Countries with the highest life expectancy at birth


All data from the CIA World Factbook. Last updated Jan 25, 2010.



This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Rank country (years) Date of Information
1 Macau 84.36 2009 est.
2 Andorra 82.51 2009 est.
3 Japan 82.12 2009 est.
4 Singapore 81.98 2009 est.
5 San Marino 81.97 2009 est.
6 Hong Kong 81.86 2009 est.
7 Australia 81.63 2009 est.
8 Canada 81.23 2009 est.
9 France 80.98 2009 est.
10 Sweden 80.86 2009 est.
11 Switzerland 80.85 2009 est.
12 Guernsey 80.77 2009 est.
13 Israel 80.73 2009 est.
14 Iceland 80.67 2009 est.
15 Anguilla 80.65 2009 est.
16 Cayman Islands 80.44 2009 est.
17 Bermuda 80.43 2009 est.
18 New Zealand 80.36 2009 est.
19 Italy 80.20 2009 est.
20 Gibraltar 80.19 2009 est.
21 Monaco 80.09 2009 est.
22 Liechtenstein 80.06 2009 est.
23 Spain 80.05 2009 est.
24 Norway 79.95 2009 est.
25 Jersey 79.75 2009 est.
26 Greece 79.66 2009 est.
27 Austria 79.50 2009 est.
28 Faroe Islands 79.44 2009 est.
29 Malta 79.44 2009 est.
30 Netherlands 79.40 2009 est.
31 Luxembourg 79.33 2009 est.
32 Germany 79.26 2009 est.
33 Belgium 79.22 2009 est.
34 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 79.07 2009 est.
35 Virgin Islands 79.05 2009 est.
36 United Kingdom 79.01 2009 est.
37 Finland 78.97 2009 est.
38 Jordan 78.87 2009 est.
39 Isle of Man 78.82 2009 est.
40 Korea, South 78.72 2009 est.
41 European Union 78.67 2009 est.
42 Puerto Rico 78.53 2009 est.
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 78.50 2009 est.
44 Saint Helena 78.44 2009 est.
45 Cyprus 78.33 2009 est.
46 Denmark 78.30 2009 est.
47 Ireland 78.24 2009 est.
48 Portugal 78.21 2009 est.
49 Wallis and Futuna 78.20 2009 est.
50 United States 78.11 2009 est.
51 Albania 77.96 2009 est.
52 Taiwan 77.96 2009 est.
53 Kuwait 77.71 2009 est.
54 Costa Rica 77.58 2009 est.
55 Cuba 77.45 2009 est.
56 Chile 77.34 2009 est.
57 Libya 77.26 2009 est.
58 British Virgin Islands 77.26 2009 est.
59 Panama 77.25 2009 est.
60 Slovenia 76.92 2009 est.
61 Czech Republic 76.81 2009 est.
62 Georgia 76.72 2009 est.
63 French Polynesia 76.71 2009 est.
64 Northern Mariana Islands 76.70 2009 est.
65 Netherlands Antilles 76.65 2009 est.
66 Argentina 76.56 2009 est.
67 Saint Lucia 76.45 2009 est.
68 Uruguay 76.35 2009 est.
69 Saudi Arabia 76.30 2009 est.
70 United Arab Emirates 76.11 2009 est.
71 Mexico 76.06 2009 est.
72 Tunisia 75.78 2009 est.
73 Paraguay 75.77 2009 est.
74 Brunei 75.74 2009 est.
75 Poland 75.63 2009 est.
76 Dominica 75.55 2009 est.
77 Turks and Caicos Islands 75.42 2009 est.
78 Slovakia 75.40 2009 est.
79 Croatia 75.35 2009 est.
80 Qatar 75.35 2009 est.
81 Ecuador 75.30 2009 est.
82 Aruba 75.28 2009 est.
83 Bahrain 75.16 2009 est.
84 Sri Lanka 75.14 2009 est.
85 New Caledonia 74.98 2009 est.
86 Lithuania 74.90 2009 est.
87 Antigua and Barbuda 74.76 2009 est.
88 Macedonia 74.68 2009 est.
89 West Bank 74.54 2009 est.
90 Cook Islands 74.22 2009 est.
91 Oman 74.16 2009 est.
92 Algeria 74.02 2009 est.
93 Mauritius 74.00 2009 est.
94 Maldives 73.97 2009 est.
95 Barbados 73.94 2009 est.
96 Serbia 73.90 2009 est.
97 Suriname 73.73 2009 est.
98 American Samoa 73.72 2009 est.
99 Dominican Republic 73.70 2009 est.
100 Solomon Islands 73.69 2009 est.
101 Lebanon 73.66 2009 est.
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.65 2009 est.
103 Venezuela 73.61 2009 est.
104 Jamaica 73.53 2009 est.
105 China 73.47 2009 est.
106 Hungary 73.44 2009 est.
107 Gaza Strip 73.42 2009 est.
108 Malaysia 73.29 2009 est.
109 Saint Kitts and Nevis 73.20 2009 est.
110 Thailand 73.10 2009 est.
111 Bulgaria 73.09 2009 est.
112 Seychelles 73.02 2009 est.
113 Estonia 72.82 2009 est.
114 Colombia 72.81 2009 est.
115 Montserrat 72.76 2009 est.
116 Armenia 72.68 2009 est.
117 Romania 72.45 2009 est.
