List of countries by past life expectancy

Life expectancy by world region, from 1770 to 2018

This is a list of countries showing past life expectancy, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. 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 as the average of males and females.

List of countries 1950 to 2015 (United Nations)

Asterisk (*) indicates "Health in LOCATION" links.

Life expectancy at birth for both genders (in years)

Location	1950–1955	1955–1960	1960–1965	1965–1970	1970–1975	1975–1980	1980–1985	1985–1990	1990–1995	1995–2000	2000–2005	2005–2010	2010–2015
Afghanistan *	28.61	31.12	33.41	35.58	37.83	40.39	43.56	47.70	51.74	54.17	56.89	60.03	62.25
Albania *	55.26	59.31	64.85	66.24	67.69	69.70	70.61	71.98	71.73	72.95	74.83	75.65	77.66
Algeria *	42.89	45.00	47.29	49.47	51.48	54.93	61.57	65.85	67.20	69.14	71.50	73.88	75.27
Angola *	31.39	32.54	34.09	36.04	38.05	40.00	40.89	41.48	42.22	44.73	49.98	55.59	60.19
Antigua and Barbuda	58.51	61.03	63.18	65.05	66.71	68.18	69.54	70.75	71.88	73.00	74.02	75.01	75.82
Argentina *	62.57	64.58	65.31	65.84	67.28	68.72	70.21	71.06	72.20	73.33	74.39	75.18	76.01
Armenia *	62.82	64.92	67.04	69.18	70.75	70.58	70.90	68.40	68.07	70.21	72.35	72.72	73.98
Aruba (Netherlands)	60.44	64.36	66.58	68.22	70.05	71.55	72.87	73.30	73.54	73.70	73.97	74.68	75.37
Australia *	69.37	70.42	70.87	70.83	71.75	73.58	75.08	76.18	77.69	78.84	80.34	81.48	82.30
Austria *	66.54	68.02	69.66	70.14	70.80	72.14	73.28	75.00	76.16	77.54	78.93	80.14	80.99
Azerbaijan *	58.43	60.40	61.53	62.62	63.53	63.93	64.40	65.21	64.55	66.24	67.43	70.09	71.57
Bahamas	60.02	61.97	63.69	65.22	66.63	67.92	69.09	70.21	71.13	71.68	73.17	74.33	75.14
Bahrain *	42.98	48.46	55.25	61.09	65.35	68.33	70.50	71.83	72.90	73.93	74.91	75.68	76.41
Bangladesh *	40.67	44.22	47.19	49.32	46.27	52.21	54.30	56.97	59.99	63.74	66.70	69.05	71.24
Barbados *	57.22	59.84	62.17	64.59	66.35	67.96	69.47	70.77	71.92	72.94	73.75	74.55	75.36
Belarus *	60.71	66.32	69.11	70.37	70.51	70.41	70.14	71.35	69.44	67.42	67.83	69.25	72.15
Belgium *	67.81	69.46	70.30	70.71	71.50	72.66	73.91	75.27	76.41	77.39	78.38	79.58	80.53
Belize *	55.92	58.64	61.34	64.26	66.72	68.63	70.35	71.45	70.56	68.58	68.51	69.52	69.76
Benin *	33.72	36.13	38.42	40.87	43.48	46.22	48.30	51.92	55.14	54.96	56.18	58.56	59.93
Bhutan *	32.26	33.78	35.47	38.20	41.06	43.69	47.39	50.98	54.81	58.58	62.91	66.54	68.78
Bolivia *	40.02	41.39	42.95	44.72	46.69	48.86	51.22	53.78	56.47	59.27	62.11	64.95	67.72
Bosnia and Herzegovina *	53.67	58.46	61.93	64.73	67.57	69.87	70.72	71.95	70.13	73.61	74.83	75.53	76.31
Botswana *	47.67	49.71	51.61	53.37	56.07	59.32	61.75	62.54	59.86	51.31	49.15	56.52	62.91
