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 |
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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 |