Health > Life expectancy at birth > Male > 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 | Iceland | 79.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Hong Kong | 78.8 years | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Switzerland | 78.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 4 | Japan | 78.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Sweden | 78.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Macau | 78.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Australia | 78.21 years | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Singapore | 77.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Canada | 77.8 years | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Israel | 77.72 years | 2005 | ||
| =11 | Malta | 77.7 years | 2005 | ||
| =11 | Norway | 77.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Italy | 77.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 14 | New Zealand | 77.56 years | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Spain | 77.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =16 | Virgin Islands | 77.2 years | 2005 | ||
| =16 | Netherlands | 77.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Ireland | 77.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Cyprus | 77 years | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 76.98 years | 2005 | |||
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 76.93 years | 2005 | ||
| 21 | United Kingdom | 76.9 years | 2005 | ||
| =22 | Costa Rica | 76.8 years | 2005 | ||
| =22 | France | 76.8 years | 2005 | ||
| =24 | Belgium | 76.7 years | 2005 | ||
| =24 | Austria | 76.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Greece | 76.6 years | 2005 | ||
| =27 | Germany | 76.2 years | 2005 | ||
| =27 | Luxembourg | 76.2 years | 2005 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 75.96 years | 2005 | |||
| 29 | Bermuda | 75.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Denmark | 75.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 31 | Finland | 75.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Kuwait | 75.44 years | 2005 | ||
| 33 | Cuba | 75.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 34 | Chile | 75.21 years | 2005 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 75.04 years | 2005 | |||
| 35 | Portugal | 74.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 36 | United States | 74.89 years | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 74.79 years | 2005 | |||
| 37 | Brunei | 74.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Dominica | 74.5 years | 2002 | ||
| 39 | South Korea | 74.18 years | 2005 | ||
| 40 | Slovenia | 74.1 years | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 73.88 years | 2005 | |||
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 73.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Bahrain | 73.48 years | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 73.43 years | 2005 | |||
| 43 | Netherlands Antilles | 73.41 years | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Oman | 73.31 years | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Mexico | 72.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 46 | Guam | 72.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Czech Republic | 72.88 years | 2005 | ||
| 48 | Barbados | 72.75 years | 2004 | ||
| 49 | Panama | 72.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 50 | Albania | 72.6 years | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 72.54 years | 2005 | |||
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.5 years | 2002 | ||
| 52 | Saint Lucia | 72.48 years | 2005 | ||
| 53 | New Caledonia | 72.46 years | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Croatia | 72.3 years | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 72.09 years | 2005 | ||
| 56 | Libya | 72.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Syria | 72.05 years | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Uruguay | 72 years | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Ecuador | 71.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.78 years | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Qatar | 71.75 years | 2005 | ||
| 62 | Tunisia | 71.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Malaysia | 71.46 years | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Venezuela | 71.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 65 | Tonga | 71.36 years | 2005 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 71.34 years | 2005 | |||
| 66 | French Polynesia | 71.26 years | 2005 | ||
| 67 | Argentina | 71.18 years | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 70.97 years | 2005 | |||
| 68 | Poland | 70.8 years | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Saudi Arabia | 70.64 years | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Jordan | 70.51 years | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 70.47 years | 2005 | |||
| =71 | Algeria | 70.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Armenia | 70.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =71 | Lebanon | 70.4 years | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Serbia and Montenegro | 70.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 75 | Slovakia | 70.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 76 | China | 70.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 77 | Colombia | 69.87 years | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Grenada | 69.8 years | 2002 | ||
| 79 | Mauritius | 69.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 69.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 81 | Iran | 69.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.55 years | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Belize | 69.49 years | 2005 | ||
| 84 | Paraguay | 69.24 years | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Jamaica | 69.22 years | 2005 | ||
| 86 | Seychelles | 69.1 years | 2002 | ||
| 87 | Bulgaria | 69 years | 2005 | ||
| 88 | Philippines | 68.93 years | 2005 | ||
| 89 | Turkey | 68.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 68.8 years | 2002 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 68.77 years | 2002 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 68.63 years | 2005 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 68.62 years | 2005 | |||
| 91 | Hungary | 68.6 years | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Egypt | 68.36 years | 2005 | ||
| 93 | El Salvador | 68.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Vietnam | 68.22 years | 2005 | ||
| =95 | Romania | 68.2 years | 2005 | ||
