Life expectancy: females versus males, 2023

The period life expectancy at birth, in a given year.

Country/area	Life Expectancy, females, age 0 UN WPP years • 2023	Life Expectancy, males, age 0 UN WPP years • 2023	Population, total UN WPP people • 2023	World regions according to OWID 2023
Afghanistan	67.54 years	64.47 years	41,454,709	Asia
Aland Islands				Europe
Albania	81.45 years	77.73 years	2,811,615	Europe
Algeria	77.70 years	74.89 years	46,164,169	Africa
American Samoa	75.84 years	70.20 years	47,499	Oceania
Andorra	86.11 years	82.10 years	80,825	Europe
Angola	67.14 years	62.10 years	36,749,852	Africa
Anguilla	82.66 years	76.03 years	14,391	North America
Antigua and Barbuda	80.29 years	74.55 years	93,293	North America
Argentina	79.88 years	74.81 years	45,538,356	South America
Armenia	79.45 years	71.39 years	2,943,346	Asia
Aruba	78.78 years	73.70 years	107,904	North America
Australia	85.74 years	82.10 years	26,451,074	Oceania
Austria	84.32 years	79.54 years	9,130,386	Europe
Austria-Hungary				Europe
Azerbaijan	77.13 years	71.56 years	10,318,161	Asia
Bahamas	78.19 years	70.91 years	399,410	North America
Bahrain	81.99 years	80.67 years	1,569,625	Asia
Bangladesh	76.37 years	73.03 years	171,466,945	Asia
Barbados	78.61 years	73.63 years	282,302	North America
Belarus	79.06 years	69.53 years	9,115,626	Europe
Belgium	84.33 years	79.86 years	11,712,836	Europe
Belize	76.50 years	70.93 years	411,073	North America
Benin	62.21 years	59.35 years	14,110,987	Africa
Bermuda	85.74 years	78.86 years	64,676	North America
Bhutan	74.97 years	71.31 years	786,330	Asia
Bolivia	71.14 years	66.13 years	12,244,104	South America
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	80.16 years	75.23 years	29,870	North America
Bosnia and Herzegovina	80.90 years	74.42 years	3,185,033	Europe
Botswana	71.70 years	66.67 years	2,480,185	Africa
Brazil	78.98 years	72.76 years	211,140,678	South America
British Indian Ocean Territory				Asia
British Virgin Islands	80.05 years	74.53 years	38,954	North America
Brunei	77.56 years	73.33 years	458,910	Asia
Bulgaria	79.21 years	72.16 years	6,795,757	Europe
Burkina Faso	63.22 years	58.92 years	23,025,738	Africa
Burundi	65.70 years	61.60 years	13,689,406	Africa
Cambodia	73.19 years	68.01 years	17,423,835	Asia
Cameroon	65.94 years	61.52 years	28,372,638	Africa
Canada	84.83 years	80.43 years	39,299,053	North America
Cape Verde	79.21 years	72.86 years	522,290	Africa
Cayman Islands	82.87 years	77.98 years	73,009	North America
Central African Republic	59.29 years	55.26 years	5,152,373	Africa
Chad	57.01 years	53.20 years	19,319,025	Africa
Chile	83.08 years	79.24 years	19,658,791	South America
China	80.93 years	75.20 years	1,422,584,878	Asia
Christmas Island				Asia
Cocos Islands				Asia
Colombia	80.45 years	74.95 years	52,321,104	South America
Comoros	68.93 years	64.79 years	850,335	Africa
Congo	67.46 years	64.12 years	6,182,830	Africa
Cook Islands	79.05 years	71.87 years	14,198	Oceania
Costa Rica	83.42 years	78.13 years	5,105,469	North America
Cote d'Ivoire	64.13 years	60.02 years	31,165,592	Africa
Croatia	81.69 years	75.41 years	3,895,973	Europe
Cuba	80.52 years	75.67 years	11,019,881	North America
Curacao	80.82 years	72.46 years	185,383	North America
Cyprus	83.67 years	79.64 years	1,344,937	Europe
Czechia	82.64 years	77.00 years	10,809,674	Europe
Czechoslovakia				Europe
Democratic Republic of Congo	64.04 years	59.79 years	105,789,681	Africa
Democratic Republic of Vietnam				Asia
Denmark	83.86 years	80.02 years	5,948,078	Europe
Djibouti	68.51 years	63.52 years	1,152,912	Africa
Dominica	74.55 years	68.21 years	66,478	North America
Dominican Republic	76.97 years	70.53 years	11,331,213	North America
Duchy of Modena and Reggio				Europe
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza				Europe
