Comparison of male and female life expectancy at birth for countries and territories as defined in the 2011 CIA Factbook Comparison of male and female life expectancy at birth for countries and territories as defined in the 2011 CIA Factbook, with selected bubbles labelled, by CMG Lee. Hover over a bubble to highlight it and show its data. The dotted line corresponds to equal female and male life expectancy. The apparent 3D volumes of the bubbles are linearly proportional to their populations, i.e. their radii are linearly proportional to the cube root of the populations. Data is from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2102.html and https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2119.html . WORLD EUROPEAN UNION China India United States Nigeria Russia Japan South Africa Ukraine Afghanistan Angola Zimbabwe Belarus Namibia Botswana Swaziland Macau Monaco Montserrat Male life expectancy at birth in years Female life expectancy at birth in years 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 North America North America Central America Central America South America South America Europe Europe Africa Africa Middle East Middle East Central Asia Central Asia South Asia South Asia East/Southeast Asia East/Southeast Asia Australia/Oceania Australia/Oceania Other Other WORLD (population:6 928 198 253) female:69.05, male:65.21, average:67.07 EUROPEAN UNION (population:492 387 344) female:82.13, male:75.7, average:78.82 China (population:1 336 718 015) female:76.94, male:72.68, average:74.68 India (population:1 189 172 906) female:67.95, male:65.77, average:66.8 United States (population:313 232 044) female:80.93, male:75.92, average:78.37 Indonesia Indonesia (population:245 613 043) female:73.99, male:68.8, average:71.33 Brazil Brazil (population:203 429 773) female:76.27, male:68.97, average:72.53 Pakistan Pakistan (population:187 342 721) female:67.9, male:64.18, average:65.99 Bangladesh Bangladesh (population:158 570 535) female:71.65, male:67.93, average:69.75 Nigeria (population:155 215 573) female:48.41, male:46.76, average:47.56 Russia (population:138 739 892) female:73.17, male:59.8, average:66.29 Japan (population:126 475 664) female:85.72, male:78.96, average:82.25 Mexico Mexico (population:113 724 226) female:79.43, male:73.65, average:76.47 Philippines Philippines (population:101 833 938) female:74.74, male:68.72, average:71.66 Ethiopia Ethiopia (population:90 873 739) female:58.81, male:53.64, average:56.19 Vietnam Vietnam (population:90 549 390) female:74.92, male:69.72, average:72.18 Egypt Egypt (population:82 079 636) female:75.38, male:70.07, average:72.66 Germany Germany (population:81 471 834) female:82.44, male:77.82, average:80.07 Turkey Turkey (population:78 785 548) female:74.49, male:70.61, average:72.5 Iran Iran (population:77 891 220) female:71.61, male:68.58, average:70.06 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the (population:71 712 867) female:56.8, male:53.9, average:55.33 Thailand Thailand (population:66 720 153) female:76.08, male:71.24, average:73.6 France France (population:65 312 249) female:84.54, male:78.02, average:81.19 United Kingdom United Kingdom (population:62 698 362) female:82.25, male:77.95, average:80.05 Italy Italy (population:61 016 804) female:84.53, male:79.16, average:81.77 Burma Burma (population:53 999 804) female:67.33, male:62.57, average:64.88 South Africa (population:49 004 031) female:48.39, male:50.24, average:49.33 Korea, South Korea, South (population:48 754 657) female:82.49, male:75.84, average:79.05 Spain Spain (population:46 754 784) female:84.37, male:78.16, average:81.17 Ukraine (population:45 134 707) female:74.75, male:62.79, average:68.58 Sudan Sudan (population:45 047 502) female:56.71, male:54.18, average:55.42 Colombia Colombia (population:44 725 543) female:78.03, male:71.27, average:74.55 Tanzania Tanzania (population:42 746 620) female:54.42, male:51.34, average:52.85 Argentina Argentina (population:41 769 726) female:80.36, male:73.71, average:76.95 Kenya Kenya (population:41 070 