The CIA World Factbook Edition 2002 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 2002 edition carries it in 236 entries, in its People section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2002 edition
236
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:
63.94 years
female:
65.67 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.28 years

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

total population:
70.24 years
female:
71.67 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.87 years

Angola

total population:
38.87 years
female:
40.18 years (2002 est.)
male:
37.62 years

Benin

total population:
49.69 years
female:
50.61 years (2002 est.)
male:
48.81 years

Botswana

total population:
35.29 years
female:
35.43 years (2002 est.)
male:
35.15 years

Burkina Faso

total population:
46.11 years
female:
46.78 years (2002 est.)
male:
45.45 years

Burundi

total population:
45.94 years
female:
46.83 years (2002 est.)
male:
45.08 years

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

total population:
69.52 years
female:
72.91 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.23 years

Cameroon

total population:
54.36 years
female:
55.23 years (2002 est.)
male:
53.51 years

Central African Republic

total population:
43.58 years
female:
45.13 years (2002 est.)
male:
42.08 years

Chad

total population:
51.27 years
female:
53.4 years (2002 est.)
male:
49.22 years

Comoros

total population:
60.79 years
female:
63.09 years (2002 est.)
male:
58.56 years

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

total population:
49.13 years
female:
51.13 years (2002 est.)
male:
47.19 years

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total population:
47.71 years
female:
51.24 years (2002 est.)
male:
44.27 years

Cote d'Ivoire

total population:
44.72 years
female:
46.03 years (2002 est.)
male:
43.45 years

Djibouti

total population:
51.6 years
female:
53.52 years (2002 est.)
male:
49.73 years

Egypt

total population:
64.05 years
female:
66.24 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.96 years

Equatorial Guinea

total population:
54.35 years
female:
56.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
52.26 years

Eritrea

total population:
56.57 years
female:
59.13 years (2002 est.)
male:
54.09 years

Swaziland now Eswatini

total population:
37 years
female:
37.66 years (2002 est.)
male:
36.35 years

Ethiopia

total population:
44.21 years
female:
45.09 years (2002 est.)
male:
43.36 years

Gabon

total population:
49.11 years
female:
50.25 years (2002 est.)
male:
48.01 years

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total population:
53.98 years
female:
56.01 years (2002 est.)
male:
52.02 years

Ghana

total population:
57.06 years
female:
58.51 years (2002 est.)
male:
55.66 years

Guinea

total population:
46.28 years
female:
48.82 years (2002 est.)
male:
43.81 years

Guinea-Bissau

total population:
49.8 years
female:
52.2 years (2002 est.)
male:
47.47 years

Kenya

total population:
47.02 years
female:
47.85 years (2002 est.)
male:
46.2 years

Lesotho

total population:
47 years
female:
47.8 years (2002 est.)
male:
46.3 years

Liberia

total population:
51.8 years
female:
53.33 years (2002 est.)
male:
50.33 years

Libya

total population:
75.86 years
female:
78.11 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.71 years

Madagascar

total population:
55.74 years
female:
58.11 years (2002 est.)
male:
53.45 years

Malawi

total population:
36.59 years
female:
37.15 years (2002 est.)
male:
36.05 years

Mali

total population:
47.39 years
female:
48.64 years (2002 est.)
male:
46.18 years

Mauritania

total population:
51.53 years
female:
53.71 years (2002 est.)
male:
49.42 years

Mauritius

total population:
71.53 years
female:
75.58 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.54 years

Mayotte

total population:
60.21 years
female:
62.37 years (2002 est.)
male:
58.12 years

Morocco

total population:
69.73 years
female:
72.08 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.49 years

Mozambique

total population:
35.46 years
female:
34.65 years (2002 est.)
male:
36.25 years

Namibia

total population:
38.97 years
female:
37.07 years (2002 est.)
male:
40.81 years

Niger

total population:
41.91 years
female:
41.77 years (2002 est.)
male:
42.04 years

Nigeria

total population:
50.59 years
female:
50.6 years (2002 est.)
male:
50.58 years

Reunion

total population:
73.18 years
female:
76.74 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.78 years

Rwanda

total population:
38.66 years
female:
39.2 years (2002 est.)
male:
38.14 years

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

total population:
77.2 years
female:
80.23 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.31 years

Sao Tome and Principe

total population:
65.93 years
female:
67.45 years (2002 est.)
male:
64.47 years

Senegal

total population:
62.93 years
female:
64.61 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.29 years

Seychelles

total population:
70.97 years
female:
76.63 years (2002 est.)
male:
65.48 years

Sierra Leone

total population:
45.96 years
female:
49.01 years (2002 est.)
male:
43.01 years

Somalia

total population:
46.96 years
female:
48.65 years (2002 est.)
male:
45.33 years

South Africa

total population:
45.43 years
female:
45.68 years (2002 est.)
male:
45.19 years

Sudan

total population:
57.33 years
female:
58.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
56.22 years