East Germany				Europe
East Timor	69.44 years	66.07 years	1,384,234	Asia
Ecuador	80.14 years	74.66 years	17,980,034	South America
Egypt	73.81 years	69.49 years	114,535,724	Africa
El Salvador	76.26 years	67.52 years	6,309,575	North America
Equatorial Guinea	65.66 years	62.04 years	1,847,501	Africa
Eritrea	70.66 years	66.51 years	3,470,344	Africa
Estonia	83.04 years	74.90 years	1,367,143	Europe
Eswatini	66.95 years	61.19 years	1,230,457	Africa
Ethiopia	70.73 years	64.08 years	128,691,654	Africa
Ethiopia (former)				Africa
Falkland Islands	81.24 years	77.15 years	3,460	South America
Faroe Islands	82.50 years	78.17 years	54,689	Europe
Federal Republic of Central America				North America
Fiji	69.36 years	65.34 years	924,114	Oceania
Finland	84.67 years	79.17 years	5,601,133	Europe
France	86.09 years	80.43 years	66,438,774	Europe
French Guiana	79.99 years	74.13 years	303,358	South America
French Polynesia	86.50 years	81.78 years	281,075	Oceania
Gabon	71.05 years	65.91 years	2,484,739	Africa
Gambia	67.53 years	64.17 years	2,697,797	Africa
Georgia	79.11 years	69.57 years	3,807,436	Asia
Germany	83.76 years	79.02 years	84,548,184	Europe
Ghana	67.94 years	63.13 years	33,787,870	Africa
Gibraltar	86.14 years	80.92 years	38,442	Europe
Grand Duchy of Baden				Europe
Grand Duchy of Tuscany				Europe
Great Colombia				South America
Greece	84.33 years	79.29 years	10,242,850	Europe
Greenland	72.44 years	68.09 years	55,895	North America
Grenada	78.36 years	72.36 years	117,047	North America
Guadeloupe	85.53 years	78.13 years	376,468	North America
Guam	81.42 years	73.44 years	166,477	Oceania
Guatemala	74.88 years	70.31 years	18,124,791	North America
Guernsey	85.58 years	81.01 years	63,995	Europe
Guinea	61.90 years	59.52 years	14,405,424	Africa
Guinea-Bissau	66.36 years	61.66 years	2,153,292	Africa
Guyana	73.94 years	66.51 years	826,310	South America
Haiti	68.30 years	61.73 years	11,637,352	North America
Honduras	75.50 years	70.35 years	10,644,802	North America
Hong Kong	88.13 years	82.84 years	7,442,686	Asia
Hungary	80.19 years	73.71 years	9,686,418	Europe
Iceland	84.51 years	80.98 years	387,522	Europe
India	73.60 years	70.52 years	1,438,069,540	Asia
Indonesia	73.27 years	69.04 years	281,190,021	Asia
Iran	79.63 years	75.79 years	90,608,663	Asia
Iraq	74.06 years	70.43 years	45,074,010	Asia
Ireland	84.48 years	80.37 years	5,196,586	Europe
Isle of Man	83.13 years	78.93 years	84,139	Europe
Israel	84.59 years	80.18 years	9,256,261	Asia
Italy	85.75 years	81.57 years	59,499,408	Europe
Jamaica	73.99 years	68.97 years	2,839,729	North America
Japan	87.74 years	81.69 years	124,370,893	Asia
Jersey	81.76 years	77.72 years	103,634	Europe
Jordan	80.19 years	75.71 years	11,439,171	Asia
Kazakhstan	78.39 years	70.11 years	20,330,063	Asia
Kenya	65.92 years	61.46 years	55,338,953	Africa
Kingdom of Bavaria				Europe
Kingdom of Sardinia				Europe
Kingdom of Saxony				Europe
Kingdom of Wurttemberg				Europe
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies				Europe
Kiribati	68.17 years	64.58 years	132,494	Oceania
Korea (former)				Asia
Kosovo	80.12 years	75.80 years	1,699,985	Europe
Kuwait	81.85 years	79.25 years	4,838,724	Asia
Kyrgyzstan	75.25 years	68.18 years	7,073,476	Asia
Laos	71.25 years	66.78 years	7,664,955	Asia
Latvia	80.47 years	71.56 years	1,882,336	Europe
Lebanon	79.73 years	75.74 years	5,773,446	Asia
Lesotho	60.01 years	54.62 years	2,311,429	Africa
Liberia	63.44 years	60.88 years	5,492,981	Africa
Libya	70.42 years	68.27 years	7,305,611	Africa
Liechtenstein	85.32 years	81.84 years	39,574	Europe
Lithuania	80.67 years	71.22 years	2,854,061	Europe
Luxembourg	83.84 years	80.57 years	665,058	Europe
Macao	85.25 years	80.83 years	713,868	Asia
Madagascar	65.38 years	61.94 years	31,195,885	Africa
Malawi	70.56 years	64.07 years	21,104,426	Africa
