The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 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 2001 edition carries it in 232 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2001 edition
232
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:
63.79 years male: 62.15 years female: 65.51 years (2001 est.)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

total population:
69.95 years male: 68.6 years female: 71.34 years (2001 est.)

Angola

total population:
38.59 years male: 37.36 years female: 39.87 years (2001 est.)

Benin

total population:
49.94 years male: 49.02 years female: 50.88 years (2001 est.)

Botswana

total population:
37.13 years male: 36.77 years female: 37.51 years (2001 est.)

Burkina Faso

total population:
46.41 years male: 45.86 years female: 46.98 years (2001 est.)

Burundi

total population:
46.06 years male: 45.15 years female: 46.99 years (2001 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total population:
69.21 years male: 65.93 years female: 72.6 years (2001 est.)

Cameroon

total population:
54.59 years male: 53.76 years female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)

Central African Republic

total population:
43.8 years male: 42.17 years female: 45.48 years (2001 est.)

Chad

total population:
50.88 years male: 48.86 years female: 52.98 years (2001 est.)

Comoros

total population:
60.41 years male: 58.2 years female: 62.68 years (2001 est.)

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

total population:
48.94 years male: 46.96 years female: 50.98 years (2001 est.)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total population:
47.57 years male: 44.38 years female: 50.85 years (2001 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

total population:
44.93 years male: 43.58 years female: 46.33 years (2001 est.)

Djibouti

total population:
51.21 years male: 49.37 years female: 53.1 years (2001 est.)

Egypt

total population:
63.69 years male: 61.62 years female: 65.85 years (2001 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total population:
53.95 years male: 51.89 years female: 56.07 years (2001 est.)

Eritrea

total population:
56.18 years male: 53.73 years female: 58.71 years (2001 est.)

Swaziland now Eswatini

total population:
38.62 years male: 37.86 years female: 39.4 years (2001 est.)

Ethiopia

total population:
44.68 years male: 43.88 years female: 45.51 years (2001 est.)

Gabon

total population:
49.59 years male: 48.47 years female: 50.75 years (2001 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total population:
53.59 years male: 51.65 years female: 55.58 years (2001 est.)

Ghana

total population:
57.24 years male: 55.86 years female: 58.66 years (2001 est.)

Guinea

total population:
45.91 years male: 43.49 years female: 48.42 years (2001 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total population:
49.42 years male: 47.12 years female: 51.78 years (2001 est.)

Kenya

total population:
47.49 years male: 46.57 years female: 48.44 years (2001 est.)

Lesotho

total population:
48.84 years male: 47.97 years female: 49.74 years (2001 est.)

Liberia

total population:
51.41 years male: 49.96 years female: 52.91 years (2001 est.)

Libya

total population:
75.65 years male: 73.53 years female: 77.88 years (2001 est.)

Madagascar

total population:
55.35 years male: 53.08 years female: 57.68 years (2001 est.)

Malawi

total population:
37.08 years male: 36.61 years female: 37.55 years (2001 est.)

Mali

total population:
47.02 years male: 45.84 years female: 48.24 years (2001 est.)

Mauritania

total population:
51.14 years male: 49.06 years female: 53.29 years (2001 est.)

Mauritius

total population:
71.25 years male: 67.26 years female: 75.31 years (2001 est.)

Mayotte

total population:
59.83 years male: 57.77 years female: 61.96 years (2001 est.)

Morocco

total population:
69.43 years male: 67.2 years female: 71.76 years (2001 est.)

Mozambique

total population:
36.45 years male: 37.25 years female: 35.62 years (2001 est.)

Namibia

total population:
40.62 years male: 42.48 years female: 38.71 years (2001 est.)

Niger

total population:
41.59 years male: 41.74 years female: 41.44 years (2001 est.)

Nigeria

total population:
51.07 years male: 51.07 years female: 51.07 years (2001 est.)

Reunion

total population:
72.93 years male: 69.53 years female: 76.49 years (2001 est.)

Rwanda

total population:
38.99 years male: 38.35 years female: 39.65 years (2001 est.)

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

total population:
77.01 years male: 74.13 years female: 80.04 years (2001 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total population:
65.59 years male: 64.15 years female: 67.07 years (2001 est.)

