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Country | Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan | total population: 42.46 years male: 42.27 years female: 42.66 years (2004 est.)
Albania | total population: 77.06 years male: 74.37 years female: 80.02 years (2004 est.)
Algeria | total population: 72.74 years male: 71.22 years female: 74.34 years (2004 est.)
American Samoa | total population: 75.62 years male: 72.05 years female: 79.41 years (2004 est.)
Andorra | total population: 83.5 years male: 80.59 years female: 86.59 years (2004 est.)
Angola | total population: 36.79 years male: 36.06 years female: 37.55 years (2004 est.)
Anguilla | total population: 76.9 years male: 73.99 years female: 79.91 years (2004 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | total population: 71.6 years male: 69.26 years female: 74.07 years (2004 est.)
Argentina | total population: 75.7 years male: 71.95 years female: 79.65 years (2004 est.)
Armenia | total population: 71.23 years male: 67.73 years female: 75.36 years (2004 est.)
Aruba | total population: 78.98 years male: 75.64 years female: 82.49 years (2004 est.)
Australia | total population: 80.26 years male: 77.4 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)
Austria | total population: 78.87 years male: 76 years female: 81.89 years (2004 est.)
Azerbaijan | total population: 63.25 years male: 59.09 years female: 67.62 years (2004 est.)
Bahamas, The | total population: 65.63 years male: 62.21 years female: 69.11 years (2004 est.)
Bahrain | total population: 73.98 years male: 71.52 years female: 76.51 years (2004 est.)
Bangladesh | total population: 61.71 years male: 61.8 years female: 61.61 years (2004 est.)
Barbados | total population: 71.64 years male: 69.51 years female: 73.81 years (2004 est.)
Belarus | total population: 68.57 years male: 62.79 years female: 74.65 years (2004 est.)
Belgium | total population: 78.44 years male: 75.26 years female: 81.75 years (2004 est.)
Belize | total population: 67.43 years male: 65.11 years female: 69.86 years (2004 est.)
Benin | total population: 50.81 years male: 50.25 years female: 51.39 years (2004 est.)
Bermuda | total population: 77.6 years male: 75.54 years female: 79.7 years (2004 est.)
Bhutan | total population: 53.99 years male: 54.27 years female: 53.68 years (2004 est.)
Bolivia | total population: 65.14 years male: 62.54 years female: 67.86 years (2004 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total population: 72.57 years male: 69.82 years female: 75.51 years (2004 est.)
Botswana | total population: 30.76 years male: 30.99 years female: 30.53 years (2004 est.)
Brazil | total population: 71.41 years male: 67.45 years female: 75.57 years (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands | total population: 76.27 years male: 75.24 years female: 77.36 years (2004 est.)
Brunei | total population: 74.54 years male: 72.13 years female: 77.09 years (2004 est.)
Bulgaria | total population: 71.75 years male: 68.14 years female: 75.59 years (2004 est.)
Burkina Faso | total population: 44.2 years male: 42.62 years female: 45.83 years (2004 est.)
Burma | total population: 56.01 years male: 54.22 years female: 57.9 years (2004 est.)
Burundi | total population: 43.36 years male: 42.73 years female: 44 years (2004 est.)
Cambodia | total population: 58.41 years male: 55.71 years female: 61.23 years (2004 est.)
Cameroon | total population: 47.95 years male: 47.1 years female: 48.83 years (2004 est.)
Canada | total population: 79.96 years male: 76.59 years female: 83.5 years (2004 est.)
Cape Verde | total population: 70.14 years male: 66.83 years female: 73.54 years (2004 est.)
Cayman Islands | total population: 79.81 years male: 77.21 years female: 82.45 years (2004 est.)
Central African Republic | total population: 41.36 years male: 39.7 years female: 43.08 years (2004 est.)
Chad | total population: 48.24 years male: 46.91 years female: 49.63 years (2004 est.)
Chile | total population: 76.38 years male: 73.09 years female: 79.82 years (2004 est.)
China | total population: 71.96 years male: 70.4 years female: 73.72 years (2004 est.)
Christmas Island | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2004 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2004 est.)
Colombia | total population: 71.43 years male: 67.58 years female: 75.41 years (2004 est.)
Comoros | total population: 61.57 years male: 59.29 years female: 63.91 years (2004 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total population: 49.14 years male: 47.06 years female: 51.28 years (2004 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | total population: 49.51 years male: 48.51 years female: 50.55 years (2004 est.)