Tanzania

total population:
51.7 years
female:
52.67 years (2002 est.)
male:
50.76 years

Togo

total population:
54.02 years
female:
56.07 years (2002 est.)
male:
52.03 years

Tunisia

total population:
74.16 years
female:
75.89 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.56 years

Uganda

total population:
43.81 years
female:
44.67 years (2002 est.)
male:
42.97 years

Western Sahara

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

Zambia

total population:
37.35 years
female:
37.66 years (2002 est.)
male:
37.05 years

Zimbabwe

total population:
36.5 years
female:
35.1 years (2002 est.)
male:
37.87 years

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

total population:
68.69 years
female:
72.32 years (2002 est.)
male:
65.13 years

Iceland

total population:
79.66 years
female:
82.07 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.42 years

Svalbard

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

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total population:
46.6 years
female:
45.85 years (2002 est.)
male:
47.32 years

Armenia

total population:
66.59 years
female:
71.12 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.27 years

Azerbaijan

total population:
63.06 years
female:
67.53 years (2002 est.)
male:
58.8 years

Bangladesh

total population:
60.92 years
female:
60.74 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.08 years

Bhutan

total population:
53.19 years
female:
52.83 years (2002 est.)
male:
53.53 years

China

total population:
71.86 years
female:
73.86 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.02 years

Georgia

total population:
64.67 years
female:
68.32 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.19 years

India

total population:
63.23 years
female:
63.93 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.55 years

Japan

total population:
80.91 years
female:
84.25 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.73 years

Kazakhstan

total population:
63.38 years
female:
69.01 years (2002 est.)
male:
58.02 years

Korea, North now North Korea

total population:
71.3 years
female:
74.44 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.31 years

Korea, South now South Korea

total population:
74.88 years
female:
78.95 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.2 years

Kyrgyzstan

total population:
63.56 years
female:
67.98 years (2002 est.)
male:
59.35 years

Maldives

total population:
62.93 years
female:
64.2 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.72 years

Mongolia

total population:
64.62 years
female:
66.87 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.47 years

Nepal

total population:
58.61 years
female:
58.2 years (2002 est.)
male:
59.01 years

Pakistan

total population:
61.82 years
female:
62.73 years (2002 est.)
male:
60.96 years

Russia

total population:
67.5 years
female:
72.97 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.29 years

Sri Lanka

total population:
72.35 years
female:
75 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.83 years

Tajikistan

total population:
64.28 years
female:
67.46 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.24 years

Turkmenistan

total population:
61.1 years
female:
64.8 years (2002 est.)
male:
57.57 years

Uzbekistan

total population:
63.9 years
female:
67.6 years (2002 est.)
male:
60.38 years

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

total population:
76.5 years
female:
79.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.6 years

Antigua and Barbuda

total population:
71.02 years
female:
73.45 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.72 years

Aruba

total population:
78.67 years
female:
82.19 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.32 years

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total population:
69.87 years
female:
73.49 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.32 years

Barbados

total population:
73.49 years
female:
76.12 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.9 years

Belize

total population:
71.46 years
female:
73.87 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.17 years

British Virgin Islands

total population:
75.85 years
female:
76.84 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.9 years

Cayman Islands

total population:
79.18 years
female:
81.59 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.38 years

Costa Rica

total population:
76.22 years
female:
78.89 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.68 years

Cuba

total population:
76.6 years
female:
79.15 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.2 years

Dominica

total population:
73.86 years
female:
76.88 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.98 years

Dominican Republic

total population:
73.68 years
female:
75.91 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.57 years

El Salvador

total population:
70.32 years
female:
74.11 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.72 years

Grenada

total population:
64.52 years
female:
66.31 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.74 years

Guadeloupe

total population:
77.35 years
female:
80.66 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.19 years

Guatemala

total population:
66.85 years
female:
69.66 years (2002 est.)
male:
64.16 years

Haiti

total population:
49.55 years
female:
51.29 years (2002 est.)
male:
47.88 years

Honduras

total population:
68.77 years
female:
70.51 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.11 years

Jamaica

total population:
75.64 years
female:
77.73 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.65 years

Martinique

total population:
78.56 years
female:
77.92 years (2002 est.)
male:
79.19 years

Montserrat

total population:
78.2 years
female:
80.4 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.1 years

Netherlands Antilles

total population:
75.15 years
female:
77.46 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.96 years

Nicaragua

total population:
69.37 years
female:
71.44 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.39 years

Panama

total population:
75.89 years
female:
78.74 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.14 years

Puerto Rico

total population:
75.96 years
female:
80.66 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.5 years

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total population:
71.29 years
female:
74.26 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.49 years

Saint Lucia

total population:
72.82 years
female:
76.64 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.26 years

