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

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	Mauritius	74.94 years	2013
2	Seychelles	74.01 years	2013
3	Cape Verde	71.28 years	2013
4	Ghana	65.32 years	2013
5	Madagascar	64.85 years	2013
6	The Gambia	64.09 years	2013
7	Sao Tome and Principe	63.86 years	2013
8	Togo	63.62 years	2013
9	Kenya	63.29 years	2013
10	Eritrea	63.19 years	2013
=11	Comoros	63.12 years	2013
=11	Equatorial Guinea	63.12 years	2013
13	Sudan	62.95 years	2013
14	Djibouti	61.99 years	2013
15	Mauritania	61.91 years	2013
16	Tanzania	60.76 years	2013
17	Benin	60.67 years	2013
18	Senegal	60.57 years	2013
19	Ethiopia	60 years	2013
20	Burundi	59.69 years	2013
21	Guinea	59.11 years	2013
22	Rwanda	58.85 years	2013
23	Liberia	57.81 years	2013
24	Cote d'Ivoire	57.66 years	2013
25	Sierra Leone	56.98 years	2013
26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	56.14 years	2013
27	Cameroon	55.02 years	2013
28	Angola	54.95 years	2013
29	Mali	54.55 years	2013
30	Botswana	54.47 years	2013
31	Burkina Faso	54.43 years	2013
32	Niger	54.34 years	2013
33	Uganda	53.98 years	2013
34	Zimbabwe	53.86 years	2013
35	Malawi	52.78 years	2013
36	Nigeria	52.46 years	2013
37	Lesotho	52.3 years	2013
38	Mozambique	52.29 years	2013
39	Gabon	52.15 years	2013
40	Namibia	52.03 years	2013
41	Zambia	51.51 years	2013
42	Somalia	51.19 years	2013
43	Central African Republic	50.9 years	2013
44	Swaziland	50.01 years	2013
45	Guinea-Bissau	49.5 years	2013
46	South Africa	49.48 years	2013
47	Chad	49.07 years	2013

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