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Country
Life expectancy at birth ( years)
Afghanistan total population: 46.6 years
male: 47.32 years
female: 45.85 years (2002 est.)
Albania total population: 72.1 years
male: 69.27 years
female: 75.14 years (2002 est.)
Algeria total population: 70.24 years
male: 68.87 years
female: 71.67 years (2002 est.)
American Samoa total population: 75.53 years
male: 71.12 years
female: 80.21 years (2002 est.)
Andorra total population: 83.48 years
male: 80.58 years
female: 86.58 years (2002 est.)
Angola total population: 38.87 years
male: 37.62 years
female: 40.18 years (2002 est.)
Anguilla total population: 76.5 years
male: 73.6 years
female: 79.5 years (2002 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 71.02 years
male: 68.72 years
female: 73.45 years (2002 est.)
Argentina total population: 75.48 years
male: 72.1 years
female: 79.03 years (2002 est.)
Armenia total population: 66.59 years
male: 62.27 years
female: 71.12 years (2002 est.)
Aruba total population: 78.67 years
male: 75.32 years
female: 82.19 years (2002 est.)
Australia total population: 80 years
male: 77.15 years
female: 83 years (2002 est.)
Austria total population: 78 years
male: 74.85 years
female: 81.31 years (2002 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 63.06 years
male: 58.8 years
female: 67.53 years (2002 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 69.87 years
male: 66.32 years
female: 73.49 years (2002 est.)
Bahrain total population: 73.47 years
male: 71.05 years
female: 75.96 years (2002 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 60.92 years
male: 61.08 years
female: 60.74 years (2002 est.)
Barbados total population: 73.49 years
male: 70.9 years
female: 76.12 years (2002 est.)
Belarus total population: 68.28 years
male: 62.3 years
female: 74.56 years (2002 est.)
Belgium total population: 78.13 years
male: 74.8 years
female: 81.62 years (2002 est.)
Belize total population: 71.46 years
male: 69.17 years
female: 73.87 years (2002 est.)
Benin total population: 49.69 years
male: 48.81 years
female: 50.61 years (2002 est.)
Bermuda total population: 77.3 years
male: 75.21 years
female: 79.27 years (2002 est.)
Bhutan total population: 53.19 years
male: 53.53 years
female: 52.83 years (2002 est.)
Bolivia total population: 64.42 years
male: 61.86 years
female: 67.1 years (2002 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 72.02 years
male: 69.3 years
female: 74.93 years (2002 est.)
Botswana total population: 35.29 years
male: 35.15 years
female: 35.43 years (2002 est.)
Brazil total population: 63.55 years
male: 59.4 years
female: 67.91 years (2002 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 75.85 years
male: 74.9 years
female: 76.84 years (2002 est.)
Brunei total population: 74.06 years
male: 71.68 years
female: 76.56 years (2002 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 71.5 years
male: 67.98 years
female: 75.22 years (2002 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 46.11 years
male: 45.45 years
female: 46.78 years (2002 est.)
Burma total population: 55.41 years
male: 53.85 years
female: 57.07 years (2002 est.)
Burundi total population: 45.94 years
male: 45.08 years
female: 46.83 years (2002 est.)
Cambodia total population: 57.1 years
male: 54.81 years
female: 59.5 years (2002 est.)
Cameroon total population: 54.36 years
male: 53.51 years
female: 55.23 years (2002 est.)
Canada total population: 79.69 years
male: 76.3 years
female: 83.25 years (2002 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 69.52 years
male: 66.23 years
female: 72.91 years (2002 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 79.18 years
male: 76.38 years
female: 81.59 years (2002 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 43.58 years
male: 42.08 years
female: 45.13 years (2002 est.)
Chad total population: 51.27 years
male: 49.22 years
female: 53.4 years (2002 est.)
Chile total population: 76.14 years
male: 72.83 years
female: 79.62 years (2002 est.)
China total population: 71.86 years
male: 70.02 years
female: 73.86 years (2002 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Colombia total population: 70.85 years
male: 67 years
female: 74.83 years (2002 est.)
