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Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators
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Life expectancy at birth, total (years) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (2008)
Rank
Country
Value
1
Liechtenstein
82.63
2
Japan
82.59
3
Hong Kong
82.34
4
Switzerland
82.16
5
Italy
81.95
6
Iceland
81.58
7
France
81.52
8
Australia
81.40
9
Sweden
81.24
10
Spain
81.09
11
Israel
81
12
Canada
80.96
13
Singapore
80.74
14
Norway
80.74
15
Euro area
80.73
16
Macau
80.67
17
Luxembourg
80.52
18
Austria
80.45
19
Netherlands
80.40
20
New Zealand
80.15
21
Belgium
80.11
22
Germany
80.09
23
Greece
79.96
24
High income: OECD
79.92
25
United Kingdom
79.90
26
Ireland
79.86
27
South Korea
79.83
28
North Korea
79.83
29
Finland
79.79
30
Cyprus
79.66
31
High income
79.65
32
Malta
79.64
33
Portugal
79.25
34
Channel Islands
79.10
35
Bermuda
79
36
Slovenia
78.97
37
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
78.93
38
Costa Rica
78.92
39
Cuba
78.72
40
Denmark
78.70
41
Chile
78.61
42
Puerto Rico
78.56
43
United States
78.44
44
Kuwait
77.97
45
United Arab Emirates
77.75
46
Brunei Darussalam
77.36
47
Czech Republic
77.21
48
Barbados
77.01
49
Albania
76.63
50
High income: nonOECD
76.55
51
Belize
76.32
52
New Caledonia
76.12
53
Mayotte
76.07
54
Netherlands Antilles
76.03
55
Uruguay
75.98
56
Qatar
75.94
57
Croatia
75.91
58
Bahrain
75.91
59
Oman
75.91
60
Panama
75.66
61
Guam
75.62
62
Poland
75.53
63
Argentina
75.33
64
Grenada
75.32
65
Ecuador
75.13
66
Bosnia and Herzegovina
75.11
67
Mexico
75.07
68
Slovakia
74.81
69
Aruba
74.69
70
French Polynesia
74.49
71
Malaysia
74.38
72
Vietnam
74.37
73
Libya
74.33
74
Tunisia
74.30
75
Syria
74.23
76
Macedonia
74.21
77
Sri Lanka
74.13
78
Montenegro
74.10
79
Hungary
74.01
80
Estonia
73.97
81
Serbia
73.64
82
Venezuela
73.55
83
Armenia
73.54
84
Bahamas
73.49
85
West Bank and Gaza
73.47
86
Romania
73.37
87
Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)
73.34
88
Bulgaria
73.32
89
Peru
73.26
90
Seychelles
73.16
91
Nicaragua
73.14
92
Saudi Arabia
73.12
93
China
73.12
94
Colombia
72.98
95
Jordan
72.71
96
Mauritius
72.57
97
Dominican Republic
72.57
98
Brazil
72.40
99
Algeria
72.39
100
Latvia
72.24
101
Honduras
72.20
102
East Asia & Pacific (developing only)
72.16
103
Lebanon
72.05
104
Turkey
71.89
105
Tonga
71.88
106
Paraguay
71.88
107
Jamaica
71.84
108
Philippines
71.83
109
Lithuania
71.82
110
Western Samoa
71.75
111
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
71.66
112
Maldives
71.58
113
Georgia
71.55
114
Iran
71.44
115
Morocco
71.29
116
El Salvador
71.26
117
Upper middle income
71.25
118
Cape Verde
71.04
119
Indonesia
70.79
120
Belarus
70.63
121
Middle East & North Africa (developing only)
70.60
122
Guatemala
70.34
123
Vanuatu
70.29
124
Azerbaijan
70.18
125
Egypt
70.14
126
Europe & Central Asia (developing only)
69.44
127
Kosovo
69.42
128
Trinidad and Tobago
69.34
129
Suriname
69.02
130
Fiji
68.87
131
Thailand
68.86
132
Micronesia
68.58
133
Middle income
68.53
134
Moldova
68.44
135
Greenland
68.35
136
Ukraine
68.25
137
Iraq
67.93
138
Russia
67.84
139
Lower middle income
67.82
140
Uzbekistan
67.76
141
Kyrgyzstan
67.37
142
Guyana
67.11
143
Low & middle income
66.82
144
Tajikistan
66.75
145
Nepal
66.69
146
Mongolia
66.57
147
Pakistan
66.53
148
Kazakhstan
66.44
149
Solomon Islands
66.26
150
Bangladesh
66.14
151
Bhutan
66.13
152
Bolivia
65.68
153
Sao Tome and Principe
65.53
154
Comoros
65.35
155
Laos
64.97
156
Turkmenistan
64.82
157
South Asia
64.09
158
India
63.72
159
Yemen
62.92
160
Togo
62.51
161
Burma
61.55
162
Benin
61.38
163
Haiti
61.21
164
Timor-Leste
61.12
165
Papua New Guinea
61.10
166
Namibia
61.01
167
Cambodia
60.97
168
Gabon
60.44
169
Madagascar
60.34
170
Eritrea
59.45
171
Liberia
58.26
172
Sudan
58.15
173
Guinea
57.82
174
Ivory Coast
57.44
175
Low income
57.01
176
Least developed countries: UN classification
56.88
177
Mauritania
56.73
178
Ghana
56.62
179
Gambia
55.93
180
Tanzania
55.65
181
Senegal
55.60
182
Djibouti
55.39
183
Ethiopia
55.20
184
Kenya
54.24
185
Botswana
54.24
186
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
53.86
187
Republic of the Congo
53.55
188
Malawi
53.06
189
Burkina Faso
52.99
190
Uganda
52.67
191
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)
52.11
192
South Africa
51.48
193
Niger
51.40
194
Cameroon
51.06
195
Burundi
50.43
196
Equatorial Guinea
50.23
197
Rwanda
50.13
198
Somalia
49.84
199
Chad
48.73
200
Mali
48.43
201
Nigeria
47.91
202
Mozambique
47.89
203
Guinea-Bissau
47.82
204
Democratic Republic of the Congo
47.65
205
Sierra Leone
47.60
206
Angola
47.04
207
Central African Republic
46.96
208
Swaziland
45.77
209
Zambia
45.40
210
Lesotho
44.99
211
Zimbabwe
44.21
212
Afghanistan
43.95
Country Comparison Graph