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Country
Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan total population: 46.97 years
male: 47.67 years
female: 46.23 years (2003 est.)
Albania total population: 72.37 years
male: 69.53 years
female: 75.42 years (2003 est.)
Algeria total population: 70.54 years
male: 69.14 years
female: 72.01 years (2003 est.)
American Samoa total population: 75.75 years
male: 71.35 years
female: 80.41 years (2003 est.)
Andorra total population: 83.49 years
male: 80.58 years
female: 86.58 years (2003 est.)
Angola total population: 36.96 years
male: 36.13 years
female: 37.83 years (2003 est.)
Anguilla total population: 76.7 years
male: 73.79 years
female: 79.7 years (2003 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda total population: 71.31 years
male: 68.99 years
female: 73.75 years (2003 est.)
Argentina total population: 75.48 years
male: 71.72 years
female: 79.44 years (2003 est.)
Armenia total population: 66.68 years
male: 62.41 years
female: 71.17 years (2003 est.)
Aruba total population: 78.83 years
male: 75.48 years
female: 82.34 years (2003 est.)
Australia total population: 80.13 years
male: 77.27 years
female: 83.13 years (2003 est.)
Austria total population: 78.17 years
male: 75.02 years
female: 81.48 years (2003 est.)
Azerbaijan total population: 63.16 years
male: 58.95 years
female: 67.58 years (2003 est.)
Bahamas, The total population: 65.71 years
male: 62.3 years
female: 69.18 years (2003 est.)
Bahrain total population: 73.72 years
male: 71.28 years
female: 76.24 years (2003 est.)
Bangladesh total population: 61.33 years
male: 61.46 years
female: 61.2 years (2003 est.)
Barbados total population: 71.84 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 74.14 years (2003 est.)
Belarus total population: 68.43 years
male: 62.54 years
female: 74.6 years (2003 est.)
Belgium total population: 78.29 years
male: 74.97 years
female: 81.78 years (2003 est.)
Belize total population: 67.36 years
male: 65.19 years
female: 69.63 years (2003 est.)
Benin total population: 51.08 years
male: 50.35 years
female: 51.84 years (2003 est.)
Bermuda total population: 77.41 years
male: 75.38 years
female: 79.49 years (2003 est.)
Bhutan total population: 53.58 years
male: 53.9 years
female: 53.25 years (2003 est.)
Bolivia total population: 64.78 years
male: 62.2 years
female: 67.48 years (2003 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina total population: 72.29 years
male: 69.56 years
female: 75.22 years (2003 est.)
Botswana total population: 32.26 years
male: 32.2 years
female: 32.32 years (2003 est.)
Brazil total population: 71.13 years
male: 67.16 years
female: 75.3 years (2003 est.)
British Virgin Islands total population: 76.06 years
male: 75.07 years
female: 77.1 years (2003 est.)
Brunei total population: 74.3 years
male: 71.9 years
female: 76.82 years (2003 est.)
Bulgaria total population: 71.8 years
male: 68.26 years
female: 75.56 years (2003 est.)
Burkina Faso total population: 44.46 years
male: 43.02 years
female: 45.94 years (2003 est.)
Burma total population: 55.79 years
male: 54.12 years
female: 57.56 years (2003 est.)
Burundi total population: 43.2 years
male: 42.54 years
female: 43.88 years (2003 est.)
Cambodia total population: 57.92 years
male: 55.49 years
female: 60.47 years (2003 est.)
Cameroon total population: 48.05 years
male: 47.15 years
female: 48.97 years (2003 est.)
Canada total population: 79.83 years
male: 76.44 years
female: 83.38 years (2003 est.)
Cape Verde total population: 69.83 years
male: 66.53 years
female: 73.23 years (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands total population: 79.67 years
male: 77.08 years
female: 82.3 years (2003 est.)
Central African Republic total population: 41.71 years
male: 40.18 years
female: 43.29 years (2003 est.)
Chad total population: 48.51 years
male: 46.97 years
female: 50.1 years (2003 est.)
Chile total population: 76.35 years
male: 73.04 years
female: 79.82 years (2003 est.)