Brazil *	50.83	52.99	55.54	57.99	60.13	61.33	62.72	64.40	66.33	68.90	71.10	72.91	74.66
Brunei *	58.28	61.02	63.82	65.95	67.83	69.45	70.91	72.28	73.53	74.68	75.74	76.69	76.71
Bulgaria *	62.33	66.78	70.28	70.91	71.07	71.10	71.24	71.39	71.11	70.97	72.19	73.13	74.25
Burkina Faso *	30.94	33.29	35.59	38.04	40.28	43.40	48.40	49.48	49.33	49.86	51.61	55.27	58.71
Burundi *	39.03	40.52	42.03	43.53	44.23	46.43	48.03	49.16	47.30	50.85	51.97	53.67	56.09
Cambodia *	40.32	41.05	41.39	41.97	37.84	14.48	45.08	52.04	54.27	56.42	60.79	65.12	67.61
Cameroon *	38.54	40.45	42.68	44.85	47.42	50.06	52.06	52.79	51.25	49.34	51.45	54.39	56.39
Canada *	69.05	70.31	71.34	72.15	73.01	74.32	75.86	76.83	77.75	78.58	79.70	80.76	81.78
Cape Verde *	48.06	48.77	49.45	52.43	55.25	60.52	62.37	64.10	65.73	67.94	71.27	71.77	72.14
Central African Republic *	33.44	35.50	37.57	40.16	43.90	47.62	49.56	49.49	47.65	44.96	43.68	45.99	49.40
Chad *	36.06	37.36	38.70	40.14	42.52	43.98	45.38	46.64	47.14	47.65	47.65	48.87	51.67
Guernsey and Jersey * (UK)	69.22	70.46	70.92	71.60	72.07	72.87	74.04	74.94	76.08	77.00	78.27	79.63	80.57
Chile *	54.64	56.38	58.32	60.83	63.95	67.38	70.57	72.70	74.56	76.10	77.38	78.14	78.83
China *	43.83	44.47	44.55	55.47	61.67	65.51	67.75	68.92	69.67	70.86	73.11	74.68	75.67
Colombia *	50.67	55.20	57.98	60.11	61.80	64.03	66.90	68.04	68.70	70.34	71.71	72.86	73.75
Comoros *	38.72	40.47	42.47	44.48	46.85	49.06	52.29	55.29	57.82	59.29	59.60	60.89	62.83
Costa Rica *	56.00	58.76	62.37	65.18	67.70	70.49	73.42	75.09	76.08	77.04	77.81	78.42	79.16
Croatia *	61.26	63.64	65.72	67.46	69.02	69.90	70.59	71.88	72.81	74.58	74.94	76.09	77.05
Cuba *	59.44	62.39	65.39	68.53	71.02	73.14	74.29	74.69	74.83	76.22	77.21	78.67	79.16
Curaçao * (Netherlands)	60.65	64.35	66.50	68.17	69.93	72.17	73.67	74.46	74.57	74.59	74.99	76.15	77.78
Cyprus *	66.73	68.72	70.43	71.90	73.17	74.27	75.26	76.14	76.93	77.66	78.33	78.96	79.92
Czech Republic *	66.86	69.59	70.35	69.99	70.04	70.64	70.78	71.46	72.50	74.23	75.54	76.98	78.17
DR Congo *	39.06	40.55	41.63	42.99	44.77	45.63	47.13	48.25	49.59	48.89	51.84	55.48	58.10
Denmark *	71.06	72.07	72.40	72.93	73.63	74.24	74.44	74.75	75.23	76.14	77.34	78.59	80.15
Djibouti *	41.04	42.95	45.18	47.35	50.90	52.55	54.67	56.12	57.02	57.02	57.29	59.05	61.62
Dominican Republic *	45.97	49.92	53.61	56.95	59.87	62.05	64.02	66.53	69.04	70.08	71.12	72.23	73.23
Ecuador *	48.65	51.59	54.75	56.78	58.90	61.67	64.57	67.63	70.18	72.10	73.62	74.57	75.55
Egypt *	41.14	46.35	49.30	51.58	52.96	56.76	59.90	63.54	65.44	67.98	68.99	69.87	70.84
El Salvador *	44.25	48.12	51.57	53.92	55.75	56.22	57.14	61.55	66.08	68.04	69.60	71.15	72.64
Equatorial Guinea *	34.48	35.99	37.49	38.99	40.50	42.04	45.54	47.21	49.35	51.75	53.57	54.93	56.84
