Definition: This entry contains the average number of years to be lived by a group of people born in the same year, if mortality at each age remains constant in the future. The entry includes total population as well as the male and female components. Life expectancy at birth is also a measure of overall quality of life in a country and summarizes the mortality at all ages. It can also be thought of as indicating the potential return on investment in human capital and is necessary for the calculation of various actuarial measures.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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Changes in power as world grows up
The Age - 6/19/2013 3:42:19 AM
Swedish public health statistician Hans Rosling, who has popularised the term ''peak child'', said the world was entering an unusual phase when only the adult population would be growing. Today, the average person is 29 years old but that will rise to 41 ...
India to be world’s most populous country by 2028: UN
Hill Post - 6/14/2013 9:53:19 AM
Much of the overall increase between now and 2050 is projected to take place in high-fertility countries, mainly in Africa ... of mortality in human history. For the world as a whole, life expectancy at birth rose from 47 years in 1950-55 to 69 years ...
Japan to lose top life expectancy spot to H.K. by ’45: U.N.
Japan Times - 6/14/2013 3:15:27 PM
NEW YORK – Japan, which has held the top spot for the world’s longest living citizens ... from behind during the late 20th century and became the country with the highest levels of life expectancy and now we observe other countries in Asia with ...
World Population Expected to Reach Almost 11 Billion People by 2100
Inhabitat - 6/14/2013 4:48:30 PM
While population growth has slowed in developed countries, populations in developing ... become the most populated country in the world by around 2028. Meanwhile, areas like Europe may see a decline in birth rates. Right now there are approximately ...
7 Countries With the Highest Health Care Costs
The Motley Fool - 6/15/2013 6:06:03 PM
Denmark spends 11.1% of the country's GDP on health care, or around $4,464 per person. However, the country's life expectancy is 79.3 years, below the OECD average of 79.8. 6. Switzerland The Alps aren't the only things reaching lofty heights in ...
Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in Recorded History, Dies at 116
San Francisco Gate - 6/12/2013 2:20:33 PM
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest ... as tuberculosis and pneumonia that kept life expectancy in Japan to 44 years around the time of his birth. He became the oldest man in recorded history ...
Ghana’s life expectancy of 58-years is of a 3rd world country
Spy Ghana - 5/13/2013 10:55:44 PM
Even the country’s life expectancy of 58-years, he said, is that of a third-world country. In terms of global competitiveness, he said it is “terrible” that Ghana ranks 114 out of 142 countries in the Global Competitiveness Report, “because we have ...
World’s Oldest Person Dies At 116
The Inquisitr - 6/12/2013 6:52:34 PM
The current life expectancy at birth is 83 years, the highest in the world. Japan also boasts the world’s highest population of elderly people, with 40 centenarians per 100,000 people in the country. As of September 2012, there are 51,376 centenarians in ...
Jiroemon Kimura, Oldest Man in History, Dies at 116
San Francisco Gate - 6/12/2013 12:33:10 PM
June 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest ... as tuberculosis and pneumonia that kept life expectancy in Japan to 44 years around the time of his birth. He became the oldest man in recorded history ...
Global life spans continue to lengthen, WHO says
worldbulletin.net - 5/16/2013 11:46:27 AM
People are living longer than ever and "dramatic" gains in life expectancy show no sign of slowing down, the World Health Organization said ... in life expectancy at birth. Even countries where people live longest have managed to keep eking out a few ...
Live Long and Prosper
Wall Street Journal - 6/18/2013 10:27:21 PM
Your life expectancy is probably longer than you think, according to a recent article by insurance-industry researcher Limra. The average life expectancy, from birth, is 78.5 years, according to U.S. Census data, Limra says. But that’s not ...
World Population May Reach 11 Billion By 2100
The Huffington Post - 6/14/2013 3:22:36 PM
The world's population could reach 11 billion by the year 2100, according to a new statistical analysis. That represents 800 million more people than was forecast in 2011. Most of that increase comes because birth rates in Africa haven't dropped ...
Oldest man in history dies at 116
Kennebec Journal - 6/12/2013 4:22:14 PM
TOKYO - Japan’s Jiroemon Kimura, recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest man ... such as tuberculosis and pneumonia that kept life expectancy in Japan to 44 years around the time of his birth. He became the oldest man in recorded history ...
Only the Poor Die Young
Today's Zaman - 6/18/2013 9:51:34 PM
People who are lower on the socioeconomic ladder (indicated by their level of education, occupation, or income) have shorter and less healthy lives, on average, than those on higher rungs. Indeed, life expectancy at birth often varies by 5-10 years ...
World’s Oldest People: Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, Luo Meizhen of China, Die Days Apart
thediplomat.com - 6/12/2013 2:31:53 AM
is now the world’s oldest living person, according to the Genealogy Research Group. The group found that 20 of the 55 people over the age of 110 are in Japan, where the life expectancy at birth is 83 years. This number is expected to rise to 90 for women ...