China total population: 72.22 years
male: 70.33 years
female: 74.28 years (2003 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Colombia total population: 71.14 years
male: 67.29 years
female: 75.12 years (2003 est.)
Comoros total population: 61.18 years
male: 58.92 years
female: 63.5 years (2003 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 48.93 years
male: 46.83 years
female: 51.09 years (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 50.02 years
male: 49.04 years
female: 51.02 years (2003 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 76.43 years
male: 73.87 years
female: 79.11 years (2003 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 42.65 years
male: 40.34 years
female: 45.04 years (2003 est.)
Croatia total population: 74.37 years
male: 70.76 years
female: 78.2 years (2003 est.)
Cuba total population: 76.8 years
male: 74.38 years
female: 79.36 years (2003 est.)
Cyprus total population: 77.27 years
male: 74.94 years
female: 79.71 years (2003 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 75.18 years
male: 71.69 years
female: 78.87 years (2003 est.)
Denmark total population: 77.1 years
male: 74.48 years
female: 79.87 years (2003 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.13 years
male: 41.82 years
female: 44.48 years (2003 est.)
Dominica total population: 74.12 years
male: 71.23 years
female: 77.15 years (2003 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 67.96 years
male: 66.41 years
female: 69.58 years (2003 est.)
East Timor total population: 65.2 years
male: 62.97 years
female: 67.55 years (2003 est.)
Ecuador total population: 71.89 years
male: 69.06 years
female: 74.86 years (2003 est.)
Egypt total population: 70.41 years
male: 67.94 years
female: 73 years (2003 est.)
El Salvador total population: 70.62 years
male: 67.02 years
female: 74.4 years (2003 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 54.75 years
male: 52.63 years
female: 56.93 years (2003 est.)
Eritrea total population: 53.18 years
male: 51.48 years
female: 54.92 years (2003 est.)
Estonia total population: 70.31 years
male: 64.36 years
female: 76.57 years (2003 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 41.24 years
male: 40.39 years
female: 42.11 years (2003 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years
Faroe Islands total population: 78.9 years
male: 75.44 years
female: 82.36 years (2003 est.)
Fiji total population: 68.88 years
male: 66.43 years
female: 71.44 years (2003 est.)
Finland total population: 77.92 years
male: 74.28 years
female: 81.68 years (2003 est.)
France total population: 79.28 years
male: 75.63 years
female: 83.11 years (2003 est.)
French Guiana total population: 76.69 years
male: 73.36 years
female: 80.18 years (2003 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 75.45 years
male: 73.08 years
female: 77.93 years (2003 est.)
Gabon total population: 57.12 years
male: 55.45 years
female: 58.84 years (2003 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 54.38 years
male: 52.39 years
female: 56.44 years (2003 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 71.4 years
male: 70.13 years
female: 72.73 years (2003 est.)
Georgia total population: 64.76 years
male: 61.33 years
female: 68.36 years (2003 est.)
Germany total population: 78.42 years
male: 75.46 years
female: 81.55 years (2003 est.)
Ghana total population: 56.53 years
male: 55.66 years
female: 57.43 years (2003 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 79.38 years
male: 76.51 years
female: 82.4 years (2003 est.)
Greece total population: 78.89 years
male: 76.32 years
female: 81.65 years (2003 est.)
Greenland total population: 69 years
male: 65.44 years
female: 72.65 years (2003 est.)
Grenada total population: 64.52 years
male: 62.74 years
female: 66.31 years (2003 est.)
Guadeloupe total population: 77.53 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 80.84 years (2003 est.)
Guam total population: 78.27 years
male: 75.96 years
female: 80.9 years (2003 est.)
Guatemala total population: 65.23 years
male: 64.31 years
female: 66.21 years (2003 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.04 years
male: 77.04 years
female: 83.14 years (2003 est.)
Guinea total population: 49.54 years
male: 48.28 years
female: 50.83 years (2003 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 46.97 years
male: 45.09 years
female: 48.91 years (2003 est.)
Guyana total population: 63.09 years
male: 60.51 years
female: 65.79 years (2003 est.)
Haiti total population: 51.61 years
male: 50.36 years
female: 52.92 years (2003 est.)
