List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy

This is a list of countries in the Americas ranked by life expectancy. Life expectancy tells us, on average, how long people in a country might live. It helps us understand the health and well-being of people living in different places. By looking at this list, we can see which countries in North and South America have the longest and shortest average lifetimes. This information can also show how factors like healthcare, diet, and living conditions affect how long people live.

United Nations (2023)

This section shows estimates of life expectancy from the United Nations for the year 2023. It includes data for different ages and how life expectancy has changed from 2019 to 2023.

Countries and territories	Life expectancy for population in general							Life expectancy for male				Life expectancy for female				Sex gap				Population (thous.)
Countries and territories	at birth	bonus 0→15	at 15	bonus 15→65	at 65	bonus 65→80	at 80	at birth	at 15	at 65	at 80	at birth	at 15	at 65	at 80	at birth	at 15	at 65	at 80	Population (thous.)
Saint Barthélemy	84.29	0.58	69.87	1.84	21.71	3.70	10.41	81.46	67.08	19.35	8.74	86.81	72.36	23.71	11.53	5.35	5.28	4.37	2.79	11
Canada	82.63	0.46	68.09	3.39	21.48	3.84	10.32	80.43	65.92	20.03	9.36	84.83	70.25	22.81	11.08	4.40	4.33	2.77	1.72	39299
Martinique	82.56	0.84	68.41	3.07	21.47	4.07	10.54	79.25	65.14	19.30	9.44	85.62	71.41	23.43	11.36	6.36	6.28	4.14	1.92	346
Bermuda	82.31	0.26	67.56	3.25	20.81	4.01	9.82	78.86	64.18	18.01	8.02	85.74	70.92	23.36	11.12	6.89	6.73	5.36	3.10	65
Guadeloupe	82.05	0.80	67.85	4.10	21.95	4.17	11.11	78.13	64.05	19.50	9.28	85.53	71.18	23.97	12.36	7.40	7.13	4.47	3.08	377
Puerto Rico	81.69	0.55	67.24	3.63	20.88	4.63	10.51	78.03	63.59	18.61	9.24	85.24	70.79	22.92	11.52	7.21	7.19	4.31	2.27	3242
Chile	81.17	0.52	66.68	3.91	20.59	4.52	10.11	79.24	64.79	19.59	9.66	83.08	68.56	21.49	10.46	3.84	3.77	1.89	0.81	19659
Costa Rica	80.80	0.73	66.53	4.21	20.74	4.07	9.81	78.13	63.89	19.21	8.75	83.42	69.11	22.09	10.60	5.29	5.23	2.88	1.84	5106
Cayman Islands	80.36	0.22	65.58	5.05	20.64	4.19	9.82	77.98	63.18	18.76	8.69	82.87	68.11	22.51	10.79	4.89	4.93	3.75	2.11	73
Saint Martin	80.22	0.88	66.11	2.73	18.84	4.76	8.61	76.77	62.75	16.23	6.95	83.84	69.60	21.50	10.02	7.07	6.84	5.27	3.07	28
Panama	79.59	1.49	66.09	4.49	20.58	4.49	10.06	76.65	63.23	18.64	8.89	82.56	68.95	22.35	10.94	5.90	5.72	3.71	2.05	4459
Anguilla	79.31	0.54	64.85	3.48	18.33	4.98	8.30	76.03	61.70	16.09	7.04	82.66	68.04	20.46	9.18	6.64	6.35	4.38	2.14	14
USA	79.30	0.57	64.88	5.12	20.00	4.61	9.61	76.86	62.47	18.67	8.87	81.85	67.38	21.22	10.17	4.99	4.91	2.55	1.30	343477
Falkland Islands	79.21	0.96	65.17	2.98	18.16	4.84	8.00	77.15	63.09	16.45	7.07	81.24	67.22	19.68	8.84	4.09	4.12	3.23	1.77	3
Uruguay	78.14	0.61	63.75	5.19	18.94	5.90	9.84	74.19	59.82	16.02	7.72	81.92	67.51	21.31	11.06	7.73	7.69	5.29	3.34	3388
Cuba	78.08	0.57	63.66	4.57	18.23	5.90	9.13	75.67	61.30	16.74	8.41	80.52	66.02	19.60	9.70	4.85	4.71	2.87	1.29	11020
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.01	0.56	63.56	4.12	17.68	5.21	7.89	75.83	61.41	16.11	7.10	80.30	65.81	19.20	8.55	4.47	4.40	3.09	1.46	46
Peru	77.74	1.38	64.11	5.42	19.54	5.19	9.73	75.41	61.88	18.12	8.60	80.12	66.40	20.90	10.72	4.71	4.52	2.78	2.12	33846
Colombia	77.72	1.13	63.85	4.53	18.38	4.43	7.80	74.95	61.15	16.86	6.79	80.45	66.49	19.70	8.53	5.50	5.34	2.84	1.75	52321
Antigua and Barbuda	77.60	0.86	63.46	4.94	18.41	5.37	8.78	74.55	60.42	16.01	7.02	80.29	66.14	20.33	9.88	5.75	5.71	4.32	2.86	93
Caribbean Netherlands	77.44	1.13	63.56	3.43	17.00	5.45	7.45	75.23	61.41	15.37	6.49	80.16	66.24	18.96	8.39	4.93	4.83	3.58	1.90	30
Argentina	77.39	0.93	63.32	4.79	18.11	5.65	8.76	74.81	60.76	16.20	7.66	79.88	65.77	19.72	9.44	5.07	5.01	3.51	1.78	45538
Ecuador	77.39	1.12	63.51	5.24	18.75	4.58	8.34	74.66	60.86	17.25	7.32	80.14	66.17	20.10	9.09	5.47	5.32	2.86	1.77	17980
British Virgin Islands	77.28	1.10	63.37	3.35	16.73	5.49	7.22	74.53	60.78	15.07	6.42	80.05	65.96	18.31	7.80	5.52	5.18	3.23	1.38	39
