The CIA World Factbook Edition 2005 People

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 2005 edition carries it in 237 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2005 edition
237
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Life expectancy at birth” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

total population:
64.33 years
male:
62.73 years
female:
66.04 years (2005 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

total population:
73 years
male:
71.45 years
female:
74.63 years (2005 est.)

Angola

total population:
38.43 years
male:
37.28 years
female:
39.64 years (2005 est.)

Benin

total population:
52.66 years
male:
51.53 years
female:
53.82 years (2005 est.)

Botswana

total population:
33.87 years
male:
33.89 years
female:
33.84 years (2005 est.)

Burkina Faso

total population:
48.45 years
male:
46.96 years
female:
49.99 years (2005 est.)

Burundi

total population:
50.29 years
male:
49.61 years
female:
50.99 years (2005 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total population:
70.45 years
male:
67.13 years
female:
73.86 years (2005 est.)

Cameroon

total population:
50.89 years
male:
50.71 years
female:
51.08 years (2005 est.)

Central African Republic

total population:
43.39 years
male:
43.27 years
female:
43.52 years (2005 est.)

Chad

total population:
47.18 years
male:
45.55 years
female:
48.87 years (2005 est.)

Comoros

total population:
61.96 years
male:
59.65 years
female:
64.33 years (2005 est.)

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

total population:
51.1 years
male:
49.68 years
female:
52.56 years (2005 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total population:
52.26 years
male:
51.17 years
female:
53.39 years (2005 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total population:
48.62 years
male:
46.05 years
female:
51.27 years (2005 est.)

Djibouti

total population:
43.1 years
male:
41.84 years
female:
44.39 years (2005 est.)

Egypt

total population:
71 years
male:
68.5 years
female:
73.62 years (2005 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total population:
49.7 years
male:
48.01 years
female:
51.44 years (2005 est.)

Eritrea

total population:
58.47 years
male:
56.96 years
female:
60.02 years (2005 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total population:
33.22 years
male:
32.49 years
female:
33.98 years (2005 est.)

Ethiopia

total population:
48.83 years
male:
47.67 years
female:
50.03 years (2005 est.)

Gabon

total population:
55.02 years
male:
53.63 years
female:
56.45 years (2005 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total population:
53.75 years
male:
51.91 years
female:
55.64 years (2005 est.)

Ghana

total population:
58.47 years
male:
57.7 years
female:
59.26 years (2005 est.)

Guinea

total population:
49.36 years
male:
48.19 years
female:
50.57 years (2005 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total population:
46.61 years
male:
44.77 years
female:
48.52 years (2005 est.)

Kenya

total population:
47.99 years
male:
48.87 years
female:
47.09 years (2005 est.)

Lesotho

total population:
34.47 years
male:
35.49 years
female:
33.42 years (2005 est.)

Liberia

total population:
38.89 years
male:
37.03 years
female:
40.81 years (2005 est.)

Libya

total population:
76.5 years
male:
74.29 years
female:
78.82 years (2005 est.)

Madagascar

total population:
56.95 years
male:
54.57 years
female:
59.4 years (2005 est.)

Malawi

total population:
41.43 years
male:
41.66 years
female:
41.2 years (2005 est.)

Mali

total population:
48.64 years
male:
46.68 years
female:
50.66 years (2005 est.)

Mauritania

total population:
52.73 years
male:
50.52 years
female:
55 years (2005 est.)

Mauritius

total population:
72.38 years
male:
68.4 years
female:
76.41 years (2005 est.)

Mayotte

total population:
61.39 years
male:
59.22 years
female:
63.62 years (2005 est.)

Morocco

total population:
70.66 years
male:
68.35 years
female:
73.07 years (2005 est.)

Mozambique

total population:
40.32 years
male:
39.9 years
female:
40.75 years (2005 est.)

Namibia

total population:
43.93 years
male:
44.71 years
female:
43.13 years (2005 est.)

Niger

total population:
43.5 years
male:
43.54 years
female:
43.45 years (2005 est.)

Nigeria

total population:
46.74 years
male:
46.21 years
female:
47.29 years (2005 est.)

Reunion

total population:
73.95 years
male:
70.55 years
female:
77.52 years (2005 est.)

Rwanda

total population:
46.96 years
male:
45.92 years
female:
48.03 years (2005 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total population:
77.76 years
male:
74.86 years
female:
80.81 years (2005 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total population:
66.99 years
male:
65.43 years
female:
68.59 years (2005 est.)

Senegal

total population:
58.9 years
male:
57.37 years
female:
60.47 years (2005 est.)

