Life expectancy: females versus males, 1982 to 2020

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

	Life Expectancy, females, age 0 UN WPP years				Life Expectancy, males, age 0 UN WPP years				Population, total UN WPP people				World regions according to OWID
Country/area	1982	2020	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1982	2020	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1982	2020	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1982	2020
Afghanistan	39.52 years	64.66 years	+25.14 years	+64%	33.25 years	58.45 years	+25.20 years	+76%	10,991,382	39,068,978	+28,077,596	+255%
Aland Islands
Albania	73.62 years	80.34 years	+6.73 years	+9%	67.44 years	75.43 years	+7.99 years	+12%	2,846,910	2,871,951	+25,041	+1%
Algeria	61.25 years	74.94 years	+13.70 years	+22%	58.05 years	71.73 years	+13.69 years	+24%	19,872,354	44,042,093	+24,169,739	+122%
American Samoa	73.07 years	75.68 years	+2.61 years	+4%	67.34 years	70.00 years	+2.65 years	+4%	34,937	49,779	+14,842	+42%
Andorra	81.97 years	83.84 years	+1.87 years	+2%	74.40 years	75.82 years	+1.42 years	+2%	38,785	77,398	+38,613	+100%
Angola	46.02 years	65.77 years	+19.76 years	+43%	40.05 years	60.51 years	+20.45 years	+51%	8,751,653	33,451,140	+24,699,487	+282%
Anguilla	72.56 years	82.28 years	+9.72 years	+13%	66.36 years	75.33 years	+8.98 years	+14%	6,653	14,864	+8,211	+123%
Antigua and Barbuda	76.24 years	79.81 years	+3.58 years	+5%	70.52 years	74.16 years	+3.64 years	+5%	64,800	91,864	+27,064	+42%
Argentina	72.56 years	78.78 years	+6.23 years	+9%	65.56 years	72.98 years	+7.42 years	+11%	28,924,269	45,191,960	+16,267,691	+56%
Armenia	69.32 years	76.35 years	+7.03 years	+10%	62.55 years	61.93 years	-0.62 years	-1%	3,163,145	2,890,894	-272,251	-9%
Aruba	74.94 years	78.33 years	+3.39 years	+5%	68.05 years	72.34 years	+4.29 years	+6%	62,675	107,411	+44,736	+71%
Australia	78.29 years	85.69 years	+7.40 years	+9%	71.31 years	81.63 years	+10.32 years	+14%	15,192,485	25,743,787	+10,551,302	+69%
Austria	76.58 years	84.33 years	+7.75 years	+10%	69.37 years	79.22 years	+9.85 years	+14%	7,573,077	8,921,402	+1,348,325	+18%
Austria-Hungary
Azerbaijan	64.96 years	73.80 years	+8.84 years	+14%	59.13 years	66.85 years	+7.72 years	+13%	6,491,435	10,181,736	+3,690,301	+57%
Bahamas	73.17 years	76.79 years	+3.62 years	+5%	66.51 years	69.35 years	+2.84 years	+4%	240,623	395,874	+155,251	+65%
Bahrain	72.73 years	80.95 years	+8.22 years	+11%	70.38 years	77.19 years	+6.82 years	+10%	386,990	1,483,081	+1,096,091	+283%
Bangladesh	52.24 years	73.43 years	+21.19 years	+41%	53.73 years	69.58 years	+15.86 years	+30%	92,814,506	166,298,024	+73,483,518	+79%
Barbados	74.67 years	78.65 years	+3.98 years	+5%	70.96 years	74.48 years	+3.52 years	+5%	253,097	281,705	+28,608	+11%
Belarus	75.33 years	77.43 years	+2.10 years	+3%	65.65 years	67.10 years	+1.45 years	+2%	9,748,285	9,350,943	-397,342	-4%
Belgium	77.16 years	83.05 years	+5.89 years	+8%	70.59 years	78.54 years	+7.95 years	+11%	9,862,330	11,540,103	+1,677,773	+17%
Belize	69.19 years	74.46 years	+5.28 years	+8%	65.62 years	69.05 years	+3.42 years	+5%	152,561	390,819	+238,258	+156%
Benin	51.21 years	61.57 years	+10.36 years	+20%	45.76 years	58.73 years	+12.97 years	+28%	4,156,593	13,070,170	+8,913,577	+214%
Bermuda	77.39 years	85.19 years	+7.81 years	+10%	69.08 years	77.82 years	+8.75 years	+13%	54,407	64,405	+9,998	+18%
Bhutan	50.92 years	74.19 years	+23.27 years	+46%	48.83 years	70.64 years	+21.81 years	+45%	462,493	770,014	+307,521	+66%
Bolivia	53.98 years	67.13 years	+13.15 years	+24%	51.02 years	59.65 years	+8.63 years	+17%	6,018,091	11,816,300	+5,798,209	+96%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	77.08 years	79.98 years	+2.90 years	+4%	70.26 years	75.00 years	+4.73 years	+7%	12,076	26,475	+14,399	+119%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	73.45 years	79.39 years	+5.95 years	+8%	66.66 years	72.51 years	+5.85 years	+9%	4,221,104	3,299,352	-921,752	-22%
Botswana	66.08 years	70.36 years	+4.28 years	+6%	60.65 years	65.04 years	+4.39 years	+7%	1,009,271	2,365,895	+1,356,624	+134%
Brazil	65.12 years	77.60 years	+12.48 years	+19%	60.38 years	71.54 years	+11.16 years	+18%	126,923,156	208,660,845	+81,737,689	+64%