Honduras total population: 66.65 years
male: 65.31 years
female: 68.06 years (2003 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 79.93 years
male: 77.23 years
female: 82.83 years (2003 est.)
Hungary total population: 72.17 years
male: 67.84 years
female: 76.81 years (2003 est.)
Iceland total population: 79.8 years
male: 77.54 years
female: 82.22 years (2003 est.)
India total population: 63.62 years
male: 62.92 years
female: 64.37 years (2003 est.)
Indonesia total population: 68.94 years
male: 66.54 years
female: 71.47 years (2003 est.)
Iran total population: 69.35 years
male: 68.04 years
female: 70.73 years (2003 est.)
Iraq total population: 67.81 years
male: 66.7 years
female: 68.99 years (2003 est.)
Ireland total population: 77.35 years
male: 74.58 years
female: 80.31 years (2003 est.)
Israel total population: 79.02 years
male: 76.95 years
female: 81.19 years (2003 est.)
Italy total population: 79.4 years
male: 76.47 years
female: 82.52 years (2003 est.)
Jamaica total population: 75.85 years
male: 73.84 years
female: 77.97 years (2003 est.)
Japan total population: 80.93 years
male: 77.63 years
female: 84.41 years (2003 est.)
Jersey total population: 78.93 years
male: 76.48 years
female: 81.57 years (2003 est.)
Jordan total population: 77.88 years
male: 75.42 years
female: 80.5 years (2003 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 63.48 years
male: 58.16 years
female: 69.06 years (2003 est.)
Kenya total population: 45.22 years
male: 45.02 years
female: 45.43 years (2003 est.)
Kiribati total population: 60.93 years
male: 57.97 years
female: 64.03 years (2003 est.)
Korea, North total population: 70.79 years
male: 68.1 years
female: 73.61 years (2003 est.)
Korea, South total population: 75.36 years
male: 71.73 years
female: 79.32 years (2003 est.)
Kuwait total population: 76.65 years
male: 75.72 years
female: 77.62 years (2003 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 63.66 years
male: 59.49 years
female: 68.03 years (2003 est.)
Laos total population: 54.3 years
male: 52.34 years
female: 56.33 years (2003 est.)
Latvia total population: 69.31 years
male: 63.46 years
female: 75.45 years (2003 est.)
Lebanon total population: 72.07 years
male: 69.64 years
female: 74.61 years (2003 est.)
Lesotho total population: 36.94 years
male: 36.76 years
female: 37.13 years (2003 est.)
Liberia total population: 48.15 years
male: 47.03 years
female: 49.3 years (2003 est.)
Libya total population: 76.07 years
male: 73.91 years
female: 78.34 years (2003 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.25 years
male: 75.63 years
female: 82.87 years (2003 est.)
Lithuania total population: 69.6 years
male: 63.78 years
female: 75.7 years (2003 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 77.66 years
male: 74.38 years
female: 81.15 years (2003 est.)
Macau total population: 81.87 years
male: 79.05 years
female: 84.82 years (2003 est.)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of total population: 74.49 years
male: 72.23 years
female: 76.94 years (2003 est.)
Madagascar total population: 56.14 years
male: 53.82 years
female: 58.53 years (2003 est.)
Malawi total population: 37.98 years
male: 37.57 years
female: 38.39 years (2003 est.)
Malaysia total population: 71.67 years
male: 69.01 years
female: 74.51 years (2003 est.)
Maldives total population: 63.3 years
male: 62.07 years
female: 64.6 years (2003 est.)
Mali total population: 45.43 years
male: 44.7 years
female: 46.19 years (2003 est.)
Malta total population: 78.43 years
male: 75.94 years
female: 81.14 years (2003 est.)
Man, Isle of total population: 77.98 years
male: 74.62 years
female: 81.53 years (2003 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 69.39 years
male: 67.49 years
female: 71.4 years (2003 est.)
Martinique total population: 78.72 years
male: 79.27 years
female: 78.16 years (2003 est.)
Mauritania total population: 51.93 years
male: 49.78 years
female: 54.13 years (2003 est.)
Mauritius total population: 71.8 years
male: 67.82 years
female: 75.85 years (2003 est.)
