Table 2a.

Life expectancy

Last update: December 2012

Life expectancy at Life expectancy at age

Country or area Year
birth 60 years

Women Men Women Men

Afghanistan 2010-2015 49 49 15 14
Albania 2010-2015 80 74 24 19
Algeria 2010-2015 75 72 20 18
American Samoa 2006 * 76 69 … …
Angola 2010-2015 53 50 16 15
Anguilla 2000-2002 * 81 77 24 21
Argentina 2010-2015 80 72 24 19
Armenia 2010-2015 77 71 22 18
Aruba 2010-2015 78 73 22 18
Australia 1
2010-2015 84 80 26 23
Austria 2010-2015 84 78 26 22
Azerbaijan 2
2010-2015 74 68 20 16
Bahamas 2010-2015 79 73 23 18
Bahrain 2010-2015 76 75 19 18
Bangladesh 2010-2015 70 69 18 18
Barbados 2010-2015 80 74 23 19
Belarus 2010-2015 76 65 21 14
Belgium 2010-2015 83 77 25 21
Belize 2010-2015 78 75 23 21
Benin 2010-2015 59 55 17 16
Bermuda 2010 * 82 77 24 20
Bhutan 2010-2015 70 66 19 18
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2010-2015 69 65 19 17
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2010-2015 78 73 22 18
Botswana 2010-2015 51 54 18 16
Brazil 2010-2015 77 71 23 20
Brunei Darussalam 2010-2015 81 76 24 21
Bulgaria 2010-2015 77 70 21 17
Burkina Faso 2010-2015 57 55 15 15
Burundi 2010-2015 53 50 16 15
Cambodia 2010-2015 65 62 17 16
Cameroon 2010-2015 54 51 17 16
Canada 2010-2015 83 79 26 22
Cape Verde 2010-2015 78 71 22 17
Cayman Islands 2006 * a
84 76 26 21
Central African Republic 2010-2015 51 48 16 15
Chad 2010-2015 52 49 16 14
Channel Islands 3
2010-2015 82 78 25 21
Chile 2010-2015 82 76 25 21
China 4
2010-2015 76 72 21 18
China, Hong Kong SAR 5
2010-2015 86 80 28 23
China, Macao SAR 6
2010-2015 84 79 25 22
Colombia 2010-2015 78 70 22 20
Comoros 2010-2015 63 60 17 15
Congo 2010-2015 59 57 18 16
Cook Islands 2001-2006 * b 76 70 20 18
Costa Rica 2010-2015 82 77 25 22
Côte d'Ivoire 2010-2015 58 55 17 16
Croatia 2010-2015 80 73 23 18
Cuba 2010-2015 81 77 24 22
Cyprus 7
2010-2015 82 78 24 20
Czech Republic 2010-2015 81 75 23 19
Dem. People's Republic of Korea 2010-2015 72 66 19 14
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2010-2015 51 47 16 15
Denmark 2010-2015 81 77 24 21
Djibouti 2010-2015 60 57 16 15
Dominica 2008 * 78 74 … …
Dominican Republic 2010-2015 77 71 24 21
Ecuador 2010-2015 79 73 24 21
Egypt 2010-2015 76 72 20 17
El Salvador 2010-2015 77 68 23 21
Equatorial Guinea 2010-2015 53 50 16 15
Eritrea 2010-2015 64 60 17 13
Estonia 2010-2015 80 70 23 17
Ethiopia 2010-2015 62 58 18 16
Faeroe Islands 2008 * 82 77 24 21
Fiji 2010-2015 72 67 19 15
Finland 8
2010-2015 83 77 26 22
France 2010-2015 85 78 27 22
French Guiana 2010-2015 81 73 24 18
French Polynesia 2010-2015 78 73 22 18
Gabon 2010-2015 64 62 19 18
Gambia 2010-2015 60 58 14 13
Georgia 9
2010-2015 77 71 22 17
Germany 2010-2015 83 78 25 22
Ghana 2010-2015 66 64 19 18
Gibraltar 2001 * c 83 79 21 18
Greece 2010-2015 83 78 25 22
Greenland 2006 - 2010 * 73 68 19 16
Grenada 2010-2015 78 74 22 19
Guadeloupe 10
2010-2015 84 76 26 22
Guam 2010-2015 79 74 22 19
Guatemala 2010-2015 75 68 22 20
Guinea 2010-2015 56 53 17 16
Guinea-Bissau 2010-2015 50 47 16 15
Guyana 2010-2015 73 67 21 17
Haiti 2010-2015 64 61 17 16
Honduras 2010-2015 76 71 23 20
Hungary 2010-2015 78 71 22 17
Iceland 2010-2015 84 80 26 23
India 2010-2015 68 64 18 16
Indonesia 2010-2015 72 68 19 17
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2010-2015 75 72 20 20
Iraq 2010-2015 73 68 20 17
Ireland 2010-2015 83 78 25 22
Isle of Man 1996 * 80 74 22 18
Israel 2010-2015 84 80 26 23
Italy 2010-2015 85 79 26 22
Jamaica 2010-2015 76 71 22 20
Japan 2010-2015 87 80 29 23
Jordan 2010-2015 75 72 20 19
Kazakhstan 2010-2015 73 62 19 14
Kenya 2010-2015 59 57 18 17
Kiribati 2005 * 63 59 16 13
Kuwait 2010-2015 76 74 18 18
Kyrgyzstan 2010-2015 72 64 19 15
Lao People's Democratic Republic 2010-2015 69 66 18 16
Latvia 2010-2015 79 69 22 17
Lebanon 2010-2015 75 71 20 17