French Guiana	76.98	0.90	62.88	3.83	16.70	5.30	7.01	74.13	60.22	15.11	6.18	79.99	65.67	18.40	7.73	5.86	5.45	3.29	1.55	303
Curaçao	76.80	0.97	62.77	4.08	16.86	5.70	7.56	72.46	58.58	13.90	5.78	80.82	66.61	19.23	8.55	8.37	8.03	5.33	2.77	185
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	76.76	0.87	62.62	4.18	16.81	5.75	7.56	72.75	58.81	14.52	6.37	81.52	67.16	19.26	8.33	8.76	8.35	4.74	1.96	6
Sint Maarten	76.37	1.31	62.68	3.73	16.41	5.74	7.14	73.70	60.16	14.67	6.15	79.53	65.67	18.54	8.14	5.83	5.51	3.87	1.98	43
Aruba	76.35	1.26	62.61	3.79	16.40	4.78	6.17	73.70	60.02	14.81	5.20	78.78	64.97	17.71	6.78	5.08	4.95	2.90	1.58	108
Montserrat	76.19	0.65	61.84	4.01	15.85	6.04	6.88	74.11	59.76	14.44	6.02	78.81	64.47	17.68	7.61	4.70	4.71	3.24	1.60	4
Barbados	76.18	0.90	62.08	4.57	16.65	5.11	6.76	73.63	59.59	15.01	5.72	78.61	64.45	18.09	7.51	4.98	4.85	3.09	1.79	282
Brazil	75.85	1.17	62.02	5.77	17.79	4.97	7.77	72.76	59.01	16.39	7.13	78.98	65.06	19.03	8.23	6.22	6.05	2.64	1.10	211141
US Virgin Islands	75.47	0.70	61.17	4.96	16.13	6.07	7.20	70.51	56.34	13.16	5.53	81.35	66.88	19.43	8.68	10.84	10.55	6.27	3.15	86
Grenada	75.20	1.41	61.62	5.86	17.48	6.45	8.92	72.36	58.81	15.32	7.50	78.36	64.73	19.67	9.97	6.00	5.92	4.35	2.47	117
Mexico	75.07	1.10	61.17	6.52	17.70	5.60	8.29	72.24	58.40	17.04	8.38	77.81	63.84	18.26	8.23	5.57	5.44	1.22	−0.15	129740
Nicaragua	74.95	1.25	61.20	5.56	16.75	5.28	7.04	72.31	58.62	15.44	6.33	77.42	63.58	17.77	7.48	5.11	4.96	2.33	1.15	6824
Bahamas	74.55	1.08	60.63	7.14	17.77	6.32	9.09	70.91	57.02	15.66	7.60	78.19	64.21	19.67	10.26	7.28	7.19	4.01	2.66	399
Paraguay	73.84	1.44	60.29	5.96	16.25	6.21	7.46	70.89	57.42	14.73	6.62	76.95	63.29	17.65	8.07	6.07	5.87	2.92	1.46	6844
Dominican Republic	73.72	2.47	61.19	5.94	17.13	6.18	8.31	70.53	58.11	15.25	6.98	76.97	64.31	18.81	9.24	6.44	6.19	3.56	2.26	11331
Suriname	73.63	1.41	60.04	6.85	16.89	6.40	8.28	70.46	56.93	14.72	6.85	76.83	63.16	18.67	9.20	6.38	6.23	3.94	2.35	629
Belize	73.57	0.89	59.45	5.97	15.42	6.59	7.01	70.93	56.87	14.26	6.75	76.50	62.31	16.65	7.25	5.57	5.44	2.39	0.50	411
Trinidad and Tobago	73.49	1.36	59.85	6.49	16.34	5.54	6.89	70.38	56.81	14.84	6.18	76.68	62.96	17.61	7.32	6.30	6.14	2.77	1.14	1503
World	73.17	3.29	61.46	6.11	17.57	5.75	8.31	70.55	58.91	16.01	7.43	75.89	64.09	18.98	8.96	5.34	5.18	2.97	1.53	8091735
Honduras	72.88	1.35	59.23	5.85	15.09	6.58	6.67	70.35	56.78	13.57	5.99	75.50	61.75	16.51	7.14	5.16	4.96	2.95	1.15	10645
Saint Lucia	72.70	1.47	59.17	5.83	15.00	6.61	6.61	69.31	55.87	13.21	5.86	76.30	62.66	16.64	7.11	6.99	6.79	3.43	1.25	179
Guatemala	72.60	1.79	59.39	6.76	16.15	5.49	6.64	70.31	57.22	15.46	6.19	74.88	61.53	16.77	7.01	4.57	4.30	1.32	0.82	18125
Venezuela	72.51	1.62	59.14	7.39	16.53	5.36	6.89	68.72	55.42	14.92	6.21	76.50	63.02	17.92	7.34	7.78	7.60	3.00	1.14	28301
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.14	1.30	58.45	6.42	14.86	6.80	6.66	68.57	54.95	13.07	5.89	76.02	62.23	16.69	7.20	7.45	7.28	3.62	1.31	47
El Salvador	72.10	1.03	58.13	8.00	16.12	5.91	7.04	67.52	53.57	14.63	6.33	76.26	62.25	17.25	7.49	8.74	8.69	2.62	1.15	6310
Jamaica	71.48	1.62	58.10	6.41	14.51	6.83	6.34	68.97	55.72	13.38	5.93	73.99	60.47	15.50	6.65	5.02	4.75	2.12	0.72	2840
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.23	1.28	57.51	7.29	14.80	6.79	6.59	68.66	54.89	13.36	6.00	74.31	60.66	16.41	7.10	5.65	5.77	3.05	1.10	101
Dominica	71.13	2.67	58.80	5.43	14.23	6.88	6.10	68.21	56.01	12.88	5.55	74.55	62.07	15.72	6.52	6.33	6.06	2.84	0.96	67
Guyana	70.18	2.00	57.18	8.15	15.33	7.60	7.93	66.51	53.64	13.44	6.86	73.94	60.78	17.01	8.68	7.44	7.14	3.57	1.81	826
Greenland	70.06	1.66	56.71	7.93	14.64	6.72	6.36	68.09	54.93	14.01	6.02	72.44	58.89	15.43	6.64	4.35	3.96	1.42	0.62	56
Bolivia	68.58	3.64	57.22	7.73	14.94	7.08	7.02	66.13	54.96	13.99	6.55	71.14	59.55	15.78	7.35	5.02	4.59	1.79	0.79	12244
Haiti	64.94	4.48	54.42	8.71	13.13	7.42	5.54	61.73	51.54	12.05	5.14	68.30	57.39	14.05	5.81	6.57	5.84	2.00	0.67	11637