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands	72.81 years	79.72 years	+6.91 years	+9%	67.96 years	74.14 years	+6.18 years	+9%	11,944	37,160	+25,216	+211%
Brunei	71.21 years	77.35 years	+6.14 years	+9%	68.59 years	73.13 years	+4.53 years	+7%	198,177	447,412	+249,235	+126%
Bulgaria	73.95 years	77.47 years	+3.52 years	+5%	68.39 years	69.99 years	+1.60 years	+2%	8,912,738	6,933,654	-1,979,084	-22%
Burkina Faso	48.82 years	62.31 years	+13.49 years	+28%	46.41 years	58.50 years	+12.09 years	+26%	7,340,197	21,478,692	+14,138,495	+193%
Burundi	48.41 years	64.58 years	+16.17 years	+33%	45.56 years	60.55 years	+14.98 years	+33%	4,681,396	12,617,042	+7,935,646	+170%
Cambodia	52.76 years	72.66 years	+19.90 years	+38%	44.41 years	67.30 years	+22.88 years	+52%	5,436,436	16,725,482	+11,289,046	+208%
Cameroon	53.30 years	63.98 years	+10.67 years	+20%	50.28 years	59.47 years	+9.19 years	+18%	9,028,677	26,210,566	+17,181,889	+190%
Canada	79.23 years	83.91 years	+4.68 years	+6%	72.29 years	79.41 years	+7.12 years	+10%	25,140,164	38,171,901	+13,031,737	+52%
Cape Verde	63.90 years	78.01 years	+14.11 years	+22%	58.84 years	69.78 years	+10.94 years	+19%	332,731	514,684	+181,953	+55%
Cayman Islands	73.02 years	81.83 years	+8.81 years	+12%	67.79 years	76.80 years	+9.02 years	+13%	18,776	68,701	+49,925	+266%
Central African Republic	51.78 years	54.01 years	+2.23 years	+4%	48.74 years	47.22 years	-1.52 years	-3%	2,507,374	5,026,629	+2,519,255	+100%
Chad	46.77 years	54.89 years	+8.12 years	+17%	41.19 years	51.34 years	+10.16 years	+25%	4,738,483	17,224,685	+12,486,202	+264%
Chile	73.63 years	82.03 years	+8.40 years	+11%	67.07 years	76.76 years	+9.69 years	+14%	11,850,214	19,370,619	+7,520,405	+63%
China	67.57 years	81.00 years	+13.43 years	+20%	63.01 years	75.25 years	+12.24 years	+19%	1,013,588,169	1,426,106,083	+412,517,914	+41%
Christmas Island
Cocos Islands
Colombia	70.87 years	78.23 years	+7.36 years	+10%	64.91 years	71.49 years	+6.58 years	+10%	27,338,334	50,629,997	+23,291,663	+85%
Comoros	53.07 years	68.00 years	+14.93 years	+28%	50.62 years	63.73 years	+13.10 years	+26%	357,149	802,172	+445,023	+125%
Congo	59.21 years	66.16 years	+6.95 years	+12%	55.26 years	62.69 years	+7.43 years	+13%	1,910,431	5,752,791	+3,842,360	+201%
Cook Islands	69.29 years	78.54 years	+9.25 years	+13%	63.80 years	70.97 years	+7.17 years	+11%	17,498	15,663	-1,835	-10%
Costa Rica	76.06 years	82.75 years	+6.70 years	+9%	71.74 years	76.77 years	+5.03 years	+7%	2,524,811	5,034,323	+2,509,512	+99%
Cote d'Ivoire	54.67 years	62.34 years	+7.66 years	+14%	49.88 years	58.24 years	+8.36 years	+17%	8,907,942	28,915,452	+20,007,510	+225%
Croatia	74.75 years	80.72 years	+5.96 years	+8%	66.46 years	74.26 years	+7.80 years	+12%	4,689,152	3,953,957	-735,195	-16%
Cuba	75.67 years	79.94 years	+4.27 years	+6%	71.53 years	74.97 years	+3.44 years	+5%	9,912,682	11,176,349	+1,263,667	+13%
Curacao	73.80 years	80.61 years	+6.80 years	+9%	68.83 years	72.16 years	+3.34 years	+5%	156,850	185,026	+28,176	+18%
Cyprus	76.14 years	83.65 years	+7.51 years	+10%	71.03 years	78.92 years	+7.89 years	+11%	696,503	1,302,250	+605,747	+87%
Czechia	74.47 years	81.30 years	+6.84 years	+9%	67.32 years	75.23 years	+7.91 years	+12%	10,299,007	10,550,130	+251,123	+2%
Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of Congo	46.83 years	62.53 years	+15.71 years	+34%	45.02 years	58.37 years	+13.36 years	+30%	28,338,194	95,989,999	+67,651,805	+239%
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Denmark	77.65 years	83.50 years	+5.85 years	+8%	71.60 years	79.58 years	+7.98 years	+11%	5,117,897	5,831,530	+713,633	+14%
Djibouti	54.84 years	66.85 years	+12.01 years	+22%	50.99 years	61.66 years	+10.67 years	+21%	356,887	1,105,194	+748,307	+210%
Dominica	73.34 years	74.59 years	+1.25 years	+2%	69.98 years	68.44 years	-1.54 years	-2%	72,704	67,589	-5,115	-7%
Dominican Republic	66.33 years	76.72 years	+10.39 years	+16%	62.18 years	68.92 years	+6.75 years	+11%	6,007,116	11,008,297	+5,001,181	+83%
Duchy of Modena and Reggio
Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
East Germany
East Timor	40.16 years	68.87 years	+28.71 years	+71%	26.57 years	65.14 years	+38.56 years	+145%	669,156	1,326,051	+656,895	+98%
Ecuador	66.78 years	75.88 years	+9.09 years	+14%	61.84 years	68.61 years	+6.77 years	+11%	8,611,296	17,546,058	+8,934,762	+104%
