Life expectancy at birth 1997

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Countries	Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy	Ch.
United States [+]	1997	79.40	73.60	76.43	0.53%
United Kingdom [+]	1997	79.70	74.60	77.20	0.26%
Germany [+]	1997	80.50	74.10	77.40	0.52%
France [+]	1997	82.30	74.50	78.30	0.45%
Japan [+]	1997	83.82	77.19	80.42	0.25%
Spain [+]	1997	82.23	75.29	78.76	0.64%
Italy [+]	1997	82.00	75.80	79.00	0.38%
Portugal [+]	1997	79.40	72.20	75.80	0.66%
Greece [+]	1997	81.00	75.70	78.40	0.64%
Ireland [+]	1997	78.70	73.40	76.00	0.26%
United Arab Emirates [+]	1997	75.53	71.56	72.94	0.23%
Afghanistan [+]	1997	55.15	52.15	53.63	0.73%
Antigua and Barbuda [+]	1997	76.77	71.09	73.96	0.18%
Albania [+]	1997	77.32	70.77	73.90	-0.92%
Armenia [+]	1997	73.29	66.32	69.91	0.18%
Angola [+]	1997	48.28	44.35	46.31	0.59%
Argentina [+]	1997	76.46	69.71	73.09	-0.30%
Austria [+]	1997	80.70	74.10	77.50	0.52%
Australia [+]	1997	81.40	75.70	78.48	0.52%
Azerbaijan [+]	1997	67.08	58.85	62.97	0.56%
Bosnia and Herzegovina [+]	1997	76.39	70.75	73.69	0.35%
Barbados [+]	1997	76.13	70.79	73.55	0.00%
Bangladesh [+]	1997	61.32	61.53	61.43	3.25%
Belgium [+]	1997	80.70	74.20	77.50	0.26%
Burkina Faso [+]	1997	50.53	48.18	49.40	-0.43%
Bulgaria [+]	1997	73.80	67.00	70.30	-0.71%
Bahrain [+]	1997	76.37	73.23	74.54	0.24%
Burundi [+]	1997	47.24	43.52	45.39	2.29%
Benin [+]	1997	57.59	54.30	55.98	0.76%
Brunei [+]	1997	75.80	71.40	73.36	0.36%
Bolivia [+]	1997	62.52	59.04	60.75	1.11%
Brazil [+]	1997	72.03	65.74	68.81	0.59%
Bahamas [+]	1997	74.42	67.67	71.05	0.49%
Bhutan [+]	1997	62.36	59.60	60.85	1.06%
Botswana [+]	1997	55.81	51.05	53.45	-1.67%
Belarus [+]	1997	74.30	62.90	68.46	-0.07%
Belize [+]	1997	71.44	67.19	69.21	-0.85%
Canada [+]	1997	81.25	75.71	78.41	0.25%
Democratic Republic of the Congo [+]	1997	52.63	48.24	50.40	2.22%
Central African Republic [+]	1997	48.04	44.79	46.32	-1.09%
Republic of the Congo [+]	1997	52.12	42.92	47.19	-11.78%
Switzerland [+]	1997	82.20	76.30	79.40	0.25%
Côte d'Ivoire [+]	1997	53.53	49.62	51.45	-0.14%
Chile [+]	1997	78.86	72.34	75.60	0.93%
Cameroon [+]	1997	54.38	51.10	52.74	-0.16%
China [+]	1997	72.92	68.56	70.67	0.58%
Colombia [+]	1997	74.80	66.43	70.49	0.43%
Costa Rica [+]	1997	79.66	74.65	77.07	0.35%
Cuba [+]	1997	77.67	72.97	75.22	0.43%
Cabo Verde [+]	1997	68.89	63.40	66.38	0.94%
Cyprus [+]	1997	80.00	74.90	77.40	-0.39%
Czechia [+]	1997	77.60	70.50	74.10	0.14%
Djibouti [+]	1997	57.69	54.27	55.97	-0.39%
Denmark [+]	1997	78.60	73.60	76.10	0.53%
Dominica [+]	1997	74.07	69.25	71.63	0.62%
Dominican Republic [+]	1997	72.00	66.49	69.17	0.10%
Algeria [+]	1997	70.93	67.49	69.17	0.61%
Ecuador [+]	1997	74.86	68.60	71.68	0.45%
Estonia [+]	1997	75.90	64.20	70.10	0.29%
Egypt [+]	1997	69.24	65.10	67.20	0.68%
Eritrea [+]	1997	57.81	54.81	56.31	1.00%