Countries and territories	2023				Historical data									Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023	Population (thous.)
Countries and territories	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	Recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2023	Population (thous.)
Saint Barthélemy	84.29	81.46	86.81	5.35	83.82	0.25	84.07	0.12	84.19	0.09	84.28	0.01	84.29	0.47	11
Canada	82.63	80.43	84.83	4.40	82.28	−0.63	81.65	0.32	81.98	−0.73	81.25	1.38	82.63	0.34	39299
Martinique	82.56	79.25	85.62	6.36	82.07	−1.81	80.27	−2.53	77.74	3.10	80.84	1.73	82.56	0.49	346
Bermuda	82.31	78.86	85.74	6.89	81.25	0.20	81.46	0.29	81.75	0.32	82.06	0.25	82.31	1.06	65
Guadeloupe	82.05	78.13	85.53	7.40	81.39	−0.74	80.65	−2.44	78.21	2.69	80.91	1.15	82.05	0.66	377
Puerto Rico	81.69	78.03	85.24	7.21	81.44	−1.43	80.01	−0.24	79.77	−0.34	79.43	2.26	81.69	0.25	3242
Chile	81.17	79.24	83.08	3.84	80.32	−0.97	79.35	−0.47	78.88	0.30	79.18	1.99	81.17	0.84	19659
Costa Rica	80.80	78.13	83.42	5.29	80.30	−0.57	79.72	−1.68	78.05	1.27	79.32	1.48	80.80	0.50	5106
Cayman Islands	80.36	77.98	82.87	4.89	79.05	0.18	79.23	0.07	79.30	0.68	79.98	0.37	80.36	1.31	73
Saint Martin	80.22	76.77	83.84	7.07	80.08	0.01	80.08	0.12	80.21	0.03	80.24	−0.01	80.22	0.15	28
Panama	79.59	76.65	82.56	5.90	78.51	−2.18	76.33	0.67	77.00	2.32	79.32	0.27	79.59	1.08	4459
Anguilla	79.31	76.03	82.66	6.64	78.42	0.23	78.66	−0.24	78.41	0.70	79.12	0.19	79.31	0.89	14
USA	79.30	76.86	81.85	4.99	78.92	−1.91	77.01	−0.63	76.38	1.59	77.98	1.32	79.30	0.39	343477
Falkland Islands	79.21	77.15	81.24	4.09	78.61	0.16	78.78	0.21	78.99	0.06	79.05	0.17	79.21	0.60	3
Uruguay	78.14	74.19	81.92	7.73	77.50	0.88	78.38	−2.95	75.43	1.03	76.47	1.67	78.14	0.64	3388
Cuba	78.08	75.67	80.52	4.85	77.41	−0.01	77.41	−4.21	73.20	4.43	77.63	0.46	78.08	0.67	11020
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.01	75.83	80.30	4.47	77.69	−0.19	77.50	−0.27	77.23	0.68	77.92	0.09	78.01	0.32	46
Peru	77.74	75.41	80.12	4.71	76.28	−2.44	73.83	−2.24	71.60	5.24	76.83	0.91	77.74	1.47	33846
Colombia	77.72	74.95	80.45	5.50	76.79	−2.04	74.76	−2.06	72.70	3.81	76.51	1.22	77.72	0.93	52321
Antigua and Barbuda	77.60	74.55	80.29	5.75	77.17	−0.01	77.16	0.04	77.20	0.29	77.48	0.12	77.60	0.43	93
Caribbean Netherlands	77.44	75.23	80.16	4.93	77.24	−0.02	77.21	0.67	77.88	0.27	78.15	−0.72	77.44	0.20	30
Argentina	77.39	74.81	79.88	5.07	76.85	−0.97	75.88	−1.93	73.95	1.86	75.81	1.59	77.39	0.55	45538
Ecuador	77.39	74.66	80.14	5.47	77.29	−5.28	72.00	0.74	72.75	3.83	76.58	0.81	77.39	0.11	17980
British Virgin Islands	77.28	74.53	80.05	5.52	76.84	0.05	76.89	−1.60	75.30	1.88	77.18	0.10	77.28	0.43	39
French Guiana	76.98	74.13	79.99	5.86	76.57	0.94	77.51	−3.31	74.19	2.60	76.79	0.18	76.98	0.41	303
Curaçao	76.80	72.46	80.82	8.37	76.49	0.01	76.50	−0.81	75.69	1.04	76.73	0.07	76.80	0.31	185
