| Life expectancy at birth Country profile category: People |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Afghanistan: | total population: 46.24 years male: 46.97 years female: 45.47 years (2001 est.)
Albania: | total population: 71.83 years male: 69.01 years female: 74.87 years (2001 est.)
Algeria: | total population: 69.95 years male: 68.6 years female: 71.34 years (2001 est.)
American Samoa: | total population: 75.32 years male: 70.89 years female: 80.02 years (2001 est.)
Andorra: | total population: 83.47 years male: 80.57 years female: 86.57 years (2001 est.)
Angola: | total population: 38.59 years male: 37.36 years female: 39.87 years (2001 est.)
Anguilla: | total population: 76.31 years male: 73.41 years female: 79.29 years (2001 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda: | total population: 70.74 years male: 68.45 years female: 73.14 years (2001 est.)
Argentina: | total population: 75.26 years male: 71.88 years female: 78.82 years (2001 est.)
Armenia: | total population: 66.49 years male: 62.12 years female: 71.08 years (2001 est.)
Aruba: | total population: 78.52 years male: 75.16 years female: 82.04 years (2001 est.)
Australia: | total population: 79.87 years male: 77.02 years female: 82.87 years (2001 est.)
Austria: | total population: 77.84 years male: 74.68 years female: 81.15 years (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan: | total population: 62.96 years male: 58.65 years female: 67.49 years (2001 est.)
Bahamas, The: | total population: 70.46 years male: 67.27 years female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)
Bahrain: | total population: 73.2 years male: 70.81 years female: 75.67 years (2001 est.)
Bangladesh: | total population: 60.54 years male: 60.74 years female: 60.33 years (2001 est.)
Barbados: | total population: 73.25 years male: 70.66 years female: 75.86 years (2001 est.)
Belarus: | total population: 68.14 years male: 62.06 years female: 74.52 years (2001 est.)
Belgium: | total population: 77.96 years male: 74.63 years female: 81.46 years (2001 est.)
Belize: | total population: 71.19 years male: 68.91 years female: 73.57 years (2001 est.)
Benin: | total population: 49.94 years male: 49.02 years female: 50.88 years (2001 est.)
Bermuda: | total population: 77.12 years male: 75.04 years female: 79.06 years (2001 est.)
Bhutan: | total population: 52.79 years male: 53.16 years female: 52.41 years (2001 est.)
Bolivia: | total population: 64.06 years male: 61.53 years female: 66.72 years (2001 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: | total population: 71.75 years male: 69.04 years female: 74.65 years (2001 est.)
Botswana: | total population: 37.13 years male: 36.77 years female: 37.51 years (2001 est.)
Brazil: | total population: 63.24 years male: 58.96 years female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)
British Virgin Islands: | total population: 75.64 years male: 74.74 years female: 76.59 years (2001 est.)
Brunei: | total population: 73.82 years male: 71.45 years female: 76.31 years (2001 est.)
Bulgaria: | total population: 71.2 years male: 67.72 years female: 74.89 years (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso: | total population: 46.41 years male: 45.86 years female: 46.98 years (2001 est.)
Burma: | total population: 55.16 years male: 53.73 years female: 56.68 years (2001 est.)
Burundi: | total population: 46.06 years male: 45.15 years female: 46.99 years (2001 est.)
Cambodia: | total population: 56.82 years male: 54.62 years female: 59.12 years (2001 est.)
Cameroon: | total population: 54.59 years male: 53.76 years female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)
Canada: | total population: 79.56 years male: 76.16 years female: 83.13 years (2001 est.)
Cape Verde: | total population: 69.21 years male: 65.93 years female: 72.6 years (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands: | total population: 79.03 years male: 76.24 years female: 81.43 years (2001 est.)
Central African Republic: | total population: 43.8 years male: 42.17 years female: 45.48 years (2001 est.)
Chad: | total population: 50.88 years male: 48.86 years female: 52.98 years (2001 est.)
Chile: | total population: 75.94 years male: 72.63 years female: 79.42 years (2001 est.)
China: | total population: 71.62 years male: 69.81 years female: 73.59 years (2001 est.)
Christmas Island: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Colombia: | total population: 70.57 years male: 66.71 years female: 74.55 years (2001 est.)
Comoros: | total population: 60.41 years male: 58.2 years female: 62.68 years (2001 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | total population: 48.94 years male: 46.96 years female: 50.98 years (2001 est.)
