Global Life Expectancy Stats for Men and Women

 Life expectancy for men and women

A male child born in the United States today will live to be 74.5 years old on average. This puts the male citizens of the US in 46th place in this ranking. On average, US women are 5.7 years older, reaching an age of 80.2. The world average age of death is a few years lower at 69.8 years for men and 74.9 years for women. Within the European Union, these are 77.8 and 83.3 years respectively.

Birth rate and death rate are given in births/deaths per 1,000 inhabitants within one year. The table shows the official data from the year 2020. In some minor cases, no data for this year are known, so previously published data were used.

Country Life expectancy males Life expectancy females

Hong Kong * 82.9 years 88.0 years  

Macao * 82.6 years 87.8 years  

Iceland 81.7 years 84.5 years  

Japan 81.6 years 87.7 years  

Norway 81.6 years 84.9 years  

Singapore 81.5 years 86.1 years  

Australia 81.2 years 85.3 years  

Switzerland 81.1 years 85.2 years  

Malta 80.8 years 84.6 years  

Sweden 80.7 years 84.2 years  

Israel 80.7 years 84.8 years  

South Korea 80.5 years 86.5 years  

Ireland 80.4 years 84.1 years  

New Zealand 80.3 years 83.9 years  

Italy 80.1 years 84.7 years 6.8 ‰  

Netherlands 79.8 years 83.1 years  

Cayman Islands * 79.8 years 84.7 years  

Canada 79.7 years 83.9 years  

Spain 79.7 years 85.1 years  

Denmark 79.6 years 83.6 years  

Finland 79.4 years 85.0 years  

Luxembourg 79.4 years 84.2 years  

France 79.2 years 85.3 years  

United Kingdom 79.0 years 82.9 years  

Austria 78.9 years 83.6 years  

Maldives 78.9 years 81.3 years  

Germany 78.6 years 83.4 years  

Belgium 78.6 years 83.1 years  

Greece 78.6 years 83.7 years  

Bermuda * 78.3 years 86.0 years  

Qatar 78.2 years 80.7 years  

Bahrain 78.2 years 80.4 years  

Portugal 78.0 years 84.1 years  

United Arab Emirates 77.5 years 81.1 years  

Costa Rica 76.8 years 81.9 years  

Chile 76.7 years 82.0 years  

Lebanon 75.6 years 79.9 years  

Kuwait 75.4 years 80.0 years  

China 75.3 years 81.1 years  

Czechia 75.3 years 81.3 years  

Cuba 75.0 years 80.2 years  

Saudi Arabia 75.0 years 78.0 years  

Thailand 75.0 years 83.7 years  

Croatia 74.7 years 80.9 years  

Albania 74.6 years 79.7 years  

United States 74.5 years 80.2 years  

Estonia 74.2 years 82.7 years  

Malaysia 73.6 years 78.5 years  

Puerto Rico * 73.6 years 82.6 years  

Slovakia 73.5 years 80.4 years  

Panama 73.5 years 80.0 years  

Oman 73.3 years 76.8 years  

Montenegro 73.2 years 78.8 years  

Algeria 73.1 years 75.9 years  

Turkey 72.8 years 79.1 years  

Brunei 72.7 years 77.0 years  

Poland 72.6 years 80.8 years  

Sri Lanka 72.6 years 80.1 years  

Argentina 72.5 years 79.3 years  

Hungary 72.3 years 79.1 years  

Iran 72.1 years 77.8 years  

Morocco 71.8 years 76.3 years  

Colombia 71.5 years 78.1 years  

Serbia 71.4 years 77.2 years  

Latvia 70.9 years 80.1 years  

Mauritius 70.9 years 77.7 years  

Peru 70.8 years 76.8 years  

North Korea 70.8 years 75.7 years  

Vietnam 70.8 years 79.9 years  

Brazil 70.7 years 77.4 years  

Romania 70.5 years 78.4 years  

Philippines 70.2 years 74.0 years  

Bangladesh 70.2 years 74.0 years  

Lithuania 70.1 years 80.0 years  

Bulgaria 69.9 years 77.5 years  

Jamaica 69.8 years 73.9 years  

Belarus 69.3 years 79.4 years  

Bahamas 69.1 years 76.3 years  

Syria 68.9 years 75.6 years  

Ecuador 68.8 years 76.1 years  

Egypt 68.7 years 73.4 years  

India 68.6 years 71.8 years  

Cambodia 68.0 years 72.7 years  

Uzbekistan 67.9 years 72.8 years  

Georgia 67.7 years 77.9 years  

Mongolia 67.5 years 77.0 years  

Nepal 67.3 years 71.2 years  

Kazakhstan 67.1 years 75.5 years  

Armenia 67.1 years 77.0 years  

Iraq 67.0 years 71.2 years  

Timor-Leste 66.8 years 70.3 years  

Indonesia 66.7 years 71.0 years  

Venezuela 66.7 years 75.8 years  

Laos 66.5 years 70.6 years  

Russia 66.5 years 76.4 years  

El Salvador 66.4 years 75.4 years  

Ukraine 66.4 years 76.2 years  

Mexico 66.3 years 74.3 years  

Senegal 65.6 years 70.3 years  

Tanzania 64.4 years 68.5 years  

Pakistan 63.9 years 68.8 years  

Myanmar 63.8 years 70.0 years  

Sudan 63.1 years 68.2 years  

Azerbaijan 63.0 years 71.0 years  

Ethiopia 62.5 years 68.4 years  

South Africa 62.2 years 68.0 years  

Ghana 61.9 years 66.4 years  

Yemen 61.6 years 67.9 years  

Bolivia 61.6 years 67.8 years  

Haiti 61.1 years 67.1 years  

Niger 60.5 years 62.5 years  

Kenya 60.4 years 65.1 years  

Afghanistan 59.9 years 65.4 years  

Zambia 59.6 years 65.0 years  

Angola 59.6 years 65.0 years  

Cameroon 59.1 years 62.6 years  

Equatorial Guinea 58.8 years 62.9 years  

Zimbabwe 58.1 years 63.9 years  

Ivory Coast 57.9 years 60.4 years  

Congo (Dem. Republic) 57.8 years 61.7 years  

Somalia 54.0 years 58.1 years  

Nigeria 52.5 years 53.3 years  

Chad 51.2 years 54.4 years