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List of countries by life expectancy

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This is a list of countries by life expectancy at birth, 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. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. Figures are from the 2008 CIA World Factbook and from the 2006 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for the period 2005-2010 . Only countries/territories with a population of 100,000 or more in 2007 are included in the United Nations list.

The life expectancy (both sexes, at birth) for 2005-2010 (UN WPP 2006) ranges from 82.6 years in Japan to 39.6 years in Swaziland. Many of the countries with the lowest life expectancies, namely Swaziland, Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Malawi, Central African Republic, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau, are suffering from very high rates of HIV/AIDS infection, with adult prevalence rates ranging from 10 to 38.8 percent . Also note that in countries with high infant mortality rates, the life expectancy at birth will be lower and may not reflect the life expectancy a person who has survived his/her first year of life would have.

List by the CIA World Factbook (2007 estimates)

Rank by
UN member
state 		Rank by
entity 		Entity Overall life expectancy at birth Male life expectancy at birth Female life expectancy at birth
1 1 83.52 80.62 86.23
2 82.27 79.44 85.25
2 3 82.02 78.67 85.56
3 4 81.8 78.33 85.57
3 4 81.8 79.21 84.59
6 81.68 78.99 84.6
7 80.9 78.5 83.3
5 8 80.63 78.39 83
6 9 80.62 77.8 83.59
6 10 80.62 77.75 83.63
8 11 (metropolitan) 80.59 77.35 84
12 80.53 77.53 83.64
9 13 80.43 78.33 82.62
10 14 80.34 76.98 83.86
15 80.2 77.57 82.87
11 16 79.94 77.01 83.07
12 17 79.82 75.99 83.85
13 18 79.81 76.24 83.4
14 19 79.78 76.46 83.32
14 19 79.78 76.46 83.32
14 19 79.78 76.46 83.32
22 79.51 77.02 82.2
23 79.49 76.06 82.93
17 24 79.38 76.85 82.06
18 25 79.21 76.32 82.26
26 79.2 75.4 83.22
19 27 79.15 76.95 81.47
20 28 79.11 76.52 81.82
21 29 79.03 75.76 82.52
30 79 76.8 81.31
22 31 78.96 75.97 82.08
23 32 78.95 75.96 82.11
24 33 78.92 75.75 82.24
34 78.76 75.69 82.01
34 78.76 76.41 81.23
25 36 78.7 76.23 81.3
36 78.7 75.6 82
26 38 78.66 75.15 82.31
39 78.64 75.3 82.17
27 40 78.55 76.04 81.22
41 78.54 74.6 82.67
28 42 78.17 74.57 82.03
43 78.13 76 80.29
44 78.09 75.19 81.15
29 45 78 75.15 80.97
30 46 77.98 75.6 80.49
31 47 77.96 75.65 80.41
32 48 77.9 75.27 80.7
33 49 77.87 74.6 81.36
34 50 77.6 74.95 80.53
51 77.56 74.65 80.74
52 77.46 74.53 80.49
35 53 77.36 76.25 78.52
36 54 77.23 73.81 80.93
37 55 77.21 74.61 79.94
38 56 77.08 74.85 79.43
39 57 76.96 73.69 80.4
40 58 76.88 74.64 79.23
59 76.86 75.71 78.07
41 60 76.62 73.74 79.63
42 61 76.53 72.84 80.47
43 62 76.42 73.14 79.88
44 63 76.32 72.6 80.24
64 76.31 73.88 78.86
45 65 76.3 73 80.07
66
() 		76.29 73.7 79.05
67 76.25 72.69 80.02
68 76.24 73.96 78.65
46 69 75.93 72.68 79.3
47 70 75.88 73.85 78.02
48 71 75.69 73.16 78.35
49 72 75.63 72.84 78.56
50 73 75.34 72.78 78.02
50 73 75.34 73.6 77.21
52 75 75.3 73.12 77.59
53 76 75.19 72.69 77.8
53 76 75.19 71.18 79.44
55 78 75.1 72.17 78.18
56 79 75.06 72.49 77.86
57 80 74.95 71 79.11
80
() 		74.95 72.69 77.32
58 82 74.9 71.26 78.75
83 74.83 71.8 77.91
59 84 74.8 72.81 76.88
60 85 74.68 72.18 77.25
86 74.5 71.52 77.63
61 87 74.44 69.46 79.69
62 88 74.21 71.73 76.88