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	76.76	72.75	81.52	8.76	76.61	0.01	76.62	0.05	76.67	0.03	76.70	0.06	76.76	0.15	6
Sint Maarten	76.37	73.70	79.53	5.83	75.68	−0.68	75.00	−0.50	74.50	1.68	76.18	0.19	76.37	0.69	43
Aruba	76.35	73.70	78.78	5.08	76.02	−0.61	75.41	−1.75	73.66	2.57	76.23	0.13	76.35	0.33	108
Montserrat	76.19	74.11	78.81	4.70	75.60	−0.03	75.57	0.33	75.90	0.14	76.04	0.15	76.19	0.59	4
Barbados	76.18	73.63	78.61	4.98	76.50	0.15	76.65	−0.07	76.58	−0.90	75.68	0.50	76.18	−0.32	282
Brazil	75.85	72.76	78.98	6.22	75.81	−1.30	74.51	−1.47	73.04	1.83	74.87	0.98	75.85	0.04	211141
US Virgin Islands	75.47	70.51	81.35	10.84	74.88	−0.16	74.71	−0.10	74.61	0.43	75.05	0.43	75.47	0.60	86
Grenada	75.20	72.36	78.36	6.00	74.97	0.05	75.02	−0.50	74.52	0.63	75.15	0.05	75.20	0.23	117
Mexico	75.07	72.24	77.81	5.57	74.53	−4.08	70.45	−0.70	69.75	4.22	73.97	1.10	75.07	0.54	129740
Nicaragua	74.95	72.31	77.42	5.11	73.76	−3.00	70.77	−0.29	70.48	3.98	74.46	0.48	74.95	1.18	6824
Bahamas	74.55	70.91	78.19	7.28	71.41	1.59	72.99	−2.24	70.75	3.74	74.49	0.06	74.55	3.14	399
Paraguay	73.84	70.89	76.95	6.07	73.67	−0.95	72.72	−4.61	68.11	4.21	72.32	1.52	73.84	0.18	6844
Dominican Republic	73.72	70.53	76.97	6.44	73.11	−0.48	72.64	−0.88	71.76	2.45	74.21	−0.49	73.72	0.61	11331
Suriname	73.63	70.46	76.83	6.38	71.77	0.55	72.32	−3.38	68.94	4.31	73.25	0.38	73.63	1.86	629
Belize	73.57	70.93	76.50	5.57	72.58	−1.00	71.58	−0.66	70.92	1.27	72.19	1.38	73.57	0.99	411
Trinidad and Tobago	73.49	70.38	76.68	6.30	72.84	−0.19	72.64	−1.53	71.11	2.22	73.33	0.16	73.49	0.65	1503
World	73.17	70.55	75.89	5.34	72.61	−0.69	71.92	−1.05	70.86	1.77	72.64	0.53	73.17	0.56	8091735
Honduras	72.88	70.35	75.50	5.16	72.12	−1.26	70.86	−1.37	69.49	3.22	72.72	0.17	72.88	0.76	10645
Saint Lucia	72.70	69.31	76.30	6.99	72.25	0.06	72.31	−3.19	69.12	3.55	72.67	0.03	72.70	0.45	179
Guatemala	72.60	70.31	74.88	4.57	71.64	−1.67	69.97	−2.11	67.86	3.35	71.21	1.40	72.60	0.96	18125
Venezuela	72.51	68.72	76.50	7.78	72.77	−0.40	72.37	−0.83	71.54	1.03	72.57	−0.05	72.51	−0.25	28301
Saint Kitts and Nevis	72.14	68.57	76.02	7.45	71.54	−0.36	71.18	−1.91	69.27	1.04	70.31	1.83	72.14	0.60	47
El Salvador	72.10	67.52	76.26	8.74	71.72	−1.48	70.24	−0.30	69.94	2.03	71.97	0.13	72.10	0.37	6310
Jamaica	71.48	68.97	73.99	5.02	71.53	−0.08	71.45	−2.37	69.08	2.40	71.48	0.00	71.48	−0.05	2840
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.23	68.66	74.31	5.65	70.99	−1.39	69.61	−0.47	69.13	2.06	71.19	0.04	71.23	0.24	101
Dominica	71.13	68.21	74.55	6.33	71.31	−0.04	71.27	−1.44	69.83	1.25	71.08	0.05	71.13	−0.17	67
Guyana	70.18	66.51	73.94	7.44	69.07	−1.32	67.75	−3.43	64.32	5.57	69.89	0.29	70.18	1.11	826
Greenland	70.06	68.09	72.44	4.35	70.26	−0.10	70.16	−0.11	70.05	0.00	70.05	0.00	70.06	−0.20	56
Bolivia	68.58	66.13	71.14	5.02	67.82	−4.91	62.91	−1.48	61.43	6.01	67.43	1.15	68.58	0.76	12244
Haiti	64.94	61.73	68.30	6.57	64.33	−0.56	63.77	−1.16	62.61	1.33	63.95	0.99	64.94	0.61	11637

