List of countries by life expectancy - wikipedia List of countries by life expectancy Comparison of average male and female life expectancy at birth for countries and territories as defined in the 2013 CIA Factbook, with selected bubbles labelled. The dotted line corresponds to equal female and male life expectancy. The apparent 3D volumes of the bubbles are linearly proportional to their population. ( In the SVG file, hover over a bubble to highlight it and show its data. ) This is a collection of lists of countries by average life expectancy at birth. Contents 1 Methodology 2 List by the World Health Organization ( 2015 ) 3 List by the United Nations, for 2010 -- 2015 4 List from the GBD 2010 study 5 List by the CIA ( 2017 ) 6 List by the OECD ( 2016 ) 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Methodology Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country is expected to live if mortality rates at each age were to remain steady in the future. The life expectancy is shown separately for males and females, as well as a combined figure. Several non-sovereign entities are also included in this list. The figures reflect the quality of healthcare in the countries listed as well as other factors including ongoing wars, obesity, and HIV infections. Worldwide, the average life expectancy at birth was 70.5 years ( 68 years and 4 months for males and 72 years and 8 months for females ) over the period 2010 -- 2015 according to United Nations World Population Prospects 2015 Revision, or 69 years ( 67 years for males and 71.1 years for females ) for 2016 according to The World Factbook. According to the 2015 World Health Organization ( WHO ) data, women on average live longer than men in all major regions and in all individual countries except for Mali and Swaziland. The countries with the lowest overall life expectancies per the WHO are Sierra Leone, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea - Bissau, Lesotho, Somalia, Swaziland, Angola, Chad, Mali, Burundi, Cameroon, and Mozambique. Of those countries, only Lesotho, Swaziland, and Mozambique in 2011 were suffering from an HIV prevalence rate of greater than 10 percent in the 15 -- 49 age group. Comparing life expectancies from birth across countries can be problematic. There are differing definitions of live birth vs stillbirth even among more developed countries and less developed countries often have poor reporting. Taiwan 's data is not included in the following WHO statistics. According to the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior, the life expectancy of the 23.6 - million Taiwanese people reached 80.4 years in 2017, up from 80.0 years in 2016. The life expectancy of Taiwanese males averaged 77.3, while that of females reached 83.7, both of which were record highs. Hong Kong is a territory with the world 's highest life expectancy according to the Hong Kong Department of Health, whose life expectancy reached 84.0 years in 2015 ( with men at 81.2 years and women at 87.3 years ) surpassing Japan 's 83.7 years. The data is not included in the following WHO statistics as a separate entity since Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of China, and is not itself a member of the WHO. List by the World Health Organization ( 2015 ) Countries by average life expectancy according to the World Health Organization ( 2015 ) 2015 data published in May 2016. HALE : Health - adjusted life expectancy Country and regions Both sexes rank Both sexes life expectancy Female rank Female life expectancy Male rank Male life expectancy Both sexes rank ( HALE ) Both sexes life expectancy ( HALE ) Japan 83.7 86.8 6 80.5 74.9 Switzerland 83.4 6 85.3 81.3 73.1 Singapore 83.1 86.1 10 80.0 73.9 Australia 82.8 7 84.8 80.9 15 71.9 Spain 82.8 85.5 9 80.1 9 72.4 Iceland 6 82.7 10 84.1 81.2 7 72.7 Italy 6 82.7 7 84.8 6 80.5 5 72.8 Israel 8 82.5 9 84.3 5 80.6 5 72.8 Sweden 9 82.4 12 84.0 80.7 12 72.0 France 9 82.4 5 85.4 16 79.4 8 72.6 South Korea 11 82.3 85.5 20 78.8 73.2 Canada 12 82.2 10 84.1 8 80.2 10 72.3 Luxembourg 13 82.0 12 84.0 13 79.8 17 71.8 Netherlands 14 81.9 20 83.6 10 80.0 11 72.2 Norway 15 81.8 17 83.7 13 79.8 12 72.0 Malta 16 81.7 17 83.7 15 79.7 18 71.7 New Zealand 17 81.6 26 83.3 10 80.0 19 71.6 Austria 18 81.5 14 83.9 19 79.0 12 72.0 Ireland 19 81.4 23 83.4 16 79.4 20 71.5 United Kingdom 20 81.2 27 83.0 16 79.4 21 71.4 Belgium 21 81.1 22 83.5 22 78.6 26 71.1 Finland 21 81.1 16 83.8 24 78.3 28 71.0 Portugal 21 81.1 14 83.9 27 78.2 21 71.4 Germany 24 81.0 23 83.4 21 78.7 23 71.3 Greece 24 81.0 20 83.6 24 78.3 15 71.9 Slovenia 26 80.8 17 83.7 28 77.9 26 71.1 Denmark 27 80.6 29 82.5 22 78.6 25 71.2 Cyprus 28 80.5 28 82.7 24 78.3 23 71.3 Chile 28 80.5 23 83.4 29 77.4 29 70.4 Costa Rica 30 79.6 30 82.2 31 77.1 31 69.7 United States 31 79.3 33 81.6 32 76.9 36 69.1 Cuba 32 79.1 34 81.4 32 76.9 35 69.2 Czech Republic 33 78.8 32 81.7 38 75.9 33 69.4 