63 89 74.14 71.6 76.82
64 90 74.09 72.21 76.04
65 91 74.08 70.53 77.88
66 92 73.62 71.37 75.99
67 93 73.52 71.91 75.21
94 West Bank 73.46 71.68 75.35
68 95 73.28 70.24 76.48
69 96 73.23 70.52 76.12
70 97 73.16 70.64 75.81
71 98 73.15 70.67 75.77
72 99 73.12 71.43 74.9
73 100 73.07 71.34 74.87
74 101 73 71.02 75.01
75 102 72.92 68.73 77.38
76 103 72.88 68.92 76.9
76 103 72.88 70.43 75.46
76 103 (mainland) 72.88 71.13 74.82
79 106 72.76 70.05 75.65
80 107 72.66 69.81 75.69
81 108 72.57 68.95 76.4
82 109 72.55 70.24 74.98
83 110 72.42 70.03 74.94
84 111 72.34 66.98 77.86
85 112 72.3 66.87 78.07
86 113 72.27 68.44 76.24
87 114 72.24 68.3 76.38
115 Gaza Strip 72.16 70.84 73.54
88 116 72.12 68.52 76.29
89 117 71.92 69.18 74.8
90 118 71.91 68.41 75.62
91 119 71.78 68.18 75.57
92 120 71.6 66.39 77.1
93 121 71.57 69.04 74.22
94 122 71.3 68.49 74.26
95 123 71.22 68.88 73.67
96 124 71.07 68.27 74.08
97 125 71.02 67.69 74.44
98 126 70.92 68.82 73.13
99 127 70.71 67.54 74.06
100 128 70.61 69.27 72.02
100 128 70.61 68.61 72.71
102 130 70.56 69.12 72.07
103 131 70.51 67.61 73.55
104 132 70.35 68.52 72.28
133 70.23 66.65 73.9
105 134 70.2 66.51 74.11
106 135 70.16 67.69 72.76
107 136 70.14 68.33 72.04
108 137 70.12 67.6 72.76
108 137 70.12 67.6 72.76
110 139 70.05 64.31 76.14
111 140 69.69 67.94 71.52
112 141 69.35 67.78 70.99
113 142 69.31 68.04 70.65
114 143 68.81 64.8 73.02
115 144 68.63 66.38 70.99
116 145 68.59 66.28 71.17
117 146 68.3 65.23 71.54
118 147 68.25 66.44 70.16
119 148 67.88 62.16 73.96
120 149 67.64 66.03 69.3
121 150 67.22 61.9 72.84
122 151 66.99 64.61 69.48
123 152 66.85 65.87 67.87
124 153 66.6 64.28 69.04
125 154 66.19 63.53 68.97
126 155 66.17 63.52 68.95
127 156 65.96 61.86 70.66
128 157 65.87 59.12 73.03
129 158 65.66 62.37 69.02
130 159 65.62 63.41 67.95
131 160 65.21 63.38 67.05
132 161 64.98 61.57 68.56
133 162 64.76 63.41 66.19
134 163 64.61 61.6 67.78
135 164 63.75 62.73 64.83
136 165 63.44 59.85 67.21
137 166 63.22 61.67 64.84
138 167 62.84 62.81 62.86
139 168 62.73 60.37 65.15
140 169 62.52 60.61 64.54
141 170 62.49 60.29 64.83
142 171 62.45 59.41 65.63
172 62.16 59.94 64.45
143 173 62.14 60.23 64.1
144 174 61.29 59.27 63.4
145 175 60.56 60.78 60.33
146 176 59.55 57.88 61.28
147 177 59.12 58.31 59.95
148 178 57.86 55.81 59.96
149 179 57.2 54.97 59.5
150 180 57.03 55.35 58.75
151 181 56.69 55.34 58.09
152 182 55.89 53.82 58.04
153 183 55.31 55.24 55.37
154 184 55.17 55.38 54.96
155 185 54.54 52.68 56.46
156 186 53.99 52.85 55.17
157 187 53.51 51.24 55.85
158 188 53.44 52.28 54.63
159 189 53.29 52.1 54.52
160 190 52.86 52.15 53.59
161 191 51.75 50.78 52.73
162 192 51.29 50.48 52.12
163 193 50.71 49.41 52.04
164 194 50.58 51.55 49.58
165 195 49.65 48.5 50.84
166 196 49.51 48.11 50.95
166 196 49.51 47.6 51.46
168 198 49.23 48.06 50.44
169 199 49.21 47.68 50.8
170 200 49.11 48.24 50.03
171 201 49 46.43 51.66
172 202 48.99 47.87 50.16
173 203 48.84 47.06 50.69
174 204 47.44 46.83 48.07
175 205 47.2 46.17 48.27
176 206 47.18 45.37 49.04
177 207 44.03 44.05 44
178 208 43.77 43.6 43.96
179 209 43.74 43.69 43.79
180 210 43.25 41.88 44.65
181 211 43.11 44.39 41.79
182 212 42.98 43.35 42.61
183 213 42.45 43.21 41.66
184 214 40.9 41.4 40.4
185 215 40.58 38.36 42.87
186 216 40.39 38.93 41.89
187 217 39.97 40.73 39.18
188 218 39.5 40.62 38.35
189 219 38.44 38.34 38.54
190 220 37.63 36.73 38.57
191 221 32.23 31.84 32.62
World Average 65.82 63.89 67.84

