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The Top 5 Countries With The Highest Life Expectancy at Birth
| Country | Life Expectancy (WHO) |
Life Expectancy (CIA factbook) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 84.6 years | 84.5 (ranked 3rd) |
| 2 | Andorra | 84.2 years | 82.6 (ranked 7th) |
| 3 | Singapore | 84.0 years | 84.3 (ranked 4th) |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 83.8 years | 82.7 (ranked 6th) |
| 5 | San Marino | 83.5 years | 83.1 (ranked 5th) |
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People, Health Statistics, Top 5 Highest
Sources: WHO Report: World Health Statistics 2014, CIA Factbook.
List Notes: Data is estimated life expectancy at birth as ranked by the WHO for the year 2012. life expectancy at birth is defined as the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
Please note: on the CIA World Factbook Monaco ranks 1st with a life expectancy of 89.5 years and Macau ranks 2nd with a life expectancy of 84.4 years. Data is latest available data as of February 2015.
Sources: WHO Report: World Health Statistics 2014, CIA Factbook.
List Notes: Data is estimated life expectancy at birth as ranked by the WHO for the year 2012. life expectancy at birth is defined as the average number of years that a newborn could expect to live, if he or she were to pass through life exposed to the sex- and age-specific death rates prevailing at the time of his or her birth, for a specific year, in a given country, territory, or geographic area.
Please note: on the CIA World Factbook Monaco ranks 1st with a life expectancy of 89.5 years and Macau ranks 2nd with a life expectancy of 84.4 years. Data is latest available data as of February 2015.