Comoros total population: 60.79 years
male: 58.56 years
female: 63.09 years (2002 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 49.13 years
male: 47.19 years
female: 51.13 years (2002 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 47.71 years
male: 44.27 years
female: 51.24 years (2002 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Costa Rica total population: 76.22 years
male: 73.68 years
female: 78.89 years (2002 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 44.72 years
male: 43.45 years
female: 46.03 years (2002 est.)
Croatia total population: 74.13 years
male: 70.52 years
female: 77.96 years (2002 est.)
Cuba total population: 76.6 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 79.15 years (2002 est.)
Cyprus total population: 77.08 years
male: 74.77 years
female: 79.5 years (2002 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 74.95 years
male: 71.46 years
female: 78.65 years (2002 est.)
Denmark total population: 76.91 years
male: 74.3 years
female: 79.67 years (2002 est.)
Djibouti total population: 51.6 years
male: 49.73 years
female: 53.52 years (2002 est.)
Dominica total population: 73.86 years
male: 70.98 years
female: 76.88 years (2002 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.68 years
male: 71.57 years
female: 75.91 years (2002 est.)
East Timor total population: 64.85 years
male: 62.64 years
female: 67.17 years (2002 est.)
Ecuador total population: 71.61 years
male: 68.79 years
female: 74.57 years (2002 est.)
Egypt total population: 64.05 years
male: 61.96 years
female: 66.24 years (2002 est.)
El Salvador total population: 70.32 years
male: 66.72 years
female: 74.11 years (2002 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 54.35 years
male: 52.26 years
female: 56.5 years (2002 est.)
Eritrea total population: 56.57 years
male: 54.09 years
female: 59.13 years (2002 est.)
Estonia total population: 70.02 years
male: 64.03 years
female: 76.31 years (2002 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 44.21 years
male: 43.36 years
female: 45.09 years (2002 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Faroe Islands total population: 78.74 years
male: 75.28 years
female: 82.21 years (2002 est.)
Fiji total population: 68.56 years
male: 66.13 years
female: 71.11 years (2002 est.)
Finland total population: 77.75 years
male: 74.1 years
female: 81.52 years (2002 est.)
France total population: 79.05 years
male: 75.17 years
female: 83.14 years (2002 est.)
French Guiana total population: 76.49 years
male: 73.16 years
female: 79.99 years (2002 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 75.23 years
male: 72.88 years
female: 77.69 years (2002 est.)
Gabon total population: 49.11 years
male: 48.01 years
female: 50.25 years (2002 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 53.98 years
male: 52.02 years
female: 56.01 years (2002 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 71.2 years
male: 69.95 years
female: 72.52 years (2002 est.)
Georgia total population: 64.67 years
male: 61.19 years
female: 68.32 years (2002 est.)
Germany total population: 77.78 years
male: 74.64 years
female: 81.09 years (2002 est.)
Ghana total population: 57.06 years
male: 55.66 years
female: 58.51 years (2002 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 79.23 years
male: 76.37 years
female: 82.25 years (2002 est.)
Greece total population: 78.74 years
male: 76.17 years
female: 81.48 years (2002 est.)
Greenland total population: 68.69 years
male: 65.13 years
female: 72.32 years (2002 est.)
Grenada total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2002 est.)
Guadeloupe total population: 77.35 years
male: 74.19 years
female: 80.66 years (2002 est.)
Guam total population: 78.11 years
male: 75.81 years
female: 80.72 years (2002 est.)
Guatemala total population: 66.85 years
male: 64.16 years
female: 69.66 years (2002 est.)
Guernsey total population: 79.9 years
male: 76.91 years
female: 83.01 years (2002 est.)
Guinea total population: 46.28 years
male: 43.81 years
female: 48.82 years (2002 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 49.8 years
male: 47.47 years
female: 52.2 years (2002 est.)
Guyana total population: 62.59 years
male: 59.96 years
female: 65.34 years (2002 est.)
Haiti total population: 49.55 years
male: 47.88 years
female: 51.29 years (2002 est.)
