DEFINITION
Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total
population
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
|
|
# 1
|
Japan: |
82 |
|
|
= 2
|
Monaco: |
81 |
|
|
= 2
|
Andorra: |
81 |
|
|
= 2
|
Switzerland: |
81 |
|
|
= 2
|
Australia: |
81 |
|
|
= 2
|
San Marino: |
81 |
|
|
= 2
|
Italy: |
81 |
|
|
= 2
|
Sweden: |
81 |
|
|
= 9
|
Spain: |
80 |
|
|
= 9
|
France: |
80 |
|
|
= 9
|
Canada: |
80 |
|
|
= 9
|
Iceland: |
80 |
|
|
= 9
|
Singapore: |
80 |
|
|
= 9
|
Israel: |
80 |
|
|
= 15
|
Malta: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Austria: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Belgium: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Norway: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Finland: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Luxembourg: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Germany: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Netherlands: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
Greece: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
United Kingdom: |
79 |
|
|
= 15
|
New Zealand: |
79 |
|
|
= 26
|
Cyprus: |
78 |
|
|
= 26
|
Ireland: |
78 |
|
|
= 28
|
Kuwait: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
Slovenia: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
Chile: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
Denmark: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
Costa Rica: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
Portugal: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
Cuba: |
77 |
|
|
= 28
|
United States: |
77 |
|
|
# 36
|
Korea, South: |
76 |
|
|
= 37
|
Poland: |
75 |
|
|
= 37
|
Czech Republic: |
75 |
|
|
= 37
|
Barbados: |
75 |
|
|
= 37
|
Croatia: |
75 |
|
|
= 37
|
Panama: |
75 |
|
|
= 37
|
Uruguay: |
75 |
|
|
= 43
|
Oman: |
74 |
|
|
= 43
|
Bahrain: |
74 |
|
|
= 43
|
Argentina: |
74 |
|
|
= 43
|
Slovakia: |
74 |
|
|
= 43
|
Mexico: |
74 |
|
|
= 43
|
Qatar: |
74 |
|
|
= 49
|
Jamaica: |
73 |
|
|
= 49
|
Dominica: |
73 |
|
|
= 49
|
United Arab Emirates: |
73 |
|
|
= 49
|
Hungary: |
73 |
|
|
= 49
|
Libya: |
73 |
|
|
= 49
|
Serbia and Montenegro: |
73 |
|
|
= 49
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
73 |
|
|
= 56
|
Bulgaria: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Lithuania: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Mauritius: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Saint Lucia: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Colombia: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Tunisia: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Antigua and Barbuda: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Malaysia: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Albania: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Seychelles: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Bahamas, The: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Syria: |
72 |
|
|
= 56
|
Paraguay: |
72 |
|
|
= 70
|
Latvia: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
China: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Saudi Arabia: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Vietnam: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Niue: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Ecuador: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Sri Lanka: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Estonia: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Morocco: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Georgia: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Romania: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Jordan: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Tonga: |
71 |
|
|
= 70
|
Cook Islands: |
71 |
