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Country
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan total population: 42.9 years
male: 42.71 years
female: 43.1 years (2005 est.)
Albania total population: 77.24 years
male: 74.6 years
female: 80.15 years (2005 est.)
Algeria total population: 73 years
male: 71.45 years
female: 74.63 years (2005 est.)
American Samoa total population: 75.84 years
male: 72.27 years
female: 79.62 years (2005 est.)
Andorra total population: 83.51 years
male: 80.6 years
female: 86.6 years (2005 est.)
Angola total population: 38.43 years
male: 37.28 years
female: 39.64 years (2005 est.)
Anguilla total population: 77.11 years
male: 74.18 years
female: 80.12 years (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 71.9 years
male: 69.53 years
female: 74.38 years (2005 est.)
Argentina total population: 75.91 years
male: 72.17 years
female: 79.85 years (2005 est.)
Armenia total population: 71.55 years
male: 67.97 years
female: 75.75 years (2005 est.)
Aruba total population: 79.14 years
male: 75.8 years
female: 82.65 years (2005 est.)
Australia total population: 80.39 years
male: 77.52 years
female: 83.4 years (2005 est.)
Austria total population: 78.92 years
male: 76.03 years
female: 81.96 years (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 63.35 years
male: 59.24 years
female: 67.66 years (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 65.54 years
male: 62.11 years
female: 69.04 years (2005 est.)
Bahrain total population: 74.23 years
male: 71.76 years
female: 76.78 years (2005 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 62.08 years
male: 62.13 years
female: 62.02 years (2005 est.)
Barbados total population: 72.59 years
male: 70.6 years
female: 74.6 years (2005 est.)
Belarus total population: 68.72 years
male: 63.03 years
female: 74.69 years (2005 est.)
Belgium total population: 78.62 years
male: 75.44 years
female: 81.94 years (2005 est.)
Belize total population: 68.44 years
male: 66.54 years
female: 70.44 years (2005 est.)
Benin total population: 52.66 years
male: 51.53 years
female: 53.82 years (2005 est.)
Bermuda total population: 77.79 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 79.91 years (2005 est.)
Bhutan total population: 54.39 years
male: 54.65 years
female: 54.11 years (2005 est.)
Bolivia total population: 65.5 years
male: 62.89 years
female: 68.25 years (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 77.83 years
male: 74.21 years
female: 81.72 years (2005 est.)
Botswana total population: 33.87 years
male: 33.89 years
female: 33.84 years (2005 est.)
Brazil total population: 71.69 years
male: 67.74 years
female: 75.85 years (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 76.49 years
male: 75.41 years
female: 77.62 years (2005 est.)
Brunei total population: 74.8 years
male: 72.36 years
female: 77.36 years (2005 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 72.03 years
male: 68.41 years
female: 75.87 years (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 48.45 years
male: 46.96 years
female: 49.99 years (2005 est.)
Burma total population: 60.7 years
male: 57.8 years
female: 63.78 years (2005 est.)
Burundi total population: 50.29 years
male: 49.61 years
female: 50.99 years (2005 est.)
Cambodia total population: 58.92 years
male: 56.98 years
female: 60.95 years (2005 est.)
Cameroon total population: 50.89 years
male: 50.71 years
female: 51.08 years (2005 est.)
Canada total population: 80.1 years
male: 76.73 years
female: 83.63 years (2005 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 70.45 years
male: 67.13 years
female: 73.86 years (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 79.95 years
male: 77.33 years
female: 82.6 years (2005 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 43.39 years
male: 43.27 years
female: 43.52 years (2005 est.)
Chad total population: 47.18 years
male: 45.55 years
female: 48.87 years (2005 est.)
Chile total population: 76.58 years
male: 73.3 years
female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)
China total population: 72.27 years
male: 70.65 years
female: 74.09 years (2005 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Colombia total population: 71.72 years
male: 67.88 years
female: 75.7 years (2005 est.)
