Population: life expectancy

Population: highest life expectancy at birth

rank country lifespan
1995-2000		 lifespan
2000-2005		 lifespan
2010-2015		 lifespan
2020-2025		 lifespan
2045-2050
1. Japan 80.5 81.5 83.3 84.9 88.0
2. Sweden 79.3 80.1 81.1 82.1 84.6
3. Iceland 78.9 79.4 80.3 81.1 83.1
4. Australia 78.7 79.2 80.1 81.0 83.0
5. Israel 78.3 79.2 80.6 81.6 83.5
6. Switzerland 78.6 79.1 80.0 80.9 82.9
7. France 78.1 79.0 80.3 81.5 84.0
8. Canada 78.5 79.0 80.0 80.8 82.8
9. Norway 78.1 78.9 80.2 81.2 83.7
10. Belgium 77.9 78.8 80.2 81.4 83.8
11. Spain 78.1 78.8 79.7 80.6 82.6
12. Italy 78.2 78.7 79.7 80.6 82.5
13. Austria 77.7 78.5 80.1 81.2 83.6
14. Malta 77.6 78.5 80.3 81.6 84.0
15. Greece 78.0 78.5 79.5 80.4 82.4
16. Netherlands 77.9 78.3 79.3 80.2 82.2
17. Cyprus 77.8 78.3 79.2 80.2 82.2
18. United Kingdom 77.2 78.2 79.8 81.1 83.0
19. Germany 77.3 78.2 79.7 81.0 83.4
20. Singapore 77.1 78.1 79.7 80.9 82.9
21. Finland 77.2 78.0 79.7 81.0 83.0
22. New Zealand 77.2 78.0 79.0 80.0 82.0
23. Luxembourg 77.0 77.9 79.5 80.8 82.8
24. USA 76.5 77.5 79.2 80.7 82.6
25. Barbados 76.4 77.2 78.4 79.3 81.4
  World 65.0 66.0 68.7 71.3 76.0
source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: the 2000 Revision (medium variant).
note: only countries over 140,000 are listed.
note: the timeframe 2000-2005 has been taken for the ranking.

Population: lowest life expectancy at birth

rank country lifespan
1995-2000		 lifespan
2000-2005		 lifespan
2010-2015		 lifespan
2020-2025		 lifespan
2045-2050
1. Botswana 44.4 36.1 43.0 51.6 63.2
2. Mozambique 40.6 38.0 41.0 47.4 62.8
3. Swaziland 50.8 38.1 39.2 49.8 62.7
4. Malawi 40.7 39.3 43.1 49.0 64.0
5. Lesotho 51.2 40.2 37.8 45.5 65.1
6. Sierra Leone 37.3 40.5 44.5 48.8 61.5
7. Djibouti 45.5 40.6 38.0 44.2 63.3
8. Burundi 40.6 40.6 44.9 49.6 64.3
9. Rwanda 39.4 40.9 46.5 52.8 64.2
10. Zambia 40.5 42.2 52.1 58.6 66.0
11. Zimbabwe 42.9 42.9 50.2 56.3 66.3
12. Afghanistan 42.5 43.2 47.2 51.2 62.4
13. Ethiopia 44.5 43.3 46.9 53.0 66.7
14. Namibia 45.1 44.3 53.6 59.3 67.3
15. Central African Rep. 44.3 44.3 49.1 55.8 67.3
16. Guinea-Bissau 44.1 45.4 49.2 53.4 66.0
17. Angola 44.6 45.8 49.0 52.9 64.5
18. Uganda 41.9 46.0 54.3 58.9 67.8
19. Niger 44.2 46.2 50.2 54.2 65.4
20. Chad 45.2 46.3 50.9 56.3 67.9
21. Gambia 45.4 47.1 51.2 55.4 65.4
22. South Africa 56.7 47.4 42.0 46.4 66.4
23. Côte d'Ivoire 47.7 47.9 52.4 57.8 68.1
24. Burkina Faso 45.3 48.1 56.4 62.2 69.7
25. Guinea 46.5 48.5 52.5 56.5 68.0
  World 65.0 66.0 68.7 71.3 76.0
source: UN Population Division, World Population Prospects: the 2000 Revision (medium variant).
note: only countries over 140,000 are listed.
note: the timeframe 2000-2005 has been taken for the ranking.