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.
Table 6. Life expectancies at birth in some countries
（Life expectancy：years，Population：10 thousand）
| Country |
Period |
Male |
female |
Population |
| |
Japan |
2010* |
79.64 |
86.39 |
12 637 |
| AFRICA |
Algeria |
2008 |
74.9 |
76.6 |
3 475 |
| Egypt |
2007* |
69.5 |
74.0 |
7 519 |
| South Africa |
2008 |
53.3 |
57.2 |
4 869 |
| Tunisia |
2009* |
72.5 |
76.5 |
1 033 |
| NORTH AMERICA |
Canada |
2005* |
78.0 |
82.7 |
3 333 |
| Mexico |
2010* |
73.1 |
77.8 |
10 668 |
| United States |
2007* |
75.4 |
80.4 |
30 406 |
| SOUTH AMERICA |
Argentina |
2006-2010 |
72.5 |
80.0 |
3 975 |
| Brazil |
2009* |
69.4 |
77.0 |
18 961 |
| Chile |
2005-2010 |
75.5 |
81.5 |
1 676 |
| Colombia |
2005-2010 |
70.7 |
77.5 |
4 445 |
| Peru |
1995-2000 |
65.9 |
70.9 |
2 881 |
| ASIA |
Bangladesh |
2007 |
65.4 |
67.9 |
14 450 |
| China |
2000* |
69.63 |
73.33 |
132 466 |
| India |
2002-2006 |
62.6 |
64.2 |
115 020 |
| Iran |
2006 |
71.1 |
73.1 |
7 258 |
| Israel |
2009* |
79.7 |
83.5 |
731 |
| Korea, Republic of |
2009* |
77.0 |
83.8 |
4 861 |
| Malaysia |
2010* |
71.7 |
76.6 |
2 773 |
| Pakistan |
2007 |
63.6 |
67.6 |
16 237 |
| Qatar |
2008 |
77.9 |
78.1 |
145 |
| Singapore |
2010* |
79.3 |
84.1 |
364 |
| Thailand |
2005-2006 |
69.9 |
77.6 |
6 648 |
| Turkey |
2008 |
71.4 |
75.8 |
7 108 |
| EUROPE |
Austria |
2010* |
77.7 |
83.2 |
834 |
| Belgium |
2006 |
77.0 |
82.7 |
1 067 |
| Czech Republic |
2009* |
74.19 |
80.13 |
1 043 |
| Denmark |
2009-2010* |
77.05 |
81.22 |
549 |
| Finland |
2010* |
76.7 |
83.2 |
531 |
| France |
2010* |
78.1 |
84.8 |
6 228 |
| Germany |
2007-2009* |
77.33 |
82.53 |
8 213 |
| Iceland |
2010* |
79.5 |
83.5 |
32 |
| Italy |
2008* |
78.81 |
84.07 |
5 983 |
| Netherlands |
2010* |
78.8 |
82.7 |
1 645 |
| Norway |
2010* |
78.85 |
83.15 |
477 |
| Poland |
2009* |
71.53 |
80.05 |
3 812 |
| Russian Federation |
2008* |
61.8 |
74.2 |
14 196 |
| Spain |
2009* |
78.55 |
84.56 |
4 559 |
| Sweden |
2010* |
79.53 |
83.51 |
922 |
| Switzerland |
2009* |
79.8 |
84.4 |
765 |
| Ukraine |
2007-2008 |
62.5 |
74.3 |
4 637 |
| United Kingdom |
2007-2009* |
77.7 |
81.9 |
6 138 |
| OCEANIA |
Australia |
2007-2009* |
79.3 |
83.9 |
2 150 |
| New Zealand |
2007-2009 |
78.4 |
82.4 |
427 |
Reference:*In Hong Kong of 2010,life expectancy at birth for males is 80.0 years,and that for females is 85.9 years.(population:698 ten thousands)
Note:Population means 2008(China 2007) mid-year estimated population.
But population of Japan is Estimated Population at Oct.1, 2010
Source:Demographic Yearbook 2008 U.N.
*Data offered from the government concerned.
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