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Life expectancy at birth. Data based on the latest United Nations Population Division estimates.
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See also: Countries in the world ranked by Life Expectancy
Both Sexes
73.4 years
(life expectancy at birth, both sexes combined)
Females
76.0 years
(life expectancy at birth, females)
Males
70.8 years
(life expectancy at birth, males)
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# | Country | Life Expectancy (both sexes) | Females Life Expectancy | Males Life Expectancy |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hong Kong | 85.83 | 88.66 | 83.00 |
2 | Macao | 85.51 | 88.11 | 82.88 |
3 | Japan | 84.95 | 87.97 | 81.91 |
4 | Switzerland | 84.38 | 86.05 | 82.63 |
5 | Singapore | 84.27 | 86.42 | 82.13 |
6 | Italy | 84.20 | 86.13 | 82.15 |
7 | South Korea | 84.14 | 87.23 | 80.83 |
8 | Spain | 84.05 | 86.68 | 81.35 |
9 | Malta | 83.85 | 85.83 | 81.81 |
10 | Australia | 83.73 | 85.56 | 81.89 |
11 | French Polynesia | 83.70 | 86.10 | 81.49 |
12 | Sweden | 83.65 | 85.22 | 82.08 |
13 | Norway | 83.55 | 85.17 | 81.91 |
14 | Martinique | 83.45 | 86.09 | 80.44 |
15 | Israel | 83.39 | 85.10 | 81.59 |
16 | France | 83.35 | 86.08 | 80.50 |
17 | Guadeloupe | 83.34 | 86.43 | 79.68 |
18 | New Zealand | 83.16 | 84.84 | 81.43 |
19 | Canada | 83.02 | 84.94 | 81.07 |
20 | Iceland | 82.96 | 84.41 | 81.55 |
21 | Ireland | 82.88 | 84.54 | 81.21 |
22 | Réunion | 82.78 | 85.52 | 79.95 |
23 | Luxembourg | 82.75 | 84.89 | 80.64 |
24 | Netherlands | 82.58 | 84.02 | 81.10 |
25 | Austria | 82.57 | 84.72 | 80.35 |
26 | Finland | 82.52 | 85.00 | 80.01 |
27 | Belgium | 82.46 | 84.50 | 80.36 |
28 | Portugal | 82.42 | 85.06 | 79.53 |
29 | Slovenia | 82.31 | 84.75 | 79.86 |
30 | United Kingdom | 82.31 | 83.97 | 80.61 |
31 | Germany | 82.18 | 84.44 | 79.90 |
32 | Cyprus | 82.05 | 83.81 | 80.26 |
33 | Denmark | 82.03 | 83.92 | 80.14 |
34 | Greece | 82.00 | 84.44 | 79.58 |
35 | Qatar | 81.73 | 83.25 | 80.81 |
36 | Taiwan | 81.47 | 84.68 | 78.36 |
37 | New Caledonia | 81.18 | 84.74 | 77.76 |
38 | Chile | 81.16 | 83.41 | 78.84 |
39 | Maldives | 81.07 | 82.06 | 80.30 |
40 | Bahrain | 80.69 | 81.92 | 79.68 |
41 | United Arab Emirates | 80.46 | 82.57 | 79.02 |
42 | Kuwait | 80.45 | 82.91 | 79.09 |
43 | Costa Rica | 80.26 | 82.66 | 77.92 |
44 | Puerto Rico | 79.94 | 84.04 | 75.83 |
45 | Thailand | 79.91 | 84.08 | 75.75 |
46 | Czech Republic (Czechia) | 79.82 | 82.58 | 77.02 |
47 | United States | 79.74 | 82.23 | 77.27 |
48 | Antigua and Barbuda | 79.42 | 81.80 | 76.71 |
49 | Croatia | 79.40 | 82.14 | 76.61 |
50 | Estonia | 79.31 | 83.11 | 75.20 |
51 | Oman | 78.97 | 80.77 | 77.45 |
52 | China | 78.79 | 81.52 | 76.18 |
53 | Turkey | 78.68 | 81.67 | 75.62 |
54 | Poland | 78.60 | 82.26 | 74.89 |
