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Country | Life expectancy at birth (years)
Afghanistan | total population: 42.9 years male: 42.71 years female: 43.1 years (2005 est.)
Albania | total population: 77.24 years male: 74.6 years female: 80.15 years (2005 est.)
Algeria | total population: 73 years male: 71.45 years female: 74.63 years (2005 est.)
American Samoa | total population: 75.84 years male: 72.27 years female: 79.62 years (2005 est.)
Andorra | total population: 83.51 years male: 80.6 years female: 86.6 years (2005 est.)
Angola | total population: 36.61 years male: 36 years female: 37.25 years (2005 est.)
Anguilla | total population: 77.11 years male: 74.18 years female: 80.12 years (2005 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda | total population: 71.9 years male: 69.53 years female: 74.38 years (2005 est.)
Argentina | total population: 75.91 years male: 72.17 years female: 79.85 years (2005 est.)
Armenia | total population: 71.55 years male: 67.97 years female: 75.75 years (2005 est.)
Aruba | total population: 79.14 years male: 75.8 years female: 82.65 years (2005 est.)
Australia | total population: 80.39 years male: 77.52 years female: 83.4 years (2005 est.)
Austria | total population: 78.92 years male: 76.03 years female: 81.96 years (2005 est.)
Azerbaijan | total population: 63.35 years male: 59.24 years female: 67.66 years (2005 est.)
Bahamas, The | total population: 65.54 years male: 62.11 years female: 69.04 years (2005 est.)
Bahrain | total population: 74.23 years male: 71.76 years female: 76.78 years (2005 est.)
Bangladesh | total population: 62.08 years male: 62.13 years female: 62.02 years (2005 est.)
Barbados | total population: 71.41 years male: 69.46 years female: 73.39 years (2005 est.)
Belarus | total population: 68.72 years male: 63.03 years female: 74.69 years (2005 est.)
Belgium | total population: 78.62 years male: 75.44 years female: 81.94 years (2005 est.)
Belize | total population: 67.49 years male: 65.02 years female: 70.08 years (2005 est.)
Benin | total population: 50.51 years male: 50.14 years female: 50.89 years (2005 est.)
Bermuda | total population: 77.79 years male: 75.7 years female: 79.91 years (2005 est.)
Bhutan | total population: 54.39 years male: 54.65 years female: 54.11 years (2005 est.)
Bolivia | total population: 65.5 years male: 62.89 years female: 68.25 years (2005 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | total population: 72.85 years male: 70.09 years female: 75.8 years (2005 est.)
Botswana | total population: 33.87 years male: 33.89 years female: 33.84 years (2005 est.)
Brazil | total population: 71.69 years male: 67.74 years female: 75.85 years (2005 est.)
British Virgin Islands | total population: 76.27 years male: 75.24 years female: 77.36 years (2005 est.)
Brunei | total population: 74.8 years male: 72.36 years female: 77.36 years (2005 est.)
Bulgaria | total population: 72.03 years male: 68.41 years female: 75.87 years (2005 est.)
Burkina Faso | total population: 43.92 years male: 42.19 years female: 45.7 years (2005 est.)
Burma | total population: 56.22 years male: 54.31 years female: 58.24 years (2005 est.)
Burundi | total population: 43.5 years male: 42.91 years female: 44.12 years (2005 est.)
Cambodia | total population: 58.87 years male: 55.92 years female: 61.96 years (2005 est.)
Cameroon | total population: 47.84 years male: 47.04 years female: 48.67 years (2005 est.)
Canada | total population: 80.1 years male: 76.73 years female: 83.63 years (2005 est.)
Cape Verde | total population: 70.45 years male: 67.13 years female: 73.86 years (2005 est.)
Cayman Islands | total population: 79.95 years male: 77.33 years female: 82.6 years (2005 est.)
Central African Republic | total population: 41.01 years male: 39.21 years female: 42.86 years (2005 est.)
Chad | total population: 47.94 years male: 46.84 years female: 49.09 years (2005 est.)
Chile | total population: 76.58 years male: 73.3 years female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)
China | total population: 72.27 years male: 70.65 years female: 74.09 years (2005 est.)
Christmas Island | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Colombia | total population: 71.72 years male: 67.88 years female: 75.7 years (2005 est.)
Comoros | total population: 61.96 years male: 59.65 years female: 64.33 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | total population: 49.35 years male: 47.29 years female: 51.47 years (2005 est.)