Honduras total population: 68.77 years
male: 67.11 years
female: 70.51 years (2002 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 79.8 years
male: 77.1 years
female: 82.69 years (2002 est.)
Hungary total population: 71.9 years
male: 67.55 years
female: 76.55 years (2002 est.)
Iceland total population: 79.66 years
male: 77.42 years
female: 82.07 years (2002 est.)
India total population: 63.23 years
male: 62.55 years
female: 63.93 years (2002 est.)
Indonesia total population: 68.63 years
male: 66.24 years
female: 71.13 years (2002 est.)
Iran total population: 70.25 years
male: 68.87 years
female: 71.69 years (2002 est.)
Iraq total population: 67.38 years
male: 66.31 years
female: 68.5 years (2002 est.)
Ireland total population: 77.17 years
male: 74.41 years
female: 80.12 years (2002 est.)
Israel total population: 78.86 years
male: 76.82 years
female: 81.01 years (2002 est.)
Italy total population: 79.25 years
male: 76.08 years
female: 82.63 years (2002 est.)
Jamaica total population: 75.64 years
male: 73.65 years
female: 77.73 years (2002 est.)
Japan total population: 80.91 years
male: 77.73 years
female: 84.25 years (2002 est.)
Jersey total population: 78.78 years
male: 76.34 years
female: 81.4 years (2002 est.)
Jordan total population: 77.71 years
male: 75.26 years
female: 80.3 years (2002 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 63.38 years
male: 58.02 years
female: 69.01 years (2002 est.)
Kenya total population: 47.02 years
male: 46.2 years
female: 47.85 years (2002 est.)
Kiribati total population: 60.54 years
male: 57.61 years
female: 63.62 years (2002 est.)
Korea, North total population: 71.3 years
male: 68.31 years
female: 74.44 years (2002 est.)
Korea, South total population: 74.88 years
male: 71.2 years
female: 78.95 years (2002 est.)
Kuwait total population: 76.46 years
male: 75.56 years
female: 77.39 years (2002 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 63.56 years
male: 59.35 years
female: 67.98 years (2002 est.)
Laos total population: 53.88 years
male: 51.95 years
female: 55.87 years (2002 est.)
Latvia total population: 69 years
male: 63.13 years
female: 75.17 years (2002 est.)
Lebanon total population: 71.79 years
male: 69.38 years
female: 74.32 years (2002 est.)
Lesotho total population: 47 years
male: 46.3 years
female: 47.8 years (2002 est.)
Liberia total population: 51.8 years
male: 50.33 years
female: 53.33 years (2002 est.)
Libya total population: 75.86 years
male: 73.71 years
female: 78.11 years (2002 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.1 years
male: 75.47 years
female: 82.74 years (2002 est.)
Lithuania total population: 69.42 years
male: 63.54 years
female: 75.6 years (2002 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 77.48 years
male: 74.2 years
female: 80.97 years (2002 est.)
Macau total population: 81.78 years
male: 78.97 years
female: 84.73 years (2002 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of total population: 74.26 years
male: 72.01 years
female: 76.68 years (2002 est.)
Madagascar total population: 55.74 years
male: 53.45 years
female: 58.11 years (2002 est.)
Malawi total population: 36.59 years
male: 36.05 years
female: 37.15 years (2002 est.)
Malaysia total population: 71.39 years
male: 68.75 years
female: 74.21 years (2002 est.)
Maldives total population: 62.93 years
male: 61.72 years
female: 64.2 years (2002 est.)
Mali total population: 47.39 years
male: 46.18 years
female: 48.64 years (2002 est.)
Malta total population: 78.26 years
male: 75.78 years
female: 80.96 years (2002 est.)
Man, Isle of total population: 77.81 years
male: 74.44 years
female: 81.36 years (2002 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 66.18 years
male: 64.35 years
female: 68.09 years (2002 est.)
Martinique total population: 78.56 years
male: 79.19 years
female: 77.92 years (2002 est.)
Mauritania total population: 51.53 years
male: 49.42 years
female: 53.71 years (2002 est.)
Mauritius total population: 71.53 years
male: 67.54 years
female: 75.58 years (2002 est.)
