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Country | Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan | total population: 43.77 years male: 43.6 years female: 43.96 years (2007 est.)
Albania | total population: 77.6 years male: 74.95 years female: 80.53 years (2007 est.)
Algeria | total population: 73.52 years male: 71.91 years female: 75.21 years (2007 est.)
American Samoa | total population: 76.25 years male: 72.69 years female: 80.02 years (2007 est.)
Andorra | total population: 83.52 years male: 80.62 years female: 86.62 years (2007 est.)
Angola | total population: 37.63 years male: 36.73 years female: 38.57 years (2007 est.)
Anguilla | total population: 77.46 years male: 74.53 years female: 80.49 years (2007 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | total population: 72.42 years male: 70.03 years female: 74.94 years (2007 est.)
Argentina | total population: 76.32 years male: 72.6 years female: 80.24 years (2007 est.)
Armenia | total population: 72.12 years male: 68.52 years female: 76.29 years (2007 est.)
Aruba | total population: 74.83 years male: 71.8 years female: 77.91 years (2007 est.)
Australia | total population: 80.62 years male: 77.75 years female: 83.63 years (2007 est.)
Austria | total population: 79.21 years male: 76.32 years female: 82.26 years (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan | total population: 65.96 years male: 61.86 years female: 70.66 years (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The | total population: 65.66 years male: 62.37 years female: 69.02 years (2007 est.)
Bahrain | total population: 74.68 years male: 72.18 years female: 77.25 years (2007 est.)
Bangladesh | total population: 62.84 years male: 62.81 years female: 62.86 years (2007 est.)
Barbados | total population: 73 years male: 71.02 years female: 75.01 years (2007 est.)
Belarus | total population: 70.05 years male: 64.31 years female: 76.14 years (2007 est.)
Belgium | total population: 78.92 years male: 75.75 years female: 82.24 years (2007 est.)
Belize | total population: 68.25 years male: 66.44 years female: 70.16 years (2007 est.)
Benin | total population: 53.44 years male: 52.28 years female: 54.63 years (2007 est.)
Bermuda | total population: 78.13 years male: 76 years female: 80.29 years (2007 est.)
Bhutan | total population: 55.17 years male: 55.38 years female: 54.96 years (2007 est.)
Bolivia | total population: 66.19 years male: 63.53 years female: 68.97 years (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total population: 78.17 years male: 74.57 years female: 82.03 years (2007 est.)
Botswana | total population: 50.58 years male: 51.55 years female: 49.58 years (2007 est.)
Brazil | total population: 72.24 years male: 68.3 years female: 76.38 years (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands | total population: 76.86 years male: 75.71 years female: 78.07 years (2007 est.)
Brunei | total population: 75.3 years male: 73.12 years female: 77.59 years (2007 est.)
Bulgaria | total population: 72.57 years male: 68.95 years female: 76.4 years (2007 est.)
Burkina Faso | total population: 49.21 years male: 47.68 years female: 50.8 years (2007 est.)
Burma | total population: 62.49 years male: 60.29 years female: 64.83 years (2007 est.)
Burundi | total population: 51.29 years male: 50.48 years female: 52.12 years (2007 est.)
Cambodia | total population: 61.29 years male: 59.27 years female: 63.4 years (2007 est.)
Cameroon | total population: 52.86 years male: 52.15 years female: 53.59 years (2007 est.)
Canada | total population: 80.34 years male: 76.98 years female: 83.86 years (2007 est.)
Cape Verde | total population: 71.02 years male: 67.69 years female: 74.44 years (2007 est.)
Cayman Islands | total population: 80.2 years male: 77.57 years female: 82.87 years (2007 est.)
Central African Republic | total population: 43.74 years male: 43.69 years female: 43.79 years (2007 est.)
Chad | total population: 47.2 years male: 46.17 years female: 48.27 years (2007 est.)
Chile | total population: 76.96 years male: 73.69 years female: 80.4 years (2007 est.)
China | total population: 72.88 years male: 71.13 years female: 74.82 years (2007 est.)
Christmas Island | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Colombia | total population: 72.27 years male: 68.44 years female: 76.24 years (2007 est.)
