The CIA World Factbook Edition 1996 People

Life expectancy at birth In 36 editions of 36.

Life expectancy at birth was published in 36 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1990 to 2025. The 1996 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1996 edition
235
the first edition with it
1990
the latest edition with it
2025

Published as “Life expectancy at birth” (1990 to 2025).

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World

1 entry

World

total population:
62 years
male:
61 years
female:
64 years

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

total population:
68.31 years
male:
67.22 years
female:
69.46 years (1996 est.)

Angola

total population:
46.8 years
male:
44.65 years
female:
49.06 years (1996 est.)

Benin

total population:
52.69 years
male:
50.74 years
female:
54.7 years (1996 est.)

Botswana

total population:
46.01 years
male:
44.94 years
female:
47.11 years (1996 est.)

Burkina Faso

total population:
43.21 years
male:
43.46 years
female:
42.95 years (1996 est.)

Burundi

total population:
49.33 years
male:
48.28 years
female:
50.42 years (1996 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total population:
63.39 years
male:
61.47 years
female:
65.41 years (1996 est.)

Cameroon

total population:
52.6 years
male:
51.55 years
female:
53.68 years (1996 est.)

Central African Republic

total population:
45.86 years
male:
45.03 years
female:
46.71 years (1996 est.)

Chad

total population:
47.55 years
male:
45.18 years
female:
50.01 years (1996 est.)

Comoros

total population:
58.7 years
male:
56.43 years
female:
61.05 years (1996 est.)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total population:
46.7 years
male:
44.97 years
female:
48.47 years (1996 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

total population:
45.77 years
male:
44.21 years
female:
47.37 years (1996 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total population:
46.73 years
male:
46.23 years
female:
47.25 years (1996 est.)

Djibouti

total population:
50.15 years
male:
48.24 years
female:
52.12 years (1996 est.)

Egypt

total population:
61.43 years
male:
59.51 years
female:
63.46 years (1996 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total population:
53.01 years
male:
50.79 years
female:
55.29 years (1996 est.)

Eritrea

total population:
50.31 years
male:
48.57 years
female:
52.1 years (1996 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total population:
57.26 years
male:
53.25 years
female:
61.4 years (1996 est.)

Ethiopia

total population:
46.85 years
male:
45.71 years
female:
48.02 years (1996 est.)

Gabon

total population:
55.59 years
male:
52.72 years
female:
58.56 years (1996 est.)

The Gambia

total population:
52.96 years
male:
50.74 years
female:
55.24 years (1996 est.)

Ghana

total population:
56.17 years
male:
54.18 years
female:
58.22 years (1996 est.)

Guinea

total population:
45.06 years
male:
42.73 years
female:
47.47 years (1996 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total population:
48.28 years
male:
46.63 years
female:
49.99 years (1996 est.)

Kenya

total population:
55.61 years
male:
55.53 years
female:
55.69 years (1996 est.)

Lesotho

total population:
52.08 years
male:
50.08 years
female:
54.14 years (1996 est.)

Liberia

total population:
58.59 years
male:
56.05 years
female:
61.22 years (1996 est.)

Libya

total population:
64.67 years
male:
62.48 years
female:
66.97 years (1996 est.)

Madagascar

total population:
52.19 years
male:
51.11 years
female:
53.3 years (1996 est.)

Malawi

total population:
36.16 years
male:
35.87 years
female:
36.46 years (1996 est.)

Mali

total population:
46.84 years
male:
45.12 years
female:
48.6 years (1996 est.)

Mauritania

total population:
49.01 years
male:
46.09 years
female:
52.06 years (1996 est.)

Mauritius

total population:
70.53 years
male:
66.72 years
female:
74.33 years (1996 est.)

Mayotte

total population:
58.7 years
male:
56.43 years
female:
61.05 years (1996 est.)

Morocco

total population:
69.52 years
male:
67.53 years
female:
71.61 years (1996 est.)

Mozambique

total population:
44.34 years
male:
43.21 years
female:
45.5 years (1996 est.)

Namibia

total population:
64.48 years
male:
62.85 years
female:
66.16 years (1996 est.)

Niger

total population:
40.66 years
male:
41.05 years
female:
40.25 years (1996 est.)

Nigeria

total population:
54.34 years
male:
53.06 years
female:
55.65 years (1996 est.)

Reunion

total population:
74.77 years
male:
71.71 years
female:
77.98 years (1996 est.)

Rwanda

total population:
40.12 years
male:
39.72 years
female:
40.53 years (1996 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total population:
75.34 years
male:
73.28 years
female:
77.16 years (1996 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total population:
63.87 years
male:
61.95 years
female:
65.83 years (1996 est.)

