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Health - Life Expectancy

Life expectancy at birth, by sex
Life expectancy at age 60, by sex

Table 2a. Life expectancy
Last update: December 2012
Country or area Year   Life expectancy at birth   Life expectancy at age 60 years
      Women Men   Women Men
Afghanistan 2010-2015   49 49   15 14
Albania 2010-2015   80 74   24 19
Algeria 2010-2015   75 72   20 18
American Samoa 2006 * 76 69   … …
Angola 2010-2015   53 50   16 15
Anguilla 2000-2002 * 81 77   24 21
Argentina 2010-2015   80 72   24 19
Armenia 2010-2015   77 71   22 18
Aruba 2010-2015   78 73   22 18
Australia1 2010-2015   84 80   26 23
Austria 2010-2015   84 78   26 22
Azerbaijan2 2010-2015   74 68   20 16
Bahamas 2010-2015   79 73   23 18
Bahrain 2010-2015   76 75   19 18
Bangladesh 2010-2015   70 69   18 18
Barbados 2010-2015   80 74   23 19
Belarus 2010-2015   76 65   21 14
Belgium 2010-2015   83 77   25 21
Belize 2010-2015   78 75   23 21
Benin 2010-2015   59 55   17 16
Bermuda 2010 * 82 77   24 20
Bhutan 2010-2015   70 66   19 18
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2010-2015   69 65   19 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010-2015   78 73   22 18
Botswana 2010-2015   51 54   18 16
Brazil 2010-2015   77 71   23 20
Brunei Darussalam 2010-2015   81 76   24 21
Bulgaria 2010-2015   77 70   21 17
Burkina Faso 2010-2015   57 55   15 15
Burundi 2010-2015   53 50   16 15
Cambodia 2010-2015   65 62   17 16
Cameroon 2010-2015   54 51   17 16
Canada 2010-2015   83 79   26 22
Cape Verde 2010-2015   78 71   22 17
Cayman Islands 2006 * a 84 76   26 21
Central African Republic 2010-2015   51 48   16 15
Chad 2010-2015   52 49   16 14
Channel Islands 3 2010-2015   82 78   25 21
Chile 2010-2015   82 76   25 21
China 4 2010-2015   76 72   21 18
China, Hong Kong SAR 5 2010-2015   86 80   28 23
China, Macao SAR 6 2010-2015   84 79   25 22
Colombia 2010-2015   78 70   22 20
Comoros 2010-2015   63 60   17 15
Congo 2010-2015   59 57   18 16
Cook Islands 2001-2006 *b 76 70   20 18
Costa Rica 2010-2015   82 77   25 22
Côte d'Ivoire 2010-2015   58 55   17 16
Croatia 2010-2015   80 73   23 18
Cuba 2010-2015   81 77   24 22
Cyprus 7 2010-2015   82 78   24 20
Czech Republic 2010-2015   81 75   23 19
Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2010-2015   72 66   19 14
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2010-2015   51 47   16 15
Denmark 2010-2015   81 77   24 21
Djibouti 2010-2015   60 57   16 15
Dominica 2008 * 78 74   … …
Dominican Republic 2010-2015   77 71   24 21
Ecuador 2010-2015   79 73   24 21
Egypt 2010-2015   76 72   20 17
El Salvador 2010-2015   77 68   23 21
Equatorial Guinea 2010-2015   53 50   16 15
Eritrea 2010-2015   64 60   17 13
Estonia 2010-2015   80 70   23 17
Ethiopia 2010-2015   62 58   18 16
Faeroe Islands 2008 * 82 77   24 21
Fiji 2010-2015   72 67   19 15
Finland 8 2010-2015   83 77   26 22
France 2010-2015   85 78   27 22
French Guiana 2010-2015   81 73   24 18
French Polynesia 2010-2015   78 73   22 18
Gabon 2010-2015   64 62   19 18
Gambia 2010-2015   60 58   14 13
Georgia 9 2010-2015   77 71   22 17
Germany 2010-2015   83 78   25 22
Ghana 2010-2015   66 64   19 18
Gibraltar 2001 * c 83 79   21 18
Greece 2010-2015   83 78   25 22
Greenland 2006 - 2010 *  73 68   19 16
Grenada 2010-2015   78 74   22 19
Guadeloupe 10 2010-2015   84 76   26 22
Guam 2010-2015   79 74   22 19
Guatemala 2010-2015   75 68   22 20
Guinea 2010-2015   56 53   17 16
Guinea-Bissau 2010-2015   50 47   16 15
Guyana 2010-2015   73 67   21 17
Haiti 2010-2015   64 61   17 16