Comoros | total population: 62.73 years male: 60.37 years female: 65.15 years (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total population: 57.2 years male: 54.97 years female: 59.5 years (2007 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | total population: 53.29 years male: 52.1 years female: 54.52 years (2007 est.)
Cook Islands | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Costa Rica | total population: 77.21 years male: 74.61 years female: 79.94 years (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | total population: 49 years male: 46.43 years female: 51.66 years (2007 est.)
Croatia | total population: 74.9 years male: 71.26 years female: 78.75 years (2007 est.)
Cuba | total population: 77.08 years male: 74.85 years female: 79.43 years (2007 est.)
Cyprus | total population: 77.98 years male: 75.6 years female: 80.49 years (2007 est.)
Czech Republic | total population: 76.42 years male: 73.14 years female: 79.88 years (2007 est.)
Denmark | total population: 77.96 years male: 75.65 years female: 80.41 years (2007 est.)
Djibouti | total population: 43.25 years male: 41.88 years female: 44.65 years (2007 est.)
Dominica | total population: 75.1 years male: 72.17 years female: 78.18 years (2007 est.)
Dominican Republic | total population: 73.07 years male: 71.34 years female: 74.87 years (2007 est.)
Ecuador | total population: 76.62 years male: 73.74 years female: 79.63 years (2007 est.)
Egypt | total population: 71.57 years male: 69.04 years female: 74.22 years (2007 est.)
El Salvador | total population: 71.78 years male: 68.18 years female: 75.57 years (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | total population: 49.51 years male: 48.11 years female: 50.95 years (2007 est.)
Eritrea | total population: 59.55 years male: 57.88 years female: 61.28 years (2007 est.)
Estonia | total population: 72.3 years male: 66.87 years female: 78.07 years (2007 est.)
Ethiopia | total population: 49.23 years male: 48.06 years female: 50.44 years (2007 est.)
European Union | total population: 78.7 years male: 75.6 years female: 82 years (2007 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Faroe Islands | total population: 79.49 years male: 76.06 years female: 82.93 years (2007 est.)
Fiji | total population: 70.12 years male: 67.6 years female: 72.76 years (2007 est.)
Finland | total population: 78.66 years male: 75.15 years female: 82.31 years (2007 est.)
France | total population: 80.59 years male: 77.35 years female: 84 years (2007 est.)
French Polynesia | total population: 76.31 years male: 73.88 years female: 78.86 years (2007 est.)
Gabon | total population: 53.99 years male: 52.85 years female: 55.17 years (2007 est.)
Gambia, The | total population: 54.54 years male: 52.68 years female: 56.46 years (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip | total population: 72.16 years male: 70.84 years female: 73.54 years (2007 est.)
Georgia | total population: 76.3 years male: 73 years female: 80.07 years (2007 est.)
Germany | total population: 78.95 years male: 75.96 years female: 82.11 years (2007 est.)
Ghana | total population: 59.12 years male: 58.31 years female: 59.95 years (2007 est.)
Gibraltar | total population: 79.93 years male: 77.05 years female: 82.96 years (2007 est.)
Greece | total population: 79.38 years male: 76.85 years female: 82.06 years (2007 est.)
Greenland | total population: 70.23 years male: 66.65 years female: 73.9 years (2007 est.)
Grenada | total population: 65.21 years male: 63.38 years female: 67.05 years (2007 est.)
Guam | total population: 78.76 years male: 75.69 years female: 82.01 years (2007 est.)
Guatemala | total population: 69.69 years male: 67.94 years female: 71.52 years (2007 est.)
Guernsey | total population: 80.53 years male: 77.53 years female: 83.64 years (2007 est.)
Guinea | total population: 49.65 years male: 48.5 years female: 50.84 years (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | total population: 47.18 years male: 45.37 years female: 49.04 years (2007 est.)
Guyana | total population: 66.17 years male: 63.52 years female: 68.95 years (2007 est.)
Haiti | total population: 57.03 years male: 55.35 years female: 58.75 years (2007 est.)
Honduras | total population: 69.35 years male: 67.78 years female: 70.99 years (2007 est.)
Hong Kong | total population: 81.68 years male: 78.99 years female: 84.6 years (2007 est.)
