Table 6. Life expectancies at birth in some countries

(Life expectancy:years, Population:10 thousands)

Country Period Male Female Population Japan 2004* 78.64 85.59 12 618 AFRICA Algeria 2000 72.5 74.2 3 136 Egypt 2003* 67.90 72.30 6 663 Nigeria 2000-2005 52.0 52.2 12 244 South Africa 1996* 52.11 61.60 4 545 Tunisia 2003* 71.1 75.1 978 NORTH AMERICA Canada 2001* 77.0 82.1 3 137 Mexico 2004* 72.7 77.6 10 323 United States 2002* 74.5 79.9 28 837 SOUTH AMERICA Argentina 1990-1992* 68.44 75.59 3 794 Brazil 2002* 67.3 74.9 17 463 Chile 2001-2002 74.4 80.4 1 559 Peru 1995-2000 65.9 70.8 2 675 ASIA China 2000* 69.63 73.33 125 909 India 1993-1997* 60.4 61.8 105 064 Indonesia 1990-1995 61.0 64.5 21 106 Israel 2002* 77.5 81.5 657 Korea, Republic of 2002* 73.38 80.44 4 764 Malaysia 1998 69.6 74.6 2 350 Singapore 2004* 77.4 81.3 417 Thailand 2002* 69.9 74.9 6 348 EUROPE Austria 2003* 75.94 81.57 805 Belgium 2002 75.1 81.1 1 033 Czech Republic 2004* 72.55 79.04 1 020 Denmark 2003-2004* 75.19 79.89 538 Finland 2004* 75.3 82.3 520 France 2002 75.8 83.0 5 949 Germany 2002-2003* 75.59 81.34 8 249 Iceland 2001-2004* 78.8 82.6 29 Italy 2002 77.0 82.9 5 748 Netherlands 2003* 76.2 80.9 1 615 Norway 2004* 77.50 82.33 454 Poland 2003* 70.52 78.90 3 843 Russian Federation 2003 58.8 72.0 14 395 Spain 2003 76.9 83.6 4 085 Sweden 2004* 78.10 82.46 893 Switzerland 2003 77.9 83.0 729 United Kingdom 2001-2003* 75.94 80.51 5 923 OCEANIA Australia 2000-2002* 77.4 82.6 1 964 New Zealand 2002-2004* 77.0 81.3 394

Reference: In Hong Kong of 2003,life expectancy at birth for males is 78.5 years,and that     for females is 84.3 years.(population:679 ten thousands) Note: Population means by the mid-year estimate of 2002.     But population of Japan is Estimated Population at Oct.1, 2004 Source: Demographic Yearbook 2002, U.N.,Recent demographic developments in Europe 2004,Council of Europe,etc. *Data offered from the government concerned.