Eritrea *	34.08	36.68	40.08	42.15	44.11	45.91	47.33	48.68	50.77	53.96	56.68	60.70	63.42
Estonia *	61.77	66.92	69.38	70.31	70.27	69.43	69.32	70.34	68.50	69.42	71.59	73.77	76.76
Eswatini *	41.44	43.47	45.05	46.69	49.61	52.61	56.15	59.66	59.44	52.50	45.93	48.41	54.99
Ethiopia *	34.08	36.68	40.08	42.14	43.52	44.26	43.52	46.15	48.06	50.70	53.61	59.08	63.69
Micronesia *	54.58	56.58	58.58	60.58	62.67	64.77	65.35	65.93	66.49	67.06	67.58	68.35	68.79
Fiji *	52.21	54.70	56.92	58.93	60.71	62.23	63.67	64.93	66.05	67.07	67.96	68.79	69.72
Finland *	66.40	68.19	69.07	69.72	70.93	72.71	74.33	74.79	75.84	77.14	78.40	79.55	80.70
France *	67.05	69.20	70.66	71.33	72.32	73.50	74.63	75.94	77.20	78.29	79.44	80.82	81.89
French Guiana (France)	53.33	56.16	59.50	64.40	65.78	66.50	69.21	71.09	72.75	74.24	76.12	77.98	79.18
French Polynesia (France)	48.94	54.86	57.10	59.26	61.03	62.82	66.28	67.98	69.47	71.46	73.17	75.01	76.14
Gabon *	37.00	39.00	40.50	44.65	48.78	52.91	57.03	60.70	61.01	60.03	59.07	61.34	64.45
Gambia	30.24	31.52	32.79	35.78	40.04	44.21	48.20	51.33	52.85	54.91	56.92	58.83	60.31
Georgia *	60.65	62.65	64.65	66.65	68.15	69.64	69.63	70.45	70.11	71.09	72.60	72.65	72.74
Germany *	67.52	68.91	69.97	70.66	71.15	72.30	73.65	74.99	75.99	77.32	78.63	79.74	80.45
Ghana *	42.17	44.66	46.90	48.62	50.03	51.60	53.05	55.31	57.75	56.98	57.49	60.03	61.68
Greece *	65.75	67.15	69.25	70.10	71.81	72.83	74.50	75.63	77.39	78.08	79.11	80.02	80.62
Grenada *	56.34	58.91	61.12	63.00	64.58	65.93	67.11	68.12	69.01	69.83	70.89	72.00	73.17
Guadeloupe (France)	53.32	57.15	60.57	63.59	66.22	68.62	70.79	72.77	74.61	76.30	77.87	79.36	80.54
Guam * (USA)	57.20	59.72	62.25	64.59	66.69	68.49	70.01	71.35	72.55	74.10	75.92	77.35	78.84
Guatemala *	42.92	45.46	48.01	50.93	53.97	56.19	58.41	60.99	63.61	66.56	68.95	70.51	72.44
Guinea *	33.07	34.33	35.38	36.14	37.43	39.87	43.05	47.92	51.28	51.61	51.31	55.45	57.93
Guinea-Bissau *	35.88	37.19	38.63	40.60	42.48	44.49	46.60	48.18	49.99	51.81	52.68	54.18	56.00
Guyana *	58.83	59.80	60.69	61.55	61.95	62.30	62.66	63.00	63.69	64.53	65.24	65.79	66.25
Haiti *	37.48	40.62	43.53	46.22	48.10	50.07	51.65	53.73	55.43	57.13	58.34	60.23	62.29
Honduras *	41.80	44.60	48.03	51.07	54.12	57.74	61.62	65.49	67.77	69.92	71.05	72.01	72.89
Hong Kong * (UK/China)	63.10	65.85	68.83	70.85	72.48	73.73	75.63	76.97	78.05	79.99	81.44	82.43	83.41
Hungary *	64.01	66.91	68.79	69.45	69.41	69.59	69.08	69.42	69.41	70.88	72.54	73.74	75.40
Iceland *	72.23	73.22	73.50	73.65	74.20	76.34	76.85	77.61	78.53	79.11	80.69	81.40	82.19
India *	36.62	39.65	42.73	46.02	49.39	52.54	54.93	56.73	59.18	61.57	63.54	65.57	67.57
Indonesia *	43.49	47.00	50.20	53.09	55.93	58.46	60.66	62.38	64.16	65.78	66.68	67.67	68.60
