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Country
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan total population: 44.64 years
male: 44.47 years
female: 44.81 years (2009 est.)
Albania total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 80.89 years (2009 est.)
Algeria total population: 74.02 years
male: 72.35 years
female: 75.77 years (2009 est.)
American Samoa total population: 73.72 years
male: 70.8 years
female: 76.82 years (2009 est.)
Andorra total population: 82.51 years
male: 80.33 years
female: 84.84 years (2009 est.)
Angola total population: 38.2 years
male: 37.24 years
female: 39.22 years (2009 est.)
Anguilla total population: 80.65 years
male: 78.11 years
female: 83.26 years (2009 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 74.76 years
male: 72.81 years
female: 76.81 years (2009 est.)
Argentina total population: 76.56 years
male: 73.32 years
female: 79.97 years (2009 est.)
Armenia total population: 72.68 years
male: 69.06 years
female: 76.81 years (2009 est.)
Aruba total population: 75.28 years
male: 72.25 years
female: 78.38 years (2009 est.)
Australia total population: 81.63 years
male: 79.25 years
female: 84.14 years (2009 est.)
Austria total population: 79.5 years
male: 76.6 years
female: 82.56 years (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 66.66 years
male: 62.53 years
female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 65.78 years
male: 62.63 years
female: 68.98 years (2009 est.)
Bahrain total population: 75.16 years
male: 72.64 years
female: 77.76 years (2009 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 60.25 years
male: 57.57 years
female: 63.03 years (2009 est.)
Barbados total population: 73.94 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 76.26 years (2009 est.)
Belarus total population: 70.63 years
male: 64.95 years
female: 76.67 years (2009 est.)
Belgium total population: 79.22 years
male: 76.06 years
female: 82.53 years (2009 est.)
Belize total population: 68.2 years
male: 66.44 years
female: 70.05 years (2009 est.)
Benin total population: 59 years
male: 57.83 years
female: 60.23 years (2009 est.)
Bermuda total population: 80.43 years
male: 77.2 years
female: 83.72 years (2009 est.)
Bhutan total population: 66.13 years
male: 65.33 years
female: 66.97 years (2009 est.)
Bolivia total population: 66.89 years
male: 64.2 years
female: 69.72 years (2009 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 78.5 years
male: 74.92 years
female: 82.34 years (2009 est.)
Botswana total population: 61.85 years
male: 61.72 years
female: 61.99 years (2009 est.)
Brazil total population: 71.99 years
male: 68.43 years
female: 75.73 years (2009 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 77.26 years
male: 76.03 years
female: 78.55 years (2009 est.)
Brunei total population: 75.74 years
male: 73.52 years
female: 78.07 years (2009 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 73.09 years
male: 69.48 years
female: 76.91 years (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 52.95 years
male: 51.04 years
female: 54.91 years (2009 est.)
Burma total population: 63.39 years
male: 61.17 years
female: 65.74 years (2009 est.)
Burundi total population: 52.09 years
male: 51.2 years
female: 53.01 years (2009 est.)
Cambodia total population: 62.1 years
male: 60.03 years
female: 64.27 years (2009 est.)
Cameroon total population: 53.69 years
male: 52.89 years
female: 54.52 years (2009 est.)
Canada total population: 81.23 years
male: 78.69 years
female: 83.91 years (2009 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 71.61 years
male: 68.27 years
female: 75.05 years (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 80.44 years
male: 77.8 years
female: 83.14 years (2009 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 44.47 years
male: 44.4 years
female: 44.54 years (2009 est.)
Chad total population: 47.7 years
male: 46.67 years
female: 48.77 years (2009 est.)
Chile total population: 77.34 years
male: 74.07 years
female: 80.77 years (2009 est.)
China total population: 73.47 years
male: 71.61 years
female: 75.52 years (2009 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Colombia total population: 72.81 years
male: 68.98 years
female: 76.76 years (2009 est.)