Egypt	59.09 years	71.96 years	+12.86 years	+22%	55.32 years	67.69 years	+12.37 years	+22%	46,407,613	109,315,119	+62,907,506	+136%
El Salvador	60.04 years	74.72 years	+14.68 years	+24%	47.59 years	65.47 years	+17.88 years	+38%	4,622,476	6,234,680	+1,612,204	+35%
Equatorial Guinea	52.64 years	64.22 years	+11.58 years	+22%	46.70 years	60.35 years	+13.65 years	+29%	322,226	1,716,479	+1,394,253	+433%
Eritrea	47.80 years	69.26 years	+21.46 years	+45%	42.12 years	64.63 years	+22.51 years	+53%	1,695,464	3,291,277	+1,595,813	+94%
Estonia	74.72 years	82.89 years	+8.18 years	+11%	64.58 years	74.53 years	+9.95 years	+15%	1,494,911	1,329,674	-165,237	-11%
Eswatini	61.23 years	62.79 years	+1.56 years	+3%	57.53 years	56.92 years	-0.61 years	-1%	637,656	1,192,733	+555,077	+87%
Ethiopia	47.01 years	69.37 years	+22.36 years	+48%	40.06 years	62.78 years	+22.72 years	+57%	36,701,294	118,917,671	+82,216,377	+224%
Ethiopia (former)
Falkland Islands	54.55 years	80.82 years	+26.28 years	+48%	50.52 years	76.75 years	+26.23 years	+52%	2,270	3,537	+1,267	+56%
Faroe Islands	78.70 years	82.25 years	+3.55 years	+5%	73.44 years	78.00 years	+4.57 years	+6%	44,193	52,615	+8,422	+19%
Federal Republic of Central America
Fiji	65.04 years	69.32 years	+4.28 years	+7%	59.88 years	64.70 years	+4.82 years	+8%	673,421	914,970	+241,549	+36%
Finland	78.59 years	84.62 years	+6.03 years	+8%	70.22 years	79.02 years	+8.80 years	+13%	4,826,882	5,529,617	+702,735	+15%
France	78.89 years	85.14 years	+6.25 years	+8%	70.71 years	79.18 years	+8.47 years	+12%	54,582,405	65,905,273	+11,322,868	+21%
French Guiana	72.62 years	80.54 years	+7.92 years	+11%	64.46 years	74.65 years	+10.19 years	+16%	72,286	289,063	+216,777	+300%
French Polynesia	70.38 years	85.45 years	+15.07 years	+21%	67.62 years	79.86 years	+12.23 years	+18%	166,651	279,219	+112,568	+68%
Gabon	61.12 years	69.72 years	+8.60 years	+14%	56.16 years	64.72 years	+8.57 years	+15%	789,289	2,322,536	+1,533,247	+194%
Gambia	47.18 years	66.12 years	+18.94 years	+40%	45.35 years	62.71 years	+17.36 years	+38%	765,758	2,515,744	+1,749,986	+229%
Georgia	73.09 years	78.25 years	+5.16 years	+7%	64.61 years	68.61 years	+4.01 years	+6%	5,246,476	3,795,680	-1,450,796	-28%
Germany	76.64 years	83.42 years	+6.78 years	+9%	70.18 years	78.60 years	+8.42 years	+12%	78,393,671	83,628,711	+5,235,040	+7%
Ghana	53.30 years	66.67 years	+13.37 years	+25%	49.66 years	62.03 years	+12.37 years	+25%	12,643,821	31,887,801	+19,243,980	+152%
Gibraltar	76.62 years	85.69 years	+9.07 years	+12%	71.79 years	80.42 years	+8.63 years	+12%	28,792	36,197	+7,405	+26%
Grand Duchy of Baden
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Great Colombia
Greece	77.88 years	84.30 years	+6.42 years	+8%	72.65 years	78.75 years	+6.10 years	+8%	9,837,470	10,699,370	+861,900	+9%
Greenland	65.73 years	72.54 years	+6.81 years	+10%	59.90 years	68.19 years	+8.30 years	+14%	51,355	56,105	+4,750	+9%
Grenada	70.89 years	78.21 years	+7.32 years	+10%	66.10 years	72.17 years	+6.07 years	+9%	94,400	116,353	+21,953	+23%
Guadeloupe	74.65 years	84.61 years	+9.96 years	+13%	67.26 years	76.42 years	+9.16 years	+14%	335,825	407,400	+71,575	+21%
Guam	74.83 years	80.25 years	+5.43 years	+7%	69.02 years	71.54 years	+2.52 years	+4%	115,730	162,167	+46,437	+40%
Guatemala	55.64 years	73.17 years	+17.53 years	+31%	43.58 years	66.95 years	+23.38 years	+54%	7,240,248	17,357,331	+10,117,083	+140%
Guernsey	74.57 years	85.51 years	+10.94 years	+15%	70.05 years	81.17 years	+11.11 years	+16%	54,374	63,128	+8,754	+16%
Guinea	45.15 years	60.65 years	+15.51 years	+34%	42.55 years	57.96 years	+15.41 years	+36%	5,247,672	13,371,187	+8,123,515	+155%
Guinea-Bissau	46.20 years	63.68 years	+17.49 years	+38%	42.47 years	58.87 years	+16.41 years	+39%	855,898	2,013,259	+1,157,361	+135%
Guyana	63.68 years	71.88 years	+8.21 years	+13%	58.61 years	63.99 years	+5.38 years	+9%	776,717	807,487	+30,770	+4%
Haiti	51.77 years	67.03 years	+15.26 years	+29%	49.41 years	60.71 years	+11.30 years	+23%	5,835,938	11,243,847	+5,407,909	+93%
Honduras	63.88 years	73.81 years	+9.93 years	+16%	59.62 years	68.17 years	+8.55 years	+14%	3,958,734	10,119,637	+6,160,903	+156%
Hong Kong	77.74 years	86.95 years	+9.21 years	+12%	72.13 years	82.37 years	+10.24 years	+14%	5,150,096	7,490,240	+2,340,144	+45%