Iran *	40.58	43.50	46.38	49.18	52.67	56.71	51.99	59.97	66.87	69.04	71.12	72.73	75.06
Iraq *	37.93	44.92	50.88	56.36	59.51	61.72	59.00	64.32	67.39	69.07	68.88	68.02	69.19
Ireland *	66.90	69.16	70.14	70.76	71.23	72.00	73.18	74.22	75.34	76.03	77.83	79.69	80.86
Israel *	68.88	70.04	70.98	71.77	72.58	73.53	74.63	75.94	77.22	78.32	79.56	80.94	81.91
Italy *	66.52	68.44	69.68	70.93	72.22	73.55	74.87	76.38	77.47	78.80	80.28	81.51	82.35
Ivory Coast *	32.14	35.09	38.64	41.64	45.79	49.24	51.59	52.77	51.44	46.68	49.19	51.70	54.37
Jamaica *	58.61	62.73	65.72	67.61	69.01	70.73	72.03	72.12	72.01	72.07	72.79	74.19	75.45
Japan *	62.80	66.41	69.16	71.41	73.28	75.40	77.01	78.53	79.42	80.51	81.80	82.66	83.28
Jordan *	46.51	50.66	54.60	58.38	61.85	64.94	67.23	69.15	70.41	71.27	72.17	73.01	73.81
Kazakhstan *	55.06	57.31	59.50	61.66	63.25	64.29	65.88	67.49	65.45	62.98	64.55	66.03	69.06
Kenya *	42.30	44.73	48.02	50.75	53.68	56.32	58.76	58.62	55.94	52.38	52.73	59.72	65.40
Kiribati *	46.38	47.99	50.63	53.03	55.54	56.64	57.33	59.14	61.59	63.32	64.55	65.10	65.69
Kuwait *	53.55	58.26	62.02	64.88	67.07	68.71	70.32	71.63	72.42	72.95	73.34	73.71	74.29
Kyrgyzstan *	52.83	55.08	57.35	59.57	61.25	62.38	64.03	66.06	66.24	65.93	66.87	67.49	70.27
Laos *	40.93	42.43	43.98	45.48	48.40	49.89	52.37	54.85	57.53	60.34	63.15	65.40	67.17
Latvia *	62.40	67.57	70.07	70.46	69.99	68.92	69.08	70.41	67.68	68.70	70.75	71.55	73.92
Lebanon *	60.46	62.43	64.01	65.36	66.70	67.59	68.36	69.55	71.04	73.23	75.57	77.73	78.94
Lesotho *	42.15	45.08	47.80	48.52	49.80	52.24	55.28	57.33	59.70	52.74	45.62	49.04	52.51
Liberia *	33.13	34.19	35.39	37.92	40.78	44.52	46.97	47.33	47.68	52.59	52.39	58.11	60.70
Lithuania *	60.83	66.88	69.88	71.28	71.19	70.67	70.53	71.57	69.73	70.25	71.62	71.86	73.99
Luxembourg *	65.96	67.55	69.12	69.78	70.24	71.45	72.89	74.49	75.77	76.99	78.32	79.51	81.15
Libya *	36.67	38.99	46.88	53.31	58.39	62.46	65.55	67.52	69.35	70.18	70.81	71.82	71.47
Macau * (China)	61.00	63.58	66.00	68.09	70.66	73.06	74.83	76.56	78.05	79.78	80.99	82.06	83.29
North Macedonia *	54.90	58.96	62.12	65.02	67.31	68.46	68.91	70.67	71.54	72.65	73.78	74.17	75.15
Madagascar *	36.32	38.75	41.17	43.54	45.97	48.08	49.66	49.92	52.66	56.68	60.02	62.23	64.50
Malawi *	36.26	37.21	38.42	39.50	41.76	43.78	45.57	46.31	46.67	46.56	47.30	53.38	60.71
Malaysia *	54.80	57.94	60.88	63.34	65.44	67.24	68.78	70.11	71.27	72.30	73.21	73.71	74.73
Maldives *	34.47	36.09	38.98	42.42	46.24	50.66	55.49	59.29	63.53	67.63	72.15	75.59	76.30
Mali *	26.96	27.98	28.61	30.79	34.20	37.71	41.55	44.51	46.57	46.75	49.96	54.03	56.24
Malta *	66.11	67.83	69.34	70.73	72.02	73.22	74.38	75.49	76.54	77.53	78.49	79.42	80.31
Martinique (France)	55.59	58.87	61.86	64.63	67.28	69.70	71.88	73.86	75.69	77.38	78.95	80.09	81.19