Comoros total population: 63.47 years
male: 61.07 years
female: 65.94 years (2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 54.36 years
male: 52.58 years
female: 56.2 years (2009 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 54.15 years
male: 52.9 years
female: 55.43 years (2009 est.)
Cook Islands total population: 74.22 years
male: 71.46 years
female: 77.13 years (2009 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 77.58 years
male: 74.96 years
female: 80.34 years (2009 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 55.45 years
male: 54.64 years
female: 56.28 years (2009 est.)
Croatia total population: 75.35 years
male: 71.72 years
female: 79.18 years (2009 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.45 years
male: 75.19 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
Cyprus total population: 78.33 years
male: 75.91 years
female: 80.86 years (2009 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 76.81 years
male: 73.54 years
female: 80.28 years (2009 est.)
Denmark total population: 78.3 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 80.78 years (2009 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.37 years
male: 41.89 years
female: 44.89 years (2009 est.)
Dominica total population: 75.55 years
male: 72.61 years
female: 78.64 years (2009 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.7 years
male: 71.88 years
female: 75.6 years (2009 est.)
Ecuador total population: 75.3 years
male: 72.37 years
female: 78.37 years (2009 est.)
Egypt total population: 72.12 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 74.81 years (2009 est.)
El Salvador total population: 72.33 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 76.11 years (2009 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 61.61 years
male: 60.71 years
female: 62.54 years (2009 est.)
Eritrea total population: 61.78 years
male: 59.71 years
female: 63.9 years (2009 est.)
Estonia total population: 72.82 years
male: 67.45 years
female: 78.53 years (2009 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 55.41 years
male: 52.92 years
female: 57.97 years (2009 est.)
European Union total population: 78.67 years
male: 75.54 years
female: 81.97 years (2009 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Faroe Islands total population: 79.44 years
male: 77 years
female: 82.05 years (2009 est.)
Fiji total population: 70.73 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 73.41 years (2009 est.)
Finland total population: 78.97 years
male: 75.48 years
female: 82.61 years (2009 est.)
France total population: 80.98 years
male: 77.79 years
female: 84.33 years (2009 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.71 years
male: 74.26 years
female: 79.29 years (2009 est.)
Gabon total population: 53.11 years
male: 52.19 years
female: 54.05 years (2009 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 55.35 years
male: 53.43 years
female: 57.34 years (2009 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 73.42 years
male: 71.82 years
female: 75.12 years (2009 est.)
Georgia total population: 76.72 years
male: 73.41 years
female: 80.45 years (2009 est.)
Germany total population: 79.26 years
male: 76.26 years
female: 82.42 years (2009 est.)
Ghana total population: 59.85 years
male: 58.98 years
female: 60.75 years (2009 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 80.19 years
male: 77.3 years
female: 83.22 years (2009 est.)
Greece total population: 79.66 years
male: 77.11 years
female: 82.37 years (2009 est.)
Greenland total population: 70.07 years
male: 67.44 years
female: 72.85 years (2009 est.)
Grenada total population: 65.95 years
male: 64.06 years
female: 67.85 years (2009 est.)
Guam total population: 78.01 years
male: 74.97 years
female: 81.23 years (2009 est.)
Guatemala total population: 70.29 years
male: 68.49 years
female: 72.19 years (2009 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.77 years
male: 77.76 years
female: 83.88 years (2009 est.)
Guinea total population: 57.09 years
male: 55.63 years
female: 58.6 years (2009 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 47.9 years
male: 46.07 years
female: 49.79 years (2009 est.)
Guyana total population: 66.68 years
male: 64.09 years
female: 69.4 years (2009 est.)
Haiti total population: 60.78 years
male: 59.13 years
female: 62.48 years (2009 est.)
Honduras total population: 69.4 years
male: 67.86 years
female: 71.02 years (2009 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.86 years
male: 79.16 years
female: 84.79 years (2009 est.)
