Life Expectancy for Countries, 2011
Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
Find the average life expectancy for each country and the world. As of 2011, the country with the highest life expectancy is Monaco at 89.73 years; the country with the lowest life expectancy is Angola at just 38.76 years.
Rank | Country | Life expectancy |
---|---|---|
1 | Monaco | 89.73 |
2 | Macau | 84.41 |
3 | San Marino | 83.01 |
4 | Andorra | 82.43 |
5 | Japan | 82.25 |
6 | Guernsey | 82.16 |
7 | Singapore | 82.14 |
8 | Hong Kong | 82.04 |
9 | Australia | 81.81 |
10 | Italy | 81.77 |
11 | Jersey | 81.38 |
12 | Canada | 81.38 |
13 | France | 81.19 |
14 | Spain | 81.17 |
15 | Switzerland | 81.07 |
16 | Sweden | 81.07 |
17 | Israel | 80.96 |
18 | Iceland | 80.90 |
19 | Anguilla | 80.87 |
20 | Bermuda | 80.71 |
21 | Cayman Islands | 80.68 |
22 | Isle of Man | 80.64 |
23 | New Zealand | 80.59 |
24 | Liechtenstein | 80.31 |
25 | Norway | 80.20 |
26 | Ireland | 80.19 |
27 | Germany | 80.07 |
28 | United Kingdom | 80.05 |
29 | Jordan | 80.05 |
30 | Greece | 79.92 |
31 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 79.87 |
32 | Austria | 79.78 |
33 | Faroe Islands | 79.72 |
34 | Malta | 79.72 |
35 | Netherlands | 79.68 |
36 | Luxembourg | 79.61 |
37 | Belgium | 79.51 |
38 | Virgin Islands | 79.33 |
39 | Finland | 79.27 |
40 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 79.11 |
41 | Korea, South | 79.05 |
42 | Wallis and Futuna | 78.98 |
43 | Puerto Rico | 78.92 |
44 | European Union | 78.82 |
45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.81 |
46 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 78.76 |
47 | Gibraltar | 78.68 |
48 | Denmark | 78.63 |
49 | Portugal | 78.54 |
50 | United States | 78.37 |
51 | Taiwan | 78.32 |
52 | Bahrain | 78.15 |
53 | Cyprus | 77.82 |
54 | Panama | 77.79 |
55 | Costa Rica | 77.72 |
56 | Chile | 77.70 |
57 | Cuba | 77.70 |
58 | Libya | 77.65 |
59 | British Virgin Islands | 77.63 |
60 | Albania | 77.41 |
61 | Dominican Republic | 77.31 |
62 | Slovenia | 77.30 |
63 | Czech Republic | 77.19 |
64 | Georgia | 77.12 |
65 | French Polynesia | 77.10 |
66 | Kuwait | 77.09 |
67 | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.08 |
68 | Argentina | 76.95 |
69 | Saint Lucia | 76.84 |
70 | New Caledonia | 76.75 |
71 | United Arab Emirates | 76.51 |
72 | Mexico | 76.47 |
73 | Uruguay | 76.21 |
74 | Paraguay | 76.19 |
75 | Brunei | 76.17 |
76 | Poland | 76.05 |
77 | Dominica | 75.98 |
78 | Morocco | 75.90 |
79 | Slovakia | 75.83 |
80 | Croatia | 75.79 |
81 | Sri Lanka | 75.73 |
82 | Ecuador | 75.73 |
83 | Aruba | 75.72 |
84 | Qatar | 75.70 |
85 | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.48 |
86 | Lithuania | 75.34 |
87 | Tonga | 75.16 |
88 | Macedonia | 75.14 |
89 | West Bank | 75.01 |
90 | Lebanon | 75.01 |
91 | Tunisia | 75.01 |
92 | Hungary | 74.79 |
93 | Cook Islands | 74.70 |
94 | Syria | 74.69 |
95 | China | 74.68 |
96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74.60 |
97 | Colombia | 74.55 |
98 | Algeria | 74.50 |
99 | Mauritius | 74.48 |
100 | Maldives | 74.45 |
101 | Barbados | 74.34 |
102 | Serbia | 74.32 |
103 | Suriname | 74.22 |
104 | Oman | 74.22 |
105 | American Samoa | 74.21 |
106 | Solomon Islands | 74.18 |