Senegal

total population:
56.49 years
male:
53.75 years
female:
59.3 years (1996 est.)

Seychelles

total population:
69.24 years
male:
64.23 years
female:
74.39 years (1996 est.)

Sierra Leone

total population:
47.47 years
male:
44.56 years
female:
50.47 years (1996 est.)

Somalia

total population:
55.49 years
male:
55.18 years
female:
55.8 years (1996 est.)

South Africa

total population:
59.47 years
male:
57.21 years
female:
61.8 years (1996 est.)

Sudan

total population:
55.12 years
male:
54.2 years
female:
56.09 years (1996 est.)

Tanzania

total population:
42.34 years
male:
40.95 years
female:
43.78 years (1996 est.)

Togo

total population:
57.87 years
male:
55.7 years
female:
60.1 years (1996 est.)

Tunisia

total population:
72.6 years
male:
71.27 years
female:
74.03 years (1996 est.)

Uganda

total population:
40.29 years
male:
39.98 years
female:
40.6 years (1996 est.)

Western Sahara

total population:
47.01 years
male:
46 years
female:
48.34 years (1996 est.)

Zambia

total population:
36.31 years
male:
36.15 years
female:
36.46 years (1996 est.)

Zimbabwe

total population:
41.85 years
male:
41.91 years
female:
41.78 years (1996 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

total population:
68.24 years
male:
63.97 years
female:
72.53 years (1996 est.)

Iceland

total population:
80.08 years
male:
77.68 years
female:
82.6 years (1996 est.)

Svalbard

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total population:
45.85 years
male:
46.43 years
female:
45.24 years (1996 est.)

Armenia

total population:
69.06 years male: 64.44 years female: 73.92 years (1996 est.)

Azerbaijan

total population:
64.84 years
male:
60.13 years
female:
69.78 years (1996 est.)

Bangladesh

total population:
55.86 years
male:
56.02 years
female:
55.69 years (1996 est.)

Bhutan

total population:
51.46 years
male:
51.96 years
female:
50.93 years (1996 est.)

China

total population:
69.62 years
male:
68.33 years
female:
71.06 years (1996 est.)

Georgia

total population:
68.09 years
male:
63.43 years
female:
72.98 years (1996 est.)

India

total population:
59.71 years
male:
59.12 years
female:
60.32 years (1996 est.)

Japan

total population:
79.55 years
male:
76.57 years
female:
82.68 years (1996 est.)

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

total population:
64.09 years
male:
58.56 years
female:
69.9 years (1996 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total population:
70.32 years
male:
67.23 years
female:
73.57 years (1996 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total population:
73.26 years
male:
69.65 years
female:
77.39 years (1996 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total population:
63.86 years
male:
59.18 years
female:
68.77 years (1996 est.)

Maldives

total population:
66.17 years
male:
64.6 years
female:
67.82 years (1996 est.)

Mongolia

total population:
60.75 years
male:
58.8 years
female:
62.8 years (1996 est.)

Nepal

total population:
53.63 years
male:
53.35 years
female:
53.93 years (1996 est.)

Pakistan

total population:
58.46 years
male:
57.7 years
female:
59.25 years (1996 est.)

Russia

total population:
63.24 years
male:
56.51 years
female:
70.31 years (1996 est.)

Sri Lanka

total population:
72.35 years
male:
69.77 years
female:
75.06 years (1996 est.)

Tajikistan

total population:
64.45 years
male:
60.84 years
female:
68.24 years (1996 est.)

Turkmenistan

total population:
61.48 years
male:
56.68 years
female:
66.52 years (1996 est.)

Uzbekistan

total population:
64.6 years
male:
60.44 years
female:
68.97 years (1996 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total population:
76.7 years
male:
73.75 years
female:
79.74 years (1996 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total population:
73.64 years
male:
71.55 years
female:
75.84 years (1996 est.)

Aruba

total population:
76.68 years
male:
73 years
female:
80.55 years (1996 est.)

The Bahamas

total population:
72.53 years
male:
67.98 years
female:
77.16 years (1996 est.)

Barbados

total population:
74.35 years
male:
71.65 years
female:
77.25 years (1996 est.)

Belize

total population:
68.53 years
male:
66.58 years
female:
70.58 years (1996 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total population:
72.78 years
male:
70.93 years
female:
74.75 years (1996 est.)

Cayman Islands

total population:
77.1 years
male:
75.37 years
female:
78.81 years (1996 est.)

