Average Life Span Expectancy by Country
Ian C. Langtree - Writer/Editor for Disabled World (DW)
Published: 2009/03/19 - Updated: 2025/02/23
Publication Type: Charts, Graphs, Tables
Topic: Medical Calculators and Charts - Publications List
Page Content: Synopsis - Introduction - Main
Synopsis: This article and supporting chart on life expectancy statistics provides comprehensive data on average life spans across countries worldwide. This information is crucial for understanding global health trends, socioeconomic disparities, and the factors that influence longevity. The article highlights significant variations in life expectancy due to differences in public health, medical care, diet, and climate between countries. It also addresses important issues such as gender gaps in life expectancy and the impact of poverty on lifespan. By presenting this data in an accessible format, the article serves as a useful resource for researchers, policymakers, and individuals interested in global health and demographic trends - Disabled World (DW).
Introduction
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.
Focus
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.
| 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 |
Author Credentials: Ian is an Australian-born writer, editor, and advocate who currently resides in Montreal, Canada. He is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Disabled World, a leading resource for news and information on disability issues. With a global perspective shaped by years of travel and lived experience, Ian is a committed proponent of the Social Model of Disability-a transformative framework developed by disabled activists in the 1970s that emphasizes dismantling societal barriers rather than focusing solely on individual impairments. His work reflects a deep commitment to disability rights, accessibility, and social inclusion. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and accomplishments, visit his full biography.