World Bank Group (2024)

This section shows estimates from the World Bank Group for the year 2024, focusing only on countries in the Americas. The numbers have been rounded for simplicity, which means small differences might appear in the data.

The section also looks at how life expectancy changed between 2019 and 2021 for these countries.

World Bank Group (2024)
Countries and territories	2024				Historical data													recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2024
Countries and territories	All	Male	Female	Sex gap	2014	2014 →2019	2019	2019 →2020	2020	2020 →2021	2021	2021 →2022	2022	2022 →2023	2023	2023 →2024	2024	recovery from COVID-19: 2019→2024
Bermuda	82.49	79.06	85.87	6.81	80.20	1.05	81.25	0.20	81.46	0.29	81.75	0.32	82.06	0.25	82.31	0.18	82.49	1.24
Canada	82.11	80.03	84.29	4.26	81.78	0.37	82.16	−0.63	81.53	−0.08	81.45	−0.36	81.09	0.53	81.63	0.48	82.11	−0.05
Puerto Rico	81.90	78.28	85.38	7.10	80.04	1.40	81.44	−1.43	80.01	−0.24	79.77	−0.34	79.43	2.26	81.69	0.21	81.90	0.46
Chile	81.36	79.45	83.23	3.77	79.71	0.61	80.32	−0.97	79.35	−0.47	78.88	0.30	79.18	1.99	81.17	0.19	81.36	1.03
Costa Rica	81.00	78.37	83.58	5.21	80.23	0.07	80.30	−0.57	79.72	−1.67	78.05	1.27	79.32	1.48	80.80	0.20	81.00	0.70
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	80.77	77.60	84.10	6.50	78.87	0.80	79.67	0.15	79.82	0.25	80.07	0.25	80.32	0.20	80.52	0.25	80.77	1.10
Cayman Islands	80.54	78.20	83.00	4.81	77.86	1.19	79.05	0.18	79.23	0.07	79.30	0.68	79.98	0.37	80.36	0.18	80.54	1.49
Saint Martin	80.44	76.99	83.96	6.98	79.73	0.35	80.08	0.01	80.08	0.12	80.21	0.03	80.24	−0.01	80.22	0.21	80.44	0.36
Panama	79.78	76.88	82.71	5.83	77.36	1.15	78.51	−2.18	76.33	0.67	77.00	2.32	79.32	0.27	79.59	0.18	79.78	1.26
North America	79.24	76.88	81.72	4.84	79.14	0.00	79.13	−1.68	77.45	−0.59	76.86	0.96	77.82	0.91	78.73	0.51	79.24	0.11
USA	78.89	76.50	81.40	4.90	78.84	−0.05	78.79	−1.81	76.98	−0.65	76.33	1.10	77.43	0.95	78.39	0.50	78.89	0.10
Uruguay	78.29	74.38	82.04	7.66	77.19	0.31	77.50	0.88	78.38	−2.95	75.43	1.03	76.47	1.67	78.14	0.15	78.29	0.78
Cuba	78.26	75.86	80.68	4.82	77.83	−0.41	77.41	−0.01	77.41	−4.21	73.20	4.43	77.63	0.46	78.08	0.18	78.26	0.85
Turks and Caicos Islands	78.18	76.01	80.45	4.44	77.21	0.48	77.69	−0.19	77.50	−0.27	77.23	0.68	77.92	0.09	78.01	0.17	78.18	0.49
Peru	77.94	75.63	80.30	4.67	75.26	1.02	76.28	−2.44	73.83	−2.24	71.60	5.24	76.83	0.91	77.74	0.20	77.94	1.67
Colombia	77.91	75.16	80.61	5.45	75.95	0.84	76.79	−2.04	74.76	−2.06	72.70	3.81	76.51	1.22	77.72	0.19	77.91	1.12
Antigua and Barbuda	77.77	74.74	80.45	5.70	76.91	0.26	77.17	−0.01	77.16	0.04	77.20	0.29	77.48	0.11	77.60	0.17	77.77	0.60
Ecuador	77.58	74.88	80.31	5.43	76.14	1.14	77.29	−5.28	72.00	0.74	72.75	3.83	76.58	0.81	77.39	0.19	77.58	0.29
Argentina	77.54	74.98	80.02	5.04	76.27	0.58	76.85	−0.97	75.88	−1.93	73.95	1.86	75.81	1.59	77.39	0.15	77.54	0.70
British Virgin Islands	77.43	74.70	80.19	5.49	76.53	0.32	76.84	0.05	76.89	−1.60	75.30	1.88	77.18	0.10	77.28	0.16	77.43	0.59
Curacao	76.99	72.66	80.96	8.30	76.38	0.11	76.49	0.01	76.50	−0.81	75.69	1.04	76.73	0.07	76.80	0.19	76.99	0.50
Sint Maarten	76.53	73.85	79.66	5.81	75.73	−0.05	75.68	−0.68	75.00	−0.50	74.50	1.68	76.18	0.19	76.37	0.16	76.53	0.85