Costa Rica

total population:
75.72 years
male:
73.31 years
female:
78.24 years (1996 est.)

Cuba

total population:
75.05 years
male:
72.71 years
female:
77.54 years (1996 est.)

Dominica

total population:
77.4 years
male:
74.55 years
female:
80.4 years (1996 est.)

Dominican Republic

total population:
69.06 years
male:
66.89 years
female:
71.34 years (1996 est.)

El Salvador

total population:
68.88 years
male:
65.44 years
female:
72.5 years (1996 est.)

Grenada

total population:
70.89 years
male:
68.39 years
female:
73.44 years (1996 est.)

Guadeloupe

total population:
77.4 years
male:
74.37 years
female:
80.58 years (1996 est.)

Guatemala

total population:
65.24 years
male:
62.64 years
female:
67.97 years (1996 est.)

Haiti

total population:
49.26 years
male:
47.26 years
female:
51.35 years (1996 est.)

Honduras

total population:
68.42 years
male:
66.01 years
female:
70.96 years (1996 est.)

Jamaica

total population:
74.88 years
male:
72.6 years
female:
77.29 years (1996 est.)

Martinique

total population:
78.81 years
male:
76.07 years
female:
81.68 years (1996 est.)

Montserrat

total population:
75.65 years
male:
73.89 years
female:
77.46 years (1996 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total population:
77.06 years
male:
74.78 years
female:
79.46 years (1996 est.)

Nicaragua

total population:
65.72 years
male:
63.41 years
female:
68.13 years (1996 est.)

Panama

total population:
73.92 years
male:
71.19 years
female:
76.75 years (1996 est.)

Puerto Rico

total population:
75.38 years
male:
71.13 years
female:
79.89 years (1996 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total population:
66.86 years
male:
63.84 years
female:
70.06 years (1996 est.)

Saint Lucia

total population:
70.09 years
male:
66.52 years
female:
73.91 years (1996 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total population:
72.94 years
male:
71.43 years
female:
74.49 years (1996 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total population:
70.3 years
male:
67.91 years
female:
72.77 years (1996 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total population:
75.4 years
male:
73.46 years
female:
77.07 years (1996 est.)

Virgin Islands

total population:
75.29 years
male:
73.6 years
female:
77.2 years (1996 est.)

Europe

44 entries

Albania

total population:
67.92 years
male:
64.91 years
female:
71.17 years (1996 est.)

Andorra

total population:
90.94 years
male:
86.47 years
female:
95.2 years (1996 est.)

Austria

total population:
76.53 years
male:
73.38 years
female:
79.84 years (1996 est.)

Belarus

total population:
68.57 years
male:
63.2 years
female:
74.21 years (1996 est.)

Belgium

total population:
77.09 years
male:
73.86 years
female:
80.51 years (1996 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total population:
56.11 years
male:
51.16 years
female:
61.39 years (1996 est.)

Bulgaria

total population:
71 years
male:
67.07 years
female:
75.12 years (1996 est.)

Croatia

total population:
72.81 years
male:
69.13 years
female:
76.72 years (1996 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total population:
73.76 years
male:
70.08 years
female:
77.65 years (1996 est.)

Denmark

total population:
77.3 years
male:
73.78 years
female:
81.01 years (1996 est.)

Estonia

total population:
68.13 years
male:
62.5 years
female:
74.05 years (1996 est.)

Faroe Islands

total population:
77.83 years
male:
74.75 years
female:
80.88 years (1996 est.)

Finland

total population:
75.47 years
male:
73.82 years
female:
77.18 years (1996 est.)

France

total population:
77.93 years
male:
73.98 years
female:
82.11 years (1996 est.)

Germany

total population:
75.95 years
male:
72.8 years
female:
79.27 years (1996 est.)

Gibraltar

total population:
77.83 years
male:
74.5 years
female:
81.31 years (1996 est.)

Greece

total population:
78.1 years male: 75.6 years female: 80.78 years (1996 est.)

Guernsey

total population:
78.22 years
male:
75.28 years
female:
81.27 years (1996 est.)

Hungary

total population:
69.02 years
male:
64.23 years
female:
74.04 years (1996 est.)

Ireland

total population:
75.58 years
male:
72.88 years
female:
78.46 years (1996 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

total population:
77.15 years
male:
73.56 years
female:
80.91 years (1996 est.)

Italy

total population:
78.06 years
male:
74.85 years
female:
81.48 years (1996 est.)

Jersey

total population:
78.36 years
male:
75.63 years
female:
81.39 years (1996 est.)