Mauritania *	38.59	41.72	45.19	47.93	50.28	52.73	55.76	57.77	58.89	59.84	60.27	61.32	62.64
Mauritius *	50.19	55.74	61.23	62.96	63.55	65.58	68.10	68.49	70.28	70.36	72.09	72.75	74.13
Mayotte (France)	47.20	52.77	57.03	60.69	63.85	66.59	68.99	71.15	73.11	74.87	76.49	77.96	79.34
Mexico *	50.72	55.30	58.50	60.32	62.61	65.34	67.76	69.86	71.85	73.72	74.94	75.72	76.49
Moldova *	59.04	61.07	62.87	64.64	65.17	65.15	65.10	67.53	67.30	66.60	67.62	68.25	70.95
Mongolia *	43.18	46.10	50.73	53.87	56.43	56.85	57.30	59.60	60.75	61.81	64.08	66.14	68.47
Montenegro *	59.77	62.11	65.61	68.35	71.27	72.52	73.62	74.17	74.73	73.40	73.40	74.19	76.39
Morocco *	45.67	47.45	49.52	51.64	53.53	55.74	59.58	63.19	65.98	67.65	69.95	72.88	74.87
Mozambique *	31.29	33.79	36.18	38.14	40.37	42.21	41.47	42.33	43.90	47.21	49.56	53.24	56.08
Myanmar *	44.20	49.62	51.88	53.98	55.95	57.83	55.95	57.83	59.63	61.28	62.94	64.26	66.01
Namibia *	41.75	45.27	48.43	51.20	53.52	56.63	58.34	60.67	61.52	58.11	53.83	54.98	61.75
Nepal *	34.01	34.56	36.20	39.08	42.02	44.93	48.34	52.13	56.43	60.50	64.04	66.79	68.91
Netherlands *	71.93	72.94	73.46	73.64	74.11	75.17	76.13	76.72	77.26	77.85	78.68	80.18	81.31
New Caledonia (France)	50.74	54.60	58.03	61.05	63.69	66.03	68.08	69.88	71.45	72.83	74.07	75.12	76.26
New Zealand *	69.76	70.68	71.18	71.26	71.77	72.62	73.78	74.46	76.35	77.58	79.08	80.32	81.33
Nicaragua *	42.30	45.45	48.68	51.99	55.29	57.65	59.50	62.23	66.16	68.53	70.96	72.84	74.47
Niger *	34.50	34.81	35.29	35.62	36.32	37.75	40.26	42.27	45.01	48.36	51.42	54.91	58.53
Nigeria *	33.81	35.80	38.13	39.97	42.03	44.29	46.02	45.95	45.87	46.00	46.94	49.75	51.88
North Korea *	37.60	49.88	51.63	57.24	61.73	65.04	67.06	68.59	70.02	63.49	68.06	68.44	70.79
Norway *	72.80	73.48	73.47	73.92	74.43	75.31	76.01	76.28	77.29	78.30	79.34	80.61	81.61
Oman *	36.05	40.54	44.71	48.55	52.25	57.35	61.90	65.60	68.43	70.98	73.20	75.02	76.21
Pakistan *	37.04	42.73	47.49	51.25	54.14	56.11	57.76	59.30	60.76	62.08	63.33	64.37	65.86
Palestine *	46.59	48.23	50.75	54.09	57.45	60.99	64.40	67.11	68.85	70.29	71.17	72.03	72.86
Panama *	56.80	59.50	62.15	64.36	66.74	69.22	70.99	72.38	73.55	74.60	75.54	76.36	77.32
Papua New Guinea *	38.31	40.93	43.04	46.87	50.12	53.71	57.12	58.07	59.72	61.10	62.59	64.18	64.97
Paraguay *	62.76	63.33	64.50	65.08	65.96	66.55	67.11	67.64	68.54	69.44	70.80	71.79	72.78
Peru *	43.93	46.30	49.14	51.52	55.55	58.53	61.59	64.33	66.79	69.31	71.65	73.19	74.20
Philippines *	55.43	57.09	58.62	60.08	61.41	61.67	62.87	64.70	65.70	66.78	67.49	68.04	68.61
Poland *	61.44	65.89	68.31	69.79	70.28	70.35	70.70	70.73	71.15	72.72	74.60	75.56	76.99
Portugal *	60.30	62.37	64.46	66.37	68.32	70.39	72.51	74.03	74.88	75.99	77.58	79.29	80.51
