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Field Listing :: Life expectancy at birth |
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This entry contains 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. |
Country Comparison to the World |
Country
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Life expectancy at birth(years) |
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Afghanistan |
total population: 50.49 years male: 49.17 years female: 51.88 years (2014 est.) |
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Albania |
total population: 77.96 years male: 75.33 years female: 80.86 years (2014 est.) |
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Algeria |
total population: 76.39 years male: 75.12 years female: 77.72 years (2014 est.) |
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American Samoa |
total population: 74.91 years male: 71.96 years female: 78.04 years (2014 est.) |
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Andorra |
total population: 82.65 years male: 80.51 years female: 84.92 years (2014 est.) |
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Angola |
total population: 55.29 years male: 54.16 years female: 56.47 years (2014 est.) |
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Anguilla |
total population: 81.2 years male: 78.61 years female: 83.86 years (2014 est.) |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
total population: 76.12 years male: 74.04 years female: 78.3 years (2014 est.) |
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Argentina |
total population: 77.51 years male: 74.28 years female: 80.91 years (2014 est.) |
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Armenia |
total population: 74.12 years male: 70.9 years female: 77.78 years (2014 est.) |
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Aruba |
total population: 76.35 years male: 73.3 years female: 79.47 years (2014 est.) |
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Australia |
total population: 82.07 years male: 79.63 years female: 84.64 years (2014 est.) |
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Austria |
total population: 80.17 years male: 77.25 years female: 83.24 years (2014 est.) |
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Azerbaijan |
total population: 71.91 years male: 68.92 years female: 75.26 years (2014 est.) |
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Bahamas, The |
total population: 71.93 years male: 69.48 years female: 74.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Bahrain |
total population: 78.58 years male: 76.4 years female: 80.81 years (2014 est.) |
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Bangladesh |
total population: 70.65 years male: 68.75 years female: 72.63 years (2014 est.) |
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Barbados |
total population: 74.99 years male: 72.64 years female: 77.37 years (2014 est.) |
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Belarus |
total population: 72.15 years male: 66.53 years female: 78.1 years (2014 est.) |
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Belgium |
total population: 79.92 years male: 76.76 years female: 83.22 years (2014 est.) |
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Belize |
total population: 68.49 years male: 66.88 years female: 70.17 years (2014 est.) |
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Benin |
total population: 61.07 years male: 59.75 years female: 62.47 years (2014 est.) |
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Bermuda |
total population: 81.04 years male: 77.83 years female: 84.31 years (2014 est.) |
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Bhutan |
total population: 68.98 years male: 68.06 years female: 69.95 years (2014 est.) |
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Bolivia |
total population: 68.55 years male: 65.78 years female: 71.45 years (2014 est.) |
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Botswana |
total population: 54.06 years male: 55.75 years female: 52.32 years (2014 est.) |
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Brazil |
total population: 73.28 years male: 69.73 years female: 77 years (2014 est.) |
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Brunei |
total population: 76.77 years male: 74.46 years female: 79.19 years (2014 est.) |
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Bulgaria |
total population: 74.33 years male: 70.74 years female: 78.13 years (2014 est.) |
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Burkina Faso |
total population: 54.78 years male: 52.77 years female: 56.85 years (2014 est.) |
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Burma |
total population: 65.94 years male: 63.57 years female: 68.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Burundi |
total population: 59.55 years male: 57.94 years female: 61.22 years (2014 est.) |
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Cabo Verde |
total population: 71.57 years male: 69.32 years female: 73.89 years (2014 est.) |
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Cambodia |
total population: 63.78 years male: 61.35 years female: 66.32 years (2014 est.) |
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Cameroon |
total population: 57.35 years male: 56.09 years female: 58.65 years (2014 est.) |
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Canada |
total population: 81.67 years male: 79.07 years female: 84.42 years (2014 est.) |
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Cayman Islands |
total population: 81.02 years male: 78.33 years female: 83.76 years (2014 est.) |
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Chad |
total population: 49.44 years male: 48.3 years female: 50.63 years (2014 est.) |
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Chile |
total population: 78.44 years male: 75.42 years female: 81.59 years (2014 est.) |
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China |
total population: 75.15 years male: 73.09 years female: 77.43 years (2014 est.) |
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Colombia |
total population: 75.25 years male: 72.08 years female: 78.61 years (2014 est.) |
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Comoros |