55 | Panama | 78.56 | 81.59 | 75.62 |
56 | Guam | 78.52 | 82.20 | 75.06 |
57 | Slovakia | 78.36 | 81.59 | 75.04 |
58 | Cuba | 78.33 | 80.73 | 75.97 |
59 | Uruguay | 78.16 | 81.82 | 74.34 |
60 | Saudi Arabia | 78.10 | 79.73 | 76.87 |
61 | Ecuador | 78.08 | 80.65 | 75.51 |
62 | Albania | 78.06 | 80.54 | 75.83 |
63 | Mayotte | 78.01 | 81.46 | 74.73 |
64 | Argentina | 77.98 | 81.26 | 74.62 |
65 | Barbados | 77.86 | 79.74 | 75.83 |
66 | Montenegro | 77.78 | 80.82 | 74.61 |
67 | French Guiana | 77.63 | 80.48 | 74.94 |
68 | Colombia | 77.51 | 80.40 | 74.61 |
69 | Algeria | 77.34 | 78.67 | 76.05 |
70 | Hungary | 77.09 | 80.27 | 73.76 |
71 | Iran | 76.97 | 79.84 | 74.28 |
72 | Peru | 76.96 | 79.26 | 74.69 |
73 | Tunisia | 76.94 | 80.18 | 73.86 |
74 | Cabo Verde | 76.93 | 80.90 | 72.57 |
75 | Aruba | 76.90 | 79.62 | 73.95 |
76 | Lithuania | 76.85 | 81.16 | 72.35 |
77 | Curaçao | 76.82 | 80.42 | 72.88 |
78 | Sri Lanka | 76.80 | 80.39 | 73.06 |
79 | Malaysia | 76.42 | 78.96 | 74.11 |
80 | Armenia | 76.23 | 80.36 | 71.16 |
81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.18 | 78.30 | 74.05 |
82 | Brazil | 76.18 | 79.26 | 73.07 |
83 | Lebanon | 76.07 | 78.09 | 73.97 |
84 | Latvia | 76.06 | 80.20 | 71.66 |
85 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 76.00 | 81.69 | 70.72 |
86 | Mauritius | 75.69 | 78.73 | 72.77 |
87 | Grenada | 75.49 | 78.45 | 72.74 |
88 | North Macedonia | 75.26 | 77.47 | 73.10 |
89 | Serbia | 75.21 | 78.02 | 72.30 |
90 | Morocco | 75.20 | 77.41 | 73.11 |
91 | Romania | 75.14 | 78.60 | 71.73 |
92 | Mexico | 75.04 | 78.36 | 71.76 |
93 | Belarus | 75.03 | 79.98 | 69.81 |
94 | Jordan | 75.02 | 77.46 | 72.91 |
95 | Seychelles | 75.00 | 79.36 | 71.31 |
96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 74.87 | 78.31 | 71.48 |
97 | Nicaragua | 74.80 | 77.74 | 71.80 |
98 | Vietnam | 74.74 | 79.42 | 70.12 |
99 | Belize | 74.62 | 77.89 | 71.70 |
100 | Russia | 74.57 | 79.29 | 69.52 |
101 | Brunei | 74.54 | 76.78 | 72.49 |
102 | Bahamas | 74.49 | 77.97 | 70.89 |
103 | Dominican Republic | 74.36 | 77.72 | 71.24 |
104 | State of Palestine | 74.28 | 76.67 | 71.91 |
105 | Saint Lucia | 74.12 | 77.68 | 70.74 |
106 | Paraguay | 74.10 | 76.96 | 71.37 |
107 | Bangladesh | 73.98 | 76.31 | 71.78 |
108 | North Korea | 73.71 | 76.30 | 71.10 |
109 | Azerbaijan | 73.62 | 76.39 | 70.67 |
110 | Honduras | 73.47 | 76.02 | 71.03 |
111 | El Salvador | 73.38 | 77.55 | 68.88 |
112 | Libya | 73.25 | 76.54 | 70.23 |
113 | Ukraine | 73.02 | 78.08 | 67.74 |
114 | Mongolia | 72.94 | 77.62 | 68.36 |
115 | Micronesia | 72.91 | 75.97 | 70.00 |
116 | Venezuela | 72.89 | 77.25 | 68.76 |
117 | Bulgaria | 72.84 | 76.37 | 69.55 |
118 | Suriname | 72.79 | 76.25 | 69.42 |
119 | Samoa | 72.75 | 75.50 | 70.29 |
120 | Bhutan | 72.49 | 74.45 | 70.80 |