| =95 | Morocco | 68.2 years | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Peru | 68.14 years | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Nicaragua | 68.05 years | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Maldives | 67.93 years | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Georgia | 67.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 101 | The Bahamas | 67.84 years | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Samoa | 67.72 years | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Cape Verde | 67.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Vanuatu | 67.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 105 | Thailand | 67.51 years | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Brazil | 67.47 years | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Federated States of Micronesia | 67.36 years | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 67.35 years | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Estonia | 67.27 years | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 67.2 years | 2005 | |||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 67.16 years | 2002 | |||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 67.15 years | 2005 | |||
| 110 | Suriname | 66.56 years | 2005 | ||
| 111 | Honduras | 66.55 years | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 66.18 years | 2005 | |||
| 112 | Fiji | 66.15 years | 2005 | ||
| 113 | Indonesia | 65.99 years | 2005 | ||
| 114 | Latvia | 65.6 years | 2005 | ||
| =115 | Lithuania | 65.4 years | 2005 | ||
| =115 | Greenland | 65.4 years | 2002 | ||
| 117 | Mongolia | 65.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 64.72 years | 2005 | ||
| =119 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.5 years | 2005 | ||
| =119 | Moldova | 64.5 years | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Pakistan | 64.3 years | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 64.29 years | 2005 | |||
| 122 | Guatemala | 64.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Uzbekistan | 64.19 years | 2005 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 63.78 years | 2002 | |||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 63.73 years | 2005 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | 63.2 years | 2005 | |||
| 124 | Bangladesh | 63.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 125 | Belarus | 62.86 years | 2005 | ||
| 126 | Marshall Islands | 62.8 years | 2000 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 62.79 years | 2005 | |||
| 127 | Bolivia | 62.78 years | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Bhutan | 62.77 years | 2005 | ||
| 129 | India | 62.72 years | 2005 | ||
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 62.44 years | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Ukraine | 62.23 years | 2005 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 62.21 years | 1997 | |||
| =132 | Solomon Islands | 62.18 years | 2005 | ||
| =132 | Nepal | 62.18 years | 2005 | ||
| 134 | Tajikistan | 61.42 years | 2005 | ||
| 135 | Comoros | 61.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 136 | Guyana | 61.29 years | 2005 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 61.22 years | 2005 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 61.15 years | 2005 | |||
| 137 | North Korea | 61.05 years | 2005 | ||
| 138 | Kazakhstan | 60.91 years | 2005 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 60.46 years | 2005 | |||
| 139 | Yemen | 60.38 years | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Kiribati | 59.8 years | 2002 | ||
| 141 | Russia | 58.87 years | 2005 | ||
| 142 | Turkmenistan | 58.71 years | 2005 | ||
| 143 | Burma | 58.29 years | 2005 | ||
| 144 | Iraq | 57.3 years | 1997 | ||
| 145 | Ghana | 57.02 years | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 55.84 years | 2005 | ||
| 147 | East Timor | 55.64 years | 2005 | ||
| 148 | The Gambia | 55.49 years | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Sudan | 55.32 years | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Senegal | 55.23 years | 2005 | ||
| 151 | Madagascar | 54.59 years | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 54.58 years | 2005 | |||
| 152 | Laos | 54.45 years | 2005 | ||
| 153 | Benin | 54.23 years | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Guinea | 53.83 years | 2005 | ||
| 155 | Cambodia | 53.59 years | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Gabon | 53.36 years | 2005 | ||
| 157 | Togo | 53.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Eritrea | 53.09 years | 2005 | ||
| 159 | Djibouti | 52.28 years | 2005 | ||
| 160 | Mauritania | 52.1 years | 2005 | ||
| 161 | Haiti | 51.95 years | 2005 | ||
| 162 | Congo, Republic of the | 51.54 years | 2005 | ||
| 163 | Kenya | 49.82 years | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Uganda | 49.3 years | 2005 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 48.3 years | 2005 | |||
| 165 | Mali | 47.98 years | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 47.89 years | 2005 | |||
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 47.73 years | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Namibia | 47.04 years | 2005 | ||
| 168 | South Africa | 46.69 years | 2005 | ||
| 169 | Somalia | 46.54 years | 2005 | ||
| 170 | Tanzania | 45.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 171 | Cameroon | 45.51 years | 2005 | ||
| 172 | Cote d'Ivoire | 45.45 years | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Niger | 44.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 174 | Afghanistan | 44.57 years | 1987 | ||
| 175 | Guinea-Bissau | 43.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 176 | Burundi | 43.67 years | 2005 | ||
| 177 | Nigeria | 43.66 years | 2005 | ||
| 178 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 43.01 years | 2005 | ||
| 179 | Chad | 42.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 180 | Rwanda | 42.58 years | 2005 | ||
| 181 | Swaziland | 42.17 years | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Ethiopia | 41.91 years | 2005 | ||
| 184 | Liberia | 41.68 years | 2005 | ||
| 185 | Mozambique | 41.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Malawi | 40.81 years | 2005 | ||
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 40.01 years | 2005 | ||
| 188 | Angola | 39.98 years | 2005 | ||
| 189 | Zambia | 38.89 years | 2005 | ||
| 190 | Central African Republic | 38.77 years | 2005 | ||
| 191 | Zimbabwe | 37.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 192 | Botswana | 35.44 years | 2005 | ||
| 193 | Lesotho | 34.49 years | 2005 |