The CIA World Factbook Edition 2000 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 2000 edition carries it in 235 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2000 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:
64 years
male:
62 years
female:
65 years (2000 est.)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

total population:
69.65 years
male:
68.34 years
female:
71.02 years (2000 est.)

Angola

total population:
38.31 years
male:
37.11 years
female:
39.56 years (2000 est.)

Benin

total population:
50.18 years
male:
49.24 years
female:
51.16 years (2000 est.)

Botswana

total population:
39.27 years
male:
38.63 years
female:
39.93 years (2000 est.)

Burkina Faso

total population:
46.73 years
male:
46.29 years
female:
47.18 years (2000 est.)

Burundi

total population:
46.18 years
male:
45.23 years
female:
47.16 years (2000 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total population:
68.91 years
male:
65.63 years
female:
72.29 years (2000 est.)

Cameroon

total population:
54.82 years
male:
54.01 years
female:
55.64 years (2000 est.)

Central African Republic

total population:
44.02 years
male:
42.26 years
female:
45.84 years (2000 est.)

Chad

total population:
50.49 years
male:
48.5 years
female:
52.56 years (2000 est.)

Comoros

total population:
60.03 years
male:
57.85 years
female:
62.28 years (2000 est.)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total population:
48.75 years
male:
46.72 years
female:
50.83 years (2000 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total population:
47.43 years
male:
44.49 years
female:
50.47 years (2000 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total population:
45.15 years
male:
43.72 years
female:
46.63 years (2000 est.)

Djibouti

total population:
50.82 years
male:
49.01 years
female:
52.68 years (2000 est.)

Egypt

total population:
63.33 years
male:
61.29 years
female:
65.47 years (2000 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total population:
53.56 years
male:
51.53 years
female:
55.65 years (2000 est.)

Eritrea

total population:
55.79 years
male:
53.36 years
female:
58.29 years (2000 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total population:
40.44 years
male:
39.54 years
female:
41.37 years (2000 est.)

Ethiopia

total population:
45.17 years
male:
44.41 years
female:
45.94 years (2000 est.)

Gabon

total population:
50.08 years
male:
48.94 years
female:
51.26 years (2000 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total population:
53.2 years
male:
51.29 years
female:
55.16 years (2000 est.)

Ghana

total population:
57.42 years
male:
56.07 years
female:
58.82 years (2000 est.)

Guinea

total population:
45.56 years
male:
43.16 years
female:
48.02 years (2000 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total population:
49.04 years
male:
46.77 years
female:
51.37 years (2000 est.)

Kenya

total population:
47.98 years
male:
46.95 years
female:
49.04 years (2000 est.)

Lesotho

total population:
50.79 years
male:
49.78 years
female:
51.84 years (2000 est.)

Liberia

total population:
51.02 years
male:
49.6 years
female:
52.49 years (2000 est.)

Libya

total population:
75.45 years
male:
73.34 years
female:
77.66 years (2000 est.)

Madagascar

total population:
54.95 years
male:
52.71 years
female:
57.26 years (2000 est.)

Malawi

total population:
37.58 years
male:
37.2 years
female:
37.98 years (2000 est.)

Mali

total population:
46.66 years
male:
45.5 years
female:
47.85 years (2000 est.)

Mauritania

total population:
50.76 years
male:
48.7 years
female:
52.87 years (2000 est.)

Mauritius

total population:
70.98 years
male:
66.98 years
female:
75.04 years (2000 est.)

Mayotte

total population:
59.45 years
male:
57.41 years
female:
61.55 years (2000 est.)

Morocco

total population:
69.13 years
male:
66.92 years
female:
71.44 years (2000 est.)

Mozambique

total population:
37.52 years
male:
38.34 years
female:
36.68 years (2000 est.)

Namibia

total population:
42.46 years
male:
44.33 years
female:
40.53 years (2000 est.)

Niger

total population:
41.27 years
male:
41.43 years
female:
41.11 years (2000 est.)

Nigeria

total population:
51.56 years
male:
51.58 years
female:
51.55 years (2000 est.)

Reunion

total population:
72.68 years
male:
69.28 years
female:
76.24 years (2000 est.)

Rwanda

total population:
39.34 years
male:
38.58 years
female:
40.13 years (2000 est.)

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

total population:
76.83 years
male:
73.95 years
female:
79.85 years (2000 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total population:
65.25 years
male:
63.84 years
female:
66.7 years (2000 est.)

Senegal

total population:
62.19 years
male:
60.6 years
female:
63.82 years (2000 est.)