Hungary	73.20 years	79.03 years	+5.83 years	+8%	65.63 years	72.32 years	+6.69 years	+10%	10,656,106	9,749,460	-906,646	-9%
Iceland	79.29 years	84.23 years	+4.94 years	+6%	74.40 years	81.24 years	+6.84 years	+9%	233,851	366,626	+132,775	+57%
India	54.84 years	71.94 years	+17.10 years	+31%	54.65 years	68.53 years	+13.88 years	+25%	720,313,474	1,402,617,692	+682,304,218	+95%
Indonesia	61.73 years	71.10 years	+9.36 years	+15%	57.75 years	66.64 years	+8.90 years	+15%	156,052,154	274,814,864	+118,762,710	+76%
Iran	62.47 years	76.24 years	+13.76 years	+22%	53.81 years	72.22 years	+18.41 years	+34%	44,272,142	87,723,446	+43,451,304	+98%
Iraq	67.40 years	72.29 years	+4.90 years	+7%	52.00 years	66.97 years	+14.98 years	+29%	14,406,080	42,116,604	+27,710,524	+192%
Ireland	76.08 years	84.19 years	+8.11 years	+11%	70.47 years	80.58 years	+10.11 years	+14%	3,475,531	4,982,604	+1,507,073	+43%
Isle of Man	74.07 years	82.74 years	+8.67 years	+12%	64.46 years	78.51 years	+14.05 years	+22%	64,710	84,079	+19,369	+30%
Israel	76.54 years	84.74 years	+8.20 years	+11%	72.20 years	80.58 years	+8.38 years	+12%	3,883,641	8,800,379	+4,916,738	+127%
Italy	78.18 years	84.46 years	+6.28 years	+8%	71.59 years	79.85 years	+8.26 years	+12%	56,719,179	59,912,763	+3,193,584	+6%
Jamaica	70.69 years	74.01 years	+3.32 years	+5%	67.72 years	68.92 years	+1.20 years	+2%	2,203,894	2,830,746	+626,852	+28%
Japan	79.72 years	87.73 years	+8.00 years	+10%	74.26 years	81.58 years	+7.32 years	+10%	119,485,773	126,304,536	+6,818,763	+6%
Jersey	77.06 years	81.77 years	+4.70 years	+6%	70.11 years	77.26 years	+7.15 years	+10%	77,839	103,138	+25,299	+33%
Jordan	68.31 years	78.25 years	+9.94 years	+15%	66.42 years	73.37 years	+6.95 years	+10%	2,426,934	10,865,231	+8,438,297	+348%
Kazakhstan	68.32 years	75.47 years	+7.15 years	+10%	58.49 years	66.81 years	+8.32 years	+14%	15,492,598	19,482,117	+3,989,519	+26%
Kenya	61.75 years	64.24 years	+2.49 years	+4%	58.09 years	59.15 years	+1.05 years	+2%	17,206,178	52,217,327	+35,011,149	+203%
Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Sardinia
Kingdom of Saxony
Kingdom of Wurttemberg
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
Kiribati	59.35 years	67.13 years	+7.78 years	+13%	56.15 years	63.05 years	+6.90 years	+12%	63,146	126,110	+62,964	+100%
Korea (former)
Kosovo	61.73 years	76.64 years	+14.91 years	+24%	58.48 years	71.86 years	+13.39 years	+23%	1,683,171	1,751,415	+68,244	+4%
Kuwait	74.87 years	79.87 years	+5.00 years	+7%	69.80 years	77.27 years	+7.47 years	+11%	1,662,488	4,400,146	+2,737,658	+165%
Kyrgyzstan	66.22 years	72.68 years	+6.47 years	+10%	58.06 years	65.90 years	+7.83 years	+13%	3,882,822	6,664,142	+2,781,320	+72%
Laos	50.51 years	71.05 years	+20.53 years	+41%	49.32 years	65.86 years	+16.55 years	+34%	3,450,021	7,346,533	+3,896,512	+113%
Latvia	74.62 years	79.97 years	+5.34 years	+7%	64.24 years	70.71 years	+6.47 years	+10%	2,532,018	1,901,119	-630,899	-25%
Lebanon	54.70 years	78.67 years	+23.96 years	+44%	41.33 years	73.86 years	+32.53 years	+79%	3,054,931	5,702,401	+2,647,470	+87%
Lesotho	62.21 years	57.67 years	-4.54 years	-7%	54.07 years	52.50 years	-1.57 years	-3%	1,490,732	2,235,727	+744,995	+50%
Liberia	45.21 years	62.62 years	+17.41 years	+39%	43.70 years	59.91 years	+16.21 years	+37%	2,045,076	5,149,471	+3,104,395	+152%
Libya	68.64 years	75.70 years	+7.06 years	+10%	63.39 years	69.53 years	+6.14 years	+10%	3,724,775	7,045,404	+3,320,629	+89%
Liechtenstein	78.35 years	84.09 years	+5.74 years	+7%	71.72 years	79.99 years	+8.27 years	+12%	25,870	38,793	+12,923	+50%
Lithuania	75.98 years	80.03 years	+4.04 years	+5%	65.92 years	70.07 years	+4.15 years	+6%	3,477,581	2,795,766	-681,815	-20%
Luxembourg	75.47 years	83.09 years	+7.62 years	+10%	68.80 years	79.71 years	+10.91 years	+16%	365,060	630,597	+265,537	+73%
Macao	75.61 years	86.74 years	+11.13 years	+15%	71.99 years	82.44 years	+10.46 years	+15%	261,055	683,073	+422,018	+162%
Madagascar	51.60 years	64.58 years	+12.98 years	+25%	48.56 years	60.92 years	+12.36 years	+25%	9,557,679	28,953,560	+19,395,881	+203%
Malawi	46.81 years	68.81 years	+22.00 years	+47%	42.88 years	61.68 years	+18.80 years	+44%	6,778,885	19,533,886	+12,755,001	+188%
Malaysia	71.22 years	78.77 years	+7.55 years	+11%	66.71 years	73.69 years	+6.98 years	+10%	13,832,795	33,889,555	+20,056,760	+145%