107 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 74.15 |
108 | Saudi Arabia | 74.11 |
109 | Romania | 73.98 |
110 | Venezuela | 73.93 |
111 | Gaza Strip | 73.92 |
112 | Malaysia | 73.79 |
113 | Thailand | 73.60 |
114 | Bulgaria | 73.59 |
115 | Seychelles | 73.52 |
116 | Jamaica | 73.45 |
117 | El Salvador | 73.44 |
118 | Estonia | 73.33 |
119 | Armenia | 73.23 |
120 | Montserrat | 73.16 |
121 | Grenada | 73.04 |
122 | Latvia | 72.68 |
123 | Egypt | 72.66 |
124 | Brazil | 72.53 |
125 | Uzbekistan | 72.51 |
126 | Turkey | 72.50 |
127 | Peru | 72.47 |
128 | Samoa | 72.40 |
129 | Vietnam | 72.18 |
130 | Nicaragua | 71.90 |
131 | Palau | 71.78 |
132 | Marshall Islands | 71.76 |
133 | Philippines | 71.66 |
134 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 71.52 |
135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.37 |
136 | Moldova | 71.37 |
137 | Indonesia | 71.33 |
138 | Fiji | 71.31 |
139 | Belarus | 71.20 |
140 | Bahamas, The | 71.18 |
141 | Greenland | 70.96 |
142 | Guatemala | 70.88 |
143 | Cape Verde | 70.70 |
144 | Honduras | 70.61 |
145 | Iraq | 70.55 |
146 | Iran | 70.06 |
147 | Kyrgyzstan | 70.04 |
148 | Bangladesh | 69.75 |
149 | Korea, North | 68.89 |
150 | Ukraine | 68.58 |
151 | Turkmenistan | 68.52 |
152 | Kazakhstan | 68.51 |
153 | Mongolia | 68.31 |
154 | Belize | 68.23 |
155 | Timor-Leste | 67.95 |
156 | Bolivia | 67.57 |
157 | Azerbaijan | 67.36 |
158 | Bhutan | 67.30 |
159 | Guyana | 67.08 |
160 | India | 66.80 |
161 | Russia | 66.29 |
162 | Papua New Guinea | 66.24 |
163 | Nepal | 66.16 |
164 | Tajikistan | 66.03 |
165 | Pakistan | 65.99 |
166 | Nauru | 65.35 |
167 | Burma | 64.88 |
168 | Tuvalu | 64.75 |
169 | Vanuatu | 64.70 |
170 | Kiribati | 64.39 |
171 | Comoros | 64.20 |
172 | Yemen | 63.74 |
173 | Madagascar | 63.63 |
174 | Gambia, The | 63.51 |
175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 63.11 |
176 | Togo | 62.71 |
177 | Cambodia | 62.67 |
178 | Eritrea | 62.52 |
179 | Laos | 62.39 |
180 | Equatorial Guinea | 62.37 |
181 | Haiti | 62.17 |
182 | Djibouti | 61.14 |
183 | Mauritania | 61.14 |
184 | Western Sahara | 61.13 |
185 | Ghana | 61.00 |
186 | Benin | 59.84 |
187 | Senegal | 59.78 |
188 | Kenya | 59.48 |
189 | Burundi | 58.78 |
190 | Guinea | 58.11 |
191 | Botswana | 58.05 |
192 | Rwanda | 58.02 |
193 | Liberia | 57.00 |
194 | Cote d'Ivoire | 56.78 |
195 | Ethiopia | 56.19 |
196 | Sierra Leone | 56.13 |
197 | Sudan | 55.42 |
198 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 55.33 |
199 | Congo, Republic of the | 54.91 |
200 | Cameroon | 54.39 |
201 | Burkina Faso | 53.70 |
202 | Niger | 53.40 |
203 | Uganda | 53.24 |
204 | Tanzania | 52.85 |
205 | Mali | 52.61 |
206 | Gabon | 52.49 |
207 | Zambia | 52.36 |
208 | Namibia | 52.19 |
209 | Mozambique | 51.78 |
210 | Malawi | 51.70 |
211 | Lesotho | 51.63 |
212 | Somalia | 50.40 |
213 | Central African Republic | 50.07 |
214 | Zimbabwe | 49.64 |
215 | South Africa | 49.33 |
216 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.70 |
217 | Swaziland | 48.66 |
218 | Chad | 48.33 |
219 | Nigeria | 47.56 |
220 | Afghanistan | 45.02 |
221 | Angola | 38.76 |
Source: CIA, World Factbook.
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