World Average Human Life Span Expectancy by Country
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Published: 2009-03-19 - Updated: 2022-09-04
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Synopsis: Chart of male and female lifespan expectancy data showing world country and territory averages. Period Life Expectancy is defined as the average length of life remaining at a given age - assuming people experience the age-specific death rates of a specific period from the given age onward. Cohort Life Expectancy is defined as the average length of life remaining at a given age, experienced by people born in the same year.
Definition
- Life Expectancy and Longevity
Life Expectancy, or longevity, is defined as the expected number of years of life remaining at a given age denoted by ex, which means the average number of subsequent years of life for someone now aged x, according to a particular mortality experience. Modern life expectancy has substantially changed yearly and cannot be used accurately for long-term predictions. The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography. However, the term "longevity" is sometimes meant to refer only to long-lived members of a population, whereas "life expectancy" is always defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. There are two different types of life tables: cohort and period.
- Cohort Life Expectancy - The average length of life remaining at a given age, experienced by people born in the same year. For example, cohort life expectancy at age 65 years in 2014 would be worked out using the mortality rate for age 65 years in 2014, for age 66 years in 2015, for age 67 years in 2016, etc.
- Period Life Expectancy - The average length of life remaining at a given age - assuming people experience the age-specific death rates of a specific period from the given age onwards. Period life expectancies tend to be lower than cohort life expectancies because they do not include any assumptions about future improvements in mortality rates.
Main Digest
Life expectancy statistics are based on the average years remaining at a given age. Life span is the average expected years of an individual's life from birth. Our life statistics chart shows how long males and females can expect to live in various countries. (Age in years from birth to death). The oldest confirmed age for any human born is 122 years; though some people are reported to have lived longer, there are no records to confirm these claims. Our chart (below) shows statistics for the average age you will live based on various world countries.
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How Long Will I Live?
This is a question everyone asks at some stage: How long will I live? When will I die? There are considerable variations in life expectancy statistics worldwide, mostly caused by differences in public health, medical care, and diet from country to country. Climate also affects what age you will live to, and how data is collected can also be an important influence. There are also variations between various groups within single countries. For instance, significant differences occur in life span expectancy between males and females in France and many other developed countries, with women tending to outlive men by five years and over. These gender differences have been steadily decreasing recently, with statistics showing male life expectancy improving faster than females.
