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The World Factbook 2002
  Field Listing - Life expectancy at birth


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.
Country
Life expectancy at birth ( years)
Afghanistan total population: 46.6 years
male: 47.32 years
female: 45.85 years (2002 est.)
Albania total population: 72.1 years
male: 69.27 years
female: 75.14 years (2002 est.)
Algeria total population: 70.24 years
male: 68.87 years
female: 71.67 years (2002 est.)
American Samoa total population: 75.53 years
male: 71.12 years
female: 80.21 years (2002 est.)
Andorra total population: 83.48 years
male: 80.58 years
female: 86.58 years (2002 est.)
Angola total population: 38.87 years
male: 37.62 years
female: 40.18 years (2002 est.)
Anguilla total population: 76.5 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 79.5 years (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 71.02 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 73.45 years (2002 est.)
Argentina total population: 75.48 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 79.03 years (2002 est.)
Armenia total population: 66.59 years
male: 62.27 years
female: 71.12 years (2002 est.)
Aruba total population: 78.67 years
male: 75.32 years
female: 82.19 years (2002 est.)
Australia total population: 80 years
male: 77.15 years
female: 83 years (2002 est.)
Austria total population: 78 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 81.31 years (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 63.06 years
male: 58.8 years
female: 67.53 years (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 69.87 years
male: 66.32 years
female: 73.49 years (2002 est.)
Bahrain total population: 73.47 years
male: 71.05 years
female: 75.96 years (2002 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 60.92 years
male: 61.08 years
female: 60.74 years (2002 est.)
Barbados total population: 73.49 years
male: 70.9 years
female: 76.12 years (2002 est.)
Belarus total population: 68.28 years
male: 62.3 years
female: 74.56 years (2002 est.)
Belgium total population: 78.13 years
male: 74.8 years
female: 81.62 years (2002 est.)
Belize total population: 71.46 years
male: 69.17 years
female: 73.87 years (2002 est.)
Benin total population: 49.69 years
male: 48.81 years
female: 50.61 years (2002 est.)
Bermuda total population: 77.3 years
male: 75.21 years
female: 79.27 years (2002 est.)
Bhutan total population: 53.19 years
male: 53.53 years
female: 52.83 years (2002 est.)
Bolivia total population: 64.42 years
male: 61.86 years
female: 67.1 years (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 72.02 years
male: 69.3 years
female: 74.93 years (2002 est.)
Botswana total population: 35.29 years
male: 35.15 years
female: 35.43 years (2002 est.)
Brazil total population: 63.55 years
male: 59.4 years
female: 67.91 years (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 75.85 years
male: 74.9 years
female: 76.84 years (2002 est.)
Brunei total population: 74.06 years
male: 71.68 years
female: 76.56 years (2002 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 71.5 years
male: 67.98 years
female: 75.22 years (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 46.11 years
male: 45.45 years
female: 46.78 years (2002 est.)
Burma total population: 55.41 years
male: 53.85 years
female: 57.07 years (2002 est.)
Burundi total population: 45.94 years
male: 45.08 years
female: 46.83 years (2002 est.)
Cambodia total population: 57.1 years
male: 54.81 years
female: 59.5 years (2002 est.)
Cameroon total population: 54.36 years
male: 53.51 years
female: 55.23 years (2002 est.)
Canada total population: 79.69 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 83.25 years (2002 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 69.52 years
male: 66.23 years
female: 72.91 years (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 79.18 years
male: 76.38 years
female: 81.59 years (2002 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 43.58 years
male: 42.08 years
female: 45.13 years (2002 est.)
Chad total population: 51.27 years
male: 49.22 years
female: 53.4 years (2002 est.)
Chile total population: 76.14 years
male: 72.83 years
female: 79.62 years (2002 est.)
China total population: 71.86 years
male: 70.02 years
female: 73.86 years (2002 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: 70.85 years
male: 67 years
female: 74.83 years (2002 est.)