Puerto Rico (USA)	63.54	67.92	69.12	70.72	72.35	73.52	73.89	74.59	73.83	74.87	76.78	77.84	79.21
Qatar *	55.19	59.16	62.89	66.60	69.70	71.80	73.36	74.51	75.34	75.96	76.57	76.90	77.64
Congo *	43.15	46.83	50.16	52.49	54.11	55.44	56.63	56.66	54.83	51.99	52.12	57.95	62.55
Romania *	61.15	63.29	67.78	67.34	69.02	69.59	69.73	69.52	69.60	69.71	71.47	73.08	74.85
Russia *	58.51	64.79	67.88	68.47	68.31	67.56	67.46	69.13	66.58	65.70	64.95	67.13	70.30
Rwanda *	40.02	41.51	43.02	44.13	44.58	45.79	49.79	48.07	23.72	44.74	50.58	60.05	65.16
Réunion * (France)	47.84	53.41	57.70	61.41	64.58	67.28	69.64	71.73	73.60	75.29	76.81	78.21	79.53
Saint Lucia *	52.42	55.25	59.36	61.57	64.49	67.38	69.94	70.70	71.31	71.15	72.07	73.97	74.81
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *	51.08	55.14	60.77	63.94	65.82	66.61	68.39	69.60	70.49	70.61	70.71	71.85	72.74
Samoa *	45.93	48.47	50.99	53.49	56.00	58.51	60.98	63.49	66.14	68.39	70.09	72.04	74.09
São Tomé and Príncipe *	46.40	48.89	51.86	54.42	57.36	60.21	60.59	61.40	62.22	63.01	63.80	65.47	66.14
Saudi Arabia *	41.94	44.42	46.98	50.23	55.45	60.78	64.89	67.86	69.98	71.75	72.92	73.21	73.99
Senegal *	35.47	37.49	38.62	38.41	40.91	46.50	51.27	56.05	57.59	57.25	58.93	62.41	65.71
Serbia *	59.12	61.60	64.26	66.72	68.53	69.53	70.20	71.14	71.74	71.91	72.36	73.33	74.65
Seychelles *	57.96	59.41	62.84	64.39	66.99	69.02	70.33	71.14	70.54	71.36	72.11	72.32	72.95
Sierra Leone *	28.82	29.87	30.99	32.63	36.78	39.70	40.85	39.13	35.96	36.69	41.32	45.88	50.19
Singapore *	60.17	63.95	66.44	67.20	69.06	71.04	72.89	74.95	76.97	77.67	79.20	81.23	82.34
Slovakia *	64.43	68.64	70.63	70.32	70.08	70.48	70.63	70.97	71.61	72.74	73.82	74.77	76.30
Slovenia *	65.60	67.88	69.15	69.17	69.81	70.97	71.21	72.69	73.74	75.26	76.66	78.55	80.31
Solomon Islands *	45.38	47.91	50.43	52.97	55.50	58.00	58.74	55.84	58.33	61.46	64.67	67.35	69.60
Somalia *	33.99	35.99	37.97	39.99	41.91	43.78	45.48	46.37	44.96	49.80	51.49	53.18	54.86
South Africa *	48.52	51.27	53.02	54.84	56.69	57.34	58.35	61.00	62.25	59.20	53.84	53.06	59.47
South Korea *	47.92	51.23	54.83	58.78	63.09	64.99	67.38	70.34	72.85	74.95	77.17	79.47	81.27
South Sudan *	27.92	30.59	32.72	34.88	36.70	38.68	39.45	41.81	45.32	48.17	50.19	52.30	55.06
Spain *	64.60	67.75	69.91	71.37	72.65	74.40	76.10	76.85	77.62	78.76	79.90	81.22	82.52
Sri Lanka *	54.51	58.29	60.26	62.92	65.15	66.96	69.09	68.91	70.01	69.06	73.22	74.09	74.64
Sudan *	44.54	47.08	49.22	51.24	53.06	54.00	54.46	55.14	56.00	57.58	59.37	61.51	63.59
Suriname *	55.99	58.69	60.52	62.42	63.99	65.11	66.53	67.13	67.59	67.80	68.05	69.63	70.90
Sweden *	71.86	72.90	73.50	74.12	74.79	75.35	76.40	77.16	78.17	79.30	80.13	81.07	81.89