Comoros total population: 61.96 years
male: 59.65 years
female: 64.33 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 51.1 years
male: 49.68 years
female: 52.56 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 52.26 years
male: 51.17 years
female: 53.39 years (2005 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Costa Rica total population: 76.84 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 79.55 years (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 48.62 years
male: 46.05 years
female: 51.27 years (2005 est.)
Croatia total population: 74.45 years
male: 70.79 years
female: 78.31 years (2005 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.23 years
male: 74.94 years
female: 79.65 years (2005 est.)
Cyprus total population: 77.65 years
male: 75.29 years
female: 80.13 years (2005 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 76.02 years
male: 72.74 years
female: 79.49 years (2005 est.)
Denmark total population: 77.62 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.1 years
male: 41.84 years
female: 44.39 years (2005 est.)
Dominica total population: 74.65 years
male: 71.73 years
female: 77.71 years (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 71.44 years
male: 69.94 years
female: 73.03 years (2005 est.)
East Timor total population: 65.9 years
male: 63.63 years
female: 68.29 years (2005 est.)
Ecuador total population: 76.21 years
male: 73.35 years
female: 79.22 years (2005 est.)
Egypt total population: 71 years
male: 68.5 years
female: 73.62 years (2005 est.)
El Salvador total population: 71.22 years
male: 67.61 years
female: 75.01 years (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 49.7 years
male: 48.01 years
female: 51.44 years (2005 est.)
Eritrea total population: 58.47 years
male: 56.96 years
female: 60.02 years (2005 est.)
Estonia total population: 71.77 years
male: 66.28 years
female: 77.6 years (2005 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 48.83 years
male: 47.67 years
female: 50.03 years (2005 est.)
European Union total population: 78.3 years
male: 75.1 years
female: 81.6 years (July 2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2005 est.)
Faroe Islands total population: 79.21 years
male: 75.77 years
female: 82.67 years (2005 est.)
Fiji total population: 69.53 years
male: 67.05 years
female: 72.14 years (2005 est.)
Finland total population: 78.35 years
male: 74.82 years
female: 82.02 years (2005 est.)
France total population: 79.6 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 83.42 years (2005 est.)
French Guiana total population: 77.09 years
male: 73.77 years
female: 80.58 years (2005 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 75.9 years
male: 73.5 years
female: 78.42 years (2005 est.)
Gabon total population: 55.02 years
male: 53.63 years
female: 56.45 years (2005 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 53.75 years
male: 51.91 years
female: 55.64 years (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 71.79 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 73.15 years (2005 est.)
Georgia total population: 75.88 years
male: 72.59 years
female: 79.67 years (2005 est.)
Germany total population: 78.65 years
male: 75.66 years
female: 81.81 years (2005 est.)
Ghana total population: 58.47 years
male: 57.7 years
female: 59.26 years (2005 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 79.67 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 82.7 years (2005 est.)
Greece total population: 79.09 years
male: 76.59 years
female: 81.76 years (2005 est.)
Greenland total population: 69.65 years
male: 66.07 years
female: 73.31 years (2005 est.)
Grenada total population: 64.53 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe total population: 77.9 years
male: 74.74 years
female: 81.21 years (2005 est.)
Guam total population: 78.4 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 81.64 years (2005 est.)
Guatemala total population: 69.06 years
male: 67.37 years
female: 70.84 years (2005 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.3 years
male: 77.3 years
female: 83.41 years (2005 est.)
Guinea total population: 49.36 years
male: 48.19 years
female: 50.57 years (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 46.61 years
male: 44.77 years
female: 48.52 years (2005 est.)
Guyana total population: 65.5 years
male: 62.86 years
female: 68.28 years (2005 est.)
Haiti total population: 52.92 years
male: 51.58 years
female: 54.31 years (2005 est.)
Honduras total population: 69.3 years
male: 67.71 years
female: 70.97 years (2005 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.5 years
male: 78.81 years
female: 84.41 years (2005 est.)