Poverty, in particular, substantially affects life span expectancy. An example is the United Kingdom. Life expectancy in many of the wealthiest areas is currently, on average, ten years longer than in the poorer areas, and today, the gap appears to be increasing as life span expectancy for the more wealthy continues to increase. In contrast, there has been little increase in poorer regions of the U.K..
Interestingly, persons with serious mental illness tend to die, on average, 25 years earlier than the public, with three out of five mentally ill dying from mainly preventable physical diseases such as Heart/Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Dyslipidaemia, Respiratory ailments, Pneumonia, and Influenza.
Below is an updated list of countries by life expectancy at birth, the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year (Length of Life).
You may also be interested in our Calculator Showing Age in Days Weeks Months Since Birth.
| Chart of Countries Listed by Average Life Expectancy (2021) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countries / Territories | Life Expectancy at Birth | |||
| M/F Average | Male | Female | Gender Life Gap | |
| Afghanistan | 62.0 | 58.9 | 65.3 | 6.4 |
| Africa (Average) | 61.7 | 59.7 | 63.7 | 4.0 |
| Albania | 76.5 | 74.1 | 79.2 | 5.1 |
| Algeria | 76.4 | 74.9 | 78.0 | 3.1 |
| American Samoa | 72.5 | 69.1 | 76.6 | 7.5 |
| Andorra | 80.4 | 77.2 | 84.3 | 7.1 |
| Angola | 61.6 | 59.0 | 64.3 | 5.3 |
| Anguilla | 76.6 | 73.2 | 80.5 | 7.3 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 78.5 | 75.8 | 80.9 | 5.1 |
| Argentina | 75.4 | 72.2 | 78.6 | 6.4 |
| Armenia | 72.0 | 66.6 | 77.4 | 10.8 |
| Aruba | 74.6 | 71.8 | 77.3 | 5.5 |
| Asia (Average) | 72.5 | 70.1 | 75.1 | 5.0 |
| Australia (Life Expectancy by Australian State and Territory) |
84.5 | 83.2 | 85.8 | 2.6 |
| Austria | 81.6 | 79.0 | 84.1 | 5.1 |
| Azerbaijan | 69.4 | 65.6 | 73.3 | 7.7 |
| Bahamas | 71.6 | 68.1 | 75.1 | 7.0 |
| Bahrain | 78.8 | 77.8 | 80.0 | 2.2 |
| Bangladesh | 72.4 | 70.6 | 74.3 | 3.7 |
| Barbados | 77.6 | 75.6 | 79.4 | 3.8 |
| Belarus | 72.4 | 67.3 | 77.7 | 10.4 |
| Belgium | 81.9 | 79.4 | 84.3 | 4.9 |
| Belize | 70.5 | 67.1 | 74.3 | 7.2 |
| Benin | 59.8 | 58.2 | 61.4 | 3.2 |
| Bermuda | 79.3 | 75.8 | 82.7 | 6.9 |
| Bhutan | 71.8 | 70.1 | 73.8 | 3.7 |
| Bolivia | 63.6 | 60.9 | 66.8 | 5.9 |
| Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 75.1 | 72.9 | 77.9 | 5.0 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 75.3 | 73.1 | 77.5 | 4.4 |
| Botswana | 61.1 | 58.7 | 63.6 | 4.9 |
| Brazil | 72.8 | 69.6 | 76.0 | 6.4 |
| British Virgin Islands | 74.5 | 71.7 | 77.5 | 5.8 |
| Brunei | 74.6 | 72.6 | 76.9 | 4.3 |
| Bulgaria | 71.8 | 68.4 | 75.5 | 7.1 |
| Burkina Faso | 59.3 | 57.5 | 61.0 | 3.5 |
| Burundi | 61.7 | 59.7 | 63.6 | 3.9 |
| Cambodia | 69.6 | 66.8 | 72.3 | 5.5 |