Senegal

total population:
62.56 years male: 60.94 years female: 64.22 years (2001 est.)

Seychelles

total population:
70.69 years male: 65.17 years female: 76.37 years (2001 est.)

Sierra Leone

total population:
45.6 years male: 42.69 years female: 48.61 years (2001 est.)

Somalia

total population:
46.6 years male: 44.99 years female: 48.25 years (2001 est.)

South Africa

total population:
48.09 years male: 47.64 years female: 48.56 years (2001 est.)

Sudan

total population:
56.94 years male: 55.85 years female: 58.08 years (2001 est.)

Tanzania

total population:
51.98 years male: 51.04 years female: 52.95 years (2001 est.)

Togo

total population:
54.35 years male: 52.38 years female: 56.38 years (2001 est.)

Tunisia

total population:
73.92 years male: 72.35 years female: 75.62 years (2001 est.)

Uganda

total population:
43.37 years male: 42.59 years female: 44.17 years (2001 est.)

Zambia

total population:
37.29 years male: 37.06 years female: 37.53 years (2001 est.)

Zimbabwe

total population:
37.13 years male: 38.51 years female: 35.7 years (2001 est.)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

total population:
68.37 years male: 64.82 years female: 72.01 years (2001 est.)

Iceland

total population:
79.52 years male: 77.31 years female: 81.92 years (2001 est.)

Svalbard

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

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total population:
46.24 years male: 46.97 years female: 45.47 years (2001 est.)

Armenia

total population:
66.49 years male: 62.12 years female: 71.08 years (2001 est.)

Azerbaijan

total population:
62.96 years male: 58.65 years female: 67.49 years (2001 est.)

Bangladesh

total population:
60.54 years male: 60.74 years female: 60.33 years (2001 est.)

Bhutan

total population:
52.79 years male: 53.16 years female: 52.41 years (2001 est.)

China

total population:
71.62 years male: 69.81 years female: 73.59 years (2001 est.)

Georgia

total population:
64.57 years male: 61.04 years female: 68.28 years (2001 est.)

India

total population:
62.86 years male: 62.22 years female: 63.53 years (2001 est.)

Japan

total population:
80.8 years male: 77.62 years female: 84.15 years (2001 est.)

Kazakhstan

total population:
63.29 years male: 57.87 years female: 68.97 years (2001 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total population:
71.02 years male: 68.04 years female: 74.15 years (2001 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total population:
74.65 years male: 70.97 years female: 78.74 years (2001 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total population:
63.46 years male: 59.2 years female: 67.94 years (2001 est.)

Maldives

total population:
62.56 years male: 61.39 years female: 63.8 years (2001 est.)

Mongolia

total population:
64.26 years male: 62.14 years female: 66.5 years (2001 est.)

Nepal

total population:
58.22 years male: 58.65 years female: 57.77 years (2001 est.)

Pakistan

total population:
61.45 years male: 60.61 years female: 62.32 years (2001 est.)

Russia

total population:
67.34 years male: 62.12 years female: 72.83 years (2001 est.)

Sri Lanka

total population:
72.09 years male: 69.58 years female: 74.73 years (2001 est.)

Tajikistan

total population:
64.18 years male: 61.09 years female: 67.42 years (2001 est.)

Turkmenistan

total population:
61 years male: 57.43 years female: 64.76 years (2001 est.)

Uzbekistan

total population:
63.81 years male: 60.24 years female: 67.56 years (2001 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total population:
76.31 years male: 73.41 years female: 79.29 years (2001 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total population:
70.74 years male: 68.45 years female: 73.14 years (2001 est.)

Aruba

total population:
78.52 years male: 75.16 years female: 82.04 years (2001 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total population:
70.46 years male: 67.27 years female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)

Barbados

total population:
73.25 years male: 70.66 years female: 75.86 years (2001 est.)

Belize

total population:
71.19 years male: 68.91 years female: 73.57 years (2001 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total population:
75.64 years male: 74.74 years female: 76.59 years (2001 est.)

Cayman Islands

total population:
79.03 years male: 76.24 years female: 81.43 years (2001 est.)