Hungary total population: 72.4 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 76.89 years (2005 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.19 years
male: 78.13 years
female: 82.34 years (2005 est.)
India total population: 64.35 years
male: 63.57 years
female: 65.16 years (2005 est.)
Indonesia total population: 69.57 years
male: 67.13 years
female: 72.13 years (2005 est.)
Iran total population: 69.96 years
male: 68.58 years
female: 71.4 years (2005 est.)
Iraq total population: 68.7 years
male: 67.49 years
female: 69.97 years (2005 est.)
Ireland total population: 77.56 years
male: 74.95 years
female: 80.34 years (2005 est.)
Israel total population: 79.32 years
male: 77.21 years
female: 81.55 years (2005 est.)
Italy total population: 79.68 years
male: 76.75 years
female: 82.81 years (2005 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.33 years
male: 71.63 years
female: 75.12 years (2005 est.)
Japan total population: 81.15 years
male: 77.86 years
female: 84.61 years (2005 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.24 years
male: 76.77 years
female: 81.91 years (2005 est.)
Jordan total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.75 years
female: 80.88 years (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 66.55 years
male: 61.21 years
female: 72.2 years (2005 est.)
Kenya total population: 47.99 years
male: 48.87 years
female: 47.09 years (2005 est.)
Kiribati total population: 61.71 years
male: 58.71 years
female: 64.86 years (2005 est.)
Korea, North total population: 71.37 years
male: 68.65 years
female: 74.22 years (2005 est.)
Korea, South total population: 76.85 years
male: 73.42 years
female: 80.57 years (2005 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.03 years
male: 76.01 years
female: 78.1 years (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 68.16 years
male: 64.16 years
female: 72.38 years (2005 est.)
Laos total population: 55.08 years
male: 53.07 years
female: 57.17 years (2005 est.)
Latvia total population: 71.05 years
male: 65.78 years
female: 76.6 years (2005 est.)
Lebanon total population: 72.63 years
male: 70.17 years
female: 75.21 years (2005 est.)
Lesotho total population: 34.47 years
male: 35.49 years
female: 33.42 years (2005 est.)
Liberia total population: 38.89 years
male: 37.03 years
female: 40.81 years (2005 est.)
Libya total population: 76.5 years
male: 74.29 years
female: 78.82 years (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.55 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 83.16 years (2005 est.)
Lithuania total population: 73.97 years
male: 68.94 years
female: 79.28 years (2005 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 78.74 years
male: 75.45 years
female: 82.24 years (2005 est.)
Macau total population: 82.12 years
male: 79.29 years
female: 85.09 years (2005 est.)
Macedonia total population: 73.73 years
male: 71.28 years
female: 76.37 years (2005 est.)
Madagascar total population: 56.95 years
male: 54.57 years
female: 59.4 years (2005 est.)
Malawi total population: 41.43 years
male: 41.66 years
female: 41.2 years (2005 est.)
Malaysia total population: 72.24 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 75.11 years (2005 est.)
Maldives total population: 64.06 years
male: 62.76 years
female: 65.42 years (2005 est.)
Mali total population: 48.64 years
male: 46.68 years
female: 50.66 years (2005 est.)
Malta total population: 78.86 years
male: 76.7 years
female: 81.15 years (2005 est.)
Man, Isle of total population: 78.34 years
male: 74.98 years
female: 81.87 years (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 70.01 years
male: 68.05 years
female: 72.06 years (2005 est.)
Martinique total population: 79.04 years
male: 79.43 years
female: 78.64 years (2005 est.)
Mauritania total population: 52.73 years
male: 50.52 years
female: 55 years (2005 est.)
Mauritius total population: 72.38 years
male: 68.4 years
female: 76.41 years (2005 est.)
Mayotte total population: 61.39 years
male: 59.22 years
female: 63.62 years (2005 est.)