118 El Salvador 72.33 2009 est.
119 Latvia 72.15 2009 est.
120 Egypt 72.12 2009 est.
121 Brazil 71.99 2009 est.
122 Turkey 71.96 2009 est.
123 Uzbekistan 71.96 2009 est.
124 Samoa 71.86 2009 est.
125 Morocco 71.80 2009 est.
126 Cape Verde 71.61 2009 est.
127 Vietnam 71.58 2009 est.
128 Nicaragua 71.50 2009 est.
129 Palau 71.22 2009 est.
130 Marshall Islands 71.19 2009 est.
131 Syria 71.19 2009 est.
132 Iran 71.14 2009 est.
133 Philippines 71.09 2009 est.
134 Micronesia, Federated States of 70.94 2009 est.
135 Trinidad and Tobago 70.86 2009 est.
136 Moldova 70.80 2009 est.
137 Indonesia 70.76 2009 est.
138 Peru 70.74 2009 est.
139 Fiji 70.73 2009 est.
140 Tonga 70.73 2009 est.
141 Belarus 70.63 2009 est.
142 Guatemala 70.29 2009 est.
143 Greenland 70.07 2009 est.
144 Iraq 69.94 2009 est.
145 India 69.89 2009 est.
146 Kyrgyzstan 69.43 2009 est.
147 Honduras 69.40 2009 est.
148 Tuvalu 69.29 2009 est.
149 Sao Tome and Principe 68.32 2009 est.
150 Ukraine 68.25 2009 est.
151 Belize 68.20 2009 est.
152 Kazakhstan 67.87 2009 est.
153 Turkmenistan 67.87 2009 est.
154 Mongolia 67.65 2009 est.
155 Timor-Leste 67.27 2009 est.
156 Bolivia 66.89 2009 est.
157 Guyana 66.68 2009 est.
158 Azerbaijan 66.66 2009 est.
159 World 66.57 2009 est.
160 Papua New Guinea 66.34 2009 est.
161 Bhutan 66.13 2009 est.
162 Russia 66.03 2009 est.
163 Grenada 65.95 2009 est.
164 Bahamas, The 65.78 2009 est.
165 Nepal 65.46 2009 est.
166 Tajikistan 65.33 2009 est.
167 Pakistan 64.49 2009 est.
168 Nauru 64.20 2009 est.
169 Vanuatu 63.98 2009 est.
170 Korea, North 63.81 2009 est.
171 Comoros 63.47 2009 est.
172 Burma 63.39 2009 est.
173 Yemen 63.27 2009 est.
174 Kiribati 63.22 2009 est.
175 Mayotte 62.91 2009 est.
176 Madagascar 62.89 2009 est.
177 Cambodia 62.10 2009 est.
178 Botswana 61.85 2009 est.
179 Eritrea 61.78 2009 est.
180 Equatorial Guinea 61.61 2009 est.
181 Haiti 60.78 2009 est.
182 Mauritania 60.37 2009 est.
183 Bangladesh 60.25 2009 est.
184 Ghana 59.85 2009 est.
185 Benin 59.00 2009 est.
186 Senegal 59.00 2009 est.
187 Togo 58.69 2009 est.
188 Kenya 57.86 2009 est.
189 Guinea 57.09 2009 est.
190 Laos 56.68 2009 est.
191 Cote d'Ivoire 55.45 2009 est.
192 Ethiopia 55.41 2009 est.
193 Gambia, The 55.35 2009 est.
194 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 54.36 2009 est.
195 Western Sahara 54.32 2009 est.
196 Congo, Republic of the 54.15 2009 est.
197 Cameroon 53.69 2009 est.
198 Gabon 53.11 2009 est.
199 Burkina Faso 52.95 2009 est.
200 Uganda 52.72 2009 est.
201 Niger 52.60 2009 est.
202 Burundi 52.09 2009 est.
203 Tanzania 52.01 2009 est.
204 Sudan 51.42 2009 est.
205 Namibia 51.24 2009 est.
206 Rwanda 50.52 2009 est.
207 Mali 50.35 2009 est.
208 Somalia 49.63 2009 est.
209 South Africa 48.98 2009 est.
210 Guinea-Bissau 47.90 2009 est.
211 Chad 47.70 2009 est.
212 Nigeria 46.94 2009 est.
213 Zimbabwe 45.77 2009 est.
214 Afghanistan 44.64 2009 est.
215 Central African Republic 44.47 2009 est.
216 Malawi 43.82 2009 est.
217 Djibouti 43.37 2009 est.
218 Liberia 41.84 2009 est.
219 Sierra Leone 41.24 2009 est.
220 Mozambique 41.18 2009 est.
221 Lesotho 40.38 2009 est.
222 Zambia 38.63 2009 est.
223 Angola 38.20 2009 est.
224 Swaziland 31.99 2009 est.



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    Barley | Maize | Rice, Thailand, 5% | Rice, Thailand, 25% | Rice, Thailand, 35% | Rice,Thai, A1.Special | Sorghum | Wheat, Canada | Wheat, US, HRW | Wheat US SRW
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    Bananas EU | Bananas US | Beef | Chicken meat | Fishmeal | Lamb | Oranges | Shrimp, Mexico | Sugar EU domestic | Sugar US domestic | Sugar, world
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    Cotton Memphis | Cotton A Index | Rubber, Singapore | Rubber, US
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