Hungary total population: 73.44 years
male: 69.27 years
female: 77.87 years (2009 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.67 years
male: 78.53 years
female: 82.9 years (2009 est.)
India total population: 69.89 years
male: 67.46 years
female: 72.61 years (2009 est.)
Indonesia total population: 70.76 years
male: 68.26 years
female: 73.38 years (2009 est.)
Iran total population: 71.14 years
male: 69.65 years
female: 72.72 years (2009 est.)
Iraq total population: 69.94 years
male: 68.6 years
female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)
Ireland total population: 78.24 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 81.06 years (2009 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 78.82 years
male: 75.86 years
female: 81.93 years (2009 est.)
Israel total population: 80.73 years
male: 78.62 years
female: 82.95 years (2009 est.)
Italy total population: 80.2 years
male: 77.26 years
female: 83.33 years (2009 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.53 years
male: 71.83 years
female: 75.3 years (2009 est.)
Japan total population: 82.12 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 85.62 years (2009 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.75 years
male: 77.23 years
female: 82.46 years (2009 est.)
Jordan total population: 78.87 years
male: 76.34 years
female: 81.56 years (2009 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 67.87 years
male: 62.58 years
female: 73.47 years (2009 est.)
Kenya total population: 57.86 years
male: 57.49 years
female: 58.24 years (2009 est.)
Kiribati total population: 63.22 years
male: 60.14 years
female: 66.45 years (2009 est.)
Korea, North total population: 63.81 years
male: 61.23 years
female: 66.53 years (2009 est.)
Korea, South total population: 78.72 years
male: 75.45 years
female: 82.22 years (2009 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.71 years
male: 76.51 years
female: 78.95 years (2009 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 69.43 years
male: 65.43 years
female: 73.64 years (2009 est.)
Laos total population: 56.68 years
male: 54.56 years
female: 58.9 years (2009 est.)
Latvia total population: 72.15 years
male: 66.98 years
female: 77.59 years (2009 est.)
Lebanon total population: 73.66 years
male: 71.15 years
female: 76.31 years (2009 est.)
Lesotho total population: 40.38 years
male: 41.18 years
female: 39.54 years (2009 est.)
Liberia total population: 41.84 years
male: 40.71 years
female: 43 years (2009 est.)
Libya total population: 77.26 years
male: 74.98 years
female: 79.65 years (2009 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 80.06 years
male: 76.59 years
female: 83.53 years (2009 est.)
Lithuania total population: 74.9 years
male: 69.98 years
female: 80.1 years (2009 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 79.33 years
male: 76.07 years
female: 82.81 years (2009 est.)
Macau total population: 84.36 years
male: 81.39 years
female: 87.47 years (2009 est.)
Macedonia total population: 74.68 years
male: 72.18 years
female: 77.38 years (2009 est.)
Madagascar total population: 62.89 years
male: 60.93 years
female: 64.91 years (2009 est.)
Malawi total population: 43.82 years
male: 44.07 years
female: 43.57 years (2009 est.)
Malaysia total population: 73.29 years
male: 70.56 years
female: 76.21 years (2009 est.)
Maldives total population: 73.97 years
male: 71.78 years
female: 76.28 years (2009 est.)
Mali total population: 50.35 years
male: 48.38 years
female: 52.38 years (2009 est.)
Malta total population: 79.44 years
male: 77.21 years
female: 81.8 years (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 71.19 years
male: 69.15 years
female: 73.34 years (2009 est.)
Mauritania total population: 60.37 years
male: 58.22 years
female: 62.59 years (2009 est.)
Mauritius total population: 74 years
male: 70.53 years
female: 77.65 years (2009 est.)
Mayotte total population: 62.91 years
male: 60.65 years
female: 65.24 years (2009 est.)
Mexico total population: 76.06 years
male: 73.25 years
female: 79 years (2009 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 70.94 years
male: 69.06 years
female: 72.93 years (2009 est.)
