Life expectancy by world region, from 1770 to 2023
This is a list of countries showing past life expectancy, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. Life expectancy equals the erage number of years a person born in a given country is expected to live if mortality rates at each age were to remain steady in the future. The life expectancy is shown as the erage of males and females.
List of countries 1950 to 2015 (United Nations)[edit]Asterisk (*) indicates "Health in LOCATION" links.
Life expectancy at birth for both genders (in years)[1] Location 1950–1955 1955–1960 1960–1965 1965–1970 1970–1975 1975–1980 1980–1985 1985–1990 1990–1995 1995–2000 2000–2005 2005–2010 2010–2015 Afghanistan * 28.61 31.12 33.41 35.58 37.83 40.39 43.56 47.70 51.74 54.17 56.89 60.03 62.25 Albania * 55.26 59.31 64.85 66.24 67.69 69.70 70.61 71.98 71.73 72.95 74.83 75.65 77.66 Algeria * 42.89 45.00 47.29 49.47 51.48 54.93 61.57 65.85 67.20 69.14 71.50 73.88 75.27 Angola * 31.39 32.54 34.09 36.04 38.05 40.00 40.89 41.48 42.22 44.73 49.98 55.59 60.19 Antigua and Barbuda * 58.51 61.03 63.18 65.05 66.71 68.18 69.54 70.75 71.88 73.00 74.02 75.01 75.82 Argentina * 62.57 64.58 65.31 65.84 67.28 68.72 70.21 71.06 72.20 73.33 74.39 75.18 76.01 Armenia * 62.82 64.92 67.04 69.18 70.75 70.58 70.90 68.40 68.07 70.21 72.35 72.72 73.98 Aruba (Netherlands) 60.44 64.36 66.58 68.22 70.05 71.55 72.87 73.30 73.54 73.70 73.97 74.68 75.37 Australia * 69.37 70.42 70.87 70.83 71.75 73.58 75.08 76.18 77.69 78.84 80.34 81.48 82.30 Austria * 66.54 68.02 69.66 70.14 70.80 72.14 73.28 75.00 76.16 77.54 78.93 80.14 80.99 Azerbaijan * 58.43 60.40 61.53 62.62 63.53 63.93 64.40 65.21 64.55 66.24 67.43 70.09 71.57 Bahamas 60.02 61.97 63.69 65.22 66.63 67.92 69.09 70.21 71.13 71.68 73.17 74.33 75.14 Bahrain * 42.98 48.46 55.25 61.09 65.35 68.33 70.50 71.83 72.90 73.93 74.91 75.68 76.41 Bangladesh * 40.67 44.22 47.19 49.32 46.27 52.21 54.30 56.97 59.99 63.74 66.70 69.05 71.24 Barbados * 57.22 59.84 62.17 64.59 66.35 67.96 69.47 70.77 71.92 72.94 73.75 74.55 75.36 Belarus * 60.71 66.32 69.11 70.37 70.51 70.41 70.14 71.35 69.44 67.42 67.83 69.25 72.15 Belgium * 67.81 69.46 70.30 70.71 71.50 72.66 73.91 75.27 76.41 77.39 78.38 79.58 80.53 Belize * 55.92 58.64 61.34 64.26 66.72 68.63 70.35 71.45 70.56 68.58 68.51 69.52 69.76 Benin * 33.72 36.13 38.42 40.87 43.48 46.22 48.30 51.92 55.14 54.96 56.18 58.56 59.93 Bhutan * 32.26 33.78 35.47 38.20 41.06 43.69 47.39 50.98 54.81 58.58 62.91 66.54 68.78 Bolivia * 40.02 41.39 42.95 44.72 46.69 48.86 51.22 53.78 56.47 59.27 62.11 64.95 67.72 Bosnia and Herzegovina * 53.67 58.46 61.93 64.73 67.57 69.87 70.72 71.95 70.13 73.61 74.83 75.53 76.31 Botswana * 47.67 49.71 51.61 53.37 56.07 59.32 61.75 62.54 59.86 