Lesotho 2010-2015 48 50 17 15
Liberia 2010-2015 59 56 16 15
Libya 2010-2015 78 73 22 18
Lithuania 2010-2015 78 67 22 16
Luxembourg 2010-2015 83 78 25 21
Madagascar 2010-2015 69 65 19 18
Malawi 2010-2015 55 55 18 16
Malaysia 11
2010-2015 77 73 20 18
Maldives 2010-2015 79 76 21 20
Mali 2010-2015 53 51 14 13
Malta 2010-2015 82 78 24 21
Marshall Islands 2004 * 71 67 … …
Martinique 2010-2015 84 77 26 22
Mauritania 2010-2015 61 57 15 14
Mauritius 12
2010-2015 77 70 21 17
Mayotte 2010-2015 82 74 24 22
Mexico 2010-2015 80 75 23 21
Micronesia (Fed. States of) 2010-2015 70 68 18 17
Mongolia 2010-2015 73 65 20 16
Montenegro 2010-2015 77 73 21 18
Morocco 2010-2015 75 70 20 17
Mozambique 2010-2015 52 50 17 16
Myanmar 2010-2015 68 64 18 16
Namibia 2010-2015 63 62 19 17
Nauru 2006 * 57 55 … …
Nepal 2010-2015 70 68 18 17
Netherlands 2010-2015 83 79 25 22
Netherlands Antilles 13
2010-2015 80 74 23 20
New Caledonia 2010-2015 80 74 24 19
New Zealand 2010-2015 83 79 25 22
Nicaragua 2010-2015 77 71 23 20
Niger 2010-2015 56 55 15 14
Nigeria 2010-2015 53 52 17 15
Niue 2006 * 76 67 … …
Northern Mariana Islands 2009 * 80 74 … …
Norway 14
2010-2015 83 79 26 22
Occupied Palestinian Territory 15
2010-2015 75 72 20 17
Oman 2010-2015 76 71 19 16
Pakistan 2010-2015 67 65 18 17
Palau 2005 ** 72 66 … …
Panama 2010-2015 79 74 23 21
Papua New Guinea 2010-2015 66 61 17 14
Paraguay 2010-2015 75 71 22 20
Peru 2010-2015 77 72 23 20
Philippines 2010-2015 73 66 19 16
Poland 2010-2015 81 72 23 18
Portugal 2010-2015 83 77 25 21
Puerto Rico 2010-2015 83 75 26 21
Qatar 2010-2015 78 79 21 22
Republic of Korea 2010-2015 84 77 26 21
Republic of Moldova 16
2010-2015 73 66 19 15
Réunion 2010-2015 82 74 24 22
Romania 2010-2015 78 71 22 17
Russian Federation 2010-2015 75 63 21 15
Rwanda 2010-2015 57 54 17 16
Saint Helena 2000-2009 * 79 73 24 20
Saint Kitts and Nevis 1998 * 71 68 18 17
Saint Lucia 2010-2015 78 72 23 18
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2010-2015 75 70 20 17
Samoa 2010-2015 76 70 21 16
San Marino 2000 * 85 78 26 22
Sao Tome and Principe 2010-2015 66 64 18 17
Saudi Arabia 2010-2015 76 73 20 19
Senegal 2010-2015 61 59 14 13
Serbia 17
2010-2015 77 72 21 18
Seychelles 2011 * d
78 68 22 17
Sierra Leone 2010-2015 49 48 11 11
Singapore 2010-2015 84 79 25 22
Slovakia 2010-2015 80 72 22 17
Slovenia 2010-2015 83 76 25 20
Solomon Islands 2010-2015 70 67 18 16
Somalia 2010-2015 53 50 16 15
South Africa 2010-2015 54 53 18 14
Spain 18
2010-2015 85 79 27 22
Sri Lanka 2010-2015 78 72 22 19
Sudan 19
2010-2015 64 60 18 16
Suriname 2010-2015 74 68 20 17
Swaziland 2010-2015 49 50 17 15
Sweden 2010-2015 84 80 26 22
Switzerland 2010-2015 85 80 27 23
Syrian Arab Republic 2010-2015 78 74 21 19
Tajikistan 2010-2015 71 65 21 16
TFYR Macedonia 20
2010-2015 77 73 21 18
Thailand 2010-2015 78 71 22 19
Timor-Leste 2010-2015 64 62 17 15
Togo 2010-2015 59 56 18 16
Tokelau 1990 ** 70 68 … …
Tonga 2010-2015 75 70 21 16
Trinidad and Tobago 2010-2015 74 67 21 16
Tunisia 2010-2015 77 73 21 18
Turkey 2010-2015 77 72 21 18
Turkmenistan 2010-2015 69 61 19 15
Turks and Caicos Islands 2001 * 77 79 20 24
Tuvalu 1997-2002 * 65 62 17 14
Uganda 2010-2015 55 54 17 16
Ukraine 2010-2015 75 64 20 15
United Arab Emirates 2010-2015 78 76 21 20
United Kingdom 2010-2015 82 78 25 22
United Republic of Tanzania 21
2010-2015 60 58 18 17
United States of America 2010-2015 81 76 25 22
United States Virgin Islands 2010-2015 83 77 26 20
Uruguay 2010-2015 81 74 24 19
Uzbekistan 2010-2015 72 66 20 17
Vanuatu 2010-2015 74 70 19 17
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of 2010-2015 78 72 22 20
Viet Nam 2010-2015 77 73 23 20
Wallis and Futuna Islands 2005-2008 ** 76 73 … …
Western Sahara 2010-2015 70 66 18 16
Yemen 2010-2015 68 65 18 16
Zambia 2010-2015 50 49 17 16
Zimbabwe 2010-2015 53 54 19 17
Footnotes
… Not available.