Honduras 2010-2015   76 71   23 20
Hungary 2010-2015   78 71   22 17
Iceland 2010-2015   84 80   26 23
India 2010-2015   68 64   18 16
Indonesia 2010-2015   72 68   19 17
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2010-2015   75 72   20 20
Iraq 2010-2015   73 68   20 17
Ireland 2010-2015   83 78   25 22
Isle of Man 1996 * 80 74   22 18
Israel 2010-2015   84 80   26 23
Italy 2010-2015   85 79   26 22
Jamaica 2010-2015   76 71   22 20
Japan 2010-2015   87 80   29 23
Jordan 2010-2015   75 72   20 19
Kazakhstan 2010-2015   73 62   19 14
Kenya 2010-2015   59 57   18 17
Kiribati 2005 * 63 59   16 13
Kuwait 2010-2015   76 74   18 18
Kyrgyzstan 2010-2015   72 64   19 15
Lao People's Democratic Republic 2010-2015   69 66   18 16
Latvia 2010-2015   79 69   22 17
Lebanon 2010-2015   75 71   20 17
Lesotho 2010-2015   48 50   17 15
Liberia 2010-2015   59 56   16 15
Libya 2010-2015   78 73   22 18
Lithuania 2010-2015   78 67   22 16
Luxembourg 2010-2015   83 78   25 21
Madagascar 2010-2015   69 65   19 18
Malawi 2010-2015   55 55   18 16
Malaysia 11 2010-2015   77 73   20 18
Maldives 2010-2015   79 76   21 20
Mali 2010-2015   53 51   14 13
Malta 2010-2015   82 78   24 21
Marshall Islands 2004 * 71 67   … …
Martinique 2010-2015   84 77   26 22
Mauritania 2010-2015   61 57   15 14
Mauritius 12 2010-2015   77 70   21 17
Mayotte 2010-2015   82 74   24 22
Mexico 2010-2015   80 75   23 21
Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2010-2015   70 68   18 17
Mongolia 2010-2015   73 65   20 16
Montenegro 2010-2015   77 73   21 18
Morocco 2010-2015   75 70   20 17
Mozambique 2010-2015   52 50   17 16
Myanmar 2010-2015   68 64   18 16
Namibia 2010-2015   63 62   19 17
Nauru 2006 * 57 55   … …
Nepal 2010-2015   70 68   18 17
Netherlands 2010-2015   83 79   25 22
Netherlands Antilles 13 2010-2015   80 74   23 20
New Caledonia 2010-2015   80 74   24 19
New Zealand 2010-2015   83 79   25 22
Nicaragua 2010-2015   77 71   23 20
Niger 2010-2015   56 55   15 14
Nigeria 2010-2015   53 52   17 15
Niue 2006 * 76 67   … …
Northern Mariana Islands 2009 * 80 74   … …
Norway 14 2010-2015   83 79   26 22
Occupied Palestinian Territory 15 2010-2015   75 72   20 17
Oman 2010-2015   76 71   19 16
Pakistan 2010-2015   67 65   18 17
Palau 2005 ** 72 66   … …
Panama 2010-2015   79 74   23 21
Papua New Guinea 2010-2015   66 61   17 14
Paraguay 2010-2015   75 71   22 20
Peru 2010-2015   77 72   23 20
Philippines 2010-2015   73 66   19 16
Poland 2010-2015   81 72   23 18
Portugal 2010-2015   83 77   25 21
Puerto Rico 2010-2015   83 75   26 21
Qatar 2010-2015   78 79   21 22
Republic of Korea 2010-2015   84 77   26 21
Republic of Moldova 16 2010-2015   73 66   19 15
Réunion 2010-2015   82 74   24 22
Romania 2010-2015   78 71   22 17
Russian Federation 2010-2015   75 63   21 15
Rwanda 2010-2015   57 54   17 16
Saint Helena  2000-2009 * 79 73   24 20
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1998 * 71 68   18 17
Saint Lucia 2010-2015   78 72   23 18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2010-2015   75 70   20 17
Samoa 2010-2015   76 70   21 16
San Marino 2000 * 85 78   26 22
Sao Tome and Principe 2010-2015   66 64   18 17
Saudi Arabia 2010-2015   76 73   20 19
Senegal 2010-2015   61 59   14 13
Serbia 17 2010-2015   77 72   21 18
Seychelles 2011 * d 78 68   22 17
Sierra Leone 2010-2015   49 48   11 11
Singapore 2010-2015   84 79   25 22
Slovakia 2010-2015   80 72   22 17
Slovenia 2010-2015   83 76   25 20
Solomon Islands 2010-2015   70 67   18 16
Somalia 2010-2015   53 50   16 15
South Africa 2010-2015   54 53   18 14