51.31 49.15 56.52 62.91 Brazil * 50.83 52.99 55.54 57.99 60.13 61.33 62.72 64.40 66.33 68.90 71.10 72.91 74.66 Brunei * 58.28 61.02 63.82 65.95 67.83 69.45 70.91 72.28 73.53 74.68 75.74 76.69 76.71 Bulgaria * 62.33 66.78 70.28 70.91 71.07 71.10 71.24 71.39 71.11 70.97 72.19 73.13 74.25 Burkina Faso * 30.94 33.29 35.59 38.04 40.28 43.40 48.40 49.48 49.33 49.86 51.61 55.27 58.71 Burundi * 39.03 40.52 42.03 43.53 44.23 46.43 48.03 49.16 47.30 50.85 51.97 53.67 56.09 Cambodia * 40.32 41.05 41.39 41.97 37.84 14.48 45.08 52.04 54.27 56.42 60.79 65.12 67.61 Cameroon * 38.54 40.45 42.68 44.85 47.42 50.06 52.06 52.79 51.25 49.34 51.45 54.39 56.39 Canada * 69.05 70.31 71.34 72.15 73.01 74.32 75.86 76.83 77.75 78.58 79.70 80.76 81.78 Cape Verde * 48.06 48.77 49.45 52.43 55.25 60.52 62.37 64.10 65.73 67.94 71.27 71.77 72.14 Central African Republic * 33.44 35.50 37.57 40.16 43.90 47.62 49.56 49.49 47.65 44.96 43.68 45.99 49.40 Chad * 36.06 37.36 38.70 40.14 42.52 43.98 45.38 46.64 47.14 47.65 47.65 48.87 51.67 Guernsey and Jersey * (UK) 69.22 70.46 70.92 71.60 72.07 72.87 74.04 74.94 76.08 77.00 78.27 79.63 80.57 Chile * 54.64 56.38 58.32 60.83 63.95 67.38 70.57 72.70 74.56 76.10 77.38 78.14 78.83 China * 43.83 44.47 44.55 55.47 61.67 65.51 67.75 68.92 69.67 70.86 73.11 74.68 75.67 Colombia * 50.67 55.20 57.98 60.11 61.80 64.03 66.90 68.04 68.70 70.34 71.71 72.86 73.75 Comoros * 38.72 40.47 42.47 44.48 46.85 49.06 52.29 55.29 57.82 59.29 59.60 60.89 62.83 Costa Rica * 56.00 58.76 62.37 65.18 67.70 70.49 73.42 75.09 76.08 77.04 77.81 78.42 79.16 Croatia * 61.26 63.64 65.72 67.46 69.02 69.90 70.59 71.88 72.81 74.58 74.94 76.09 77.05 Cuba * 59.44 62.39 65.39 68.53 71.02 73.14 74.29 74.69 74.83 76.22 77.21 78.67 79.16 Curaçao * (Netherlands) 60.65 64.35 66.50 68.17 69.93 72.17 73.67 74.46 74.57 74.59 74.99 76.15 77.78 Cyprus * 66.73 68.72 70.43 71.90 73.17 74.27 75.26 76.14 76.93 77.66 78.33 78.96 79.92 Czech Republic * 66.86 69.59 70.35 69.99 70.04 70.64 70.78 71.46 72.50 74.23 75.54 76.98 78.17 DR Congo * 39.06 40.55 41.63 42.99 44.77 45.63 47.13 48.25 49.59 48.89 51.84 55.48 58.10 Denmark * 71.06 72.07 72.40 72.93 73.63 74.24 74.44 74.75 75.23 76.14 77.34 78.59 80.15 Djibouti * 41.04 42.95 45.18 47.35 50.90 52.55 54.67 56.12 57.02 57.02 57.29 59.05 61.62 Dominican Republic * 45.97 49.92 53.61 56.95 59.87 62.05 64.02 66.53 69.04 70.08 71.12 72.23 73.23 Ecuador * 48.65 51.59 54.75 56.78 58.90 61.67 64.57 67.63 70.18 72.10 73.62 74.57 75.55 Egypt * 41.14 46.35 49.30 51.58 52.96 56.76 59.90 63.54 65.44 67.98 68.99 69.87 70.84 El Salvador * 44.25 48.12 51.57 53.92 55.75 56.22 57.14 61.55 66.08 68.04 69.60 71.15 72.64 Equatorial Guinea * 34.48 35.99 37.49 38.99 40.50 42.04 45.54 47.21 49.35 51.75 53.57 54.93 