* Data are from official national life tables compiled by the United Nations Demographic Yearbook system.
** Data are published by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.
a The data are based on a small number of death
b Excluding Niue
c The data for life expectancy at age 60 is based on the age of 65.
d The data for life expectancy at age 60 is based on the year of 2007.
1 Including Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island.
2 Including Nagorno-Karabakh.
3 Refers to Guernsey, and Jersey.

4 For statistical purposes, the data for China do not include Hong Kong and Macao, Special Administrative Regions
(SAR) of China.
5 As of 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

6 As of 20 December 1999, Macao became a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China.

7 Including Northern-Cyprus.
8 Including Åland Islands.
9 Including Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
10 Including Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin (French part).
11 Including Sabah and Sarawak.
12 Including Agalega, Rodrigues, and Saint Brandon.
13 Refers to Curaçao, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius.
14 Including Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.
15 Including East Jerusalem.
16 Including Transnistria.
17 Including Kosovo.
18 Including Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla.

19 Including Southern Sudan which voted in favor of independence, but was not an official UN Member State as of
May 2011.
20 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
21 Including Zanzibar.
Sources:

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011), World Population
Prospects: The 2010 Revision. available in http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm; supplemented
by official national statistics published in Demographic Yearbook, available from the United Nations
Statistics Division website, http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/default.htm; and data
compiled by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) Statistics and Demography Programme,
available from the SPC website, http://www.spc.int/sdp.
Technical notes:

Life expectancy at birth is an estimate of the number of years to be lived by a female or male newborn, based
on current age-specific mortality rates. Life expectancy at birth by sex gives a statistical summary of current
differences in male and female mortality across all ages. In areas with high infant and child mortality rates, the
indicator is strongly influenced by trends and differentials in infant and child mortality.

Life expectancy at age 60 is an estimate of the additional number of years to be lived by a woman or man who
has survived to age 60, based on current age-specific mortality rates. The indicator, when disaggregated by
sex, gives an indication of sex differences in survival into older ages.