Life expectancy at birth (Country profile category: People)

Afghanistan:
total population: 45.88 years
male: 46.62 years
female: 45.1 years (2000 est.)

Albania:
total population: 71.57 years
male: 68.75 years
female: 74.59 years (2000 est.)

Algeria:
total population: 69.65 years
male: 68.34 years
female: 71.02 years (2000 est.)

American Samoa:
total population: 75.12 years
male: 70.66 years
female: 79.84 years (2000 est.)

Andorra:
total population: 83.46 years
male: 80.56 years
female: 86.56 years (2000 est.)

Angola:
total population: 38.31 years
male: 37.11 years
female: 39.56 years (2000 est.)

Anguilla:
total population: 76.11 years
male: 73.22 years
female: 79.09 years (2000 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda:
total population: 70.46 years
male: 68.19 years
female: 72.84 years (2000 est.)

Argentina:
total population: 75.05 years
male: 71.67 years
female: 78.61 years (2000 est.)

Armenia:
total population: 66.4 years
male: 61.98 years
female: 71.04 years (2000 est.)

Aruba:
total population: 78.37 years
male: 75 years
female: 81.9 years (2000 est.)

Australia:
total population: 79.75 years
male: 76.9 years
female: 82.74 years (2000 est.)

Austria:
total population: 77.68 years
male: 74.52 years
female: 80.99 years (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan:
total population: 62.87 years
male: 58.51 years
female: 67.45 years (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The:
total population: 71.07 years
male: 68.25 years
female: 73.94 years (2000 est.)

Bahrain:
total population: 72.98 years
male: 70.58 years
female: 75.45 years (2000 est.)

Bangladesh:
total population: 60.16 years
male: 60.4 years
female: 59.91 years (2000 est.)

Barbados:
total population: 73 years
male: 70.43 years
female: 75.6 years (2000 est.)

Belarus:
total population: 68 years
male: 61.83 years
female: 74.48 years (2000 est.)

Belgium:
total population: 77.8 years
male: 74.47 years
female: 81.3 years (2000 est.)

Belize:
total population: 70.91 years
male: 68.66 years
female: 73.28 years (2000 est.)

Benin:
total population: 50.18 years
male: 49.24 years
female: 51.16 years (2000 est.)

Bermuda:
total population: 76.94 years
male: 74.89 years
female: 78.86 years (2000 est.)

Bhutan:
total population: 52.4 years
male: 52.79 years
female: 51.99 years (2000 est.)

Bolivia:
total population: 63.7 years
male: 61.19 years
female: 66.34 years (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
total population: 71.49 years
male: 68.78 years
female: 74.38 years (2000 est.)

Botswana:
total population: 39.27 years
male: 38.63 years
female: 39.93 years (2000 est.)

Brazil:
total population: 62.94 years
male: 58.54 years
female: 67.56 years (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands:
total population: 75.44 years
male: 74.57 years
female: 76.35 years (2000 est.)

Brunei:
total population: 73.58 years
male: 71.23 years
female: 76.06 years (2000 est.)

Bulgaria:
total population: 70.91 years
male: 67.45 years
female: 74.56 years (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso:
total population: 46.73 years
male: 46.29 years
female: 47.18 years (2000 est.)

Burma:
total population: 54.91 years
male: 53.6 years
female: 56.29 years (2000 est.)

Burundi:
total population: 46.18 years
male: 45.23 years
female: 47.16 years (2000 est.)

Cambodia:
total population: 56.53 years
male: 54.44 years
female: 58.74 years (2000 est.)

Cameroon:
total population: 54.82 years
male: 54.01 years
female: 55.64 years (2000 est.)

Canada:
total population: 79.43 years
male: 76.02 years
female: 83 years (2000 est.)

Cape Verde:
total population: 68.91 years
male: 65.63 years
female: 72.29 years (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands:
total population: 78.88 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 81.27 years (2000 est.)

Central African Republic:
total population: 44.02 years
male: 42.26 years
female: 45.84 years (2000 est.)

Chad:
total population: 50.49 years
male: 48.5 years
female: 52.56 years (2000 est.)

Chile:
total population: 75.74 years
male: 72.43 years
female: 79.22 years (2000 est.)

China:
total population: 71.38 years
male: 69.6 years
female: 73.33 years (2000 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: 70.28 years
male: 66.43 years
female: 74.27 years (2000 est.)

Comoros:
total population: 60.03 years
male: 57.85 years
female: 62.28 years (2000 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
total population: 48.75 years
male: 46.72 years
female: 50.83 years (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the:
total population: 47.43 years
male: 44.49 years
female: 50.47 years (2000 est.)