Comoros total population: 60.79 years
male: 58.56 years
female: 63.09 years (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 49.13 years
male: 47.19 years
female: 51.13 years (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 47.71 years
male: 44.27 years
female: 51.24 years (2002 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Costa Rica total population: 76.22 years
male: 73.68 years
female: 78.89 years (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 44.72 years
male: 43.45 years
female: 46.03 years (2002 est.)
Croatia total population: 74.13 years
male: 70.52 years
female: 77.96 years (2002 est.)
Cuba total population: 76.6 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 79.15 years (2002 est.)
Cyprus total population: 77.08 years
male: 74.77 years
female: 79.5 years (2002 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 74.95 years
male: 71.46 years
female: 78.65 years (2002 est.)
Denmark total population: 76.91 years
male: 74.3 years
female: 79.67 years (2002 est.)
Djibouti total population: 51.6 years
male: 49.73 years
female: 53.52 years (2002 est.)
Dominica total population: 73.86 years
male: 70.98 years
female: 76.88 years (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.68 years
male: 71.57 years
female: 75.91 years (2002 est.)
East Timor total population: 64.85 years
male: 62.64 years
female: 67.17 years (2002 est.)
Ecuador total population: 71.61 years
male: 68.79 years
female: 74.57 years (2002 est.)
Egypt total population: 64.05 years
male: 61.96 years
female: 66.24 years (2002 est.)
El Salvador total population: 70.32 years
male: 66.72 years
female: 74.11 years (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 54.35 years
male: 52.26 years
female: 56.5 years (2002 est.)
Eritrea total population: 56.57 years
male: 54.09 years
female: 59.13 years (2002 est.)
Estonia total population: 70.02 years
male: 64.03 years
female: 76.31 years (2002 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 44.21 years
male: 43.36 years
female: 45.09 years (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Faroe Islands total population: 78.74 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 82.21 years (2002 est.)
Fiji total population: 68.56 years
male: 66.13 years
female: 71.11 years (2002 est.)
Finland total population: 77.75 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 81.52 years (2002 est.)
France total population: 79.05 years
male: 75.17 years
female: 83.14 years (2002 est.)
French Guiana total population: 76.49 years
male: 73.16 years
female: 79.99 years (2002 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 75.23 years
male: 72.88 years
female: 77.69 years (2002 est.)
Gabon total population: 49.11 years
male: 48.01 years
female: 50.25 years (2002 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 53.98 years
male: 52.02 years
female: 56.01 years (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 71.2 years
male: 69.95 years
female: 72.52 years (2002 est.)
Georgia total population: 64.67 years
male: 61.19 years
female: 68.32 years (2002 est.)
Germany total population: 77.78 years
male: 74.64 years
female: 81.09 years (2002 est.)
Ghana total population: 57.06 years
male: 55.66 years
female: 58.51 years (2002 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 79.23 years
male: 76.37 years
female: 82.25 years (2002 est.)
Greece total population: 78.74 years
male: 76.17 years
female: 81.48 years (2002 est.)
Greenland total population: 68.69 years
male: 65.13 years
female: 72.32 years (2002 est.)
Grenada total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe total population: 77.35 years
male: 74.19 years
female: 80.66 years (2002 est.)
Guam total population: 78.11 years
male: 75.81 years
female: 80.72 years (2002 est.)
Guatemala total population: 66.85 years
male: 64.16 years
female: 69.66 years (2002 est.)
Guernsey total population: 79.9 years
male: 76.91 years
female: 83.01 years (2002 est.)
Guinea total population: 46.28 years
male: 43.81 years
female: 48.82 years (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 49.8 years
male: 47.47 years
female: 52.2 years (2002 est.)
Guyana total population: 62.59 years
male: 59.96 years
female: 65.34 years (2002 est.)
Haiti total population: 49.55 years
male: 47.88 years
female: 51.29 years (2002 est.)
Honduras total population: 68.77 years
male: 67.11 years
female: 70.51 years (2002 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 79.8 years
male: 77.1 years
female: 82.69 years (2002 est.)