56.84 Eritrea * 34.08 36.68 40.08 42.15 44.11 45.91 47.33 48.68 50.77 53.96 56.68 60.70 63.42 Estonia * 61.77 66.92 69.38 70.31 70.27 69.43 69.32 70.34 68.50 69.42 71.59 73.77 76.76 Eswatini * 41.44 43.47 45.05 46.69 49.61 52.61 56.15 59.66 59.44 52.50 45.93 48.41 54.99 Ethiopia * 34.08 36.68 40.08 42.14 43.52 44.26 43.52 46.15 48.06 50.70 53.61 59.08 63.69 Micronesia * 54.58 56.58 58.58 60.58 62.67 64.77 65.35 65.93 66.49 67.06 67.58 68.35 68.79 Fiji * 52.21 54.70 56.92 58.93 60.71 62.23 63.67 64.93 66.05 67.07 67.96 68.79 69.72 Finland * 66.40 68.19 69.07 69.72 70.93 72.71 74.33 74.79 75.84 77.14 78.40 79.55 80.70 France * 67.05 69.20 70.66 71.33 72.32 73.50 74.63 75.94 77.20 78.29 79.44 80.82 81.89 French Guiana (France) 53.33 56.16 59.50 64.40 65.78 66.50 69.21 71.09 72.75 74.24 76.12 77.98 79.18 French Polynesia (France) 48.94 54.86 57.10 59.26 61.03 62.82 66.28 67.98 69.47 71.46 73.17 75.01 76.14 Gabon * 37.00 39.00 40.50 44.65 48.78 52.91 57.03 60.70 61.01 60.03 59.07 61.34 64.45 Gambia 30.24 31.52 32.79 35.78 40.04 44.21 48.20 51.33 52.85 54.91 56.92 58.83 60.31 Georgia * 60.65 62.65 64.65 66.65 68.15 69.64 69.63 70.45 70.11 71.09 72.60 72.65 72.74 Germany * 67.52 68.91 69.97 70.66 71.15 72.30 73.65 74.99 75.99 77.32 78.63 79.74 80.45 Ghana * 42.17 44.66 46.90 48.62 50.03 51.60 53.05 55.31 57.75 56.98 57.49 60.03 61.68 Greece * 65.75 67.15 69.25 70.10 71.81 72.83 74.50 75.63 77.39 78.08 79.11 80.02 80.62 Grenada * 56.34 58.91 61.12 63.00 64.58 65.93 67.11 68.12 69.01 69.83 70.89 72.00 73.17 Guadeloupe (France) 53.32 57.15 60.57 63.59 66.22 68.62 70.79 72.77 74.61 76.30 77.87 79.36 80.54 Guam * (USA) 57.20 59.72 62.25 64.59 66.69 68.49 70.01 71.35 72.55 74.10 75.92 77.35 78.84 Guatemala * 42.92 45.46 48.01 50.93 53.97 56.19 58.41 60.99 63.61 66.56 68.95 70.51 72.44 Guinea * 33.07 34.33 35.38 36.14 37.43 39.87 43.05 47.92 51.28 51.61 51.31 55.45 57.93 Guinea-Bissau * 35.88 37.19 38.63 40.60 42.48 44.49 46.60 48.18 49.99 51.81 52.68 54.18 56.00 Guyana * 58.83 59.80 60.69 61.55 61.95 62.30 62.66 63.00 63.69 64.53 65.24 65.79 66.25 Haiti * 37.48 40.62 43.53 46.22 48.10 50.07 51.65 53.73 55.43 57.13 58.34 60.23 62.29 Honduras * 41.80 44.60 48.03 51.07 54.12 57.74 61.62 65.49 67.77 69.92 71.05 72.01 72.89 Hong Kong * (UK/China) 63.10 65.85 68.83 70.85 72.48 73.73 75.63 76.97 78.05 79.99 81.44 82.43 83.41 Hungary * 64.01 66.91 68.79 69.45 69.41 69.59 69.08 69.42 69.41 70.88 72.54 73.74 75.40 Iceland * 72.23 73.22 73.50 73.65 74.20 76.34 76.85 77.61 78.53 79.11 80.69 81.40 82.19 India * 36.62 39.65 42.73 46.02 49.39 52.54 54.93 56.73 59.18 61.57 63.54 65.57 67.57 Indonesia * 43.49 47.00 50.20 53.09 55.93 58.46 60.66 62.38 64.16 65.78 66.68 67.67 68.60 Iran * 40.58 43.50 46.38 49.18 52.67 