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Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth > total population (2003) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Andorra: 83.49 years   2003 Time series
# 2     Macau: 81.87 years   2003 Time series
# 3     San Marino: 81.43 years   2003 Time series
# 4     Japan: 80.93 years   2003 Time series
# 5     Singapore: 80.42 years   2003 Time series
# 6     Australia: 80.13 years   2003 Time series
# 7     Guernsey: 80.04 years   2003 Time series
# 8     Switzerland: 79.99 years   2003 Time series
# 9     Sweden: 79.97 years   2003 Time series
# 10     Hong Kong: 79.93 years   2003 Time series
# 11     Canada: 79.83 years   2003 Time series
# 12     Iceland: 79.8 years   2003 Time series
# 13     Cayman Islands: 79.67 years   2003 Time series
# 14     Italy: 79.4 years   2003 Time series
# 15     Gibraltar: 79.38 years   2003 Time series
# 16     France: 79.28 years   2003 Time series
# 17     Monaco: 79.27 years   2003 Time series
# 18     Liechtenstein: 79.25 years   2003 Time series
# 19     Spain: 79.23 years   2003 Time series
# 20     Norway: 79.09 years   2003 Time series
# 21     Israel: 79.02 years   2003 Time series
# 22     Jersey: 78.93 years   2003 Time series
# 23     Faroe Islands: 78.9 years   2003 Time series
# 24     Greece: 78.89 years   2003 Time series
# 25     Aruba: 78.83 years   2003 Time series
# 26     Netherlands: 78.74 years   2003 Time series
# 27     Martinique: 78.72 years   2003 Time series
# 28     Virgin Islands: 78.59 years   2003 Time series
# 29     Malta: 78.43 years   2003 Time series
# 30     Germany: 78.42 years   2003 Time series
# 31     Montserrat: 78.36 years   2003 Time series
# 32     New Zealand: 78.32 years   2003 Time series
# 33     Belgium: 78.29 years   2003 Time series
# 34     Guam: 78.27 years   2003 Time series
# 35     Austria: 78.17 years   2003 Time series
# 36     United Kingdom: 78.16 years   2003 Time series
# 37     Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 78.11 years   2003 Time series
# 38     Man, Isle of: 77.98 years   2003 Time series
# 39     Finland: 77.92 years   2003 Time series
# 40     Jordan: 77.88 years   2003 Time series
# 41     Luxembourg: 77.66 years   2003 Time series
# 42     Guadeloupe: 77.53 years   2003 Time series
# 43     Bermuda: 77.41 years   2003 Time series
# 44     Saint Helena: 77.38 years   2003 Time series
# 45     Ireland: 77.35 years   2003 Time series
# 46     Cyprus: 77.27 years   2003 Time series
# 47     Puerto Rico: 77.26 years   2003 Time series
# 48     Denmark: 77.1 years   2003 Time series
# 49     Taiwan: 76.87 years   2003 Time series
# 50     Cuba: 76.8 years   2003 Time series
# 51     Anguilla: 76.7 years   2003 Time series
# 52     French Guiana: 76.69 years   2003 Time series
# 53     Kuwait: 76.65 years   2003 Time series
# 54     Costa Rica: 76.43 years   2003 Time series
# 55     Portugal: 76.35 years   2003 Time series
# 56     Chile: 76.35 years   2003 Time series
# 57     Northern Mariana Islands: 76.16 years   2003 Time series
# 58     Libya: 76.07 years   2003 Time series
# 59     British Virgin Islands: 76.06 years   2003 Time series
# 60     Uruguay: 75.87 years   2003 Time series
# 61     Jamaica: 75.85 years   2003 Time series
# 62     American Samoa: 75.75 years   2003 Time series
# 63     Slovenia: 75.51 years   2003 Time series
# 64     Argentina: 75.48 years   2003 Time series
# 65     French Polynesia: 75.45 years   2003 Time series
# 66     Netherlands Antilles: 75.38 years   2003 Time series
# 67     Korea, South: 75.36 years   2003 Time series
# 68     Czech Republic: 75.18 years   2003 Time series
# 69     United Arab Emirates: 74.75 years   2003 Time series
# 70     Macedonia, Republic of: 74.49 years   2003 Time series
# 71     Slovakia: 74.43 years   2003 Time series
# 72     Tunisia: 74.4 years   2003 Time series
# 73     Paraguay: 