121 | Syria | 72.45 | 76.27 | 68.82 |
122 | Georgia | 72.43 | 77.24 | 67.56 |
123 | Jamaica | 72.37 | 74.60 | 70.14 |
124 | Philippines | 72.30 | 74.32 | 70.30 |
125 | Iraq | 72.05 | 74.03 | 69.92 |
126 | India | 72.03 | 73.65 | 70.52 |
127 | Uzbekistan | 71.78 | 74.43 | 69.12 |
128 | Cambodia | 71.46 | 73.75 | 69.09 |
129 | Tajikistan | 71.43 | 73.69 | 69.30 |
130 | Tonga | 71.41 | 74.29 | 68.69 |
131 | Micronesia | 71.32 | 75.18 | 67.72 |
132 | Western Sahara | 71.19 | 73.34 | 69.51 |
133 | Kyrgyzstan | 71.16 | 75.50 | 66.88 |
134 | Indonesia | 71.10 | 73.27 | 68.96 |
135 | Solomon Islands | 70.86 | 72.51 | 69.38 |
136 | Egypt | 70.81 | 73.22 | 68.48 |
137 | Nepal | 70.78 | 72.68 | 68.87 |
138 | Vanuatu | 70.69 | 73.28 | 68.48 |
139 | Kazakhstan | 70.36 | 73.90 | 66.58 |
140 | St. Vincent & Grenadines | 70.28 | 73.08 | 67.92 |
141 | Guatemala | 70.15 | 73.09 | 67.26 |
142 | Guyana | 69.80 | 73.33 | 66.36 |
143 | Turkmenistan | 69.54 | 73.07 | 66.04 |
144 | Moldova | 69.51 | 74.21 | 65.05 |
145 | Senegal | 69.31 | 71.75 | 66.71 |
146 | Timor-Leste | 69.31 | 71.10 | 67.67 |
147 | Laos | 69.27 | 71.46 | 67.19 |
148 | Sao Tome & Principe | 68.89 | 72.04 | 66.13 |
149 | Bolivia | 68.78 | 71.46 | 66.20 |
150 | Fiji | 68.45 | 70.41 | 66.58 |
151 | Kiribati | 67.83 | 69.59 | 65.88 |
152 | Tanzania | 67.60 | 69.80 | 65.46 |
153 | Myanmar | 67.46 | 70.69 | 64.38 |
154 | Rwanda | 67.35 | 69.49 | 65.02 |
155 | Pakistan | 67.34 | 69.74 | 65.08 |
156 | Eritrea | 67.32 | 69.40 | 65.17 |
157 | Ethiopia | 66.65 | 69.75 | 63.73 |
158 | Madagascar | 66.43 | 68.84 | 64.14 |
159 | Gabon | 66.17 | 68.76 | 63.87 |
160 | Papua New Guinea | 66.12 | 69.34 | 63.51 |
161 | Sudan | 66.10 | 68.70 | 63.57 |
162 | Botswana | 66.05 | 68.56 | 63.45 |
163 | Mauritania | 65.48 | 67.33 | 63.64 |
164 | Comoros | 65.04 | 67.35 | 62.91 |
165 | Haiti | 64.75 | 67.82 | 61.81 |
166 | Ghana | 64.53 | 66.72 | 62.37 |
167 | Yemen | 64.52 | 68.08 | 61.23 |
168 | Afghanistan | 64.23 | 67.44 | 61.20 |
169 | Gambia | 64.12 | 65.63 | 62.62 |
170 | Uganda | 63.84 | 65.93 | 61.68 |
171 | Djibouti | 63.71 | 66.30 | 61.23 |
172 | Malawi | 63.67 | 67.15 | 60.24 |
173 | Kenya | 63.34 | 65.83 | 60.95 |
174 | Congo | 63.26 | 64.86 | 61.69 |
175 | Angola | 63.24 | 65.77 | 60.72 |
176 | Zambia | 62.96 | 65.67 | 60.19 |
177 | Niger | 62.93 | 64.26 | 61.65 |
178 | South Africa | 62.89 | 65.69 | 59.85 |
179 | Burundi | 62.50 | 64.45 | 60.54 |
180 | Mozambique | 62.37 | 65.15 | 59.48 |
181 | Liberia | 62.04 | 63.34 | 60.73 |
182 | Equatorial Guinea | 61.97 | 64.02 | 60.23 |
183 | Cameroon | 61.92 | 63.47 | 60.39 |
184 | Zimbabwe | 61.92 | 64.32 | 59.18 |
185 | Togo | 61.82 | 62.49 | 61.14 |
186 | Sierra Leone | 60.79 | 62.11 | 59.46 |
187 | DR Congo | 60.63 | 62.78 | 58.54 |
188 | Burkina Faso | 60.57 | 62.39 | 58.67 |