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total population:
72.82 years
female:
74.63 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.07 years

Trinidad and Tobago

total population:
68.59 years
female:
71.25 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.04 years

Turks and Caicos Islands

total population:
73.76 years
female:
76.03 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.59 years

Virgin Islands

total population:
78.43 years
female:
82.53 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.55 years

Europe

45 entries

Albania

total population:
72.1 years
female:
75.14 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.27 years

Andorra

total population:
83.48 years
female:
86.58 years (2002 est.)
male:
80.58 years

Austria

total population:
78 years
female:
81.31 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.85 years

Belarus

total population:
68.28 years
female:
74.56 years (2002 est.)
male:
62.3 years

Belgium

total population:
78.13 years
female:
81.62 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.8 years

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total population:
72.02 years
female:
74.93 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.3 years

Bulgaria

total population:
71.5 years
female:
75.22 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.98 years

Croatia

total population:
74.13 years
female:
77.96 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.52 years

Czech Republic now Czechia

total population:
74.95 years
female:
78.65 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.46 years

Denmark

total population:
76.91 years
female:
79.67 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.3 years

Estonia

total population:
70.02 years
female:
76.31 years (2002 est.)
male:
64.03 years

Faroe Islands

total population:
78.74 years
female:
82.21 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.28 years

Finland

total population:
77.75 years
female:
81.52 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.1 years

France

total population:
79.05 years
female:
83.14 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.17 years

Germany

total population:
77.78 years
female:
81.09 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.64 years

Gibraltar

total population:
79.23 years
female:
82.25 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.37 years

Greece

total population:
78.74 years
female:
81.48 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.17 years

Guernsey

total population:
79.9 years
female:
83.01 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.91 years

Hungary

total population:
71.9 years
female:
76.55 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.55 years

Ireland

total population:
77.17 years
female:
80.12 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.41 years

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

total population:
77.81 years
female:
81.36 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.44 years

Italy

total population:
79.25 years
female:
82.63 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.08 years

Jersey

total population:
78.78 years
female:
81.4 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.34 years

Latvia

total population:
69 years
female:
75.17 years (2002 est.)
male:
63.13 years

Liechtenstein

total population:
79.1 years
female:
82.74 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.47 years

Lithuania

total population:
69.42 years
female:
75.6 years (2002 est.)
male:
63.54 years

Luxembourg

total population:
77.48 years
female:
80.97 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.2 years

Malta

total population:
78.26 years
female:
80.96 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.78 years

Moldova

total population:
64.74 years
female:
69.31 years (2002 est.)
male:
60.39 years

Monaco

total population:
79.12 years
female:
83.25 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.21 years

Netherlands

total population:
78.58 years
female:
81.59 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.7 years

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

total population:
74.26 years
female:
76.68 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.01 years

Norway

total population:
78.94 years
female:
82.07 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.01 years

Poland

total population:
73.66 years
female:
78.05 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.52 years

Portugal

total population:
76.14 years
female:
79.87 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.65 years

Romania

total population:
70.39 years
female:
74.39 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.62 years

San Marino

total population:
81.33 years
female:
85.18 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.79 years

Serbia and Montenegro

total population:
73.72 years
female:
76.89 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.78 years

Slovakia

total population:
74.2 years
female:
78.41 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.19 years

Slovenia

total population:
75.29 years
female:
79.37 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.42 years

Spain

total population:
79.08 years
female:
82.76 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.63 years

Sweden

total population:
79.84 years
female:
82.64 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.19 years

Switzerland

total population:
79.86 years
female:
82.89 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.98 years

Ukraine

total population:
66.33 years
female:
72.06 years (2002 est.)
male:
60.86 years

United Kingdom

total population:
77.99 years
female:
80.84 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.29 years

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total population:
73.47 years
female:
75.96 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.05 years

Cyprus

total population:
77.08 years
female:
79.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
74.77 years

Gaza Strip

total population:
71.2 years
female:
72.52 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.95 years

Iran

total population:
70.25 years
female:
71.69 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.87 years

Iraq

total population:
67.38 years
female:
68.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.31 years

Israel

total population:
78.86 years
female:
81.01 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.82 years

Jordan

total population:
77.71 years
female:
80.3 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.26 years

Kuwait

total population:
76.46 years
male:
75.56 years
female:
77.39 years (2002 est.)