Aruba	76.50	73.84	78.92	5.07	75.26	0.76	76.02	−0.61	75.41	−1.75	73.66	2.57	76.23	0.13	76.35	0.15	76.50	0.48
Barbados	76.33	73.75	78.76	5.01	75.93	0.57	76.50	0.15	76.65	−0.07	76.58	−0.90	75.68	0.50	76.18	0.15	76.33	−0.16
Brazil	76.02	72.95	79.14	6.19	74.82	0.99	75.81	−1.30	74.51	−1.47	73.04	1.83	74.87	0.98	75.85	0.17	76.02	0.21
Latin America & Caribbean	75.82	72.95	78.69	5.74	74.56	0.64	75.20	−2.02	73.19	−1.37	71.81	2.83	74.65	1.00	75.64	0.17	75.82	0.61
Grenada	75.37	72.52	78.50	5.98	75.05	−0.07	74.97	0.05	75.02	−0.50	74.52	0.63	75.15	0.05	75.20	0.16	75.37	0.40
Mexico	75.26	72.44	78.00	5.56	74.40	0.13	74.53	−4.08	70.45	−0.70	69.75	4.22	73.97	1.10	75.07	0.19	75.26	0.73
Nicaragua	75.10	72.46	77.58	5.11	72.79	0.97	73.76	−3.00	70.77	−0.29	70.48	3.98	74.46	0.48	74.95	0.15	75.10	1.34
Bahamas	74.71	71.06	78.33	7.27	74.03	−2.62	71.41	1.59	72.99	−2.24	70.75	3.74	74.49	0.06	74.55	0.16	74.71	3.30
Paraguay	73.98	71.01	77.09	6.08	73.42	0.25	73.67	−0.95	72.72	−4.61	68.11	4.21	72.32	1.52	73.84	0.14	73.98	0.31
Dominican Republic	73.87	70.66	77.11	6.44	73.14	−0.03	73.11	−0.48	72.64	−0.88	71.76	2.45	74.21	−0.49	73.72	0.15	73.87	0.76
Suriname	73.76	70.59	76.98	6.38	70.33	1.44	71.77	0.55	72.32	−3.38	68.94	4.31	73.25	0.38	73.63	0.13	73.76	1.98
Belize	73.74	71.08	76.66	5.58	71.44	1.14	72.58	−1.00	71.58	−0.66	70.92	1.27	72.19	1.38	73.57	0.17	73.74	1.16
Trinidad and Tobago	73.62	70.51	76.83	6.32	72.90	−0.06	72.84	−0.19	72.64	−1.53	71.11	2.22	73.33	0.16	73.49	0.13	73.62	0.78
World	73.48	71.11	75.97	4.86	71.78	1.09	72.87	−0.69	72.18	−0.97	71.21	1.75	72.97	0.36	73.33	0.15	73.48	0.61
Caribbean small states	73.31	70.12	76.60	6.48	71.77	0.36	72.13	−0.19	71.94	−2.02	69.92	2.91	72.83	0.34	73.17	0.14	73.31	1.18
Honduras	73.04	70.49	75.67	5.18	71.03	1.09	72.12	−1.26	70.86	−1.37	69.49	3.22	72.72	0.17	72.88	0.16	73.04	0.92
St. Lucia	72.85	69.45	76.45	7.00	72.68	−0.43	72.25	0.06	72.31	−3.19	69.12	3.55	72.67	0.03	72.70	0.15	72.85	0.60
Guatemala	72.75	70.44	75.04	4.60	70.94	0.70	71.64	−1.67	69.97	−2.11	67.86	3.35	71.21	1.40	72.60	0.14	72.75	1.11
Venezuela	72.67	68.89	76.66	7.77	72.84	−0.07	72.77	−0.40	72.37	−0.83	71.54	1.03	72.57	−0.05	72.51	0.16	72.67	−0.09
El Salvador	72.30	67.76	76.49	8.73	71.14	0.58	71.72	−1.48	70.24	−0.30	69.94	2.03	71.97	0.13	72.10	0.20	72.30	0.58
St. Kitts and Nevis	72.28	68.69	76.16	7.47	71.23	0.31	71.54	−0.36	71.18	−1.91	69.27	1.04	70.31	1.83	72.14	0.14	72.28	0.74
Jamaica	71.61	69.08	74.15	5.07	72.36	−0.83	71.53	−0.08	71.45	−2.37	69.08	2.40	71.48	0.00	71.48	0.13	71.61	0.07
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	71.38	68.78	74.48	5.69	70.36	0.64	70.99	−1.39	69.61	−0.47	69.13	2.06	71.19	0.04	71.23	0.15	71.38	0.39
Dominica	71.29	68.35	74.72	6.37	71.19	0.12	71.31	−0.04	71.27	−1.44	69.83	1.25	71.08	0.05	71.13	0.16	71.29	−0.01
Guyana	70.32	66.62	74.09	7.47	67.33	1.73	69.07	−1.32	67.75	−3.43	64.32	5.57	69.89	0.29	70.18	0.14	70.32	1.25
Greenland	70.27	68.41	72.23	3.82	70.51	0.90	71.41	−0.12	71.29	−0.02	71.26	−0.03	71.23	−0.26	70.97	−0.70	70.27	−1.14
Bolivia	68.74	66.27	71.32	5.06	66.97	0.85	67.82	−4.91	62.91	−1.48	61.43	6.01	67.43	1.15	68.58	0.16	68.74	0.92
Haiti	65.12	61.90	68.49	6.59	62.97	1.36	64.33	−0.55	63.77	−1.16	62.61	1.34	63.95	0.99	64.94	0.18	65.12	0.79