Congo, Republic of the: | total population: 47.57 years male: 44.38 years female: 50.85 years (2001 est.)
Costa Rica: | total population: 76.02 years male: 73.49 years female: 78.68 years (2001 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire: | total population: 44.93 years male: 43.58 years female: 46.33 years (2001 est.)
Croatia: | total population: 73.9 years male: 70.28 years female: 77.73 years (2001 est.)
Cuba: | total population: 76.41 years male: 74.02 years female: 78.94 years (2001 est.)
Cyprus: | total population: 76.89 years male: 74.6 years female: 79.3 years (2001 est.)
Czech Republic: | total population: 74.73 years male: 71.23 years female: 78.43 years (2001 est.)
Denmark: | total population: 76.72 years male: 74.12 years female: 79.47 years (2001 est.)
Djibouti: | total population: 51.21 years male: 49.37 years female: 53.1 years (2001 est.)
Dominica: | total population: 73.6 years male: 70.74 years female: 76.61 years (2001 est.)
Dominican Republic: | total population: 73.44 years male: 71.34 years female: 75.64 years (2001 est.)
Ecuador: | total population: 71.33 years male: 68.52 years female: 74.28 years (2001 est.)
Egypt: | total population: 63.69 years male: 61.62 years female: 65.85 years (2001 est.)
El Salvador: | total population: 70.03 years male: 66.43 years female: 73.81 years (2001 est.)
Equatorial Guinea: | total population: 53.95 years male: 51.89 years female: 56.07 years (2001 est.)
Eritrea: | total population: 56.18 years male: 53.73 years female: 58.71 years (2001 est.)
Estonia: | total population: 69.73 years male: 63.72 years female: 76.05 years (2001 est.)
Ethiopia: | total population: 44.68 years male: 43.88 years female: 45.51 years (2001 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Faroe Islands: | total population: 78.59 years male: 75.12 years female: 82.06 years
Fiji: | total population: 68.25 years male: 65.83 years female: 70.78 years (2001 est.)
Finland: | total population: 77.58 years male: 73.92 years female: 81.36 years (2001 est.)
France: | total population: 78.9 years male: 75.01 years female: 83.01 years (2001 est.)
French Guiana: | total population: 76.3 years male: 72.97 years female: 79.79 years (2001 est.)
French Polynesia: | total population: 75.01 years male: 72.67 years female: 77.46 years (2001 est.)
Gabon: | total population: 49.59 years male: 48.47 years female: 50.75 years (2001 est.)
Gambia, The: | total population: 53.59 years male: 51.65 years female: 55.58 years (2001 est.)
Gaza Strip: | total population: 71.01 years male: 69.76 years female: 72.32 years (2001 est.)
Georgia: | total population: 64.57 years male: 61.04 years female: 68.28 years (2001 est.)
Germany: | total population: 77.61 years male: 74.47 years female: 80.92 years (2001 est.)
Ghana: | total population: 57.24 years male: 55.86 years female: 58.66 years (2001 est.)
Gibraltar: | total population: 79.09 years male: 76.23 years female: 82.1 years (2001 est.)
Greece: | total population: 78.59 years male: 76.03 years female: 81.32 years (2001 est.)
Greenland: | total population: 68.37 years male: 64.82 years female: 72.01 years (2001 est.)
Grenada: | total population: 64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2001 est.)
Guadeloupe: | total population: 77.16 years male: 74.01 years female: 80.48 years (2001 est.)
Guam: | total population: 77.94 years male: 75.66 years female: 80.55 years (2001 est.)
Guatemala: | total population: 66.51 years male: 63.85 years female: 69.31 years (2001 est.)
Guernsey: | total population: 79.78 years male: 76.78 years female: 82.88 years (2001 est.)
Guinea: | total population: 45.91 years male: 43.49 years female: 48.42 years (2001 est.)
Guinea-Bissau: | total population: 49.42 years male: 47.12 years female: 51.78 years (2001 est.)
Guyana: | total population: 63.31 years male: 60.52 years female: 66.24 years (2001 est.)
Haiti: | total population: 49.38 years male: 47.67 years female: 51.17 years (2001 est.)
Honduras: | total population: 69.35 years male: 67.51 years female: 71.28 years (2001 est.)
Hong Kong: | total population: 79.67 years male: 76.97 years female: 82.55 years (2001 est.)