56.71 51.99 59.97 66.87 69.04 71.12 72.73 75.06 Iraq * 37.93 44.92 50.88 56.36 59.51 61.72 59.00 64.32 67.39 69.07 68.88 68.02 69.19 Ireland * 66.90 69.16 70.14 70.76 71.23 72.00 73.18 74.22 75.34 76.03 77.83 79.69 80.86 Israel * 68.88 70.04 70.98 71.77 72.58 73.53 74.63 75.94 77.22 78.32 79.56 80.94 81.91 Italy * 66.52 68.44 69.68 70.93 72.22 73.55 74.87 76.38 77.47 78.80 80.28 81.51 82.35 Ivory Coast * 32.14 35.09 38.64 41.64 45.79 49.24 51.59 52.77 51.44 46.68 49.19 51.70 54.37 Jamaica * 58.61 62.73 65.72 67.61 69.01 70.73 72.03 72.12 72.01 72.07 72.79 74.19 75.45 Japan * 62.80 66.41 69.16 71.41 73.28 75.40 77.01 78.53 79.42 80.51 81.80 82.66 83.28 Jordan * 46.51 50.66 54.60 58.38 61.85 64.94 67.23 69.15 70.41 71.27 72.17 73.01 73.81 Kazakhstan * 55.06 57.31 59.50 61.66 63.25 64.29 65.88 67.49 65.45 62.98 64.55 66.03 69.06 Kenya * 42.30 44.73 48.02 50.75 53.68 56.32 58.76 58.62 55.94 52.38 52.73 59.72 65.40 Kiribati * 46.38 47.99 50.63 53.03 55.54 56.64 57.33 59.14 61.59 63.32 64.55 65.10 65.69 Kuwait * 53.55 58.26 62.02 64.88 67.07 68.71 70.32 71.63 72.42 72.95 73.34 73.71 74.29 Kyrgyzstan * 52.83 55.08 57.35 59.57 61.25 62.38 64.03 66.06 66.24 65.93 66.87 67.49 70.27 Laos * 40.93 42.43 43.98 45.48 48.40 49.89 52.37 54.85 57.53 60.34 63.15 65.40 67.17 Latvia * 62.40 67.57 70.07 70.46 69.99 68.92 69.08 70.41 67.68 68.70 70.75 71.55 73.92 Lebanon * 60.46 62.43 64.01 65.36 66.70 67.59 68.36 69.55 71.04 73.23 75.57 77.73 78.94 Lesotho * 42.15 45.08 47.80 48.52 49.80 52.24 55.28 57.33 59.70 52.74 45.62 49.04 52.51 Liberia * 33.13 34.19 35.39 37.92 40.78 44.52 46.97 47.33 47.68 52.59 52.39 58.11 60.70 Lithuania * 60.83 66.88 69.88 71.28 71.19 70.67 70.53 71.57 69.73 70.25 71.62 71.86 73.99 Luxembourg * 65.96 67.55 69.12 69.78 70.24 71.45 72.89 74.49 75.77 76.99 78.32 79.51 81.15 Libya * 36.67 38.99 46.88 53.31 58.39 62.46 65.55 67.52 69.35 70.18 70.81 71.82 71.47 Macau * (China) 61.00 63.58 66.00 68.09 70.66 73.06 74.83 76.56 78.05 79.78 80.99 82.06 83.29 North Macedonia * 54.90 58.96 62.12 65.02 67.31 68.46 68.91 70.67 71.54 72.65 73.78 74.17 75.15 Madagascar * 36.32 38.75 41.17 43.54 45.97 48.08 49.66 49.92 52.66 56.68 60.02 62.23 64.50 Malawi * 36.26 37.21 38.42 39.50 41.76 43.78 45.57 46.31 46.67 46.56 47.30 53.38 60.71 Malaysia * 54.80 57.94 60.88 63.34 65.44 67.24 68.78 70.11 71.27 72.30 73.21 73.71 74.73 Maldives * 34.47 36.09 38.98 42.42 46.24 50.66 55.49 59.29 63.53 67.63 72.15 75.59 76.30 Mali * 26.96 27.98 28.61 30.79 34.20 37.71 41.55 44.51 46.57 46.75 49.96 54.03 56.24 Malta * 66.11 67.83 69.34 70.73 72.02 73.22 74.38 75.49 76.54 77.53 78.49 79.42 80.31 Martinique (France) 55.59 58.87 61.86 64.63 67.28 69.70 71.88 73.86 75.69 77.38 78.95 80.09 81.19 Mauritania * 38.59 41.72 45.19 