How long will a 17-year-old boy in Canada live?
Move the controls. Life expectancy and the chance of reaching each age, from official mortality statistics for 37 countries in Europe and North America.
Official mortality statistics are published by sex at birth, which is why we ask.
About 80 years old
At today's death rates, a 17-year-old boy in Canada can expect 63.3 more years on average.
- Reaches 7081%
- Reaches 8062%
- Reaches 9028%
- Reaches 1002%
Period life expectancy: what today's death rates imply, without guessing future medical progress — so for younger people it is, if anything, on the low side. A statistic for people like you, not a prediction.
The causes, ranked — and the changes worth the most years.
Every age at once: life expectancy in Canada by age.
Where a 17-year-old boy lives longest
The age people like this reach on average, in each of the 37 countries we cover — Canada ranks 14th. Each links to that country's table by age.
- Switzerland82.6
- Sweden81.8
- Norway81.7
- Italy81.4
- Cyprus81.4
- Spain81.4
- Iceland81.4
- Ireland81.3
- Malta81.2
- Luxembourg80.9
- Netherlands80.7
- Belgium80.5
- France80.4
- Canada80.3
- Denmark80.0
- Austria79.8
- United Kingdom79.7
- Portugal79.7
- Greece79.5
- Finland79.2
- Slovenia78.9
- Germany78.8
- Czechia77.1
- United States76.7
- Türkiye76.4
- Croatia75.9
- Slovakia75.5
- Poland75.1
- Estonia74.6
- Serbia74.3
- Hungary73.8
- Lithuania73.2
- Romania73.2
- Bulgaria72.5
- Latvia70.8
- Belarus69.6
- Moldova68.3