Seychelles

total population:
71.82 years
male:
66.41 years
female:
77.4 years (2005 est.)

Sierra Leone

total population:
39.87 years
male:
37.74 years
female:
42.06 years (2005 est.)

Somalia

total population:
48.09 years
male:
46.36 years
female:
49.87 years (2005 est.)

South Africa

total population:
43.27 years
male:
43.47 years
female:
43.06 years (2005 est.)

Sudan

total population:
58.54 years
male:
57.33 years
female:
59.8 years (2005 est.)

Tanzania

total population:
45.24 years
male:
44.56 years
female:
45.94 years (2005 est.)

Togo

total population:
57.01 years
male:
55.02 years
female:
59.06 years (2005 est.)

Tunisia

total population:
74.89 years
male:
73.2 years
female:
76.71 years (2005 est.)

Uganda

total population:
51.59 years
male:
50.74 years
female:
52.46 years (2005 est.)

Western Sahara

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Zambia

total population:
39.7 years
male:
39.43 years
female:
39.98 years (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe

total population:
39.13 years
male:
40.2 years
female:
38.03 years (2005 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

total population:
69.65 years
male:
66.07 years
female:
73.31 years (2005 est.)

Iceland

total population:
80.19 years
male:
78.13 years
female:
82.34 years (2005 est.)

Svalbard

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total population:
42.9 years
male:
42.71 years
female:
43.1 years (2005 est.)

Armenia

total population:
71.55 years
male:
67.97 years
female:
75.75 years (2005 est.)

Azerbaijan

total population:
63.35 years
male:
59.24 years
female:
67.66 years (2005 est.)

Bangladesh

total population:
62.08 years
male:
62.13 years
female:
62.02 years (2005 est.)

Bhutan

total population:
54.39 years
male:
54.65 years
female:
54.11 years (2005 est.)

China

total population:
72.27 years
male:
70.65 years
female:
74.09 years (2005 est.)

Georgia

total population:
75.88 years
male:
72.59 years
female:
79.67 years (2005 est.)

India

total population:
64.35 years
male:
63.57 years
female:
65.16 years (2005 est.)

Japan

total population:
81.15 years
male:
77.86 years
female:
84.61 years (2005 est.)

Kazakhstan

total population:
66.55 years
male:
61.21 years
female:
72.2 years (2005 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total population:
71.37 years
male:
68.65 years
female:
74.22 years (2005 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total population:
76.85 years
male:
73.42 years
female:
80.57 years (2005 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total population:
68.16 years
male:
64.16 years
female:
72.38 years (2005 est.)

Maldives

total population:
64.06 years
male:
62.76 years
female:
65.42 years (2005 est.)

Mongolia

total population:
64.52 years
male:
62.3 years
female:
66.86 years (2005 est.)

Nepal

total population:
59.8 years
male:
60.09 years
female:
59.5 years (2005 est.)

Pakistan

total population:
63 years
male:
62.04 years
female:
64.01 years (2005 est.)

Russia

total population:
67.1 years
male:
60.55 years
female:
74.04 years (2005 est.)

Sri Lanka

total population:
73.17 years
male:
70.6 years
female:
75.86 years (2005 est.)

Tajikistan

total population:
64.56 years
male:
61.68 years
female:
67.59 years (2005 est.)

Turkmenistan

total population:
61.39 years
male:
58.02 years
female:
64.93 years (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan

total population:
64.19 years
male:
60.82 years
female:
67.73 years (2005 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total population:
77.11 years
male:
74.18 years
female:
80.12 years (2005 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total population:
71.9 years
male:
69.53 years
female:
74.38 years (2005 est.)

Aruba

total population:
79.14 years
male:
75.8 years
female:
82.65 years (2005 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total population:
65.54 years
male:
62.11 years
female:
69.04 years (2005 est.)

Barbados

total population:
72.59 years
male:
70.6 years
female:
74.6 years (2005 est.)

Belize

total population:
68.44 years
male:
66.54 years
female:
70.44 years (2005 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total population:
76.49 years
male:
75.41 years
female:
77.62 years (2005 est.)

Cayman Islands

total population:
79.95 years
male:
77.33 years
female:
82.6 years (2005 est.)

Costa Rica

total population:
76.84 years
male:
74.26 years
female:
79.55 years (2005 est.)

Cuba

total population:
77.23 years
male:
74.94 years
female:
79.65 years (2005 est.)

Dominica

total population:
74.65 years
male:
71.73 years
female:
77.71 years (2005 est.)