Hungary | total population: 72.92 years male: 68.73 years female: 77.38 years (2007 est.)
Iceland | total population: 80.43 years male: 78.33 years female: 82.62 years (2007 est.)
India | total population: 68.59 years male: 66.28 years female: 71.17 years (2007 est.)
Indonesia | total population: 70.16 years male: 67.69 years female: 72.76 years (2007 est.)
Iran | total population: 70.56 years male: 69.12 years female: 72.07 years (2007 est.)
Iraq | total population: 69.31 years male: 68.04 years female: 70.65 years (2007 est.)
Ireland | total population: 77.9 years male: 75.27 years female: 80.7 years (2007 est.)
Isle of Man | total population: 78.64 years male: 75.3 years female: 82.17 years (2007 est.)
Israel | total population: 79.59 years male: 77.44 years female: 81.85 years (2007 est.)
Italy | total population: 79.94 years male: 77.01 years female: 83.07 years (2007 est.)
Jamaica | total population: 73.12 years male: 71.43 years female: 74.9 years (2007 est.)
Japan | total population: 82.02 years male: 78.67 years female: 85.56 years (2007 est.)
Jersey | total population: 79.51 years male: 77.02 years female: 82.2 years (2007 est.)
Jordan | total population: 78.55 years male: 76.04 years female: 81.22 years (2007 est.)
Kazakhstan | total population: 67.22 years male: 61.9 years female: 72.84 years (2007 est.)
Kenya | total population: 55.31 years male: 55.24 years female: 55.37 years (2007 est.)
Kiribati | total population: 62.45 years male: 59.41 years female: 65.63 years (2007 est.)
Korea, North | total population: 71.92 years male: 69.18 years female: 74.8 years (2007 est.)
Korea, South | total population: 77.23 years male: 73.81 years female: 80.93 years (2007 est.)
Kuwait | total population: 77.36 years male: 76.25 years female: 78.52 years (2007 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | total population: 68.81 years male: 64.8 years female: 73.02 years (2007 est.)
Laos | total population: 55.89 years male: 53.82 years female: 58.04 years (2007 est.)
Latvia | total population: 71.6 years male: 66.39 years female: 77.1 years (2007 est.)
Lebanon | total population: 73.15 years male: 70.67 years female: 75.77 years (2007 est.)
Lesotho | total population: 39.97 years male: 40.73 years female: 39.18 years (2007 est.)
Liberia | total population: 40.39 years male: 38.93 years female: 41.89 years (2007 est.)
Libya | total population: 76.88 years male: 74.64 years female: 79.23 years (2007 est.)
Liechtenstein | total population: 79.81 years male: 76.24 years female: 83.4 years (2007 est.)
Lithuania | total population: 74.44 years male: 69.46 years female: 79.69 years (2007 est.)
Luxembourg | total population: 79.03 years male: 75.76 years female: 82.52 years (2007 est.)
Macau | total population: 82.27 years male: 79.44 years female: 85.25 years (2007 est.)
Macedonia | total population: 74.21 years male: 71.73 years female: 76.88 years (2007 est.)
Madagascar | total population: 62.14 years male: 60.23 years female: 64.1 years (2007 est.)
Malawi | total population: 42.98 years male: 43.35 years female: 42.61 years (2007 est.)
Malaysia | total population: 72.76 years male: 70.05 years female: 75.65 years (2007 est.)
Maldives | total population: 64.76 years male: 63.41 years female: 66.19 years (2007 est.)
Mali | total population: 49.51 years male: 47.6 years female: 51.46 years (2007 est.)
Malta | total population: 79.15 years male: 76.95 years female: 81.47 years (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands | total population: 70.61 years male: 68.61 years female: 72.71 years (2007 est.)
Mauritania | total population: 53.51 years male: 51.24 years female: 55.85 years (2007 est.)
Mauritius | total population: 72.88 years male: 68.92 years female: 76.9 years (2007 est.)
Mayotte | total population: 62.16 years male: 59.94 years female: 64.45 years (2007 est.)
Mexico | total population: 75.63 years male: 72.84 years female: 78.56 years (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | total population: 70.35 years male: 68.52 years female: 72.28 years (2007 est.)