74.4 years   2003 Time series
# 74     Croatia: 74.37 years   2003 Time series
# 75     Brunei: 74.3 years   2003 Time series
# 76     Dominica: 74.12 years   2003 Time series
# 77     Turks and Caicos Islands: 74 years   2003 Time series
# 78     Serbia and Montenegro: 73.97 years   2003 Time series
# 79     Poland: 73.91 years   2003 Time series
# 80     Venezuela: 73.81 years   2003 Time series
# 81     Bahrain: 73.72 years   2003 Time series
# 82     New Caledonia: 73.52 years   2003 Time series
# 83     Réunion: 73.43 years   2003 Time series
# 84     Qatar: 73.14 years   2003 Time series
# 85     Saint Lucia: 73.08 years   2003 Time series
# 86     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 73.08 years   2003 Time series
# 87     West Bank: 72.68 years   2003 Time series
# 88     Sri Lanka: 72.62 years   2003 Time series
# 89     Oman: 72.58 years   2003 Time series
# 90     Albania: 72.37 years   2003 Time series
# 91     Panama: 72.32 years   2003 Time series
# 92     Mexico: 72.3 years   2003 Time series
# 93     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 72.29 years   2003 Time series
# 94     China: 72.22 years   2003 Time series
# 95     Hungary: 72.17 years   2003 Time series
# 96     Solomon Islands: 72.1 years   2003 Time series
# 97     Lebanon: 72.07 years   2003 Time series
# 98     Ecuador: 71.89 years   2003 Time series
# 99     Barbados: 71.84 years   2003 Time series
# 100     Bulgaria: 71.8 years   2003 Time series
# 101     Mauritius: 71.8 years   2003 Time series
# 102     Turkey: 71.8 years   2003 Time series
# 103     Malaysia: 71.67 years   2003 Time series
# 104     Saint Kitts and Nevis: 71.57 years   2003 Time series
# 105     Gaza Strip: 71.4 years   2003 Time series
# 106     Antigua and Barbuda: 71.31 years   2003 Time series
# 107     Seychelles: 71.25 years   2003 Time series
# 108     Thailand: 71.24 years   2003 Time series
# 109     Colombia: 71.14 years   2003 Time series
# 110     Brazil: 71.13 years   2003 Time series
# 111     Peru: 70.88 years   2003 Time series
# 112     Korea, North: 70.79 years   2003 Time series
# 113     El Salvador: 70.62 years   2003 Time series
# 114     Romania: 70.62 years   2003 Time series
# 115     Algeria: 70.54 years   2003 Time series
# 116     Egypt: 70.41 years   2003 Time series
# 117     Estonia: 70.31 years   2003 Time series
# 118     Samoa: 70.11 years   2003 Time series
# 119     Vietnam: 70.05 years   2003 Time series
# 120     Morocco: 70.04 years   2003 Time series
# 121     Cape Verde: 69.83 years   2003 Time series
# 122     Nicaragua: 69.68 years   2003 Time series
# 123     Lithuania: 69.6 years   2003 Time series
# 124     Trinidad and Tobago: 69.59 years   2003 Time series
# 125     Palau: 69.5 years   2003 Time series
# 126     Marshall Islands: 69.39 years   2003 Time series
# 127     Syria: 69.39 years   2003 Time series
# 128     Iran: 69.35 years   2003 Time series
# 129     Latvia: 69.31 years   2003 Time series
# 130     Philippines: 69.29 years   2003 Time series
# 131     Suriname: 69.23 years   2003 Time series
# 132     Micronesia, Federated States of: 69.13 years   2003 Time series
# 133     Greenland: 69 years   2003 Time series
# 134     Indonesia: 68.94 years   2003 Time series
# 135     Tonga: 68.88 years   2003 Time series
# 136     Fiji: 68.88 years   2003 Time series
# 137     Saudi Arabia: 68.73 years   2003 Time series
# 138     Belarus: 68.43 years   2003 Time series
# 139     Dominican Republic: 67.96 years   2003 Time series
# 140     Iraq: 67.81 years   2003 Time series
# 141     Russia: 67.66 years   2003 Time series
# 142     Belize: 67.36 years   2003 Time series
# 143     Tuvalu: 67.32 years   2003 Time series
# 144     Armenia: 66.68 years   2003 Time series
# 145     Honduras: 66.65 years   2003 Time series
# 146     Ukraine: 66.5 years   2003 Time series
# 147     São Tomé and Príncipe: 66.28 years   2003 