WHO (2019)

The World Health Organization provided an estimate for life expectancy in the Americas for the year 2019. This information helps us understand how long people in different countries tend to live.

This data includes details about life expectancy for both men and women separately.

World Health Organization (2019)
Countries	Life expectancy at birth					HALE at birth					Life expectancy at age 60					HALE at age 60
Countries	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000	All	M	F	FΔM	Δ 2000
Canada	82.02	80.12	83.90	3.78	2.93	70.30	69.66	70.91	1.25	1.76	24.99	23.66	26.23	2.57	2.52	18.66	17.89	19.38	1.49	1.58
Chile	81.03	78.66	83.34	4.68	4.23	69.37	68.65	70.05	1.40	3.11	24.57	23.01	25.97	2.96	3.25	18.34	17.48	19.10	1.62	2.11
Puerto Rico	80.50	76.86	84.04	7.18	4.25	69.44	67.20	71.62	4.42	3.24	25.32	23.46	26.98	3.52	3.21	19.07	17.74	20.26	2.52	2.17
Costa Rica	80.30	77.93	82.71	4.78	2.13	69.21	68.09	70.35	2.26	1.38	24.52	23.11	25.85	2.74	1.97	18.37	17.49	19.20	1.71	1.25
Panama	78.97	76.20	81.86	5.66	2.82	68.31	66.89	69.79	2.90	2.06	23.98	22.14	25.80	3.66	1.85	18.08	16.88	19.26	2.38	1.18
Nicaragua	78.87	76.30	81.27	4.97	2.69	67.68	66.26	69.00	2.74	2.39	24.50	23.23	25.51	2.28	0.46	18.19	17.38	18.83	1.45	0.22
USA	78.74	76.53	80.98	4.45	2.08	66.02	65.13	66.93	1.80	0.70	23.24	21.99	24.41	2.42	1.90	16.59	15.82	17.31	1.49	0.92
Peru	78.29	76.69	79.88	3.19	3.17	68.41	67.97	68.86	0.89	2.99	23.37	22.59	24.10	1.51	0.56	18.02	17.65	18.37	0.72	0.47
Colombia	77.95	75.33	80.55	5.22	5.41	67.90	66.44	69.34	2.90	4.58	22.69	21.20	24.03	2.83	2.40	17.41	16.42	18.31	1.89	1.80
Ecuador	77.75	75.32	80.23	4.91	5.16	67.62	66.42	68.83	2.41	4.12	22.83	21.46	24.12	2.66	2.27	17.36	16.50	18.17	1.67	1.51
Cuba	77.66	75.30	80.12	4.82	0.91	67.80	66.74	68.88	2.14	0.78	21.57	19.96	23.15	3.19	−0.04	16.55	15.53	17.55	2.02	−0.17
Americas	77.07	74.42	79.76	5.34	2.98	65.76	64.51	67.01	2.50	2.19	22.64	21.23	23.92	2.69	1.62	16.61	15.74	17.40	1.66	0.96
Argentina	77.02	74.00	79.91	5.91	2.73	66.90	65.43	68.27	2.84	2.17	21.59	19.24	23.64	4.40	1.28	16.50	14.99	17.81	2.82	0.86
Uruguay	77.01	73.36	80.50	7.14	2.13	66.81	64.91	68.60	3.69	1.47	21.71	18.95	24.04	5.09	1.02	16.51	14.71	18.02	3.31	0.59
Saint Lucia	76.12	72.53	79.93	7.40	2.90	65.71	63.71	67.84	4.13	2.18	22.16	19.63	24.67	5.04	2.18	16.73	14.96	18.49	3.53	1.51
Barbados	76.04	74.33	77.61	3.28	1.43	66.29	65.76	66.76	1.00	1.00	20.94	19.97	21.74	1.77	0.30	16.07	15.48	16.56	1.08	0.05
Mexico	75.83	72.80	78.89	6.09	1.61	65.46	63.92	67.02	3.10	1.36	22.20	21.03	23.30	2.27	0.76	16.53	15.86	17.16	1.30	0.60
Antigua and Barbuda	75.66	74.05	77.07	3.02	1.27	65.78	65.16	66.31	1.15	0.89	20.14	19.28	20.79	1.51	0.20	15.35	14.74	15.80	1.06	−0.04