Costa Rica

total population:
76.02 years male: 73.49 years female: 78.68 years (2001 est.)

Cuba

total population:
76.41 years male: 74.02 years female: 78.94 years (2001 est.)

Dominica

total population:
73.6 years male: 70.74 years female: 76.61 years (2001 est.)

Dominican Republic

total population:
73.44 years male: 71.34 years female: 75.64 years (2001 est.)

El Salvador

total population:
70.03 years male: 66.43 years female: 73.81 years (2001 est.)

Grenada

total population:
64.52 years male: 62.74 years female: 66.31 years (2001 est.)

Guadeloupe

total population:
77.16 years male: 74.01 years female: 80.48 years (2001 est.)

Guatemala

total population:
66.51 years male: 63.85 years female: 69.31 years (2001 est.)

Haiti

total population:
49.38 years male: 47.67 years female: 51.17 years (2001 est.)

Honduras

total population:
69.35 years male: 67.51 years female: 71.28 years (2001 est.)

Jamaica

total population:
75.42 years male: 73.45 years female: 77.49 years (2001 est.)

Martinique

total population:
78.41 years male: 79.11 years female: 77.69 years (2001 est.)

Montserrat

total population:
78.03 years male: 75.95 years female: 80.22 years (2001 est.)

Netherlands Antilles

total population:
74.94 years male: 72.76 years female: 77.22 years (2001 est.)

Nicaragua

total population:
69.05 years male: 67.1 years female: 71.11 years (2001 est.)

Panama

total population:
75.68 years male: 72.94 years female: 78.53 years (2001 est.)

Puerto Rico

total population:
75.76 years male: 71.28 years female: 80.48 years (2001 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total population:
71.01 years male: 68.22 years female: 73.97 years (2001 est.)

Saint Lucia

total population:
72.57 years male: 69 years female: 76.39 years (2001 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total population:
72.56 years male: 70.83 years female: 74.34 years (2001 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total population:
68.27 years male: 65.74 years female: 70.92 years (2001 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total population:
73.52 years male: 71.37 years female: 75.77 years (2001 est.)

Virgin Islands

total population:
78.27 years male: 74.38 years female: 82.39 years (2001 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

total population:
71.83 years male: 69.01 years female: 74.87 years (2001 est.)

Andorra

total population:
83.47 years male: 80.57 years female: 86.57 years (2001 est.)

Austria

total population:
77.84 years male: 74.68 years female: 81.15 years (2001 est.)

Belarus

total population:
68.14 years male: 62.06 years female: 74.52 years (2001 est.)

Belgium

total population:
77.96 years male: 74.63 years female: 81.46 years (2001 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total population:
71.75 years male: 69.04 years female: 74.65 years (2001 est.)

Bulgaria

total population:
71.2 years male: 67.72 years female: 74.89 years (2001 est.)

Croatia

total population:
73.9 years male: 70.28 years female: 77.73 years (2001 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

total population:
74.73 years male: 71.23 years female: 78.43 years (2001 est.)

Denmark

total population:
76.72 years male: 74.12 years female: 79.47 years (2001 est.)

Estonia

total population:
69.73 years male: 63.72 years female: 76.05 years (2001 est.)

Faroe Islands

total population:
78.59 years male: 75.12 years female: 82.06 years

Finland

total population:
77.58 years male: 73.92 years female: 81.36 years (2001 est.)

France

total population:
78.9 years male: 75.01 years female: 83.01 years (2001 est.)

Germany

total population:
77.61 years male: 74.47 years female: 80.92 years (2001 est.)

Gibraltar

total population:
79.09 years male: 76.23 years female: 82.1 years (2001 est.)

Greece

total population:
78.59 years male: 76.03 years female: 81.32 years (2001 est.)

Guernsey

total population:
79.78 years male: 76.78 years female: 82.88 years (2001 est.)

Hungary

total population:
71.63 years male: 67.28 years female: 76.3 years (2001 est.)

Ireland

total population:
76.99 years male: 74.23 years female: 79.93 years (2001 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

total population:
77.64 years male: 74.26 years female: 81.2 years (2001 est.)

Italy

total population:
79.14 years male: 75.97 years female: 82.52 years (2001 est.)