Moldova total population: 70.8 years
male: 67.1 years
female: 74.71 years (2009 est.)
Monaco total population: 80.09 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 84.09 years (2009 est.)
Mongolia total population: 67.65 years
male: 65.23 years
female: 70.19 years (2009 est.)
Montserrat total population: 72.76 years
male: 74.74 years
female: 70.68 years (2009 est.)
Morocco total population: 71.8 years
male: 69.42 years
female: 74.3 years (2009 est.)
Mozambique total population: 41.18 years
male: 41.83 years
female: 40.53 years (2009 est.)
Namibia total population: 51.24 years
male: 51.61 years
female: 50.86 years (2009 est.)
Nauru total population: 64.2 years
male: 60.58 years
female: 68.01 years (2009 est.)
Nepal total population: 65.46 years
male: 64.3 years
female: 66.67 years (2009 est.)
Netherlands total population: 79.4 years
male: 76.8 years
female: 82.14 years (2009 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 76.65 years
male: 74.33 years
female: 79.09 years (2009 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 74.98 years
male: 71.99 years
female: 78.12 years (2009 est.)
New Zealand total population: 80.36 years
male: 78.43 years
female: 82.39 years (2009 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 71.5 years
male: 69.35 years
female: 73.75 years (2009 est.)
Niger total population: 52.6 years
male: 51.39 years
female: 53.85 years (2009 est.)
Nigeria total population: 46.94 years
male: 46.16 years
female: 47.76 years (2009 est.)
Niue total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Norfolk Island total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.7 years
male: 74.08 years
female: 79.47 years (2009 est.)
Norway total population: 79.95 years
male: 77.29 years
female: 82.74 years (2009 est.)
Oman total population: 74.16 years
male: 71.87 years
female: 76.55 years (2009 est.)
Pakistan total population: 64.49 years
male: 63.4 years
female: 65.64 years (2009 est.)
Palau total population: 71.22 years
male: 68.08 years
female: 74.54 years (2009 est.)
Panama total population: 77.25 years
male: 74.47 years
female: 80.16 years (2009 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 66.34 years
male: 64.08 years
female: 68.72 years (2009 est.)
Paraguay total population: 75.77 years
male: 73.19 years
female: 78.49 years (2009 est.)
Peru total population: 70.74 years
male: 68.88 years
female: 72.69 years (2009 est.)
Philippines total population: 71.09 years
male: 68.17 years
female: 74.15 years (2009 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Poland total population: 75.63 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 79.85 years (2009 est.)
Portugal total population: 78.21 years
male: 74.95 years
female: 81.69 years (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.53 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 82.39 years (2009 est.)
Qatar total population: 75.35 years
male: 73.66 years
female: 77.14 years (2009 est.)
Romania total population: 72.45 years
male: 68.95 years
female: 76.16 years (2009 est.)
Russia total population: 66.03 years
male: 59.33 years
female: 73.14 years (2009 est.)
Rwanda total population: 50.52 years
male: 49.25 years
female: 51.83 years (2009 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 78.44 years
male: 75.52 years
female: 81.5 years (2009 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 73.2 years
male: 70.33 years
female: 76.25 years (2009 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 76.45 years
male: 73.78 years
female: 79.27 years (2009 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 79.07 years
male: 76.69 years
female: 81.57 years (2009 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 73.65 years
male: 71.82 years
female: 75.54 years (2009 est.)
Samoa total population: 71.86 years
male: 69.03 years
female: 74.84 years (2009 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.97 years
male: 78.53 years
female: 85.72 years (2009 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 68.32 years
male: 66.65 years
female: 70.04 years (2009 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 76.3 years
male: 74.23 years
female: 78.48 years (2009 est.)
Senegal total population: 59 years
male: 57.12 years
female: 60.93 years (2009 est.)
Serbia total population: 73.9 years
male: 71.09 years
female: 76.89 years (2009 est.)