Congo, Republic of the | total population: 48.97 years male: 47.94 years female: 50.04 years (2005 est.)
Cook Islands | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Costa Rica | total population: 76.84 years male: 74.26 years female: 79.55 years (2005 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire | total population: 48.62 years male: 46.05 years female: 51.27 years (2005 est.)
Croatia | total population: 74.45 years male: 70.79 years female: 78.31 years (2005 est.)
Cuba | total population: 77.23 years male: 74.94 years female: 79.65 years (2005 est.)
Cyprus | total population: 77.65 years male: 75.29 years female: 80.13 years (2005 est.)
Czech Republic | total population: 76.02 years male: 72.74 years female: 79.49 years (2005 est.)
Denmark | total population: 77.62 years male: 75.34 years female: 80.03 years (2005 est.)
Djibouti | total population: 43.1 years male: 41.84 years female: 44.39 years (2005 est.)
Dominica | total population: 74.65 years male: 71.73 years female: 77.71 years (2005 est.)
Dominican Republic | total population: 67.26 years male: 65.52 years female: 69.1 years (2005 est.)
East Timor | total population: 65.9 years male: 63.63 years female: 68.29 years (2005 est.)
Ecuador | total population: 76.21 years male: 73.35 years female: 79.22 years (2005 est.)
Egypt | total population: 71 years male: 68.5 years female: 73.62 years (2005 est.)
El Salvador | total population: 71.22 years male: 67.61 years female: 75.01 years (2005 est.)
Equatorial Guinea | total population: 55.56 years male: 53.38 years female: 57.8 years (2005 est.)
Eritrea | total population: 52.16 years male: 51.14 years female: 53.22 years (2005 est.)
Estonia | total population: 71.77 years male: 66.28 years female: 77.6 years (2005 est.)
Ethiopia | total population: 48.83 years male: 47.67 years female: 50.03 years (2005 est.)
European Union | total population: 78.3 years male: 75.1 years female: 81.6 years (July 2005 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years (2005 est.)
Faroe Islands | total population: 79.21 years male: 75.77 years female: 82.67 years (2005 est.)
Fiji | total population: 69.53 years male: 67.05 years female: 72.14 years (2005 est.)
Finland | total population: 78.35 years male: 74.82 years female: 82.02 years (2005 est.)
France | total population: 79.6 years male: 75.96 years female: 83.42 years (2005 est.)
French Guiana | total population: 77.09 years male: 73.77 years female: 80.58 years (2005 est.)
French Polynesia | total population: 75.9 years male: 73.5 years female: 78.42 years (2005 est.)
Gabon | total population: 55.75 years male: 54.21 years female: 57.34 years (2005 est.)
Gambia, The | total population: 55.2 years male: 53.14 years female: 57.31 years (2005 est.)
Gaza Strip | total population: 71.79 years male: 70.5 years female: 73.15 years (2005 est.)
Georgia | total population: 75.88 years male: 72.59 years female: 79.67 years (2005 est.)
Germany | total population: 78.65 years male: 75.66 years female: 81.81 years (2005 est.)
Ghana | total population: 56 years male: 55.04 years female: 56.99 years (2005 est.)
Gibraltar | total population: 79.67 years male: 76.8 years female: 82.7 years (2005 est.)
Greece | total population: 79.09 years male: 76.59 years female: 81.76 years (2005 est.)
Greenland | total population: 69.65 years male: 66.07 years female: 73.31 years (2005 est.)
Grenada | total population: 64.53 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2005 est.)
Guadeloupe | total population: 77.9 years male: 74.74 years female: 81.21 years (2005 est.)
Guam | total population: 78.4 years male: 75.34 years female: 81.64 years (2005 est.)
Guatemala | total population: 65.14 years male: 64.27 years female: 66.04 years (2005 est.)
Guernsey | total population: 80.3 years male: 77.3 years female: 83.41 years (2005 est.)
Guinea | total population: 49.86 years male: 48.61 years female: 51.15 years (2005 est.)
Guinea-Bissau | total population: 46.97 years male: 45.09 years female: 48.92 years (2005 est.)
Guyana | total population: 65.5 years male: 62.86 years female: 68.28 years (2005 est.)
Haiti | total population: 52.92 years male: 51.58 years female: 54.31 years (2005 est.)
Honduras | total population: 65.6 years male: 64.66 years female: 66.59 years (2005 est.)