47.93 50.28 52.73 55.76 57.77 58.89 59.84 60.27 61.32 62.64 Mauritius * 50.19 55.74 61.23 62.96 63.55 65.58 68.10 68.49 70.28 70.36 72.09 72.75 74.13 Mayotte (France) 47.20 52.77 57.03 60.69 63.85 66.59 68.99 71.15 73.11 74.87 76.49 77.96 79.34 Mexico * 50.72 55.30 58.50 60.32 62.61 65.34 67.76 69.86 71.85 73.72 74.94 75.72 76.49 Moldova * 59.04 61.07 62.87 64.64 65.17 65.15 65.10 67.53 67.30 66.60 67.62 68.25 70.95 Mongolia * 43.18 46.10 50.73 53.87 56.43 56.85 57.30 59.60 60.75 61.81 64.08 66.14 68.47 Montenegro * 59.77 62.11 65.61 68.35 71.27 72.52 73.62 74.17 74.73 73.40 73.40 74.19 76.39 Morocco * 45.67 47.45 49.52 51.64 53.53 55.74 59.58 63.19 65.98 67.65 69.95 72.88 74.87 Mozambique * 31.29 33.79 36.18 38.14 40.37 42.21 41.47 42.33 43.90 47.21 49.56 53.24 56.08 Myanmar * 44.20 49.62 51.88 53.98 55.95 57.83 55.95 57.83 59.63 61.28 62.94 64.26 66.01 Namibia * 41.75 45.27 48.43 51.20 53.52 56.63 58.34 60.67 61.52 58.11 53.83 54.98 61.75 Nepal * 34.01 34.56 36.20 39.08 42.02 44.93 48.34 52.13 56.43 60.50 64.04 66.79 68.91 Netherlands * 71.93 72.94 73.46 73.64 74.11 75.17 76.13 76.72 77.26 77.85 78.68 80.18 81.31 New Caledonia (France) 50.74 54.60 58.03 61.05 63.69 66.03 68.08 69.88 71.45 72.83 74.07 75.12 76.26 New Zealand * 69.76 70.68 71.18 71.26 71.77 72.62 73.78 74.46 76.35 77.58 79.08 80.32 81.33 Nicaragua * 42.30 45.45 48.68 51.99 55.29 57.65 59.50 62.23 66.16 68.53 70.96 72.84 74.47 Niger * 34.50 34.81 35.29 35.62 36.32 37.75 40.26 42.27 45.01 48.36 51.42 54.91 58.53 Nigeria * 33.81 35.80 38.13 39.97 42.03 44.29 46.02 45.95 45.87 46.00 46.94 49.75 51.88 North Korea * 37.60 49.88 51.63 57.24 61.73 65.04 67.06 68.59 70.02 63.49 68.06 68.44 70.79 Norway * 72.80 73.48 73.47 73.92 74.43 75.31 76.01 76.28 77.29 78.30 79.34 80.61 81.61 Oman * 36.05 40.54 44.71 48.55 52.25 57.35 61.90 65.60 68.43 70.98 73.20 75.02 76.21 Pakistan * 37.04 42.73 47.49 51.25 54.14 56.11 57.76 59.30 60.76 62.08 63.33 64.37 65.86 Palestine 46.59 48.23 50.75 54.09 57.45 60.99 64.40 67.11 68.85 70.29 71.17 72.03 72.86 Panama * 56.80 59.50 62.15 64.36 66.74 69.22 70.99 72.38 73.55 74.60 75.54 76.36 77.32 Papua New Guinea * 38.31 40.93 43.04 46.87 50.12 53.71 57.12 58.07 59.72 61.10 62.59 64.18 64.97 Paraguay * 62.76 63.33 64.50 65.08 65.96 66.55 67.11 67.64 68.54 69.44 70.80 71.79 72.78 Peru * 43.93 46.30 49.14 51.52 55.55 58.53 61.59 64.33 66.79 69.31 71.65 73.19 74.20 Philippines * 55.43 57.09 58.62 60.08 61.41 61.67 62.87 64.70 65.70 66.78 67.49 68.04 68.61 Poland * 61.44 65.89 68.31 69.79 70.28 70.35 70.70 70.73 71.15 72.72 74.60 75.56 76.99 Portugal * 60.30 62.37 64.46 66.37 68.32 70.39 72.51 74.03 74.88 75.99 77.58 79.29 80.51 Puerto Rico (USA) 63.54 67.92 69.12 70.72 72.35 73.52 73.89 74.59 73.83 74.87 76.78 