Maldives 34 78.5 41 80.2 32 76.9 32 69.6 Qatar 35 78.2 43 80.0 29 77.4 47 67.7 Croatia 36 78.0 36 81.2 42 74.7 33 69.4 Albania 37 77.8 38 80.7 39 75.1 38 68.8 Panama 37 77.8 37 81.1 42 74.7 42 68.1 Brunei 39 77.7 47 79.2 36 76.3 29 70.4 Estonia 40 77.6 31 82.0 65 72.7 37 68.9 Poland 41 77.5 35 81.3 52 73.6 39 68.7 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42 77.4 45 79.7 40 75.0 40 68.6 United Arab Emirates 43 77.1 57 78.6 35 76.4 44 67.9 Uruguay 44 77.0 40 80.4 56 73.3 44 67.9 Bahrain 45 76.9 71 77.9 37 76.2 55 67.0 Mexico 46 76.7 46 79.5 48 73.9 52 67.4 Slovakia 46 76.7 41 80.2 62 72.9 42 68.1 Oman 48 76.6 47 79.2 40 75.0 63 66.7 Antigua and Barbuda 49 76.4 57 78.6 46 74.1 50 67.5 Argentina 50 76.3 44 79.9 65 72.7 49 67.6 Jamaica 51 76.2 57 78.6 48 73.9 58 66.9 Ecuador 51 76.2 53 79.0 53 73.5 55 67.0 China 53 76.1 80 77.6 44 74.6 41 68.5 Montenegro 53 76.1 65 78.1 46 74.1 44 67.9 Bahamas 53 76.1 50 79.1 62 72.9 65 66.6 Vietnam 56 76.0 38 80.7 81 71.3 65 66.6 Hungary 57 75.9 50 79.1 71 72.3 52 67.4 Turkey 58 75.8 54 78.9 68 72.6 73 66.2 Macedonia 59 75.7 76 77.8 53 73.5 50 67.5 Algeria 60 75.6 81 77.5 50 73.8 75 66.0 Serbia 60 75.6 61 78.4 62 72.9 47 67.7 Iran 62 75.5 86 76.6 45 74.5 65 66.6 Peru 62 75.5 66 78.0 59 73.1 80 65.6 Barbados 62 75.5 71 77.9 59 73.1 65 66.6 Tunisia 65 75.3 76 77.8 61 73.0 63 66.7 Saint Lucia 66 75.2 71 77.9 68 72.6 74 66.1 Malaysia 67 75.0 83 77.3 65 72.7 70 66.5 Romania 67 75.0 55 78.8 78 71.4 59 66.8 Brazil 67 75.0 56 78.7 78 71.4 81 65.5 Lebanon 70 74.9 87 76.5 53 73.5 79 65.7 Thailand 70 74.9 66 78.0 74 71.9 59 66.8 Sri Lanka 70 74.9 63 78.3 75 71.6 55 67.0 Armenia 73 74.8 79 77.7 75 71.6 59 66.8 Nicaragua 73 74.8 71 77.9 77 71.5 103 63.7 Colombia 73 74.8 61 78.4 84 71.2 85 65.1 Kuwait 76 74.7 93 76.0 51 73.7 78 65.8 Honduras 77 74.6 85 77.0 71 72.3 90 64.9 Mauritius 77 74.6 76 77.8 78 71.4 59 66.8 Latvia 77 74.6 47 79.2 95 69.6 54 67.1 Saudi Arabia 80 74.5 93 76.0 58 73.2 96 64.5 Bulgaria 80 74.5 66 78.0 86 71.1 72 66.4 Georgia 82 74.4 63 78.3 91 70.3 70 66.5 Morocco 83 74.3 99 75.4 56 73.3 90 64.9 Jordan 84 74.1 96 75.9 70 72.5 88 65.0 Venezuela 84 74.1 60 78.5 94 70.0 83 65.2 Paraguay 86 74.0 93 76.0 73 72.2 83 65.2 Samoa 86 74.0 81 77.5 87 70.9 65 66.6 Dominican Republic 88 73.9 84 77.1 87 70.9 85 65.1 Grenada 89 73.6 91 76.1 84 71.2 88 65.0 Lithuania 89 73.6 50 79.1 104 68.1 75 66.0 Tonga 91 73.5 88 76.4 89 70.6 75 66.0 El Salvador 91 73.5 71 77.9 99 68.8 98 64.1 Cape Verde 93 73.3 103 75.0 81 71.3 97 64.4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94 73.2 100 75.2 81 71.3 94 64.6 Seychelles 94 73.2 66 78.0 98 69.1 81 65.5 Libya 96 72.7 98 75.6 92 70.1 101 63.8 Azerbaijan 96 72.7 97 75.8 95 69.6 93 64.7 Belarus 98 72.3 66 78.0 119 66.5 85 65.1 Moldova 99 72.1 90 76.2 106 67.9 92 64.8 Vanuatu 100 72.0 107 74.0 92 70.1 94 64.6 Guatemala 101 71.9 100 75.2 102 68.5 116 62.1 Bangladesh 102 71.8 113 73.1 89 70.6 111 62.3 Suriname 103 71.6 105 74.7 101 68.6 107 63.1 Ukraine 104 71.3 91 76.1 120 66.3 98 64.1 Trinidad and Tobago 105 71.2 104 74.8 106 67.9 104 63.3 Kyrgyzstan 106 71.1 102 75.1 111 67.2 101 63.8 Egypt 107 70.9 111 73.2 99 68.8 113 62.2 Bolivia 108 70.7 110 73.3 103 68.2 113 62.2 North Korea 109 70.6 107 74.0 113 67.0 100 64.0 Russia 110 70.5 89 76.3 127 64.7 104 63.3 Kazakhstan 111 70.2 105 74.7 123 65.7 104 63.3 Belize 112 70.1 113 73.1 110 67.5 111 62.3 Fiji 113 69.9 113 73.1 113 67.0 108 62.9 Bhutan 114 69.8 126 70.1 97 69.5 120 61.2 Tajikistan 115 69.7 109 73.6 116 66.6 116 62.1 Micronesia 116 69.4 124 70.6 104 68.1 109 62.5 Uzbekistan 116 69.4 116 72.7 122 66.1 110 62.4 Solomon Islands 118 69.2 121 70.8 106 67.9 116 62.1 Nepal 118 69.2 121 70.8 109 67.7 121 61.1 Indonesia 120 69.1 119 71.2 112 67.1 113 62.2 Iraq 121 68.9 118 71.8 121 66.2 124 60.0 Mongolia 122 68.8 111 73.2 127 64.7 119 62.0 Cambodia 123 68.7 123 70.7 116 66.6 130 58.9 Philippines 124 68.5 117 72.0 126 65.3 121 61.1 India 125 68.3 128 69.9 115 66.9 126 59.5 Timor - Leste 125 68.3 126 70.1 116 66.6 123 60.7 Sao Tome and Principe 127 67.5 130 69.4 124 65.6 128 59.1 Senegal 128 66.7 132 68.6 130 64.6 132 58.3 Myanmar 129 66.6 133 68.5 130 64.6 127 59.2 Pakistan 130 66.4 137 67.5 125 65.5 134 57.8 Kiribati 131 66.3 131 68.8 136 63.7 128 59.1 Turkmenistan 131 66.3 125 70.5 143 62.2 125 59.8 Guyana 133 66.2 133 68.5 134 63.9 130 58.9 Rwanda 134 66.1 120 71.1 150 60.9 140 56.6 Gabon 135 66.0 138 67.2 127 64.7 137 57.2 Namibia 136 65.8 135 68.3 139 63.1 136 57.5 Yemen 137 65.7 138 67.2 132 64.3 135 57.7 Laos 137 65.7 138 67.2 133 64.1 133 57.9 Botswana 137 65.7 136 68.1 137 63.3 138 56.9 Madagascar 140 65.5 141 67.0 134 63.9 138 56.9 Ethiopia 141 64.8 143 66.8 140 62.8 143 56.1 Congo 142 64.7 144 66.3 138 63.2 140 56.6 Eritrea 142 64.7 141 67.0 141 62.4 145 55.9 Syria 144 64.5 128 69.9 154 59.9 143 56.1 Sudan 145 64.1 146 65.9 141 62.4 145 55.9 Comoros 146 63.5 151 65.2 144 61.9 145 55.9 Djibouti 146 63.5 