Canada vs France: Life expectancy at birth, male

Canada

80.03 years

in 2024

France

80.2 years

in 2024

Canada rank

33rd

France rank

32nd

Life expectancy at birth, male over time

Canada
France

How they compare

France currently reports 80.2 years against 80.03 years in Canada, a difference of 0.17 years.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Canada ahead.

Globally, Canada ranks 33rd and France ranks 32nd of 215 countries.

Individual pages

Life expectancy at birth, male in Canada
Life expectancy at birth, male in France
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy at birth, male (years)
Unit: years
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.