Moldova | total population: 70.2 years male: 66.51 years female: 74.11 years (2007 est.)
Monaco | total population: 79.82 years male: 75.99 years female: 83.85 years (2007 est.)
Mongolia | total population: 66.99 years male: 64.61 years female: 69.48 years (2007 est.)
Montserrat | total population: 79 years male: 76.8 years female: 81.31 years (2007 est.)
Morocco | total population: 71.22 years male: 68.88 years female: 73.67 years (2007 est.)
Mozambique | total population: 40.9 years male: 41.4 years female: 40.4 years (2007 est.)
Namibia | total population: 43.11 years male: 44.39 years female: 41.79 years (2007 est.)
Nauru | total population: 63.44 years male: 59.85 years female: 67.21 years (2007 est.)
Nepal | total population: 60.56 years male: 60.78 years female: 60.33 years (2007 est.)
Netherlands | total population: 79.11 years male: 76.52 years female: 81.82 years (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | total population: 76.24 years male: 73.96 years female: 78.65 years (2007 est.)
New Caledonia | total population: 74.5 years male: 71.52 years female: 77.63 years (2007 est.)
New Zealand | total population: 78.96 years male: 75.97 years female: 82.08 years (2007 est.)
Nicaragua | total population: 70.92 years male: 68.82 years female: 73.13 years (2007 est.)
Niger | total population: 44.03 years male: 44.05 years female: 44 years (2007 est.)
Nigeria | total population: 47.44 years male: 46.83 years female: 48.07 years (2007 est.)
Niue | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Norfolk Island | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands | total population: 76.29 years male: 73.7 years female: 79.05 years (2007 est.)
Norway | total population: 79.67 years male: 77.04 years female: 82.46 years (2007 est.)
Oman | total population: 73.62 years male: 71.37 years female: 75.99 years (2007 est.)
Pakistan | total population: 63.75 years male: 62.73 years female: 64.83 years (2007 est.)
Palau | total population: 70.71 years male: 67.54 years female: 74.06 years (2007 est.)
Panama | total population: 75.19 years male: 72.69 years female: 77.8 years (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea | total population: 65.62 years male: 63.41 years female: 67.95 years (2007 est.)
Paraguay | total population: 75.34 years male: 72.78 years female: 78.02 years (2007 est.)
Peru | total population: 70.14 years male: 68.33 years female: 72.04 years (2007 est.)
Philippines | total population: 70.51 years male: 67.61 years female: 73.55 years (2007 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Poland | total population: 75.19 years male: 71.18 years female: 79.44 years (2007 est.)
Portugal | total population: 77.87 years male: 74.6 years female: 81.36 years (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico | total population: 78.54 years male: 74.6 years female: 82.67 years (2007 est.)
Qatar | total population: 74.14 years male: 71.6 years female: 76.82 years (2007 est.)
Romania | total population: 71.91 years male: 68.41 years female: 75.62 years (2007 est.)
Russia | total population: 65.87 years male: 59.12 years female: 73.03 years (2007 est.)
Rwanda | total population: 48.99 years male: 47.87 years female: 50.16 years (2007 est.)
Saint Helena | total population: 78.09 years male: 75.19 years female: 81.15 years (2007 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total population: 72.66 years male: 69.81 years female: 75.69 years (2007 est.)
Saint Lucia | total population: 74.08 years male: 70.53 years female: 77.88 years (2007 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total population: 78.76 years male: 76.41 years female: 81.23 years (2007 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total population: 74.09 years male: 72.21 years female: 76.04 years (2007 est.)
Samoa | total population: 71.3 years male: 68.49 years female: 74.26 years (2007 est.)
San Marino | total population: 81.8 years male: 78.33 years female: 85.57 years (2007 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | total population: 67.64 years male: 66.03 years female: 69.3 years (2007 est.)
Saudi Arabia | total population: 75.88 years male: 73.85 years female: 78.02 years (2007 est.)
Senegal | total population: 56.69 years male: 55.34 years female: 58.09 years (2007 est.)
Serbia | total population: 75.06 years male: 72.49 years female: 77.86 years (2007 est.)
