Country or Area		Period	Male	Female	Population
Japan		2001	78.07	84.93	12 591
AFRICA	Egypt	1996	65.1	69.0	6 723
	Nigeria	1995-2000	48.7	51.5	10 895
	South Africa	1995-2000	51.5	58.1	4 305
NORTH AMERICA	Canada	1999*	76.3	81.7	3 049
	Mexico	1995-2000	69.5	75.5	9 737
	United States	1999*	73.9	79.4	27 313
SOUTH AMERICA	Argentina	1990-1992	68.4	75.6	3 658
	Brazil	1999*	64.6	72.3	16 537
ASIA	China	2000*	69.63	73.33	126 684
	India	1993-1997*	60.4	61.8	98 661
	Indonesia	1995-2000	63.3	67.0	20 744
	Israel	1995-1999*	76.1	80.5	613
	Korea, Republic of	1999*	71.71	79.22	4 686
	Singapore	2001*	76.4	80.4	389
	Thailand	1995-1996*	69.9	74.9	6 181
	Hong Kong	2000*	78.0	83.9	684
EUROPE	Austria	2000*	75.41	81.21	818
	Czech Republic	2000*	71.7	78.4	1 028
	Denmark	1999-2000*	74.34	78.98	533
	Finland	2001*	74.6	81.5	517
	France	1999*	75.0	82.5	5 910
	Germany	1997-1999*	74.44	80.57	8 209
	Iceland	1999-2000*	77.6	81.4	28
	Italy	1999*	75.8	82.0	5 734
	Netherlands	2000*	75.3	80.6	1 581
	Norway	2001*	76.21	81.53	447
	Russian Federation	1995	58.3	71.7	14 556
	Sweden	2000*	77.38	82.03	886
	Switzerland	1998*	76.5	82.5	714
	United Kingdom	1998-2000*	75.13	79.98	5 874
OCEANIA	Australia	1998-2000*	76.6	82.0	1 897
	New Zealand	1998-2000*	75.7	80.8	381

(Life expectancy:years, Population:10 thousands) Note : Population means by the mid-year estimate of 1999. But population of Japan is Estimated Population at Oct.1, 2001 : *Data offered from the government concerned. Source : U.N.Demographic Yearbook 1999, etc.