|
|
= 84
|
Nicaragua: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Thailand: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Solomon Islands: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Cape Verde: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Algeria: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
El Salvador: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Peru: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Micronesia, Federated States of: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Lebanon: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Turkey: |
70 |
|
|
= 84
|
Trinidad and Tobago: |
70 |
|
|
= 97
|
Brazil: |
69 |
|
|
= 97
|
Iran: |
69 |
|
|
= 99
|
Dominican Republic: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Armenia: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Samoa: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Palau: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Fiji: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Belize: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Belarus: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Philippines: |
68 |
|
|
= 99
|
Vanuatu: |
68 |
|
|
= 108
|
Indonesia: |
67 |
|
|
= 108
|
Ukraine: |
67 |
|
|
= 108
|
Egypt: |
67 |
|
|
= 108
|
Honduras: |
67 |
|
|
= 108
|
Moldova: |
67 |
|
|
= 108
|
Grenada: |
67 |
|
|
= 114
|
Suriname: |
66 |
|
|
= 114
|
Korea, North: |
66 |
|
|
= 114
|
Uzbekistan: |
66 |
|
|
= 114
|
Guatemala: |
66 |
|
|
= 118
|
Mongolia: |
65 |
|
|
= 118
|
Bolivia: |
65 |
|
|
= 118
|
Russia: |
65 |
|
|
= 118
|
Azerbaijan: |
65 |
|
|
= 118
|
Maldives: |
65 |
|
|
= 118
|
Kiribati: |
65 |
|
|
# 124
|
Comoros: |
64 |
|
|
= 125
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
63 |
|
|
= 125
|
Bangladesh: |
63 |
|
|
= 125
|
Bhutan: |
63 |
|
|
= 128
|
Guyana: |
62 |
|
|
= 128
|
Pakistan: |
62 |
|
|
= 128
|
India: |
62 |
|
|
= 131
|
Marshall Islands: |
61 |
|
|
= 131
|
Nepal: |
61 |
|
|
= 131
|
Kazakhstan: |
61 |
|
|
= 131
|
Tuvalu: |
61 |
|
|
= 131
|
Tajikistan: |
61 |
|
|
= 131
|
Nauru: |
61 |
|
|
= 137
|
Papua New Guinea: |
60 |
|
|
= 137
|
Turkmenistan: |
60 |
|
|
= 139
|
Sudan: |
59 |
|
|
= 139
|
Burma: |
59 |
|
|
= 139
|
Yemen: |
59 |
|
|
= 139
|
Eritrea: |
59 |
|
|
= 139
|
Sao Tome and Principe: |
59 |
|
|
= 139
|
Laos: |
59 |
|
|
= 145
|
Gabon: |
58 |
|
|
= 145
|
Ghana: |
58 |
|
|
= 147
|
Gambia, The: |
57 |
|
|
= 147
|
Madagascar: |
57 |
|
|
# 149
|
Senegal: |
56 |
|
|
= 150
|
Djibouti: |
55 |
|
|
= 150
|
Iraq: |
55 |
|
|
# 152
|
Cambodia: |
54 |
|
|
= 153
|
Benin: |
53 |
|
|
= 153
|
Haiti: |
53 |
|
|
= 155
|
Guinea: |
52 |
|
|
= 155
|
Togo: |
52 |
|
|
= 157
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
51 |
|
|
= 157
|
Mauritania: |
51 |
|
|
= 157
|
Namibia: |
51 |
|
|
# 160
|
Kenya: |
50 |
|
|
= 161
|
South Africa: |
49 |
|
|
= 161
|
Uganda: |
49 |
|
|
# 163
|
Cameroon: |
48 |
|
|
# 164
|
Guinea-Bissau: |
47 |
|
|
# 165
|
Chad: |
46 |
|
|
= 166
|
Mozambique: |
45 |
|
|
= 166
|
Rwanda: |
45 |
|
|
= 166
|
Mali: |
45 |
|
|
= 166
|
Nigeria: |
45 |
|
|
= 166
|
Tanzania: |
45 |
|
|
= 166
|
Cote d'Ivoire: |
45 |
|
|
= 166
|
Burkina Faso: |
45 |
|
|
= 173
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
44 |
|
|
= 173
|
Somalia: |
44 |
|
|
= 175
|
Afghanistan: |
42 |
|
|
= 175
|
Malawi: |
42 |
|
|
= 175
|
Central African Republic: |
42 |
|
|
= 175
|
Burundi: |
42 |
|
|
= 179
|
Liberia: |
41 |
|
|
= 179
|
Niger: |
41 |
|
|
# 181
|
Angola: |
40 |
|
|
# 182
|
Zambia: |
39 |
|
|
= 183
|
Lesotho: |
38 |
|
|
= 183
|
Sierra Leone: |
38 |
|
|
# 185
|
Botswana: |
36 |
|
|
# 186
|
Swaziland: |
35 |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
65.7 |
|
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth (years) 2003 - Total
population