150 65.3 145 61.8 148 55.8 Haiti 146 63.5 148 65.5 147 61.5 150 55.4 Kenya 149 63.4 147 65.8 148 61.1 149 55.6 Mauritania 150 63.1 153 64.6 146 61.6 152 55.1 Papua New Guinea 151 62.9 149 65.4 152 60.6 142 56.4 South Africa 151 62.9 145 66.2 158 59.3 153 54.5 Ghana 153 62.4 155 63.9 149 61.0 151 55.3 Uganda 154 62.3 154 64.3 153 60.3 156 54.0 Niger 155 61.8 158 62.8 150 60.9 154 54.2 Tanzania 155 61.8 156 63.8 154 59.9 155 54.1 Zambia 155 61.8 152 64.7 161 59.0 158 53.6 Liberia 158 61.4 157 62.9 156 59.8 160 52.7 Gambia 159 61.1 159 62.5 156 59.8 157 53.8 Zimbabwe 160 60.7 160 62.3 161 59.0 163 52.3 Afghanistan 161 60.5 161 61.9 158 59.3 164 52.2 Benin 162 60.0 164 61.1 163 58.8 162 52.5 Burkina Faso 163 59.9 167 60.5 160 59.1 161 52.6 Togo 163 59.9 164 61.1 164 58.6 159 52.8 DR Congo 165 59.8 163 61.5 165 58.3 166 51.7 Burundi 166 59.6 162 61.6 168 57.7 164 52.2 Guinea 167 59.0 171 59.8 166 58.2 166 51.7 Guinea - Bissau 168 58.9 167 60.5 169 57.2 168 51.5 Swaziland 168 58.9 164 61.1 171 56.6 172 50.9 Malawi 170 58.3 170 59.9 170 56.7 169 51.2 Mali 171 58.2 175 58.3 166 58.2 171 51.1 Equatorial Guinea 171 58.2 169 60.0 171 56.6 169 51.2 Mozambique 173 57.6 172 59.4 175 55.7 175 49.6 South Sudan 174 57.3 173 58.6 173 56.1 174 49.9 Cameroon 174 57.3 173 58.6 174 55.9 173 50.3 Somalia 176 55.0 176 56.6 176 53.5 176 47.8 Nigeria 177 54.5 177 55.6 177 53.4 177 47.7 Lesotho 178 53.7 178 55.4 179 51.7 179 46.6 Cote d'Ivoire 179 53.3 180 54.4 178 52.3 178 47.0 Chad 180 53.1 179 54.5 179 51.7 180 46.1 Central African Republic 181 52.5 181 54.1 181 50.9 181 45.9 Angola 182 52.4 182 54.0 181 50.9 182 45.8 Sierra Leone 183 50.1 183 50.8 183 49.3 183 44.4 List by the United Nations, for 2010 -- 2015 On July 2015, the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ( UN DESA ), released World Population Prospects, The 2015 Revision. The following table shows the life expectancy at birth for the period 2010 to 2015. Male life expectancy, 2009. Female life expectancy, 2009. UN World Population Prospects -- The 2006 Revision : 2005 -- 2010 Life Expectancy at birth ( years ). Over 80 77.5 -- 80.0 75.0 -- 77.5 72.5 -- 75.0 70.0 -- 72.5 67.5 -- 70.0 65.0 -- 67.5 60 -- 65 55 -- 60 50 -- 55 45 -- 50 Under 45 not available Life expectancy at birth ( years ), UN World Population Prospects 2015 Rank State / Territory Overall Male Female Japan 83.74 80.91 86.58 Italy 83.31 80.00 86.49 Switzerland 82.84 80.27 85.23 Singapore 82.66 80.43 84.74 5 Israel 82.64 79.59 85.61 6 Iceland 82.30 80.73 83.84 7 Spain 82.28 79.42 85.05 8 Australia 83.42 80.33 86.56 9 Hong Kong 82.07 80.18 83.82 10 Sweden 81.93 80.10 83.71 11 France ( metropol. ) 81.85 78.76 84.87 12 Canada 81.78 79.69 83.78 13 New Zealand 81.56 79.71 83.35 14 South Korea 81.43 77.95 84.63 15 Luxembourg 81.34 78.94 83.65 16 Norway 81.32 79.22 83.38 17 Netherlands 81.31 79.36 83.14 18 Chile 81.21 78.09 84.12 19 Martinique ( France ) 81.18 77.79 84.36 20 Austria 81.09 78.47 83.59 21 Germany 80.66 78.18 83.06 22 Greece 80.60 77.64 83.60 23 Ireland 80.57 78.40 82.74 24 Guadeloupe ( France ) 80.56 76.83 83.98 25 Portugal 80.55 77.43 83.50 26 = Belgium 80.53 77.95 83.02 26 = Finland 80.53 77.60 83.40 28 = Channel Islands ( UK ) 80.45 78.45 82.39 28 = United Kingdom 80.45 78.45 82.39 30 = Malta 80.30 78.55 81.98 30 = Macau 80.30 78.07 82.51 32 Slovenia 80.08 76.92 83.14 33 U.S. Virgin Islands ( US ) 80.06 77.24 82.92 34 Denmark 79.99 78.00 81.94 35 Cyprus 79.90 77.69 82.17 36 Réunion ( France ) 79.54 76.04 82.90 37 Mayotte ( France ) 79.34 76.04 82.90 38 Taiwan 79.26 76.43 82.30 39 Puerto Rico ( US ) 79.22 75.19 83.17 40 = Costa Rica 79.16 76.70 81.69 40 = Cuba 79.16 77.10 81.27 42 French Guiana ( France ) 78.98 75.75 82.58 43 United States 78.88 76.47 81.25 44 Lebanon 78.86 77.14 80.87 45 Guam ( US ) 78.72 76.14 81.47 46 Brunei 78.44 76.64 80.39 47 Czech Republic 78.35 75.36 81.27 48 Qatar 77.89 77.10 79.68 49 Curaçao ( Netherlands ) 77.77 74.50 80.70 50 Albania 77.49 75.04 80.19 51 Panama 77.32 74.34 80.49 52 Poland 77.14 73.06 81.14 53 Croatia 77.05 73.64 80.38 54 Uruguay 76.96 73.25 80.44 55 United Arab Emirates 76.67 76.02 78.23 56 Estonia 76.52 71.57 81.05 57 Mexico 76.48 74.04 78.93 58 Bahrain 76.38 75.58 77.42 59 Maldives 76.36 75.40 77.41 60 Oman 76.33 74.66 78.85 61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.26 73.71 78.82 62 New Caledonia ( France ) 76.19 73.55 79.31 63 French Polynesia ( France ) 76.12 73.97 78.55 64 Slovakia 76.04 72.24 79.73 65 Montenegro 76.02 73.83 78.18 66 Argentina 76.01 72.15 79.83 67 Antigua and Barbuda 75.82 73.29 78.21 68 Vietnam 75.57 70.73 80.31 69 Ecuador 75.54 72.82 78.37 70 Jamaica 75.44 73.07 77.89 71 China 75.43 73.97 77.02 72 Aruba ( Netherlands ) 75.39 72.89 77.76 73 Barbados 75.37 72.91 77.71 74 Republic of Macedonia 75.16 72.87 77.48 75 Bahamas 75.15 72.02 78.09 76 Iran 75.06 73.98 76.22 77 Hungary 74.98 71.23 78.54 78 Turkey 74.84 71.53 78.12 79 