Maldives	57.39 years	80.39 years	+23.00 years	+40%	56.03 years	77.51 years	+21.48 years	+38%	174,339	502,127	+327,788	+188%
Mali	42.47 years	60.32 years	+17.85 years	+42%	41.16 years	57.46 years	+16.31 years	+40%	7,860,195	21,713,839	+13,853,644	+176%
Malta	74.61 years	84.53 years	+9.92 years	+13%	70.93 years	80.14 years	+9.21 years	+13%	346,654	518,213	+171,559	+49%
Marshall Islands	65.45 years	68.09 years	+2.64 years	+4%	57.96 years	63.28 years	+5.32 years	+9%	33,418	42,728	+9,310	+28%
Martinique	75.80 years	83.27 years	+7.46 years	+10%	70.05 years	76.97 years	+6.92 years	+10%	335,051	356,625	+21,574	+6%
Mauritania	55.98 years	68.90 years	+12.92 years	+23%	52.51 years	64.80 years	+12.29 years	+23%	1,561,182	4,600,135	+3,038,953	+195%
Mauritius	71.72 years	78.37 years	+6.65 years	+9%	64.62 years	71.28 years	+6.66 years	+10%	983,608	1,283,230	+299,622	+30%
Mayotte	72.95 years	77.20 years	+4.25 years	+6%	68.47 years	71.79 years	+3.32 years	+5%	55,921	284,381	+228,460	+409%
Mexico	68.62 years	74.11 years	+5.49 years	+8%	62.05 years	66.89 years	+4.84 years	+8%	70,433,259	126,799,052	+56,365,793	+80%
Micronesia (country)	66.40 years	69.66 years	+3.26 years	+5%	59.32 years	62.40 years	+3.08 years	+5%	82,235	110,931	+28,696	+35%
Moldova	69.07 years	74.22 years	+5.15 years	+7%	62.26 years	65.46 years	+3.20 years	+5%	4,130,068	3,069,135	-1,060,933	-26%
Monaco	78.49 years	88.27 years	+9.78 years	+12%	71.96 years	84.13 years	+12.18 years	+17%	27,584	38,074	+10,490	+38%
Mongolia	57.57 years	75.21 years	+17.65 years	+31%	53.72 years	65.28 years	+11.57 years	+22%	1,785,364	3,290,788	+1,505,424	+84%
Montenegro	74.77 years	79.11 years	+4.34 years	+6%	69.56 years	72.65 years	+3.09 years	+4%	593,634	607,936	+14,302	+2%
Montserrat	71.78 years	78.30 years	+6.52 years	+9%	67.43 years	73.44 years	+6.01 years	+9%	11,200	4,532	-6,668	-60%
Morocco	58.16 years	75.72 years	+17.56 years	+30%	55.63 years	70.85 years	+15.22 years	+27%	20,520,325	36,584,208	+16,063,883	+78%
Mozambique	42.75 years	64.17 years	+21.42 years	+50%	40.59 years	58.24 years	+17.65 years	+43%	11,824,372	30,783,685	+18,959,313	+160%
Myanmar	57.31 years	69.70 years	+12.39 years	+22%	52.88 years	63.68 years	+10.80 years	+20%	34,482,968	53,016,525	+18,533,557	+54%
Namibia	63.49 years	68.03 years	+4.54 years	+7%	51.65 years	60.16 years	+8.51 years	+16%	1,010,316	2,728,763	+1,718,447	+170%
Nauru	63.07 years	64.03 years	+0.95 years	+2%	55.78 years	59.28 years	+3.50 years	+6%	8,059	11,665	+3,606	+45%
Nepal	49.14 years	70.77 years	+21.63 years	+44%	49.15 years	67.45 years	+18.30 years	+37%	16,297,995	28,966,582	+12,668,587	+78%
Netherlands	79.40 years	83.08 years	+3.68 years	+5%	72.73 years	79.67 years	+6.95 years	+10%	14,333,902	17,636,732	+3,302,830	+23%
Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia	70.49 years	79.53 years	+9.04 years	+13%	63.25 years	74.66 years	+11.41 years	+18%	153,014	284,186	+131,172	+86%
New Zealand	76.88 years	84.46 years	+7.59 years	+10%	70.67 years	80.84 years	+10.17 years	+14%	3,185,129	5,069,893	+1,884,764	+59%
Nicaragua	62.97 years	74.03 years	+11.06 years	+18%	54.62 years	67.60 years	+12.99 years	+24%	3,438,745	6,565,267	+3,126,522	+91%
Niger	39.98 years	61.02 years	+21.04 years	+53%	39.61 years	58.80 years	+19.19 years	+48%	6,512,734	23,717,614	+17,204,880	+264%
Nigeria	48.19 years	53.43 years	+5.25 years	+11%	44.74 years	52.71 years	+7.97 years	+18%	78,378,696	213,996,186	+135,617,490	+173%
Niue	71.70 years	72.28 years	+0.58 years	+1%	64.71 years	66.81 years	+2.10 years	+3%	3,281	1,822	-1,459	-44%
Norfolk Island
North Korea	70.35 years	75.69 years	+5.34 years	+8%	65.23 years	69.85 years	+4.63 years	+7%	18,776,359	26,136,313	+7,359,954	+39%
North Macedonia	71.36 years	76.98 years	+5.62 years	+8%	68.19 years	72.01 years	+3.82 years	+6%	1,978,962	1,872,021	-106,941	-5%
Northern Mariana Islands	71.75 years	80.00 years	+8.25 years	+12%	66.46 years	76.34 years	+9.88 years	+15%	22,374	47,557	+25,183	+113%
Norway	79.55 years	84.89 years	+5.34 years	+7%	72.65 years	81.47 years	+8.83 years	+12%	4,114,740	5,379,274	+1,264,534	+31%
Oman	64.64 years	79.48 years	+14.84 years	+23%	59.62 years	76.52 years	+16.90 years	+28%	1,117,685	4,522,503	+3,404,818	+305%
Orange Free State