List by the United Nations (average for the 2005-2010 period)

Rank Country/territory Life expectancy at birth (years)
Overall Male Female
World average 67.2 65.0 69.5
1 82.6 79.0 86.1
2 82.2 79.4 85.1
3 81.8 80.2 83.3
4 81.7 79.0 84.2
5 81.2 78.9 83.6
6 80.9 77.7 84.2
7 80.9 78.7 83.0
8 80.7 78.5 82.8
9 80.7 78.5 82.8
10 (metropolitan) 80.7 77.1 84.1
11 80.7 78.3 82.9
12 (20% above world average) 80.5 77.5 83.5
13 80.2 78.2 82.2
14 80.2 77.8 82.5
15 80.0 78.0 81.9
16 79.8 76.9 82.6
17 79.8 77.5 81.9
18 79.5 76.5 82.3
19 79.5 77.1 81.9
20 79.4 76.5 82.3
21 79.4 77.3 81.3
22 79.4 77.2 81.6
23 79.4 76.5 82.1
24 79.4 75.5 83.3
25 79.3 76.1 82.4
26 79.2 76.0 82.2
27 Channel Islands (and ) 79.0 76.6 81.5
28 79.0 76.5 81.6
29 78.9 76.5 81.3
30 78.8 76.5 81.2
31 78.7 74.7 82.7
32 78.7 75.7 81.6
33 78.7 77.2 81.5
34 78.6 75.0 82.2
35 78.6 75.5 81.5
36 78.3 76.0 80.6
37 78.3 76.2 80.4
38 78.2 75.6 80.8
39 78.1 75.0 81.2
40 77.9 74.1 81.5
41 77.6 76.0 79.9
42 77.3 74.4 79.8
43 77.1 75.0 79.7
44 76.5 73.4 79.5
45 76.4 72.3 80.5
46 76.4 73.4 79.7
47 76.4 72.8 79.9
48 76.2 73.7 78.6
49 76.1 73.3 79.2
50 76.1 72.8 79.7
51 75.9 72.5 79.9
52 75.7 72.3 79.2
53 75.6 74.2 77.5
54 75.6 74.3 77.5
55 75.6 75.2 76.4
56 75.6 71.3 79.8
57 75.5 73.0 78.2
58 (United States) 75.5 73.3 77.9
59 75.3 71.6 79.1
60 75.1 71.3 78.8
61 75.0 72.1 78.0
62 74.9 72.2 77.4
63 74.7 70.7 78.5
64 74.5 72.4 76.8
65 74.2 72.3 76.2
66 74.2 72.0 76.7
67 74.2 71.3 77.1
68 74.2 71.8 76.6
69 74.1 72.3 76.1
70 74.1 71.7 76.8
71 74.0 71.7 76.3
72 74.0 71.7 76.9
73 (10% above world average) 73.9 71.9 76.0
74 73.7 70.9 76.8
75 73.7 71.8 75.6
76 73.5 70.6 76.3
77 73.4 71.8 75.0
78 73.3 69.2 77.4
79 73.3 72.3 74.3
80 73.0 69.5 76.7
81 73.0 67.5 78.3
82 73.0 71.3 74.8
83 72.9 69.9 76.0
84 72.9 69.2 76.6
85 72.8 69.5 76.2
86 72.8 70.9 75.3
87 72.7 67.3 77.7
88 72.6 70.0 75.2
89 72.5 70.8 74.5
90 72.5 69.0 76.1
91 72.4 68.8 76.2
92 72.4 68.8 76.1
93 72.3 70.9 73.7
94 72.2 69.3 75.5
95 72.0 69.9 74.2
96 72.0 68.4 75.1
97 71.9 68.8 74.9
98 71.8 69.4 74.3
