Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by People > Life expectancy at birth > Female

DEFINITION: This entry is derived from People > Life expectancy at birth, which contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Seychelles	78.76 years	2013
2	Mauritius	78.58 years	2013
3	Cape Verde	73.58 years	2013
4	Ghana	67.71 years	2013
5	The Gambia	66.47 years	2013
6	Madagascar	66.29 years	2013
7	Togo	66.24 years	2013
8	Comoros	65.41 years	2013
9	Eritrea	65.4 years	2013
10	Sao Tome and Principe	65.14 years	2013
11	Sudan	65.07 years	2013
12	Kenya	64.77 years	2013
13	Djibouti	64.52 years	2013
14	Mauritania	64.23 years	2013
15	Equatorial Guinea	64.18 years	2013
16	Senegal	62.61 years	2013
17	Ethiopia	62.35 years	2013
18	Tanzania	62.09 years	2013
19	Benin	62.04 years	2013
20	Burundi	61.5 years	2013
21	Guinea	60.66 years	2013
22	Rwanda	60.4 years	2013
23	Sierra Leone	59.56 years	2013
24	Liberia	59.47 years	2013
25	Cote d'Ivoire	58.78 years	2013
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57.66 years	2013
27	Burkina Faso	56.48 years	2013
28	Mali	56.41 years	2013
29	Angola	56.11 years	2013
30	Cameroon	55.95 years	2013
31	Nigeria	55.77 years	2013
32	Niger	55.55 years	2013
33	Uganda	55.35 years	2013
34	Zimbabwe	53.93 years	2013
35	Malawi	53.62 years	2013
36	Somalia	53.23 years	2013
37	Zambia	53.14 years	2013
38	Mozambique	53.06 years	2013
39	Botswana	52.92 years	2013
40	Gabon	52.74 years	2013
41	Lesotho	52.39 years	2013
42	Central African Republic	52.2 years	2013
43	Namibia	51.69 years	2013
44	Guinea-Bissau	51.52 years	2013
45	Chad	50.22 years	2013
46	Swaziland	49.56 years	2013
47	South Africa	48.51 years	2013

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