Mayotte total population: 60.21 years
male: 58.12 years
female: 62.37 years (2002 est.)
Mexico total population: 72.03 years
male: 68.99 years
female: 75.21 years (2002 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Moldova total population: 64.74 years
male: 60.39 years
female: 69.31 years (2002 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.12 years
male: 75.21 years
female: 83.25 years (2002 est.)
Mongolia total population: 64.62 years
male: 62.47 years
female: 66.87 years (2002 est.)
Montserrat total population: 78.2 years
male: 76.1 years
female: 80.4 years (2002 est.)
Morocco total population: 69.73 years
male: 67.49 years
female: 72.08 years (2002 est.)
Mozambique total population: 35.46 years
male: 36.25 years
female: 34.65 years (2002 est.)
Namibia total population: 38.97 years
male: 40.81 years
female: 37.07 years (2002 est.)
Nauru total population: 61.57 years
male: 58.05 years
female: 65.26 years (2002 est.)
Nepal total population: 58.61 years
male: 59.01 years
female: 58.2 years (2002 est.)
Netherlands total population: 78.58 years
male: 75.7 years
female: 81.59 years (2002 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 75.15 years
male: 72.96 years
female: 77.46 years (2002 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 73.27 years
male: 70.32 years
female: 76.36 years (2002 est.)
New Zealand total population: 78.15 years
male: 75.17 years
female: 81.27 years (2002 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 69.37 years
male: 67.39 years
female: 71.44 years (2002 est.)
Niger total population: 41.91 years
male: 42.04 years
female: 41.77 years (2002 est.)
Nigeria total population: 50.59 years
male: 50.58 years
female: 50.6 years (2002 est.)
Niue total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Norfolk Island total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 75.95 years
male: 72.85 years
female: 79.23 years (2002 est.)
Norway total population: 78.94 years
male: 76.01 years
female: 82.07 years (2002 est.)
Oman total population: 72.31 years
male: 70.15 years
female: 74.57 years (2002 est.)
Pakistan total population: 61.82 years
male: 60.96 years
female: 62.73 years (2002 est.)
Palau total population: 69.19 years
male: 66.07 years
female: 72.5 years (2002 est.)
Panama total population: 75.89 years
male: 73.14 years
female: 78.74 years (2002 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 63.83 years
male: 61.73 years
female: 66.03 years (2002 est.)
Paraguay total population: 74.16 years
male: 71.67 years
female: 76.77 years (2002 est.)
Peru total population: 70.59 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 73.12 years (2002 est.)
Philippines total population: 68.12 years
male: 65.26 years
female: 71.12 years (2002 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Poland total population: 73.66 years
male: 69.52 years
female: 78.05 years (2002 est.)
Portugal total population: 76.14 years
male: 72.65 years
female: 79.87 years (2002 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 75.96 years
male: 71.5 years
female: 80.66 years (2002 est.)
Qatar total population: 72.88 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 75.48 years (2002 est.)
Reunion total population: 73.18 years
male: 69.78 years
female: 76.74 years (2002 est.)
Romania total population: 70.39 years
male: 66.62 years
female: 74.39 years (2002 est.)
Russia total population: 67.5 years
male: 62.29 years
female: 72.97 years (2002 est.)
Rwanda total population: 38.66 years
male: 38.14 years
female: 39.2 years (2002 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 77.2 years
male: 74.31 years
female: 80.23 years (2002 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 71.29 years
male: 68.49 years
female: 74.26 years (2002 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 72.82 years
male: 69.26 years
female: 76.64 years (2002 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 77.93 years
male: 75.66 years
female: 80.32 years (2002 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 72.82 years
male: 71.07 years
female: 74.63 years (2002 est.)
Samoa total population: 69.8 years
male: 67.06 years
female: 72.69 years (2002 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.33 years
male: 77.79 years
female: 85.18 years (2002 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 65.93 years
male: 64.47 years
female: 67.45 years (2002 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 68.4 years
male: 66.7 years
female: 70.2 years (2002 est.)
Senegal total population: 62.93 years
male: 61.29 years
female: 64.61 years (2002 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro total population: 73.72 years
male: 70.78 years
female: 76.89 years (2002 est.)
