East Asia and Pacific Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total > Years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 82.08 years | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Australia | 80.63 years | 2005 | ||
| 3 | Singapore | 79.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 4 | New Zealand | 79.62 years | 2005 | ||
| 5 | South Korea | 77.57 years | 2005 | ||
| 6 | Brunei | 76.97 years | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Malaysia | 73.7 years | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Tonga | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 9 | China | 71.83 years | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Philippines | 71.04 years | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Thailand | 70.9 years | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Samoa | 70.74 years | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Vietnam | 70.65 years | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Vanuatu | 69.49 years | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Fiji | 68.33 years | 2005 | ||
| 16 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.07 years | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Indonesia | 67.79 years | 2005 | ||
| 18 | Mongolia | 66.84 years | 2005 | ||
| 19 | Marshall Islands | 65.24 years | 2000 | ||
| 20 | North Korea | 63.92 years | 2005 | ||
| 21 | Solomon Islands | 62.94 years | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Kiribati | 62.82 years | 2002 | ||
| 23 | Burma | 61.11 years | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Cambodia | 57.03 years | 2005 | ||
| 25 | East Timor | 56.72 years | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 56.39 years | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Laos | 55.67 years | 2005 |
