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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
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 86.05 | 2008 | ||
| 2 | Liechtenstein | 85.4 | 2008 | ||
| 3 | France | 85.2 | 2008 | ||
| 4 | San Marino | 85.07 | 2006 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 84.77 | 2008 | ||
| 6 | Switzerland | 84.61 | 2008 | ||
| 7 | Spain | 84.32 | 2008 | ||
| 8 | Australia | 83.7 | 2008 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 83.57 | 2008 | |||
| 9 | Sweden | 83.29 | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Austria | 83.28 | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Finland | 83.28 | 2008 | ||
| =10 | Canada | 83.28 | 2008 | ||
| 13 | Iceland | 83.25 | 2008 | ||
| =14 | Singapore | 83.2 | 2008 | ||
| =14 | Norway | 83.2 | 2008 | ||
| 16 | Luxembourg | 83.06 | 2008 | ||
| 17 | Israel | 83 | 2008 | ||
| 18 | Belgium | 82.9 | 2008 | ||
| 19 | Puerto Rico | 82.68 | 2008 | ||
| 20 | Germany | 82.67 | 2008 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 82.63 | 2008 | |||
| 21 | Slovenia | 82.59 | 2008 | ||
| 22 | European Union | 82.53 | 2008 | ||
| 23 | Netherlands | 82.47 | 2008 | ||
| 24 | Virgin Islands | 82.44 | 2008 | ||
| 25 | Portugal | 82.41 | 2008 | ||
| 26 | Greece | 82.35 | 2008 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 82.35 | 2008 | |||
| 27 | Malta | 82.33 | 2008 | ||
| 28 | Ireland | 82.3 | 2008 | ||
| 29 | New Zealand | 82.2 | 2008 | ||
| 30 | Cyprus | 82.06 | 2008 | ||
| 31 | United Kingdom | 82.03 | 2008 | ||
| 32 | Bermuda | 81.78 | 2008 | ||
| 33 | Chile | 81.75 | 2008 | ||
| 34 | Costa Rica | 81.39 | 2008 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 81.39 | 2008 | |||
| 35 | Faroe Islands | 81.3 | 2006 | ||
| 36 | United States | 81 | 2008 | ||
| 37 | Denmark | 80.99 | 2008 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 80.97 | 2008 | |||
| 38 | Cuba | 80.83 | 2008 | ||
| =39 | New Caledonia | 80.52 | 2008 | ||
| =39 | Czech Republic | 80.52 | 2008 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 80.5 | 2008 | |||
| 41 | Mayotte | 80.22 | 2008 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 80.22 | 2008 | |||
| 42 | Poland | 80.02 | 2008 | ||
| 43 | Kuwait | 79.94 | 2008 | ||
| 44 | Albania | 79.86 | 2008 | ||
| 45 | Barbados | 79.85 | 2008 | ||
| 46 | Brunei | 79.8 | 2008 | ||
| 47 | Uruguay | 79.73 | 2008 | ||
| 48 | Croatia | 79.6 | 2008 | ||
| 49 | Estonia | 79.51 | 2008 | ||
| 50 | Netherlands Antilles | 79.47 | 2008 | ||
| 51 | Argentina | 79.2 | 2008 | ||
| 52 | Slovakia | 78.98 | 2008 | ||
| 53 | Seychelles | 78.9 | 2008 | ||
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 78.84 | 2008 | ||
| 55 | Dominica | 78.8 | 2002 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 78.42 | 2008 | |||
| 56 | Panama | 78.34 | 2008 | ||
| 57 | Belize | 78.28 | 2008 | ||
| 58 | Hungary | 78.25 | 2008 | ||
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 78.2 | 2002 | ||
| 60 | Ecuador | 78.17 | 2008 | ||
| 61 | Guam | 78.03 | 2008 | ||
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 78.01 | 2008 | ||
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.8 | 2008 | ||
| 64 | Latvia | 77.77 | 2008 | ||
| 65 | Lithuania | 77.63 | 2008 | ||