Hungary total population: 71.9 years
male: 67.55 years
female: 76.55 years (2002 est.)
Iceland total population: 79.66 years
male: 77.42 years
female: 82.07 years (2002 est.)
India total population: 63.23 years
male: 62.55 years
female: 63.93 years (2002 est.)
Indonesia total population: 68.63 years
male: 66.24 years
female: 71.13 years (2002 est.)
Iran total population: 70.25 years
male: 68.87 years
female: 71.69 years (2002 est.)
Iraq total population: 67.38 years
male: 66.31 years
female: 68.5 years (2002 est.)
Ireland total population: 77.17 years
male: 74.41 years
female: 80.12 years (2002 est.)
Israel total population: 78.86 years
male: 76.82 years
female: 81.01 years (2002 est.)
Italy total population: 79.25 years
male: 76.08 years
female: 82.63 years (2002 est.)
Jamaica total population: 75.64 years
male: 73.65 years
female: 77.73 years (2002 est.)
Japan total population: 80.91 years
male: 77.73 years
female: 84.25 years (2002 est.)
Jersey total population: 78.78 years
male: 76.34 years
female: 81.4 years (2002 est.)
Jordan total population: 77.71 years
male: 75.26 years
female: 80.3 years (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 63.38 years
male: 58.02 years
female: 69.01 years (2002 est.)
Kenya total population: 47.02 years
male: 46.2 years
female: 47.85 years (2002 est.)
Kiribati total population: 60.54 years
male: 57.61 years
female: 63.62 years (2002 est.)
Korea, North total population: 71.3 years
male: 68.31 years
female: 74.44 years (2002 est.)
Korea, South total population: 74.88 years
male: 71.2 years
female: 78.95 years (2002 est.)
Kuwait total population: 76.46 years
male: 75.56 years
female: 77.39 years (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 63.56 years
male: 59.35 years
female: 67.98 years (2002 est.)
Laos total population: 53.88 years
male: 51.95 years
female: 55.87 years (2002 est.)
Latvia total population: 69 years
male: 63.13 years
female: 75.17 years (2002 est.)
Lebanon total population: 71.79 years
male: 69.38 years
female: 74.32 years (2002 est.)
Lesotho total population: 47 years
male: 46.3 years
female: 47.8 years (2002 est.)
Liberia total population: 51.8 years
male: 50.33 years
female: 53.33 years (2002 est.)
Libya total population: 75.86 years
male: 73.71 years
female: 78.11 years (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.1 years
male: 75.47 years
female: 82.74 years (2002 est.)
Lithuania total population: 69.42 years
male: 63.54 years
female: 75.6 years (2002 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 77.48 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 80.97 years (2002 est.)
Macau total population: 81.78 years
male: 78.97 years
female: 84.73 years (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of total population: 74.26 years
male: 72.01 years
female: 76.68 years (2002 est.)
Madagascar total population: 55.74 years
male: 53.45 years
female: 58.11 years (2002 est.)
Malawi total population: 36.59 years
male: 36.05 years
female: 37.15 years (2002 est.)
Malaysia total population: 71.39 years
male: 68.75 years
female: 74.21 years (2002 est.)
Maldives total population: 62.93 years
male: 61.72 years
female: 64.2 years (2002 est.)
Mali total population: 47.39 years
male: 46.18 years
female: 48.64 years (2002 est.)
Malta total population: 78.26 years
male: 75.78 years
female: 80.96 years (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of total population: 77.81 years
male: 74.44 years
female: 81.36 years (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 66.18 years
male: 64.35 years
female: 68.09 years (2002 est.)
Martinique total population: 78.56 years
male: 79.19 years
female: 77.92 years (2002 est.)
Mauritania total population: 51.53 years
male: 49.42 years
female: 53.71 years (2002 est.)
Mauritius total population: 71.53 years
male: 67.54 years
female: 75.58 years (2002 est.)
