The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field People and Society

Life expectancy at birth In 36 editions of 36.

Life expectancy at birth was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 231 entries, in its People and Society section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

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1990
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2025

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World

1 entry

World

total population:
70.5 years (2020)
male:
68.4 years
female:
72.6 years

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total population:
77.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.2 years
female:
78.7 years

Angola

total population:
62.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
60.8 years
female:
65.1 years

Benin

total population:
63 years (2024 est.)
male:
61.1 years
female:
65 years

Botswana

total population:
66.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
64.4 years
female:
68.6 years

Burkina Faso

total population:
64.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
62.3 years
female:
66.1 years

Burundi

total population:
68.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
66 years
female:
70.3 years

Cabo Verde

total population:
74.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
72 years
female:
76.7 years

Cameroon

total population:
64.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
62.3 years
female:
66.1 years

Central African Republic

total population:
56.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
55.1 years
female:
57.7 years

Chad

total population:
60 years (2024 est.)
male:
58.1 years
female:
62 years

Comoros

total population:
67.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.5 years
female:
70.2 years

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total population:
62.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
60.7 years
female:
64.6 years

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total population:
72.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.5 years
female:
74.3 years

Cote d'Ivoire

total population:
63.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
60.9 years
female:
65.4 years

Djibouti

total population:
65.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
63.4 years
female:
68.5 years

Egypt

total population:
75 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.8 years
female:
76.2 years

Equatorial Guinea

total population:
63.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
61.6 years
female:
66.2 years

Eritrea

total population:
67.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
64.9 years
female:
70.2 years

Eswatini

total population:
60.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
58.7 years
female:
62.8 years

Ethiopia

total population:
67.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.4 years
female:
70 years

Gabon

total population:
70.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.6 years
female:
72.1 years

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total population:
68.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
66.7 years
female:
70.1 years

Ghana

total population:
70.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.4 years
female:
71.8 years

Guinea

total population:
64.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
62.7 years
female:
66.6 years

Guinea-Bissau

total population:
64.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
62.2 years
female:
66.8 years

Kenya

total population:
70.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.6 years
female:
72.2 years

Lesotho

total population:
60.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
58.1 years
female:
62.3 years

Liberia

total population:
61.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
59.9 years
female:
63.3 years

Libya

total population:
77.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.5 years
female:
80 years

Madagascar

total population:
68.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
67.3 years
female:
70.3 years

Malawi

total population:
73 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.9 years
female:
76.1 years

Mali

total population:
63.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
60.9 years
female:
65.6 years

Mauritania

total population:
65.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
63.4 years
female:
68.5 years

Mauritius

total population:
75.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.6 years
female:
78.4 years

Morocco

total population:
74.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.5 years
female:
76 years

Mozambique

total population:
58.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
57.1 years
female:
59.6 years

Namibia

total population:
65.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
64.2 years
female:
67.6 years

Niger

total population:
60.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
59.3 years
female:
62.5 years

Nigeria

total population:
62.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
60.4 years
female:
64.2 years

Rwanda

total population:
66.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
64.6 years
female:
68.6 years

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total population:
80.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.1 years
female:
83.9 years

Sao Tome and Principe

total population:
67.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
66 years
female:
69.4 years

Senegal

total population:
70.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.8 years
female:
72.4 years

Seychelles

total population:
76.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.2 years
female:
81.1 years

Sierra Leone

total population:
59.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
57.8 years
female:
61 years

Somalia

total population:
56.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
54.1 years
female:
59 years

South Africa

total population:
71.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
70.3 years
female:
73.5 years

South Sudan

total population:
60.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
58.4 years
female:
62.2 years

Sudan

total population:
67.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.5 years
female:
70.2 years

Tanzania

total population:
70.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
69 years
female:
72.6 years

Togo

total population:
72.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.5 years
female:
74.7 years

Tunisia

total population:
77.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.7 years
female:
79.1 years

Uganda

total population:
69.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
67.5 years
female:
72 years

Zambia

total population:
66.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.2 years
female:
68.7 years

Zimbabwe

total population:
67.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.6 years
female:
68.8 years