934) female:60.07, male:58.91, average:59.48 Poland Poland (population:38 441 588) female:80.25, male:72.1, average:76.05 Algeria Algeria (population:34 994 937) female:76.31, male:72.78, average:74.5 Uganda Uganda (population:34 612 250) female:54.33, male:52.17, average:53.24 Canada Canada (population:34 030 589) female:84.1, male:78.81, average:81.38 Morocco Morocco (population:31 968 361) female:79.11, male:72.84, average:75.9 Iraq Iraq (population:30 399 572) female:72.02, male:69.15, average:70.55 Afghanistan (population:29 835 392) female:45.25, male:44.79, average:45.02 Nepal Nepal (population:29 391 883) female:67.44, male:64.94, average:66.16 Peru Peru (population:29 248 943) female:74.48, male:70.55, average:72.47 Malaysia Malaysia (population:28 728 607) female:76.73, male:71.05, average:73.79 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (population:28 128 600) female:75.71, male:69.48, average:72.51 Venezuela Venezuela (population:27 635 743) female:77.17, male:70.84, average:73.93 Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (population:26 131 703) female:76.16, male:72.15, average:74.11 Ghana Ghana (population:24 791 073) female:62.25, male:59.78, average:61 Korea, North Korea, North (population:24 457 492) female:72.93, male:65.03, average:68.89 Yemen Yemen (population:24 133 492) female:65.87, male:61.7, average:63.74 Taiwan Taiwan (population:23 071 779) female:81.36, male:75.5, average:78.32 Mozambique Mozambique (population:22 948 858) female:52.57, male:51.01, average:51.78 Syria Syria (population:22 517 750) female:77.21, male:72.31, average:74.69 Madagascar Madagascar (population:21 926 221) female:65.7, male:61.62, average:63.63 Romania Romania (population:21 904 551) female:77.66, male:70.5, average:73.98 Australia Australia (population:21 766 711) female:84.35, male:79.4, average:81.81 Cote d'Ivoire Cote d'Ivoire (population:21 504 162) female:57.81, male:55.79, average:56.78 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (population:21 283 913) female:79.38, male:72.21, average:75.73 Cameroon Cameroon (population:19 711 291) female:55.28, male:53.52, average:54.39 Chile Chile (population:16 888 760) female:81.13, male:74.44, average:77.7 Netherlands Netherlands (population:16 847 007) female:82.44, male:77.06, average:79.68 Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (population:16 751 455) female:55.71, male:51.75, average:53.7 Niger Niger (population:16 468 886) female:54.7, male:52.13, average:53.4 Malawi Malawi (population:15 879 252) female:52.48, male:50.93, average:51.7 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan (population:15 522 373) female:74.08, male:63.24, average:68.51 Ecuador Ecuador (population:15 007 343) female:78.82, male:72.79, average:75.73 Cambodia Cambodia (population:14 701 717) female:65.13, male:60.31, average:62.67 Mali Mali (population:14 159 904) female:54.26, male:51.01, average:52.61 Zambia Zambia (population:13 881 336) female:53.63, male:51.13, average:52.36 Guatemala Guatemala (population:13 824 463) female:72.83, male:69.03, average:70.88 Angola (population:13 338 541) female:39.83, male:37.74, average:38.76 Senegal Senegal (population:12 643 799) female:61.77, male:57.85, average:59.78 Zimbabwe (population:12 084 304) female:49.34, male:49.93, average:49.64 Rwanda Rwanda (population:11 370 425) female:59.52, male:56.57, average:58.02 Cuba Cuba (population:11 087 330) female:80.08, male:75.46, average:77.7 Portugal Portugal (population:10 760 305) female:82.01, male:75.28, average:78.54 Greece Greece (population:10 760 136) female:82.65, male:77.36, average:79.92 Chad Chad (population:10 758 945) female:49.43, male:47.28, average:48.33 Tunisia Tunisia (population:10 629 186) female:77.17, male:73, average:75.01 Guinea Guinea (population:10 601 009) female:59.64, male:56.63, average:58.11 Belgium Belgium (population:10 431 477) female:82.81, male:76.35, average:79.51 Burundi Burundi (population:10 216 190) female:60.52, male:57.09, average:58.78 Czech Republic Czech Republic (population:10 190 