Seychelles

total population:
70.41 years
male:
64.87 years
female:
76.12 years (2000 est.)

Sierra Leone

total population:
45.25 years
male:
42.37 years
female:
48.21 years (2000 est.)

Somalia

total population:
46.23 years
male:
44.66 years
female:
47.85 years (2000 est.)

South Africa

total population:
51.1 years
male:
50.41 years
female:
51.81 years (2000 est.)

Sudan

total population:
56.55 years
male:
55.49 years
female:
57.66 years (2000 est.)

Tanzania

total population:
52.26 years
male:
51.32 years
female:
53.23 years (2000 est.)

Togo

total population:
54.69 years
male:
52.75 years
female:
56.7 years (2000 est.)

Tunisia

total population:
73.69 years
male:
72.14 years
female:
75.36 years (2000 est.)

Uganda

total population:
42.93 years
male:
42.22 years
female:
43.67 years (2000 est.)

Western Sahara

total population:
49.81 years
male:
48.65 years
female:
51.33 years (2000 est.)

Zambia

total population:
37.24 years
male:
37.08 years
female:
37.41 years (2000 est.)

Zimbabwe

total population:
37.78 years
male:
39.18 years
female:
36.34 years (2000 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

total population:
68.07 years
male:
64.52 years
female:
71.69 years (2000 est.)

Iceland

total population:
79.39 years
male:
77.19 years
female:
81.77 years (2000 est.)

Svalbard

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

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total population:
45.88 years
male:
46.62 years
female:
45.1 years (2000 est.)

Armenia

total population:
66.4 years
male:
61.98 years
female:
71.04 years (2000 est.)

Azerbaijan

total population:
62.87 years
male:
58.51 years
female:
67.45 years (2000 est.)

Bangladesh

total population:
60.16 years
male:
60.4 years
female:
59.91 years (2000 est.)

Bhutan

total population:
52.4 years
male:
52.79 years
female:
51.99 years (2000 est.)

China

total population:
71.38 years
male:
69.6 years
female:
73.33 years (2000 est.)

Georgia

total population:
64.48 years
male:
60.9 years
female:
68.23 years (2000 est.)

India

total population:
62.5 years
male:
61.89 years
female:
63.13 years (2000 est.)

Japan

total population:
80.7 years
male:
77.51 years
female:
84.05 years (2000 est.)

Kazakhstan

total population:
63.19 years
male:
57.73 years
female:
68.93 years (2000 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total population:
70.74 years
male:
67.76 years
female:
73.86 years (2000 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total population:
74.43 years
male:
70.75 years
female:
78.54 years (2000 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total population:
63.37 years
male:
59.06 years
female:
67.9 years (2000 est.)

Maldives

total population:
62.2 years
male:
61.05 years
female:
63.4 years (2000 est.)

Mongolia

total population:
67.25 years
male:
64.98 years
female:
69.64 years (2000 est.)

Nepal

total population:
57.84 years
male:
58.3 years
female:
57.35 years (2000 est.)

Pakistan

total population:
61.07 years
male:
60.27 years
female:
61.91 years (2000 est.)

Russia

total population:
67.19 years
male:
61.95 years
female:
72.69 years (2000 est.)

Sri Lanka

total population:
71.83 years
male:
69.33 years
female:
74.45 years (2000 est.)

Tajikistan

total population:
64.08 years
male:
60.95 years
female:
67.38 years (2000 est.)

Turkmenistan

total population:
60.91 years
male:
57.29 years
female:
64.71 years (2000 est.)

Uzbekistan

total population:
63.71 years
male:
60.09 years
female:
67.52 years (2000 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total population:
76.11 years
male:
73.22 years
female:
79.09 years (2000 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total population:
70.46 years
male:
68.19 years
female:
72.84 years (2000 est.)

Aruba

total population:
78.37 years
male:
75 years
female:
81.9 years (2000 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total population:
71.07 years
male:
68.25 years
female:
73.94 years (2000 est.)

Barbados

total population:
73 years
male:
70.43 years
female:
75.6 years (2000 est.)

Belize

total population:
70.91 years
male:
68.66 years
female:
73.28 years (2000 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total population:
75.44 years
male:
74.57 years
female:
76.35 years (2000 est.)

Cayman Islands

total population:
78.88 years
male:
76.1 years
female:
81.27 years (2000 est.)

Costa Rica

total population:
75.82 years
male:
73.3 years
female:
78.47 years (2000 est.)