total population: 63.48 years male: 61.23 years female: 65.8 years (2014 est.) |
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Cook Islands |
total population: 75.38 years male: 72.56 years female: 78.33 years (2014 est.) |
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Costa Rica |
total population: 78.23 years male: 75.59 years female: 81.01 years (2014 est.) |
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Cote d'Ivoire |
total population: 58.01 years male: 56.9 years female: 59.16 years (2014 est.) |
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Croatia |
total population: 76.41 years male: 72.81 years female: 80.2 years (2014 est.) |
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Cuba |
total population: 78.22 years male: 75.92 years female: 80.65 years (2014 est.) |
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Curacao |
total: NA males: 72.4 years females: 80.1 years (2009) |
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Cyprus |
total population: 78.34 years male: 75.54 years female: 81.27 years (2014 est.) |
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Czech Republic |
total population: 78.31 years male: 75.34 years female: 81.45 years (2014 est.) |
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Denmark |
total population: 79.09 years male: 76.68 years female: 81.64 years (2014 est.) |
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Djibouti |
total population: 62.4 years male: 59.93 years female: 64.94 years (2014 est.) |
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Dominica |
total population: 76.59 years male: 73.63 years female: 79.7 years (2014 est.) |
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Dominican Republic |
total population: 77.8 years male: 75.6 years female: 80.08 years (2014 est.) |
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Ecuador |
total population: 76.36 years male: 73.4 years female: 79.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Egypt |
total population: 73.45 years male: 70.82 years female: 76.2 years (2014 est.) |
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El Salvador |
total population: 74.18 years male: 70.9 years female: 77.62 years (2014 est.) |
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Equatorial Guinea |
total population: 63.49 years male: 62.43 years female: 64.58 years (2014 est.) |
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Eritrea |
total population: 63.51 years male: 61.36 years female: 65.72 years (2014 est.) |
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Estonia |
total population: 74.07 years male: 68.85 years female: 79.61 years (2014 est.) |
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Ethiopia |
total population: 60.75 years male: 58.43 years female: 63.15 years (2014 est.) |
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European Union |
total population: 79.86 years male: 77.01 years female: 82.87 years (2013 est.) |
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Faroe Islands |
total population: 80.11 years male: 77.61 years female: 82.79 years (2014 est.) |
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Fiji |
total population: 72.15 years male: 69.53 years female: 74.91 years (2014 est.) |
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Finland |
total population: 79.69 years male: 76.24 years female: 83.29 years (2014 est.) |
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France |
total population: 81.66 years male: 78.55 years female: 84.91 years (2014 est.) |
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French Polynesia |
total population: 76.79 years male: 74.54 years female: 79.15 years (2014 est.) |
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Gabon |
total population: 52.06 years male: 51.54 years female: 52.6 years (2014 est.) |
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Gambia, The |
total population: 64.36 years male: 62.04 years female: 66.74 years (2014 est.) |
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Gaza Strip |
total population: 74.64 years male: 72.9 years female: 76.48 years (2014 est.) |
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Georgia |
total population: 75.72 years male: 71.62 years female: 80.17 years (2014 est.) |
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Germany |
total population: 80.44 years male: 78.15 years female: 82.86 years (2014 est.) |
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Ghana |
total population: 65.75 years male: 63.38 years female: 68.19 years (2014 est.) |
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Gibraltar |
total population: 79.13 years male: 76.28 years female: 82.18 years (2014 est.) |
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Greece |
total population: 80.3 years male: 77.71 years female: 83.06 years (2014 est.) |
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Greenland |
total population: 71.82 years male: 69.15 years female: 74.63 years (2014 est.) |
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Grenada |
total population: 73.8 years male: 71.24 years female: 76.62 years (2014 est.) |
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Guam |
total population: 78.82 years male: 75.78 years female: 82.05 years (2014 est.) |
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Guatemala |
total population: 71.74 years male: 69.82 years female: 73.76 years (2014 est.) |
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Guernsey |
total population: 82.39 years male: 79.72 years female: 85.2 years (2014 est.) |
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Guinea |
total population: 59.6 years male: 58.08 years female: 61.17 years (2014 est.) |
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Guinea-Bissau |
total population: 49.87 years male: 47.87 years female: 51.93 years (2014 est.) |
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Guyana |
total population: 67.81 years male: 64.82 years female: 70.96 years (2014 est.) |
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Haiti |
total population: 63.18 years male: 61.77 years female: 64.6 years note: the preliminary 2011 numbers differ significantly from those of 2010, which were strongly influenced by the demographic effect of the January 2010 earthquake; the latest figures more closely correspond to those of 2009 (2014 est.) |
