Life expectancy at birth in North America

34 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: years. World ranking →

First in the ranking
82.5 years
Bermuda
Median country
75.8 years
half above, half below
World
73.5 years
World Bank aggregate
Range
65.1 to 82.5
Haiti - Bermuda

How to read it

Across 34 countries in North America, the highest value is in Bermuda (82.5 years) and the lowest in Haiti (65.1 years).

The median country is at 75.8 years: half are above, half below.

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

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Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), uri: UN Population Division; Statistical databases and publications from national statistical offices… · via World Bank WDI (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) · licence

Life expectancy over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Bermuda82.5
2Canada82.1
3Puerto Rico81.9
4Costa Rica81.0
5United States Virgin Islands80.8
6Cayman Islands80.5
7Saint-Martin80.4
8Panama79.8
9United States78.9
10Cuba78.3
11Turks and Caicos Islands78.2
12Antigua and Barbuda77.8
13British Virgin Islands77.4
14Curaçao77.0
15Sint Maarten76.5
16Aruba76.5
17Barbados76.3
18Grenada75.4
19Mexico75.3
20Nicaragua75.1
21Bahamas74.7
22Dominican Republic73.9
23Belize73.7
24Trinidad and Tobago73.6
25Honduras73.0
26Saint Lucia72.8
27Guatemala72.7
28El Salvador72.3
29Saint Kitts and Nevis72.3
30Jamaica71.6
31Saint Vincent and the Grenadines71.4
32Dominica71.3
33Greenland70.3
34Haiti65.1
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