Seychelles total population: 73.02 years
male: 68.33 years
female: 77.85 years (2009 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 41.24 years
male: 38.92 years
female: 43.64 years (2009 est.)
Singapore total population: 81.98 years
male: 79.37 years
female: 84.78 years (2009 est.)
Slovakia total population: 75.4 years
male: 71.47 years
female: 79.53 years (2009 est.)
Slovenia total population: 76.92 years
male: 73.25 years
female: 80.84 years (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 73.69 years
male: 71.14 years
female: 76.37 years (2009 est.)
Somalia total population: 49.63 years
male: 47.78 years
female: 51.53 years (2009 est.)
South Africa total population: 48.98 years
male: 49.81 years
female: 48.13 years (2009 est.)
Spain total population: 80.05 years
male: 76.74 years
female: 83.57 years (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 75.14 years
male: 73.08 years
female: 77.28 years (2009 est.)
Sudan total population: 51.42 years
male: 50.49 years
female: 52.4 years (2009 est.)
Suriname total population: 73.73 years
male: 71 years
female: 76.65 years (2009 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Swaziland total population: 31.88 years
male: 31.62 years
female: 32.15 years (2009 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.86 years
male: 78.59 years
female: 83.26 years (2009 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.85 years
male: 78.03 years
female: 83.83 years (2009 est.)
Syria total population: 71.19 years
male: 69.8 years
female: 72.68 years (2009 est.)
Taiwan total population: 77.96 years
male: 75.12 years
female: 81.05 years (2009 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 65.33 years
male: 62.29 years
female: 68.52 years (2009 est.)
Tanzania total population: 52.01 years
male: 50.56 years
female: 53.51 years (2009 est.)
Thailand total population: 73.1 years
male: 70.77 years
female: 75.55 years (2009 est.)
Timor-Leste total population: 67.27 years
male: 64.92 years
female: 69.75 years (2009 est.)
Togo total population: 58.69 years
male: 56.56 years
female: 60.88 years (2009 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
Tonga total population: 70.73 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 73.41 years (2009 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 70.86 years
male: 67.98 years
female: 73.82 years (2009 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.78 years
male: 73.98 years
female: 77.7 years (2009 est.)
Turkey total population: 71.96 years
male: 70.12 years
female: 73.89 years (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 67.87 years
male: 64.94 years
female: 70.95 years (2009 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 75.42 years
male: 73.12 years
female: 77.83 years (2009 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 69.29 years
male: 66.99 years
female: 71.7 years (2009 est.)
Uganda total population: 52.72 years
male: 51.66 years
female: 53.81 years (2009 est.)
Ukraine total population: 68.25 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 74.5 years (2009 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 76.11 years
male: 73.56 years
female: 78.78 years (2009 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 79.01 years
male: 76.52 years
female: 81.63 years (2009 est.)
United States total population: 78.11 years
male: 75.65 years
female: 80.69 years (2009 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.35 years
male: 73.1 years
female: 79.72 years (2009 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 71.96 years
male: 68.95 years
female: 75.15 years (2009 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 63.98 years
male: 62.37 years
female: 65.66 years (2009 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.61 years
male: 70.54 years
female: 76.83 years (2009 est.)
Vietnam total population: 71.58 years
male: 68.78 years
female: 74.57 years (2009 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 79.05 years
male: 76.02 years
female: 82.26 years (2009 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: 78.2 years
male: 75.22 years
female: 81.32 years (2009 est.)
West Bank total population: 74.54 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 76.65 years (2009 est.)
Western Sahara total population: 54.32 years
male: 52 years
female: 56.73 years (2009 est.)
World total population: 66.57 years
male: 64.52 years
female: 68.76 years (2009 est.)
Yemen total population: 63.27 years
male: 61.3 years
female: 65.33 years (2009 est.)
Zambia total population: 38.63 years
male: 38.53 years
female: 38.73 years (2009 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 45.77 years
male: 46.36 years
female: 45.16 years (2009 est.)

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