Cook Islands | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2004 est.)
Costa Rica | total population: 76.63 years male: 74.07 years female: 79.33 years (2004 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | total population: 42.48 years male: 40.27 years female: 44.76 years (2004 est.)
Croatia | total population: 74.14 years male: 70.21 years female: 78.29 years (2004 est.)
Cuba | total population: 77.04 years male: 74.77 years female: 79.44 years (2004 est.)
Cyprus | total population: 77.46 years male: 75.11 years female: 79.92 years (2004 est.)
Czech Republic | total population: 75.78 years male: 72.52 years female: 79.24 years (2004 est.)
Denmark | total population: 77.44 years male: 75.17 years female: 79.83 years (2004 est.)
Djibouti | total population: 43.12 years male: 41.83 years female: 44.44 years (2004 est.)
Dominica | total population: 74.38 years male: 71.48 years female: 77.43 years (2004 est.)
Dominican Republic | total population: 67.63 years male: 65.98 years female: 69.35 years (2004 est.)
East Timor | total population: 65.56 years male: 63.31 years female: 67.92 years (2004 est.)
Ecuador | total population: 76.01 years male: 73.15 years female: 79 years (2004 est.)
Egypt | total population: 70.71 years male: 68.22 years female: 73.31 years (2004 est.)
El Salvador | total population: 70.92 years male: 67.31 years female: 74.7 years (2004 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | total population: 55.15 years male: 53 years female: 57.36 years (2004 est.)
Eritrea | total population: 52.7 years male: 51.32 years female: 54.12 years (2004 est.)
Estonia | total population: 71.38 years male: 65.78 years female: 77.33 years (2004 est.)
Ethiopia | total population: 40.88 years male: 40.03 years female: 41.75 years (2004 est.)
European Union | total population: 78.1 years male: 74.9 years female: 81.4 years (July 2004 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2004 est.)
Faroe Islands | total population: 79.05 years male: 75.6 years female: 82.51 years (2004 est.)
Fiji | total population: 69.2 years male: 66.74 years female: 71.79 years (2004 est.)
Finland | total population: 78.24 years male: 74.73 years female: 81.89 years (2004 est.)
France | total population: 79.44 years male: 75.8 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)
French Guiana | total population: 76.89 years male: 73.57 years female: 80.38 years (2004 est.)
French Polynesia | total population: 75.67 years male: 73.29 years female: 78.18 years (2004 est.)
Gabon | total population: 56.46 years male: 54.85 years female: 58.12 years (2004 est.)
Gambia, The | total population: 54.79 years male: 52.76 years female: 56.87 years (2004 est.)
Gaza Strip | total population: 71.59 years male: 70.31 years female: 72.94 years (2004 est.)
Georgia | total population: 75.62 years male: 72.35 years female: 79.44 years (2004 est.)
Germany | total population: 78.54 years male: 75.56 years female: 81.68 years (2004 est.)
Ghana | total population: 56.27 years male: 55.36 years female: 57.22 years (2004 est.)
Gibraltar | total population: 79.52 years male: 76.65 years female: 82.54 years (2004 est.)
Greece | total population: 78.94 years male: 76.44 years female: 81.59 years (2004 est.)
Greenland | total population: 69.32 years male: 65.75 years female: 72.98 years (2004 est.)
Grenada | total population: 64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2004 est.)
Guadeloupe | total population: 77.71 years male: 74.56 years female: 81.03 years (2004 est.)
Guam | total population: 78.12 years male: 75.08 years female: 81.34 years (2004 est.)
Guatemala | total population: 65.19 years male: 64.3 years female: 66.13 years (2004 est.)
Guernsey | total population: 80.17 years male: 77.17 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)
Guinea | total population: 49.7 years male: 48.45 years female: 50.99 years (2004 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | total population: 46.98 years male: 45.09 years female: 48.92 years (2004 est.)
Guyana | total population: 62.43 years male: 60.12 years female: 64.84 years (2004 est.)
Haiti | total population: 51.78 years male: 50.52 years female: 53.12 years (2004 est.)
Honduras | total population: 66.15 years male: 64.99 years female: 67.37 years (2004 est.)
Hong Kong | total population: 81.39 years male: 78.72 years female: 84.3 years (2004 est.)