Mayotte total population: 60.21 years
male: 58.12 years
female: 62.37 years (2002 est.)
Mexico total population: 72.03 years
male: 68.99 years
female: 75.21 years (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Moldova total population: 64.74 years
male: 60.39 years
female: 69.31 years (2002 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.12 years
male: 75.21 years
female: 83.25 years (2002 est.)
Mongolia total population: 64.62 years
male: 62.47 years
female: 66.87 years (2002 est.)
Montserrat total population: 78.2 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 80.4 years (2002 est.)
Morocco total population: 69.73 years
male: 67.49 years
female: 72.08 years (2002 est.)
Mozambique total population: 35.46 years
male: 36.25 years
female: 34.65 years (2002 est.)
Namibia total population: 38.97 years
male: 40.81 years
female: 37.07 years (2002 est.)
Nauru total population: 61.57 years
male: 58.05 years
female: 65.26 years (2002 est.)
Nepal total population: 58.61 years
male: 59.01 years
female: 58.2 years (2002 est.)
Netherlands total population: 78.58 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 81.59 years (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 75.15 years
male: 72.96 years
female: 77.46 years (2002 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 73.27 years
male: 70.32 years
female: 76.36 years (2002 est.)
New Zealand total population: 78.15 years
male: 75.17 years
female: 81.27 years (2002 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 69.37 years
male: 67.39 years
female: 71.44 years (2002 est.)
Niger total population: 41.91 years
male: 42.04 years
female: 41.77 years (2002 est.)
Nigeria total population: 50.59 years
male: 50.58 years
female: 50.6 years (2002 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: 75.95 years
male: 72.85 years
female: 79.23 years (2002 est.)
Norway total population: 78.94 years
male: 76.01 years
female: 82.07 years (2002 est.)
Oman total population: 72.31 years
male: 70.15 years
female: 74.57 years (2002 est.)
Pakistan total population: 61.82 years
male: 60.96 years
female: 62.73 years (2002 est.)
Palau total population: 69.19 years
male: 66.07 years
female: 72.5 years (2002 est.)
Panama total population: 75.89 years
male: 73.14 years
female: 78.74 years (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 63.83 years
male: 61.73 years
female: 66.03 years (2002 est.)
Paraguay total population: 74.16 years
male: 71.67 years
female: 76.77 years (2002 est.)
Peru total population: 70.59 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 73.12 years (2002 est.)
Philippines total population: 68.12 years
male: 65.26 years
female: 71.12 years (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Poland total population: 73.66 years
male: 69.52 years
female: 78.05 years (2002 est.)
Portugal total population: 76.14 years
male: 72.65 years
female: 79.87 years (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 75.96 years
male: 71.5 years
female: 80.66 years (2002 est.)
Qatar total population: 72.88 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 75.48 years (2002 est.)
Reunion total population: 73.18 years
male: 69.78 years
female: 76.74 years (2002 est.)
Romania total population: 70.39 years
male: 66.62 years
female: 74.39 years (2002 est.)
Russia total population: 67.5 years
male: 62.29 years
female: 72.97 years (2002 est.)
Rwanda total population: 38.66 years
male: 38.14 years
female: 39.2 years (2002 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 77.2 years
male: 74.31 years
female: 80.23 years (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 71.29 years
male: 68.49 years
female: 74.26 years (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 72.82 years
male: 69.26 years
female: 76.64 years (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 77.93 years
male: 75.66 years
female: 80.32 years (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 72.82 years
male: 71.07 years
female: 74.63 years (2002 est.)
Samoa total population: 69.8 years
male: 67.06 years
female: 72.69 years (2002 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.33 years
male: 77.79 years
female: 85.18 years (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 65.93 years
male: 64.47 years
female: 67.45 years (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 68.4 years
male: 66.7 years
female: 70.2 years (2002 est.)
Senegal total population: 62.93 years
male: 61.29 years
female: 64.61 years (2002 est.)