Mexico total population: 75.19 years
male: 72.42 years
female: 78.1 years (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 69.75 years
male: 67.96 years
female: 71.62 years (2005 est.)
Moldova total population: 65.18 years
male: 61.12 years
female: 69.43 years (2005 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.57 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 83.63 years (2005 est.)
Mongolia total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.3 years
female: 66.86 years (2005 est.)
Montserrat total population: 78.71 years
male: 76.54 years
female: 80.98 years (2005 est.)
Morocco total population: 70.66 years
male: 68.35 years
female: 73.07 years (2005 est.)
Mozambique total population: 40.32 years
male: 39.9 years
female: 40.75 years (2005 est.)
Namibia total population: 43.93 years
male: 44.71 years
female: 43.13 years (2005 est.)
Nauru total population: 62.73 years
male: 59.16 years
female: 66.48 years (2005 est.)
Nepal total population: 59.8 years
male: 60.09 years
female: 59.5 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands total population: 78.81 years
male: 76.25 years
female: 81.51 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 75.83 years
male: 73.58 years
female: 78.2 years (2005 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 74.04 years
male: 71.07 years
female: 77.16 years (2005 est.)
New Zealand total population: 78.66 years
male: 75.67 years
female: 81.78 years (2005 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 70.33 years
male: 68.27 years
female: 72.49 years (2005 est.)
Niger total population: 43.5 years
male: 43.54 years
female: 43.45 years (2005 est.)
Nigeria total population: 46.74 years
male: 46.21 years
female: 47.29 years (2005 est.)
Niue total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Norfolk Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 75.88 years
male: 73.31 years
female: 78.61 years (2005 est.)
Norway total population: 79.4 years
male: 76.78 years
female: 82.17 years (2005 est.)
Oman total population: 73.13 years
male: 70.92 years
female: 75.46 years (2005 est.)
Pakistan total population: 63 years
male: 62.04 years
female: 64.01 years (2005 est.)
Palau total population: 70.14 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 73.48 years (2005 est.)
Panama total population: 75.25 years
male: 72.68 years
female: 77.93 years (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 64.93 years
male: 62.76 years
female: 67.21 years (2005 est.)
Paraguay total population: 74.89 years
male: 72.35 years
female: 77.55 years (2005 est.)
Peru total population: 69.53 years
male: 67.77 years
female: 71.37 years (2005 est.)
Philippines total population: 69.91 years
male: 67.03 years
female: 72.92 years (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Poland total population: 74.74 years
male: 70.71 years
female: 79.03 years (2005 est.)
Portugal total population: 77.53 years
male: 74.25 years
female: 81.03 years (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.29 years
male: 74.35 years
female: 82.43 years (2005 est.)
Qatar total population: 73.67 years
male: 71.15 years
female: 76.32 years (2005 est.)
Reunion total population: 73.95 years
male: 70.55 years
female: 77.52 years (2005 est.)
Romania total population: 71.35 years
male: 67.86 years
female: 75.06 years (2005 est.)
Russia total population: 67.1 years
male: 60.55 years
female: 74.04 years (2005 est.)
Rwanda total population: 46.96 years
male: 45.92 years
female: 48.03 years (2005 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 77.76 years
male: 74.86 years
female: 80.81 years (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 72.15 years
male: 69.31 years
female: 75.16 years (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 73.61 years
male: 70.05 years
female: 77.42 years (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 78.46 years
male: 76.13 years
female: 80.9 years (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 73.62 years
male: 71.78 years
female: 75.51 years (2005 est.)
Samoa total population: 70.72 years
male: 67.93 years
female: 73.65 years (2005 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.62 years
male: 78.13 years
female: 85.43 years (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 66.99 years
male: 65.43 years
female: 68.59 years (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 75.46 years
male: 73.46 years
female: 77.55 years (2005 est.)
Senegal total population: 58.9 years
male: 57.37 years
female: 60.47 years (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro total population: 74.73 years
male: 72.15 years
female: 77.51 years (2005 est.)