| 66 | Oman | 77.56 | 2008 | ||
| 67 | Bahrain | 77.55 | 2008 | ||
| 68 | Mexico | 77.51 | 2008 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 77.43 | 2008 | |||
| 69 | Aruba | 77.4 | 2008 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 77.28 | 2008 | |||
| 70 | Romania | 77.22 | 2008 | ||
| 71 | Bulgaria | 77.03 | 2008 | ||
| 72 | French Polynesia | 77.01 | 2008 | ||
| =73 | Qatar | 76.97 | 2008 | ||
| =73 | Libya | 76.97 | 2008 | ||
| 75 | Grenada | 76.91 | 2008 | ||
| 76 | Armenia | 76.88 | 2008 | ||
| 77 | Malaysia | 76.79 | 2008 | ||
| 78 | Colombia | 76.76 | 2008 | ||
| 79 | Venezuela | 76.61 | 2008 | ||
| 80 | Belarus | 76.56 | 2008 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 76.45 | 2008 | |||
| 81 | Vietnam | 76.37 | 2008 | ||
| 82 | The Bahamas | 76.34 | 2008 | ||
| 83 | Nicaragua | 76.31 | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Tunisia | 76.3 | 2008 | ||
| =84 | Serbia and Montenegro | 76.3 | 2008 | ||
| 86 | Syria | 76.19 | 2008 | ||
| 87 | Brazil | 76.16 | 2008 | ||
| 88 | El Salvador | 76.13 | 2008 | ||
| 89 | Mauritius | 76.11 | 2008 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 76.11 | 2008 | |||
| 90 | Peru | 76.02 | 2008 | ||
| 91 | Saint Lucia | 75.71 | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 75.52 | 2008 | |||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 75.51 | 2008 | |||
| 92 | Dominican Republic | 75.37 | 2008 | ||
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 75.36 | 2008 | ||
| 94 | Jamaica | 75.28 | 2008 | ||
| 95 | Georgia | 75.11 | 2008 | ||
| 96 | Samoa | 74.98 | 2008 | ||
| 97 | China | 74.89 | 2008 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 74.81 | 2008 | |||
| 98 | Tonga | 74.78 | 2008 | ||
| 99 | Honduras | 74.65 | 2008 | ||
| 100 | Jordan | 74.6 | 2008 | ||
| 101 | Turkey | 74.39 | 2008 | ||
| 102 | Ukraine | 74.28 | 2008 | ||
| 103 | Lebanon | 74.26 | 2008 | ||
| 104 | Russia | 74.16 | 2008 | ||
| 105 | Philippines | 74.13 | 2008 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 74.05 | 2008 | |||
| 106 | Paraguay | 74.04 | 2008 | ||
| 107 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 74 | 2002 | ||
| 108 | Guatemala | 73.95 | 2008 | ||
| =109 | Algeria | 73.86 | 2008 | ||
| =109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.86 | 2008 | ||
| 111 | Cape Verde | 73.78 | 2008 | ||
| 112 | Morocco | 73.59 | 2008 | ||
| 113 | Maldives | 73.17 | 2008 | ||
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.98 | 2008 | ||
| 115 | Indonesia | 72.84 | 2008 | ||
| 116 | Suriname | 72.72 | 2008 | ||
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 72.58 | 2008 | ||
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 72.48 | 2008 | ||
| 119 | Moldova | 72.32 | 2008 | ||
| 120 | Vanuatu | 72.28 | 2008 | ||
| 121 | Thailand | 72.11 | 2008 | ||
| 122 | Palau | 72.1 | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 72 | 2008 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 71.97 | 2008 | |||
| 124 | Iraq | 71.81 | 2008 | ||
| 125 | Fiji | 71.19 | 2008 | ||
| 126 | Uzbekistan | 71.01 | 2008 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 70.79 | 2008 | |||
| 127 | Greenland | 70.7 | 2008 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 70.49 | 2000 | |||