Dominican Republic

total population:
71.44 years
male:
69.94 years
female:
73.03 years (2005 est.)

El Salvador

total population:
71.22 years
male:
67.61 years
female:
75.01 years (2005 est.)

Grenada

total population:
64.53 years
male:
62.74 years
female:
66.31 years (2005 est.)

Guadeloupe

total population:
77.9 years
male:
74.74 years
female:
81.21 years (2005 est.)

Guatemala

total population:
69.06 years
male:
67.37 years
female:
70.84 years (2005 est.)

Haiti

total population:
52.92 years
male:
51.58 years
female:
54.31 years (2005 est.)

Honduras

total population:
69.3 years
male:
67.71 years
female:
70.97 years (2005 est.)

Jamaica

total population:
73.33 years
male:
71.63 years
female:
75.12 years (2005 est.)

Martinique

total population:
79.04 years
male:
79.43 years
female:
78.64 years (2005 est.)

Montserrat

total population:
78.71 years
male:
76.54 years
female:
80.98 years (2005 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total population:
75.83 years
male:
73.58 years
female:
78.2 years (2005 est.)

Nicaragua

total population:
70.33 years
male:
68.27 years
female:
72.49 years (2005 est.)

Panama

total population:
75.25 years
male:
72.68 years
female:
77.93 years (2005 est.)

Puerto Rico

total population:
78.29 years
male:
74.35 years
female:
82.43 years (2005 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total population:
72.15 years
male:
69.31 years
female:
75.16 years (2005 est.)

Saint Lucia

total population:
73.61 years
male:
70.05 years
female:
77.42 years (2005 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total population:
73.62 years
male:
71.78 years
female:
75.51 years (2005 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total population:
66.73 years
male:
65.6 years
female:
67.91 years (2005 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total population:
74.51 years
male:
72.28 years
female:
76.84 years (2005 est.)

Virgin Islands

total population:
78.91 years
male:
75.08 years
female:
82.96 years (2005 est.)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

total population:
77.24 years
male:
74.6 years
female:
80.15 years (2005 est.)

Andorra

total population:
83.51 years
male:
80.6 years
female:
86.6 years (2005 est.)

Austria

total population:
78.92 years
male:
76.03 years
female:
81.96 years (2005 est.)

Belarus

total population:
68.72 years
male:
63.03 years
female:
74.69 years (2005 est.)

Belgium

total population:
78.62 years
male:
75.44 years
female:
81.94 years (2005 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total population:
77.83 years
male:
74.21 years
female:
81.72 years (2005 est.)

Bulgaria

total population:
72.03 years
male:
68.41 years
female:
75.87 years (2005 est.)

Croatia

total population:
74.45 years
male:
70.79 years
female:
78.31 years (2005 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total population:
76.02 years
male:
72.74 years
female:
79.49 years (2005 est.)

Denmark

total population:
77.62 years
male:
75.34 years
female:
80.03 years (2005 est.)

Estonia

total population:
71.77 years
male:
66.28 years
female:
77.6 years (2005 est.)

European Union

total population:
78.3 years
male:
75.1 years
female:
81.6 years (July 2005 est.)

Faroe Islands

total population:
79.21 years
male:
75.77 years
female:
82.67 years (2005 est.)

Finland

total population:
78.35 years
male:
74.82 years
female:
82.02 years (2005 est.)

France

total population:
79.6 years
male:
75.96 years
female:
83.42 years (2005 est.)

Germany

total population:
78.65 years
male:
75.66 years
female:
81.81 years (2005 est.)

Gibraltar

total population:
79.67 years
male:
76.8 years
female:
82.7 years (2005 est.)

Greece

total population:
79.09 years
male:
76.59 years
female:
81.76 years (2005 est.)

Guernsey

total population:
80.3 years
male:
77.3 years
female:
83.41 years (2005 est.)

Hungary

total population:
72.4 years
male:
68.18 years
female:
76.89 years (2005 est.)

Ireland

total population:
77.56 years
male:
74.95 years
female:
80.34 years (2005 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

total population:
78.34 years
male:
74.98 years
female:
81.87 years (2005 est.)

Italy

total population:
79.68 years
male:
76.75 years
female:
82.81 years (2005 est.)

Jersey

total population:
79.24 years
male:
76.77 years
female:
81.91 years (2005 est.)

Latvia

total population:
71.05 years
male:
65.78 years
female:
76.6 years (2005 est.)

Liechtenstein

total population:
79.55 years
male:
75.96 years
female:
83.16 years (2005 est.)

