Health > Life expectancy at birth > Female > Years: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 85.63 years | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Hong Kong | 84.5 years | 2005 | ||
| =3 | Switzerland | 83.9 years | 2005 | ||
| =3 | Spain | 83.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 5 | France | 83.8 years | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Italy | 83.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Australia | 83.16 years | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Iceland | 83.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Sweden | 82.8 years | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 82.7 years | 2005 | |||
| 10 | Canada | 82.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Norway | 82.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Belgium | 82.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Macau | 82.38 years | 2005 | ||
| =14 | Luxembourg | 82.3 years | 2005 | ||
| =14 | Finland | 82.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Austria | 82.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Israel | 81.82 years | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Puerto Rico | 81.81 years | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Germany | 81.8 years | 2005 | ||
| =19 | Ireland | 81.8 years | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 81.8 years | 2005 | |||
| 21 | New Zealand | 81.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Cyprus | 81.7 years | 2005 | ||
| =23 | Singapore | 81.6 years | 2005 | ||
| =23 | Netherlands | 81.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 25 | United Arab Emirates | 81.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Greece | 81.5 years | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 81.45 years | 2005 | |||
| =27 | Malta | 81.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =27 | Portugal | 81.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 29 | Bermuda | 81.34 years | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Slovenia | 81.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Chile | 81.24 years | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Costa Rica | 81.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 33 | South Korea | 81.12 years | 2005 | ||
| 34 | United Kingdom | 81.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 35 | United States | 80.67 years | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 80.49 years | 2005 | |||
| 36 | Denmark | 80.2 years | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 80.1 years | 2005 | |||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 80.08 years | 2005 | |||
| 37 | Virgin Islands | 79.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Kuwait | 79.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Netherlands Antilles | 79.52 years | 2005 | ||
| =40 | Uruguay | 79.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =40 | Poland | 79.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Brunei | 79.38 years | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 79.32 years | 2005 | |||
| =43 | Cuba | 79.2 years | 2005 | ||
| =43 | Croatia | 79.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Czech Republic | 79.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Dominica | 78.8 years | 2002 | ||
| 47 | Argentina | 78.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Albania | 78.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78.2 years | 2002 | ||
| 50 | Barbados | 78.19 years | 2004 | ||
| 51 | Estonia | 78.14 years | 2005 | ||
| 52 | New Caledonia | 77.99 years | 2005 | ||
| 53 | Slovakia | 77.9 years | 2005 | ||
| =54 | Panama | 77.89 years | 2005 | ||
| =54 | Mexico | 77.89 years | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Ecuador | 77.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Guam | 77.58 years | 2005 | ||
| =58 | Lithuania | 77.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =58 | Latvia | 77.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Sri Lanka | 77.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Venezuela | 77.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.18 years | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 77.15 years | 2005 | |||
| 63 | Seychelles | 77 years | 2002 | ||
| 64 | Hungary | 76.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Libya | 76.75 years | 2005 | ||
| 66 | Qatar | 76.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Mauritius | 76.52 years | 2005 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 76.5 years | 2005 | |||
| 68 | Armenia | 76.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 69 | French Polynesia | 76.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Bahrain | 76.31 years | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Bulgaria | 76.3 years | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Grenada | 76.3 years | 2002 | ||
| 73 | Oman | 76.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Malaysia | 76.06 years | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Saint Lucia | 75.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 76 | Colombia | 75.89 years | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Syria | 75.67 years | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 75.6 years | 2005 | |||
| =78 | Serbia and Montenegro | 75.5 years | 2005 | ||
| =78 | Tunisia | 75.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Romania | 75.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75.26 years | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Brazil | 75.2 years | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 75.16 years | 2005 | |||
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 75.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Georgia | 74.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Lebanon | 74.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Saudi Arabia | 74.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Thailand | 74.46 years | 2005 | ||
| 88 | El Salvador | 74.45 years | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Belarus | 74.38 years | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 74.26 years | 2002 | |||
| =90 | The Bahamas | 74.24 years | 2005 | ||
| =90 | Belize | 74.24 years | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74 years | 2002 | ||
| 93 | Tonga | 73.99 years | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Ukraine | 73.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Samoa | 73.91 years | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Cape Verde | 73.88 years | 2005 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 73.88 years | 2005 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 73.84 years | 2005 | |||
| 97 | Turkey | 73.8 years | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Paraguay | 73.77 years | 2005 | ||