Seychelles total population: 71.82 years
male: 66.41 years
female: 77.4 years (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 39.87 years
male: 37.74 years
female: 42.06 years (2005 est.)
Singapore total population: 81.62 years
male: 79.05 years
female: 84.39 years (2005 est.)
Slovakia total population: 74.5 years
male: 70.52 years
female: 78.68 years (2005 est.)
Slovenia total population: 76.14 years
male: 72.42 years
female: 80.1 years (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 72.66 years
male: 70.16 years
female: 75.28 years (2005 est.)
Somalia total population: 48.09 years
male: 46.36 years
female: 49.87 years (2005 est.)
South Africa total population: 43.27 years
male: 43.47 years
female: 43.06 years (2005 est.)
Spain total population: 79.52 years
male: 76.18 years
female: 83.08 years (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 73.17 years
male: 70.6 years
female: 75.86 years (2005 est.)
Sudan total population: 58.54 years
male: 57.33 years
female: 59.8 years (2005 est.)
Suriname total population: 68.96 years
male: 66.75 years
female: 71.27 years (2005 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Swaziland total population: 33.22 years
male: 32.49 years
female: 33.98 years (2005 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.4 years
male: 78.19 years
female: 82.74 years (2005 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.39 years
male: 77.58 years
female: 83.36 years (2005 est.)
Syria total population: 70.03 years
male: 68.75 years
female: 71.38 years (2005 est.)
Taiwan total population: 77.26 years
male: 74.49 years
female: 80.28 years (2005 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.56 years
male: 61.68 years
female: 67.59 years (2005 est.)
Tanzania total population: 45.24 years
male: 44.56 years
female: 45.94 years (2005 est.)
Thailand total population: 71.95 years
male: 69.65 years
female: 74.37 years (2005 est.)
Togo total population: 57.01 years
male: 55.02 years
female: 59.06 years (2005 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA
male: -9 years
female: -9 years (2005 est.)
Tonga total population: 69.53 years
male: 67.05 years
female: 72.14 years (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 66.73 years
male: 65.6 years
female: 67.91 years (2005 est.)
Tunisia total population: 74.89 years
male: 73.2 years
female: 76.71 years (2005 est.)
Turkey total population: 72.36 years
male: 69.94 years
female: 74.91 years (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 61.39 years
male: 58.02 years
female: 64.93 years (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 74.51 years
male: 72.28 years
female: 76.84 years (2005 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 68.01 years
male: 65.79 years
female: 70.33 years (2005 est.)
Uganda total population: 51.59 years
male: 50.74 years
female: 52.46 years (2005 est.)
Ukraine total population: 69.68 years
male: 64.39 years
female: 75.31 years (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 75.24 years
male: 72.73 years
female: 77.87 years (2005 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 78.38 years
male: 75.94 years
female: 80.96 years (2005 est.)
United States total population: 77.71 years
male: 74.89 years
female: 80.67 years (2005 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.13 years
male: 72.92 years
female: 79.45 years (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 64.19 years
male: 60.82 years
female: 67.73 years (2005 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 62.49 years
male: 61 years
female: 64.05 years (2005 est.)
Venezuela total population: 74.31 years
male: 71.27 years
female: 77.58 years (2005 est.)
Vietnam total population: 70.61 years
male: 67.82 years
female: 73.6 years (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 78.91 years
male: 75.08 years
female: 82.96 years (2005 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
West Bank total population: 73.08 years
male: 71.33 years
female: 74.95 years (2005 est.)
Western Sahara total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
World total population: 64.33 years
male: 62.73 years
female: 66.04 years (2005 est.)
Yemen total population: 61.75 years
male: 59.89 years
female: 63.71 years (2005 est.)
Zambia total population: 39.7 years
male: 39.43 years
female: 39.98 years (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 39.13 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 38.03 years (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005


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