| Cameroon | 60.3 | 58.7 | 62.0 | 3.3 |
| Canada (Life Expectancy by Canadian Province and Territory) |
82.7 | 80.6 | 84.7 | 4.1 |
| Cape Verde | 74.1 | 69.6 | 78.5 | 8.9 |
| Cayman Islands | 75.1 | 72.8 | 77.8 | 5.0 |
| Central African Republic | 53.9 | 51.6 | 56.3 | 4.7 |
| Chad | 52.5 | 50.8 | 54.3 | 3.5 |
| Chile | 78.9 | 76.5 | 81.4 | 4.9 |
| China | 78.2 | 75.5 | 81.2 | 5.7 |
| Colombia | 72.8 | 69.4 | 76.4 | 7.0 |
| Comoros | 63.4 | 61.2 | 65.8 | 4.6 |
| Congo | 63.5 | 62.1 | 64.9 | 2.8 |
| Cook Islands | 74.8 | 71.0 | 78.8 | 7.8 |
| Costa Rica | 77.0 | 74.4 | 79.8 | 5.4 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 58.6 | 57.4 | 59.9 | 2.5 |
| Croatia | 77.6 | 74.2 | 81.1 | 6.9 |
| Cuba | 73.7 | 71.2 | 76.4 | 5.2 |
| Curacao | 75.4 | 71.5 | 79.1 | 7.6 |
| Cyprus | 81.2 | 79.2 | 83.2 | 4.0 |
| Czechia | 77.7 | 74.7 | 80.9 | 6.2 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 59.2 | 57.0 | 61.5 | 4.5 |
| Denmark | 81.4 | 79.5 | 83.3 | 3.8 |
| Djibouti | 62.3 | 59.7 | 65.0 | 5.3 |
| Dominica | 72.8 | 69.7 | 76.3 | 6.6 |
| Dominican Republic | 72.6 | 69.3 | 76.3 | 7.0 |
| Ecuador | 73.7 | 70.3 | 77.5 | 7.2 |
| Egypt | 70.2 | 67.9 | 72.6 | 4.7 |
| El Salvador | 70.7 | 66.1 | 75.1 | 9.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 60.6 | 58.8 | 62.7 | 3.9 |
| Eritrea | 66.5 | 64.3 | 68.7 | 4.4 |
| Estonia | 77.1 | 72.8 | 81.2 | 8.4 |
| Eswatini | 57.1 | 53.4 | 61.2 | 7.8 |
| Ethiopia | 65.0 | 61.9 | 68.3 | 6.4 |
| Europe (Average) | 77.0 | 73.6 | 80.5 | 6.9 |
| Faeroe Islands | 79.3 | 77.7 | 81.0 | 3.3 |
| Falkland Islands | 78.6 | 76.5 | 81.0 | 4.5 |
| Fiji | 67.1 | 65.4 | 68.9 | 3.5 |
| Finland | 82.0 | 79.3 | 84.7 | 5.4 |
| France | 82.5 | 79.4 | 85.5 | 6.1 |
| French Guiana | 74.9 | 72.1 | 78.0 | 5.9 |
| French Polynesia | 79.5 | 77.0 | 82.6 | 5.6 |
| Gabon | 65.8 | 63.5 | 68.5 | 5.0 |
| Gambia | 62.1 | 60.7 | 63.5 | 2.8 |
| Georgia | 71.7 | 66.8 | 76.7 | 9.9 |
| Germany | 80.6 | 78.1 | 83.2 | 5.1 |
| Ghana | 63.8 | 61.6 | 66.0 | 4.4 |
| Gibraltar | 79.3 | 77.1 | 81.7 | 4.6 |
| Greece | 80.1 | 77.5 | 82.9 | 5.4 |
| Greenland | 72.4 | 69.9 | 75.7 | 5.8 |
| Grenada | 74.9 | 72.2 | 77.9 | 5.7 |
| Guadeloupe | 80.5 | 77.0 | 83.7 | 6.7 |
| Guam | 76.7 | 73.0 | 80.7 | 7.7 |
| Guatemala | 69.2 | 66.0 | 72.7 | 6.7 |
| Guernsey | 82.2 | 80.4 | 84.0 | 3.6 |
| Guinea | 58.9 | 57.6 | 60.1 | 2.5 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 59.7 | 57.4 | 61.8 | 4.4 |
| Guyana | 65.7 | 62.5 | 69.1 | 6.6 |
| Haiti | 63.2 | 60.4 | 66.1 | 5.7 |
| High-income countries (Average) | 80.3 | 77.5 | 83.1 | 5.6 |
| Honduras | 70.1 | 67.9 | 72.5 | 4.6 |
| Hong Kong | 85.5 | 82.7 | 88.3 | 5.6 |
| Hungary | 74.5 | 71.1 | 77.9 | 6.8 |
| Iceland | 82.7 | 81.2 | 84.2 | 3.0 |
| India (Indian Life Expectancy by States) |
67.2 | 65.8 | 68.9 | 3.1 |
| Indonesia | 67.6 | 65.5 | 69.7 | 4.2 |
| Iran | 73.9 | 71.2 | 76.8 | 5.6 |
| Iraq | 70.4 | 68.2 | 72.4 | 4.2 |
| Ireland | 82.0 | 80.2 | 83.8 | 3.6 |
| Isle of Man | 80.5 | 78.6 | 82.5 | 3.9 |
| Israel | 82.3 | 80.2 | 84.3 | 4.1 |
| Italy | 82.9 | 80.5 | 85.1 | 4.6 |
| Jamaica | 70.5 | 68.5 | 72.5 | 4.0 |
| Japan | 84.8 | 81.8 | 87.7 | 5.9 |
| Jersey | 80.7 | 78.3 | 83.0 | 4.7 |