213) female:80.66, male:73.93, average:77.19 Bolivia Bolivia (population:10 118 683) female:70.42, male:64.84, average:67.57 Hungary Hungary (population:9 976 062) female:78.76, male:71.04, average:74.79 Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (population:9 956 648) female:79.55, male:75.16, average:77.31 Somalia Somalia (population:9 925 640) female:52.37, male:48.49, average:50.4 Haiti Haiti (population:9 719 932) female:63.53, male:60.84, average:62.17 Belarus (population:9 577 552) female:77.18, male:65.57, average:71.2 Benin Benin (population:9 325 032) female:61.14, male:58.61, average:59.84 Sweden Sweden (population:9 088 728) female:83.51, male:78.78, average:81.07 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (population:8 372 373) female:72.01, male:63.2, average:67.36 Austria Austria (population:8 217 280) female:82.84, male:76.87, average:79.78 Honduras Honduras (population:8 143 564) female:72.37, male:68.93, average:70.61 Switzerland Switzerland (population:7 639 961) female:84.05, male:78.24, average:81.07 Tajikistan Tajikistan (population:7 627 200) female:69.25, male:62.97, average:66.03 Israel Israel (population:7 473 052) female:83.24, male:78.79, average:80.96 Serbia Serbia (population:7 310 555) female:77.34, male:71.49, average:74.32 Hong Kong Hong Kong (population:7 122 508) female:84.97, male:79.32, average:82.04 Bulgaria Bulgaria (population:7 093 635) female:77.41, male:69.99, average:73.59 Togo Togo (population:6 771 993) female:65.3, male:60.19, average:62.71 Libya Libya (population:6 597 960) female:80.08, male:75.34, average:77.65 Jordan Jordan (population:6 508 271) female:81.45, male:78.73, average:80.05 Laos Laos (population:6 477 211) female:64.36, male:60.5, average:62.39 Paraguay Paraguay (population:6 459 058) female:78.93, male:73.59, average:76.19 Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (population:6 187 591) female:68.56, male:64.02, average:66.24 El Salvador El Salvador (population:6 071 774) female:76.87, male:70.16, average:73.44 Eritrea Eritrea (population:5 939 484) female:64.69, male:60.4, average:62.52 Nicaragua Nicaragua (population:5 666 301) female:74.09, male:69.82, average:71.9 Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan (population:5 587 443) female:74.24, male:66.04, average:70.04 Denmark Denmark (population:5 529 888) female:81.14, male:76.25, average:78.63 Slovakia Slovakia (population:5 477 038) female:79.93, male:71.92, average:75.83 Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (population:5 363 669) female:58.65, male:53.69, average:56.13 Finland Finland (population:5 259 250) female:82.89, male:75.79, average:79.27 United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates (population:5 148 664) female:79.22, male:73.94, average:76.51 Turkmenistan Turkmenistan (population:4 997 503) female:71.63, male:65.57, average:68.52 Central African Republic Central African Republic (population:4 950 027) female:51.35, male:48.84, average:50.07 Singapore Singapore (population:4 740 737) female:84.96, male:79.53, average:82.14 Norway Norway (population:4 691 849) female:83.02, male:77.53, average:80.2 Ireland Ireland (population:4 670 976) female:82.55, male:77.96, average:80.19 Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (population:4 622 163) female:82.63, male:75.25, average:78.81 Georgia Georgia (population:4 585 874) female:80.82, male:73.8, average:77.12 Costa Rica Costa Rica (population:4 576 562) female:80.46, male:75.1, average:77.72 Croatia Croatia (population:4 483 804) female:79.6, male:72.17, average:75.79 Moldova Moldova (population:4 314 377) female:75.28, male:67.68, average:71.37 New Zealand New Zealand (population:4 290 347) female:82.67, male:78.61, average:80.59 Congo, Republic of the Congo, Republic of the (population:4 243 929) female:56.25, male:53.62, average:54.91 Lebanon Lebanon (population:4 143 101) female:76.62, male:73.48, average:75.01 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (population:3 989 133) female:82.71, male:75.31, average:78.92 Liberia