Cook Islands:
total population: 71.14 years
male: 69.2 years
female: 73.1 years (2000 est.)

Costa Rica:
total population: 75.82 years
male: 73.3 years
female: 78.47 years (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire:
total population: 45.15 years
male: 43.72 years
female: 46.63 years (2000 est.)

Croatia:
total population: 73.67 years
male: 70.04 years
female: 77.51 years (2000 est.)

Cuba:
total population: 76.21 years
male: 73.84 years
female: 78.73 years (2000 est.)

Cyprus:
total population: 76.71 years
male: 74.43 years
female: 79.1 years (2000 est.)

Czech Republic:
total population: 74.51 years
male: 71.01 years
female: 78.22 years (2000 est.)

Denmark:
total population: 76.54 years
male: 73.95 years
female: 79.27 years (2000 est.)

Djibouti:
total population: 50.82 years
male: 49.01 years
female: 52.68 years (2000 est.)

Dominica:
total population: 73.35 years
male: 70.5 years
female: 76.36 years (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic:
total population: 73.2 years
male: 71.12 years
female: 75.38 years (2000 est.)

Ecuador:
total population: 71.06 years
male: 68.26 years
female: 73.99 years (2000 est.)

Egypt:
total population: 63.33 years
male: 61.29 years
female: 65.47 years (2000 est.)

El Salvador:
total population: 69.74 years
male: 66.14 years
female: 73.52 years (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea:
total population: 53.56 years
male: 51.53 years
female: 55.65 years (2000 est.)

Eritrea:
total population: 55.79 years
male: 53.36 years
female: 58.29 years (2000 est.)

Estonia:
total population: 69.45 years
male: 63.4 years
female: 75.79 years (2000 est.)

Ethiopia:
total population: 45.17 years
male: 44.41 years
female: 45.94 years (2000 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

Faroe Islands:
total population: 78.43 years
male: 74.96 years
female: 81.92 years (2000 est.)

Fiji:
total population: 67.94 years
male: 65.54 years
female: 70.45 years (2000 est.)

Finland:
total population: 77.41 years
male: 73.74 years
female: 81.2 years (2000 est.)

France:
total population: 78.76 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 82.89 years (2000 est.)

French Guiana:
total population: 76.1 years
male: 72.77 years
female: 79.6 years (2000 est.)

French Polynesia:
total population: 74.79 years
male: 72.47 years
female: 77.22 years (2000 est.)

Gabon:
total population: 50.08 years
male: 48.94 years
female: 51.26 years (2000 est.)

Gambia, The:
total population: 53.2 years
male: 51.29 years
female: 55.16 years (2000 est.)

Gaza Strip:
total population: 70.82 years
male: 69.58 years
female: 72.11 years (2000 est.)

Georgia:
total population: 64.48 years
male: 60.9 years
female: 68.23 years (2000 est.)

Germany:
total population: 77.44 years
male: 74.3 years
female: 80.75 years (2000 est.)

Ghana:
total population: 57.42 years
male: 56.07 years
female: 58.82 years (2000 est.)

Gibraltar:
total population: 78.95 years
male: 76.09 years
female: 81.96 years (2000 est.)

Greece:
total population: 78.44 years
male: 75.89 years
female: 81.16 years (2000 est.)

Greenland:
total population: 68.07 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 71.69 years (2000 est.)

Grenada:
total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2000 est.)

Guadeloupe:
total population: 76.99 years
male: 73.82 years
female: 80.3 years (2000 est.)

Guam:
total population: 77.78 years
male: 75.51 years
female: 80.37 years (2000 est.)

Guatemala:
total population: 66.18 years
male: 63.53 years
female: 68.96 years (2000 est.)

Guernsey:
total population: 79.65 years
male: 76.65 years
female: 82.75 years (2000 est.)

Guinea:
total population: 45.56 years
male: 43.16 years
female: 48.02 years (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau:
total population: 49.04 years
male: 46.77 years
female: 51.37 years (2000 est.)

Guyana:
total population: 64.04 years
male: 61.08 years
female: 67.15 years (2000 est.)

Haiti:
total population: 49.21 years
male: 47.46 years
female: 51.06 years (2000 est.)

Honduras:
total population: 69.93 years
male: 67.91 years
female: 72.06 years (2000 est.)

Hong Kong:
total population: 79.54 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 82.41 years (2000 est.)

Hungary:
total population: 71.37 years
male: 67 years
female: 76.05 years (2000 est.)