Switzerland *	69.34	70.71	71.58	72.57	73.71	75.19	76.09	77.23	77.94	79.23	80.50	81.79	82.69
Syria *	47.60	50.52	53.49	56.85	60.79	64.22	67.18	69.63	71.28	72.54	73.53	74.46	69.84
Tajikistan *	53.05	55.10	57.19	59.26	60.84	62.06	63.19	64.10	62.31	64.48	66.44	68.70	70.38
Taiwan *	58.16	62.92	65.00	66.91	69.38	70.77	72.12	73.35	74.40	75.18	76.90	78.17	79.24
Tanzania *	41.25	43.03	44.31	45.83	47.70	49.90	50.64	50.86	49.61	50.06	53.65	58.82	62.78
Thailand *	50.81	53.30	56.05	58.19	60.66	63.32	65.75	69.77	70.15	70.30	71.22	73.15	74.56
East Timor *	29.97	32.48	34.98	37.49	39.95	31.18	39.91	46.45	50.46	56.99	61.47	66.38	67.74
Togo *	35.30	38.66	41.89	45.02	48.07	50.93	53.58	55.41	55.78	53.71	53.88	55.80	59.07
Tonga *	58.63	60.47	62.30	64.01	65.63	66.84	68.10	69.25	69.85	70.74	71.15	71.82	72.51
Trinidad and Tobago *	57.89	60.82	64.09	64.77	65.45	66.66	67.26	67.74	68.21	68.42	68.67	69.26	70.23
Tunisia *	38.81	40.73	43.74	48.33	54.08	59.37	64.26	67.13	70.27	72.38	73.70	74.56	75.04
Turkey *	41.01	43.69	47.22	50.78	53.75	57.05	60.22	63.04	65.49	68.49	71.37	73.37	74.83
Turkmenistan *	51.28	53.41	55.51	57.61	59.17	60.22	61.77	62.83	62.69	63.18	64.22	65.87	67.31
Uganda *	40.00	42.60	45.39	48.12	49.14	49.33	49.05	46.86	44.57	44.98	49.92	55.15	58.61
Ukraine *	61.83	67.11	69.69	70.66	70.57	69.65	69.15	70.55	68.72	67.36	67.46	67.89	71.12
United Arab Emirates *	43.86	49.59	54.70	59.60	63.37	66.40	68.83	70.72	72.23	73.58	74.82	75.90	76.71
United Kingdom *	69.40	70.60	71.03	71.71	72.21	73.01	74.20	75.14	76.25	77.18	78.42	79.69	80.97
United States *	68.71	69.67	70.10	70.37	71.42	73.26	74.38	74.90	75.65	76.49	77.18	78.17	78.88
U.S. Virgin Islands	62.88	65.49	66.82	68.30	69.80	71.15	72.28	73.57	74.81	76.06	77.06	77.85	79.10
Uruguay *	66.14	67.15	68.38	68.60	68.81	69.64	71.02	72.17	73.07	74.27	75.35	76.20	76.96
Uzbekistan *	56.07	57.90	59.75	61.60	63.02	63.99	65.29	66.56	66.26	66.71	67.74	69.10	70.80
Vanuatu *	41.94	44.94	47.94	50.86	53.78	56.77	59.79	61.93	64.20	66.41	68.36	69.99	71.36
Venezuela *	54.84	57.77	60.68	63.27	65.72	67.37	68.72	69.47	70.23	71.62	72.82	73.36	73.95
Vietnam *	53.50	57.26	60.49	62.33	57.76	66.12	68.06	69.79	71.24	72.66	73.81	74.70	75.56
Western Sahara *	35.48	37.40	39.29	41.23	43.26	47.57	51.88	56.20	58.75	61.27	63.87	66.21	68.41
Yemen *	34.70	34.70	34.71	39.14	43.29	48.08	53.03	56.76	58.52	59.84	61.00	62.75	64.17
Zambia *	42.07	44.13	46.08	47.83	50.16	51.47	50.31	46.74	43.79	43.53	46.86	52.93	59.73
Zimbabwe *	48.54	50.59	52.48	54.13	55.78	57.84	60.54	60.18	54.66	47.35	44.13	48.35	57.64
NORTH AMERICA	68.73	69.70	70.20	70.51	71.56	73.34	74.51	75.08	75.85	76.68	77.41	78.41	79.17
LATIN AMERICA	51.27	54.17	56.78	58.93	61.15	63.01	64.88	66.66	68.41	70.45	72.13	73.45	74.66