Cuba

total population:
76.21 years
male:
73.84 years
female:
78.73 years (2000 est.)

Dominica

total population:
73.35 years
male:
70.5 years
female:
76.36 years (2000 est.)

Dominican Republic

total population:
73.2 years
male:
71.12 years
female:
75.38 years (2000 est.)

El Salvador

total population:
69.74 years
male:
66.14 years
female:
73.52 years (2000 est.)

Grenada

total population:
64.52 years
male:
62.74 years
female:
66.31 years (2000 est.)

Guadeloupe

total population:
76.99 years
male:
73.82 years
female:
80.3 years (2000 est.)

Guatemala

total population:
66.18 years
male:
63.53 years
female:
68.96 years (2000 est.)

Haiti

total population:
49.21 years
male:
47.46 years
female:
51.06 years (2000 est.)

Honduras

total population:
69.93 years
male:
67.91 years
female:
72.06 years (2000 est.)

Jamaica

total population:
75.21 years
male:
73.26 years
female:
77.26 years (2000 est.)

Martinique

total population:
78.25 years
male:
79.03 years
female:
77.46 years (2000 est.)

Montserrat

total population:
77.96 years
male:
75.78 years
female:
80.23 years (2000 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total population:
74.72 years
male:
72.56 years
female:
76.99 years (2000 est.)

Nicaragua

total population:
68.74 years
male:
66.81 years
female:
70.77 years (2000 est.)

Panama

total population:
75.47 years
male:
72.74 years
female:
78.31 years (2000 est.)

Puerto Rico

total population:
75.55 years
male:
71.05 years
female:
80.3 years (2000 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total population:
70.73 years
male:
67.95 years
female:
73.68 years (2000 est.)

Saint Lucia

total population:
72.31 years
male:
68.74 years
female:
76.14 years (2000 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total population:
72.3 years
male:
70.6 years
female:
74.06 years (2000 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total population:
67.97 years
male:
65.45 years
female:
70.59 years (2000 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total population:
73.28 years
male:
71.15 years
female:
75.51 years (2000 est.)

Virgin Islands

total population:
78.11 years
male:
74.2 years
female:
82.25 years (2000 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

total population:
71.57 years
male:
68.75 years
female:
74.59 years (2000 est.)

Andorra

total population:
83.46 years
male:
80.56 years
female:
86.56 years (2000 est.)

Austria

total population:
77.68 years
male:
74.52 years
female:
80.99 years (2000 est.)

Belarus

total population:
68 years
male:
61.83 years
female:
74.48 years (2000 est.)

Belgium

total population:
77.8 years
male:
74.47 years
female:
81.3 years (2000 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total population:
71.49 years
male:
68.78 years
female:
74.38 years (2000 est.)

Bulgaria

total population:
70.91 years
male:
67.45 years
female:
74.56 years (2000 est.)

Croatia

total population:
73.67 years
male:
70.04 years
female:
77.51 years (2000 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total population:
74.51 years
male:
71.01 years
female:
78.22 years (2000 est.)

Denmark

total population:
76.54 years
male:
73.95 years
female:
79.27 years (2000 est.)

Estonia

total population:
69.45 years
male:
63.4 years
female:
75.79 years (2000 est.)

Faroe Islands

total population:
78.43 years
male:
74.96 years
female:
81.92 years (2000 est.)

Finland

total population:
77.41 years
male:
73.74 years
female:
81.2 years (2000 est.)

France

total population:
78.76 years
male:
74.85 years
female:
82.89 years (2000 est.)

Germany

total population:
77.44 years
male:
74.3 years
female:
80.75 years (2000 est.)

Gibraltar

total population:
78.95 years
male:
76.09 years
female:
81.96 years (2000 est.)

Greece

total population:
78.44 years
male:
75.89 years
female:
81.16 years (2000 est.)

Guernsey

total population:
79.65 years
male:
76.65 years
female:
82.75 years (2000 est.)

Hungary

total population:
71.37 years
male:
67 years
female:
76.05 years (2000 est.)

Ireland

total population:
76.81 years
male:
74.06 years
female:
79.74 years (2000 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

total population:
77.47 years
male:
74.09 years
female:
81.04 years (2000 est.)

Italy

total population:
79.03 years
male:
75.85 years
female:
82.41 years (2000 est.)

Jersey

total population:
78.48 years
male:
76.07 years
female:
81.07 years (2000 est.)

Latvia

total population:
68.41 years
male:
62.48 years
female:
74.62 years (2000 est.)