Iceland:
total population: 79.39 years
male: 77.19 years
female: 81.77 years (2000 est.)

India:
total population: 62.5 years
male: 61.89 years
female: 63.13 years (2000 est.)

Indonesia:
total population: 67.96 years
male: 65.61 years
female: 70.42 years (2000 est.)

Iran:
total population: 69.66 years
male: 68.34 years
female: 71.05 years (2000 est.)

Iraq:
total population: 66.53 years
male: 65.54 years
female: 67.56 years (2000 est.)

Ireland:
total population: 76.81 years
male: 74.06 years
female: 79.74 years (2000 est.)

Israel:
total population: 78.57 years
male: 76.57 years
female: 80.67 years (2000 est.)

Italy:
total population: 79.03 years
male: 75.85 years
female: 82.41 years (2000 est.)

Jamaica:
total population: 75.21 years
male: 73.26 years
female: 77.26 years (2000 est.)

Japan:
total population: 80.7 years
male: 77.51 years
female: 84.05 years (2000 est.)

Jersey:
total population: 78.48 years
male: 76.07 years
female: 81.07 years (2000 est.)

Jordan:
total population: 77.36 years
male: 74.94 years
female: 79.93 years (2000 est.)

Kazakhstan:
total population: 63.19 years
male: 57.73 years
female: 68.93 years (2000 est.)

Kenya:
total population: 47.98 years
male: 46.95 years
female: 49.04 years (2000 est.)

Kiribati:
total population: 59.78 years
male: 56.89 years
female: 62.82 years (2000 est.)

Korea, North:
total population: 70.74 years
male: 67.76 years
female: 73.86 years (2000 est.)

Korea, South:
total population: 74.43 years
male: 70.75 years
female: 78.54 years (2000 est.)

Kuwait:
total population: 76.08 years
male: 75.27 years
female: 76.92 years (2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan:
total population: 63.37 years
male: 59.06 years
female: 67.9 years (2000 est.)

Laos:
total population: 53.09 years
male: 51.22 years
female: 55.02 years (2000 est.)

Latvia:
total population: 68.41 years
male: 62.48 years
female: 74.62 years (2000 est.)

Lebanon:
total population: 71.25 years
male: 68.87 years
female: 73.74 years (2000 est.)

Lesotho:
total population: 50.79 years
male: 49.78 years
female: 51.84 years (2000 est.)

Liberia:
total population: 51.02 years
male: 49.6 years
female: 52.49 years (2000 est.)

Libya:
total population: 75.45 years
male: 73.34 years
female: 77.66 years (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein:
total population: 78.81 years
male: 75.16 years
female: 82.47 years (2000 est.)

Lithuania:
total population: 69.09 years
male: 63.07 years
female: 75.41 years (2000 est.)

Luxembourg:
total population: 77.13 years
male: 73.84 years
female: 80.63 years (2000 est.)

Macau:
total population: 81.6 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 84.55 years (2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
total population: 73.79 years
male: 71.58 years
female: 76.19 years (2000 est.)

Madagascar:
total population: 54.95 years
male: 52.71 years
female: 57.26 years (2000 est.)

Malawi:
total population: 37.58 years
male: 37.2 years
female: 37.98 years (2000 est.)

Malaysia:
total population: 70.83 years
male: 68.22 years
female: 73.63 years (2000 est.)

Maldives:
total population: 62.2 years
male: 61.05 years
female: 63.4 years (2000 est.)

Mali:
total population: 46.66 years
male: 45.5 years
female: 47.85 years (2000 est.)

Malta:
total population: 77.94 years
male: 75.49 years
female: 80.62 years (2000 est.)

Man, Isle of:
total population: 77.47 years
male: 74.09 years
female: 81.04 years (2000 est.)

Marshall Islands:
total population: 65.5 years
male: 63.72 years
female: 67.36 years (2000 est.)

Martinique:
total population: 78.25 years
male: 79.03 years
female: 77.46 years (2000 est.)

Mauritania:
total population: 50.76 years
male: 48.7 years
female: 52.87 years (2000 est.)

Mauritius:
total population: 70.98 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 75.04 years (2000 est.)

Mayotte:
total population: 59.45 years
male: 57.41 years
female: 61.55 years (2000 est.)

Mexico:
total population: 71.49 years
male: 68.47 years
female: 74.66 years (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of:
total population: 68.63 years
male: 66.67 years
female: 70.62 years (2000 est.)

Moldova:
total population: 64.45 years
male: 59.92 years
female: 69.22 years (2000 est.)

