2001 World Population Data Sheet

Data Sheet 3

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
WORLD	7	67	65	69
MORE DEVELOPED	14	75	72	79
LESS DEVELOPED	5	64	63	66
LESS DEVELOPED (Excl. China)	4	62	61	64
AFRICA	3	54	52	55
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA	3	51	49	52

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
NORTHERN AFRICA	4	66	64	67
Algeria	4	69	68	70	B
Egypt	4	66	65	68	B
Libya	4	75	73	77	B
Morocco	5	69	67	71	B
Sudan	3	56	55	57	C
Tunisia	6	72	70	74	B
Western Sahara	—	—	—	—	D

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
WESTERN AFRICA	3	51	50	52
Benin	2	50	49	51	B
Burkina Faso	3	47	47	47	B
Cape Verde	7	68	65	72	B
Côte d’Ivoire	2	46	45	47	B
Gambia	3	52	51	54	C
Ghana	3	58	56	59	C
Guinea	3	45	43	47	C
Guinea-Bissau	3	45	44	46	C
Liberia	3	50	49	52	D
Mali	3	46	45	47	C
Mauritania	2	51	49	52	C
Niger	2	41	41	41	B
Nigeria	3	52	52	53	C
Senegal	3	52	51	54	B
Sierra Leone	3	45	42	47	D
Togo	2	55	53	58	C

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
EASTERN AFRICA	3	50	49	51
Burundi	3	47	46	47	C
Comoros	5	56	54	59	B
Djibouti	3	46	44	48	D
Eritrea	3	55	53	57	C
Ethiopia	3	52	51	53	B
Kenya	3	48	48	49	B
Madagascar	3	54	52	56	B
Malawi	3	39	39	40	B
Mauritius	6	71	67	74	A
Mayotte	2	59	57	61	C
Mozambique	3	72	69	76	B
Reunion	7	75	70	79	B
Rwanda	3	39	39	40	C
Seychelles	8	70	67	73	B
Somalia	3	46	45	48	D
Tanzania	3	53	52	54	B
Uganda	2	42	42	43	B
Zambia	2	37	37	38	B
Zimbabwe	3	40	41	39	B

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
MIDDLE AFRICA	3	48	46	50
Angola	3	38	37	39	D
Cameroon	3	55	55	56	B
Central African Republic	4	45	43	46	B
Chad	3	50	48	52	B
Congo	3	50	47	52	D
Congo, Dem. Rep. Of	3	48	45	50	D
Equatorial Guinea	4	50	48	52	D
Gabon	6	52	51	54	B
Sao Tome and Principe	4	65	63	66	B
SOUTHERN AFRICA	5	52	51	53
Botswana	4	41	41	42	C
Lesotho	5	53	52	55	C
Namibia	4	46	47	45	B
South Africa	5	53	52	54	B
Swaziland	3	40	40	41	C

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
NORTH AMERICA	13	77	74	80
Canada	13	79	76	81	A
United States	13	77	74	80	A

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN	5	71	68	74
CENTRAL AMERICA	5	73	71	76
Belize	5	72	70	74	B
Costa Rica	5	77	75	79	B
El Salvador	5	70	67	73	B
Guatemala	3	66	63	68	B
Honduras	4	66	64	68	B
Mexico	5	75	73	78	B
Nicaragua	3	68	66	70	B
Panama	6	74	72	76	C

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
CARIBBEAN	7	68	66	71
Antigua and Barbuda	8	70	68	72	B
Bahamas	6	72	70	75	A
Barbados	9	73	70	75	A
Cuba	10	75	73	77	C
Dominica	9	73	70	76	A
Dominican Republic	5	69	67	71	B
Grenada	4	65	63	66	B
Guadeloupe	9	77	73	80	A
Haiti	4	49	47	51	C
Jamaica	7	71	70	73	B
Martinique	10	79	76	82	C
Netherlands Antilles	7	74	72	76	B
Puerto Rico	10	75	71	80	A
St. Kitts-Nevis	9	69	66	71	C
Saint Lucia	6	71	70	73	A
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6	72	70	73	A
Trinidad and Tobago	7	71	68	73	A

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
SOUTH AMERICA	6	70	67	73
Argentina	10	73	70	77	A
Bolivia	4	62	60	64	B
Brazil	5	68	65	72	B
Chile	7	75	72	78	A
Colombia	5	71	68	74	B
Ecuador	4	71	68	73	B
French Guiana	5	76	72	79	C
Guyana	5	65	62	68	C
Paraguay	5	73	71	76	B
Peru	5	69	66	71	B
Suriname	5	71	68	74	D
Uruguay	13	74	70	78	A
Venezuela	5	73	70	76	A

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
ASIA	6	67	65	68
ASIA (Excl. China)	5	64	63	66
WESTERN ASIA	5	68	66	69
Armenia	9	73	71	76	B
Azerbaijan	6	72	68	75	B
Bahrain	2	72	70	75	B
Cyprus	10	77	75	79	C
Georgia	13	73	69	77	B
Iraq	3	59	58	60	C
Israel	10	78	76	80	A
Jordan	5	70	69	71	B
Kuwait	1	73	72	73	B
Lebanon	7	71	68	73	C
Oman	2	71	69	73	B
Palestinian Territory	4	72	70	74	B
Qatar	2	72	69	74	B
Saudi Arabia	2	67	66	69	B
Syria	3	70	70	70	B
Turkey	6	69	67	71	B
United Arab Emirates	1	74	71	76	B
Yemen	3	59	57	61	B