Hong Kong | total population: 81.39 years male: 78.72 years female: 84.3 years (2005 est.)
Hungary | total population: 72.4 years male: 68.18 years female: 76.89 years (2005 est.)
Iceland | total population: 80.19 years male: 78.13 years female: 82.34 years (2005 est.)
India | total population: 64.35 years male: 63.57 years female: 65.16 years (2005 est.)
Indonesia | total population: 69.57 years male: 67.13 years female: 72.13 years (2005 est.)
Iran | total population: 69.96 years male: 68.58 years female: 71.4 years (2005 est.)
Iraq | total population: 68.7 years male: 67.49 years female: 69.97 years (2005 est.)
Ireland | total population: 77.56 years male: 74.95 years female: 80.34 years (2005 est.)
Israel | total population: 79.32 years male: 77.21 years female: 81.55 years (2005 est.)
Italy | total population: 79.68 years male: 76.75 years female: 82.81 years (2005 est.)
Jamaica | total population: 76.29 years male: 74.23 years female: 78.45 years (2005 est.)
Japan | total population: 81.15 years male: 77.86 years female: 84.61 years (2005 est.)
Jersey | total population: 79.24 years male: 76.77 years female: 81.91 years (2005 est.)
Jordan | total population: 78.24 years male: 75.75 years female: 80.88 years (2005 est.)
Kazakhstan | total population: 66.55 years male: 61.21 years female: 72.2 years (2005 est.)
Kenya | total population: 47.99 years male: 48.87 years female: 47.09 years (2005 est.)
Kiribati | total population: 61.71 years male: 58.71 years female: 64.86 years (2005 est.)
Korea, North | total population: 71.37 years male: 68.65 years female: 74.22 years (2005 est.)
Korea, South | total population: 75.82 years male: 72.19 years female: 79.76 years (2005 est.)
Kuwait | total population: 77.03 years male: 76.01 years female: 78.1 years (2005 est.)
Kyrgyzstan | total population: 68.16 years male: 64.16 years female: 72.38 years (2005 est.)
Laos | total population: 55.08 years male: 53.07 years female: 57.17 years (2005 est.)
Latvia | total population: 71.05 years male: 65.78 years female: 76.6 years (2005 est.)
Lebanon | total population: 72.63 years male: 70.17 years female: 75.21 years (2005 est.)
Lesotho | total population: 36.68 years male: 36.86 years female: 36.49 years (2005 est.)
Liberia | total population: 47.69 years male: 46.75 years female: 48.65 years (2005 est.)
Libya | total population: 76.5 years male: 74.29 years female: 78.82 years (2005 est.)
Liechtenstein | total population: 79.55 years male: 75.96 years female: 83.16 years (2005 est.)
Lithuania | total population: 73.97 years male: 68.94 years female: 79.28 years (2005 est.)
Luxembourg | total population: 78.74 years male: 75.45 years female: 82.24 years (2005 est.)
Macau | total population: 82.03 years male: 79.2 years female: 84.99 years (2005 est.)
Macedonia | total population: 73.73 years male: 71.28 years female: 76.37 years (2005 est.)
Madagascar | total population: 56.95 years male: 54.57 years female: 59.4 years (2005 est.)
Malawi | total population: 36.97 years male: 36.59 years female: 37.36 years (2005 est.)
Malaysia | total population: 72.24 years male: 69.56 years female: 75.11 years (2005 est.)
Maldives | total population: 64.06 years male: 62.76 years female: 65.42 years (2005 est.)
Mali | total population: 45.09 years male: 44.69 years female: 45.51 years (2005 est.)
Malta | total population: 78.86 years male: 76.7 years female: 81.15 years (2005 est.)
Man, Isle of | total population: 78.34 years male: 74.98 years female: 81.87 years (2005 est.)
Marshall Islands | total population: 70.01 years male: 68.05 years female: 72.06 years (2005 est.)
Martinique | total population: 79.04 years male: 79.43 years female: 78.64 years (2005 est.)
Mauritania | total population: 52.73 years male: 50.52 years female: 55 years (2005 est.)
Mauritius | total population: 72.38 years male: 68.4 years female: 76.41 years (2005 est.)
Mayotte | total population: 61.39 years male: 59.22 years female: 63.62 years (2005 est.)
Mexico | total population: 75.19 years male: 72.42 years female: 78.1 years (2005 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of | total population: 69.75 years male: 67.96 years female: 71.62 years (2005 est.)