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Honduras |
total population: 70.91 years male: 69.24 years female: 72.65 years (2014 est.) |
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Hong Kong |
total population: 82.78 years male: 80.18 years female: 85.71 years (2014 est.) |
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Hungary |
total population: 75.46 years male: 71.73 years female: 79.41 years (2014 est.) |
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Iceland |
total population: 81.22 years male: 78.98 years female: 83.54 years (2014 est.) |
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India |
total population: 67.8 years male: 66.68 years female: 69.06 years (2014 est.) |
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Indonesia |
total population: 72.17 years male: 69.59 years female: 74.88 years (2014 est.) |
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Iran |
total population: 70.89 years male: 69.32 years female: 72.53 years (2014 est.) |
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Iraq |
total population: 71.42 years male: 69.93 years female: 72.99 years (2014 est.) |
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Ireland |
total population: 80.56 years male: 78.28 years female: 82.97 years (2014 est.) |
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Isle of Man |
total population: 80.98 years male: 79.33 years female: 82.75 years (2014 est.) |
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Israel |
total population: 81.28 years male: 79.05 years female: 83.61 years (2014 est.) |
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Italy |
total population: 82.03 years male: 79.4 years female: 84.82 years (2014 est.) |
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Jamaica |
total population: 73.48 years male: 71.87 years female: 75.17 years (2014 est.) |
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Japan |
total population: 84.46 years male: 81.13 years female: 87.99 years (2014 est.) |
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Jersey |
total population: 81.66 years male: 79.22 years female: 84.26 years (2014 est.) |
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Jordan |
total population: 74.1 years male: 72.79 years female: 75.5 years (2014 est.) |
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Kazakhstan |
total population: 70.24 years male: 64.98 years female: 75.17 years (2014 est.) |
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Kenya |
total population: 63.52 years male: 62.06 years female: 65.01 years (2014 est.) |
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Kiribati |
total population: 65.47 years male: 63.03 years female: 68.02 years (2014 est.) |
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Korea, North |
total population: 69.81 years male: 65.96 years female: 73.86 years (2014 est.) |
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Korea, South |
total population: 79.8 years male: 76.67 years female: 83.13 years (2014 est.) |
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Kuwait |
total population: 77.64 years male: 76.37 years female: 78.96 years (2014 est.) |
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Kyrgyzstan |
total population: 70.06 years male: 65.89 years female: 74.51 years (2014 est.) |
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Laos |
total population: 63.51 years male: 61.54 years female: 65.56 years (2014 est.) |
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Latvia |
total population: 73.44 years male: 68.41 years female: 78.75 years (2014 est.) |
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Lebanon |
total population: 77.22 years male: 76.03 years female: 78.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Lesotho |
total population: 52.65 years male: 52.55 years female: 52.75 years (2014 est.) |
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Liberia |
total population: 58.21 years male: 56.56 years female: 59.9 years (2014 est.) |
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Libya |
total population: 76.04 years male: 74.36 years female: 77.82 years (2014 est.) |
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Liechtenstein |
total population: 81.68 years male: 79.52 years female: 84.4 years (2014 est.) |
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Lithuania |
total population: 75.98 years male: 71.2 years female: 81.02 years (2014 est.) |
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Luxembourg |
total population: 80.01 years male: 76.77 years female: 83.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Macau |
total population: 84.48 years male: 81.52 years female: 87.59 years (2014 est.) |
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Macedonia |
total population: 75.8 years male: 73.23 years female: 78.56 years (2014 est.) |
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Madagascar |
total population: 65.2 years male: 63.77 years female: 66.67 years (2014 est.) |
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Malawi |
total population: 59.99 years male: 58.04 years female: 61.97 years (2014 est.) |
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Malaysia |
total population: 74.52 years male: 71.74 years female: 77.48 years (2014 est.) |
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Maldives |
total population: 75.15 years male: 72.86 years female: 77.55 years (2014 est.) |
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Mali |
total population: 54.95 years male: 53.12 years female: 56.83 years (2014 est.) |
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Malta |
total population: 80.11 years male: 77.8 years female: 82.56 years (2014 est.) |
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Marshall Islands |
total population: 72.58 years male: 70.42 years female: 74.84 years (2014 est.) |
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Mauritania |
total population: 62.28 years male: 60 years female: 64.63 years (2014 est.) |
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Mauritius |
total population: 75.17 years male: 71.71 years female: 78.81 years (2014 est.) |
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Mexico |
