Women live the longest in Japan

Women live the longest in Japan
Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com
April 16, 2006

Back to main article: Life expectancy below 40 for some African countries, global population growth rates slow
Children born in 16 countries can expect to live past 80 according to an annual report released by the UN's World Health Organization. The report, "World Health Report 2006 - Working together for health", released earlier this month reveals a widening between the quality of life for the world's poorest and richest people.

Demographic figures

	Total population	Annual population growth rate	Life expectancy at birth Both sexes	Life expectancy at birth	Life expectancy at birth	% of population aged 60+ years	Total fertility rate
	population (000)	(%)	Both sexes	Males	Females	Total
Country	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004
Japan	127,923,000	0.2	82	79	86	25.6	1.3
Monaco	35,000	1.1	82	78	85	20.9	1.8
San Marino	28,000	0.9	82	79	84	25.3	1.2
Italy	58,033,000	0.1	81	78	84	25.3	1.3
Iceland	292,000	1.0	81	79	83	15.6	2.0
Australia	19,942,000	1.2	81	78	83	17.0	1.7
Switzerland	7,240,000	0.4	81	78	83	21.4	1.4
Sweden	9,008,000	0.2	81	78	83	23.0	1.7
Canada	31,958,000	1.0	80	78	83	17.5	1.5
Spain	42,646,000	0.7	80	77	83	21.3	1.3
Andorra	67,000	0.7	80	77	83	21.3	1.3
France	60,257,000	0.4	80	76	83	20.9	1.9
Israel	6,601,000	2.4	80	78	82	13.1	2.8
Singapore	4,273,000	2.4	80	77	82	11.8	1.3
New Zealand	3,989,000	1.0	80	77	82	16.5	2.0
Norway	4,598,000	0.6	80	77	82	19.8	1.8
Cyprus	826,000	1.4	79	77	82	16.5	1.6
Greece	11,098,000	0.5	79	77	82	22.9	1.2
Germany	82,645,000	0.2	79	76	82	24.8	1.3
Austria	8,171,000	0.2	79	76	82	22.3	1.4
Finland	5,235,000	0.3	79	75	82	20.9	1.7
Netherlands	16,226,000	0.5	79	77	81	18.9	1.7
Luxembourg	459,000	1.4	79	76	81	18.3	1.7
Malta	400,000	0.7	79	76	81	18.3	1.5
United Kingdom	59,479,000	0.3	79	76	81	21.0	1.7
Ireland	4,080,000	1.3	78	75	81	15.0	1.9
Belgium	10,400,000	0.3	78	75	81	22.2	1.7
Portugal	10,441,000	0.4	78	74	81	22.1	1.5
Chile	16,124,000	1.3	77	74	81	11.3	2.0
Slovenia	1,967,000	0.0	77	73	81	20.2	1.2
United States of America	295,410,000	1.0	78	75	80	16.5	2.0
Cuba	11,245,000	0.4	78	75	80	14.9	1.6
Denmark	5,414,000	0.4	78	75	80	20.7	1.8
Costa Rica	4,253,000	2.3	77	75	80	8.1	2.2
Republic of Korea	47,645,000	0.7	77	73	80	13.3	1.2
United Arab Emirates	4,284,000	6.4	77	76	79	1.7	2.5
Czech Republic	10,229,000	-0.1	76	73	79	19.6	1.2
Croatia	4,540,000	-0.3	75	72	79	21.9	1.3
Uruguay	3,439,000	0.7	75	71	79	17.4	2.3
Poland	38,559,000	0.0	75	71	79	16.7	1.2
Kuwait	2,606,000	4.1	77	76	78	3.0	2.3
Brunei Darussalam	366,000	2.4	77	76	78	4.6	2.4
Panama	3,175,000	2.0	76	73	78	8.6	2.7
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	26,282,000	2.0	75	72	78	7.4	2.7
Argentina	38,372,000	1.1	75	71	78	13.8	2.3
Barbados	269,000	0.3	75	71	78	13.1	1.5
Slovakia	5,401,000	0.1	74	70	78	16.0	1.2
Seychelles	80,000	0.7	72	67	78	9.4	2.1
Lithuania	3,443,000	-0.6	72	66	78	20.5	1.3
Estonia	1,335,000	-1.0	72	66	78	21.5	1.4
Mexico	105,699,000	1.5	74	72	77	7.6	2.3
Oman	2,534,000	1.8	74	71	77	4.0	3.6