77.84 79.21 Qatar * 55.19 59.16 62.89 66.60 69.70 71.80 73.36 74.51 75.34 75.96 76.57 76.90 77.64 Congo * 43.15 46.83 50.16 52.49 54.11 55.44 56.63 56.66 54.83 51.99 52.12 57.95 62.55 Romania * 61.15 63.29 67.78 67.34 69.02 69.59 69.73 69.52 69.60 69.71 71.47 73.08 74.85 Russia * 58.51 64.79 67.88 68.47 68.31 67.56 67.46 69.13 66.58 65.70 64.95 67.13 70.30 Rwanda * 40.02 41.51 43.02 44.13 44.58 45.79 49.79 48.07 23.72 44.74 50.58 60.05 65.16 Réunion * (France) 47.84 53.41 57.70 61.41 64.58 67.28 69.64 71.73 73.60 75.29 76.81 78.21 79.53 Saint Lucia * 52.42 55.25 59.36 61.57 64.49 67.38 69.94 70.70 71.31 71.15 72.07 73.97 74.81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * 51.08 55.14 60.77 63.94 65.82 66.61 68.39 69.60 70.49 70.61 70.71 71.85 72.74 Samoa * 45.93 48.47 50.99 53.49 56.00 58.51 60.98 63.49 66.14 68.39 70.09 72.04 74.09 São Tomé and Príncipe * 46.40 48.89 51.86 54.42 57.36 60.21 60.59 61.40 62.22 63.01 63.80 65.47 66.14 Saudi Arabia * 41.94 44.42 46.98 50.23 55.45 60.78 64.89 67.86 69.98 71.75 72.92 73.21 73.99 Senegal * 35.47 37.49 38.62 38.41 40.91 46.50 51.27 56.05 57.59 57.25 58.93 62.41 65.71 Serbia * 59.12 61.60 64.26 66.72 68.53 69.53 70.20 71.14 71.74 71.91 72.36 73.33 74.65 Seychelles * 57.96 59.41 62.84 64.39 66.99 69.02 70.33 71.14 70.54 71.36 72.11 72.32 72.95 Sierra Leone * 28.82 29.87 30.99 32.63 36.78 39.70 40.85 39.13 35.96 36.69 41.32 45.88 50.19 Singapore * 60.17 63.95 66.44 67.20 69.06 71.04 72.89 74.95 76.97 77.67 79.20 81.23 82.34 Slovakia * 64.43 68.64 70.63 70.32 70.08 70.48 70.63 70.97 71.61 72.74 73.82 74.77 76.30 Slovenia * 65.60 67.88 69.15 69.17 69.81 70.97 71.21 72.69 73.74 75.26 76.66 78.55 80.31 Solomon Islands * 45.38 47.91 50.43 52.97 55.50 58.00 58.74 55.84 58.33 61.46 64.67 67.35 69.60 Somalia * 33.99 35.99 37.97 39.99 41.91 43.78 45.48 46.37 44.96 49.80 51.49 53.18 54.86 South Africa * 48.52 51.27 53.02 54.84 56.69 57.34 58.35 61.00 62.25 59.20 53.84 53.06 59.47 South Korea * 47.92 51.23 54.83 58.78 63.09 64.99 67.38 70.34 72.85 74.95 77.17 79.47 81.27 South Sudan * 27.92 30.59 32.72 34.88 36.70 38.68 39.45 41.81 45.32 48.17 50.19 52.30 55.06 Spain * 64.60 67.75 69.91 71.37 72.65 74.40 76.10 76.85 77.62 78.76 79.90 81.22 82.52 Sri Lanka * 54.51 58.29 60.26 62.92 65.15 66.96 69.09 68.91 70.01 69.06 73.22 74.09 74.64 Sudan * 44.54 47.08 49.22 51.24 53.06 54.00 54.46 55.14 56.00 57.58 59.37 61.51 63.59 Suriname * 55.99 58.69 60.52 62.42 63.99 65.11 66.53 67.13 67.59 67.80 68.05 69.63 70.90 Sweden * 71.86 72.90 73.50 74.12 74.79 75.35 76.40 77.16 78.17 79.30 80.13 81.07 81.89 Switzerland * 69.34 70.71 71.58 72.57 73.71 75.19 76.09 77.23 77.94 79.23 80.50 81.79 82.69 Syria * 47.60 50.52 53.49 56.85 60.79 64.22 67.18 69.63 71.28 72.54 