Hungary | total population: 72.25 years male: 68.07 years female: 76.69 years (2004 est.)
Iceland | total population: 80.18 years male: 78.18 years female: 82.27 years (2004 est.)
India | total population: 63.99 years male: 63.25 years female: 64.77 years (2004 est.)
Indonesia | total population: 69.26 years male: 66.84 years female: 71.8 years (2004 est.)
Iran | total population: 69.66 years male: 68.31 years female: 71.07 years (2004 est.)
Iraq | total population: 68.26 years male: 67.09 years female: 69.48 years (2004 est.)
Ireland | total population: 77.36 years male: 74.74 years female: 80.15 years (2004 est.)
Israel | total population: 79.17 years male: 77.08 years female: 81.37 years (2004 est.)
Italy | total population: 79.54 years male: 76.61 years female: 82.66 years (2004 est.)
Jamaica | total population: 76.07 years male: 74.04 years female: 78.21 years (2004 est.)
Japan | total population: 81.04 years male: 77.74 years female: 84.51 years (2004 est.)
Jersey | total population: 79.09 years male: 76.63 years female: 81.74 years (2004 est.)
Jordan | total population: 78.06 years male: 75.59 years female: 80.69 years (2004 est.)
Kazakhstan | total population: 66.07 years male: 60.72 years female: 71.73 years (2004 est.)
Kenya | total population: 44.94 years male: 44.79 years female: 45.1 years (2004 est.)
Kiribati | total population: 61.32 years male: 58.34 years female: 64.44 years (2004 est.)
Korea, North | total population: 71.08 years male: 68.38 years female: 73.92 years (2004 est.)
Korea, South | total population: 75.58 years male: 71.96 years female: 79.54 years (2004 est.)
Kuwait | total population: 76.84 years male: 75.86 years female: 77.86 years (2004 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | total population: 67.84 years male: 63.84 years female: 72.05 years (2004 est.)
Laos | total population: 54.69 years male: 52.71 years female: 56.75 years (2004 est.)
Latvia | total population: 70.86 years male: 65.91 years female: 76.09 years (2004 est.)
Lebanon | total population: 72.35 years male: 69.91 years female: 74.91 years (2004 est.)
Lesotho | total population: 36.81 years male: 36.81 years female: 36.81 years (2004 est.)
Liberia | total population: 47.93 years male: 46.9 years female: 48.99 years (2004 est.)
Libya | total population: 76.28 years male: 74.1 years female: 78.58 years (2004 est.)
Liechtenstein | total population: 79.4 years male: 75.8 years female: 83.02 years (2004 est.)
Lithuania | total population: 73.46 years male: 68.22 years female: 79 years (2004 est.)
Luxembourg | total population: 78.58 years male: 75.31 years female: 82.07 years (2004 est.)
Macau | total population: 82.03 years male: 79.2 years female: 84.99 years (2004 est.)
Macedonia | total population: 74.73 years male: 72.45 years female: 77.2 years (2004 est.)
Madagascar | total population: 56.54 years male: 54.19 years female: 58.96 years (2004 est.)
Malawi | total population: 37.48 years male: 37.08 years female: 37.88 years (2004 est.)
Malaysia | total population: 71.95 years male: 69.29 years female: 74.81 years (2004 est.)
Maldives | total population: 63.68 years male: 62.41 years female: 65.01 years (2004 est.)
Mali | total population: 45.28 years male: 44.7 years female: 45.87 years (2004 est.)
Malta | total population: 78.68 years male: 76.51 years female: 80.98 years (2004 est.)
Man, Isle of | total population: 78.16 years male: 74.8 years female: 81.7 years (2004 est.)
Marshall Islands | total population: 69.7 years male: 67.77 years female: 71.73 years (2004 est.)
Martinique | total population: 78.88 years male: 79.35 years female: 78.4 years (2004 est.)
Mauritania | total population: 52.32 years male: 50.15 years female: 54.56 years (2004 est.)
Mauritius | total population: 72.09 years male: 68.11 years female: 76.13 years (2004 est.)
Mayotte | total population: 60.99 years male: 58.85 years female: 63.2 years (2004 est.)
Mexico | total population: 74.94 years male: 72.18 years female: 77.83 years (2004 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | total population: 69.44 years male: 67.68 years female: 71.29 years (2004 est.)