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total population:
74.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.8 years
female:
77.3 years

Iceland

total population:
84 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.8 years
female:
86.3 years

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total population:
54.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
52.8 years
female:
56.1 years

Armenia

total population:
76.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.4 years
female:
80.1 years

Azerbaijan

total population:
75.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.5 years
female:
78.6 years

Bangladesh

total population:
75.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.1 years
female:
77.5 years

Bhutan

total population:
73.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.5 years
female:
75 years

China

total population:
78.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
76 years
female:
81.7 years

Georgia

total population:
72.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.7 years
female:
77.2 years

India

total population:
68.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
66.5 years
female:
70.1 years

Japan

total population:
85.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
82.3 years
female:
88.2 years

Kazakhstan

total population:
73.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
69 years
female:
77.9 years

Korea, North now North Korea

total population:
73.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
70.2 years
female:
77 years

Korea, South now South Korea

total population:
83.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.3 years
female:
86.6 years

Kyrgyzstan

total population:
72.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.9 years
female:
77.2 years

Maldives

total population:
77.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.1 years
female:
79.9 years

Mongolia

total population:
71.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
67.8 years
female:
76.3 years

Nepal

total population:
73 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.2 years
female:
73.7 years

Pakistan

total population:
70.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.2 years
female:
72.5 years

Russia

total population:
72.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
67.4 years
female:
77.4 years

Sri Lanka

total population:
76.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.7 years
female:
79.9 years

Tajikistan

total population:
71.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
70.1 years
female:
73.8 years

Turkmenistan

total population:
72.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.4 years
female:
75.5 years

Uzbekistan

total population:
76.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.6 years
female:
79 years

Central America and the Caribbean

32 entries

Anguilla

total population:
82.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
80 years
female:
85.3 years

Antigua and Barbuda

total population:
78.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.1 years
female:
80.5 years

Aruba

total population:
78.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.4 years
female:
81.6 years

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total population:
76.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.1 years
female:
78.4 years

Barbados

total population:
79 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.3 years
female:
81.8 years

Belize

total population:
74.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.6 years
female:
76.1 years

British Virgin Islands

total population:
80.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.6 years
female:
81.7 years

Cayman Islands

total population:
82.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.8 years
female:
85.2 years

Costa Rica

total population:
80.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.7 years
female:
82.9 years

Cuba

total population:
80.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.8 years
female:
82.6 years

Curacao

total population:
79.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.6 years
female:
82.3 years

Dominica

total population:
78.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.8 years
female:
81.8 years

Dominican Republic

total population:
72.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
71 years
female:
74.3 years

El Salvador

total population:
75.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.4 years
female:
79.5 years

Grenada

total population:
76.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.7 years
female:
79.1 years

Guatemala

total population:
73.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.5 years
female:
75.6 years

Haiti

total population:
65.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
63.8 years
female:
67.4 years

Honduras

total population:
73.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.6 years
female:
76.8 years

Jamaica

total population:
76.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.5 years
female:
78.1 years

Montserrat

total population:
76.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.9 years
female:
75.3 years

Nicaragua

total population:
74.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.2 years
female:
76.4 years

Panama

total population:
79.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.4 years
female:
82.2 years

Puerto Rico

total population:
82.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.9 years
female:
85.5 years

Saint Barthelemy

total population:
81 years (2024 est.)
male:
78 years
female:
84.2 years

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total population:
77.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.2 years
female:
80.1 years

Saint Lucia

total population:
79.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.7 years
female:
82.3 years

Saint Martin

total population:
81 years (2024 est.)
male:
78 years
female:
84.2 years

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total population:
77.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.2 years
female:
79.3 years

Sint Maarten

total population:
79.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.4 years
female:
82.2 years

Trinidad and Tobago

total population:
76.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.6 years
female:
78.4 years

Turks and Caicos Islands

total population:
81.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.5 years
female:
84.1 years

Virgin Islands

total population:
80.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.6 years
female:
84.1 years

Europe

48 entries

Albania

total population:
79.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.3 years
female:
82.8 years

Andorra

total population:
83.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.6 years
female:
86.2 years