Time series
# 148     Bahamas, The: 65.71 years   2003 Time series
# 149     Guatemala: 65.23 years   2003 Time series
# 150     Moldova: 64.88 years   2003 Time series
# 151     Bolivia: 64.78 years   2003 Time series
# 152     Georgia: 64.76 years   2003 Time series
# 153     Grenada: 64.52 years   2003 Time series
# 154     Tajikistan: 64.37 years   2003 Time series
# 155     Papua New Guinea: 64.19 years   2003 Time series
# 156     Uzbekistan: 64 years   2003 Time series
# 157     Mongolia: 63.81 years   2003 Time series
# 158     Kyrgyzstan: 63.66 years   2003 Time series
# 159     India: 63.62 years   2003 Time series
# 160     Kazakhstan: 63.48 years   2003 Time series
# 161     Maldives: 63.3 years   2003 Time series
# 162     Azerbaijan: 63.16 years   2003 Time series
# 163     Guyana: 63.09 years   2003 Time series
# 164     Pakistan: 62.2 years   2003 Time series
# 165     Nauru: 61.95 years   2003 Time series
# 166     Vanuatu: 61.71 years   2003 Time series
# 167     Bangladesh: 61.33 years   2003 Time series
# 168     Turkmenistan: 61.19 years   2003 Time series
# 169     Comoros: 61.18 years   2003 Time series
# 170     Yemen: 60.97 years   2003 Time series
# 171     Kiribati: 60.93 years   2003 Time series
# 172     Mayotte: 60.6 years   2003 Time series
# 173     Nepal: 59 years   2003 Time series
# 174     Cambodia: 57.92 years   2003 Time series
# 175     Sudan: 57.73 years   2003 Time series
# 176     Gabon: 57.12 years   2003 Time series
# 177     Ghana: 56.53 years   2003 Time series
# 178     Senegal: 56.37 years   2003 Time series
# 179     Madagascar: 56.14 years   2003 Time series
# 180     Burma: 55.79 years   2003 Time series
# 181     Equatorial Guinea: 54.75 years   2003 Time series
# 182     Gambia, The: 54.38 years   2003 Time series
# 183     Laos: 54.3 years   2003 Time series
# 184     Bhutan: 53.58 years   2003 Time series
# 185     Togo: 53.43 years   2003 Time series
# 186     Eritrea: 53.18 years   2003 Time series
# 187     Mauritania: 51.93 years   2003 Time series
# 188     Haiti: 51.61 years   2003 Time series
# 189     Benin: 51.08 years   2003 Time series
# 190     Nigeria: 51.01 years   2003 Time series
# 191     Congo, Republic of the: 50.02 years   2003 Time series
# 192     Guinea: 49.54 years   2003 Time series
# 193     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 48.93 years   2003 Time series
# 194     Chad: 48.51 years   2003 Time series
# 195     Liberia: 48.15 years   2003 Time series
# 196     Cameroon: 48.05 years   2003 Time series
# 197     Somalia: 47.34 years   2003 Time series
# 198     Afghanistan: 46.97 years   2003 Time series
# 199     Guinea-Bissau: 46.97 years   2003 Time series
# 200     South Africa: 46.56 years   2003 Time series
# 201     Mali: 45.43 years   2003 Time series
# 202     Kenya: 45.22 years   2003 Time series
# 203     Uganda: 44.88 years   2003 Time series
# 204     Tanzania: 44.56 years   2003 Time series
# 205     Burkina Faso: 44.46 years   2003 Time series
# 206     Burundi: 43.2 years   2003 Time series
# 207     Djibouti: 43.13 years   2003 Time series
# 208     Sierra Leone: 42.84 years   2003 Time series
# 209     Namibia: 42.77 years   2003 Time series
# 210     Côte d'Ivoire: 42.65 years   2003 Time series
# 211     Niger: 42.21 years   2003 Time series
# 212     Central African Republic: 41.71 years   2003 Time series
# 213     Ethiopia: 41.24 years   2003 Time series
# 214     Swaziland: 39.47 years   2003 Time series
# 215     Rwanda: 39.33 years   2003 Time series
# 216     Zimbabwe: 39.01 years   2003 Time series
# 217     Malawi: 37.98 years   2003 Time series
# 218     Angola: 36.96 years   2003 Time series
# 219     Lesotho: 36.94 years   2003 Time series
# 220     Zambia: 35.25 years   2003 Time series
# 221     Botswana: 32.26 years   2003 Time series
# 222     Mozambique: 31.3 years   2003 Time series
Weighted average: 66.9 years  