Liechtenstein

total population:
78.81 years
male:
75.16 years
female:
82.47 years (2000 est.)

Lithuania

total population:
69.09 years
male:
63.07 years
female:
75.41 years (2000 est.)

Luxembourg

total population:
77.13 years
male:
73.84 years
female:
80.63 years (2000 est.)

Malta

total population:
77.94 years
male:
75.49 years
female:
80.62 years (2000 est.)

Moldova

total population:
64.45 years
male:
59.92 years
female:
69.22 years (2000 est.)

Monaco

total population:
78.84 years
male:
74.88 years
female:
83 years (2000 est.)

Netherlands

total population:
78.28 years
male:
75.4 years
female:
81.28 years (2000 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

total population:
73.79 years
male:
71.58 years
female:
76.19 years (2000 est.)

Norway

total population:
78.65 years
male:
75.73 years
female:
81.77 years (2000 est.)

Poland

total population:
73.19 years
male:
69.01 years
female:
77.6 years (2000 est.)

Portugal

total population:
75.75 years
male:
72.24 years
female:
79.49 years (2000 est.)

Romania

total population:
69.93 years
male:
66.1 years
female:
73.99 years (2000 est.)

San Marino

total population:
81.14 years
male:
77.57 years
female:
85.02 years (2000 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

total population:
Serbia - 72.39 years; Montenegro - 75.46 years
male:
Serbia - 69.31 years; Montenegro - 71.45 years
female:
Serbia - 75.72 years; Montenegro - 79.82 years (2000 est.)

Slovakia

total population:
73.74 years
male:
69.71 years
female:
77.98 years (2000 est.)

Slovenia

total population:
74.86 years
male:
70.97 years
female:
78.97 years (2000 est.)

Spain

total population:
78.79 years
male:
75.32 years
female:
82.49 years (2000 est.)

Sweden

total population:
79.58 years
male:
76.95 years
female:
82.37 years (2000 est.)

Switzerland

total population:
79.6 years
male:
76.73 years
female:
82.63 years (2000 est.)

Ukraine

total population:
65.98 years
male:
60.39 years
female:
71.85 years (2000 est.)

United Kingdom

total population:
77.66 years
male:
74.97 years
female:
80.49 years (2000 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total population:
72.98 years
male:
70.58 years
female:
75.45 years (2000 est.)

Cyprus

total population:
76.71 years
male:
74.43 years
female:
79.1 years (2000 est.)

Gaza Strip

total population:
70.82 years
male:
69.58 years
female:
72.11 years (2000 est.)

Iran

total population:
69.66 years
male:
68.34 years
female:
71.05 years (2000 est.)

Iraq

total population:
66.53 years
male:
65.54 years
female:
67.56 years (2000 est.)

Israel

total population:
78.57 years
male:
76.57 years
female:
80.67 years (2000 est.)

Jordan

total population:
77.36 years
male:
74.94 years
female:
79.93 years (2000 est.)

Kuwait

total population:
76.08 years
male:
75.27 years
female:
76.92 years (2000 est.)

Lebanon

total population:
71.25 years
male:
68.87 years
female:
73.74 years (2000 est.)

Oman

total population:
71.78 years
male:
69.66 years
female:
74 years (2000 est.)

Qatar

total population:
72.37 years
male:
69.92 years
female:
74.94 years (2000 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total population:
67.77 years
male:
66.11 years
female:
69.51 years (2000 est.)

Syria

total population:
68.46 years
male:
67.35 years
female:
69.64 years (2000 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total population:
70.97 years
male:
68.63 years
female:
73.41 years (2000 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total population:
74.06 years
male:
71.64 years
female:
76.61 years (2000 est.)

West Bank

total population:
72.08 years
male:
70.39 years
female:
73.86 years (2000 est.)

Yemen

total population:
59.83 years
male:
58.1 years
female:
61.64 years (2000 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total population:
76.94 years
male:
74.89 years
female:
78.86 years (2000 est.)

Canada

total population:
79.43 years
male:
76.02 years
female:
83 years (2000 est.)

Mexico

total population:
71.49 years
male:
68.47 years
female:
74.66 years (2000 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total population:
77.6 years
male:
75.36 years
female:
79.95 years (2000 est.)

United States

total population:
77.12 years
male:
74.24 years
female:
79.9 years (2000 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total population:
75.12 years
male:
70.66 years
female:
79.84 years (2000 est.)

Australia

total population:
79.75 years
male:
76.9 years
female:
82.74 years (2000 est.)