Lebanon

total population:
71.79 years
female:
74.32 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.38 years

Oman

total population:
72.31 years
female:
74.57 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.15 years

Qatar

total population:
72.88 years
female:
75.48 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.4 years

Saudi Arabia

total population:
68.4 years
female:
70.2 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.7 years

Syria

total population:
69.08 years
female:
70.32 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.9 years

Turkey now Turkiye

total population:
71.52 years
female:
74.01 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.15 years

United Arab Emirates

total population:
74.52 years
female:
77.1 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.06 years

West Bank

total population:
72.47 years
female:
74.29 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.76 years

Yemen

total population:
60.59 years
female:
62.46 years (2002 est.)
male:
58.81 years

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total population:
77.3 years
female:
79.27 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.21 years

Canada

total population:
79.69 years
female:
83.25 years (2002 est.)
male:
76.3 years

Mexico

total population:
72.03 years
female:
75.21 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.99 years

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total population:
77.93 years
female:
80.32 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.66 years

United States

total population:
77.4 years
male:
74.5 years
female:
80.2 years (2002 est.)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

total population:
75.53 years
female:
80.21 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.12 years

Australia

total population:
80 years
female:
83 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.15 years

Cook Islands

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

Fiji

total population:
68.56 years
female:
71.11 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.13 years

French Polynesia

total population:
75.23 years
female:
77.69 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.88 years

Guam

total population:
78.11 years
female:
80.72 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.81 years

Kiribati

total population:
60.54 years
female:
63.62 years (2002 est.)
male:
57.61 years

Marshall Islands

total population:
66.18 years
female:
68.09 years (2002 est.)
male:
64.35 years

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

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

Nauru

total population:
61.57 years
female:
65.26 years (2002 est.)
male:
58.05 years

New Caledonia

total population:
73.27 years
female:
76.36 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.32 years

New Zealand

total population:
78.15 years
female:
81.27 years (2002 est.)
male:
75.17 years

Niue

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

Norfolk Island

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

Northern Mariana Islands

total population:
75.95 years
female:
79.23 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.85 years

Palau

total population:
69.19 years
female:
72.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.07 years

Papua New Guinea

total population:
63.83 years
female:
66.03 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.73 years

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

total population:
69.8 years
female:
72.69 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.06 years

Solomon Islands

total population:
71.82 years
female:
74.39 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.38 years

Tokelau

total population:
NA years
male:
68 years (2001)
female:
70 years (2001)

Tonga

total population:
68.56 years
female:
71.11 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.13 years

Tuvalu

total population:
66.98 years
female:
69.23 years (2002 est.)
male:
64.83 years

Vanuatu

total population:
61.33 years
female:
62.8 years (2002 est.)
male:
59.93 years

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

14 entries

Argentina

total population:
75.48 years
female:
79.03 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.1 years

Bolivia

total population:
64.42 years
female:
67.1 years (2002 est.)
male:
61.86 years

Brazil

total population:
63.55 years
female:
67.91 years (2002 est.)
male:
59.4 years

Chile

total population:
76.14 years
female:
79.62 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.83 years

Colombia

total population:
70.85 years
female:
74.83 years (2002 est.)
male:
67 years

Ecuador

total population:
71.61 years
female:
74.57 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.79 years

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

French Guiana

total population:
76.49 years
female:
79.99 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.16 years

Guyana

total population:
62.59 years
female:
65.34 years (2002 est.)
male:
59.96 years

Paraguay

total population:
74.16 years
female:
76.77 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.67 years

Peru

total population:
70.59 years
female:
73.12 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.18 years

Suriname

total population:
71.9 years
female:
74.7 years (2002 est.)
male:
69.23 years

Uruguay

total population:
75.66 years
female:
79.17 years (2002 est.)
male:
72.32 years

Venezuela

total population:
73.56 years
female:
76.81 years (2002 est.)
male:
70.53 years

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

total population:
74.06 years
female:
76.56 years (2002 est.)
male:
71.68 years

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total population:
55.41 years
female:
57.07 years (2002 est.)
male:
53.85 years

Cambodia

total population:
57.1 years
female:
59.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
54.81 years

Christmas Island

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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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

Hong Kong

total population:
79.8 years
female:
82.69 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.1 years

Indonesia

total population:
68.63 years
female:
71.13 years (2002 est.)
male:
66.24 years

Laos

total population:
53.88 years
female:
55.87 years (2002 est.)
male:
51.95 years

Macau

total population:
81.78 years
female:
84.73 years (2002 est.)
male:
78.97 years

Malaysia

total population:
71.39 years
female:
74.21 years (2002 est.)
male:
68.75 years

Philippines

total population:
68.12 years
female:
71.12 years (2002 est.)
male:
65.26 years

Singapore

total population:
80.29 years
female:
83.47 years (2002 est.)
male:
77.34 years

Taiwan

total population:
76.74 years
female:
79.71 years (2002 est.)
male:
73.99 years

Thailand

total population:
69.18 years
female:
72.51 years (2002 est.)
male:
66 years

East Timor now Timor-Leste

total population:
64.85 years
male:
62.64 years
female:
67.17 years (2002 est.)

Vietnam

total population:
69.86 years
female:
72.5 years (2002 est.)
male:
67.4 years

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2002, “Life expectancy at birth”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/life-expectancy-at-birth/2002.

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