Saint Lucia 74.81 72.17 77.57 80 Serbia 74.65 71.83 77.50 81 = Sri Lanka 74.64 71.24 78.03 81 = Georgia 74.64 70.91 78.14 83 Tunisia 74.60 72.30 77.04 84 Armenia 74.56 70.74 78.39 85 Malaysia 74.50 72.21 76.88 86 Nicaragua 74.47 71.38 77.48 87 Romania 74.46 70.92 78.07 88 Algeria 74.42 72.14 76.84 89 Kuwait 74.28 73.34 75.56 90 = Mauritius 74.15 70.67 77.74 90 = Peru 74.15 71.54 76.84 92 Thailand 74.14 70.83 77.58 93 Saudi Arabia 74.08 72.82 75.47 94 Brazil 74.05 70.29 77.86 95 Bulgaria 74.04 70.64 77.56 96 = Venezuela 73.95 69.93 78.24 96 = Latvia 73.95 68.85 78.68 98 Jordan 73.79 72.21 75.52 99 Colombia 73.75 70.19 77.39 100 Morocco 73.61 72.60 74.62 101 Dominican Republic 73.19 70.16 76.45 102 Grenada 73.17 70.78 75.59 103 Lithuania 73.07 67.39 78.78 104 Samoa 73.02 70.02 76.39 105 Cape Verde 72.97 71.05 74.65 106 Seychelles 72.94 68.69 77.91 107 Honduras 72.83 70.39 75.40 108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.75 70.70 74.90 109 Paraguay 72.74 70.70 74.92 110 Palestine 72.65 70.74 74.66 111 El Salvador 72.64 67.89 77.08 112 Tonga 72.60 69.72 75.56 113 Vanuatu 71.48 69.59 73.60 114 = Libya 71.47 68.79 74.41 114 = Guatemala 71.47 67.92 74.98 116 Moldova 71.33 67.22 75.43 117 Belarus 71.08 65.29 76.97 118 Bangladesh 71.01 69.85 72.26 119 Suriname 70.90 67.81 74.18 120 Egypt 70.84 68.71 73.05 121 Ukraine 70.76 65.73 75.67 122 Azerbaijan 70.62 67.54 73.77 123 Kyrgyzstan 70.26 66.35 74.29 124 Trinidad and Tobago 70.23 66.87 73.84 125 North Korea 69.91 66.30 73.27 126 Russia 69.83 64.15 75.55 127 Belize 69.76 67.19 72.72 128 Fiji 69.72 66.93 72.89 129 Syria 69.51 63.98 76.26 130 Iraq 69.19 66.99 71.44 131 = Tajikistan 69.07 65.90 72.84 131 = Kazakhstan 69.07 64.29 73.87 133 Nepal 69.03 67.64 70.45 134 Federated States of Micronesia 68.93 67.99 69.85 135 Mongolia 68.89 64.76 73.29 136 Bhutan 68.88 68.63 69.09 137 Indonesia 68.59 66.61 70.70 138 Uzbekistan 68.25 64.90 71.61 139 Philippines 67.99 64.72 71.55 140 Timor - Leste 67.73 66.06 69.51 141 Bolivia 67.72 65.34 70.21 142 = Western Sahara 67.61 65.89 69.81 142 = Cambodia 67.61 65.50 69.55 144 Solomon Islands 67.53 66.19 69.03 145 India 67.47 66.13 68.93 146 Guyana 66.24 64.03 68.59 147 São Tomé and Príncipe 66.23 64.23 68.19 148 Pakistan 65.88 64.99 66.84 149 Senegal 65.81 63.86 67.61 150 Kiribati 65.74 62.55 68.93 151 Myanmar 65.64 63.58 67.66 152 Laos 65.51 64.14 66.84 153 Turkmenistan 65.39 61.31 69.69 154 Madagascar 64.50 63.02 66.00 155 Namibia 64.34 61.58 66.95 156 Botswana 64.12 61.80 66.51 157 Tanzania 64.04 62.55 65.55 158 Gabon 63.65 63.15 64.07 159 Yemen 63.51 62.18 64.88 160 Rwanda 63.14 59.65 66.30 161 Ethiopia 63.13 61.30 65.02 162 Sudan 63.08 61.60 64.60 163 Eritrea 63.07 60.90 65.18 164 Comoros 62.83 61.20 64.50 165 Mauritania 62.77 61.29 64.25 166 Papua New Guinea 62.31 60.25 64.49 167 Haiti 62.29 60.18 64.42 168 Djibouti 61.61 60.04 63.24 169 Congo 61.42 59.95 62.92 170 Ghana 61.03 60.06 61.97 171 Malawi 60.97 59.86 61.98 172 Niger 60.65 59.85 61.55 173 Kenya 60.62 59.08 62.17 174 Liberia 60.25 59.29 61.21 175 Gambia 59.83 58.54 61.21 176 Afghanistan 59.82 58.67 61.06 177 Benin 59.20 57.77 60.61 178 Togo 59.01 58.28 59.68 179 Zambia 58.75 57.16 60.33 180 Democratic Republic of the Congo 58.10 56.67 59.53 181 Burkina Faso 58.07 56.73 59.33 182 Guinea 58.04 57.58 58.49 183 Uganda 57.25 55.67 58.83 184 Mali 57.23 57.44 56.98 185 Equatorial Guinea 57.13 55.87 58.57 186 South Africa 57.11 54.85 59.11 187 Burundi 56.07 54.18 58.04 188 South Sudan 55.06 54.10 56.03 189 Somalia 54.88 53.28 56.51 190 Cameroon 54.87 53.74 56.02 191 Zimbabwe 54.78 53.60 55.95 192 Guinea - Bissau 54.72 53.00 56.50 193 Mozambique 54.63 52.94 56.18 194 Nigeria 52.29 51.97 52.61 195 Angola 51.68 50.20 53.17 196 Chad 51.13 50.08 52.18 197 Côte d'Ivoire 50.97 50.21 51.85 198 Sierra Leone 50.19 49.65 50.74 199 Central African Republic 49.53 47.83 51.25 200 Lesotho 49.50 49.19 49.59 201 Swaziland 49.18 49.69 48.54 List from the GBD 2010 study The Global Burden of Disease 2010 study published updated figures in 2012, including recalculations of life expectancies which differ substantially in places from the UN estimates for 2010 ( reasons for this are discussed in the freely available appendix to the paper, pages 25 -- 27, currently not available ). Although no estimate is given for the sexes combined, for the first time life expectancy estimates have included uncertainty intervals. Life expectancy at birth ( years ), Global Burden of Disease 2010 State / territory Male 95 % range Female 95 % range World average 67.50 ( 66.90 -- 68.10 ) 73.30 ( 72.80 -- 73.80 ) Afghanistan 58.20 ( 54.20 -- 62.80 ) 57.30 ( 52.20 -- 61.70 ) Albania 72.00 ( 69.20 -- 74.90 ) 78.10 ( 75.90 -- 80.20 ) Algeria 74.30 ( 73.20 -- 75.40 ) 76.50 ( 75.50 -- 77.50 ) Andorra 79.80 ( 78.80 -- 81.00 ) 85.20 ( 84.20 -- 86.20 ) Angola 57.90 ( 49.50 -- 66.50 ) 63.90 ( 56.00 -- 72.00 ) Antigua and Barbuda 74.10 ( 72.20 -- 75.90 ) 79.00 ( 77.30 -- 80.50 ) Argentina 72.50 ( 72.40 -- 72.60 ) 79.30 ( 79.20 -- 79.40 ) Armenia 68.90 ( 67.20 -- 70.50 ) 78.50 ( 77.40 -- 79.60 ) Australia 79.20 ( 79.10 -- 79.30 ) 83.80 ( 83.70 -- 83.90 ) Austria 77.70 ( 77.50 -- 77.90 ) 83.30 ( 83.20 -- 83.50 ) Azerbaijan 68.90 ( 67.60 -- 70.20 ) 76.20 ( 74.90 -- 77.40 ) Bahrain 76.40 ( 74.80 -- 78.20 ) 79.10 ( 77.50 -- 80.70 ) Bangladesh 67.20 ( 65.60 -- 68.80 ) 71.00 ( 69.40 -- 72.80 ) Barbados 74.30 ( 72.70 -- 76.00 ) 77.00 ( 75.60 -- 78.30 ) Belarus 64.10 ( 63.40 -- 64.90 ) 76.00 ( 75.50 -- 76.50 ) Belgium 76.70 ( 76.40 -- 77.10 ) 82.30 ( 81.90 -- 82.60 ) Belize 68.90 ( 67.30 -- 70.30 ) 73.60 ( 72.30 -- 75.00 ) Benin 60.70 ( 57.60 -- 63.50 ) 65.90 ( 63.20 -- 68.50 ) Bhutan 67.60 ( 60.90 -- 73.30 ) 71.70 ( 65.70 -- 77.10 ) Bolivia 69.70 ( 67.30 -- 72.50 ) 71.70 ( 69.50 -- 74.10 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.10 ( 73.90 -- 74.40 ) 78.80 ( 78.50 -- 79.00 ) Botswana 68.10 ( 63.60 -- 73.60 ) 74.00 ( 69.20 -- 80.60 ) Brazil 71.50 ( 71.20 -- 71.80 ) 79.70 ( 79.50 -- 79.90 ) Brunei 75.50 ( 74.30 -- 76.60 ) 79.10 ( 78.00 -- 80.30 ) Bulgaria 70.10 ( 69.90 -- 70.30 ) 77.00 ( 76.80 -- 77.20 ) Burkina Faso 52.80 ( 46.60 -- 58.10 ) 57.60 ( 52.70 -- 62.10 ) Burma 60.70 ( 51.40 -- 69.80 ) 67.60 ( 60.10 -- 73.60 ) Burundi 53.00 ( 42.70 -- 63.00 ) 55.20 ( 45.20 -- 64.60 ) Cambodia 64.60 ( 63.30 -- 66.00 ) 70.10 ( 68.80 -- 71.50 ) Cameroon 57.10 ( 53.50 -- 60.90 ) 61.10 ( 57.80 -- 64.30 ) Canada 78.50 ( 78.20 -- 78.70 ) 82.70 ( 82.50 -- 83.00 ) Cape Verde 70.90 ( 66.30 -- 75.50 ) 79.10 ( 75.30 -- 82.50 ) Central African Republic 43.60 ( 38.40 -- 49.30 ) 49.30 ( 44.00 -- 54.60 ) Chad 53.30 ( 47.20 -- 58.20 ) 57.80 ( 53.00 -- 62.30 ) Chile 75.50 ( 75.20 -- 75.90 ) 81.50 ( 81.20 -- 81.80 ) China 72.90 ( 71.80 -- 74.00 ) 79.00 ( 78.00 -- 80.00 ) Colombia 71.70 ( 70.20 -- 73.00 ) 78.30 ( 77.30 -- 79.40 ) Comoros 61.60 ( 56.50 -- 65.80 ) 63.90 ( 59.10 -- 68.20 ) Congo 56.30 ( 52.30 -- 60.30 ) 61.60 ( 57.90 -- 65.10 ) Costa Rica 77.10 ( 76.90 -- 77.30 ) 81.90 ( 81.60 -- 82.10 ) Côte d'Ivoire 52.80 ( 48.20 -- 57.10 ) 60.20 ( 56.20 -- 63.90 ) Croatia 73.40 ( 73.20 -- 73.60 ) 79.90 ( 79.70 -- 80.10 ) Cuba 76.10 ( 75.90 -- 76.20 ) 79.80 ( 79.60 -- 79.90 ) Cyprus 77.60 ( 77.10 -- 78.10 ) 82.90 ( 82.40 -- 83.40 ) Czech Republic 74.30 ( 74.20 -- 74.50 ) 80.70 ( 80.50 -- 80.80 ) Denmark 76.80 ( 76.60 -- 77.00 ) 81.00 ( 80.80 -- 81.30 ) Djibouti 62.20 ( 54.60 -- 69.60 ) 64.40 ( 55.10 -- 73.70 ) Dominica 70.10 ( 68.60 -- 71.50 ) 77.90 ( 76.40 -- 79.30 ) Dominican Republic 71.30 ( 70.00 -- 72.80 ) 76.30 ( 75.10 -- 77.60 ) DR Congo 52.80 ( 49.60 -- 55.90 ) 57.70 ( 54.70 -- 60.50 ) Ecuador 74.40 ( 73.30 -- 75.40 ) 79.80 ( 78.90 -- 80.60 ) Egypt 68.00 ( 67.00 -- 69.00 ) 73.40 ( 72.50 -- 74.20 ) El Salvador 69.90 ( 69.30 -- 70.50 ) 78.20 ( 77.70 -- 78.60 ) Equatorial Guinea 54.70 ( 43.50 -- 66.20 ) 61.80 ( 52.90 -- 73.80 ) Eritrea 59.00 ( 54.70 -- 62.90 ) 62.00 ( 58.20 -- 65.50 ) Estonia 70.60 ( 70.30 -- 71.00 ) 80.60 ( 80.20 -- 81.00 ) Ethiopia 59.50 ( 57.50 -- 61.30 ) 62.30 ( 60.50 -- 64.10 ) Federated States of Micronesia 63.40 ( 54.60 -- 71.70 ) 68.30 ( 60.80 -- 74.70 ) Fiji 65.60 ( 63.90 -- 67.30 ) 68.80 ( 67.10 -- 70.40 ) Finland 76.80 ( 76.60 -- 77.00 ) 83.30 ( 83.10 -- 83.60 ) France 77.50 ( 77.20 -- 77.80 ) 84.30 ( 84.00 -- 84.50 ) Gabon 55.00 ( 50.00 -- 60.00 ) 63.30 ( 59.50 -- 67.40 ) Georgia 67.40 ( 66.00 -- 68.70 ) 77.90 ( 76.90 -- 78.90 ) Germany 77.50 ( 77.30 -- 77.70 ) 82.80 ( 82.60 -- 83.10 ) Ghana 63.20 ( 60.70 -- 65.70 ) 66.70 ( 64.50 -- 68.90 ) Greece 77.10 ( 76.80 -- 77.40 ) 82.10 ( 81.90 -- 82.40 ) Grenada 68.60 ( 67.40 -- 69.80 ) 73.50 ( 72.20 -- 74.70 ) Guatemala 66.90 ( 66.30 -- 67.50 ) 74.00 ( 73.50 -- 74.50 ) Guinea - Bissau 54.80 ( 46.10 -- 63.40 ) 58.60 ( 50.80 -- 66.60 ) Guinea 58.40 ( 53.70 -- 62.30 ) 60.50 ( 56.30 -- 64.00 ) Guyana 63.10 ( 60.50 -- 65.90 ) 69.10 ( 66.90 -- 71.20 ) Haiti 32.50 ( 19.80 -- 43.10 ) 43.60 ( 31.10 -- 51.70 ) Honduras 70.50 ( 66.30 -- 74.60 ) 73.20 ( 69.80 -- 76.50 ) Hungary 70.40 ( 70.30 -- 70.60 ) 78.40 ( 78.20 -- 78.50 ) Iceland 80.00 ( 79.40 -- 80.60 ) 84.40 ( 83.70 -- 85.00 ) India 63.20 ( 60.60 -- 65.70 ) 67.50 ( 65.50 -- 69.90 ) Indonesia 67.70 ( 66.00 -- 69.20 ) 71.80 ( 70.30 -- 73.30 ) Iran 71.60 ( 68.50 -- 74.60 ) 77.80 ( 75.30 -- 80.20 ) Iraq 70.60 ( 67.20 -- 73.70 ) 71.40 ( 68.30 -- 74.40 ) Ireland 77.60 ( 77.40 -- 77.90 ) 82.20 ( 81.90 -- 82.40 ) Israel 79.20 ( 79.00 -- 79.40 ) 82.90 ( 82.70 -- 83.10 ) Italy 78.90 ( 78.70 -- 79.10 ) 83.90 ( 83.70 -- 84.10 ) Jamaica 73.30 ( 69.90 -- 77.30 ) 77.30 ( 74.30 -- 80.30 ) Japan 79.30 ( 79.30 -- 79.40 ) 85.90 ( 85.80 -- 85.90 ) Jordan 75.70 ( 73.90 -- 77.50 ) 75.10 ( 73.20 -- 77.00 ) Kazakhstan 61.30 ( 59.10 -- 63.30 ) 72.20 ( 70.60 -- 73.70 ) Kenya 62.70 ( 59.90 -- 65.70 ) 66.90 ( 64.60 -- 69.00 ) Kiribati 57.80 ( 51.30 -- 64.00 ) 65.00 ( 59.80 -- 69.70 ) Kuwait 76.10 ( 75.80 -- 76.40 ) 79.60 ( 79.20 -- 79.90 ) Kyrgyzstan 62.20 ( 60.60 -- 63.90 ) 71.90 ( 70.40 -- 73.20 ) Laos 62.40 ( 54.40 -- 69.70 ) 67.10 ( 60.20 -- 73.50 ) Latvia 68.90 ( 68.60 -- 69.20 ) 78.50 ( 78.20 -- 78.70 ) Lebanon 76.20 ( 74.10 -- 77.90 ) 78.90 ( 77.50 -- 80.40 ) Lesotho 44.10 ( 40.90 -- 48.10 ) 50.70 ( 47.20 -- 54.80 ) Liberia 56.50 ( 54.10 -- 58.90 ) 57.90 ( 55.20 -- 60.50 ) Libya 72.90 ( 70.70 -- 75.00 ) 76.50 ( 74.60 -- 78.50 ) Lithuania 68.70 ( 68.50 -- 68.90 ) 79.30 ( 79.10 -- 79.60 ) Luxembourg 78.00 ( 77.50 -- 78.60 ) 82.20 ( 81.70 -- 82.80 ) Republic of Macedonia 72.80 ( 72.50 -- 73.00 ) 77.20 ( 77.00 -- 77.50 ) Madagascar 62.20 ( 58.90 -- 65.60 ) 65.10 ( 61.80 -- 68.10 ) Malawi 50.90 ( 48.50 -- 53.60 ) 54.90 ( 52.70 -- 57.50 ) Malaysia 71.30 ( 71.00 -- 71.60 ) 76.50 ( 76.20 -- 76.80 ) Maldives 77.50 ( 76.70 -- 78.30 ) 80.40 ( 79.70 -- 81.20 ) Mali 56.90 ( 52.90 -- 60.70 ) 57.70 ( 53.80 -- 61.20 ) Malta 77.10 ( 76.60 -- 77.60 ) 83.00 ( 82.40 -- 83.60 ) Marshall Islands 61.90 ( 57.50 -- 66.00 ) 66.00 ( 61.90 -- 70.00 ) Mauritania 63.30 ( 59.10 -- 67.20 ) 65.70 ( 61.80 -- 68.80 ) Mauritius 69.70 ( 69.30 -- 70.00 ) 76.90 ( 76.50 -- 77.30 ) Mexico 72.50 ( 72.30 -- 72.80 ) 78.40 ( 78.20 -- 78.60 ) Moldova 65.50 ( 65.00 -- 65.80 ) 74.60 ( 74.20 -- 74.90 ) Mongolia 60.30 ( 58.60 -- 62.20 ) 69.30 ( 67.80 -- 70.80 ) Montenegro 73.00 ( 72.20 -- 73.60 ) 78.20 ( 77.50 -- 78.90 ) Morocco 70.90 ( 68.30 -- 73.30 ) 74.40 ( 72.20 -- 76.10 ) Mozambique 50.00 ( 46.90 -- 53.40 ) 54.90 ( 51.80 -- 58.30 ) Namibia 58.40 ( 55.20 -- 61.60 ) 64.90 ( 61.90 -- 67.60 ) Nepal 67.70 ( 65.50 -- 70.10 ) 70.60 ( 68.60 -- 72.80 ) Netherlands 78.50 ( 78.40 -- 78.60 ) 82.60 ( 82.40 -- 82.70 ) New Zealand 78.60 ( 78.40 -- 78.80 ) 82.70 ( 82.50 -- 83.00 ) Nicaragua 71.50 ( 70.60 -- 72.20 ) 77.50 ( 76.70 -- 78.20 ) Niger 56.90 ( 51.70 -- 61.50 ) 58.70 ( 54.10 -- 62.60 ) Nigeria 58.80 ( 56.50 -- 61.40 ) 60.40 ( 58.20 -- 62.90 ) North Korea 68.00 ( 64.90 -- 70.70 ) 73.30 ( 70.60 -- 75.50 ) Norway 78.50 ( 78.30 -- 78.70 ) 83.10 ( 82.90 -- 83.40 ) Oman 73.80 ( 72.20 -- 75.40 ) 78.90 ( 77.50 -- 80.10 ) Pakistan 63.90 ( 60.70 -- 67.10 ) 67.80 ( 64.80 -- 70.90 ) Palestine 70.30 ( 67.90 -- 72.70 ) 76.40 ( 74.30 -- 78.30 ) Panama 73.60 ( 72.30 -- 74.90 ) 80.20 ( 78.90 -- 81.50 ) Papua New Guinea 57.50 ( 48.10 -- 66.50 ) 60.30 ( 51.90 -- 69.00 ) Paraguay 71.00 ( 69.70 -- 72.40 ) 75.60 ( 74.70 -- 76.40 ) Peru 75.20 ( 73.80 -- 76.70 ) 77.60 ( 76.10 -- 79.00 ) Philippines 66.60 ( 65.50 -- 67.80 ) 73.80 ( 72.80 -- 74.80 ) Poland 72.10 ( 72.00 -- 72.20 ) 80.50 ( 80.40 -- 80.60 ) Portugal 76.30 ( 76.20 -- 76.50 ) 82.30 ( 82.20 -- 82.50 ) Qatar 78.90 ( 77.70 -- 80.00 ) 82.10 ( 81.10 -- 83.20 ) Romania 70.10 ( 70.00 -- 70.20 ) 77.60 ( 77.40 -- 77.70 ) Russia 63.10 ( 62.80 -- 63.30 ) 74.70 ( 74.40 -- 74.90 ) Rwanda 62.00 ( 60.10 -- 63.90 ) 67.10 ( 65.50 -- 69.00 ) Saint Lucia 70.90 ( 68.60 -- 73.40 ) 76.50 ( 74.50 -- 78.80 ) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.70 ( 68.50 -- 71.00 ) 74.50 ( 73.10 -- 75.80 ) Samoa 68.40 ( 65.40 -- 70.90 ) 73.40 ( 70.90 -- 75.80 ) São Tomé and Príncipe 68.20 ( 64.40 -- 71.80 ) 72.10 ( 69.00 -- 75.20 ) Saudi Arabia 75.00 ( 73.60 -- 76.40 ) 79.90 ( 78.80 -- 81.00 ) Senegal 63.50 ( 61.10 -- 66.10 ) 67.10 ( 65.20 -- 69.30 ) Serbia 74.00 ( 73.70 -- 74.20 ) 79.50 ( 79.20 -- 79.80 ) Seychelles 61.30 ( 60.20 -- 62.40 ) 71.80 ( 70.70 -- 72.90 ) Sierra Leone 56.50 ( 53.60 -- 59.30 ) 60.90 ( 58.30 -- 63.10 ) Singapore 78.80 ( 78.60 -- 79.00 ) 83.30 ( 83.00 -- 83.50 ) Slovakia 71.60 ( 71.40 -- 71.70 ) 79.10 ( 78.90 -- 79.30 ) Slovenia 75.90 ( 75.60 -- 76.20 ) 82.50 ( 82.20 -- 82.90 ) Solomon Islands 60.50 ( 52.20 -- 68.10 ) 64.00 ( 55.40 -- 71.40 ) Somalia 54.60 ( 45.40 -- 62.60 ) 57.20 ( 47.70 -- 65.60 ) South Africa 57.40 ( 54.80 -- 59.60 ) 62.30 ( 59.90 -- 64.70 ) South Korea 76.50 ( 76.30 -- 76.70 ) 82.70 ( 82.60 -- 82.90 ) Spain 78.40 ( 78.20 -- 78.70 ) 84.20 ( 84.00 -- 84.40 ) Sri Lanka 71.60 ( 70.30 -- 72.80 ) 79.80 ( 78.70 -- 80.70 ) Sudan 66.90 ( 64.20 -- 69.00 ) 70.70 ( 68.80 -- 72.90 ) Suriname 70.10 ( 68.20 -- 72.20 ) 75.20 ( 73.70 -- 76.80 ) Swaziland 47.40 ( 43.50 -- 51.30 ) 51.40 ( 48.00 -- 55.10 ) Sweden 79.20 ( 79.00 -- 79.40 ) 83.50 ( 83.40 -- 83.70 ) Switzerland 79.70 ( 79.50 -- 79.80 ) 84.50 ( 84.30 -- 84.70 ) Syria 75.10 ( 73.50 -- 76.60 ) 80.20 ( 78.90 -- 81.40 ) Taiwan 75.90 ( 75.80 -- 76.00 ) 81.90 ( 81.80 -- 82.00 ) Tajikistan 65.20 ( 62.70 -- 67.50 ) 71.50 ( 69.40 -- 73.60 ) Tanzania 60.90 ( 58.10 -- 63.70 ) 62.60 ( 60.20 -- 65.20 ) Thailand 70.90 ( 69.10 -- 72.50 ) 77.50 ( 76.30 -- 78.80 ) The Bahamas 71.40 ( 68.50 -- 74.50 ) 80.40 ( 76.90 -- 85.50 ) The Gambia 60.80 ( 53.40 -- 69.00 ) 64.00 ( 55.90 -- 72.40 ) Timor - Leste 67.80 ( 66.30 -- 69.20 ) 69.70 ( 68.10 -- 71.20 ) Togo 58.30 ( 54.70 -- 61.80 ) 62.10 ( 58.40 -- 65.60 ) Tonga 67.30 ( 64.70 -- 69.90 ) 73.80 ( 71.40 -- 76.10 ) Trinidad and Tobago 66.20 ( 65.00 -- 67.40 ) 75.30 ( 74.10 -- 76.40 ) Tunisia 74.10 ( 70.70 -- 77.60 ) 78.90 ( 75.70 -- 81.90 ) Turkey 71.20 ( 69.50 -- 73.00 ) 77.70 ( 75.90 -- 79.30 ) Turkmenistan 65.40 ( 60.70 -- 69.50 ) 73.40 ( 69.50 -- 77.20 ) Uganda 58.30 ( 55.30 -- 61.40 ) 62.50 ( 59.80 -- 65.10 ) UK 77.80 ( 77.80 -- 77.90 ) 81.90 ( 81.80 -- 82.00 ) Ukraine 64.50 ( 63.50 -- 65.30 ) 74.90 ( 74.20 -- 75.40 ) United Arab Emirates 75.30 ( 73.00 -- 77.60 ) 78.60 ( 76.50 -- 80.70 ) Uruguay 72.60 ( 72.10 -- 73.10 ) 80.40 ( 79.90 -- 80.90 ) U.S. 75.90 ( 75.80 -- 75.90 ) 80.50 ( 80.50 -- 80.60 ) Uzbekistan 65.60 ( 61.90 -- 68.80 ) 72.30 ( 69.50 -- 75.30 ) Vanuatu 62.20 ( 54.10 -- 69.50 ) 66.90 ( 59.80 -- 72.50 ) Venezuela 70.30 ( 68.90 -- 71.50 ) 79.20 ( 78.40 -- 80.00 ) Vietnam 71.60 ( 69.30 -- 74.00 ) 79.60 ( 78.00 -- 81.10 ) Yemen 65.50 ( 59.20 -- 71.40 ) 66.30 ( 59.30 -- 72.40 ) Zambia 54.30 ( 51.10 -- 57.70 ) 57.30 ( 54.20 -- 60.30 ) Zimbabwe 51.10 ( 46.60 -- 55.60 ) 55.10 ( 51.30 -- 59.30 ) List by the CIA ( 2017 ) 2016 life expectancy estimates by the CIA World Factbook. > 80 > 77.5 > 75 > 72.5 > 70 > 67.5 > 65 > 60 > 55 > 50 The US CIA published the following life expectancy data in its World Factbook. Rank Entity Overall life expectancy at birth Male life expectancy at birth Female life expectancy at birth Monaco 89.4 85.6 93.5 Japan 85.3 81.9 88.8 Singapore 85.2 82.6 88.1 Macau ( China ) 84.6 81.6 87.7 5 San Marino 83.3 80.8 86.1 6 Iceland 83.1 80.9 85.4 7 Hong Kong ( China ) 83 80.4 85.9 8 Andorra 82.9 80.7 85.2 9 Guernsey 82.6 79.9 85.4 10 Switzerland 82.6 80.3 85.1 11 Israel 82.5 80.7 84.5 12 South Korea 82.5 79.3 85.8 13 Luxembourg 82.3 79.9 84.9 14 Australia 82.3 79.8 84.9 15 Italy 82.3 79.6 85.1 16 Sweden 82.1 80.2 84.2 17 Canada 81.9 79.3 84.7 18 Jersey 81.9 79.5 84.6 19 Liechtenstein 81.9 79.7 84.7 20 France ( metropolitan ) 81.9 78.8 85.2 21 Norway 81.9 79.8 84 22 Spain 81.8 78.8 84.9 23 Austria 81.6 78.9 84.4 24 Anguilla 81.5 78.9 84.2 25 Bermuda 81.4 78.2 84.6 26 Netherlands 81.4 79.3 83.7 27 Cayman Islands 81.3 78.6 84.1 28 Isle of Man 81.3 79.6 83.2 29 New Zealand 81.3 79.1 83.5 30 Belgium 81.1 78.5 83.8 31 Finland 81 78 84.1 32 Ireland 80.9 78.6 83.4 33 Puerto Rico 80.9 77.6 84.4 34 Germany 80.8 78.5 83.3 35 United Kingdom 80.8 78.6 83.1 36 Greece 80.7 78 83.4 37 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 80.6 78.3 83.1 38 Faroe Islands 80.5 78 83.2 39 Malta 80.5 78.1 83 40 European Union 80.2 77.4 83.2 41 Taiwan 80.2 77.1 83.6 42 Turks and Caicos Islands 80 77.2 82.9 43 United States 80 77.7 82.2 44 Wallis and Futuna 79.8 76.8 83 45 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha 79.6 76.7 82.7 46 Gibraltar 79.6 76.7 82.6 47 Denmark 79.5 77.1 82.1 48 Portugal 79.4 76.2 82.9 49 U.S. Virgin Islands 79.4 76.2 82.8 50 Bahrain 79 76.8 81.3 51 Chile 78.9 75.9 82.1 52 Cuba 78.8 76.5 81.3 53 Cyprus 78.8 76 81.8 54 Qatar 78.8 76.8 81 55 British Virgin Islands 78.8 77.4 80.3 56 Panama 78.8 76 81.7 57 Czech Republic 78.8 75.8 81.9 58 Costa Rica 78.7 76.1 81.5 59 Albania 78.5 75.8 81.4 60 Curacao 78.5 76.2 80.9 61 Slovenia 78.3 74.8 82.2 62 Dominican Republic 78.3 76 80.6 63 Sint Maarten ( Netherlands ) 78.3 76 80.8 64 Kuwait 78.2 76.8 79.6 65 New Caledonia ( France ) 77.9 73.9 82 66 Saint Lucia 77.9 75.2 80.8 67 Lebanon 77.8 76.5 79.1 68 Poland 77.8 73.9 81.8 69 United Arab Emirates 77.7 75 80.4 70 French Polynesia ( France ) 77.4 75.1 79.8 71 Paraguay 77.4 74.7 80.2 72 Uruguay 77.4 74.2 80.6 73 Brunei 77.3 75 79.8 74 Argentina 77.3 74.2 80.6 75 Slovakia 77.3 73.7 81.1 76 Dominica 77.2 74.2 80.3 77 Morocco 77.1 74 80.3 78 Algeria 77 75.6 78.4 79 Ecuador 77 74 80.1 80 Aruba ( Netherlands ) 76.9 73.9 80.1 81 Sri Lanka 76.9 73.5 80.6 82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.9 73.9 80.2 83 Estonia 76.9 72.1 81.9 84 Antigua and Barbuda 76.7 74.6 79 85 Libya 76.7 74.9 78.5 86 Georgia 76.4 72.3 80.7 87 Republic of Macedonia 76.4 73.8 79.2 88 Tonga 76.4 74.9 78.1 89 Croatia 76.1 72.9 79.4 90 Hungary 76.1 72.4 80 91 Mexico 76.1 73.3 79 93 Venezuela 76 73 79.1 92 Cook Islands 76 73.2 79 93 Guam ( US ) 76 73.6 78.6 94 Colombia 75.9 72.8 79.3 95 Saint Kitts and Nevis 75.9 73.5 78.4 96 Maldives 75.8 73.5 78.3 97 Mauritius 75.8 72.4 79.5 98 Oman 75.7 73.7 77.7 99 Serbia 75.7 72.8 78.8 100 Tunisia 75.7 74.1 77.4 101 People 's Republic of China 75.7 73.6 78 102 Solomon Islands 75.6 72.9 78.3 103 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.5 77.6 104 Barbados 75.5 73.2 77.9 105 Saudi Arabia 75.5 73.4 77.7 106 Northern Mariana Islands ( US ) 75.4 73.4 77.8 107 Romania 75.4 71.9 79 108 Malaysia 75.2 72.4 78.2 109 West Bank 75.2 73.2 77.4 110 Syria 75.1 72.7 77.6 111 Lithuania 75 69.7 80.7 112 Turkey 75 72.7 77.5 113 Iraq 74.9 72.6 77.2 114 El Salvador 74.9 71.6 78.3 115 Seychelles 74.9 70.4 79.6 116 Thailand 74.9 71.7 78.3 117 Armenia 74.9 71.6 78.5 118 Jordan 74.8 73.4 76.3 119 Bulgaria 74.7 71.4 78.2 120 Latvia 74.7 