Lithuania

total population:
73.97 years
male:
68.94 years
female:
79.28 years (2005 est.)

Luxembourg

total population:
78.74 years
male:
75.45 years
female:
82.24 years (2005 est.)

Malta

total population:
78.86 years
male:
76.7 years
female:
81.15 years (2005 est.)

Moldova

total population:
65.18 years
male:
61.12 years
female:
69.43 years (2005 est.)

Monaco

total population:
79.57 years
male:
75.7 years
female:
83.63 years (2005 est.)

Netherlands

total population:
78.81 years
male:
76.25 years
female:
81.51 years (2005 est.)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total population:
73.73 years
male:
71.28 years
female:
76.37 years (2005 est.)

Norway

total population:
79.4 years
male:
76.78 years
female:
82.17 years (2005 est.)

Poland

total population:
74.74 years
male:
70.71 years
female:
79.03 years (2005 est.)

Portugal

total population:
77.53 years
male:
74.25 years
female:
81.03 years (2005 est.)

Romania

total population:
71.35 years
male:
67.86 years
female:
75.06 years (2005 est.)

San Marino

total population:
81.62 years
male:
78.13 years
female:
85.43 years (2005 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

total population:
74.73 years
male:
72.15 years
female:
77.51 years (2005 est.)

Slovakia

total population:
74.5 years
male:
70.52 years
female:
78.68 years (2005 est.)

Slovenia

total population:
76.14 years
male:
72.42 years
female:
80.1 years (2005 est.)

Spain

total population:
79.52 years
male:
76.18 years
female:
83.08 years (2005 est.)

Sweden

total population:
80.4 years
male:
78.19 years
female:
82.74 years (2005 est.)

Switzerland

total population:
80.39 years
male:
77.58 years
female:
83.36 years (2005 est.)

Ukraine

total population:
69.68 years
male:
64.39 years
female:
75.31 years (2005 est.)

United Kingdom

total population:
78.38 years
male:
75.94 years
female:
80.96 years (2005 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total population:
74.23 years
male:
71.76 years
female:
76.78 years (2005 est.)

Cyprus

total population:
77.65 years
male:
75.29 years
female:
80.13 years (2005 est.)

Gaza Strip

total population:
71.79 years
male:
70.5 years
female:
73.15 years (2005 est.)

Iran

total population:
69.96 years
male:
68.58 years
female:
71.4 years (2005 est.)

Iraq

total population:
68.7 years
male:
67.49 years
female:
69.97 years (2005 est.)

Israel

total population:
79.32 years
male:
77.21 years
female:
81.55 years (2005 est.)

Jordan

total population:
78.24 years
male:
75.75 years
female:
80.88 years (2005 est.)

Kuwait

total population:
77.03 years
male:
76.01 years
female:
78.1 years (2005 est.)

Lebanon

total population:
72.63 years
male:
70.17 years
female:
75.21 years (2005 est.)

Oman

total population:
73.13 years
male:
70.92 years
female:
75.46 years (2005 est.)

Qatar

total population:
73.67 years
male:
71.15 years
female:
76.32 years (2005 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total population:
75.46 years
male:
73.46 years
female:
77.55 years (2005 est.)

Syria

total population:
70.03 years
male:
68.75 years
female:
71.38 years (2005 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total population:
72.36 years
male:
69.94 years
female:
74.91 years (2005 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total population:
75.24 years
male:
72.73 years
female:
77.87 years (2005 est.)

West Bank

total population:
73.08 years
male:
71.33 years
female:
74.95 years (2005 est.)

Yemen

total population:
61.75 years
male:
59.89 years
female:
63.71 years (2005 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total population:
77.79 years
male:
75.7 years
female:
79.91 years (2005 est.)

Canada

total population:
80.1 years
male:
76.73 years
female:
83.63 years (2005 est.)

Mexico

total population:
75.19 years
male:
72.42 years
female:
78.1 years (2005 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total population:
78.46 years
male:
76.13 years
female:
80.9 years (2005 est.)

United States

total population:
77.71 years
male:
74.89 years
female:
80.67 years (2005 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total population:
75.84 years
male:
72.27 years
female:
79.62 years (2005 est.)

Australia

total population:
80.39 years
male:
77.52 years
female:
83.4 years (2005 est.)

Cook Islands

total population:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Fiji

total population:
69.53 years
male:
67.05 years
female:
72.14 years (2005 est.)

French Polynesia

total population:
75.9 years
male:
73.5 years
female:
78.42 years (2005 est.)