total population: 75.43 years male: 72.67 years female: 78.32 years (2014 est.) |
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Moldova |
total population: 70.12 years male: 66.25 years female: 74.24 years (2014 est.) |
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Monaco |
total population: 89.57 years male: 85.66 years female: 93.64 years (2014 est.) |
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Mongolia |
total population: 68.98 years male: 64.72 years female: 73.45 years (2014 est.) |
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Montserrat |
total population: 73.9 years male: 75.48 years female: 72.24 years (2014 est.) |
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Morocco |
total population: 76.51 years male: 73.44 years female: 79.74 years (2014 est.) |
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Mozambique |
total population: 52.6 years male: 51.85 years female: 53.37 years (2014 est.) |
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Namibia |
total population: 51.85 years male: 52.22 years female: 51.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Nauru |
total population: 66.4 years male: 62.3 years female: 69.83 years (2014 est.) |
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Nepal |
total population: 67.19 years male: 65.88 years female: 68.56 years (2014 est.) |
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Netherlands |
total population: 81.12 years male: 79.02 years female: 83.34 years (2014 est.) |
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New Caledonia |
total population: 77.31 years male: 73.29 years female: 81.54 years (2014 est.) |
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New Zealand |
total population: 80.93 years male: 78.88 years female: 83.08 years (2014 est.) |
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Nicaragua |
total population: 72.72 years male: 70.57 years female: 74.98 years (2014 est.) |
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Niger |
total population: 54.74 years male: 53.54 years female: 55.97 years (2014 est.) |
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Nigeria |
total population: 52.62 years male: 51.63 years female: 53.66 years (2014 est.) |
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Niue |
total population: NA male: NA female: NA |
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Norway |
total population: 81.6 years male: 79.63 years female: 83.69 years (2014 est.) |
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Oman |
total population: 74.97 years male: 73.07 years female: 76.97 years (2014 est.) |
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Pakistan |
total population: 67.05 years male: 65.16 years female: 69.03 years (2014 est.) |
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Palau |
total population: 72.6 years male: 69.43 years female: 75.96 years (2014 est.) |
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Panama |
total population: 78.3 years male: 75.51 years female: 81.22 years (2014 est.) |
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Papua New Guinea |
total population: 66.85 years male: 64.63 years female: 69.19 years (2014 est.) |
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Paraguay |
total population: 76.8 years male: 74.16 years female: 79.56 years (2014 est.) |
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Peru |
total population: 73.23 years male: 71.23 years female: 75.33 years (2014 est.) |
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Philippines |
total population: 72.48 years male: 69.52 years female: 75.59 years (2014 est.) |
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Poland |
total population: 76.65 years male: 72.74 years female: 80.8 years (2014 est.) |
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Portugal |
total population: 79.01 years male: 75.76 years female: 82.47 years (2014 est.) |
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Puerto Rico |
total population: 79.09 years male: 75.46 years female: 82.8 years (2014 est.) |
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Qatar |
total population: 78.38 years male: 76.4 years female: 80.4 years (2014 est.) |
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Romania |
total population: 74.69 years male: 71.23 years female: 78.36 years (2014 est.) |
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Russia |
total population: 70.16 years male: 64.37 years female: 76.3 years (2014 est.) |
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Rwanda |
total population: 59.26 years male: 57.73 years female: 60.83 years (2014 est.) |
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Saint Lucia |
total population: 77.41 years male: 74.69 years female: 80.28 years (2014 est.) |
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Samoa |
total population: 73.21 years male: 70.32 years female: 76.24 years (2014 est.) |
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San Marino |
total population: 83.18 years male: 80.64 years female: 85.94 years (2014 est.) |
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Saudi Arabia |
total population: 74.82 years male: 72.79 years female: 76.94 years (2014 est.) |
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Senegal |
total population: 60.95 years male: 58.94 years female: 63.02 years (2014 est.) |
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Serbia |
total population: 75.02 years male: 72.17 years female: 78.07 years (2014 est.) |
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Seychelles |
total population: 74.25 years male: 69.66 years female: 78.98 years (2014 est.) |
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Sierra Leone |
total population: 57.39 years male: 54.85 years female: 60 years (2014 est.) |
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Singapore |
total population: 84.38 years male: 81.86 years female: 87.07 years (2014 est.) |
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Sint Maarten |
total population: 77.61 years male: 75.34 years female: 79.99 years (2013 est.) |
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Slovakia |
total population: 76.69 years male: 73.09 years female: 80.52 years (2014 est.) |
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Slovenia |
