III. Life expectancies at birth in some countries
In general, it is rather difficult to compare the life expectancies exactly among different countries, because the periods based on are not always accordant with each other.
Next table provides the life expectancies at birth in some countries as far as we have obtained.
Table6. Life expectancies at birth in some countries
(Life expectancy：years，Population：10 thousand)
| Country |
Period |
Male |
Female |
Population |
| |
Japan |
2009* |
79.59 |
86.44 |
12 582 |
| AFRICA |
Algeria |
2002 |
72.5 |
74.2 |
3 410 |
| Egypt |
2006* |
69.2 |
73.6 |
7 364 |
| South Africa |
2004 |
49.9 |
52.9 |
4 829 |
| Tunisia |
2008* |
72.4 |
76.3 |
1 023 |
| NORTH AMERICA |
Canada |
2005* |
78.0 |
82.7 |
3 298 |
| Mexico |
2008* |
72.7 |
77.5 |
10 579 |
| United States |
2007* |
75.4 |
80.4 |
30 162 |
| SOUTH AMERICA |
Argentina |
2006-2010 |
72.5 |
80.0 |
3 936 |
| Brazil |
2008* |
69.1 |
76.7 |
18 764 |
| Chile |
2005-2010 |
75.5 |
81.5 |
1 660 |
| Colombia |
2005-2010 |
70.7 |
77.5 |
4 393 |
| Peru |
1995-2000 |
65.9 |
70.9 |
2 848 |
| ASIA |
China |
2000* |
69.63 |
73.33 |
132 466 |
| India |
2002-2006 |
62.6 |
64.2 |
113 402 |
| Iran |
2006 |
71.1 |
73.1 |
7 153 |
| Israel |
2008* |
79.1 |
83.0 |
718 |
| Korea, Republic of |
2008* |
76.5 |
83.3 |
4 846 |
| Malaysia |
2008* |
71.6 |
76.4 |
2 717 |
| Qatar |
2007 |
81.0 |
79.2 |
123 |
| Singapore |
2009* |
79.0 |
83.7 |
459 |
| Thailand |
2005-2006 |
69.9 |
77.6 |
6 604 |
| Turkey |
2006 |
69.1 |
74.0 |
7 388 |
| EUROPE |
Austria |
2009* |
77.4 |
82.9 |
832 |
| Belgium |
2006 |
77.0 |
82.7 |
1 062 |
| Czech Republic |
2009* |
74.19 |
80.13 |
1 033 |
| Denmark |
2008-2009* |
76.52 |
80.75 |
546 |
| Finland |
2009* |
76.5 |
83.2 |
529 |
| France |
2009* |
77.8 |
84.5 |
6 171 |
| Germany |
2006-2008* |
77.17 |
82.40 |
8 226 |
| Iceland |
2009* |
79.7 |
83.3 |
31 |
| Italy |
2007* |
78.67 |
84.04 |
5 938 |
| Netherlands |
2009* |
78.6 |
82.5 |
1 638 |
| Norway |
2009* |
78.60 |
83.05 |
471 |
| Poland |
2009* |
71.5 |
80.1 |
3 812 |
| Russian Federation |
2007 |
61.4 |
73.9 |
14 212 |
| Spain |
2008* |
78.17 |
84.27 |
4 487 |
| Sweden |
2009* |
79.36 |
83.37 |
915 |
| Switzerland |
2008* |
79.7 |
84.4 |
755 |
| Ukraine |
2006-2007 |
62.5 |
74.2 |
4 665 |
| United Kingdom |
2006-2008* |
77.4 |
81.6 |
6 098 |
| OCEANIA |
Australia |
2005-2007* |
79.0 |
83.7 |
2 107 |
| New Zealand |
2006-2008 |
78.2 |
82.2 |
423 |
Reference:*In Hong Kong of 2009,life expectancy at birth for males is 79.8 years,and that for females is 86.1 years.(population:693 ten thousands)
Note:Population means 2007 mid-year estimated population.
But population of Japan is Estimated Population at Oct.1, 2009
Source:Demographic Yearbook 2007 U.N.
*Data offered from the government concerned. |