Hungary: | total population: 71.63 years male: 67.28 years female: 76.3 years (2001 est.)
Iceland: | total population: 79.52 years male: 77.31 years female: 81.92 years (2001 est.)
India: | total population: 62.86 years male: 62.22 years female: 63.53 years (2001 est.)
Indonesia: | total population: 68.27 years male: 65.9 years female: 70.75 years (2001 est.)
Iran: | total population: 69.95 years male: 68.61 years female: 71.37 years (2001 est.)
Iraq: | total population: 66.95 years male: 65.92 years female: 68.03 years (2001 est.)
Ireland: | total population: 76.99 years male: 74.23 years female: 79.93 years (2001 est.)
Israel: | total population: 78.71 years male: 76.69 years female: 80.84 years (2001 est.)
Italy: | total population: 79.14 years male: 75.97 years female: 82.52 years (2001 est.)
Jamaica: | total population: 75.42 years male: 73.45 years female: 77.49 years (2001 est.)
Japan: | total population: 80.8 years male: 77.62 years female: 84.15 years (2001 est.)
Jersey: | total population: 78.63 years male: 76.21 years female: 81.23 years (2001 est.)
Jordan: | total population: 77.53 years male: 75.1 years female: 80.12 years (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan: | total population: 63.29 years male: 57.87 years female: 68.97 years (2001 est.)
Kenya: | total population: 47.49 years male: 46.57 years female: 48.44 years (2001 est.)
Kiribati: | total population: 60.16 years male: 57.25 years female: 63.22 years (2001 est.)
Korea, North: | total population: 71.02 years male: 68.04 years female: 74.15 years (2001 est.)
Korea, South: | total population: 74.65 years male: 70.97 years female: 78.74 years (2001 est.)
Kuwait: | total population: 76.27 years male: 75.42 years female: 77.15 years (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan: | total population: 63.46 years male: 59.2 years female: 67.94 years (2001 est.)
Laos: | total population: 53.48 years male: 51.58 years female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)
Latvia: | total population: 68.7 years male: 62.8 years female: 74.9 years (2001 est.)
Lebanon: | total population: 71.52 years male: 69.13 years female: 74.03 years (2001 est.)
Lesotho: | total population: 48.84 years male: 47.97 years female: 49.74 years (2001 est.)
Liberia: | total population: 51.41 years male: 49.96 years female: 52.91 years (2001 est.)
Libya: | total population: 75.65 years male: 73.53 years female: 77.88 years (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein: | total population: 78.95 years male: 75.32 years female: 82.6 years (2001 est.)
Lithuania: | total population: 69.25 years male: 63.3 years female: 75.5 years (2001 est.)
Luxembourg: | total population: 77.3 years male: 74.02 years female: 80.8 years (2001 est.)
Macau: | total population: 81.69 years male: 78.88 years female: 84.64 years (2001 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | total population: 74.02 years male: 71.79 years female: 76.43 years (2001 est.)
Madagascar: | total population: 55.35 years male: 53.08 years female: 57.68 years (2001 est.)
Malawi: | total population: 37.08 years male: 36.61 years female: 37.55 years (2001 est.)
Malaysia: | total population: 71.11 years male: 68.48 years female: 73.92 years (2001 est.)
Maldives: | total population: 62.56 years male: 61.39 years female: 63.8 years (2001 est.)
Mali: | total population: 47.02 years male: 45.84 years female: 48.24 years (2001 est.)
Malta: | total population: 78.1 years male: 75.64 years female: 80.79 years (2001 est.)
Man, Isle of: | total population: 77.64 years male: 74.26 years female: 81.2 years (2001 est.)
Marshall Islands: | total population: 65.84 years male: 64.04 years female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)
Martinique: | total population: 78.41 years male: 79.11 years female: 77.69 years (2001 est.)
Mauritania: | total population: 51.14 years male: 49.06 years female: 53.29 years (2001 est.)
Mauritius: | total population: 71.25 years male: 67.26 years female: 75.31 years (2001 est.)
Mayotte: | total population: 59.83 years male: 57.77 years female: 61.96 years (2001 est.)
Mexico: | total population: 71.76 years male: 68.73 years female: 74.93 years (2001 est.)
Moldova: | total population: 64.6 years male: 60.15 years female: 69.26 years (2001 est.)
Monaco: | total population: 78.98 years male: 75.04 years female: 83.12 years (2001 est.)