Monaco:
total population: 78.84 years
male: 74.88 years
female: 83 years (2000 est.)

Mongolia:
total population: 67.25 years
male: 64.98 years
female: 69.64 years (2000 est.)

Montserrat:
total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.78 years
female: 80.23 years (2000 est.)

Morocco:
total population: 69.13 years
male: 66.92 years
female: 71.44 years (2000 est.)

Mozambique:
total population: 37.52 years
male: 38.34 years
female: 36.68 years (2000 est.)

Namibia:
total population: 42.46 years
male: 44.33 years
female: 40.53 years (2000 est.)

Nauru:
total population: 60.84 years
male: 57.35 years
female: 64.5 years (2000 est.)

Nepal:
total population: 57.84 years
male: 58.3 years
female: 57.35 years (2000 est.)

Netherlands:
total population: 78.28 years
male: 75.4 years
female: 81.28 years (2000 est.)

Netherlands Antilles:
total population: 74.72 years
male: 72.56 years
female: 76.99 years (2000 est.)

New Caledonia:
total population: 72.77 years
male: 69.84 years
female: 75.85 years (2000 est.)

New Zealand:
total population: 77.82 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 80.93 years (2000 est.)

Nicaragua:
total population: 68.74 years
male: 66.81 years
female: 70.77 years (2000 est.)

Niger:
total population: 41.27 years
male: 41.43 years
female: 41.11 years (2000 est.)

Nigeria:
total population: 51.56 years
male: 51.58 years
female: 51.55 years (2000 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: 75.54 years
male: 72.45 years
female: 78.82 years (2000 est.)

Norway:
total population: 78.65 years
male: 75.73 years
female: 81.77 years (2000 est.)

Oman:
total population: 71.78 years
male: 69.66 years
female: 74 years (2000 est.)

Pakistan:
total population: 61.07 years
male: 60.27 years
female: 61.91 years (2000 est.)

Palau:
total population: 68.59 years
male: 65.47 years
female: 71.88 years (2000 est.)

Panama:
total population: 75.47 years
male: 72.74 years
female: 78.31 years (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea:
total population: 63.1 years
male: 61.05 years
female: 65.26 years (2000 est.)

Paraguay:
total population: 73.68 years
male: 71.22 years
female: 76.27 years (2000 est.)

Peru:
total population: 70.01 years
male: 67.63 years
female: 72.5 years (2000 est.)

Philippines:
total population: 67.48 years
male: 64.65 years
female: 70.46 years (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands:
NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

Poland:
total population: 73.19 years
male: 69.01 years
female: 77.6 years (2000 est.)

Portugal:
total population: 75.75 years
male: 72.24 years
female: 79.49 years (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico:
total population: 75.55 years
male: 71.05 years
female: 80.3 years (2000 est.)

Qatar:
total population: 72.37 years
male: 69.92 years
female: 74.94 years (2000 est.)

Reunion:
total population: 72.68 years
male: 69.28 years
female: 76.24 years (2000 est.)

Romania:
total population: 69.93 years
male: 66.1 years
female: 73.99 years (2000 est.)

Russia:
total population: 67.19 years
male: 61.95 years
female: 72.69 years (2000 est.)

Rwanda:
total population: 39.34 years
male: 38.58 years
female: 40.13 years (2000 est.)

Saint Helena:
total population: 76.83 years
male: 73.95 years
female: 79.85 years (2000 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis:
total population: 70.73 years
male: 67.95 years
female: 73.68 years (2000 est.)

Saint Lucia:
total population: 72.31 years
male: 68.74 years
female: 76.14 years (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
total population: 77.6 years
male: 75.36 years
female: 79.95 years (2000 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
total population: 72.3 years
male: 70.6 years
female: 74.06 years (2000 est.)

Samoa:
total population: 69.2 years
male: 66.48 years
female: 72.06 years (2000 est.)

San Marino:
total population: 81.14 years
male: 77.57 years
female: 85.02 years (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe:
total population: 65.25 years
male: 63.84 years
female: 66.7 years (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia:
total population: 67.77 years
male: 66.11 years
female: 69.51 years (2000 est.)

Senegal:
total population: 62.19 years
male: 60.6 years
female: 63.82 years (2000 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro:
total population: Serbia - 72.39 years; Montenegro - 75.46 years
male: Serbia - 69.31 years; Montenegro - 71.45 years
female: Serbia - 75.72 years; Montenegro - 79.82 years (2000 est.)