Mayotte total population: 60.6 years
male: 58.49 years
female: 62.78 years (2003 est.)
Mexico total population: 72.3 years
male: 69.26 years
female: 75.49 years (2003 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 69.13 years
male: 67.39 years
female: 70.95 years (2003 est.)
Moldova total population: 64.88 years
male: 60.63 years
female: 69.35 years (2003 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.27 years
male: 75.37 years
female: 83.37 years (2003 est.)
Mongolia total population: 63.81 years
male: 61.63 years
female: 66.09 years (2003 est.)
Montserrat total population: 78.36 years
male: 76.24 years
female: 80.59 years (2003 est.)
Morocco total population: 70.04 years
male: 67.77 years
female: 72.41 years (2003 est.)
Mozambique total population: 31.3 years
male: 30.98 years
female: 31.63 years (2003 est.)
Namibia total population: 42.77 years
male: 44.27 years
female: 41.22 years (2003 est.)
Nauru total population: 61.95 years
male: 58.41 years
female: 65.66 years (2003 est.)
Nepal total population: 59 years
male: 59.36 years
female: 58.63 years (2003 est.)
Netherlands total population: 78.74 years
male: 75.85 years
female: 81.76 years (2003 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 75.38 years
male: 73.16 years
female: 77.7 years (2003 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 73.52 years
male: 70.57 years
female: 76.62 years (2003 est.)
New Zealand total population: 78.32 years
male: 75.34 years
female: 81.44 years (2003 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 69.68 years
male: 67.68 years
female: 71.79 years (2003 est.)
Niger total population: 42.21 years
male: 42.29 years
female: 42.12 years (2003 est.)
Nigeria total population: 51.01 years
male: 50.89 years
female: 51.14 years (2003 est.)
Niue total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Norfolk Island total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.16 years
male: 73.06 years
female: 79.44 years (2003 est.)
Norway total population: 79.09 years
male: 76.15 years
female: 82.22 years (2003 est.)
Oman total population: 72.58 years
male: 70.4 years
female: 74.86 years (2003 est.)
Pakistan total population: 62.2 years
male: 61.3 years
female: 63.14 years (2003 est.)
Palau total population: 69.5 years
male: 66.37 years
female: 72.82 years (2003 est.)
Panama total population: 72.32 years
male: 69.97 years
female: 74.79 years (2003 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 64.19 years
male: 62.07 years
female: 66.42 years (2003 est.)
Paraguay total population: 74.4 years
male: 71.89 years
female: 77.03 years (2003 est.)
Peru total population: 70.88 years
male: 68.45 years
female: 73.43 years (2003 est.)
Philippines total population: 69.29 years
male: 66.44 years
female: 72.28 years (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Poland total population: 73.91 years
male: 69.77 years
female: 78.28 years (2003 est.)
Portugal total population: 76.35 years
male: 72.86 years
female: 80.07 years (2003 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 77.26 years
male: 73.27 years
female: 81.44 years (2003 est.)
Qatar total population: 73.14 years
male: 70.65 years
female: 75.76 years (2003 est.)
Reunion total population: 73.43 years
male: 70.03 years
female: 77 years (2003 est.)
Romania total population: 70.62 years
male: 66.88 years
female: 74.59 years (2003 est.)
Russia total population: 67.66 years
male: 62.46 years
female: 73.11 years (2003 est.)
Rwanda total population: 39.33 years
male: 38.51 years
female: 40.18 years (2003 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 77.38 years
male: 74.49 years
female: 80.42 years (2003 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 71.57 years
male: 68.76 years
female: 74.56 years (2003 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 73.08 years
male: 69.52 years
female: 76.9 years (2003 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 78.11 years
male: 75.82 years
female: 80.51 years (2003 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 73.08 years
male: 71.3 years
female: 74.92 years (2003 est.)
Samoa total population: 70.11 years
male: 67.35 years
female: 73 years (2003 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.43 years
male: 77.9 years
female: 85.26 years (2003 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 66.28 years
male: 64.79 years
female: 67.82 years (2003 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 68.73 years
male: 66.99 years
female: 70.55 years (2003 est.)