Pakistan	59.52 years	68.45 years	+8.92 years	+15%	57.35 years	63.28 years	+5.93 years	+10%	89,089,248	235,001,743	+145,912,495	+164%
Pakistan (former)
Palau	68.70 years	71.93 years	+3.22 years	+5%	57.48 years	66.09 years	+8.61 years	+15%	12,721	17,817	+5,096	+40%
Palestine	65.27 years	77.60 years	+12.33 years	+19%	61.70 years	72.57 years	+10.87 years	+18%	1,560,994	5,069,691	+3,508,697	+225%
Panama	72.50 years	79.82 years	+7.33 years	+10%	67.52 years	73.10 years	+5.58 years	+8%	2,052,278	4,293,258	+2,240,980	+109%
Papua New Guinea	60.72 years	68.37 years	+7.65 years	+13%	56.05 years	62.57 years	+6.52 years	+12%	3,264,302	9,815,741	+6,551,439	+201%
Paraguay	66.60 years	76.06 years	+9.47 years	+14%	63.59 years	69.65 years	+6.07 years	+10%	3,226,194	6,603,742	+3,377,548	+105%
Peru	62.62 years	77.98 years	+15.36 years	+25%	58.64 years	70.40 years	+11.76 years	+20%	18,246,506	32,838,576	+14,592,070	+80%
Philippines	65.67 years	72.76 years	+7.09 years	+11%	58.83 years	67.42 years	+8.60 years	+15%	50,695,715	112,081,271	+61,385,556	+121%
Pitcairn
Poland	74.96 years	80.81 years	+5.85 years	+8%	66.86 years	72.51 years	+5.65 years	+8%	36,233,466	38,171,005	+1,937,539	+5%
Portugal	76.18 years	84.20 years	+8.02 years	+11%	69.14 years	78.38 years	+9.24 years	+13%	9,885,845	10,370,519	+484,674	+5%
Puerto Rico	76.43 years	83.95 years	+7.52 years	+10%	69.54 years	76.02 years	+6.48 years	+9%	3,295,924	3,275,801	-20,123	-1%
Qatar	72.43 years	82.17 years	+9.73 years	+13%	69.77 years	79.42 years	+9.65 years	+14%	311,544	2,803,373	+2,491,829	+800%
Republic of Vietnam
Reunion	75.27 years	85.41 years	+10.14 years	+13%	66.75 years	79.50 years	+12.75 years	+19%	569,640	861,452	+291,812	+51%
Romania	72.49 years	78.00 years	+5.51 years	+8%	67.06 years	70.28 years	+3.22 years	+5%	22,374,447	19,392,469	-2,981,978	-13%
Russia	73.53 years	75.92 years	+2.39 years	+3%	62.18 years	66.27 years	+4.09 years	+7%	140,247,744	146,371,293	+6,123,549	+4%
Rwanda	51.42 years	69.06 years	+17.64 years	+34%	48.97 years	64.64 years	+15.67 years	+32%	5,711,557	13,065,839	+7,354,282	+129%
Saint Barthelemy	78.22 years	87.33 years	+9.11 years	+12%	69.13 years	80.55 years	+11.42 years	+17%	3,207	10,566	+7,359	+229%
Saint Helena	73.11 years	80.72 years	+7.60 years	+10%	67.37 years	74.08 years	+6.71 years	+10%	6,535	5,451	-1,084	-17%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	67.39 years	75.38 years	+8.00 years	+12%	62.23 years	67.46 years	+5.24 years	+8%	42,550	46,896	+4,346	+10%
Saint Lucia	70.81 years	76.19 years	+5.38 years	+8%	66.94 years	68.76 years	+1.82 years	+3%	123,098	178,261	+55,163	+45%
Saint Martin (French part)	77.46 years	83.85 years	+6.39 years	+8%	68.22 years	76.56 years	+8.34 years	+12%	9,516	31,811	+22,295	+234%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	75.63 years	81.38 years	+5.75 years	+8%	66.00 years	72.63 years	+6.63 years	+10%	6,163	5,852	-311	-5%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	69.84 years	74.46 years	+4.62 years	+7%	67.19 years	66.06 years	-1.13 years	-2%	105,986	103,540	-2,446	-2%
Samoa	68.75 years	72.88 years	+4.13 years	+6%	62.99 years	68.76 years	+5.77 years	+9%	166,495	211,958	+45,463	+27%
San Marino	79.87 years	85.11 years	+5.24 years	+7%	73.87 years	80.26 years	+6.39 years	+9%	22,076	34,796	+12,720	+58%
Sao Tome and Principe	61.51 years	72.05 years	+10.54 years	+17%	57.65 years	64.59 years	+6.94 years	+12%	102,528	217,449	+114,921	+112%
Saudi Arabia	65.85 years	80.06 years	+14.21 years	+22%	62.38 years	76.01 years	+13.64 years	+22%	6,824,485	30,991,205	+24,166,720	+354%
Senegal	51.03 years	69.69 years	+18.66 years	+37%	48.73 years	65.48 years	+16.76 years	+34%	6,156,964	16,789,215	+10,632,251	+173%
Serbia	74.19 years	78.10 years	+3.91 years	+5%	67.91 years	71.12 years	+3.20 years	+5%	7,849,651	6,907,817	-941,834	-12%
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles	72.90 years	78.62 years	+5.71 years	+8%	65.54 years	70.56 years	+5.02 years	+8%	67,666	120,299	+52,633	+78%
Sierra Leone	45.00 years	61.20 years	+16.20 years	+36%	41.63 years	58.19 years	+16.55 years	+40%	3,408,189	7,912,558	+4,504,369	+132%
Singapore	75.22 years	85.92 years	+10.70 years	+14%	69.18 years	81.35 years	+12.17 years	+18%	2,627,420	5,620,150	+2,992,730	+114%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.02 years	78.53 years	+4.52 years	+6%	69.92 years	72.08 years	+2.16 years	+3%	14,621	41,026	+26,405	+181%