| 99 | China | 73.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Jordan | 73.61 years | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 73.41 years | 2005 | |||
| 101 | Peru | 73.31 years | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Philippines | 73.24 years | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Vietnam | 73.21 years | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Algeria | 73.13 years | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Suriname | 73.01 years | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Nicaragua | 72.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Egypt | 72.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Iran | 72.76 years | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.72 years | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 72.71 years | 2002 | |||
| 110 | Morocco | 72.66 years | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Jamaica | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Greenland | 72.5 years | 2002 | ||
| 113 | Russia | 72.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 72.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Moldova | 72.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 116 | Kazakhstan | 71.85 years | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 71.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Guatemala | 71.6 years | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 71.5 years | 2005 | |||
| 119 | Vanuatu | 71.42 years | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 70.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Honduras | 70.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Fiji | 70.62 years | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 69.92 years | 2005 | |||
| 123 | Indonesia | 69.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Mongolia | 68.48 years | 2005 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 68.46 years | 2002 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 68.05 years | 2005 | |||
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 67.8 years | 2000 | ||
| 127 | Guyana | 67.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Maldives | 67.35 years | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 67.21 years | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Bolivia | 67.02 years | 2005 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 66.95 years | 1997 | |||
| 131 | North Korea | 66.92 years | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Tajikistan | 66.75 years | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 66.4 years | 2005 | |||
| 133 | Kiribati | 66 years | 2002 | ||
| 134 | Pakistan | 65.46 years | 2005 | ||
| 135 | Bhutan | 65.25 years | 2005 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 65.19 years | 2005 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | 64.96 years | 2005 | |||
| 136 | Bangladesh | 64.82 years | 2005 | ||
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 64.59 years | 2005 | ||
| 138 | India | 64.32 years | 2005 | ||
| 139 | Burma | 64.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Comoros | 64.02 years | 2005 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 63.89 years | 2005 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 63.77 years | 2005 | |||
| 141 | Solomon Islands | 63.74 years | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Yemen | 63.16 years | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Nepal | 63.15 years | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Cambodia | 60.63 years | 2005 | ||
| 145 | Iraq | 60.4 years | 1997 | ||
| 146 | The Gambia | 58.16 years | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Sudan | 58.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 148 | Ghana | 57.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 149 | East Timor | 57.85 years | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Senegal | 57.74 years | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Madagascar | 57.1 years | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 57.06 years | 2005 | |||
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 56.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Togo | 56.96 years | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Laos | 56.95 years | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Eritrea | 56.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Benin | 55.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 157 | Mauritania | 55.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Djibouti | 54.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Gabon | 54.31 years | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Guinea | 54.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Congo, Republic of the | 54.14 years | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Haiti | 53.31 years | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Uganda | 50.64 years | 2005 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 49.82 years | 2005 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 49.53 years | 2005 | |||
| 164 | Mali | 49.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 49.27 years | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Somalia | 48.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 167 | South Africa | 48.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 168 | Kenya | 48.11 years | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Namibia | 46.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Tanzania | 46.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 172 | Cameroon | 46.64 years | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.51 years | 2005 | ||
| 174 | Rwanda | 45.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 175 | Burundi | 45.67 years | 2005 | ||
| 176 | Chad | 45.11 years | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 178 | Niger | 44.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 179 | Afghanistan | 44.78 years | 1987 | ||
| 180 | Nigeria | 44 years | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Ethiopia | 43.43 years | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Liberia | 43.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Angola | 42.92 years | 2005 | ||
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 42.78 years | 2005 | ||
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Mozambique | 42.25 years | 2005 | ||
| 187 | Swaziland | 40.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 188 | Malawi | 40.22 years | 2005 | ||
| 189 | Central African Republic | 40.13 years | 2005 | ||
| 190 | Zambia | 37.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 191 | Zimbabwe | 36.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 192 | Lesotho | 35.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 193 | Botswana | 34.47 years | 2005 |