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
SOUTH CENTRAL ASIA	4	61	60	62
Afghanistan	3	45	46	44	D
Bangladesh	3	59	59	59	B
Bhutan	4	66	66	66	D
India	4	61	60	61	B
Iran	5	70	69	71	B
Kazakhstan	7	66	60	71	B
Kyrgyzstan	5	69	65	72	B
Maldives	3	61	60	63	C
Nepal	3	57	58	57	B
Pakistan	4	60	60	61	C
Sri Lanka	6	72	70	74	B
Tajikistan	4	68	66	71	B
Turkmenistan	4	67	63	70	B
Uzbekistan	4	70	68	73	B

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
SOUTHEAST ASIA	5	66	64	69
Brunei	3	74	71	76	B
Cambodia	4	56	54	58	B
East Timor	5	48	47	48	C
Indonesia	4	67	65	70	B
Laos	4	52	51	54	C
Malaysia	4	73	70	75	C
Myanmar	5	56	54	57	D
Philippines	4	67	64	70	B
Singapore	6	78	76	80	A
Thailand	6	72	70	75	B
Vietnam	6	66	63	69	B

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
EAST ASIA	8	72	70	74
China	7	71	69	73	B
China, Hong Kong SAR^e	11	80	77	82	A
China, Macao SAR^e	8	77	75	80	B
Japan	17	81	77	84	A
Korea, North	6	70	67	73	C
Korea, South	7	74	71	78	B
Mongolia	4	63	61	65	B
Taiwan	9	75	72	78	A
EUROPE	15	74	70	78

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
NORTHERN EUROPE	15	77	74	80
Denmark	15	76	74	79	A
Estonia	14	71	65	76	B
Finland	15	77	74	81	A
Iceland	12	79	78	81	A
Ireland	11	77	74	79	A
Latvia	15	71	65	76	B
Lithuania	13	73	67	77	B
Norway	15	78	76	81	A
Sweden	17	80	77	82	A
United Kingdom	16	77	75	80	A

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
WESTERN EUROPE	16	78	75	81
Austria	15	78	75	81	A
Belgium	17	78	75	81	A
France	16	79	75	83	A
Germany	16	78	74	81	A
Liechtenstein	10	—	—	—	A
Luxembourg	14	78	75	81	A
Monaco	23	—	—	—	D
Netherlands	14	78	75	81	A
Switzerland	15	80	77	83	A

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
EASTERN EUROPE	13	68	63	74
Belarus	13	68	62	74	B
Bulgaria	16	72	68	75	A
Czech Republic	14	75	71	78	A
Hungary	15	71	66	75	A
Moldova	9	68	64	72	B
Poland	12	73	68	77	B
Romania	13	71	67	74	A
Russia	13	66	59	72	B
Slovakia	11	73	69	77	A
Ukraine	14	68	63	74	B

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
SOUTHERN EUROPE	16	77	74	80
Albania	6	72	69	75	B
Andorra	12	—	—	—	C
Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	68	65	72	D
Croatia	12	74	70	77	A
Greece	17	78	76	81	A
Italy	18	79	76	82	A
Macedonia^f	10	73	70	75	A
Malta	12	77	74	80	B
Portugal	15	76	72	79	A
San Marino	16	80	76	83	C
Slovenia	14	76	72	79	A
Spain	17	78	74	82	A
Yugoslavia	13	72	70	75	D

	Percent of Population of Age 65+	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Total	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Male	Life Expectancy at Birth (years) Female	Data Avail. Code^c
OCEANIA	10	74	72	76
Australia	12	79	76	82	A
Federated States of Micronesia	4	66	65	67	C
Fiji	4	67	65	69	C
French Polynesia	5	72	69	74	C
Guam	5	74	72	77	A
Kiribati	3	62	59	65	C
Marshall Islands	3	65	63	67	C
Nauru	1	61	57	65	B
New Caledonia	6	73	70	76	C
New Zealand	12	77	74	80	A
Palau	6	67	64	71	C
Papua-New Guinea	4	56	56	55	B
Solomon Islands	3	67	67	68	C
Tonga	4	71	70	72	C
Tuvalu	3	67	64	70	C
Vanuatu	3	65	64	67	C
Western Samoa	6	68	65	72	C

Notes

(—) indicates data unavailable or inapplicable

z = Less than 0.5 percent

a Infant deaths per 1,000 live births. Rates shown with decimals indicate national statistics reported as completely registered, while those without are estimates from the sources cited on reverse. Rates shown in italics are based upon less than 50 annual infant deaths and, as a result, are subject to considerable yearly variability.

b Average number of children born to a woman during her lifetime

c A = complete data … D = little or no data

d H = too high; S = satisfactory; L = too low

e Special Administrative Region

f The former Yugoslav Republic

* Data prior to 1995 are shown in italics.

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