DEFINITION: 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. 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: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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"Life expectancy at birth > total population (2003) by country", CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_tot_pop-life-expectancy-birth-total-population&date=2003

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dedelou
8th March 2011 		Statistics about mortality are sensitive values and should be provided in stages. The average life span once given as a row number, should be broken down by quarter. What percentage of the population under 15 make it to the next stage. The mortality of 15 to 30 often reflects the wars that country experience. the stage between 30 years old to 60 years old can reflect the presence of serious deadly illnesses such as cancer and other incurable deseases. The phase over 60 will show a very different ranking. those results should evidence the difference between wealthy and sick elderlies. Developped countries with sophisticated health care systems, can maintain sick old people for years in nursing homes. Creating a semi zombie population in vegetative state.
Tom
14th December 2010 		Swaziland is 31.99

So if you are 29, you have less than 3 years left to live!
Lolo
9th September 2010 		It would have a greater credibility in my opinion, if it wasn't the CIA the one to measure this, any educated and well informed person knows Cubans for instance enjoy a higher life expectancy than that of the US population.
Ding Dong
28th July 2010 		Ding Dong Ching Chong
Nicole Skiles
19th April 2010 		That's right is not rite to tell people that if you eat rice you can live longer then people will eat rice all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!AND THANKS GABE FOR YOUR HELP TELLING PEOPLE THAT RICE IS ACTUALLY BAD FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nicole Skiles
19th April 2010 		That's right is not rite to tell people that if you eat rice you can live longer then people will eat rice all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gabe
28th February 2010 		THIS SITE IS CRAZY.
you just assume people live longer because
they eat rice. rice isnt even good. infact its
down right bad. im leaving and going to gap minder.
thats the pickle.
April
29th November 2009 		You should know that Macou is a Special Administrative Region of China. Have you considered Alaska as a country?! You are doing science, then perform like a scientist!
chris b
18th November 2009 		This is crazy stuff; where doo people find the time to do this!?!?!?!?
If you wanna do statistics, make statistics telling which mathematical graphs are used the most, that would be pretty interesting
edward
16th November 2009 		Amazing, great help thanks!!
Muyinda Bruhan
4th September 2009 		Every time around 200,000 Children aged less than 4 years kick the bucket in the Pearl of AAfrica,Uganda. Those who survive experience disabilities, ill health and as well as poor growth thus Malnourished generation. This is caused due to poor Breast feeding.
To m
28th July 2009 		I think these statistics are a credit to the people of canada and their ongooing influence in the econonomic and social landscape of their great nation.
Andrew in Ireland
13th July 2009 		I have often wondered about life expectancy figures and how their values don't distinguish between high infant mortality, and deaths in later life.

In other words, if you live in a country with a life expectancy of 65 years, or a country with one of 80 years, once you have made it past twenty (say) presumably the figures come much closer together.