Moldova | total population: 65.18 years male: 61.12 years female: 69.43 years (2005 est.)
Monaco | total population: 79.57 years male: 75.7 years female: 83.63 years (2005 est.)
Mongolia | total population: 64.52 years male: 62.3 years female: 66.86 years (2005 est.)
Montserrat | total population: 78.71 years male: 76.54 years female: 80.98 years (2005 est.)
Morocco | total population: 70.66 years male: 68.35 years female: 73.07 years (2005 est.)
Mozambique | total population: 40.32 years male: 39.9 years female: 40.75 years (2005 est.)
Namibia | total population: 43.93 years male: 44.71 years female: 43.13 years (2005 est.)
Nauru | total population: 62.73 years male: 59.16 years female: 66.48 years (2005 est.)
Nepal | total population: 59.8 years male: 60.09 years female: 59.5 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands | total population: 78.81 years male: 76.25 years female: 81.51 years (2005 est.)
Netherlands Antilles | total population: 75.83 years male: 73.58 years female: 78.2 years (2005 est.)
New Caledonia | total population: 74.04 years male: 71.07 years female: 77.16 years (2005 est.)
New Zealand | total population: 78.66 years male: 75.67 years female: 81.78 years (2005 est.)
Nicaragua | total population: 70.33 years male: 68.27 years female: 72.49 years (2005 est.)
Niger | total population: 42.13 years male: 42.46 years female: 41.8 years (2005 est.)
Nigeria | total population: 46.74 years male: 46.21 years female: 47.29 years (2005 est.)
Niue | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Norfolk Island | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Northern Mariana Islands | total population: 75.88 years male: 73.31 years female: 78.61 years (2005 est.)
Norway | total population: 79.4 years male: 76.78 years female: 82.17 years (2005 est.)
Oman | total population: 73.13 years male: 70.92 years female: 75.46 years (2005 est.)
Pakistan | total population: 63 years male: 62.04 years female: 64.01 years (2005 est.)
Palau | total population: 70.14 years male: 66.98 years female: 73.48 years (2005 est.)
Panama | total population: 71.94 years male: 69.67 years female: 74.31 years (2005 est.)
Papua New Guinea | total population: 64.93 years male: 62.76 years female: 67.21 years (2005 est.)
Paraguay | total population: 74.89 years male: 72.35 years female: 77.55 years (2005 est.)
Peru | total population: 69.53 years male: 67.77 years female: 71.37 years (2005 est.)
Philippines | total population: 69.91 years male: 67.03 years female: 72.92 years (2005 est.)
Pitcairn Islands | total population: NA male: NA female: NA
Poland | total population: 74.41 years male: 70.3 years female: 78.76 years (2005 est.)
Portugal | total population: 77.53 years male: 74.25 years female: 81.03 years (2005 est.)
Puerto Rico | total population: 77.62 years male: 73.67 years female: 81.77 years (2005 est.)
Qatar | total population: 73.67 years male: 71.15 years female: 76.32 years (2005 est.)
Reunion | total population: 73.95 years male: 70.55 years female: 77.52 years (2005 est.)
Romania | total population: 71.35 years male: 67.86 years female: 75.06 years (2005 est.)
Russia | total population: 67.1 years male: 60.55 years female: 74.04 years (2005 est.)
Rwanda | total population: 46.96 years male: 45.92 years female: 48.03 years (2005 est.)
Saint Helena | total population: 77.76 years male: 74.86 years female: 80.81 years (2005 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis | total population: 72.15 years male: 69.31 years female: 75.16 years (2005 est.)
Saint Lucia | total population: 73.61 years male: 70.05 years female: 77.42 years (2005 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | total population: 78.46 years male: 76.13 years female: 80.9 years (2005 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | total population: 73.62 years male: 71.78 years female: 75.51 years (2005 est.)
Samoa | total population: 70.72 years male: 67.93 years female: 73.65 years (2005 est.)
San Marino | total population: 81.62 years male: 78.13 years female: 85.43 years (2005 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe | total population: 66.99 years male: 65.43 years female: 68.59 years (2005 est.)
Saudi Arabia | total population: 75.46 years male: 73.46 years female: 77.55 years (2005 est.)
Senegal | total population: 56.75 years male: 55.04 years female: 58.52 years (2005 est.)
Serbia and Montenegro | total population: 74.73 years male: 72.15 years female: 77.51 years (2005 est.)