Senegal total population: 56.37 years
male: 54.83 years
female: 57.95 years (2003 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro total population: 73.97 years
male: 71.03 years
female: 77.16 years (2003 est.)
Seychelles total population: 71.25 years
male: 65.78 years
female: 76.88 years (2003 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 42.84 years
male: 40.33 years
female: 45.42 years (2003 est.)
Singapore total population: 80.42 years
male: 77.46 years
female: 83.6 years (2003 est.)
Slovakia total population: 74.43 years
male: 70.44 years
female: 78.64 years (2003 est.)
Slovenia total population: 75.51 years
male: 71.65 years
female: 79.58 years (2003 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 72.1 years
male: 69.64 years
female: 74.68 years (2003 est.)
Somalia total population: 47.34 years
male: 45.67 years
female: 49.05 years (2003 est.)
South Africa total population: 46.56 years
male: 46.57 years
female: 46.54 years (2003 est.)
Spain total population: 79.23 years
male: 75.87 years
female: 82.8 years (2003 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 72.62 years
male: 70.09 years
female: 75.29 years (2003 est.)
Sudan total population: 57.73 years
male: 56.59 years
female: 58.93 years (2003 est.)
Suriname total population: 69.23 years
male: 66.79 years
female: 71.78 years (2003 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
Swaziland total population: 39.47 years
male: 41.02 years
female: 37.87 years (2003 est.)
Sweden total population: 79.97 years
male: 77.31 years
female: 82.78 years (2003 est.)
Switzerland total population: 79.99 years
male: 77.11 years
female: 83.02 years (2003 est.)
Syria total population: 69.39 years
male: 68.18 years
female: 70.67 years (2003 est.)
Taiwan total population: 76.87 years
male: 74.12 years
female: 79.88 years (2003 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.37 years
male: 61.39 years
female: 67.5 years (2003 est.)
Tanzania total population: 44.56 years
male: 43.33 years
female: 45.83 years (2003 est.)
Thailand total population: 71.24 years
male: 69.07 years
female: 73.53 years (2003 est.)
Togo total population: 53.43 years
male: 51.47 years
female: 55.45 years (2003 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA years
male: 68 years
female: 70 years (2003 est.)
Tonga total population: 68.88 years
male: 66.43 years
female: 71.44 years (2003 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 69.59 years
male: 67.07 years
female: 72.23 years (2003 est.)
Tunisia total population: 74.4 years
male: 72.77 years
female: 76.15 years (2003 est.)
Turkey total population: 71.8 years
male: 69.41 years
female: 74.3 years (2003 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 61.19 years
male: 57.72 years
female: 64.84 years (2003 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 74 years
male: 71.82 years
female: 76.3 years (2003 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 67.32 years
male: 65.15 years
female: 69.59 years (2003 est.)
Uganda total population: 44.88 years
male: 43.42 years
female: 46.38 years (2003 est.)
Ukraine total population: 66.5 years
male: 61.1 years
female: 72.17 years (2003 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 74.75 years
male: 72.28 years
female: 77.35 years (2003 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 78.16 years
male: 75.74 years
female: 80.7 years (2003 est.)
United States total population: 77.14 years
male: 74.37 years
female: 80.05 years (2003 est.)
Uruguay total population: 75.87 years
male: 72.54 years
female: 79.38 years (2003 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 64 years
male: 60.53 years
female: 67.64 years (2003 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 61.71 years
male: 60.28 years
female: 63.21 years (2003 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.81 years
male: 70.78 years
female: 77.07 years (2003 est.)
Vietnam total population: 70.05 years
male: 67.58 years
female: 72.7 years (2003 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 78.59 years
male: 74.73 years
female: 82.68 years (2003 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
West Bank total population: 72.68 years
male: 70.95 years
female: 74.51 years (2003 est.)
Western Sahara total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years (2003 est.)
World total population: 63.95 years
male: 62 years
female: 70.23 years (2003 est.)
Yemen total population: 60.97 years
male: 59.16 years
female: 62.87 years (2003 est.)
Zambia total population: 35.25 years
male: 35.25 years
female: 35.25 years (2003 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 39.01 years
male: 40.09 years
female: 37.89 years (2003 est.)

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