| 128 | Guyana | 70.08 | 2008 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 69.99 | 2008 | |||
| 129 | Mongolia | 69.91 | 2008 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 69.87 | 2008 | |||
| 130 | Tajikistan | 69.5 | 2008 | ||
| 131 | Turkmenistan | 69.01 | 2008 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 68.49 | 2008 | |||
| 132 | Bhutan | 68.02 | 2008 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 67.94 | 2008 | |||
| 133 | Bolivia | 67.88 | 2008 | ||
| 134 | Marshall Islands | 67.8 | 2000 | ||
| 135 | Comoros | 67.63 | 2008 | ||
| 136 | Sao Tome and Principe | 67.5 | 2008 | ||
| 137 | Nepal | 67.38 | 2008 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 67.35 | 2008 | |||
| =138 | Solomon Islands | 67.22 | 2008 | ||
| =138 | Bangladesh | 67.22 | 2008 | ||
| 140 | Pakistan | 66.86 | 2008 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 66.83 | 2008 | |||
| 141 | Laos | 66.42 | 2008 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 66.16 | 2005 | |||
| 142 | India | 65.24 | 2008 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 64.56 | 2006 | |||
| 143 | Togo | 64.29 | 2008 | ||
| 144 | Burma | 63.83 | 2008 | ||
| 145 | Papua New Guinea | 63.33 | 2008 | ||
| 146 | Kiribati | 63.1 | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Haiti | 63.06 | 2008 | ||
| 148 | Cambodia | 62.84 | 2008 | ||
| 149 | Benin | 62.56 | 2008 | ||
| 150 | East Timor | 62.03 | 2008 | ||
| 151 | Madagascar | 62 | 2008 | ||
| 152 | Namibia | 61.93 | 2008 | ||
| 153 | Eritrea | 61.84 | 2008 | ||
| 154 | Gabon | 61.81 | 2008 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 61.58 | 2008 | |||
| 155 | Guinea | 59.89 | 2008 | ||
| 156 | Sudan | 59.73 | 2008 | ||
| 157 | Liberia | 59.66 | 2008 | ||
| 158 | Cote d'Ivoire | 58.77 | 2008 | ||
| 159 | Mauritania | 58.73 | 2008 | ||
| 160 | The Gambia | 57.62 | 2008 | ||
| 161 | Ghana | 57.54 | 2008 | ||
| 162 | Senegal | 57.16 | 2008 | ||
| 163 | Djibouti | 56.81 | 2008 | ||
| 164 | Ethiopia | 56.66 | 2008 | ||
| 165 | Tanzania | 56.45 | 2008 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 56.05 | 2008 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 55.51 | 2008 | |||
| 166 | Kenya | 54.66 | 2008 | ||
| 167 | Congo, Republic of the | 54.54 | 2008 | ||
| 168 | Burkina Faso | 54.32 | 2008 | ||
| 169 | Botswana | 54.18 | 2008 | ||
| 170 | Malawi | 54.06 | 2008 | ||
| 171 | Uganda | 53.26 | 2008 | ||
| 172 | South Africa | 53.06 | 2008 | ||
| 173 | Niger | 52.31 | 2008 | ||
| 174 | Rwanda | 51.96 | 2008 | ||
| 175 | Burundi | 51.94 | 2008 | ||
| 176 | Cameroon | 51.64 | 2008 | ||
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 51.45 | 2008 | ||
| 178 | Somalia | 51.31 | 2008 | ||
| 179 | Chad | 50.05 | 2008 | ||
| 180 | Guinea-Bissau | 49.42 | 2008 | ||
| 181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 49.26 | 2008 | ||
| 182 | Mali | 49.14 | 2008 | ||
| 183 | Angola | 49.09 | 2008 | ||
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 48.9 | 2008 | ||
| 185 | Mozambique | 48.72 | 2008 | ||
| 186 | Central African Republic | 48.51 | 2008 | ||
| 187 | Nigeria | 48.43 | 2008 | ||
| 188 | Zambia | 45.91 | 2008 | ||
| 189 | Lesotho | 45.56 | 2008 | ||
| 190 | Swaziland | 45.11 | 2008 | ||
| 191 | Zimbabwe | 44.53 | 2008 |