Slovakia	74.76 years	80.23 years	+5.48 years	+7%	66.97 years	73.45 years	+6.47 years	+10%	5,051,810	5,455,028	+403,218	+8%
Slovenia	75.36 years	83.14 years	+7.78 years	+10%	67.18 years	77.64 years	+10.46 years	+16%	1,917,975	2,102,419	+184,444	+10%
Solomon Islands	66.73 years	70.98 years	+4.24 years	+6%	62.77 years	67.78 years	+5.00 years	+8%	255,213	744,507	+489,294	+192%
Somalia	49.50 years	59.18 years	+9.68 years	+20%	46.59 years	55.08 years	+8.49 years	+18%	6,003,837	16,651,200	+10,647,363	+177%
South Africa	63.83 years	67.95 years	+4.12 years	+6%	58.31 years	62.17 years	+3.87 years	+7%	31,615,338	60,562,374	+28,947,036	+92%
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
South Korea	72.03 years	86.80 years	+14.77 years	+21%	62.51 years	80.28 years	+17.77 years	+28%	39,356,158	51,858,480	+12,502,322	+32%
South Sudan	39.13 years	60.46 years	+21.33 years	+54%	38.17 years	54.84 years	+16.67 years	+44%	4,557,688	10,698,470	+6,140,782	+135%
Spain	79.35 years	85.00 years	+5.65 years	+7%	73.17 years	79.48 years	+6.31 years	+9%	38,047,097	47,679,482	+9,632,385	+25%
Sri Lanka	71.78 years	80.07 years	+8.28 years	+12%	66.08 years	73.69 years	+7.61 years	+12%	15,286,571	22,561,807	+7,275,236	+48%
Sudan	56.44 years	68.15 years	+11.71 years	+21%	52.47 years	62.41 years	+9.94 years	+19%	18,486,645	46,789,237	+28,302,592	+153%
Suriname	64.02 years	76.22 years	+12.20 years	+19%	58.28 years	68.64 years	+10.36 years	+18%	376,567	612,322	+235,755	+63%
Sweden	79.39 years	84.28 years	+4.90 years	+6%	73.43 years	80.60 years	+7.16 years	+10%	8,325,179	10,353,680	+2,028,501	+24%
Switzerland	79.44 years	85.07 years	+5.63 years	+7%	72.79 years	81.00 years	+8.21 years	+11%	6,391,805	8,640,582	+2,248,777	+35%
Syria	65.54 years	74.81 years	+9.27 years	+14%	56.88 years	69.17 years	+12.29 years	+22%	9,572,514	21,049,428	+11,476,914	+120%
Taiwan	75.17 years	84.50 years	+9.33 years	+12%	70.16 years	77.88 years	+7.72 years	+11%	18,723,986	23,663,460	+4,939,474	+26%
Tajikistan	62.25 years	71.09 years	+8.84 years	+14%	58.03 years	66.22 years	+8.18 years	+14%	4,227,177	9,749,310	+5,522,133	+131%
Tanzania	54.40 years	69.96 years	+15.56 years	+29%	49.76 years	63.67 years	+13.91 years	+28%	20,398,573	60,972,801	+40,574,228	+199%
Thailand	67.22 years	81.90 years	+14.69 years	+22%	60.24 years	72.97 years	+12.73 years	+21%	47,494,576	71,641,484	+24,146,908	+51%
Togo	54.57 years	61.45 years	+6.87 years	+13%	51.96 years	60.78 years	+8.82 years	+17%	3,115,042	8,669,722	+5,554,680	+178%
Tokelau	66.04 years	78.50 years	+12.46 years	+19%	66.32 years	74.58 years	+8.26 years	+12%	1,686	2,152	+466	+28%
Tonga	69.70 years	76.08 years	+6.37 years	+9%	63.45 years	68.88 years	+5.43 years	+9%	98,000	105,719	+7,719	+8%
Trinidad and Tobago	69.07 years	76.04 years	+6.97 years	+10%	63.77 years	69.36 years	+5.59 years	+9%	1,147,932	1,481,026	+333,094	+29%
Tunisia	66.72 years	77.75 years	+11.02 years	+17%	63.42 years	72.40 years	+8.98 years	+14%	6,908,648	11,974,058	+5,065,410	+73%
Turkey	67.33 years	79.89 years	+12.56 years	+19%	60.63 years	73.44 years	+12.81 years	+21%	47,322,103	86,091,691	+38,769,588	+82%
Turkmenistan	64.85 years	71.93 years	+7.08 years	+11%	58.20 years	65.36 years	+7.15 years	+12%	2,985,567	6,949,915	+3,964,348	+133%
Turks and Caicos Islands	69.39 years	80.00 years	+10.61 years	+15%	65.97 years	75.19 years	+9.22 years	+14%	8,316	44,404	+36,088	+434%
Tuvalu	63.46 years	69.96 years	+6.50 years	+10%	57.76 years	63.09 years	+5.33 years	+9%	7,686	10,423	+2,737	+36%
USSR
Uganda	47.93 years	69.43 years	+21.50 years	+45%	39.31 years	63.35 years	+24.04 years	+61%	13,873,636	44,457,149	+30,583,513	+220%
Ukraine	74.57 years	78.02 years	+3.46 years	+5%	64.58 years	68.35 years	+3.77 years	+6%	50,402,724	44,680,009	-5,722,715	-11%
United Arab Emirates	72.30 years	83.90 years	+11.60 years	+16%	67.46 years	80.80 years	+13.34 years	+20%	1,166,384	9,448,529	+8,282,145	+710%
United Kingdom	76.94 years	82.40 years	+5.46 years	+7%	71.03 years	78.36 years	+7.33 years	+10%	56,292,761	67,351,860	+11,059,099	+20%
United States	78.08 years	79.87 years	+1.80 years	+2%	70.80 years	74.34 years	+3.54 years	+5%	234,583,158	339,436,157	+104,852,999	+45%
