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LIFE EXPECTANCY
source: Population Division of the
Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat (2003). World Population Prospects: The 2002 Revision. Highlights. New York: United Nations.
www.un.org/esa/population/
publications/wpp2002/wpp2002
annextables.PDF
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Worldwide, life expectancy at birth* is likely to rise from 65 years today to 74 years in 2045-2050. Still big differences exist…- in developed regions life expectancy today is estimated at 76 years;
- in the least developed countries**, manly because of HIV/AIDS epidemic, life expectancy is still below 50 years.
Life expectancy at birth (2000-2005)| country | highest
life expectancy
(years) | country | lowest
life expectancy
(years) | | | | | Japan | 81.6 | Zambia | 32.4 | | Sweden | 80.1 | Zimbabwe | 33.1 | | Hong Kong | 79.9 | Sierra Leone | 34.2 | | Iceland | 79.8 | Swaziland | 34.4 | | Canada | 79.3 | Lesotho | 35.1 |
*The number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of age-specific mortality rates at the time of birth were to stay the same throughout the child’s life.
**Forty-eight poor and vulnerable countries, defined by the UN with an annual per capita income of less than US$ 1 per day.
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