Jersey

total population:
78.63 years male: 76.21 years female: 81.23 years (2001 est.)

Latvia

total population:
68.7 years male: 62.8 years female: 74.9 years (2001 est.)

Liechtenstein

total population:
78.95 years male: 75.32 years female: 82.6 years (2001 est.)

Lithuania

total population:
69.25 years male: 63.3 years female: 75.5 years (2001 est.)

Luxembourg

total population:
77.3 years male: 74.02 years female: 80.8 years (2001 est.)

Malta

total population:
78.1 years male: 75.64 years female: 80.79 years (2001 est.)

Moldova

total population:
64.6 years male: 60.15 years female: 69.26 years (2001 est.)

Monaco

total population:
78.98 years male: 75.04 years female: 83.12 years (2001 est.)

Netherlands

total population:
78.43 years male: 75.55 years female: 81.44 years (2001 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

total population:
74.02 years male: 71.79 years female: 76.43 years (2001 est.)

Norway

total population:
78.79 years male: 75.87 years female: 81.92 years (2001 est.)

Poland

total population:
73.42 years male: 69.26 years female: 77.82 years (2001 est.)

Portugal

total population:
75.94 years male: 72.44 years female: 79.68 years (2001 est.)

Romania

total population:
70.16 years male: 66.36 years female: 74.19 years (2001 est.)

San Marino

total population:
81.23 years male: 77.68 years female: 85.1 years (2001 est.)

Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro

total population:
73.5 years male: 70.57 years female: 76.67 years (2001 est.)

Slovakia

total population:
73.97 years male: 69.95 years female: 78.2 years (2001 est.)

Slovenia

total population:
75.08 years male: 71.2 years female: 79.17 years (2001 est.)

Spain

total population:
78.93 years male: 75.47 years female: 82.62 years (2001 est.)

Sweden

total population:
79.71 years male: 77.07 years female: 82.5 years (2001 est.)

Switzerland

total population:
79.73 years male: 76.85 years female: 82.76 years (2001 est.)

Ukraine

total population:
66.15 years male: 60.62 years female: 71.96 years (2001 est.)

United Kingdom

total population:
77.82 years male: 75.13 years female: 80.66 years (2001 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total population:
73.2 years male: 70.81 years female: 75.67 years (2001 est.)

Cyprus

total population:
76.89 years male: 74.6 years female: 79.3 years (2001 est.)

Gaza Strip

total population:
71.01 years male: 69.76 years female: 72.32 years (2001 est.)

Iran

total population:
69.95 years male: 68.61 years female: 71.37 years (2001 est.)

Iraq

total population:
66.95 years male: 65.92 years female: 68.03 years (2001 est.)

Israel

total population:
78.71 years male: 76.69 years female: 80.84 years (2001 est.)

Jordan

total population:
77.53 years male: 75.1 years female: 80.12 years (2001 est.)

Kuwait

total population:
76.27 years male: 75.42 years female: 77.15 years (2001 est.)

Lebanon

total population:
71.52 years male: 69.13 years female: 74.03 years (2001 est.)

Oman

total population:
72.04 years male: 69.9 years female: 74.29 years (2001 est.)

Qatar

total population:
72.62 years male: 70.16 years female: 75.21 years (2001 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total population:
68.09 years male: 66.4 years female: 69.85 years (2001 est.)

Syria

total population:
68.77 years male: 67.63 years female: 69.98 years (2001 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

total population:
71.24 years male: 68.89 years female: 73.71 years (2001 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total population:
74.29 years male: 71.84 years female: 76.86 years (2001 est.)

West Bank

total population:
72.28 years male: 70.58 years female: 74.07 years (2001 est.)

Yemen

total population:
60.21 years male: 58.45 years female: 62.05 years (2001 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total population:
77.12 years male: 75.04 years female: 79.06 years (2001 est.)

Canada

total population:
79.56 years male: 76.16 years female: 83.13 years (2001 est.)

Mexico

total population:
71.76 years male: 68.73 years female: 74.93 years (2001 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total population:
77.77 years male: 75.51 years female: 80.13 years (2001 est.)