Guam

total population:
78.4 years
male:
75.34 years
female:
81.64 years (2005 est.)

Kiribati

total population:
61.71 years
male:
58.71 years
female:
64.86 years (2005 est.)

Marshall Islands

total population:
70.01 years
male:
68.05 years
female:
72.06 years (2005 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total population:
69.75 years
male:
67.96 years
female:
71.62 years (2005 est.)

Nauru

total population:
62.73 years
male:
59.16 years
female:
66.48 years (2005 est.)

New Caledonia

total population:
74.04 years
male:
71.07 years
female:
77.16 years (2005 est.)

New Zealand

total population:
78.66 years
male:
75.67 years
female:
81.78 years (2005 est.)

Niue

total population:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Norfolk Island

total population:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Northern Mariana Islands

total population:
75.88 years
male:
73.31 years
female:
78.61 years (2005 est.)

Palau

total population:
70.14 years
male:
66.98 years
female:
73.48 years (2005 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total population:
64.93 years
male:
62.76 years
female:
67.21 years (2005 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

total population:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Samoa

total population:
70.72 years
male:
67.93 years
female:
73.65 years (2005 est.)

Solomon Islands

total population:
72.66 years
male:
70.16 years
female:
75.28 years (2005 est.)

Tokelau

total population:
NA
male:
-9 years
female:
-9 years (2005 est.)

Tonga

total population:
69.53 years
male:
67.05 years
female:
72.14 years (2005 est.)

Tuvalu

total population:
68.01 years
male:
65.79 years
female:
70.33 years (2005 est.)

Vanuatu

total population:
62.49 years
male:
61 years
female:
64.05 years (2005 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total population:
75.91 years
male:
72.17 years
female:
79.85 years (2005 est.)

Bolivia

total population:
65.5 years
male:
62.89 years
female:
68.25 years (2005 est.)

Brazil

total population:
71.69 years
male:
67.74 years
female:
75.85 years (2005 est.)

Chile

total population:
76.58 years
male:
73.3 years
female:
80.03 years (2005 est.)

Colombia

total population:
71.72 years
male:
67.88 years
female:
75.7 years (2005 est.)

Ecuador

total population:
76.21 years
male:
73.35 years
female:
79.22 years (2005 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years (2005 est.)

French Guiana

total population:
77.09 years
male:
73.77 years
female:
80.58 years (2005 est.)

Guyana

total population:
65.5 years
male:
62.86 years
female:
68.28 years (2005 est.)

Paraguay

total population:
74.89 years
male:
72.35 years
female:
77.55 years (2005 est.)

Peru

total population:
69.53 years
male:
67.77 years
female:
71.37 years (2005 est.)

Suriname

total population:
68.96 years
male:
66.75 years
female:
71.27 years (2005 est.)

Uruguay

total population:
76.13 years
male:
72.92 years
female:
79.45 years (2005 est.)

Venezuela

total population:
74.31 years
male:
71.27 years
female:
77.58 years (2005 est.)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

total population:
74.8 years
male:
72.36 years
female:
77.36 years (2005 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total population:
60.7 years
male:
57.8 years
female:
63.78 years (2005 est.)

Cambodia

total population:
58.92 years
male:
56.98 years
female:
60.95 years (2005 est.)

Christmas Island

total population:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

total population:
NA
male:
NA
female:
NA

Hong Kong

total population:
81.5 years
male:
78.81 years
female:
84.41 years (2005 est.)

Indonesia

total population:
69.57 years
male:
67.13 years
female:
72.13 years (2005 est.)

Laos

total population:
55.08 years
male:
53.07 years
female:
57.17 years (2005 est.)

Macau

total population:
82.12 years
male:
79.29 years
female:
85.09 years (2005 est.)

Malaysia

total population:
72.24 years
male:
69.56 years
female:
75.11 years (2005 est.)

Philippines

total population:
69.91 years
male:
67.03 years
female:
72.92 years (2005 est.)

Singapore

total population:
81.62 years
male:
79.05 years
female:
84.39 years (2005 est.)

Taiwan

total population:
77.26 years
male:
74.49 years
female:
80.28 years (2005 est.)

Thailand

total population:
71.95 years
male:
69.65 years
female:
74.37 years (2005 est.)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

total population:
65.9 years
male:
63.63 years
female:
68.29 years (2005 est.)

Vietnam

total population:
70.61 years
male:
67.82 years
female:
73.6 years (2005 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2005, “Life expectancy at birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/life-expectancy-at-birth/2005.

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