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Life Expectancy for Countries, 2009
Find the average life expectancy for each country and the world. As of 2009, the country with the highest life expectancy is Macau at 84.4 years; the country with the lowest life expectancy is Swaziland at just 31.9 years. The average lifespan for the entire world is 66.6 years.
| Country | Life Expectancy | Country | Life Expectancy | Country | Life Expectancy |
| Afghanistan | 44.6 | Greece | 79.7 | Pakistan | 64.5
| | Albania | 78 | Greenland | 70.1 | Palau | 71.2
| | Algeria | 74 | Grenada | 66 | Panama | 77.2
| | American Samoa | 73.7 | Guam | 78 | Papua New Guinea | 66.3
| | Andorra | 82.5 | Guatemala | 70.3 | Paraguay | 75.8
| | Angola | 38.2 | Guernsey | 80.8 | Peru | 70.7
| | Anguilla | 80.7 | Guinea | 57.1 | Philippines | 71.1
| | Antigua and Barbuda | 74.8 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.9 | Poland | 75.6
| | Argentina | 76.6 | Guyana | 66.7 | Portugal | 78.2
| | Armenia | 72.7 | Haiti | 60.8 | Puerto Rico | 78.5
| | Aruba | 75.3 | Honduras | 69.4 | Qatar | 75.3
| | Australia | 81.6 | Hong Kong | 81.9 | Romania | 72.5
| | Austria | 79.5 | Hungary | 73.4 | Russia | 66
| | Azerbaijan | 66.7 | Iceland | 80.7 | Rwanda | 50.5
| | Bahamas, The | 65.8 | India | 69.9 | Saint Barthelemy | 78.6
| | Bahrain | 75.2 | Indonesia | 70.8 | Saint Helena | 78.4
| | Bangladesh | 60.2 | Iran | 71.1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 73.2
| | Barbados | 73.9 | Iraq | 69.9 | Saint Lucia | 76.5
| | Belarus | 70.6 | Ireland | 78.2 | Saint Martin | 78.6
| | Belgium | 79.2 | Isle of Man | 78.8 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 79.1
| | Belize | 68.2 | Israel | 80.7 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.7
| | Benin | 59 | Italy | 80.2 | Samoa | 71.9
| | Bermuda | 80.4 | Jamaica | 73.5 | San Marino | 82
| | Bhutan | 66.1 | Japan | 82.1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68.3
| | Bolivia | 66.9 | Jersey | 79.8 | Saudi Arabia | 76.3
| | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78.5 | Jordan | 78.9 | Senegal | 59
| | Botswana | 61.9 | Kazakhstan | 67.9 | Serbia | 73.9
| | Brazil | 72 | Kenya | 57.9 | Seychelles | 73
| | Brunei | 75.7 | Kiribati | 63.2 | Sierra Leone | 41.2
| | Bulgaria | 73.1 | Kosovo | 69.6 | Singapore | 82
| | Burkina Faso | 53 | Kuwait | 77.7 | Slovakia | 75.4
| | Burma | 63.4 | Kyrgyzstan | 69.4 | Slovenia | 76.9
| | Burundi | 52.1 | Laos | 56.7 | Solomon Islands | 73.7
| | Cambodia | 62.1 | Latvia | 72.2 | Somalia | 49.6
| | Cameroon | 53.7 | Lebanon | 73.7 | South Africa | 49
| | Canada | 81.2 | Lesotho | 40.4 | Korea, South | 78.7
| | Cape Verde | 71.6 | Liberia | 41.8 | Spain | 80
| | Cayman Islands | 80.4 | Libya | 77.3 | Sri Lanka | 75.1
| | Central African Republic | 44.5 | Liechtenstein | 80.1 | Sudan | 51.4
| | Chad | 47.7 | Lithuania | 74.9 | Suriname | 73.7
| | Chile | 77.3 | Luxembourg | 79.3 | Swaziland | 31.9
| | China | 73.5 | Macau | 84.4 | Sweden | 80.9
| | Colombia | 72.8 | Macedonia | 74.7 | Switzerland | 80.8
| | Comoros | 63.5 | Madagascar | 62.9 | Syria | 71.2
| | Congo (Brazzaville) | 54.1 | Malawi | 43.8 | Taiwan | 78
| | Congo (Kinshasa) | 54.4 | Malaysia | 73.3 | Tajikistan | 65.3
| | Cook Islands | 74.2 | Maldives | 74 | Tanzania | 52
| | Costa Rica | 77.6 | Mali | 50.4 | Thailand | 73.1
| | Cote d'Ivoire | 55.5 | Malta | 79.4 | Timor-Leste | 67.3
| | Croatia | 75.3 | Marshall Islands | 71.2 | Togo | 58.7
| | Cuba | 77.5 | Mauritania | 60.4 | Tonga | 70.7
| | Cyprus | 78.3 | Mauritius | 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.9
| | Czech Republic | 76.8 | Mayotte | 62.9 | Tunisia | 75.8
| | Denmark | 78.3 | Mexico | 76.1 | Turkey | 72
| | Djibouti | 43.4 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 70.9 | Turkmenistan | 67.9
| | Dominica | 75.5 | Moldova | 70.8 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 75.4
| | Dominican Republic | 73.7 | Monaco | 80.1 | Tuvalu | 69.3
| | Ecuador | 75.3 | Mongolia | 67.7 | Uganda | 52.7
| | Egypt | 72.1 | Montenegro | 77.4 | Ukraine | 68.2
| | El Salvador | 72.3 | Montserrat | 72.8 | United Arab Emirates | 76.1
| | Equatorial Guinea | 61.6 | Morocco | 71.8 | United Kingdom | 79
| | Eritrea | 61.8 | Mozambique | 41.2 | United States | 78.1
| | Estonia | 72.8 | Namibia | 51.2 | Uruguay | 76.3
| | Ethiopia | 55.4 | Nauru | 64.2 | Uzbekistan | 72
| | Faroe Islands | 79.4 | Nepal | 65.5 | Vanuatu | 64
| | Fiji | 70.7 | Netherlands | 79.4 | Venezuela | 73.6
| | Finland | 79 | Netherlands Antilles | 76.7 | Vietnam | 71.6
| | France | 81 | New Caledonia | 75 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 79
| | French Polynesia | 76.7 | New Zealand | 80.4 | Virgin Islands, British | 77.3
| | Gabon | 53.1 | Nicaragua | 71.5 | Wallis and Futuna | 78.2
| | Gambia, The | 55.4 | Niger | 52.6 | West Bank | 74.5
| | Gaza Strip | 73.4 | Nigeria | 46.9 | Western Sahara | 54.3
| | Georgia | 76.7 | Korea, North | 63.8 | World | 66.6
| | Germany | 79.3 | Northern Mariana Islands | 76.7 | Yemen | 63.3
| | Ghana | 59.9 | Norway | 80 | Zambia | 38.6
| | Gibraltar | 80.2 | Oman | 74.2 | Zimbabwe | 45.8
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International
Database.
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