Cook Islands

total population:
71.14 years
male:
69.2 years
female:
73.1 years (2000 est.)

Fiji

total population:
67.94 years
male:
65.54 years
female:
70.45 years (2000 est.)

French Polynesia

total population:
74.79 years
male:
72.47 years
female:
77.22 years (2000 est.)

Guam

total population:
77.78 years
male:
75.51 years
female:
80.37 years (2000 est.)

Kiribati

total population:
59.78 years
male:
56.89 years
female:
62.82 years (2000 est.)

Marshall Islands

total population:
65.5 years
male:
63.72 years
female:
67.36 years (2000 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total population:
68.63 years
male:
66.67 years
female:
70.62 years (2000 est.)

Nauru

total population:
60.84 years
male:
57.35 years
female:
64.5 years (2000 est.)

New Caledonia

total population:
72.77 years
male:
69.84 years
female:
75.85 years (2000 est.)

New Zealand

total population:
77.82 years
male:
74.85 years
female:
80.93 years (2000 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:
75.54 years
male:
72.45 years
female:
78.82 years (2000 est.)

Palau

total population:
68.59 years
male:
65.47 years
female:
71.88 years (2000 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total population:
63.1 years
male:
61.05 years
female:
65.26 years (2000 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

NA years

male:
NA years
female:
NA years

Samoa

total population:
69.2 years
male:
66.48 years
female:
72.06 years (2000 est.)

Solomon Islands

total population:
71.28 years
male:
68.86 years
female:
73.81 years (2000 est.)

Tokelau

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

Tonga

total population:
67.94 years
male:
65.54 years
female:
70.45 years (2000 est.)

Tuvalu

total population:
66.32 years
male:
64.21 years
female:
68.53 years (2000 est.)

Vanuatu

total population:
60.57 years
male:
59.23 years
female:
61.98 years (2000 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total population:
75.05 years
male:
71.67 years
female:
78.61 years (2000 est.)

Bolivia

total population:
63.7 years
male:
61.19 years
female:
66.34 years (2000 est.)

Brazil

total population:
62.94 years
male:
58.54 years
female:
67.56 years (2000 est.)

Chile

total population:
75.74 years
male:
72.43 years
female:
79.22 years (2000 est.)

Colombia

total population:
70.28 years
male:
66.43 years
female:
74.27 years (2000 est.)

Ecuador

total population:
71.06 years
male:
68.26 years
female:
73.99 years (2000 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

French Guiana

total population:
76.1 years
male:
72.77 years
female:
79.6 years (2000 est.)

Guyana

total population:
64.04 years
male:
61.08 years
female:
67.15 years (2000 est.)

Paraguay

total population:
73.68 years
male:
71.22 years
female:
76.27 years (2000 est.)

Peru

total population:
70.01 years
male:
67.63 years
female:
72.5 years (2000 est.)

Suriname

total population:
71.36 years
male:
68.71 years
female:
74.14 years (2000 est.)

Uruguay

total population:
75.24 years
male:
71.9 years
female:
78.75 years (2000 est.)

Venezuela

total population:
73.07 years
male:
70.05 years
female:
76.31 years (2000 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

total population:
73.58 years
male:
71.23 years
female:
76.06 years (2000 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total population:
54.91 years
male:
53.6 years
female:
56.29 years (2000 est.)

Cambodia

total population:
56.53 years
male:
54.44 years
female:
58.74 years (2000 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:
79.54 years
male:
76.85 years
female:
82.41 years (2000 est.)

Indonesia

total population:
67.96 years
male:
65.61 years
female:
70.42 years (2000 est.)

Laos

total population:
53.09 years
male:
51.22 years
female:
55.02 years (2000 est.)

Macau

total population:
81.6 years
male:
78.8 years
female:
84.55 years (2000 est.)

Malaysia

total population:
70.83 years
male:
68.22 years
female:
73.63 years (2000 est.)

Philippines

total population:
67.48 years
male:
64.65 years
female:
70.46 years (2000 est.)

Singapore

total population:
80.05 years
male:
77.1 years
female:
83.23 years (2000 est.)

Taiwan

total population:
76.35 years
male:
73.62 years
female:
79.32 years (2000 est.)

Thailand

total population:
68.55 years
male:
65.29 years
female:
71.97 years (2000 est.)

Vietnam

total population:
69.27 years
male:
66.84 years
female:
71.87 years (2000 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2000, “Life expectancy at birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/life-expectancy-at-birth/2000.

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