Spain 18 2010-2015   85 79   27 22
Sri Lanka 2010-2015   78 72   22 19
Sudan 19 2010-2015   64 60   18 16
Suriname 2010-2015   74 68   20 17
Swaziland 2010-2015   49 50   17 15
Sweden 2010-2015   84 80   26 22
Switzerland 2010-2015   85 80   27 23
Syrian Arab Republic 2010-2015   78 74   21 19
Tajikistan 2010-2015   71 65   21 16
TFYR Macedonia 20 2010-2015   77 73   21 18
Thailand 2010-2015   78 71   22 19
Timor-Leste 2010-2015   64 62   17 15
Togo 2010-2015   59 56   18 16
Tokelau 1990 ** 70 68   … …
Tonga 2010-2015   75 70   21 16
Trinidad and Tobago 2010-2015   74 67   21 16
Tunisia 2010-2015   77 73   21 18
Turkey 2010-2015   77 72   21 18
Turkmenistan 2010-2015   69 61   19 15
Turks and Caicos Islands 2001 * 77 79   20 24
Tuvalu 1997-2002 * 65 62   17 14
Uganda 2010-2015   55 54   17 16
Ukraine 2010-2015   75 64   20 15
United Arab Emirates 2010-2015   78 76   21 20
United Kingdom 2010-2015   82 78   25 22
United Republic of Tanzania 21 2010-2015   60 58   18 17
United States of America 2010-2015   81 76   25 22
United States Virgin Islands 2010-2015   83 77   26 20
Uruguay 2010-2015   81 74   24 19
Uzbekistan 2010-2015   72 66   20 17
Vanuatu 2010-2015   74 70   19 17
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2010-2015   78 72   22 20
Viet Nam 2010-2015   77 73   23 20
Wallis and Futuna Islands 2005-2008 ** 76 73   … …
Western Sahara 2010-2015   70 66   18 16
Yemen 2010-2015   68 65   18 16
Zambia 2010-2015   50 49   17 16
Zimbabwe 2010-2015   53 54   19 17
               


Footnotes
… Not available.
* Data are from official national life tables compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
** Data are published by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. 
a The data are based on a small number of death
b Excluding Niue
c The data for life expectancy at age 60 is based on the age of 65.
d The data for life expectancy at age 60 is based on the year of 2007.
1 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
2 Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
3 Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.
4 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions (SAR) of China.
5 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
6 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.
7 Including Northern-Cyprus.
8 Including Åland Islands.
9 Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
10 Including Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
11 Including Sabah and Sarawak.
12 Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
13 Refers to Curaçao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
14 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
15 Including East Jerusalem.
16 Including Transnistria.
17 Including Kosovo.
18 Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.
19 Including Southern Sudan which voted in favor of independence, but was not an official UN Member State as of May 2011.
20 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
21 Including Zanzibar.
   
Sources:
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011), World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision. available in http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm; supplemented by official national statistics published in Demographic Yearbook, available from the United Nations Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm; and data compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme, available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp.

 

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