73.53 74.46 69.84 Tajikistan * 53.05 55.10 57.19 59.26 60.84 62.06 63.19 64.10 62.31 64.48 66.44 68.70 70.38 Taiwan * 58.16 62.92 65.00 66.91 69.38 70.77 72.12 73.35 74.40 75.18 76.90 78.17 79.24 Tanzania * 41.25 43.03 44.31 45.83 47.70 49.90 50.64 50.86 49.61 50.06 53.65 58.82 62.78 Thailand * 50.81 53.30 56.05 58.19 60.66 63.32 65.75 69.77 70.15 70.30 71.22 73.15 74.56 Timor-Leste * 29.97 32.48 34.98 37.49 39.95 31.18 39.91 46.45 50.46 56.99 61.47 66.38 67.74 Togo * 35.30 38.66 41.89 45.02 48.07 50.93 53.58 55.41 55.78 53.71 53.88 55.80 59.07 Tonga * 58.63 60.47 62.30 64.01 65.63 66.84 68.10 69.25 69.85 70.74 71.15 71.82 72.51 Trinidad and Tobago * 57.89 60.82 64.09 64.77 65.45 66.66 67.26 67.74 68.21 68.42 68.67 69.26 70.23 Tunisia * 38.81 40.73 43.74 48.33 54.08 59.37 64.26 67.13 70.27 72.38 73.70 74.56 75.04 Turkey * 41.01 43.69 47.22 50.78 53.75 57.05 60.22 63.04 65.49 68.49 71.37 73.37 74.83 Turkmenistan * 51.28 53.41 55.51 57.61 59.17 60.22 61.77 62.83 62.69 63.18 64.22 65.87 67.31 Uganda * 40.00 42.60 45.39 48.12 49.14 49.33 49.05 46.86 44.57 44.98 49.92 55.15 58.61 Ukraine * 61.83 67.11 69.69 70.66 70.57 69.65 69.15 70.55 68.72 67.36 67.46 67.89 71.12 United Arab Emirates * 43.86 49.59 54.70 59.60 63.37 66.40 68.83 70.72 72.23 73.58 74.82 75.90 76.71 United Kingdom * 69.40 70.60 71.03 71.71 72.21 73.01 74.20 75.14 76.25 77.18 78.42 79.69 80.97 United States * 68.71 69.67 70.10 70.37 71.42 73.26 74.38 74.90 75.65 76.49 77.18 78.17 78.88 U.S. Virgin Islands 62.88 65.49 66.82 68.30 69.80 71.15 72.28 73.57 74.81 76.06 77.06 77.85 79.10 Uruguay * 66.14 67.15 68.38 68.60 68.81 69.64 71.02 72.17 73.07 74.27 75.35 76.20 76.96 Uzbekistan * 56.07 57.90 59.75 61.60 63.02 63.99 65.29 66.56 66.26 66.71 67.74 69.10 70.80 Vanuatu * 41.94 44.94 47.94 50.86 53.78 56.77 59.79 61.93 64.20 66.41 68.36 69.99 71.36 Venezuela * 54.84 57.77 60.68 63.27 65.72 67.37 68.72 69.47 70.23 71.62 72.82 73.36 73.95 Vietnam * 53.50 57.26 60.49 62.33 57.76 66.12 68.06 69.79 71.24 72.66 73.81 74.70 75.56 Western Sahara * 35.48 37.40 39.29 41.23 43.26 47.57 51.88 56.20 58.75 61.27 63.87 66.21 68.41 Yemen * 34.70 34.70 34.71 39.14 43.29 48.08 53.03 56.76 58.52 59.84 61.00 62.75 64.17 Zambia * 42.07 44.13 46.08 47.83 50.16 51.47 50.31 46.74 43.79 43.53 46.86 52.93 59.73 Zimbabwe * 48.54 50.59 52.48 54.13 55.78 57.84 60.54 60.18 54.66 47.35 44.13 48.35 57.64 NORTH AMERICA 68.73 69.70 70.20 70.51 71.56 73.34 74.51 75.08 75.85 76.68 77.41 78.41 79.17 LATIN AMERICA 51.27 54.17 56.78 58.93 61.15 63.01 64.88 66.66 68.41 70.45 72.13 73.45 74.66 Central America 49.10 53.25 56.47 58.62 61.06 63.60 65.91 68.29 70.54 72.50 73.87 74.85 75.78 Caribbean 52.05 55.27 58.35 61.01 63.04 64.46 65.53 66.84 67.73 68.93 69.97 71.30 72.45 South