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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Macau: 87.45 years  2008 Time series
# 2   San Marino: 85.64 years  2008 Time series
# 3   Japan: 85.59 years  2008 Time series
# 4   Andorra: 85.14 years  2008 Time series
# 5   Hong Kong: 84.69 years  2008 Time series
# 6   Singapore: 84.68 years  2008 Time series
# 7   France: 84.23 years  2008 Time series
# 8   Australia: 84.02 years  2008 Time series
# 9   Monaco: 83.97 years  2008 Time series
# 10   Canada: 83.81 years  2008 Time series
# 11   Guernsey: 83.76 years  2008 Time series
# 12   Switzerland: 83.71 years  2008 Time series
# 13   Liechtenstein: 83.52 years  2008 Time series
# 14   Spain: 83.45 years  2008 Time series
# 15   Italy: 83.2 years  2008 Time series
# 16   Sweden: 83.13 years  2008 Time series
# 17   Anguilla: 83.12 years  2008 Time series
# 18   Gibraltar: 83.09 years  2008 Time series
# 19   Cayman Islands: 83 years  2008 Time series
# 20   Israel: 82.79 years  2008 Time series
# 21   Iceland: 82.76 years  2008 Time series
# 22   Puerto Rico: 82.73 years  2008 Time series
# 23   Luxembourg: 82.67 years  2008 Time series
# 24   Norway: 82.6 years  2008 Time series
# 25   Finland: 82.46 years  2008 Time series
# 26   Austria: 82.41 years  2008 Time series
# 27   Belgium: 82.38 years  2008 Time series
# 28   Jersey: 82.35 years  2008 Time series
# 29   Man, Isle of: 82.32 years  2008 Time series
# 30   Germany: 82.26 years  2008 Time series
# 31   New Zealand: 82.25 years  2008 Time series
# 32   Greece: 82.21 years  2008 Time series
= 33   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 82.19 years  2008 Time series
= 33   Guam: 82.19 years  2008 Time series
# 35   Korea, South: 82.17 years  2008 Time series
# 36   Virgin Islands: 82.11 years  2008 Time series
# 37   Netherlands: 81.98 years  2008 Time series
# 38   Faroe Islands: 81.89 years  2008 Time series
# 39   Malta: 81.64 years  2008 Time series
# 40   Portugal: 81.53 years  2008 Time series
# 41   United Kingdom: 81.46 years  2008 Time series
# 42   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 81.4 years  2008 Time series
# 43   Jordan: 81.39 years  2008 Time series
# 44   Guadeloupe: 81.37 years  2006 Time series
# 45   Saint Helena: 81.33 years  2008 Time series
# 46   United States: 81.13 years  2008 Time series
# 47   Taiwan: 80.89 years  2008 Time series
# 48   Ireland: 80.88 years  2008 Time series
# 50   French Guiana: 80.75 years  2006 Time series
# 51   Albania: 80.71 years  2008 Time series
# 52   Cyprus: 80.67 years  2008 Time series
# 53   Slovenia: 80.66 years  2008 Time series
= 54   Chile: 80.59 years  2008 Time series
= 54   Denmark: 80.59 years  2008 Time series
# 56   Bermuda: 80.48 years  2008 Time series
# 57   Georgia: 80.26 years  2008 Time series
# 58   Costa Rica: 80.14 years  2008 Time series
# 59   Czech Republic: 80.08 years  2008 Time series
# 60   Lithuania: 79.89 years  2008 Time series
# 61   Ecuador: 79.84 years  2008 Time series
# 62   Panama: 79.81 years  2008 Time series
# 63   Argentina: 79.77 years  2008 Time series
# 64   Poland: 79.65 years  2008 Time series
# 65   Cuba: 79.64 years  2008 Time series
# 66   Uruguay: 79.51 years  2008 Time series
# 67   Libya: 79.44 years  2008 Time series
# 68   Slovakia: 79.32 years  2008 Time series
# 69   Northern Mariana Islands: 79.26 years  2008 Time series
# 70   French Polynesia: 79.08 years  2008 Time series
# 71   Saint Lucia: 79.05 years  2008 Time series
# 72   Croatia: 78.97 years  2008 Time series
# 73   Netherlands Antilles: 78.87 years  2008 Time series
# 74   Martinique: 78.85 years  2006 Time series
# 75   Mexico: 78.78 years  2008 Time series
# 76   Kuwait: 78.73 years  2008 Time series
# 77   United Arab Emirates: 78.56 years  2008 Time series
# 78   Dominica: 78.41 years  2008 Time series
# 79   British Virgin Islands: 78.32 years  2008 Time series
# 80   Estonia: 78.3 years  2008 Time series
# 81   Paraguay: 78.26 years  2008 Time series
# 82   Saudi Arabia: 78.25 years  2008 Time series
# 83   Aruba: 78.14 years  2008 Time series
# 84   Seychelles: 78.1 years  2008 Time series
# 85   Serbia and Montenegro: 78.09 years  2008 Time series
# 86   New Caledonia: 77.88 years  2008 Time series
# 