Middle Eastern and North Africa Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population
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.
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Interesting observations about Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total population
- Macau ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Hot countries in 2011.
- Monaco ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Christian countries in 2011.
- Jordan ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
- Japan ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2011.
- Singapore ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Former British colonies in 2011.
- Italy ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst European Union in 2011.
- Chile ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
- San Marino ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Catholic countries in 2011.
- Canada ranked second for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Cold countries in 2011.
- Australia ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total population amongst Sparsely populated countries in 2011.
