TABLE 3.2.

Country Ranking by Estimated Life Expectancy, selected countries 2012

Rank	Country	Years	Rank	Country	Years
3	Japana	83.9	74	Uruguay	76.4
4	Singapore	83.8	78	Poland	76.3
9	Australia	81.9	89	Macedonia	75.4
10	Italy	81.8	90	West Bank	75.2
12	Canadaa	81.5	93	Hungary	75.0
14	France	81.5	96	Chinaa	74.8
15	Spain	81.3	98	Colombiaa	74.8
16	Swedena	81.2	99	Algeria	74.7
17	Switzerland	81.2	108	Saudi Arabia	74.4
19	Israela	81.1	109	Romania	74.2
21	Netherlandsa	81.0	110	Gaza Strip	74.1
25	New Zealand	80.7	111	Venezuela	74.0
26	Ireland	80.3	122	Egypt	72.9
27	Norwaya	80.3	124	Brazil	72.8
28	Germanya	80.2	125	Turkey	72.8
29	Jordan	80.2	129	Vietnam	72.4
30	UKa	80.2	133	Philippines	71.9
31	Greece	80.1	147	Iran	70.4
36	European Uniona	79.8	149	Kazakhstan	69.6
38	Belgium	79.7	155	Mongolia	68.6
40	Finlanda	79.4	162	India	67.1
41	Korea, South	79.3	164	Russiaa	66.5
48	Denmarka	78.8	166	Pakistan	66.4
49	Portugal	78.7	177	Kenya	63.1
51	USAa	78.5	192	Ghana	58.6
54	Chile	78.1	196	Ethiopia	56.6
60	Cuba	77.9	205	Uganda	53.5
62	Albania	77.6	212	Nigeriaa	52.0
65	Czech Republic	77.4	218	Afghanistan	49.7
69	Argentina	77.1	220	South Africa	49.4

Note:

^aDiscussed in Chapter 13.

Source: CIA. The world factbook. Country comparison, life expectancy at birth. Available at: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html [Accessed 7 January 2012].