United States Virgin Islands	72.77 years	80.94 years	+8.17 years	+11%	65.56 years	69.78 years	+4.22 years	+6%	98,653	87,724	-10,929	-11%
Uruguay	75.49 years	82.02 years	+6.53 years	+9%	67.81 years	74.51 years	+6.70 years	+10%	2,975,488	3,398,967	+423,479	+14%
Uzbekistan	66.37 years	74.46 years	+8.09 years	+12%	60.50 years	68.60 years	+8.10 years	+13%	16,462,742	33,586,372	+17,123,630	+104%
Vanuatu	65.11 years	73.25 years	+8.14 years	+12%	61.12 years	68.20 years	+7.08 years	+12%	121,051	298,868	+177,817	+147%
Vatican	77.95 years	85.14 years	+7.19 years	+9%	71.55 years	80.72 years	+9.17 years	+13%	750	536	-214	-29%
Venezuela	71.89 years	76.50 years	+4.61 years	+6%	66.28 years	68.46 years	+2.18 years	+3%	16,121,875	28,444,078	+12,322,203	+76%
Vietnam	70.53 years	80.31 years	+9.78 years	+14%	62.00 years	70.37 years	+8.37 years	+13%	55,011,292	98,079,196	+43,067,904	+78%
Wallis and Futuna	62.51 years	79.17 years	+16.65 years	+27%	59.73 years	77.22 years	+17.49 years	+29%	12,162	11,640	-522	-4%
West Germany
Western Sahara	52.72 years	72.58 years	+19.85 years	+38%	39.63 years	69.04 years	+29.41 years	+74%	134,496	549,372	+414,876	+308%
Yemen	54.28 years	69.81 years	+15.53 years	+29%	50.46 years	63.33 years	+12.87 years	+26%	10,241,006	36,134,868	+25,893,862	+253%
Yemen Arab Republic
Yemen People's Republic
Yugoslavia
Zambia	56.11 years	65.95 years	+9.84 years	+18%	52.53 years	60.73 years	+8.20 years	+16%	6,178,638	19,059,395	+12,880,757	+208%
Zimbabwe	62.98 years	63.75 years	+0.76 years	+1%	56.75 years	59.09 years	+2.34 years	+4%	7,796,501	15,526,888	+7,730,387	+99%
Other
Africa (UN)	52.19 years	64.33 years	+12.14 years	+23%	48.30 years	60.25 years	+11.94 years	+25%	512,958,551	1,380,821,159	+867,862,608	+169%
Americas (UN)									636,207,174	1,024,463,737	+388,256,563	+61%
Asia (UN)	62.26 years	76.35 years	+14.09 years	+23%	58.78 years	71.06 years	+12.28 years	+21%	2,739,365,858	4,688,113,349	+1,948,747,491	+71%
Europe (UN)	75.76 years	80.95 years	+5.18 years	+7%	67.79 years	74.32 years	+6.54 years	+10%	700,451,496	749,524,039	+49,072,543	+7%
High-income countries	77.11 years	83.00 years	+5.89 years	+8%	70.28 years	77.44 years	+7.16 years	+10%	972,586,020	1,246,978,178	+274,392,158	+28%
Land-locked developing countries (LLDC)									219,422,184	541,140,668	+321,718,484	+147%
Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)	66.95 years	76.68 years	+9.73 years	+15%	61.20 years	70.02 years	+8.81 years	+14%	376,371,991	646,729,386	+270,357,395	+72%
Least developed countries	49.77 years	67.08 years	+17.30 years	+35%	46.85 years	62.19 years	+15.34 years	+33%	422,663,428	1,083,853,564	+661,190,136	+156%
Less developed regions	60.43 years	73.18 years	+12.74 years	+21%	56.77 years	68.07 years	+11.30 years	+20%	3,514,523,351	6,602,624,618	+3,088,101,267	+88%
Less developed regions, excluding China	58.18 years	70.95 years	+12.77 years	+22%	54.79 years	66.14 years	+11.35 years	+21%	2,476,800,040	5,144,681,850	+2,667,881,810	+108%
Less developed regions, excluding least developed countries	62.36 years	74.43 years	+12.07 years	+19%	58.55 years	69.37 years	+10.83 years	+18%	3,091,859,910	5,518,771,103	+2,426,911,193	+78%
Low-income countries	49.10 years	65.85 years	+16.75 years	+34%	44.73 years	60.75 years	+16.02 years	+36%	236,940,781	679,560,751	+442,619,970	+187%
Lower-middle-income countries	56.74 years	70.08 years	+13.34 years	+24%	54.32 years	65.87 years	+11.55 years	+21%	1,519,038,556	3,141,910,133	+1,622,871,577	+107%
More developed regions	76.67 years	81.53 years	+4.85 years	+6%	69.18 years	75.28 years	+6.10 years	+9%	1,098,150,073	1,284,376,622	+186,226,549	+17%
Northern America (UN)	78.18 years	80.27 years	+2.09 years	+3%	70.94 years	74.82 years	+3.88 years	+5%	259,835,188	377,734,350	+117,899,162	+45%
Oceania (UN)	74.39 years	81.45 years	+7.06 years	+9%	67.54 years	76.37 years	+8.82 years	+13%	23,690,309	44,078,974	+20,388,665	+86%
Small island developing states (SIDS)									43,290,507	71,178,638	+27,888,131	+64%
Upper-middle-income countries	67.39 years	78.17 years	+10.78 years	+16%	61.60 years	72.04 years	+10.44 years	+17%	1,867,442,019	2,789,064,927	+921,622,908	+49%
World	63.80 years	74.71 years	+10.91 years	+17%	58.94 years	69.26 years	+10.32 years	+18%	4,612,673,436	7,887,001,284	+3,274,327,848	+71%

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