Austria

total population:
82.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.1 years
female:
85.4 years

Belarus

total population:
74.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.8 years
female:
80 years

Belgium

total population:
82.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.7 years
female:
85 years

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total population:
78.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.5 years
female:
81.6 years

Bulgaria

total population:
76.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.9 years
female:
79.4 years

Croatia

total population:
77.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.6 years
female:
81 years

Czechia

total population:
78.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.6 years
female:
81.8 years

Denmark

total population:
82.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.2 years
female:
84.1 years

Estonia

total population:
78.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.8 years
female:
83.2 years

European Union

total population:
77.63 years (2021)
male:
72.98 years
female:
82.51 years

Faroe Islands

total population:
81.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.2 years
female:
84.4 years

Finland

total population:
82.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.3 years
female:
85.2 years

France

total population:
82.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.8 years
female:
85.5 years

Germany

total population:
81.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.6 years
female:
84.4 years

Gibraltar

total population:
80.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.1 years
female:
83.8 years

Greece

total population:
81.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.4 years
female:
84.6 years

Guernsey

total population:
83.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.9 years
female:
86.4 years

Hungary

total population:
76 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.9 years
female:
79.3 years

Ireland

total population:
82 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.3 years
female:
83.9 years

Isle of Man

total population:
82.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.7 years
female:
84.4 years

Italy

total population:
83 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.7 years
female:
85.5 years

Jersey

total population:
83 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.6 years
female:
85.7 years

Kosovo

total population:
73.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
71 years
female:
75.5 years

Latvia

total population:
76.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
72 years
female:
81 years

Liechtenstein

total population:
83 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.7 years
female:
85.8 years

Lithuania

total population:
76.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
70.8 years
female:
81.7 years

Luxembourg

total population:
83.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.9 years
female:
85.9 years

Malta

total population:
83.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.5 years
female:
85.8 years

Moldova

total population:
70.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
66.1 years
female:
74.4 years

Monaco

total population:
89.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
86 years
female:
93.7 years

Montenegro

total population:
78.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.8 years
female:
80.7 years

Netherlands

total population:
81.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.3 years
female:
83.5 years

North Macedonia

total population:
77.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.3 years
female:
79.6 years

Norway

total population:
82.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.3 years
female:
84.6 years

Poland

total population:
76.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.8 years
female:
80.9 years

Portugal

total population:
81.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.8 years
female:
85.2 years

Romania

total population:
76.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.4 years
female:
80.5 years

San Marino

total population:
84.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.7 years
female:
87 years

Serbia

total population:
75.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.7 years
female:
78.1 years

Slovakia

total population:
77.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.7 years
female:
81 years

Slovenia

total population:
82.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.4 years
female:
85.2 years

Spain

total population:
83 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.3 years
female:
85.8 years

Sweden

total population:
82.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.2 years
female:
84.7 years

Switzerland

total population:
83.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
82 years
female:
85.8 years

Ukraine

total population:
70.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.4 years
female:
75.8 years

United Kingdom

total population:
82.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
80.1 years
female:
84.4 years

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total population:
80.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.1 years
female:
82.7 years

Cyprus

total population:
80.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.4 years
female:
83.1 years

Gaza Strip

total population:
75.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.7 years
female:
77.4 years

Iran

total population:
75.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.3 years
female:
77.1 years

Iraq

total population:
73.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.9 years
female:
75.7 years

Israel

total population:
83.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.1 years
female:
85.1 years

Jordan

total population:
76.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
75 years
female:
78.1 years

Kuwait

total population:
79.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.1 years
female:
81.1 years

Lebanon

total population:
79.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.8 years
female:
80.7 years

Oman

total population:
77.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.5 years
female:
79.4 years

Qatar

total population:
80.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.2 years
female:
82.4 years

Saudi Arabia

total population:
77.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.6 years
female:
78.8 years

Syria

total population:
74.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.4 years
female:
76.4 years

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total population:
76.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.4 years
female:
79.2 years

United Arab Emirates

total population:
79.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.6 years
female:
81.4 years

West Bank

total population:
76.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.4 years
female:
78.8 years

Yemen

total population:
68.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.8 years
female:
70.6 years

