East Asia and Pacific Compared by Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total > Years
DEFINITION:
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Japan | 82.08 years | 2005 | ||
2 | Australia | 80.63 years | 2005 | ||
3 | Singapore | 79.7 years | 2005 | ||
4 | New Zealand | 79.62 years | 2005 | ||
5 | South Korea | 77.57 years | 2005 | ||
6 | Brunei | 76.97 years | 2005 | ||
7 | Malaysia | 73.7 years | 2005 | ||
8 | Tonga | 72.65 years | 2005 | ||
9 | China | 71.83 years | 2005 | ||
10 | Philippines | 71.04 years | 2005 | ||
11 | Thailand | 70.9 years | 2005 | ||
12 | Samoa | 70.74 years | 2005 | ||
13 | Vietnam | 70.65 years | 2005 | ||
14 | Vanuatu | 69.49 years | 2005 | ||
15 | Fiji | 68.33 years | 2005 | ||
16 | Federated States of Micronesia | 68.07 years | 2005 | ||
17 | Indonesia | 67.79 years | 2005 | ||
18 | Mongolia | 66.84 years | 2005 | ||
19 | Marshall Islands | 65.24 years | 2000 | ||
20 | North Korea | 63.92 years | 2005 | ||
21 | Solomon Islands | 62.94 years | 2005 | ||
22 | Kiribati | 62.82 years | 2002 | ||
23 | Burma | 61.11 years | 2005 | ||
24 | Cambodia | 57.03 years | 2005 | ||
25 | East Timor | 56.72 years | 2005 | ||
26 | Papua New Guinea | 56.39 years | 2005 | ||
27 | Laos | 55.67 years | 2005 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Health > Life expectancy at birth > Total > Years
- Japan has had the highest life expectancy at birth > total > years since 1975.
- Hong Kong ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- Switzerland ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- United Arab Emirates ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Australia ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Former British colonies in 2005.
- Spain ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst European Union in 2005.
- Chile ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- Mauritius ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
- Israel ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2005.
- Iceland ranked first for life expectancy at birth > total > years amongst NATO countries in 2005.