Latvia

total population:
66.91 years
male:
60.84 years
female:
73.27 years (1996 est.)

Liechtenstein

total population:
78.84 years
male:
75.92 years
female:
82.17 years (1996 est.)

Lithuania

total population:
68.03 years
male:
62.15 years
female:
74.21 years (1996 est.)

Luxembourg

total population:
78.26 years male: 75.24 years female: 81.56 years (1996 est.)

Malta

total population:
78.11 years male: 75.77 years female: 80.6 years (1996 est.)

Moldova

total population:
65.14 years
male:
60.77 years
female:
69.73 years (1996 est.)

Monaco

total population:
78.07 years male: 74.38 years female: 81.93 years (1996 est.)

Netherlands

total population:
77.73 years
male:
74.91 years
female:
80.68 years (1996 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

total population:
71.94 years
male:
69.86 years
female:
74.18 years (1996 est.)

Norway

total population:
77.53 years
male:
74.63 years
female:
80.61 years (1996 est.)

Poland

total population:
72.1 years
male:
68.02 years
female:
76.41 years (1996 est.)

Portugal

total population:
75.31 years
male:
71.52 years
female:
79.31 years (1996 est.)

Romania

total population:
69.42 years
male:
65.51 years
female:
73.57 years (1996 est.)

San Marino

total population:
81.32 years
male:
77.34 years
female:
85.3 years (1996 est.)

Slovakia

total population:
73.01 years
male:
69.01 years
female:
77.21 years (1996 est.)

Slovenia

total population:
75.09 years
male:
71.4 years
female:
79 years (1996 est.)

Spain

total population:
78.26 years
male:
74.95 years
female:
81.81 years (1996 est.)

Sweden

total population:
78.06 years
male:
75.62 years
female:
80.63 years (1996 est.)

Switzerland

total population:
77.62 years
male:
74.58 years
female:
80.82 years (1996 est.)

Ukraine

total population:
66.8 years
male:
61.54 years
female:
72.32 years (1996 est.)

United Kingdom

total population:
76.41 years
male:
73.78 years
female:
79.17 years (1996 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total population:
74.27 years
male:
71.78 years
female:
76.83 years (1996 est.)

Cyprus

total population:
76.26 years
male:
74.11 years
female:
78.52 years (1996 est.)

Gaza Strip

total population:
71.98 years
male:
70.69 years
female:
73.34 years (1996 est.)

Iran

total population:
67.39 years
male:
66.12 years
female:
68.72 years (1996 est.)

Iraq

total population:
66.95 years
male:
65.92 years
female:
68.03 years (1996 est.)

Israel

total population:
78.01 years
male:
76.16 years
female:
79.96 years (1996 est.)

Jordan

total population:
72.48 years
male:
70.62 years
female:
74.45 years (1996 est.)

Kuwait

total population:
75.92 years
male:
73.59 years
female:
78.38 years (1996 est.)

Lebanon

total population:
69.99 years
male:
67.49 years
female:
72.62 years (1996 est.)

Oman

total population:
70.53 years
male:
68.59 years
female:
72.57 years (1996 est.)

Qatar

total population:
73.35 years
male:
70.75 years
female:
75.84 years (1996 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total population:
69 years
male:
67.25 years
female:
70.84 years (1996 est.)

Syria

total population:
67.13 years
male:
65.94 years
female:
68.38 years (1996 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total population:
71.92 years
male:
69.53 years
female:
74.43 years (1996 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total population:
72.74 years
male:
70.64 years
female:
74.94 years (1996 est.)

West Bank

total population:
71.76 years
male:
70.17 years
female:
73.44 years (1996 est.)

Yemen

total population:
59.58 years
male:
58.23 years
female:
60.99 years (1996 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total population:
75.03 years
male:
73.36 years
female:
76.97 years (1996 est.)

Canada

total population:
79.07 years
male:
75.67 years
female:
82.65 years (1996 est.)

Mexico

total population:
73.67 years
male:
70.07 years
female:
77.45 years (1996 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total population:
76.34 years
male:
74.76 years
female:
78.25 years (1996 est.)

United States

total population:
75.95 years
male:
72.65 years
female:
79.41 years (1996 est.)

Oceania

26 entries

American Samoa

total population:
72.91 years
male:
71.03 years
female:
74.85 years (1996 est.)

Australia

total population:
79.39 years
male:
76.44 years
female:
82.5 years (1996 est.)

Cook Islands

total population:
71.14 years
male:
69.2 years
female:
73.1 years (1996 est.)

Fiji

total population:
65.71 years
male:
63.39 years
female:
68.14 years (1996 est.)