Mongolia: | total population: 64.26 years male: 62.14 years female: 66.5 years (2001 est.)
Montserrat: | total population: 78.03 years male: 75.95 years female: 80.22 years (2001 est.)
Morocco: | total population: 69.43 years male: 67.2 years female: 71.76 years (2001 est.)
Mozambique: | total population: 36.45 years male: 37.25 years female: 35.62 years (2001 est.)
Namibia: | total population: 40.62 years male: 42.48 years female: 38.71 years (2001 est.)
Nauru: | total population: 61.2 years male: 57.7 years female: 64.88 years (2001 est.)
Nepal: | total population: 58.22 years male: 58.65 years female: 57.77 years (2001 est.)
Netherlands: | total population: 78.43 years male: 75.55 years female: 81.44 years (2001 est.)
Netherlands Antilles: | total population: 74.94 years male: 72.76 years female: 77.22 years (2001 est.)
New Caledonia: | total population: 73.02 years male: 70.08 years female: 76.11 years (2001 est.)
New Zealand: | total population: 77.99 years male: 75.01 years female: 81.1 years (2001 est.)
Nicaragua: | total population: 69.05 years male: 67.1 years female: 71.11 years (2001 est.)
Niger: | total population: 41.59 years male: 41.74 years female: 41.44 years (2001 est.)
Nigeria: | total population: 51.07 years male: 51.07 years female: 51.07 years (2001 est.)
Niue: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Norfolk Island: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Northern Mariana Islands: | total population: 75.74 years male: 72.65 years female: 79.02 years (2001 est.)
Norway: | total population: 78.79 years male: 75.87 years female: 81.92 years (2001 est.)
Oman: | total population: 72.04 years male: 69.9 years female: 74.29 years (2001 est.)
Pakistan: | total population: 61.45 years male: 60.61 years female: 62.32 years (2001 est.)
Palau: | total population: 68.89 years male: 65.77 years female: 72.19 years (2001 est.)
Panama: | total population: 75.68 years male: 72.94 years female: 78.53 years (2001 est.)
Papua New Guinea: | total population: 63.46 years male: 61.39 years female: 65.64 years (2001 est.)
Paraguay: | total population: 73.92 years male: 71.44 years female: 76.52 years (2001 est.)
Peru: | total population: 70.3 years male: 67.9 years female: 72.81 years (2001 est.)
Philippines: | total population: 67.8 years male: 64.96 years female: 70.79 years (2001 est.)
Pitcairn Islands: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Poland: | total population: 73.42 years male: 69.26 years female: 77.82 years (2001 est.)
Portugal: | total population: 75.94 years male: 72.44 years female: 79.68 years (2001 est.)
Puerto Rico: | total population: 75.76 years male: 71.28 years female: 80.48 years (2001 est.)
Qatar: | total population: 72.62 years male: 70.16 years female: 75.21 years (2001 est.)
Reunion: | total population: 72.93 years male: 69.53 years female: 76.49 years (2001 est.)
Romania: | total population: 70.16 years male: 66.36 years female: 74.19 years (2001 est.)
Russia: | total population: 67.34 years male: 62.12 years female: 72.83 years (2001 est.)
Rwanda: | total population: 38.99 years male: 38.35 years female: 39.65 years (2001 est.)
Saint Helena: | total population: 77.01 years male: 74.13 years female: 80.04 years (2001 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: | total population: 71.01 years male: 68.22 years female: 73.97 years (2001 est.)
Saint Lucia: | total population: 72.57 years male: 69 years female: 76.39 years (2001 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | total population: 77.77 years male: 75.51 years female: 80.13 years (2001 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | total population: 72.56 years male: 70.83 years female: 74.34 years (2001 est.)
Samoa: | total population: 69.5 years male: 66.77 years female: 72.37 years (2001 est.)
San Marino: | total population: 81.23 years male: 77.68 years female: 85.1 years (2001 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe: | total population: 65.59 years male: 64.15 years female: 67.07 years (2001 est.)
Saudi Arabia: | total population: 68.09 years male: 66.4 years female: 69.85 years (2001 est.)
Senegal: | total population: 62.56 years male: 60.94 years female: 64.22 years (2001 est.)
Seychelles: | total population: 70.69 years male: 65.17 years female: 76.37 years (2001 est.)
