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Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics

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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2009) Rank Country Value 1 San Marino 83 2 Liechtenstein 82.95 3 Japan 82.93 4 Hong Kong 82.72 5 Switzerland 82.04 6 Israel 81.55 7 Australia 81.54 8 Spain 81.53 9 Iceland 81.46 10 Italy 81.44 11 Sweden 81.35 12 Singapore 81.29 13 Canada 81.22 14 France 81.07 15 Macau 80.88 16 Norway 80.80 17 Belgium 80.63 18 Euro area 80.58 19 Netherlands 80.55 20 New Zealand 80.30 21 South Korea 80.28 22 North Korea 80.28 23 Greece 80.19 24 Luxembourg 80.09 25 Austria 80.08 26 United Kingdom 80.05 27 High income: OECD 80.03 28 Germany 79.94 29 Malta 79.90 30 Cyprus 79.77 31 High income 79.77 32 Finland 79.72 33 Ireland 79.50 34 European Union 79.40 35 Channel Islands 79.24 36 Bermuda 79.15 37 OECD members 79.10 38 Virgin Islands (U.S.) 79.07 39 Costa Rica 79.04 40 Slovenia 78.97 41 North America 78.91 42 Cuba 78.89 43 Portugal 78.73 44 Chile 78.73 45 United States 78.66 46 Puerto Rico 78.62 47 Denmark 78.60 48 Kuwait 78.10 49 United Arab Emirates 77.88 50 Brunei Darussalam 77.51 51 Barbados 77.24 52 Czech Republic 77.08 53 High income: nonOECD 76.85 54 Albania 76.75 55 Belize 76.59 56 New Caledonia 76.50 57 Mayotte 76.20 58 Netherlands Antilles 76.17 59 Croatia 76.14 60 Oman 76.14 61 Qatar 76.12 62 Uruguay 76.11 63 Bahrain 76.08 64 Panama 75.82 65 Guam 75.79 66 Poland 75.70 67 Argentina 75.52 68 Grenada 75.49 69 Europe & Central Asia (all income levels) 75.38 70 Mexico 75.30 71 Ecuador 75.28 72 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.25 73 Slovakia 74.91 74 Aruba 74.84 75 Estonia 74.82 76 French Polynesia 74.69 77 Vietnam 74.58 78 Malaysia 74.58 79 Libya 74.55 80 Tunisia 74.45 81 Syria 74.42 82 Macedonia 74.35 83 Montenegro 74.27 84 Sri Lanka 74.26 85 Hungary 73.90 86 Bahamas 73.86 87 Venezuela 73.74 88 Armenia 73.73 89 Seychelles 73.69 90 Serbia 73.69 91 West Bank and Gaza 73.67 92 Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) 73.59 93 Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) 73.56 94 Nicaragua 73.50 95 Peru 73.48 96 Saudi Arabia 73.43 97 East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) 73.42 98 Bulgaria 73.41 99 China 73.31 100 Romania 73.31 101 Colombia 73.21 102 Latvia 73.08 103 Jordan 72.94 104 Lithuania 72.91 105 Dominican Republic 72.71 106 Mauritius 72.64 107 Brazil 72.64 108 Algeria 72.62 109 Honduras 72.41 110 East Asia & Pacific (developing only) 72.39 111 Lebanon 72.23 112 Philippines 72.08 113 Paraguay 72.08 114 Jamaica 72.06 115 Turkey 72.05 116 Western Samoa 72.01 117 Tonga 72.01 118 Maldives 71.99 119 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 71.86 120 Iran 71.69 121 Georgia 71.68 122 Morocco 71.59 123 Upper middle income 71.59 124 El Salvador 71.46 125 Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) 71.44 126 Cape Verde 71.31 127 Indonesia 71.18 128 Middle East & North Africa (developing only) 70.84 129 Vanuatu 70.58 130 Guatemala 70.56 131 Azerbaijan 70.44 132 Belarus 70.41 133 Egypt 70.34 134 Europe & Central Asia (developing only) 70.05 135 Kosovo 69.65 136 Trinidad and Tobago 69.57 137 Suriname 69.22 138 Ukraine 69.19 139 Thailand 69.05 140 Fiji 69.04 141 Arab World 68.90 142 Russia 68.86 143 Middle income 68.80 144 Micronesia 68.78 145 Moldova 68.62 146 Kazakhstan 68.43 147 Greenland 68.27 148 Iraq 68.15 149 Lower middle income 68.06 150 Uzbekistan 67.94 151 Guyana 67.59 152 Kyrgyzstan 67.14 153 Low & middle income 67.09 154 Nepal 67.07 155 Tajikistan 67.01 156 Mongolia 66.92 157 Pakistan 66.85 158 Solomon Islands 66.67 159 Bangladesh 66.56 160 Bhutan 66.51 161 Bolivia 66.01 162 Comoros 65.76 163 Sao Tome and Principe 65.75 164 Laos 65.41 165 Turkmenistan 65.05 166 South Asia 64.43 167 India 64.05 168 Yemen 63.38 169 Togo 62.87 170 Burma 62.09 171 Benin 61.81 172 Timor-Leste 61.58 173 Namibia 61.58 174 Cambodia 61.50 175 Haiti 61.44 176 Papua New Guinea 61.40 177 Gabon 60.87 178 Madagascar 60.79 179 Eritrea 59.85 180 Liberia 58.67 181 Sudan 58.48 182 Guinea 58.34 183 Ivory Coast 57.95 184 Low income 57.41 185 Least developed countries: UN classification 57.27 186 Mauritania 56.97 187 Ghana 56.82 188 Tanzania 56.29 189 Gambia 56.24 190 Senegal 55.89 191 Djibouti 55.75 192 Ethiopia 55.66 193 Botswana 54.95 194 Kenya 54.89 195 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 54.25 196 Malawi 53.81 197 Republic of the Congo 53.71 198 Uganda 53.41 199 Burkina Faso 53.31 200 Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) 52.51 201 Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) 52.51 202 Niger 51.95 203 South Africa 51.62 204 Cameroon 51.36 205 Burundi 50.87 206 Equatorial Guinea 50.61 207 Rwanda 50.59 208 Somalia 50.07 209 Chad 48.93 210 Mali 48.81 211 Guinea-Bissau 48.18 212 Nigeria 48.14 213 Mozambique 48.08 214 Sierra Leone 47.92 215 Democratic Republic of the Congo 47.77 216 Angola 47.55 217 Central African Republic 47.30 218 Zambia 46.33 219 Swaziland 46.32 220 Zimbabwe 45.44 221 Lesotho 45.35 222 Afghanistan 44.30

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