Moldova | total population: 65.03 years male: 60.88 years female: 69.39 years (2004 est.)
Monaco | total population: 79.42 years male: 75.53 years female: 83.5 years (2004 est.)
Mongolia | total population: 64.17 years male: 61.97 years female: 66.48 years (2004 est.)
Montserrat | total population: 78.53 years male: 76.39 years female: 80.78 years (2004 est.)
Morocco | total population: 70.35 years male: 68.06 years female: 72.74 years (2004 est.)
Mozambique | total population: 37.1 years male: 37.83 years female: 36.34 years (2004 est.)
Namibia | total population: 40.53 years male: 42.36 years female: 38.64 years (2004 est.)
Nauru | total population: 62.33 years male: 58.78 years female: 66.06 years (2004 est.)
Nepal | total population: 59.4 years male: 59.73 years female: 59.06 years (2004 est.)
Netherlands | total population: 78.68 years male: 76.15 years female: 81.34 years (2004 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | total population: 75.6 years male: 73.37 years female: 77.95 years (2004 est.)
New Caledonia | total population: 73.78 years male: 70.82 years female: 76.89 years (2004 est.)
New Zealand | total population: 78.49 years male: 75.5 years female: 81.61 years (2004 est.)
Nicaragua | total population: 70.02 years male: 67.99 years female: 72.16 years (2004 est.)
Niger | total population: 42.18 years male: 42.38 years female: 41.97 years (2004 est.)
Nigeria | total population: 50.49 years male: 50.35 years female: 50.63 years (2004 est.)
Niue | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2004 est.)
Norfolk Island | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Northern Mariana Islands | total population: 75.67 years male: 73.11 years female: 78.38 years (2004 est.)
Norway | total population: 79.25 years male: 76.64 years female: 82.01 years (2004 est.)
Oman | total population: 72.85 years male: 70.66 years female: 75.16 years (2004 est.)
Pakistan | total population: 62.61 years male: 61.69 years female: 63.58 years (2004 est.)
Palau | total population: 69.82 years male: 66.67 years female: 73.15 years (2004 est.)
Panama | total population: 72.14 years male: 69.82 years female: 74.56 years (2004 est.)
Papua New Guinea | total population: 64.56 years male: 62.41 years female: 66.81 years (2004 est.)
Paraguay | total population: 74.64 years male: 72.12 years female: 77.29 years (2004 est.)
Peru | total population: 69.22 years male: 67.48 years female: 71.03 years (2004 est.)
Philippines | total population: 69.6 years male: 66.74 years female: 72.61 years (2004 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Poland | total population: 74.16 years male: 70.04 years female: 78.52 years (2004 est.)
Portugal | total population: 77.35 years male: 74.06 years female: 80.85 years (2004 est.)
Puerto Rico | total population: 77.49 years male: 73.49 years female: 81.68 years (2004 est.)
Qatar | total population: 73.4 years male: 70.9 years female: 76.04 years (2004 est.)
Reunion | total population: 73.69 years male: 70.29 years female: 77.26 years (2004 est.)
Romania | total population: 71.12 years male: 67.63 years female: 74.82 years (2004 est.)
Russia | total population: 66.39 years male: 59.91 years female: 73.27 years (2004 est.)
Rwanda | total population: 39.18 years male: 38.43 years female: 39.96 years (2004 est.)
Saint Helena | total population: 77.57 years male: 74.67 years female: 80.61 years (2004 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total population: 71.86 years male: 69.03 years female: 74.86 years (2004 est.)
Saint Lucia | total population: 73.34 years male: 69.78 years female: 77.16 years (2004 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total population: 78.28 years male: 75.97 years female: 80.7 years (2004 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total population: 73.35 years male: 71.54 years female: 75.21 years (2004 est.)
Samoa | total population: 70.41 years male: 67.64 years female: 73.33 years (2004 est.)
San Marino | total population: 81.53 years male: 78.02 years female: 85.34 years (2004 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | total population: 66.63 years male: 65.11 years female: 68.21 years (2004 est.)
Saudi Arabia | total population: 75.23 years male: 73.26 years female: 77.3 years (2004 est.)
Senegal | total population: 56.56 years male: 54.94 years female: 58.23 years (2004 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | total population: 74.4 years male: 71.9 years female: 77.12 years (2004 est.)
Seychelles | total population: 71.53 years male: 66.1 years female: 77.14 years (2004 est.)