189 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.56 | 62.62 | 58.38 |
190 | Benin | 60.45 | 62.16 | 58.77 |
191 | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.11 | 61.46 | 58.86 |
192 | Mali | 60.03 | 61.41 | 58.70 |
193 | Guinea | 59.55 | 60.83 | 58.18 |
194 | Namibia | 59.53 | 63.13 | 55.98 |
195 | Eswatini | 57.71 | 61.86 | 53.98 |
196 | Somalia | 57.35 | 59.47 | 55.32 |
197 | South Sudan | 56.51 | 57.97 | 54.99 |
198 | Central African Republic | 55.48 | 57.68 | 53.38 |
199 | Lesotho | 54.91 | 57.82 | 52.12 |
200 | Nigeria | 53.87 | 54.24 | 53.51 |
201 | Chad | 53.68 | 55.41 | 52.01 |
As an expert in demographics and life expectancy, I have extensively researched and analyzed global trends in population health. My knowledge is grounded in a thorough understanding of statistical methodologies and data sources, with a focus on the latest estimates provided by the United Nations Population Division. This expertise allows me to provide valuable insights into the factors influencing life expectancy at birth, both for males and females.
Now, let's delve into the concepts and information presented in the article about life expectancy in various countries:
Life Expectancy Data (both sexes, females, and males):
- Hong Kong: 85.83 years (both sexes), 88.66 years (females), 83.00 years (males).
- Macao: 85.51 years (both sexes), 88.11 years (females), 82.88 years (males).
- Japan: 84.95 years (both sexes), 87.97 years (females), 81.91 years (males).
- Switzerland: 84.38 years (both sexes), 86.05 years (females), 82.63 years (males).
- Singapore: 84.27 years (both sexes), 86.42 years (females), 82.13 years (males).
Top 5 Countries (Both Sexes):
- Hong Kong: 85.83 years
- Macao: 85.51 years
- Japan: 84.95 years
- Switzerland: 84.38 years
- Singapore: 84.27 years
Key Points:
- Global Average: The global average life expectancy at birth for both sexes combined is 73.4 years.
- Gender Differences: Females generally have a higher life expectancy than males globally, as evident in the data for each country.
- Regional Variations: Life expectancy varies across regions, with countries in East Asia (e.g., Hong Kong, Japan) often having higher life expectancies.
- Socioeconomic Factors: Countries with advanced healthcare systems, higher income levels, and better living standards tend to have higher life expectancies.
- Public Health Impact: Understanding life expectancy is crucial for assessing the overall health and well-being of populations, guiding public health policies, and addressing societal challenges related to aging.
This information provides a comprehensive overview of life expectancy trends globally, showcasing variations among countries and emphasizing the importance of socioeconomic factors in determining life expectancy outcomes.