| Jordan | 74.3 | 72.1 | 76.8 | 4.7 |
| Kazakhstan | 69.4 | 65.5 | 73.1 | 7.6 |
| Kenya | 61.4 | 58.9 | 64.1 | 5.2 |
| Kiribati | 67.4 | 65.5 | 69.1 | 3.6 |
| Kosovo | 76.8 | 74.2 | 79.6 | 5.4 |
| Kuwait | 78.7 | 77.2 | 81.5 | 4.3 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 70.0 | 65.8 | 74.4 | 8.6 |
| Laos | 68.1 | 66.2 | 70.1 | 3.9 |
| Latin America and Caribbean (Average) | 72.2 | 68.8 | 75.8 | 7.0 |
| Latvia | 73.6 | 69.2 | 77.8 | 8.6 |
| Lebanon | 75.0 | 72.8 | 77.3 | 4.5 |
| Lesotho | 53.1 | 50.4 | 55.9 | 5.5 |
| Liberia | 60.7 | 59.4 | 62.1 | 2.7 |
| Libya | 71.9 | 69.6 | 74.4 | 4.8 |
| Liechtenstein | 83.3 | 81.1 | 85.4 | 4.3 |
| Lithuania | 73.7 | 68.8 | 78.8 | 10.0 |
| Low-income countries (Average) | 62.5 | 60.0 | 65.0 | 5.0 |
| Lower-middle-income countries (Average) | 66.4 | 64.5 | 68.5 | 4.0 |
| Luxembourg | 82.6 | 80.4 | 84.8 | 4.4 |
| Macao | 85.4 | 82.8 | 87.9 | 5.1 |
| Madagascar | 64.5 | 62.2 | 66.9 | 4.7 |
| Malawi | 62.9 | 59.5 | 66.5 | 7.0 |
| Malaysia | 74.9 | 72.7 | 77.4 | 4.7 |
| Maldives | 79.9 | 79.1 | 81.0 | 1.9 |
| Mali | 58.9 | 57.6 | 60.3 | 2.7 |
| Malta | 83.8 | 81.4 | 86.1 | 4.7 |
| Marshall Islands | 65.3 | 63.7 | 67.2 | 3.5 |
| Martinique | 80.7 | 77.6 | 83.6 | 6.0 |
| Mauritania | 64.4 | 62.7 | 66.1 | 3.4 |
| Mauritius | 73.6 | 70.4 | 76.8 | 6.4 |
| Mayotte | 74.2 | 71.0 | 77.8 | 6.8 |
| Mexico | 70.2 | 66.1 | 74.9 | 8.8 |
| Micronesia | 70.7 | 67.1 | 74.6 | 7.5 |
| Moldova | 68.8 | 64.4 | 73.5 | 9.1 |
| Monaco | 85.9 | 84.3 | 87.7 | 3.4 |
| Mongolia | 71.0 | 66.5 | 75.7 | 9.2 |
| Montenegro | 76.3 | 73.0 | 79.8 | 6.8 |
| Montserrat | 75.6 | 74.3 | 77.2 | 2.9 |
| Morocco | 74.0 | 71.9 | 76.4 | 4.5 |
| Mozambique | 59.3 | 56.2 | 62.4 | 6.2 |
| Myanmar | 65.7 | 62.5 | 69.0 | 6.5 |
| Namibia | 59.3 | 55.7 | 63.0 | 7.3 |
| Nauru | 63.6 | 60.3 | 67.3 | 7.0 |
| Nepal | 68.4 | 66.6 | 70.4 | 3.8 |
| Netherlands | 81.7 | 80.0 | 83.4 | 3.4 |
| New Caledonia | 79.0 | 75.4 | 83.1 | 7.7 |
| New Zealand | 82.5 | 80.6 | 84.3 | 3.7 |
| Nicaragua | 73.8 | 70.8 | 76.8 | 6.0 |
| Niger | 61.6 | 60.4 | 62.8 | 2.4 |
| Nigeria | 52.7 | 52.3 | 53.1 | 0.8 |
| Niue | 70.8 | 69.0 | 72.6 | 3.6 |
| North Korea | 73.3 | 70.8 | 75.7 | 4.9 |
| North Macedonia | 73.8 | 71.7 | 76.2 | 4.5 |
| Northern America (Average) | 77.7 | 74.9 | 80.7 | 5.8 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 77.2 | 75.6 | 79.2 | 3.6 |
| Norway | 83.2 | 81.6 | 84.9 | 3.3 |
| Oceania (Average) | 79.4 | 77.4 | 81.6 | 4.2 |
| Oman | 72.5 | 71.0 | 74.7 | 3.7 |
| Pakistan | 66.1 | 63.8 | 68.6 | 4.8 |
| Palau | 66.0 | 62.4 | 70.6 | 8.2 |
| Palestine | 73.5 | 71.1 | 75.9 | 4.8 |
| Panama | 76.2 | 73.0 | 79.6 | 6.6 |
| Papua New Guinea | 65.4 | 62.9 | 68.4 | 5.5 |
| Paraguay | 70.3 | 67.4 | 73.4 | 6.0 |
| Peru | 72.4 | 70.1 | 74.7 | 4.6 |
| Philippines | 69.3 | 67.2 | 71.5 | 4.3 |
| Poland | 76.5 | 72.6 | 80.4 | 7.8 |
| Portugal | 81.0 | 77.8 | 84.1 | 6.3 |
| Puerto Rico | 80.2 | 75.9 | 84.5 | 8.6 |
| Qatar | 79.3 | 78.3 | 80.9 | 2.6 |
| Reunion | 81.6 | 78.4 | 84.7 | 6.3 |
| Romania | 74.2 | 70.6 | 77.9 | 7.3 |
| Russia | 69.4 | 64.2 | 74.8 | 10.6 |
| Rwanda | 66.1 | 63.8 | 68.2 | 4.4 |