Seychelles | total population: 71.82 years male: 66.41 years female: 77.4 years (2005 est.)
Sierra Leone | total population: 42.52 years male: 40.13 years female: 44.98 years (2005 est.)
Singapore | total population: 81.62 years male: 79.05 years female: 84.39 years (2005 est.)
Slovakia | total population: 74.5 years male: 70.52 years female: 78.68 years (2005 est.)
Slovenia | total population: 76.14 years male: 72.42 years female: 80.1 years (2005 est.)
Solomon Islands | total population: 72.66 years male: 70.16 years female: 75.28 years (2005 est.)
Somalia | total population: 48.09 years male: 46.36 years female: 49.87 years (2005 est.)
South Africa | total population: 43.27 years male: 43.47 years female: 43.06 years (2005 est.)
Spain | total population: 79.52 years male: 76.18 years female: 83.08 years (2005 est.)
Sri Lanka | total population: 73.17 years male: 70.6 years female: 75.86 years (2005 est.)
Sudan | total population: 58.54 years male: 57.33 years female: 59.8 years (2005 est.)
Suriname | total population: 68.96 years male: 66.75 years female: 71.27 years (2005 est.)
Svalbard | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
Swaziland | total population: 35.65 years male: 37.18 years female: 34.07 years (2005 est.)
Sweden | total population: 80.4 years male: 78.19 years female: 82.74 years (2005 est.)
Switzerland | total population: 80.39 years male: 77.58 years female: 83.36 years (2005 est.)
Syria | total population: 70.03 years male: 68.75 years female: 71.38 years (2005 est.)
Taiwan | total population: 77.26 years male: 74.49 years female: 80.28 years (2005 est.)
Tajikistan | total population: 64.56 years male: 61.68 years female: 67.59 years (2005 est.)
Tanzania | total population: 45.24 years male: 44.56 years female: 45.94 years (2005 est.)
Thailand | total population: 71.57 years male: 69.39 years female: 73.88 years (2005 est.)
Togo | total population: 52.64 years male: 50.64 years female: 54.7 years (2005 est.)
Tokelau | total population: NA male: 68 years female: 70 years (2005 est.)
Tonga | total population: 69.53 years male: 67.05 years female: 72.14 years (2005 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago | total population: 68.91 years male: 66.62 years female: 71.3 years (2005 est.)
Tunisia | total population: 74.89 years male: 73.2 years female: 76.71 years (2005 est.)
Turkey | total population: 72.36 years male: 69.94 years female: 74.91 years (2005 est.)
Turkmenistan | total population: 61.39 years male: 58.02 years female: 64.93 years (2005 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands | total population: 74.51 years male: 72.28 years female: 76.84 years (2005 est.)
Tuvalu | total population: 68.01 years male: 65.79 years female: 70.33 years (2005 est.)
Uganda | total population: 51.59 years male: 50.74 years female: 52.46 years (2005 est.)
Ukraine | total population: 66.85 years male: 61.6 years female: 72.38 years (2005 est.)
United Arab Emirates | total population: 75.24 years male: 72.73 years female: 77.87 years (2005 est.)
United Kingdom | total population: 78.38 years male: 75.94 years female: 80.96 years (2005 est.)
United States | total population: 77.71 years male: 74.89 years female: 80.67 years (2005 est.)
Uruguay | total population: 76.13 years male: 72.92 years female: 79.45 years (2005 est.)
Uzbekistan | total population: 64.19 years male: 60.82 years female: 67.73 years (2005 est.)
Vanuatu | total population: 62.49 years male: 61 years female: 64.05 years (2005 est.)
Venezuela | total population: 74.31 years male: 71.27 years female: 77.58 years (2005 est.)
Vietnam | total population: 70.61 years male: 67.82 years female: 73.6 years (2005 est.)
Virgin Islands | total population: 78.91 years male: 75.08 years female: 82.96 years (2005 est.)
Wallis and Futuna | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
West Bank | total population: 73.08 years male: 71.33 years female: 74.95 years (2005 est.)
Western Sahara | total population: NA years male: NA years female: NA years
World | total population: 64.33 years male: 62.73 years female: 66.04 years (2005 est.)
Yemen | total population: 61.75 years male: 59.89 years female: 63.71 years (2005 est.)
Zambia | total population: 39.7 years male: 39.43 years female: 39.98 years (2005 est.)
Zimbabwe | total population: 36.67 years male: 37.21 years female: 36.11 years (2005 est.)

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