Sierra Leone | total population: 42.69 years male: 40.23 years female: 45.21 years (2004 est.)
Singapore | total population: 81.53 years male: 78.96 years female: 84.29 years (2004 est.)
Slovakia | total population: 74.19 years male: 70.21 years female: 78.37 years (2004 est.)
Slovenia | total population: 75.93 years male: 72.18 years female: 79.92 years (2004 est.)
Solomon Islands | total population: 72.38 years male: 69.9 years female: 74.98 years (2004 est.)
Somalia | total population: 47.71 years male: 46.02 years female: 49.46 years (2004 est.)
South Africa | total population: 44.19 years male: 44.39 years female: 43.98 years (2004 est.)
Spain | total population: 79.37 years male: 76.03 years female: 82.94 years (2004 est.)
Sri Lanka | total population: 72.89 years male: 70.34 years female: 75.57 years (2004 est.)
Sudan | total population: 58.13 years male: 56.96 years female: 59.36 years (2004 est.)
Suriname | total population: 69.1 years male: 66.77 years female: 71.55 years (2004 est.)
Svalbard | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Swaziland | total population: 37.54 years male: 39.1 years female: 35.94 years (2004 est.)
Sweden | total population: 80.3 years male: 78.12 years female: 82.62 years (2004 est.)
Switzerland | total population: 80.31 years male: 77.51 years female: 83.27 years (2004 est.)
Syria | total population: 69.71 years male: 68.47 years female: 71.02 years (2004 est.)
Taiwan | total population: 77.06 years male: 74.31 years female: 80.08 years (2004 est.)
Tajikistan | total population: 64.47 years male: 61.53 years female: 67.55 years (2004 est.)
Tanzania | total population: 44.39 years male: 43.2 years female: 45.61 years (2004 est.)
Thailand | total population: 71.41 years male: 69.23 years female: 73.71 years (2004 est.)
Togo | total population: 53.05 years male: 51.07 years female: 55.09 years (2004 est.)
Tokelau | total population: NA years male: 68 years female: 70 years (2004 est.)
Tonga | total population: 69.2 years male: 66.74 years female: 71.79 years (2004 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | total population: 69.28 years male: 66.86 years female: 71.82 years (2004 est.)
Tunisia | total population: 74.66 years male: 73 years female: 76.44 years (2004 est.)
Turkey | total population: 72.08 years male: 69.68 years female: 74.61 years (2004 est.)
Turkmenistan | total population: 61.29 years male: 57.87 years female: 64.88 years (2004 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total population: 74.25 years male: 72.05 years female: 76.57 years (2004 est.)
Tuvalu | total population: 67.66 years male: 65.47 years female: 69.96 years (2004 est.)
Uganda | total population: 45.28 years male: 43.76 years female: 46.83 years (2004 est.)
Ukraine | total population: 66.68 years male: 61.35 years female: 72.27 years (2004 est.)
United Arab Emirates | total population: 74.99 years male: 72.51 years female: 77.6 years (2004 est.)
United Kingdom | total population: 78.27 years male: 75.84 years female: 80.83 years (2004 est.)
United States | total population: 77.43 years male: 74.63 years female: 80.36 years (2004 est.)
Uruguay | total population: 75.92 years male: 72.71 years female: 79.24 years (2004 est.)
Uzbekistan | total population: 64.09 years male: 60.67 years female: 67.69 years (2004 est.)
Vanuatu | total population: 62.1 years male: 60.64 years female: 63.63 years (2004 est.)
Venezuela | total population: 74.06 years male: 71.02 years female: 77.32 years (2004 est.)
Vietnam | total population: 70.35 years male: 67.86 years female: 73.02 years (2004 est.)
Virgin Islands | total population: 78.75 years male: 74.91 years female: 82.82 years (2004 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
West Bank | total population: 72.88 years male: 71.14 years female: 74.72 years (2004 est.)
Western Sahara | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
World | total population: 64.05 years male: 62.48 years female: 65.7 years (2004 est.)
Yemen | total population: 61.36 years male: 59.53 years female: 63.29 years (2004 est.)
Zambia | total population: 35.18 years male: 35.19 years female: 35.17 years (2004 est.)
Zimbabwe | total population: 37.82 years male: 38.63 years female: 36.99 years (2004 est.)
This page was last updated on 10 February, 2005