America 51.94 54.36 56.69 58.78 60.94 62.63 64.46 66.09 67.78 69.90 71.74 73.20 74.51 EUROPE 63.68 67.12 69.21 70.04 70.62 71.05 71.64 72.83 72.65 73.11 73.79 75.29 77.20 Northern Europe 68.87 70.49 71.18 71.85 72.35 73.04 74.04 74.91 75.65 76.66 77.94 79.17 80.53 Western Europe 67.74 69.35 70.49 71.11 71.81 72.98 74.20 75.49 76.54 77.73 78.94 80.19 81.07 Southern Europe 63.75 66.26 68.24 69.79 71.30 72.74 74.07 75.32 76.22 77.48 78.76 80.03 81.09 Eastern Europe 60.36 65.52 68.40 69.03 69.16 68.75 68.65 69.80 68.31 67.83 67.91 69.52 72.22 AFRICA 37.46 39.95 42.32 44.42 46.51 48.66 50.45 51.72 51.71 52.33 53.67 56.97 60.23 Northern Africa 42.27 45.82 48.60 51.12 53.18 56.27 59.77 62.85 64.56 66.39 67.92 69.63 71.07 Sub-Saharan Africa 36.33 38.51 40.73 42.70 44.80 46.75 48.18 49.11 48.86 49.39 50.70 54.29 57.88 Western Africa 33.55 35.50 37.61 39.50 41.80 44.42 46.71 47.67 48.13 48.21 49.30 52.33 54.74 Middle Africa 36.91 38.45 40.01 41.82 43.99 45.57 47.07 47.96 48.46 48.17 50.79 54.42 57.42 Eastern Africa 37.00 39.45 42.06 44.13 45.96 47.55 48.17 48.86 47.58 49.57 51.98 57.04 61.45 Southern Africa 47.81 50.58 52.43 54.23 56.10 57.01 58.21 60.79 61.94 58.47 53.19 52.99 59.31 ASIA 42.33 44.54 46.50 52.81 56.51 59.33 61.57 63.57 65.16 66.69 68.65 70.34 71.81 Western Asia 43.76 46.93 50.14 53.78 57.01 60.23 62.57 65.38 67.26 69.19 70.85 72.03 72.77 Central Asia 54.67 56.73 58.77 60.74 62.26 63.29 64.70 66.09 65.06 64.39 65.82 67.50 69.76 Southern Asia 37.02 40.26 43.43 46.64 49.36 52.74 54.83 57.02 59.65 61.95 63.99 65.93 67.88 Eastern Asia 45.60 46.64 46.97 57.03 62.86 66.52 68.70 69.90 70.78 71.93 74.19 75.74 76.76 Southeast Asia 46.48 49.97 52.84 55.52 56.67 58.08 61.95 64.20 65.69 67.02 68.13 69.36 70.50 OCEANIA 61.58 63.37 64.40 65.41 66.87 68.67 70.43 71.43 73.04 74.19 75.67 77.02 77.93 Australia/New Zealand 69.44 70.46 70.92 70.92 71.75 73.41 74.85 75.88 77.46 78.63 80.11 81.28 82.14 Polynesia 50.39 53.90 56.08 58.31 60.29 62.26 64.81 66.72 68.50 70.13 71.58 73.20 74.53 Melanesia 40.50 43.27 45.54 49.14 52.20 55.47 58.43 59.20 60.78 62.19 63.67 65.21 66.12 Micronesia 53.50 55.43 57.69 59.79 61.92 63.50 64.60 65.98 67.55 69.39 70.92 71.95 72.81 World 46.98 49.33 51.17 55.48 58.14 60.30 62.06 63.68 64.59 65.67 67.20 69.07 70.79 References[edit] ^ "Life Expectancy at Birth (e0) - Both Sexes". population.un.org. 2019. Retrieved 2021-05-24. Further reading[edit] Riley, James C. Rising Life Expectancy (Cambridge UP, 2001). External links[edit] United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division – World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision Our World in Data, Life expectancy https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/history-of-life-expectancy