French Polynesia

total population:
70.94 years
male:
68.49 years
female:
73.5 years (1996 est.)

Guam

total population:
74.29 years
male:
72.42 years
female:
76.13 years (1996 est.)

Kiribati

total population:
62.02 years
male:
60.25 years
female:
64.03 years (1996 est.)

Marshall Islands

total population:
63.81 years
male:
62.25 years
female:
65.45 years (1996 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total population:
67.99 years
male:
66.02 years
female:
69.99 years (1996 est.)

Nauru

total population:
66.68 years
male:
64.3 years
female:
69.18 years (1996 est.)

New Caledonia

total population:
74.35 years
male:
71.06 years
female:
77.8 years (1996 est.)

New Zealand

total population:
77.01 years
male:
73.96 years
female:
80.21 years (1996 est.)

Niue

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Norfolk Island

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Northern Mariana Islands

total population:
67.43 years
male:
65.53 years
female:
69.48 years (1996 est.)

Palau

total population:
71.01 years
male:
69.14 years
female:
73.02 years (1996 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total population:
57.25 years
male:
56.4 years
female:
58.15 years (1996 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Western Samoa now Samoa

total population:
68.73 years
male:
66.35 years
female:
71.24 years (1996 est.)

Solomon Islands

total population:
71.14 years
male:
68.67 years
female:
73.74 years (1996 est.)

Tokelau

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Tonga

total population:
69.04 years
male:
67.03 years
female:
71.4 years (1996 est.)

Tuvalu

total population:
63.34 years male: 62.15 years female: 64.59 years (1996 est.)

Vanuatu

total population:
60.13 years
male:
58.27 years
female:
62.09 years (1996 est.)

Wake Island

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Wallis and Futuna

total population:
72.76 years
male:
72.16 years
female:
73.4 years (1996 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total population:
71.66 years
male:
68.37 years
female:
75.12 years (1996 est.)

Bolivia

total population:
59.81 years
male:
56.94 years
female:
62.82 years (1996 est.)

Brazil

total population:
61.62 years
male:
56.67 years
female:
66.81 years (1996 est.)

Chile

total population:
74.49 years
male:
71.26 years
female:
77.72 years (1996 est.)

Colombia

total population:
72.81 years
male:
69.97 years
female:
75.73 years (1996 est.)

Ecuador

total population:
71.09 years
male:
68.49 years
female:
73.82 years (1996 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

French Guiana

total population:
75.79 years
male:
72.55 years
female:
79.19 years (1996 est.)

Guyana

total population:
60.1 years
male:
57.55 years
female:
62.78 years (1996 est.)

Paraguay

total population:
73.84 years
male:
72.33 years
female:
75.43 years (1996 est.)

Peru

total population:
69.13 years
male:
66.97 years
female:
71.39 years (1996 est.)

Suriname

total population:
70.04 years
male:
67.51 years
female:
72.7 years (1996 est.)

Uruguay

total population:
74.94 years
male:
71.8 years
female:
78.25 years (1996 est.)

Venezuela

total population:
72.09 years male: 69.11 years female: 75.29 years (1996 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

total population:
71.39 years
male:
69.82 years
female:
73.04 years (1996 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total population:
56.14 years
male:
54.46 years
female:
57.92 years (1996 est.)

Cambodia

total population:
49.86 years
male:
48.39 years
female:
51.39 years (1996 est.)

Christmas Island

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

total population:
NA years
male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Hong Kong

total population:
82.19 years
male:
78.88 years
female:
85.71 years (1996 est.)

Indonesia

total population:
61.64 years
male:
59.51 years
female:
63.88 years (1996 est.)

Laos

total population:
52.69 years
male:
51.14 years
female:
54.31 years (1996 est.)

Macau

total population:
79.95 years
male:
77.49 years
female:
82.54 years (1996 est.)

Malaysia

total population:
69.75 years
male:
66.82 years
female:
72.89 years (1996 est.)

Philippines

total population:
65.91 years
male:
63.14 years
female:
68.83 years (1996 est.)

Singapore

total population:
78.13 years
male:
75.07 years
female:
81.39 years (1996 est.)

Taiwan

total population:
76.02 years
male:
73.43 years
female:
78.82 years (1996 est.)

Thailand

total population:
68.6 years
male:
64.89 years
female:
72.49 years (1996 est.)

Vietnam

total population:
67.02 years
male:
64.69 years
female:
69.48 years (1996 est.)

Cite this page

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1996, “Life expectancy at birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/life-expectancy-at-birth/1996.

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