Is there an accepted measure of life expectancy that reflects the actual age of mortality of the people?

just curious!
imp
7th May 2009 		Of course organic food, tofu and seafood is not helping. It's just a try to make business on low quality and highly priced food. Tofu companies want you to think it's more healthy than standard beacon, egg, fruits, cornflakes etc. But if you like seafood or anything, well, it won't hurt you.
christina
5th May 2009 		I've heard that eating organic food, tofu and seafood help to prolong life. Is it true?
Hakan , Turkey
28th October 2005 		My both side grantparentts are all alive and they are all over 75 years old. (75,75,76,76).
And two of them look very healthy and it looks like they will live another 10 years, hopefully.
The other two has health problems and looks like they will live maybe 2-3 more years.
Now, how come average of Turkey is 71.8? Some deviation from the statistics here?
austin
10th October 2005 		Where does the Wisconsin River rank in lenth and size with other rivers
austin
10th October 2005 		Where does the Wisconsin River rank in lenth and size with other rivers
sic
4th July 2005 		http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107386.html\

life expentancy for Canada is actually 80.2

Canada should be moved up to 6th place
Edria Murray
Staff Editor
26th May 2005 		In response to Edgeworth:

Life expectency has increased dramatically over the last two centuries. These gains were mostly due to the eradication and control of infectious diseases, improvement in agriculture resulting in better nutrition and reduction in childhood and infant mortality. In all developed countries today, men have a lower life expectancy at birth than women by an average of 6 years.



The data reconstructed from the oldest records for England and Wales show that from the early
17th to the 20th century male and female life expectency differed little with discrepancies of less than two years (sometimes males had an advantage and sometimes females). Even today in the worlds least developed countries, the discrepancy is small.



The increase in female life expectancy is largely due to impoved maternal care resulting in lower levels of maternal mortality. Some countries (in particular those in the middle east) do have significantly more males over 65 years than females.
Ian Graham
Staff Editor
7th April 2005 		A Mediterranean diet prolongs life, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.

Researchers studied the diet of more than 75,000 Europeans 60 and older in nine countries - Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Britain. Those who ate plenty of fruits, vegetables, legumes, grains, fish and olive oil showed a longer life expectancy. The link was most pronounced in Greece and Spain, countries that follow a true Mediterranean diet.

Precisely how long a Mediterranean diet extends lifespan depends on a person's age. A 60-year-old man who sticks to the diet can expect to live a year longer that someone of a similar age eating differently, according to researchers, while younger people could expect a bigger benefit.

The Mediterranean diet is rich in antioxidants that neutralize cell damage from free radicals and are thought to help fight cancer and heart disease.

Edria Murray
Staff Editor
4th April 2005 		In response to Gant Hugh:

Currently, the average global life expectancy for all people is 63 years. There is a gender discrepancy with males living an average of 61 years and females an average of 65 years. In developing nations, the gender discrepancy is smaller due largely to the risks of childbirth. In developed nations, the gender discrepancy is larger.

In the United Arab Emirates, the average life expectancy is 74.75 years (72.28 years for males and 77.35 years for females.) This information is available if you select 'view all countries'.
Ian Graham
Staff Editor
2nd March 2005 		Average life expectancy in the U.S.A. continues to rise. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that average life expectancy in the United States rose to a record-high 77.6 years in 2003, up from 77.3 the previous year. The improvement was attributed to drops in eight of the 15 leading causes of death. Death rates for the three biggest killers – heart disease, cancer and strokes – dropped between 2.2 and 4.6 percent.

There were 2,443,930 deaths in 2003. The overall death rate, adjusted for changes in age distribution of the population, declined 1.7 percent from 2002.

Average life expectancy is significantly affected by gender and race. The average life expectancy for a woman in 2003 was 80.1 years, while a man’s average life expectancy was 74.8. On average, black women live 4.4 years less than white women. A black man’s average life expectancy is 6.2 years less than a white man’s.

Edria Murray
Staff editor
2nd March 2005 		Life expectancy at birth is one of indicators

of the United Nations
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development index.

Life expectancy at birth is the average

lifespan for people born in that country.

Life expectancy is typically lower in

developing nations due to the high rate of
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or_rat>infant mortality in those countries.



For example in Angola, almost 60% of people will

live to be over 40 and about 35% will reach 65

years. However 19.2% of children die in their

first year, which results in a low average life

expectancy of 36.96 years.

For a different perspective on life expectancy

see also the
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not reaching 40 years and the

probability of reaching age 65 (
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href=/graph/hea_pro_of_rea_65_fem&int=-1>female<

/a>)
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