| Saint Barthélemy | 80.4 | 77.3 | 83.6 | 6.3 |
| Saint Helena | 76.8 | 74.2 | 80.4 | 6.2 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 71.7 | 68.3 | 75.3 | 7.0 |
| Saint Lucia | 71.1 | 67.8 | 74.7 | 6.9 |
| Saint Martin (French part) | 80.4 | 77.3 | 83.6 | 6.3 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 77.2 | 73.5 | 81.4 | 7.9 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.6 | 67.4 | 72.4 | 5.0 |
| Samoa | 72.8 | 70.3 | 75.5 | 5.2 |
| San Marino | 80.9 | 78.4 | 83.5 | 5.1 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 67.6 | 65.2 | 70.4 | 5.2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 76.9 | 75.6 | 78.8 | 3.2 |
| Senegal | 67.1 | 64.8 | 69.3 | 4.5 |
| Serbia | 74.2 | 71.2 | 77.2 | 6.0 |
| Seychelles | 71.3 | 67.7 | 75.7 | 8.0 |
| Sierra Leone | 60.1 | 58.8 | 61.4 | 2.6 |
| Singapore | 82.8 | 80.6 | 84.9 | 4.3 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.0 | 71.5 | 76.7 | 5.2 |
| Slovakia | 74.9 | 71.5 | 78.4 | 6.9 |
| Slovenia | 80.7 | 77.6 | 83.8 | 6.2 |
| Solomon Islands | 70.3 | 68.9 | 72.0 | 3.1 |
| Somalia | 55.3 | 53.2 | 57.4 | 4.2 |
| South Africa | 62.3 | 59.5 | 65.0 | 5.5 |
| South Korea | 83.7 | 80.4 | 86.8 | 6.4 |
| South Sudan | 55.0 | 53.4 | 56.5 | 3.1 |
| Spain | 83.0 | 80.2 | 85.8 | 5.6 |
| Sri Lanka | 76.4 | 73.1 | 79.5 | 6.4 |
| Sudan | 65.3 | 62.7 | 67.9 | 5.2 |
| Suriname | 70.3 | 67.2 | 73.6 | 6.4 |
| Sweden | 83.0 | 81.1 | 84.9 | 3.8 |
| Switzerland | 84.0 | 82.0 | 85.9 | 3.9 |
| Syria | 72.1 | 69.1 | 75.2 | 6.1 |
| Taiwan | 81.0 | 77.8 | 84.4 | 6.6 |
| Tajikistan | 71.6 | 69.6 | 73.7 | 4.1 |
| Tanzania | 66.2 | 64.2 | 68.3 | 4.1 |
| Thailand | 78.7 | 74.5 | 83.0 | 8.5 |
| Timor | 67.7 | 66.1 | 69.5 | 3.4 |
| Togo | 61.6 | 60.8 | 62.4 | 1.6 |
| Tokelau | 75.2 | 74.4 | 75.9 | 1.5 |
| Tonga | 71.0 | 68.4 | 73.7 | 5.3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 73.0 | 69.7 | 76.4 | 6.7 |
| Tunisia | 73.8 | 70.7 | 77.1 | 6.4 |
| Turkey | 76.0 | 73.0 | 79.1 | 6.1 |
| Turkmenistan | 69.3 | 65.9 | 72.7 | 6.8 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.6 | 71.8 | 77.7 | 5.9 |
| Tuvalu | 64.5 | 60.8 | 69.1 | 8.3 |
| Uganda | 62.7 | 60.4 | 64.9 | 4.5 |
| Ukraine | 71.6 | 66.5 | 76.7 | 10.2 |
| United Arab Emirates | 78.7 | 77.2 | 80.9 | 3.7 |
| United Kingdom (Life Expectancy for U.K. Countries and Regions) |
80.7 | 78.7 | 82.8 | 4.1 |
| United States (Life Expectancy by U.S. State) |
77.2 | 74.3 | 80.2 | 5.9 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 74.7 | 69.5 | 80.6 | 11.1 |
| Upper-middle-income countries (Average) | 75.3 | 72.2 | 78.5 | 6.3 |
| Uruguay | 75.4 | 71.7 | 79.3 | 7.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 70.9 | 68.3 | 73.4 | 5.1 |
| Vanuatu | 70.4 | 68.4 | 72.9 | 4.5 |
| Vatican | 82.3 | 80.0 | 84.7 | 4.7 |
| Venezuela | 70.6 | 66.3 | 75.2 | 8.9 |
| Vietnam | 73.6 | 69.1 | 78.2 | 9.1 |
| Wallis and Futuna | 78.4 | 77.1 | 79.9 | 2.8 |
| Western Sahara | 70.8 | 69.1 | 72.9 | 3.8 |
| World Average | 71.0 | 68.4 | 73.8 | 5.4 |
| Yemen | 63.8 | 60.6 | 67.1 | 6.5 |
| Zambia | 61.2 | 58.5 | 63.9 | 5.4 |
| Zimbabwe | 59.3 | 56.2 | 62.0 | 5.8 |
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