Malaysia	79.37 years	74.27 years	35,126,249	Asia
Maldives	82.82 years	79.69 years	525,955	Asia
Mali	61.90 years	59.04 years	23,769,081	Africa
Malta	85.26 years	81.27 years	532,921	Europe
Marshall Islands	69.33 years	64.93 years	38,803	Oceania
Martinique	85.62 years	79.25 years	345,950	North America
Mauritania	70.48 years	66.50 years	5,022,397	Africa
Mauritius	78.18 years	71.94 years	1,273,543	Africa
Mayotte	78.33 years	74.09 years	315,983	Africa
Mexico	77.81 years	72.24 years	129,739,713	North America
Micronesia (country)	71.12 years	63.49 years	112,602	Oceania
Moldova	75.53 years	66.57 years	3,067,017	Europe
Monaco	88.50 years	84.45 years	38,929	Europe
Mongolia	76.43 years	67.24 years	3,431,887	Asia
Montenegro	80.31 years	73.73 years	633,503	Europe
Montserrat	78.81 years	74.11 years	4,397	North America
Morocco	77.60 years	73.17 years	37,712,463	Africa
Mozambique	66.54 years	60.30 years	33,635,119	Africa
Myanmar	70.16 years	63.79 years	54,133,741	Asia
Namibia	71.34 years	63.33 years	2,963,048	Africa
Nauru	64.00 years	60.28 years	11,850	Oceania
Nepal	71.84 years	68.83 years	29,694,568	Asia
Netherlands	83.74 years	80.54 years	18,092,473	Europe
Netherlands Antilles				North America
New Caledonia	81.29 years	76.28 years	289,836	Oceania
New Zealand	83.77 years	80.41 years	5,172,791	Oceania
Nicaragua	77.42 years	72.31 years	6,823,569	North America
Niger	62.13 years	60.26 years	26,159,817	Africa
Nigeria	54.74 years	54.18 years	227,882,899	Africa
Niue	72.71 years	67.43 years	1,809	Oceania
Norfolk Island				Oceania
North Korea	75.74 years	71.46 years	26,418,146	Asia
North Macedonia	79.57 years	75.11 years	1,831,749	Europe
Northern Mariana Islands	80.74 years	77.13 years	45,116	Oceania
Norway	84.85 years	81.75 years	5,519,123	Europe
Oman	81.88 years	78.49 years	5,049,214	Asia
Orange Free State				Africa
Pakistan	70.16 years	65.33 years	247,504,458	Asia
Pakistan (former)				Asia
Palau	71.80 years	67.15 years	17,707	Oceania
Palestine	71.50 years	59.69 years	5,409,153	Asia
Panama	82.56 years	76.65 years	4,458,719	North America
Papua New Guinea	69.08 years	63.74 years	10,389,589	Oceania
Paraguay	76.95 years	70.89 years	6,844,101	South America
Peru	80.12 years	75.41 years	33,845,565	South America
Philippines	72.82 years	66.89 years	114,891,152	Asia
Pitcairn				Oceania
Poland	82.35 years	74.88 years	38,762,796	Europe
Portugal	85.12 years	79.44 years	10,430,680	Europe
Puerto Rico	85.24 years	78.03 years	3,241,974	North America
Qatar	83.37 years	81.61 years	2,979,038	Asia
Republic of Vietnam				Asia
Reunion	86.33 years	80.53 years	874,837	Africa
Romania	79.56 years	72.40 years	19,118,433	Europe
Russia	79.04 years	67.26 years	145,440,454	Europe
Rwanda	69.89 years	65.49 years	13,954,429	Africa
Saint Barthelemy	86.81 years	81.46 years	11,068	North America
Saint Helena	80.62 years	73.87 years	5,281	Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis	76.02 years	68.57 years	46,743	North America
Saint Lucia	76.30 years	69.31 years	179,241	North America
Saint Martin (French part)	83.84 years	76.77 years	27,500	North America
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	81.52 years	72.75 years	5,673	North America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	74.31 years	68.66 years	101,286	North America
Samoa	73.66 years	69.86 years	216,630	Oceania
San Marino	87.10 years	84.21 years	33,705	Europe
Sao Tome and Principe	73.73 years	66.24 years	230,834	Africa
Saudi Arabia	81.16 years	77.10 years	33,264,239	Asia
Senegal	70.75 years	66.79 years	18,077,527	Africa
Serbia	80.04 years	73.50 years	6,773,156	Europe
Serbia and Montenegro				Europe
Seychelles	76.52 years	69.94 years	127,910	Africa
Sierra Leone	63.50 years	60.06 years	8,460,469	Africa
Singapore	86.24 years	81.24 years	5,789,037	Asia