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total population:
82.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.4 years
female:
85.7 years

Canada

total population:
84.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.9 years
female:
86.6 years

Mexico

total population:
74.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.6 years
female:
77.7 years

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total population:
81.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
79.5 years
female:
84.3 years

United States

total population:
80.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.7 years
female:
83.1 years

Oceania

22 entries

American Samoa

total population:
75.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.4 years
female:
78.5 years

Australia

total population:
83.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.3 years
female:
85.7 years

Cook Islands

total population:
77.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.8 years
female:
80.6 years

Fiji

total population:
74.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.2 years
female:
77.6 years

French Polynesia

total population:
78.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.6 years
female:
81.3 years

Guam

total population:
78 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.6 years
female:
80.5 years

Kiribati

total population:
68.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.9 years
female:
71.3 years

Marshall Islands

total population:
75.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
73 years
female:
77.5 years

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total population:
75 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.9 years
female:
77.2 years

Nauru

total population:
68.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
65 years
female:
72.3 years

New Caledonia

total population:
79.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.4 years
female:
83.3 years

New Zealand

total population:
82.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.2 years
female:
84.8 years

Niue

male:
71.8 years (2016)
female:
75.7 years (2016 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total population:
77.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
75 years
female:
79.5 years

Palau

total population:
75.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
72 years
female:
78.5 years

Papua New Guinea

total population:
70.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.3 years
female:
71.9 years

Samoa

total population:
75.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.8 years
female:
78.7 years

Solomon Islands

total population:
77.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
74.6 years
female:
80 years

Tonga

total population:
78 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.4 years
female:
79.7 years

Tuvalu

total population:
69 years (2024 est.)
male:
66.5 years
female:
71.6 years

Vanuatu

total population:
75.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
74 years
female:
77.4 years

Wallis and Futuna

total population:
81.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.2 years
female:
84.2 years

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total population:
78.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.8 years
female:
82 years

Bolivia

total population:
72.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
71 years
female:
74 years

Brazil

total population:
76.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
72.6 years
female:
80.1 years

Chile

total population:
80.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
77.3 years
female:
83.3 years

Colombia

total population:
74.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.3 years
female:
78.7 years

Ecuador

total population:
74.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.7 years
female:
80.4 years

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total population:
(2017 est.) 77.9
male:
75.6
female:
79.6

Guyana

total population:
72.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
70.6 years
female:
74.3 years

Paraguay

total population:
78.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.2 years
female:
81.6 years

Peru

total population:
68.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
65.4 years
female:
72.7 years

Suriname

total population:
72.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
69 years
female:
76.7 years

Uruguay

total population:
78.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.8 years
female:
82.1 years

Venezuela

total population:
74.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.5 years
female:
77.7 years

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total population:
78.9 years (2024 est.)
male:
76.5 years
female:
81.3 years

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total population:
70.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.5 years
female:
72.1 years

Cambodia

total population:
71.4 years (2024 est.)
male:
69.6 years
female:
73.3 years

Hong Kong

total population:
84 years (2024 est.)
male:
81.3 years
female:
86.8 years

Indonesia

total population:
73.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
71.3 years
female:
76 years

Laos

total population:
69 years (2024 est.)
male:
67.4 years
female:
70.7 years

Macau

total population:
85.3 years (2024 est.)
male:
82.5 years
female:
88.3 years

Malaysia

total population:
76.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
75 years
female:
78.4 years

Philippines

total population:
70.8 years (2024 est.)
male:
67.3 years
female:
74.5 years

Singapore

total population:
86.7 years (2024 est.)
male:
84 years
female:
89.5 years

Taiwan

total population:
81.6 years (2024 est.)
male:
78.6 years
female:
84.7 years

Thailand

total population:
78.2 years (2024 est.)
male:
75.2 years
female:
81.3 years

Timor-Leste

total population:
70.5 years (2024 est.)
male:
68.9 years
female:
72.3 years

Vietnam

total population:
76.1 years (2024 est.)
male:
73.5 years
female:
78.9 years

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2025, “Life expectancy at birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/life-expectancy-at-birth.

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