Seychelles total population: 70.97 years
male: 65.48 years
female: 76.63 years (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 45.96 years
male: 43.01 years
female: 49.01 years (2002 est.)
Singapore total population: 80.29 years
male: 77.34 years
female: 83.47 years (2002 est.)
Slovakia total population: 74.2 years
male: 70.19 years
female: 78.41 years (2002 est.)
Slovenia total population: 75.29 years
male: 71.42 years
female: 79.37 years (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 71.82 years
male: 69.38 years
female: 74.39 years (2002 est.)
Somalia total population: 46.96 years
male: 45.33 years
female: 48.65 years (2002 est.)
South Africa total population: 45.43 years
male: 45.19 years
female: 45.68 years (2002 est.)
Spain total population: 79.08 years
male: 75.63 years
female: 82.76 years (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 72.35 years
male: 69.83 years
female: 75 years (2002 est.)
Sudan total population: 57.33 years
male: 56.22 years
female: 58.5 years (2002 est.)
Suriname total population: 71.9 years
male: 69.23 years
female: 74.7 years (2002 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Swaziland total population: 37 years
male: 36.35 years
female: 37.66 years (2002 est.)
Sweden total population: 79.84 years
male: 77.19 years
female: 82.64 years (2002 est.)
Switzerland total population: 79.86 years
male: 76.98 years
female: 82.89 years (2002 est.)
Syria total population: 69.08 years
male: 67.9 years
female: 70.32 years (2002 est.)
Taiwan total population: 76.74 years
male: 73.99 years
female: 79.71 years (2002 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.28 years
male: 61.24 years
female: 67.46 years (2002 est.)
Tanzania total population: 51.7 years
male: 50.76 years
female: 52.67 years (2002 est.)
Thailand total population: 69.18 years
male: 66 years
female: 72.51 years (2002 est.)
Togo total population: 54.02 years
male: 52.03 years
female: 56.07 years (2002 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA years
male: 68 years (2001)
female: 70 years (2001)
Tonga total population: 68.56 years
male: 66.13 years
female: 71.11 years (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 68.59 years
male: 66.04 years
female: 71.25 years (2002 est.)
Tunisia total population: 74.16 years
male: 72.56 years
female: 75.89 years (2002 est.)
Turkey total population: 71.52 years
male: 69.15 years
female: 74.01 years (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 61.1 years
male: 57.57 years
female: 64.8 years (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 73.76 years
male: 71.59 years
female: 76.03 years (2002 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 66.98 years
male: 64.83 years
female: 69.23 years (2002 est.)
Uganda total population: 43.81 years
male: 42.97 years
female: 44.67 years (2002 est.)
Ukraine total population: 66.33 years
male: 60.86 years
female: 72.06 years (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 74.52 years
male: 72.06 years
female: 77.1 years (2002 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 77.99 years
male: 75.29 years
female: 80.84 years (2002 est.)
United States total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.5 years
female: 80.2 years (2002 est.)
Uruguay total population: 75.66 years
male: 72.32 years
female: 79.17 years (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 63.9 years
male: 60.38 years
female: 67.6 years (2002 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 61.33 years
male: 59.93 years
female: 62.8 years (2002 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.56 years
male: 70.53 years
female: 76.81 years (2002 est.)
Vietnam total population: 69.86 years
male: 67.4 years
female: 72.5 years (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 78.43 years
male: 74.55 years
female: 82.53 years (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
West Bank total population: 72.47 years
male: 70.76 years
female: 74.29 years (2002 est.)
Western Sahara total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
World total population: 63.94 years
male: 62.28 years
female: 65.67 years (2002 est.)
Yemen total population: 60.59 years
male: 58.81 years
female: 62.46 years (2002 est.)
Yugoslavia total population: 73.72 years
male: 70.78 years
female: 76.89 years (2002 est.)
Zambia total population: 37.35 years
male: 37.05 years
female: 37.66 years (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 36.5 years
male: 37.87 years
female: 35.1 years (2002 est.)

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