In general, it is rather difficult to compare the life expectancies exactly among different countries, because the periods based on are not always accordant with each other.
Next table provides the life expectancies at birth in some countries as far as we have obtained.
Table 5. Life expectancies at birth in some countries
Country or Area
Period
Male
Female
Population
Japan
2003*
78.36
85.33
12 614
AFRICA
Egypt
2003*
67.90
72.30
6 398
Nigeria
1995-2000
48.7
51.5
11 522
South Africa
1996*
52.11
61.60
4 369
NORTH AMERICA
Canada
2001*
77.0
82.1
3 075
Mexico
2003*
72.43
77.36
9 702
United States
2001*
74.4
79.8
28 323
SOUTH AMERICA
Argentina
1990-1992*
68.44
75.59
3 703
Brazil
2002*
67.3
74.9
16 772
ASIA
China
2000*
69.63
73.33
127 513
India
1993-1997*
60.4
61.8
100 214
Indonesia
1995-2000
63.3
67.0
21 049
Israel
2001*
77.3
81.2
604
Korea, Republic of
2001*
72.84
80.01
4 728
Singapore
2003*
76.9
80.9
413
Thailand
1995-1996*
69.9
74.9
6 232
Hong Kong
2002*
78.6
84.5
680
EUROPE
Austria
2001*
75.59
81.58
811
Czech Republic
2003*
72.03
78.51
1 027
Denmark
2002-2003*
74.89
79.48
534
Finland
2002*
74.9
81.5
518
France
2000*
75.2
82.8
5 889
Germany
2000-2002*
75.38
81.22
8 202
Iceland
2001-2003*
78.7
82.5
28
Italy
2000*
76.54
82.51
5 776
Netherlands
2002*
76.0
80.7
1 586
Norway
2003*
77.04
81.93
449
Russian Federation
2001
59.0
72.3
14 549
Sweden
1998-2002*
77.30
82.00
887
Switzerland
2001
77.4
83.0
717
United Kingdom
2000-2002*
75.68
80.39
5 950
OCEANIA
Australia
2001*
77.5
82.6
1 916
New Zealand
2000-2002*
76.3
81.1
383
Source:Demographic Yearbook 2000, U.N.,Recent demographic developments in Europe,etc.