total population: 77.83 years male: 74.21 years female: 81.69 years (2014 est.) |
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Solomon Islands |
total population: 74.89 years male: 72.27 years female: 77.64 years (2014 est.) |
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Somalia |
total population: 51.58 years male: 49.58 years female: 53.65 years (2014 est.) |
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South Africa |
total population: 49.56 years male: 50.52 years female: 48.58 years (2014 est.) |
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Spain |
total population: 81.47 years male: 78.47 years female: 84.67 years (2014 est.) |
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Sri Lanka |
total population: 76.35 years male: 72.85 years female: 79.99 years (2014 est.) |
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Sudan |
total population: 63.32 years male: 61.27 years female: 65.46 years (2014 est.) |
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Suriname |
total population: 71.69 years male: 69.31 years female: 74.18 years (2014 est.) |
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Svalbard |
total population: NA male: NA female: NA |
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Swaziland |
total population: 50.54 years male: 51.04 years female: 50.04 years (2014 est.) |
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Sweden |
total population: 81.89 years male: 80.03 years female: 83.87 years (2014 est.) |
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Switzerland |
total population: 82.39 years male: 80.1 years female: 84.81 years (2014 est.) |
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Syria |
total population: 68.41 years male: 61.4 years female: 75.84 years (2014 est.) |
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Taiwan |
total population: 79.84 years male: 76.72 years female: 83.2 years (2014 est.) |
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Tajikistan |
total population: 67.06 years male: 63.96 years female: 70.32 years (2014 est.) |
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Tanzania |
total population: 61.24 years male: 59.91 years female: 62.62 years (2014 est.) |
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Thailand |
total population: 74.18 years male: 71 years female: 77.54 years (2014 est.) |
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Timor-Leste |
total population: 67.39 years male: 65.87 years female: 69.01 years (2014 est.) |
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Togo |
total population: 64.06 years male: 61.49 years female: 66.71 years (2014 est.) |
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Tokelau |
total population: NA male: NA female: NA |
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Tonga |
total population: 75.82 years male: 74.35 years female: 77.34 years (2014 est.) |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
total population: 72.29 years male: 69.42 years female: 75.24 years (2014 est.) |
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Tunisia |
total population: 75.68 years male: 73.6 years female: 77.9 years (2014 est.) |
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Turkey |
total population: 73.29 years male: 71.33 years female: 75.35 years (2014 est.) |
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Turkmenistan |
total population: 69.47 years male: 66.48 years female: 72.61 years (2014 est.) |
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Tuvalu |
total population: 65.81 years male: 63.69 years female: 68.05 years (2014 est.) |
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Uganda |
total population: 54.46 years male: 53.1 years female: 55.86 years (2014 est.) |
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Ukraine |
total population: 69.14 years male: 63.78 years female: 74.86 years (2014 est.) |
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United Arab Emirates |
total population: 77.09 years male: 74.49 years female: 79.83 years (2014 est.) |
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United Kingdom |
total population: 80.42 years male: 78.26 years female: 82.69 years (2014 est.) |
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United States |
total population: 79.56 years male: 77.11 years female: 81.94 years (2014 est.) |
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Uruguay |
total population: 76.81 years male: 73.67 years female: 80.06 years (2014 est.) |
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Uzbekistan |
total population: 73.29 years male: 70.25 years female: 76.52 years (2014 est.) |
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Vanuatu |
total population: 72.72 years male: 71.16 years female: 74.36 years (2014 est.) |
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Venezuela |
total population: 74.39 years male: 71.26 years female: 77.67 years (2014 est.) |
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Vietnam |
total population: 72.91 years male: 70.44 years female: 75.65 years (2014 est.) |
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Virgin Islands |
total population: 79.75 years male: 76.7 years female: 82.97 years (2014 est.) |
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Wallis and Futuna |
total population: 79.42 years male: 76.43 years female: 82.55 years (2014 est.) |
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West Bank |
total population: 75.69 years male: 73.58 years female: 77.92 years (2014 est.) |
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Western Sahara |
total population: 62.27 years male: 60 years female: 64.63 years (2014 est.) |
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World |
total population: 68.09 years male: 66.09 years female: 70.24 years (2013 est.) |
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Yemen |
total population: 64.83 years male: 62.72 years female: 67.04 years (2014 est.) |
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Zambia |
total population: 51.83 years male: 50.24 years female: 53.48 years (2014 est.) |
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Zimbabwe |
total population: 55.68 years male: 55.4 years female: 55.97 years (2014 est.) |
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