Brazil	75.48	72.22	78.73	6.51	3.98	64.53	62.96	66.07	3.11	3.61	21.32	19.58	22.84	3.26	1.54	15.81	14.74	16.74	2.00	1.13
Paraguay	75.08	72.18	78.16	5.98	0.40	64.87	63.47	66.38	2.91	0.46	21.01	19.22	22.82	3.60	−1.09	15.88	14.73	17.04	2.31	−0.85
Belize	74.87	72.55	77.38	4.83	4.77	65.19	64.05	66.45	2.40	3.59	21.69	20.81	22.65	1.84	3.17	16.68	16.13	17.28	1.15	2.17
El Salvador	74.28	69.48	78.73	9.25	2.63	64.39	60.89	67.62	6.73	2.37	22.01	20.20	23.48	3.28	1.18	16.68	15.34	17.77	2.43	0.74
Trinidad and Tobago	74.09	70.71	77.54	6.83	3.67	64.07	62.06	66.11	4.05	2.68	21.44	19.58	23.05	3.47	2.60	16.17	14.85	17.31	2.46	1.73
Dominican Republic	73.91	70.87	77.18	6.31	0.51	64.14	62.41	66.01	3.60	0.38	22.60	21.24	23.94	2.70	0.11	17.23	16.31	18.13	1.82	−0.09
World	73.12	70.61	75.70	5.09	6.35	63.45	62.33	64.59	2.26	5.33	21.03	19.41	22.54	3.13	2.16	15.80	14.87	16.67	1.80	1.52
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	73.11	70.76	75.82	5.06	1.45	63.49	62.21	64.98	2.77	0.95	20.51	19.45	21.71	2.26	1.05	15.52	14.74	16.39	1.65	0.58
Suriname	73.02	69.99	76.10	6.11	2.46	63.12	61.48	64.76	3.28	1.74	20.69	18.80	22.31	3.51	1.10	15.62	14.30	16.74	2.44	0.59
Bolivia	72.92	72.03	73.79	1.76	6.83	63.64	63.72	63.54	−0.18	5.87	19.42	19.07	19.71	0.64	1.62	14.79	14.69	14.88	0.19	1.10
Grenada	72.73	70.46	75.32	4.86	1.14	63.36	62.26	64.67	2.41	0.72	18.39	16.72	20.26	3.54	0.95	14.05	12.87	15.37	2.50	0.56
Venezuela	72.71	68.38	77.35	8.97	−1.32	63.40	60.57	66.43	5.86	−0.98	20.67	18.52	22.64	4.12	−0.54	15.77	14.31	17.11	2.80	−0.39
Guatemala	72.71	70.19	75.20	5.01	4.40	62.54	61.18	63.88	2.70	3.84	20.65	19.76	21.45	1.69	0.89	15.39	14.84	15.89	1.05	0.51
Jamaica	72.24	69.48	75.14	5.66	−0.01	63.55	62.11	65.08	2.97	−0.06	18.66	16.94	20.39	3.45	0.04	14.57	13.37	15.78	2.41	−0.06
Honduras	71.44	69.99	72.90	2.91	1.68	62.35	61.85	62.85	1.00	1.60	18.13	17.36	18.84	1.48	−1.17	13.76	13.26	14.23	0.97	−0.96
Bahamas	70.74	68.08	73.26	5.18	−0.23	61.78	60.38	63.11	2.73	−0.44	20.20	18.68	21.50	2.82	0.15	15.54	14.48	16.44	1.96	−0.04
Guyana	68.73	65.58	71.99	6.41	4.08	59.14	57.25	61.11	3.86	3.19	18.01	16.52	19.40	2.88	1.56	13.43	12.42	14.39	1.97	1.02
Haiti	63.66	63.18	64.16	0.98	6.93	55.00	55.56	54.47	−1.09	5.84	16.25	16.28	16.24	−0.04	1.06	12.35	12.54	12.20	−0.34	0.70

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This section shows how long people live in different countries in North America and South America. It also looks at how life expectancy in Latin America changed between 2019 and 2021.

List of countries in the Americas by life expectancy

United Nations (2023)

World Bank Group (2024)

WHO (2019)

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