Central America	49.10	53.25	56.47	58.62	61.06	63.60	65.91	68.29	70.54	72.50	73.87	74.85	75.78
Caribbean	52.05	55.27	58.35	61.01	63.04	64.46	65.53	66.84	67.73	68.93	69.97	71.30	72.45
South America	51.94	54.36	56.69	58.78	60.94	62.63	64.46	66.09	67.78	69.90	71.74	73.20	74.51
EUROPE	63.68	67.12	69.21	70.04	70.62	71.05	71.64	72.83	72.65	73.11	73.79	75.29	77.20
Northern Europe	68.87	70.49	71.18	71.85	72.35	73.04	74.04	74.91	75.65	76.66	77.94	79.17	80.53
Western Europe	67.74	69.35	70.49	71.11	71.81	72.98	74.20	75.49	76.54	77.73	78.94	80.19	81.07
Southern Europe	63.75	66.26	68.24	69.79	71.30	72.74	74.07	75.32	76.22	77.48	78.76	80.03	81.09
Eastern Europe	60.36	65.52	68.40	69.03	69.16	68.75	68.65	69.80	68.31	67.83	67.91	69.52	72.22
AFRICA	37.46	39.95	42.32	44.42	46.51	48.66	50.45	51.72	51.71	52.33	53.67	56.97	60.23
Northern Africa	42.27	45.82	48.60	51.12	53.18	56.27	59.77	62.85	64.56	66.39	67.92	69.63	71.07
Sub-Saharan Africa	36.33	38.51	40.73	42.70	44.80	46.75	48.18	49.11	48.86	49.39	50.70	54.29	57.88
Western Africa	33.55	35.50	37.61	39.50	41.80	44.42	46.71	47.67	48.13	48.21	49.30	52.33	54.74
Middle Africa	36.91	38.45	40.01	41.82	43.99	45.57	47.07	47.96	48.46	48.17	50.79	54.42	57.42
Eastern Africa	37.00	39.45	42.06	44.13	45.96	47.55	48.17	48.86	47.58	49.57	51.98	57.04	61.45
Southern Africa	47.81	50.58	52.43	54.23	56.10	57.01	58.21	60.79	61.94	58.47	53.19	52.99	59.31
ASIA	42.33	44.54	46.50	52.81	56.51	59.33	61.57	63.57	65.16	66.69	68.65	70.34	71.81
Western Asia	43.76	46.93	50.14	53.78	57.01	60.23	62.57	65.38	67.26	69.19	70.85	72.03	72.77
Central Asia	54.67	56.73	58.77	60.74	62.26	63.29	64.70	66.09	65.06	64.39	65.82	67.50	69.76
Southern Asia	37.02	40.26	43.43	46.64	49.36	52.74	54.83	57.02	59.65	61.95	63.99	65.93	67.88
Eastern Asia	45.60	46.64	46.97	57.03	62.86	66.52	68.70	69.90	70.78	71.93	74.19	75.74	76.76
Southeast Asia	46.48	49.97	52.84	55.52	56.67	58.08	61.95	64.20	65.69	67.02	68.13	69.36	70.50
OCEANIA	61.58	63.37	64.40	65.41	66.87	68.67	70.43	71.43	73.04	74.19	75.67	77.02	77.93
Australia/New Zealand	69.44	70.46	70.92	70.92	71.75	73.41	74.85	75.88	77.46	78.63	80.11	81.28	82.14
Polynesia	50.39	53.90	56.08	58.31	60.29	62.26	64.81	66.72	68.50	70.13	71.58	73.20	74.53
Melanesia	40.50	43.27	45.54	49.14	52.20	55.47	58.43	59.20	60.78	62.19	63.67	65.21	66.12
Micronesia	53.50	55.43	57.69	59.79	61.92	63.50	64.60	65.98	67.55	69.39	70.92	71.95	72.81
World	46.98	49.33	51.17	55.48	58.14	60.30	62.06	63.68	64.59	65.67	67.20	69.07	70.79

External links

• United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs – Population Division – World Population Prospects, the 2017 Revision
• Our World in Data, Life expectancy
• https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/history-of-life-expectancy