70.1 79.5 121 Montserrat 74.6 75.9 73.2 122 Grenada 74.5 71.9 77.4 123 Gaza Strip 74.2 72.5 75.9 124 Samoa 74 71.1 77 125 Brazil 74 70.5 77.7 126 Uzbekistan 74 71 77.3 127 Peru 74 71.9 76.1 128 Iran 74 72.7 75.5 129 Jamaica 73.7 72.1 75.4 130 Vanuatu 73.7 72.1 75.4 131 Vietnam 73.7 71.2 76.4 132 Bangladesh 73.4 71.3 75.6 133 Nicaragua 73.4 71.3 75.8 134 American Samoa ( US ) 73.4 71.3 75.6 135 Marshall Islands 73.4 71.2 75.7 136 Palau 73.4 70.2 76.8 137 Federated States of Micronesia 73.1 71.1 75.3 138 Trinidad and Tobago 73.1 70.2 76.2 139 Belarus 73 67.5 78.8 140 Egypt 73 71.6 74.4 141 Fiji 73 70.3 75.8 142 Indonesia 73 70.4 75.7 143 Azerbaijan 72.8 69.7 76.1 144 Greenland ( Denmark ) 72.6 69.9 75.5 145 The Bahamas 72.6 70.2 75.1 146 Guatemala 72.6 70.6 74.7 147 Suriname 72.5 70.1 75.1 148 Cabo Verde 72.4 70.1 74.8 149 Ukraine 72.1 67.4 77.1 150 Honduras 71.2 69.5 72.9 151 Kazakhstan 71.1 65.9 76 152 Moldova 71 67.1 75.1 153 Nepal 71 70.4 71.6 154 Russia 71 65.3 77.1 155 Kyrgyzstan 70.9 66.8 75.4 156 North Korea 70.7 66.9 74.8 157 Bhutan 70.6 69.6 71.7 158 Turkmenistan 70.4 67.4 73.6 159 Mongolia 69.9 65.7 74.4 160 Bolivia 69.5 66.7 72.4 161 Philippines 69.4 65.9 73.1 162 Belize 68.9 67.3 70.6 163 India 68.8 67.6 70.1 164 Guyana 68.6 65.6 71.8 165 Timor - Leste 68.4 66.8 70.1 166 Burma 68.2 66.6 69.9 167 Pakistan 68.1 66.1 70.1 168 Tajikistan 68.1 64.9 71.4 169 Nauru 67.4 63.3 70.9 170 Papua New Guinea 67.3 65.1 69.7 171 Ghana 67 64.5 69.6 172 Tuvalu 66.9 64.7 69.2 173 Kiribati 66.5 64 69.1 174 Madagascar 66.3 64.7 67.8 175 Yemen 65.9 63.7 68.2 176 Togo 65.4 62.8 68.1 177 São Tomé and Príncipe 65.3 63.9 66.7 178 Eritrea 65.2 62.7 67.8 179 The Gambia 65.1 62.8 67.5 180 Cambodia 64.9 62.4 67.5 181 Laos 64.6 62.6 66.7 182 Comoros 64.6 62.3 67 183 Equatorial Guinea 64.6 63.4 65.8 184 Sudan 64.4 62.3 66.7 185 Kenya 64.3 62.8 65.8 186 Rwanda 64.3 62.3 66.3 187 Haiti 64.2 61.6 66.8 188 Namibia 64 62.4 65.6 189 South Africa 63.8 62.4 65.3 190 Djibouti 63.6 61 66.2 191 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 63.4 61.1 65.8 192 Mauritania 63.4 61.1 65.8 193 Botswana 63.3 61.2 65.5 194 Liberia 63.3 61.2 65.5 195 Ethiopia 62.6 60.1 64.7 196 Tanzania 62.6 61.2 64.1 197 Benin 62.3 60.9 63.8 198 Senegal 62.1 60 64.3 199 Malawi 61.7 59.7 63.8 200 Guinea 61 59.5 62.6 201 Burundi 60.9 59.2 62.7 202 Zimbabwe 60.4 58.3 62.5 203 Mali 60.3 58.2 62.5 204 Angola 60.2 58.2 62.3 205 Republic of the Congo 59.8 58.6 61.1 206 Côte d'Ivoire 59 57.8 60.2 207 Cameroon 59 57.6 59.9 208 Sierra Leone 58.6 56 61.3 209 Democratic Republic of the Congo 57.7 56.1 59.3 210 Burkina Faso 55.9 53.8 58 211 Niger 55.9 54.7 57.3 212 Uganda 55.9 54.4 57.3 213 Nigeria 53.8 52.8 55 214 Mozambique 53.7 52.9 54.5 215 Lesotho 53 53 53.1 216 Somalia 52.8 50.7 54.9 217 Central African Republic 52.8 51.4 54.2 218 Zambia 52.7 51.1 54.4 219 Gabon 52.1 51.7 52.5 220 Swaziland 52.1 52.7 51.5 221 Afghanistan 51.7 50.3 53.2 222 Guinea - Bissau 51 48.9 53.1 223 Chad 50.6 49.4 51.9 List by the OECD ( 2016 ) Life expectancy at birth ( years ), OECD ( 2016 ) Rank state / territory Overall Male Female Japan 84.1 81.0 87.1 Switzerland 83.7 81.7 85.6 Spain 83.4 80.5 86.3 Italy 83.3 81.0 85.6 5 Luxembourg 82.8 80.1 85.4 6 = Norway 82.5 80.7 84.2 6 = Israel 82.5 80.7 84.2 6 = Australia 82.5 80.4 84.6 9 = Sweden 82.4 80.6 84.1 9 = South Korea 82.4 79.3 85.4 9 = France 82.4 79.2 85.5 12 Iceland 82.3 80.4 84.1 13 Canada 81.9 79.8 83.9 14 Ireland 81.8 79.9 83.6 15 = New Zealand 81.7 80.0 83.4 15 = Austria 81.7 79.3 84.1 17 Netherlands 81.6 80.0 83.2 18 = Greece 81.5 78.9 84.0 18 = Finland 81.5 78.6 84.4 18 = Belgium 81.5 79.0 84.0 21 Slovenia 81.3 78.2 84.3 22 = United Kingdom 81.2 79.4 83.0 22 = Portugal 81.2 78.1 84.3 24 Germany 81.1 78.6 83.5 25 Denmark 80.9 79.0 82.8 26 Chile 79.9 77.1 82.7 27 Czech Republic 79.1 76.1 82.1 28 United States 78.6 76.1 81.1 29 = Turkey 78.0 75.3 80.7 29 = Poland 78.0 73.9 82.0 31 Estonia 77.8 73.3 82.2 32 Slovakia 77.3 73.8 80.7 33 Hungary 76.2 72.6 79.7 34 Mexico 75.4 72.9 77.9 35 Lithuania 74.8 69.5 80.1 36 Latvia 74.7 69.8 79.6 See also List of countries by hospital beds List of countries by intentional death rate List of countries by intentional homicide rate List of countries by suicide rate List of U.S. counties with shortest life expectancy List of U.S. states by life expectancy List of federal subjects of Russia by life expectancy List of countries by total health expenditure per capita References Figures are from the CIA World Factbook 2009 and from the 2010 revision of the United Nations World Population Prospects report, for 2005 -- 2010, ( data viewable at http://esa.un.org/wpp/Sorting-Tables/tab-sorting_mortality.htm, with equivalent spreadsheets here, here, and here ). 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Question: according to the united nations in 2015 which country had the highest life expectancy at birth
Answer: Japan