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	79.53 years	73.70 years	42,734	North America
Slovakia	81.58 years	75.02 years	5,518,008	Europe
Slovenia	84.34 years	78.90 years	2,118,353	Europe
Solomon Islands	71.98 years	69.22 years	799,964	Oceania
Somalia	61.39 years	56.35 years	18,358,576	Africa
South Africa	69.60 years	62.61 years	63,212,339	Africa
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands				South America
South Korea	87.16 years	81.19 years	51,748,695	Asia
South Sudan	60.63 years	54.64 years	11,483,321	Africa
Spain	86.31 years	80.96 years	47,911,535	Europe
Sri Lanka	80.59 years	74.24 years	22,971,566	Asia
Sudan	69.63 years	63.27 years	50,042,754	Africa
Suriname	76.83 years	70.46 years	628,840	South America
Sweden	85.10 years	81.44 years	10,551,441	Europe
Switzerland	85.83 years	82.01 years	8,870,520	Europe
Syria	74.41 years	69.83 years	23,594,567	Asia
Taiwan	83.61 years	77.63 years	23,317,100	Asia
Tajikistan	73.98 years	69.57 years	10,389,764	Asia
Tanzania	69.78 years	64.20 years	66,617,556	Africa
Thailand	80.86 years	72.16 years	71,702,397	Asia
Togo	62.92 years	62.54 years	9,304,289	Africa
Tokelau	78.92 years	74.95 years	2,390	Oceania
Tonga	76.41 years	69.37 years	104,565	Oceania
Trinidad and Tobago	76.68 years	70.38 years	1,502,887	North America
Tunisia	79.15 years	73.92 years	12,200,387	Africa
Turkey	79.86 years	74.53 years	87,270,451	Asia
Turkmenistan	72.84 years	66.87 years	7,364,394	Asia
Turks and Caicos Islands	80.30 years	75.83 years	46,171	North America
Tuvalu	70.70 years	63.77 years	9,788	Oceania
USSR				Europe
Uganda	71.12 years	65.27 years	48,656,550	Africa
Ukraine	80.20 years	66.90 years	37,732,781	Europe
United Arab Emirates	84.20 years	81.98 years	10,642,052	Asia
United Kingdom	83.21 years	79.36 years	68,682,907	Europe
United States	81.85 years	76.86 years	343,477,286	North America
United States Virgin Islands	81.35 years	70.51 years	85,666	North America
Uruguay	81.92 years	74.19 years	3,388,029	South America
Uzbekistan	75.40 years	69.45 years	35,652,264	Asia
Vanuatu	73.93 years	69.44 years	320,377	Oceania
Vatican	85.12 years	80.78 years	489	Europe
Venezuela	76.50 years	68.72 years	28,300,815	South America
Vietnam	79.26 years	69.88 years	100,352,143	Asia
Wallis and Futuna	79.62 years	77.66 years	11,360	Oceania
West Germany				Europe
Western Sahara	73.55 years	69.69 years	579,688	Africa
Yemen	71.39 years	67.23 years	39,390,750	Asia
Yemen Arab Republic				Asia
Yemen People's Republic				Asia
Yugoslavia				Europe
Zambia	68.67 years	63.94 years	20,723,923	Africa
Zimbabwe	65.01 years	60.23 years	16,340,778	Africa
Other
Africa (UN)	65.91 years	61.81 years	1,480,770,476
Americas (UN)			1,041,794,207
Asia (UN)	77.20 years	72.08 years	4,778,004,427
Europe (UN)	82.56 years	75.53 years	745,602,817
High-income countries	84.05 years	78.84 years	1,261,155,558
Land-locked developing countries (LLDC)			579,184,911
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)	78.64 years	72.76 years	658,891,468
Least developed countries	68.66 years	64.07 years	1,161,055,500
Less developed regions	74.26 years	69.31 years	6,807,234,351
Less developed regions, excluding China	72.51 years	68.01 years	5,353,175,646
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries	75.44 years	70.55 years	5,646,178,820
Low-income countries	67.32 years	62.58 years	736,466,351
Lower-middle-income countries	71.61 years	67.65 years	3,253,459,028
More developed regions	83.05 years	76.72 years	1,284,500,472
Northern America (UN)	82.16 years	77.22 years	382,902,690
Oceania (UN)	81.51 years	76.88 years	45,562,735
Small island developing states (SIDS)			72,894,666
Upper-middle-income countries	79.01 years	72.87 years	2,811,308,884
World	75.89 years	70.55 years	8,091,734,853

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