Liberia (population:3 786 764) female:58.6, male:55.44, average:57 Lithuania Lithuania (population:3 535 547) female:80.48, male:70.48, average:75.34 Panama Panama (population:3 460 462) female:80.68, male:75.02, average:77.79 Uruguay Uruguay (population:3 308 535) female:79.46, male:73.07, average:76.21 Mauritania Mauritania (population:3 281 634) female:63.41, male:58.94, average:61.14 Mongolia Mongolia (population:3 133 318) female:70.89, male:65.85, average:68.31 Oman Oman (population:3 027 959) female:76.16, male:72.38, average:74.22 Albania Albania (population:2 994 667) female:80.3, male:74.82, average:77.41 Armenia Armenia (population:2 967 975) female:77.31, male:69.59, average:73.23 Jamaica Jamaica (population:2 868 380) female:75.19, male:71.79, average:73.45 Kuwait Kuwait (population:2 595 628) female:78.3, male:75.95, average:77.09 West Bank West Bank (population:2 568 555) female:77.17, male:72.97, average:75.01 Latvia Latvia (population:2 204 708) female:78.07, male:67.56, average:72.68 Namibia (population:2 147 585) female:51.89, male:52.48, average:52.19 Macedonia Macedonia (population:2 077 328) female:77.87, male:72.61, average:75.14 Botswana (population:2 065 398) female:57.3, male:58.78, average:58.05 Slovenia Slovenia (population:2 000 092) female:81.2, male:73.64, average:77.3 Lesotho Lesotho (population:1 924 886) female:51.76, male:51.51, average:51.63 Gambia, The Gambia, The (population:1 797 860) female:65.86, male:61.23, average:63.51 Gaza Strip Gaza Strip (population:1 657 155) female:75.68, male:72.27, average:73.92 Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau (population:1 596 677) female:50.67, male:46.8, average:48.7 Gabon Gabon (population:1 576 665) female:53.22, male:51.78, average:52.49 Swaziland (population:1 370 424) female:48.39, male:48.93, average:48.66 Mauritius Mauritius (population:1 303 717) female:78.12, male:71.01, average:74.48 Estonia Estonia (population:1 282 963) female:78.97, male:68.02, average:73.33 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (population:1 227 505) female:74.3, male:68.51, average:71.37 Bahrain Bahrain (population:1 214 705) female:80.33, male:76.03, average:78.15 Timor-Leste Timor-Leste (population:1 177 834) female:70.47, male:65.54, average:67.95 Cyprus Cyprus (population:1 120 489) female:80.74, male:75.04, average:77.82 Fiji Fiji (population:883 125) female:74.03, male:68.73, average:71.31 Qatar Qatar (population:848 016) female:77.53, male:73.96, average:75.7 Comoros Comoros (population:794 683) female:66.72, male:61.76, average:64.2 Djibouti Djibouti (population:757 074) female:63.66, male:58.69, average:61.14 Guyana Guyana (population:744 768) female:71.07, male:63.27, average:67.08 Bhutan Bhutan (population:708 427) female:68.19, male:66.46, average:67.3 Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea (population:668 225) female:63.36, male:61.4, average:62.37 Macau (population:573 003) female:87.52, male:81.45, average:84.41 Solomon Islands Solomon Islands (population:571 890) female:76.89, male:71.6, average:74.18 Cape Verde Cape Verde (population:516 100) female:72.96, male:68.51, average:70.7 Western Sahara Western Sahara (population:507 160) female:63.41, male:58.94, average:61.13 Luxembourg Luxembourg (population:503 302) female:83.08, male:76.36, average:79.61 Suriname Suriname (population:491 989) female:77.16, male:71.47, average:74.22 Malta Malta (population:408 333) female:82.12, male:77.45, average:79.72 Brunei Brunei (population:401 890) female:78.53, male:73.91, average:76.17 Maldives Maldives (population:394 999) female:76.8, male:72.22, average:74.45 Belize Belize (population:321 115) female:70.02, male:66.53, average:68.23 Bahamas, The Bahamas, The (population:313 312) female:73.63, male:68.8, average:71.18 Iceland Iceland (population:311 058) female:83.17, male:78.72, average:80.9 French Polynesia French Polynesia (population:294 935) female:79.7, male:74.62, average:77.1 Barbados Barbados (population:286 705) female:76.64, male:72.07, average:74.34 New Caledonia New Caledonia (population:256 275) female:81.03, male:72.67, average:76.75 Vanuatu Vanuatu (population:224 564) female:66.44, male:63.04, average:64.7 Samoa Samoa (population:193 161) female:75.39, male:69.55, average:72.4 Guam Guam (population:183 286) female:81.57, male:75.3, average:78.34 Sao Tome and Principe Sao Tome and Principe (population:179 506) female:64.33, male:61.93, average:63.11 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia (population:161 557) female:79.68, male:74.15, average:76.84 Curacao Curacao (population:142 180) female:80.1, male:72.4, average:NA Virgin Islands Virgin Islands (population:109 666) female:82.55, male:76.29, average:79.33 Grenada Grenada (population:108 419) female:75.82, male:70.51, average:73.04 Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia, Federated States of (population:106 836) female:73.55, male:69.58, average:71.52 Aruba Aruba (population:106 113) female:78.82, male:72.68, average:75.72 Tonga Tonga (population:105 916) female:76.58, male:73.79, average:75.16 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (population:103 869) female:76.09, male:72.26, average:74.15 Kiribati Kiribati (population:100 743) female:66.88, male:62.03, average:64.39 Jersey Jersey (population:94 161) female:83.94, male:78.96, average:81.38 Seychelles Seychelles (population:89 188) female:78.32, male:68.87, average:73.52 Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda (population:87 884) female:77.59, male:73.47, average:75.48 Andorra Andorra (population:84 825) female:84.64, male:80.35, average:82.43 Isle of Man Isle of Man (population:84 655) female:82.32, male:79.09, average:80.64 Dominica Dominica (population:72 969) female:79.08, male:73.03, average:75.98 Bermuda Bermuda (population:68 679) female:83.99, male:77.49, average:80.71 American Samoa American Samoa (population:67 242) female:77.32, male:71.27, average:74.21 Marshall Islands Marshall Islands (population:67 182) female:73.95, male:69.67, average:71.76 Guernsey Guernsey (population:65 068) female:84.95, male:79.5, average:82.16 Greenland Greenland (population:57 670) female:73.74, male:68.33, average:70.96 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands (population:51 384) female:83.39, male:78.02, average:80.68 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis (population:50 314) female:77.01, male:72.25, average:74.6 Faroe Islands Faroe Islands (population:49 267) female:82.35, male:77.25, average:79.72 Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (population:46 050) female:79.87, male:74.45, average:77.08 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks and Caicos Islands (population:44 819) female:81.97, male:76.39, average:79.11 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten (population:37 429) female:78.2, male:73.1, average:NA Liechtenstein Liechtenstein (population:35 236) female:83.77, male:76.86, average:80.31 San Marino San Marino (population:31 817) female:85.74, male:80.5, average:83.01 Monaco (population:30 539) female:93.84, male:85.77, average:89.73 Gibraltar Gibraltar (population:28 956) female:81.72, male:75.84, average:78.68 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands (population:25 383) female:78.99, male:76.32, average:77.63 Palau Palau (population:20 956) female:75.12, male:68.63, average:71.78 Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna (population:15 398) female:82.11, male:76, average:78.98 Anguilla Anguilla (population:15 094) female:83.51, male:78.32, average:80.87 Cook Islands Cook Islands (population:11 124) female:77.62, male:71.91, average:74.7 Tuvalu Tuvalu (population:10 544) female:66.9, male:62.7, average:64.75 Nauru Nauru (population:9 322) female:68.75, male:61.27, average:65.35 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha (population:7 700) female:81.83, male:75.83, average:78.76 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Pierre and Miquelon (population:5 888) female:82.26, male:77.61, average:79.87 Montserrat (population:5 140) female:71.24, male:74.99, average:73.16