81.86	79.16	84.79
5	7	Australia	81.63	79.25	84.14
6	8	Canada	81.23	78.69	83.91
7	9	France (metropolitan)	80.98	77.79	84.33
8	10	Sweden	80.86	78.59	83.26
9	11	Switzerland	80.85	78.03	83.83
-	12	Guernsey	80.77	77.76	83.88
10	13	Israel	80.73	78.62	82.95
11	14	Iceland	80.67	78.53	82.9
	15	Anguilla	80.65	78.11	83.26
	16	Cayman Islands	80.44	77.2	83.72
	17	Bermuda	80.43	77.65	83.26
12	18	New Zealand	80.36	78.43	82.39
13	19	Italy	80.2	77.26	83.33
	20	Gibraltar	80.19	77.3	83.22
14	21	Monaco	80.09	76.3	84.09
15	22	Liechtenstein	80.06	76.59	83.53
16	23	Spain	80.05	76.74	83.57
17	24	Norway	79.95	77.29	82.74
	25	Jersey	79.75	77.23	82.46
18	26	Greece	79.66	77.11	82.37
19	27	Austria	79.5	76.6	82.56
	28	Faroe Islands	79.44	77	82.05
20	29	Malta	79.44	76.95	81.47
21	30	Netherlands	79.4	76.8	82.14
22	31	Luxembourg	79.33	76.07	82.81
23	32	Germany	79.26	76.26	82.42
24	33	Belgium	79.22	76.06	82.53
	34	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	79.07	76.69	81.57
	35	U.S. Virgin Islands	79.05	76.02	82.26
25	36	United Kingdom	79.01	76.52	81.63
26	37	Finland	78.97	75.48	82.61
27	38	Jordan	78.87	76.34	81.56
	39	Isle of Man	78.82	75.86	81.93
28	40	South Korea	78.72	77.45	82.22
	41	European Union	78.67	75.54	81.97
	42	Puerto Rico ( US)	78.53	74.85	82.39
29	43	Bosnia and Herzegovina	78.5	74.92	82.34
	44	Saint Helena	78.44	75.52	81.5
30	45	Cyprus	78.33	75.91	80.86
31	46	Denmark	78.3	75.96	80.78
32	47	Ireland	78.24	75.6	81.06
33	48	Portugal	78.21	74.95	81.69
	49	Wallis and Futuna	78.2	75.22	81.32
34	50	United States	78.11	75.65	80.69
35	51	Albania	77.96	75.28	80.89
	52	Taiwan	77.96	75.12	81.05
36	53	Kuwait	77.71	76.51	78.95
37	54	Costa Rica	77.58	74.96	80.34
38	55	Cuba	77.45	75.19	79.85
39	56	Chile	77.34	74.07	80.77
40	57	Libya	77.26	74.98	79.65
	58	British Virgin Islands	77.26	76.03	78.55
41	59	Panama	77.25	74.47	80.16
42	60	Slovenia	76.92	73.25	80.84
43	61	Czech Republic	76.81	73.54	80.28
44	62	Georgia	76.72	73.41	80.45
	63	French Polynesia ( France)	76.31	73.88	78.86
	64	Northern Mariana Islands ( US)	76.71	74.26	79.29
	65	Netherlands Antilles ( Netherlands)	76.65	74.03	79.09
45	66	Argentina	76.56	73.32	79.97
46	67	Saint Lucia	76.45	73.78	79.27
47	68	Uruguay	76.35	73.1	79.72
48	69	Saudi Arabia	76.3	74.23	78.48
49	75	Poland	76.28	73.12	79.44
50	70	United Arab Emirates	76.11	73.56	78.78
51	71	Mexico	76.06	73.25	79
52	72	Tunisia	75.78	73.98	77.7
53	73	Paraguay	75.77	73.19	78.49
54	74	Brunei	75.74	73.52	78.07
55	76	Dominica	75.55	72.61	78.64
	77	Turks and Caicos Islands	75.42	73.12	77.83
56	78	Slovakia	75.4	71.47	79.53
57	79	Croatia	75.35	71.72	79.18
58	80	Qatar	75.35	71.66	77.14
59	81	Ecuador	75.3	72.37	78.37
	82	Aruba ( Netherlands)	75.28	72.25	78.38
60	83	Bahrain	75.16	72.64	77.76
61	84	Sri Lanka	75.14	73.08	77.28
	85	New Caledonia ( France)	74.98	71.99	78.12
62	86	Lithuania	74.9	69.98	80.1
63	87	Antigua and Barbuda	74.76	72.81	76.81
64	88	Macedonia	74.68	72.18	77.38
	89	West Bank	74.54	72.54	76.65
	90	Cook Islands	74.22	71.46	77.13
65	91	Oman	74.16	71.87	76.55
66	92	Algeria	74.02	72.35	75.77
67	93	Mauritius	74	70.53	77.65
68	94	Maldives	73.97	71.78	76.28
69	95	Barbados	73.94	71.65	76.26
70	96	Serbia	73.9	71.09	76.89
71	97	Suriname	73.73	71	76.65
	98	American Samoa ( US)	73.72	70.8	76.82
72	99	Dominican Republic	73.7	71.88	75.6
73	100	Solomon Islands	73.69	71.14	76.37
74	101	Lebanon	73.66	71.15	76.31
75	102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	73.65	71.82	75.54
76	103	Venezuela	73.61	70.54	76.83
77	104	Jamaica	73.53	71.83	75.3
78	105	People's Republic of China	73.47	71.61	75.52
79	106	Hungary	73.44	69.27	77.87
	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	Guatemala	70.29	68.49	72.19
	143	Greenland ( Denmark)	70.07	67.44	72.85
114	144	Iraq	69.94	68.6	71.34
115	145	India	69.89	67.46	72.61
116	146	Kyrgyzstan	69.43	65.43	73.64
117	147	Honduras	69.4	67.86	71.02
118	148	Tuvalu	69.29	66.99	71.7
119	149	São Tomé and Príncipe	68.32	66.65	70.04
120	150	Ukraine	68.25	62.37	74.5
121	151	Belize	68.2	66.44	70.05
122	152	Kazakhstan	67.87	62.58	73.47
123	153	Turkmenistan	67.87	64.94	70.95
124	154	Mongolia	67.65	65.23	70.19
125	155	East Timor	67.27	64.92	69.75
126	156	Bolivia	66.89	64.2	69.72
127	157	Guyana	66.68	64.09	69.4
128	158	Azerbaijan	66.66	62.53	71.34
-	-	World	66.57	64.52	68.76
129	159	Papua New Guinea	66.34	64.08	68.72
130	160	Bhutan	66.13	65.33	66.97
131	161	Russia	66.03	59.33	73.14
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	51.42	50.49	52.4
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	44.64	44.47	44.81
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

See also

• List of European countries by life expectancy

External links

• Life expectancy trends interactive graph

References