Life expectancy in Canada is one of the highest in world
Compared to other industrialized countries, Canada has one of the highest life expectancies at birth (79.1 years for males and 83.4 years for females in 2009/2011). According to recent data, life expectancy in the United States (76 years for males, 81 years for females), for example, was more than 3 years lower for males and about 2.5 years lower for females than that observed in Canada.
Japan had the highest female life expectancy at birth at 86 years, followed by Spain, Switzerland, France (metropolitan) and Italy (85 years each). The highest male life expectancy at birth was observed in Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Australia and Sweden (80 years each), followed by Japan, France (metropolitan), Italy, Spain and Norway (79 years each).
During the last 40 years, life expectancy at birth increased in all the G8 countries except Russia. During the early 1970s, life expectancy in Russia remained well below that in the other G8 countries, at around 63 years for males and 74 years for females, increasing slightly to 64 years for males and 76 years for females in 2010. In contrast, Japan saw the largest increase in life expectancy at birth, with a rise of about 10 years since 1971 for both males and females.
Table 2
Life expectancy at birth by sex, G8 countries and selected other countries Table summary
This table displays the results of Life expectancy at birth by sex. The information is grouped by Country (appearing as row headers), Males and Females, calculated using in years units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Country
Males
Females
in years
Australia
80
84
Canada
79
83
Denmark
78
82
Finland
78
83
France (metropolitan)
79
85
Germany
78
83
Italy
79
85
Japan
79
86
Norway
79
83
Russia
64
76
Spain
79
85
Sweden
80
84
Switzerland
80
85
United Kingdom
80
84
United States
76
81
Source(s): INED. 2013. « Tous les pays du monde (2013) », Population et Sociétés, no. 503, September 2013.