Seychelles | total population: 72.34 years male: 66.98 years female: 77.86 years (2007 est.)
Sierra Leone | total population: 40.58 years male: 38.36 years female: 42.87 years (2007 est.)
Singapore | total population: 81.8 years male: 79.21 years female: 84.59 years (2007 est.)
Slovakia | total population: 74.95 years male: 71 years female: 79.11 years (2007 est.)
Slovenia | total population: 76.53 years male: 72.84 years female: 80.47 years (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands | total population: 73.16 years male: 70.64 years female: 75.81 years (2007 est.)
Somalia | total population: 48.84 years male: 47.06 years female: 50.69 years (2007 est.)
South Africa | total population: 42.45 years male: 43.21 years female: 41.66 years (2007 est.)
Spain | total population: 79.78 years male: 76.46 years female: 83.32 years (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka | total population: 74.8 years male: 72.81 years female: 76.88 years (2007 est.)
Sudan | total population: 49.11 years male: 48.24 years female: 50.03 years (2007 est.)
Suriname | total population: 73.23 years male: 70.52 years female: 76.12 years (2007 est.)
Svalbard | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Swaziland | total population: 32.23 years male: 31.84 years female: 32.62 years (2007 est.)
Sweden | total population: 80.63 years male: 78.39 years female: 83 years (2007 est.)
Switzerland | total population: 80.62 years male: 77.8 years female: 83.59 years (2007 est.)
Syria | total population: 70.61 years male: 69.27 years female: 72.02 years (2007 est.)
Taiwan | total population: 77.56 years male: 74.65 years female: 80.74 years (2007 est.)
Tajikistan | total population: 64.61 years male: 61.6 years female: 67.78 years (2007 est.)
Tanzania | total population: 50.71 years male: 49.41 years female: 52.04 years (2007 est.)
Thailand | total population: 72.55 years male: 70.24 years female: 74.98 years (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste | total population: 66.6 years male: 64.28 years female: 69.04 years (2007 est.)
Togo | total population: 57.86 years male: 55.81 years female: 59.96 years (2007 est.)
Tokelau | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Tonga | total population: 70.12 years male: 67.6 years female: 72.76 years (2007 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | total population: 66.85 years male: 65.87 years female: 67.87 years (2007 est.)
Tunisia | total population: 75.34 years male: 73.6 years female: 77.21 years (2007 est.)
Turkey | total population: 72.88 years male: 70.43 years female: 75.46 years (2007 est.)
Turkmenistan | total population: 68.3 years male: 65.23 years female: 71.54 years (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total population: 74.95 years male: 72.69 years female: 77.32 years (2007 est.)
Tuvalu | total population: 68.63 years male: 66.38 years female: 70.99 years (2007 est.)
Uganda | total population: 51.75 years male: 50.78 years female: 52.73 years (2007 est.)
Ukraine | total population: 67.88 years male: 62.16 years female: 73.96 years (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates | total population: 75.69 years male: 73.16 years female: 78.35 years (2007 est.)
United Kingdom | total population: 78.7 years male: 76.23 years female: 81.3 years (2007 est.)
United States | total population: 78 years male: 75.15 years female: 80.97 years (2007 est.)
Uruguay | total population: 75.93 years male: 72.68 years female: 79.3 years (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan | total population: 64.98 years male: 61.57 years female: 68.56 years (2007 est.)
Vanuatu | total population: 63.22 years male: 61.67 years female: 64.84 years (2007 est.)
Venezuela | total population: 73.28 years male: 70.24 years female: 76.48 years (2007 est.)
Vietnam | total population: 71.07 years male: 68.27 years female: 74.08 years (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands | total population: 79.2 years male: 75.4 years female: 83.22 years (2007 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
West Bank | total population: 73.46 years male: 71.68 years female: 75.35 years (2007 est.)
Western Sahara | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
World | total population: 65.82 years male: 63.89 years female: 67.84 years (2007 est.)
Yemen | total population: 62.52 years male: 60.61 years female: 64.54 years (2007 est.)
Zambia | total population: 38.44 years male: 38.34 years female: 38.54 years (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe | total population: 39.5 years male: 40.62 years female: 38.35 years (2007 est.)
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