Sierra Leone: | total population: 45.6 years male: 42.69 years female: 48.61 years (2001 est.)
Singapore: | total population: 80.17 years male: 77.22 years female: 83.35 years (2001 est.)
Slovakia: | total population: 73.97 years male: 69.95 years female: 78.2 years (2001 est.)
Slovenia: | total population: 75.08 years male: 71.2 years female: 79.17 years (2001 est.)
Solomon Islands: | total population: 71.55 years male: 69.12 years female: 74.1 years (2001 est.)
Somalia: | total population: 46.6 years male: 44.99 years female: 48.25 years (2001 est.)
South Africa: | total population: 48.09 years male: 47.64 years female: 48.56 years (2001 est.)
Spain: | total population: 78.93 years male: 75.47 years female: 82.62 years (2001 est.)
Sri Lanka: | total population: 72.09 years male: 69.58 years female: 74.73 years (2001 est.)
Sudan: | total population: 56.94 years male: 55.85 years female: 58.08 years (2001 est.)
Suriname: | total population: 71.63 years male: 68.97 years female: 74.42 years (2001 est.)
Svalbard: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Swaziland: | total population: 38.62 years male: 37.86 years female: 39.4 years (2001 est.)
Sweden: | total population: 79.71 years male: 77.07 years female: 82.5 years (2001 est.)
Switzerland: | total population: 79.73 years male: 76.85 years female: 82.76 years (2001 est.)
Syria: | total population: 68.77 years male: 67.63 years female: 69.98 years (2001 est.)
Tajikistan: | total population: 64.18 years male: 61.09 years female: 67.42 years (2001 est.)
Tanzania: | total population: 51.98 years male: 51.04 years female: 52.95 years (2001 est.)
Thailand: | total population: 68.86 years male: 65.64 years female: 72.24 years (2001 est.)
Togo: | total population: 54.35 years male: 52.38 years female: 56.38 years (2001 est.)
Tokelau: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Tonga: | total population: 68.25 years male: 65.83 years female: 70.78 years (2001 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago: | total population: 68.27 years male: 65.74 years female: 70.92 years (2001 est.)
Tunisia: | total population: 73.92 years male: 72.35 years female: 75.62 years (2001 est.)
Turkey: | total population: 71.24 years male: 68.89 years female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan: | total population: 61 years male: 57.43 years female: 64.76 years (2001 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands: | total population: 73.52 years male: 71.37 years female: 75.77 years (2001 est.)
Tuvalu: | total population: 66.65 years male: 64.52 years female: 68.88 years (2001 est.)
Uganda: | total population: 43.37 years male: 42.59 years female: 44.17 years (2001 est.)
Ukraine: | total population: 66.15 years male: 60.62 years female: 71.96 years (2001 est.)
United Arab Emirates: | total population: 74.29 years male: 71.84 years female: 76.86 years (2001 est.)
United Kingdom: | total population: 77.82 years male: 75.13 years female: 80.66 years (2001 est.)
United States: | total population: 77.26 years male: 74.37 years female: 80.05 years (2001 est.)
Uruguay: | total population: 75.44 years male: 72.11 years female: 78.96 years (2001 est.)
Uzbekistan: | total population: 63.81 years male: 60.24 years female: 67.56 years (2001 est.)
Vanuatu: | total population: 60.95 years male: 59.58 years female: 62.39 years (2001 est.)
Venezuela: | total population: 73.31 years male: 70.29 years female: 76.56 years (2001 est.)
Vietnam: | total population: 69.56 years male: 67.12 years female: 72.19 years (2001 est.)
Virgin Islands: | total population: 78.27 years male: 74.38 years female: 82.39 years (2001 est.)
Wallis and Futuna: | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
West Bank: | total population: 72.28 years male: 70.58 years female: 74.07 years (2001 est.)
World: | total population: 63.79 years male: 62.15 years female: 65.51 years (2001 est.)
Yemen: | total population: 60.21 years male: 58.45 years female: 62.05 years (2001 est.)
Yugoslavia: | total population: 73.5 years male: 70.57 years female: 76.67 years (2001 est.)
Zambia: | total population: 37.29 years male: 37.06 years female: 37.53 years (2001 est.)
Zimbabwe: | total population: 37.13 years male: 38.51 years female: 35.7 years (2001 est.)
Taiwan: | total population: 76.54 years male: 73.81 years female: 79.51 years (2001 est.)