87   Brunei: 77.83 years  2008 Time series
# 88   Réunion: 77.75 years  2006 Time series
# 89   Hungary: 77.62 years  2008 Time series
# 90   Turks and Caicos Islands: 77.59 years  2008 Time series
# 91   Bahrain: 77.5 years  2008 Time series
# 92   Tunisia: 77.46 years  2008 Time series
# 93   Mauritius: 77.4 years  2008 Time series
# 94   Latvia: 77.35 years  2008 Time series
# 95   Macedonia, Republic of: 77.13 years  2008 Time series
# 96   Sri Lanka: 77.08 years  2008 Time series
# 97   Qatar: 76.98 years  2008 Time series
# 98   Bulgaria: 76.66 years  2008 Time series
# 99   Venezuela: 76.65 years  2008 Time series
# 100   American Samoa: 76.56 years  2008 Time series
# 101   Armenia: 76.55 years  2008 Time series
# 102   Colombia: 76.5 years  2008 Time series
# 103   Belarus: 76.4 years  2008 Time series
# 104   Suriname: 76.39 years  2008 Time series
# 105   West Bank: 76.38 years  2008 Time series
# 106   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 76.31 years  2008 Time series
# 107   Oman: 76.29 years  2008 Time series
# 108   Antigua and Barbuda: 76.26 years  2008 Time series
# 109   Solomon Islands: 76.1 years  2008 Time series
# 110   Lebanon: 76.04 years  2008 Time series
# 111   Maldives: 76.01 years  2008 Time series
# 112   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 75.98 years  2008 Time series
# 113   Malaysia: 75.94 years  2008 Time series
# 114   Romania: 75.89 years  2008 Time series
# 115   El Salvador: 75.84 years  2008 Time series
# 116   Turkey: 75.73 years  2008 Time series
# 117   Algeria: 75.49 years  2008 Time series
# 118   Brazil: 75.45 years  2008 Time series
# 119   Jamaica: 75.38 years  2008 Time series
# 120   Thailand: 75.27 years  2008 Time series
= 121   Dominican Republic: 75.24 years  2008 Time series
= 121   Barbados: 75.24 years  2008 Time series
# 123   China: 75.18 years  2008 Time series
# 124   Korea, North: 75.08 years  2008 Time series
# 125   Uzbekistan: 74.87 years  2008 Time series
# 126   Gaza Strip: 74.83 years  2008 Time series
# 127   Cape Verde: 74.76 years  2008 Time series
# 128   Samoa: 74.55 years  2008 Time series
# 129   Egypt: 74.52 years  2008 Time series
# 130   Moldova: 74.41 years  2008 Time series
# 131   Palau: 74.36 years  2008 Time series
# 132   Vietnam: 74.33 years  2008 Time series
# 133   Ukraine: 74.24 years  2008 Time series
# 134   Morocco: 74 years  2008 Time series
# 135   Philippines: 73.85 years  2008 Time series
# 136   Nicaragua: 73.44 years  2008 Time series
# 137   Kyrgyzstan: 73.33 years  2008 Time series
# 138   Kazakhstan: 73.16 years  2008 Time series
= 139   Fiji: 73.1 years  2008 Time series
= 139   Russia: 73.1 years  2008 Time series
= 139   Tonga: 73.1 years  2008 Time series
# 142   Indonesia: 73.07 years  2008 Time series
# 143   Marshall Islands: 73.03 years  2008 Time series
# 144   Micronesia, Federated States of: 72.61 years  2008 Time series
# 145   Iran: 72.4 years  2008 Time series
# 146   Peru: 72.37 years  2008 Time series
# 147   Syria: 72.35 years  2008 Time series
# 148   Greenland: 72.25 years  2008 Time series
# 149   India: 71.9 years  2008 Time series
# 150   Guatemala: 71.86 years  2008 Time series
# 151   Turkmenistan: 71.82 years  2008 Time series
# 152   Tuvalu: 71.36 years  2008 Time series
# 153   Honduras: 71.01 years  2008 Time series
# 154   Azerbaijan: 71 years  2008 Time series
# 155   Iraq: 70.99 years  2008 Time series
# 156   Montserrat: 70.44 years  2008 Time series
# 157   Belize: 70.08 years  2008 Time series
# 158   Mongolia: 69.84 years  2008 Time series
# 159   São Tomé and Príncipe: 69.69 years  2008 Time series
# 160   East Timor: 69.39 years  2008 Time series
# 161   Bolivia: 69.33 years  2008 Time series
# 162   Guyana: 69.18 years  2008 Time series
# 163   Bahamas, The: 69 years  2008 Time series
# 164   Papua New Guinea: 68.35 years  2008 Time series
# 165   Tajikistan: 68.15 years  2008 Time series
# 166   Trinidad and Tobago: 67.98 years  2008 Time series
# 167   Nauru: 67.6 years  2008 Time series
# 168   Grenada: 67.47 years  2008 Time series
# 169   Bhutan: 66.35 years  2008 Time series
# 170   Kiribati: 66.06 years  2008 Time series
# 171   Comoros: 65.55 years  2008 Time series
# 172   Burma: 65.28 years  2008 Time series