99 71.8 69.7 73.9
100 71.7 69.5 73.9
101 71.7 68.3 74.5
102 71.6 69.5 73.8
103 71.5 68.5 74.8
104 71.4 68.9 74.0
105 71.4 65.9 76.8
106 71.3 69.1 73.6
107 71.2 69.0 73.4
108 71.0 67.1 74.8
109 71.0 69.4 72.6
110 70.7 68.7 72.7
111 70.6 66.5 75.0
112 70.3 66.7 73.8
113 70.2 67.0 73.6
114 70.2 66.9 73.7
115 70.0 68.3 72.1
116 69.8 67.8 71.8
117 69.0 63.1 75.2
118 68.9 65.1 72.5
119 68.8 66.6 71.1
120 68.7 67.0 70.3
121 68.5 67.7 69.3
122 68.5 67.6 69.5
123 67.9 62.1 73.8
124 67.5 63.8 71.2
125 67.3 65.1 69.3
126 (world average) 67.2 64.0 70.4
127 67.0 61.6 72.4
128 66.8 64.2 69.9
129 66.8 63.9 69.9
130 66.7 64.1 69.4
131 65.9 64.3 68.1
132 65.9 62.0 69.9
133 65.6 64.0 67.5
134 65.6 63.4 67.7
135 65.5 63.6 67.4
136 65.5 65.2 65.8
137 65.5 59.0 72.6
138 65.2 63.0 67.4
139 64.7 63.2 66.4
140 64.4 63.0 65.8
141 64.2 62.4 66.0
142 64.1 63.2 65.0
143 63.8 63.2 64.2
144 63.6 62.7 64.5
145 63.2 59.0 67.5
146 63.1 61.0 65.1
147 62.7 61.1 64.3
148 62.1 59.0 65.3
149 60.9 59.1 62.8
150 (10% below world average) 60.8 60.0 61.7
151 60.0 59.6 60.5
152 59.7 57.3 61.9
153 59.5 57.8 61.5
154 59.4 58.6 60.3
155 59.4 57.7 61.3
156 58.6 57.1 60.1
157 58.4 56.7 60.1
158 58.0 55.6 60.3
159 57.2 54.6 60.4
160 56.9 57.8 56.0
161 56.7 56.4 57.1
162 56.7 55.6 57.8
163 56.0 54.4 57.6
164 55.3 54.0 56.6
165 54.8 53.6 56.0
166 54.5 52.1 56.6
167 (20% below world average) 54.1 53.0 55.2
168 52.9 51.7 54.3
169 52.9 52.5 53.1
170 52.5 51.4 53.6
171 52.3 50.7 53.8
172 51.6 50.4 52.8
173 51.5 50.8 52.2
174 50.7 50.5 50.7
175 50.6 49.3 52.0
176 50.4 50.0 50.8
177 49.6 48.1 51.0
178 49.3 48.8 49.7
179 48.3 47.5 49.3
180 48.3 48.1 48.4
181 48.2 46.9 49.4
182 (30% below world average) 46.9 46.4 47.3
183 46.5 45.2 47.7
184 46.4 44.9 47.9
185 46.2 44.6 47.8
186 45.7 44.8 46.6
187 44.7 43.3 46.1
188 43.8 43.9 43.8
189 43.5 44.1 42.6
190 42.7 41.2 44.3
191 42.6 42.9 42.3
192 42.6 41.0 44.1
193 42.4 42.1 42.5
194 42.1 41.7 42.4
195 (40% below world average) 39.6 39.8 39.4

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