Seychelles total population: 70.97 years
male: 65.48 years
female: 76.63 years (2002 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 45.96 years
male: 43.01 years
female: 49.01 years (2002 est.)
Singapore total population: 80.29 years
male: 77.34 years
female: 83.47 years (2002 est.)
Slovakia total population: 74.2 years
male: 70.19 years
female: 78.41 years (2002 est.)
Slovenia total population: 75.29 years
male: 71.42 years
female: 79.37 years (2002 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 71.82 years
male: 69.38 years
female: 74.39 years (2002 est.)
Somalia total population: 46.96 years
male: 45.33 years
female: 48.65 years (2002 est.)
South Africa total population: 45.43 years
male: 45.19 years
female: 45.68 years (2002 est.)
Spain total population: 79.08 years
male: 75.63 years
female: 82.76 years (2002 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 72.35 years
male: 69.83 years
female: 75 years (2002 est.)
Sudan total population: 57.33 years
male: 56.22 years
female: 58.5 years (2002 est.)
Suriname total population: 71.9 years
male: 69.23 years
female: 74.7 years (2002 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Swaziland total population: 37 years
male: 36.35 years
female: 37.66 years (2002 est.)
Sweden total population: 79.84 years
male: 77.19 years
female: 82.64 years (2002 est.)
Switzerland total population: 79.86 years
male: 76.98 years
female: 82.89 years (2002 est.)
Syria total population: 69.08 years
male: 67.9 years
female: 70.32 years (2002 est.)
Taiwan total population: 76.74 years
male: 73.99 years
female: 79.71 years (2002 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.28 years
male: 61.24 years
female: 67.46 years (2002 est.)
Tanzania total population: 51.7 years
male: 50.76 years
female: 52.67 years (2002 est.)
Thailand total population: 69.18 years
male: 66 years
female: 72.51 years (2002 est.)
Togo total population: 54.02 years
male: 52.03 years
female: 56.07 years (2002 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA years
male: 68 years (2001)
female: 70 years (2001)
Tonga total population: 68.56 years
male: 66.13 years
female: 71.11 years (2002 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 68.59 years
male: 66.04 years
female: 71.25 years (2002 est.)
Tunisia total population: 74.16 years
male: 72.56 years
female: 75.89 years (2002 est.)
Turkey total population: 71.52 years
male: 69.15 years
female: 74.01 years (2002 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 61.1 years
male: 57.57 years
female: 64.8 years (2002 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 73.76 years
male: 71.59 years
female: 76.03 years (2002 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 66.98 years
male: 64.83 years
female: 69.23 years (2002 est.)
Uganda total population: 43.81 years
male: 42.97 years
female: 44.67 years (2002 est.)
Ukraine total population: 66.33 years
male: 60.86 years
female: 72.06 years (2002 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 74.52 years
male: 72.06 years
female: 77.1 years (2002 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 77.99 years
male: 75.29 years
female: 80.84 years (2002 est.)
United States total population: 77.4 years
male: 74.5 years
female: 80.2 years (2002 est.)
Uruguay total population: 75.66 years
male: 72.32 years
female: 79.17 years (2002 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 63.9 years
male: 60.38 years
female: 67.6 years (2002 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 61.33 years
male: 59.93 years
female: 62.8 years (2002 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.56 years
male: 70.53 years
female: 76.81 years (2002 est.)
Vietnam total population: 69.86 years
male: 67.4 years
female: 72.5 years (2002 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 78.43 years
male: 74.55 years
female: 82.53 years (2002 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
West Bank total population: 72.47 years
male: 70.76 years
female: 74.29 years (2002 est.)
Western Sahara total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
World total population: 63.94 years
male: 62.28 years
female: 65.67 years (2002 est.)
Yemen total population: 60.59 years
male: 58.81 years
female: 62.46 years (2002 est.)
Zambia total population: 37.35 years
male: 37.05 years
female: 37.66 years (2002 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 36.5 years
male: 37.87 years
female: 35.1 years (2002 est.)

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