Average Life Expectancy

The average life expectancy is one of the most searched over the internet. Everyone wants to live long. On this article we are going to look at the average life expectancy or Average lifespan of a human being.

What is the Average Life Expectancy?

Life expectancy is the average number of years a person born in a given country or region is expected to live.

The life expectancy for male is different from those of female.

A study that has been carried out pertaining to the Average Life Expectancy between different countries shows that the lifespan varies from country to country or from one geographical location to another. The average life expectancy globally stands at 67.2 years. This tends to change from time to time.

How long will I live?

This is a question that most people ask. How long will I live? Everyone in the world wants to live long. That’s why you always find people searching for ways they can live long. Whether you are searching for gender-specific information or geographical information of the average life expectancy this article will make every effort to explain.

Life Expectancy Chart

Below is a life expectancy chart

Country	Years
United States	78-80
Canada	80+
Australia	80+
China	70-77
United Kingdom	80+
India	68-73
Africa (Combined)	40-70
South America (Combined)	65-73
Russia	65-68

Life Span by Gender

The life expectancy by gender varies greatly. The gap between male and female has reduced over the years. Currently the gap between male and female is about 5.9 years.

List by the World Health Organization (2015)

Country	Female life expectancy	Male life expectancy
Japan	86.8	80.5
Switzerland	85.3	81.3
Singapore	86.1	80.0
Australia	84.8	80.9
Spain	85.5	80.1
Iceland	84.1	81.2
Italy	84.8	80.5
Israel	84.3	80.6
Sweden	84.0	80.7
France	85.4	79.4
South Korea	85.5	78.8
Canada	84.1	80.2
Luxembourg	84.0	79.8
Netherlands	83.6	80.0
Norway	83.7	79.8
Malta	83.7	79.7
New Zealand	83.3	80.0
Austria	83.9	79.0
Ireland	83.4	79.4
United Kingdom	83.0	79.4
Belgium	83.5	78.6
Finland	83.8	78.3
Portugal	83.9	78.2
Germany	83.4	78.7
Greece	83.6	78.3
Slovenia	83.7	77.9
Denmark	82.5	78.6
Cyprus	82.7	78.3
Chile	83.4	77.4
Costa Rica	82.2	77.1
United States	81.6	76.9
Cuba	81.4	76.9
Czech Republic	81.7	75.9
Maldives	80.2	76.9
Qatar	80.0	77.4
Croatia	81.2	74.7
Albania	80.7	75.1
Panama	81.1	74.7
Brunei	79.2	76.3
Estonia	82.0	72.7
Poland	81.3	73.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	79.7	75.0
United Arab Emirates	78.6	76.4
Uruguay	80.4	73.3
Bahrain	77.9	76.2
Mexico	79.5	73.9
Slovakia	80.2	72.9
Oman	79.2	75.0
Antigua and Barbuda	78.6	74.1
Argentina	79.9	72.7
Jamaica	78.6	73.9
Ecuador	79.0	73.5
China	77.6	74.6
Montenegro	78.1	74.1
Bahamas	79.1	72.9
Vietnam	80.7	71.3
Hungary	79.1	72.3
Turkey	78.9	72.6
Macedonia	77.8	73.5
Algeria	77.5	73.8
Serbia	78.4	72.9
Iran	76.6	74.5
Peru	78.0	73.1
Barbados	77.9	73.1
Tunisia	77.8	73.0
Saint Lucia	77.9	72.6
Malaysia	77.3	72.7
Romania	78.8	71.4
Brazil	78.7	71.4
Lebanon	76.5	73.5
Thailand	78.0	71.9
Sri Lanka	78.3	71.6
Armenia	77.7	71.6
Nicaragua	77.9	71.5
Colombia	78.4	71.2
Kuwait	76.0	73.7
Honduras	77.0	72.3
Mauritius	77.8	71.4
Latvia	79.2	69.6
Saudi Arabia	76.0	73.2
Bulgaria	78.0	71.1
Georgia	78.3	70.3
Morocco	75.4	73.3
Jordan	75.9	72.5
Venezuela	78.5	70.0
Paraguay	76.0	72.2
Samoa	77.5	70.9
Dominican Republic	77.1	70.9
Grenada	76.1	71.2
Lithuania	79.1	68.1
Tonga	76.4	70.6
El Salvador	77.9	68.8
Cape Verde	75.0	71.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	75.2	71.3
Seychelles	78.0	69.1
Libya	75.6	70.1
Azerbaijan	75.8	69.6
Belarus	78.0	66.5
Moldova	76.2	67.9
Vanuatu	74.0	70.1
Guatemala	75.2	68.5
Bangladesh	73.1	70.6
Suriname	74.7	68.6
Ukraine	76.1	66.3
Trinidad and Tobago	74.8	67.9
Kyrgyzstan	75.1	67.2
Egypt	73.2	68.8
Bolivia	73.3	68.2
DPR Korea	74.0	67.0
Russian Federation	76.3	64.7
Kazakhstan	74.7	65.7
Belize	73.1	67.5
Fiji	73.1	67.0
Bhutan	70.1	69.5
Tajikistan	73.6	66.6
Micronesia	70.6	68.1
Uzbekistan	72.7	66.1
Solomon Islands	70.8	67.9
Nepal	70.8	67.7
Indonesia	71.2	67.1
Iraq	71.8	66.2
Mongolia	73.2	64.7
Cambodia	70.7	66.6
Philippines	72.0	65.3
India	69.9	66.9
Timor-Leste	70.1	66.6
Sao Tome and Principe	69.4	65.6
Senegal	68.6	64.6
Myanmar	68.5	64.6
Pakistan	67.5	65.5
Kiribati	68.8	63.7
Turkmenistan	70.5	62.2
Guyana	68.5	63.9
Rwanda	71.1	60.9
Gabon	67.2	64.7
Namibia	68.3	63.1
Yemen	67.2	64.3
Laos	67.2	64.1
Botswana	68.1	63.3
Madagascar	67.0	63.9
Ethiopia	66.8	62.8
Congo	66.3	63.2
Eritrea	67.0	62.4
Syria	69.9	59.9
Sudan	65.9	62.4
Comoros	65.2	61.9
Djibouti	65.3	61.8
Haiti	65.5	61.5
Kenya	65.8	61.1
Mauritania	64.6	61.6
Papua New Guinea	65.4	60.6
South Africa	66.2	59.3
Ghana	63.9	61.0
Uganda	64.3	60.3
Niger	62.8	60.9
Tanzania	63.8	59.9
Zambia	64.7	59.0
Liberia	62.9	59.8
Gambia	62.5	59.8
Zimbabwe	62.3	59.0
Afghanistan	61.9	59.3
Benin	61.1	58.8
Burkina Faso	60.5	59.1
Togo	61.1	58.6
DR Congo	61.5	58.3
Burundi	61.6	57.7
Guinea	59.8	58.2
Guinea-Bissau	60.5	57.2
Swaziland	61.1	56.6
Malawi	59.9	56.7
Mali	58.3	58.2
Equatorial Guinea	60.0	56.6
Mozambique	59.4	55.7
South Sudan	58.6	56.1
Cameroon	58.6	55.9
Somalia	56.6	53.5
Nigeria	55.6	53.4
Lesotho	55.4	51.7
Cote d’Ivoire	54.4	52.3
Chad	54.5	51.7
Central African Republic	54.1	50.9
Angola	54.0	50.9
Sierra Leone	50.8	49.3