Saint Lucia	159,000	0.9	74	71	77	9.8	2.2
Georgia	4,518,000	-1.3	74	70	77	18.0	1.4
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3,909,000	1.0	73	70	77	18.9	1.3
Hungary	10,124,000	-0.2	73	69	77	20.5	1.3
Colombia	44,915,000	1.7	73	68	77	7.4	2.6
Dominica	79,000	0.5	74	72	76	10.5	2.0
Bahamas	319,000	1.5	73	70	76	9.1	2.3
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2,030,000	0.4	72	69	76	15.3	1.5
Bulgaria	7,780,000	-0.7	72	69	76	22.3	1.2
Romania	21,790,000	-0.5	72	68	76	19.2	1.3
Latvia	2,318,000	-0.9	71	66	76	22.3	1.3
Qatar	777,000	4.2	76	76	75	2.6	2.9
Bahrain	716,000	2.4	74	73	75	4.3	2.4
Serbia and Montenegro	10,510,000	0.0	73	70	75	18.4	1.6
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	5,740,000	2.0	72	70	75	6.3	2.9
Antigua and Barbuda	81,000	1.7	72	70	75	10.5	2.3
Ecuador	13,040,000	1.5	72	70	75	8.1	2.7
Cook Islands	18,000	-0.9	72	70	75	7.5	2.6
Mauritius	1,233,000	1.1	72	69	75	9.4	2.0
Sri Lanka	20,570,000	1.0	71	68	75	10.5	1.9
Syrian Arab Republic	18,582,000	2.6	72	70	74	4.7	3.3
Paraguay	6,017,000	2.5	72	70	74	5.6	3.8
Tunisia	9,995,000	1.2	72	70	74	8.6	1.9
China	1,315,409,000	0.8	72	70	74	10.8	1.7
Jamaica	2,639,000	0.7	72	70	74	10.1	2.4
Malaysia	24,894,000	2.3	72	69	74	6.8	2.8
Albania	3,112,000	-0.2	72	69	74	11.8	2.2
Viet Nam	83,123,000	1.5	71	69	74	7.5	2.3
Saudi Arabia	23,950,000	2.8	71	68	74	4.5	3.9
El Salvador	6,762,000	2.0	71	68	74	7.5	2.8
Niue	1,000	-2.1	71	68	74	7.5	2.8
Brazil	183,913,000	1.5	70	67	74	8.7	2.3
Belarus	9,811,000	-0.5	68	63	74	18.8	1.2
Jordan	5,561,000	3.1	71	69	73	5.0	3.4
Turkey	72,220,000	1.6	71	69	73	7.9	2.4
Morocco	31,020,000	1.6	71	69	73	6.8	2.7
Peru	27,562,000	1.6	71	69	73	7.6	2.8
Thailand	63,694,000	1.0	70	67	73	10.2	1.9
Trinidad and Tobago	1,301,000	0.4	70	67	73	10.5	1.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	118,000	0.5	69	66	73	8.9	2.2
Ukraine	46,989,000	-1.0	67	62	73	21.0	1.1
Algeria	32,358,000	1.6	71	69	72	6.4	2.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis	42,000	0.5	71	69	72	10.5	2.4
Lebanon	3,540,000	1.4	70	68	72	10.2	2.3
Iran, Islamic Republic of	68,803,000	1.2	70	68	72	6.4	2.1
Belize	264,000	2.4	68	65	72	5.9	3.1
Philippines	81,617,000	2.0	68	65	72	6.0	3.1
Armenia	3,026,000	-0.8	68	65	72	14.7	1.3
Russian Federation	143,899,000	-0.3	65	59	72	17.3	1.3
Micronesia, Federated States of	110,000	0.4	70	68	71	4.9	4.3
Cape Verde	495,000	2.4	70	67	71	5.7	3.6
Nicaragua	5,376,000	2.1	69	67	71	4.8	3.2
Fiji	841,000	1.0	69	66	71	6.2	2.9
Guatemala	12,295,000	2.3	68	65	71	6.1	4.5
Republic of Moldova	4,218,000	-0.3	67	64	71	13.7	1.2
Tonga	102,000	0.6	71	71	70	8.7	3.4
Palau	20,000	1.6	68	67	70	6.5	1.4
Solomon Islands	466,000	2.8	68	66	70	4.1	4.2
Egypt	72,642,000	1.9	68	66	70	7.1	3.2
Samoa	184,000	1.0	68	66	70	6.5	4.3
Honduras	7,048,000	2.6	67	65	70	5.5	3.6
Suriname	446,000	0.8	67	65	70	8.9	2.6
Dominican Republic	8,768,000	1.5	67	64	70	6.1	2.7
Vanuatu	207,000	2.1	68	67	69	5.1	4.0
Grenada	102,000	0.3	68	66	69	10.5	2.4
Uzbekistan	26,209,000	1.5	66	63	69	6.3	2.7
Mongolia	2,614,000	1.0	65	61	69	5.7	2.4
Maldives	321,000	2.8	67	66	68	5.1	4.1