# 173   Vanuatu: 65.27 years  2008 Time series
# 174   Pakistan: 65.25 years  2008 Time series
# 175   Yemen: 64.94 years  2008 Time series
# 176   Mayotte: 64.85 years  2008 Time series
# 177   Madagascar: 64.51 years  2008 Time series
# 178   Cambodia: 63.83 years  2008 Time series
# 179   Eritrea: 63.46 years  2008 Time series
# 180   Bangladesh: 63.28 years  2008 Time series
# 181   Equatorial Guinea: 62.13 years  2008 Time series
# 182   Nepal: 60.75 years  2008 Time series
# 183   Togo: 60.43 years  2008 Time series
# 184   Ghana: 60.35 years  2008 Time series
# 185   Benin: 59.76 years  2008 Time series
# 186   Haiti: 59.35 years  2008 Time series
# 187   Senegal: 58.5 years  2008 Time series
# 188   Laos: 58.47 years  2008 Time series
# 189   Guinea: 58.08 years  2008 Time series
# 190   Ethiopia: 57.51 years  2008 Time series
# 191   Gambia, The: 56.9 years  2008 Time series
# 192   Kenya: 56.87 years  2008 Time series
# 193   Western Sahara: 56.31 years  2008 Time series
# 194   Mauritania: 56.28 years  2008 Time series
# 195   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 55.8 years  2008 Time series
# 196   Côte d'Ivoire: 55.35 years  2008 Time series
# 197   Congo, Republic of the: 55 years  2008 Time series
# 198   Gabon: 54.57 years  2008 Time series
# 199   Burkina Faso: 54.49 years  2008 Time series
# 200   Cameroon: 54.08 years  2008 Time series
# 201   Uganda: 53.4 years  2008 Time series
# 202   Tanzania: 52.88 years  2008 Time series
# 203   Burundi: 52.6 years  2008 Time series
# 204   Mali: 51.94 years  2008 Time series
# 205   Sudan: 51.23 years  2008 Time series
# 206   Somalia: 51.12 years  2008 Time series
# 207   Rwanda: 51 years  2008 Time series
# 208   Guinea-Bissau: 49.39 years  2008 Time series
# 209   Namibia: 49.38 years  2008 Time series
# 210   Botswana: 49.02 years  2008 Time series
# 211   Chad: 48.5 years  2008 Time series
# 212   South Africa: 48.15 years  2008 Time series
# 213   Nigeria: 47.32 years  2008 Time series
# 214   Djibouti: 44.77 years  2008 Time series
# 215   Afghanistan: 44.39 years  2008 Time series
# 216   Central African Republic: 44.29 years  2008 Time series
# 217   Niger: 44.26 years  2008 Time series
# 218   Zimbabwe: 43.46 years  2008 Time series
# 219   Sierra Leone: 43.28 years  2008 Time series
# 220   Malawi: 43.15 years  2008 Time series
# 221   Liberia: 42.46 years  2008 Time series
# 222   Mozambique: 40.44 years  2008 Time series
# 223   Lesotho: 39.34 years  2008 Time series
# 224   Angola: 38.9 years  2008 Time series
# 225   Zambia: 38.7 years  2008 Time series
# 226   Swaziland: 32.3 years  2008 Time series
# 227   Tokelau: -9 years  2005 Time series
Weighted average: 70.9 years  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 80.84 years  



DEFINITION: The average number of years to be lived by a females in this nation born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. 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.

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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COMMENTARY     

Edria Murray
Staff editor
2nd March 2005

Life expectancy at birth is one of the

indicators of the United Nations
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development index.


In developing countries male and female life

expectancy are very close, due largely to the

risks of childbirth.



However in developed countries, life expectancy

for females is typically higher than that of

males. This discrepancy is due to the followng

factors:


  • Young males (15 to 24 years) are four to five

    times more likely to die than women of the same

    age. In this age group, the major causes of death

    are motor vehicle accidents, followed by homicide,

    suicide, cancer, and drownings.


  • Middle aged men (55 to 64 years) also die more

    often than women of the same age. In this age

    group the major causes of death are heart disease,

    suicide, motor vehicle accidents, and illnesses

    related to smoking and alcohol use.


For further comparison of life expectency see

the probability of reaching age 65 (
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/a>).

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