United States

total population:
77.26 years male: 74.37 years female: 80.05 years (2001 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

total population:
75.32 years male: 70.89 years female: 80.02 years (2001 est.)

Australia

total population:
79.87 years male: 77.02 years female: 82.87 years (2001 est.)

Fiji

total population:
68.25 years male: 65.83 years female: 70.78 years (2001 est.)

French Polynesia

total population:
75.01 years male: 72.67 years female: 77.46 years (2001 est.)

Guam

total population:
77.94 years male: 75.66 years female: 80.55 years (2001 est.)

Kiribati

total population:
60.16 years male: 57.25 years female: 63.22 years (2001 est.)

Marshall Islands

total population:
65.84 years male: 64.04 years female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)

Nauru

total population:
61.2 years male: 57.7 years female: 64.88 years (2001 est.)

New Caledonia

total population:
73.02 years male: 70.08 years female: 76.11 years (2001 est.)

New Zealand

total population:
77.99 years male: 75.01 years female: 81.1 years (2001 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:
75.74 years male: 72.65 years female: 79.02 years (2001 est.)

Palau

total population:
68.89 years male: 65.77 years female: 72.19 years (2001 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total population:
63.46 years male: 61.39 years female: 65.64 years (2001 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

total population:
69.5 years male: 66.77 years female: 72.37 years (2001 est.)

Solomon Islands

total population:
71.55 years male: 69.12 years female: 74.1 years (2001 est.)

Tokelau

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

Tonga

total population:
68.25 years male: 65.83 years female: 70.78 years (2001 est.)

Tuvalu

total population:
66.65 years male: 64.52 years female: 68.88 years (2001 est.)

Vanuatu

total population:
60.95 years male: 59.58 years female: 62.39 years (2001 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total population:
75.26 years male: 71.88 years female: 78.82 years (2001 est.)

Bolivia

total population:
64.06 years male: 61.53 years female: 66.72 years (2001 est.)

Brazil

total population:
63.24 years male: 58.96 years female: 67.73 years (2001 est.)

Chile

total population:
75.94 years male: 72.63 years female: 79.42 years (2001 est.)

Colombia

total population:
70.57 years male: 66.71 years female: 74.55 years (2001 est.)

Ecuador

total population:
71.33 years male: 68.52 years female: 74.28 years (2001 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

French Guiana

total population:
76.3 years male: 72.97 years female: 79.79 years (2001 est.)

Guyana

total population:
63.31 years male: 60.52 years female: 66.24 years (2001 est.)

Paraguay

total population:
73.92 years male: 71.44 years female: 76.52 years (2001 est.)

Peru

total population:
70.3 years male: 67.9 years female: 72.81 years (2001 est.)

Suriname

total population:
71.63 years male: 68.97 years female: 74.42 years (2001 est.)

Uruguay

total population:
75.44 years male: 72.11 years female: 78.96 years (2001 est.)

Venezuela

total population:
73.31 years male: 70.29 years female: 76.56 years (2001 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

total population:
73.82 years male: 71.45 years female: 76.31 years (2001 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total population:
55.16 years male: 53.73 years female: 56.68 years (2001 est.)

Cambodia

total population:
56.82 years male: 54.62 years female: 59.12 years (2001 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:
79.67 years male: 76.97 years female: 82.55 years (2001 est.)

Indonesia

total population:
68.27 years male: 65.9 years female: 70.75 years (2001 est.)

Laos

total population:
53.48 years male: 51.58 years female: 55.44 years (2001 est.)

Macau

total population:
81.69 years male: 78.88 years female: 84.64 years (2001 est.)

Malaysia

total population:
71.11 years male: 68.48 years female: 73.92 years (2001 est.)

Philippines

total population:
67.8 years male: 64.96 years female: 70.79 years (2001 est.)

Singapore

total population:
80.17 years male: 77.22 years female: 83.35 years (2001 est.)

Taiwan

total population:
76.54 years male: 73.81 years female: 79.51 years (2001 est.)

Thailand

total population:
68.86 years male: 65.64 years female: 72.24 years (2001 est.)

Vietnam

total population:
69.56 years male: 67.12 years female: 72.19 years (2001 est.)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2001, “Life expectancy at birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/life-expectancy-at-birth/2001.

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