Indonesia	220,077,000	1.3	67	65	68	8.2	2.3
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	22,384,000	0.8	66	65	68	10.9	2.0
Azerbaijan	8,355,000	0.8	65	63	68	9.3	1.8
Kiribati	97,000	2.2	65	63	67	6.5	4.1
Comoros	777,000	2.8	64	62	67	4.3	4.7
Kyrgyzstan	5,204,000	1.4	63	59	67	7.7	2.6
Kazakhstan	14,839,000	-0.8	61	56	67	11.4	1.9
Bolivia	9,009,000	2.1	65	63	66	6.7	3.8
Timor—Leste	887,000	0.5	63	61	66	5.0	7.8
Bhutan	2,116,000	2.2	63	62	65	6.9	4.2
Nauru	13,000	2.5	61	58	65	6.5	3.8
Turkmenistan	4,766,000	1.5	60	56	65	6.3	2.7
Tajikistan	6,430,000	1.2	63	62	64	5.2	3.7
Guyana	750,000	0.3	63	62	64	7.3	2.2
Marshall Islands	60,000	1.7	62	60	64	6.5	4.4
Pakistan	154,794,000	2.3	62	62	63	5.8	4.1
Bangladesh	139,215,000	2.0	62	62	63	5.6	3.2
India	1,087,124,000	1.7	62	61	63	7.8	3.0
Myanmar	50,004,000	1.3	59	56	63	7.4	2.3
Tuvalu	10,000	0.6	61	61	62	7.5	3.7
Eritrea	4,232,000	3.3	60	58	62	3.9	5.4
Nepal	26,591,000	2.3	61	61	61	5.7	3.6
Papua New Guinea	5,772,000	2.4	60	58	61	3.9	3.9
Yemen	20,329,000	3.4	59	57	61	3.7	6.0
Iraq	28,057,000	3.0	55	51	61	4.5	4.7
Lao People's Democratic Republic	5,792,000	2.4	59	58	60	5.3	4.7
Sao Tome and Principe	153,000	2.0	59	57	60	5.8	3.9
Sudan	35,523,000	2.2	58	56	60	5.6	4.3
Mauritania	2,980,000	2.9	58	55	60	5.3	5.7
Gambia	1,478,000	3.2	57	55	59	5.9	4.6
Madagascar	18,113,000	3.0	57	55	59	4.8	5.3
Gabon	1,362,000	2.3	57	55	59	6.2	3.9
Ghana	21,664,000	2.3	57	56	58	5.6	4.2
Cambodia	13,798,000	2.2	54	51	58	5.5	4.0
Djibouti	779,000	2.7	56	54	57	4.6	4.9
Senegal	11,386,000	2.5	55	54	57	4.8	4.9
Haiti	8,407,000	1.4	55	53	56	6.0	3.9
Togo	5,988,000	3.2	54	52	56	4.8	5.2
Congo	3,883,000	3.2	54	53	55	4.5	6.3
Namibia	2,009,000	2.3	54	52	55	5.2	3.8
Guinea	9,202,000	2.4	53	52	55	5.6	5.8
Benin	8,177,000	3.2	53	52	53	4.3	5.7
Cameroon	16,038,000	2.1	50	50	51	5.6	4.5
Ethiopia	75,600,000	2.6	50	49	51	4.6	5.7
Uganda	27,821,000	3.2	49	48	51	3.9	7.1
Kenya	33,467,000	2.4	51	51	50	4.1	5.0
United Republic of Tanzania	37,627,000	2.3	48	47	49	5.0	4.9
South Africa	47,208,000	1.4	48	47	49	6.6	2.8
Burkina Faso	12,822,000	3.0	48	47	48	4.3	6.6
Guinea—Bissau	1,540,000	2.9	47	45	48	4.8	7.1
Chad	9,448,000	3.3	46	45	48	4.7	6.7
Rwanda	8,882,000	4.9	46	44	47	3.9	5.6
Mali	13,124,000	2.9	46	44	47	4.3	6.8
Burundi	7,282,000	1.8	45	42	47	4.2	6.8
Democratic Republic of the Congo	55,853,000	2.5	44	42	47	4.3	6.7
Côte d'Ivoire	17,872,000	2.2	44	41	47	5.2	4.9
Nigeria	128,709,000	2.4	46	45	46	4.8	5.7
Mozambique	19,424,000	2.4	45	44	46	5.2	5.4
Somalia	7,964,000	2.3	44	43	45	4.2	6.3
Equatorial Guinea	492,000	2.4	43	42	44	6.0	5.9
Liberia	3,241,000	4.6	42	39	44	3.7	6.8
Lesotho	1,798,000	0.7	41	39	44	7.4	3.5
Afghanistan	28,574,000	3.9	42	42	42	4.4	7.4
Angola	15,490,000	2.6	40	38	42	4.0	6.7
Niger	13,499,000	3.5	41	42	41	3.3	7.8
Malawi	12,608,000	2.4	41	41	41	4.6	6.0
Central African Republic	3,986,000	1.8	41	40	41	6.1	4.9
Zambia	11,479,000	2.1	40	40	40	4.6	5.5
Botswana	1,769,000	1.1	40	40	40	5.0	3.1
Sierra Leone	5,336,000	2.6	39	37	40	5.5	6.5
Swaziland	1,034,000	1.0	37	36	39	5.3	3.8
Zimbabwe	12,936,000	1.1	36	37	34	5.4	3.4

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