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Life expectancy at birth, total (years). The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in France was 81.97 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 53 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 82.11 in 2011 and a minimum value of 69.87 in 1960.
Of the top five countries with the highest life expectancy at birth, all bar Japan (in third place) are miniature statelets: San Marino, Singapore, Macau and â in first place with an average lifespan of 89.73 years â the tiny principality of Monaco.