Seychelles:
total population: 70.41 years
male: 64.87 years
female: 76.12 years (2000 est.)

Sierra Leone:
total population: 45.25 years
male: 42.37 years
female: 48.21 years (2000 est.)

Singapore:
total population: 80.05 years
male: 77.1 years
female: 83.23 years (2000 est.)

Slovakia:
total population: 73.74 years
male: 69.71 years
female: 77.98 years (2000 est.)

Slovenia:
total population: 74.86 years
male: 70.97 years
female: 78.97 years (2000 est.)

Solomon Islands:
total population: 71.28 years
male: 68.86 years
female: 73.81 years (2000 est.)

Somalia:
total population: 46.23 years
male: 44.66 years
female: 47.85 years (2000 est.)

South Africa:
total population: 51.1 years
male: 50.41 years
female: 51.81 years (2000 est.)

Spain:
total population: 78.79 years
male: 75.32 years
female: 82.49 years (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka:
total population: 71.83 years
male: 69.33 years
female: 74.45 years (2000 est.)

Sudan:
total population: 56.55 years
male: 55.49 years
female: 57.66 years (2000 est.)

Suriname:
total population: 71.36 years
male: 68.71 years
female: 74.14 years (2000 est.)

Svalbard:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

Swaziland:
total population: 40.44 years
male: 39.54 years
female: 41.37 years (2000 est.)

Sweden:
total population: 79.58 years
male: 76.95 years
female: 82.37 years (2000 est.)

Switzerland:
total population: 79.6 years
male: 76.73 years
female: 82.63 years (2000 est.)

Syria:
total population: 68.46 years
male: 67.35 years
female: 69.64 years (2000 est.)

Tajikistan:
total population: 64.08 years
male: 60.95 years
female: 67.38 years (2000 est.)

Tanzania:
total population: 52.26 years
male: 51.32 years
female: 53.23 years (2000 est.)

Thailand:
total population: 68.55 years
male: 65.29 years
female: 71.97 years (2000 est.)

Togo:
total population: 54.69 years
male: 52.75 years
female: 56.7 years (2000 est.)

Tokelau:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

Tonga:
total population: 67.94 years
male: 65.54 years
female: 70.45 years (2000 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago:
total population: 67.97 years
male: 65.45 years
female: 70.59 years (2000 est.)

Tunisia:
total population: 73.69 years
male: 72.14 years
female: 75.36 years (2000 est.)

Turkey:
total population: 70.97 years
male: 68.63 years
female: 73.41 years (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan:
total population: 60.91 years
male: 57.29 years
female: 64.71 years (2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands:
total population: 73.28 years
male: 71.15 years
female: 75.51 years (2000 est.)

Tuvalu:
total population: 66.32 years
male: 64.21 years
female: 68.53 years (2000 est.)

Uganda:
total population: 42.93 years
male: 42.22 years
female: 43.67 years (2000 est.)

Ukraine:
total population: 65.98 years
male: 60.39 years
female: 71.85 years (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates:
total population: 74.06 years
male: 71.64 years
female: 76.61 years (2000 est.)

United Kingdom:
total population: 77.66 years
male: 74.97 years
female: 80.49 years (2000 est.)

United States:
total population: 77.12 years
male: 74.24 years
female: 79.9 years (2000 est.)

Uruguay:
total population: 75.24 years
male: 71.9 years
female: 78.75 years (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan:
total population: 63.71 years
male: 60.09 years
female: 67.52 years (2000 est.)

Vanuatu:
total population: 60.57 years
male: 59.23 years
female: 61.98 years (2000 est.)

Venezuela:
total population: 73.07 years
male: 70.05 years
female: 76.31 years (2000 est.)

Vietnam:
total population: 69.27 years
male: 66.84 years
female: 71.87 years (2000 est.)

Virgin Islands:
total population: 78.11 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 82.25 years (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna:
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

West Bank:
total population: 72.08 years
male: 70.39 years
female: 73.86 years (2000 est.)

Western Sahara:
total population: 49.81 years
male: 48.65 years
female: 51.33 years (2000 est.)

World:
total population: 64 years
male: 62 years
female: 65 years (2000 est.)

Yemen:
total population: 59.83 years
male: 58.1 years
female: 61.64 years (2000 est.)

Zambia:
total population: 37.24 years
male: 37.08 years
female: 37.41 years (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe:
total population: 37.78 years
male: 39.18 years
female: 36.34 years (2000 est.)

Taiwan:
total population: 76.35 years
male: 73.62 years
female: 79.32 years (2000 est.)