Ethiopia [+]	1997	50.51	48.54	49.51	1.21%
Finland [+]	1997	80.70	73.50	77.20	0.26%
Fiji [+]	1997	68.82	64.31	66.45	0.06%
Federated States of Micronesia [+]	1997	72.53	66.25	69.23	0.66%
Gabon [+]	1997	61.73	59.59	60.66	0.08%
Grenada [+]	1997	75.23	69.89	72.57	0.33%
Georgia [+]	1997	73.32	64.58	69.06	0.12%
Ghana [+]	1997	58.43	55.97	57.20	0.67%
The Gambia [+]	1997	58.27	53.97	56.06	0.09%
Guinea [+]	1997	52.03	50.64	51.36	1.61%
Equatorial Guinea [+]	1997	53.68	50.49	52.06	0.65%
Guatemala [+]	1997	69.17	62.14	65.54	1.04%
Guinea-Bissau [+]	1997	50.02	45.99	48.00	-2.18%
Guyana [+]	1997	67.04	60.10	63.36	0.24%
Hong Kong [+]	1997	83.17	77.20	80.11	0.61%
Honduras [+]	1997	69.90	65.78	67.78	0.50%
Croatia [+]	1997	76.90	68.30	72.50	0.18%
Haiti [+]	1997	57.99	55.02	56.52	0.64%
Hungary [+]	1997	75.50	66.70	71.10	0.71%
Indonesia [+]	1997	67.34	64.14	65.73	0.58%
Israel [+]	1997	80.10	76.00	78.00	-0.13%
India [+]	1997	62.15	60.67	61.39	0.66%
Iraq [+]	1997	68.32	63.25	65.84	-0.83%
Iran [+]	1997	70.97	66.03	68.36	0.42%
Iceland [+]	1997	81.60	76.30	78.90	0.13%
Jamaica [+]	1997	72.76	69.63	71.21	-0.39%
Jordan [+]	1997	72.95	69.77	71.27	0.29%
Kenya [+]	1997	56.53	53.05	54.82	-0.63%
Kyrgyzstan [+]	1997	71.40	62.60	66.89	0.52%
Cambodia [+]	1997	58.62	54.71	56.74	0.70%
Kiribati [+]	1997	65.21	61.86	63.58	0.45%
Comoros [+]	1997	60.23	56.76	58.39	0.08%
Saint Kitts and Nevis [+]	1997	70.59	65.19	67.85	0.80%
North Korea [+]	1997	64.24	56.87	60.97	0.03%
South Korea [+]	1997	78.70	70.70	74.70	0.67%
Kuwait [+]	1997	78.36	74.16	75.88	0.35%
Kazakhstan [+]	1997	69.90	58.40	64.00	0.63%
Laos [+]	1997	58.90	55.68	57.29	0.70%
Lebanon [+]	1997	74.30	71.12	72.78	0.67%
Saint Lucia [+]	1997	72.42	69.06	70.78	-0.18%
Liechtenstein [+]	1997	80.40	71.90	76.20	-0.78%
Sri Lanka [+]	1997	77.49	67.65	72.14	-0.17%
Liberia [+]	1997	49.77	45.96	47.85	7.72%
Lesotho [+]	1997	57.22	50.27	53.59	-2.97%
Lithuania [+]	1997	76.60	65.50	71.10	1.14%
Luxembourg [+]	1997	80.00	74.00	77.10	0.39%
Latvia [+]	1997	75.05	63.92	69.35	0.83%
Libya [+]	1997	73.22	69.34	71.13	-0.22%
Morocco [+]	1997	67.27	64.08	65.63	0.60%
Moldova [+]	1997	68.64	61.60	65.17	1.45%
Montenegro [+]	1997	77.36	69.78	73.48	0.02%
Madagascar [+]	1997	57.72	54.81	56.22	1.26%
Marshall Islands [+]	1997	65.52	61.31	63.23	0.30%
North Macedonia [+]	1997	74.70	70.30	72.50	0
Mali [+]	1997	48.74	48.31	48.53	1.55%
Myanmar [+]	1997	62.44	56.27	59.24	0.51%
Mongolia [+]	1997	63.67	58.10	60.82	0.85%
Mauritania [+]	1997	62.06	58.83	60.45	0.65%
Malta [+]	1997	80.30	75.30	77.80	0.39%
Mauritius [+]	1997	74.40	66.60	70.40	0.12%
Maldives [+]	1997	70.02	68.58	69.23	0.76%
Malawi [+]	1997	45.25	41.10	43.13	-0.71%
Mexico [+]	1997	75.83	69.19	72.45	0.57%
Malaysia [+]	1997	74.64	70.07	72.28	-0.06%
Mozambique [+]	1997	49.00	45.76	47.41	1.66%
Namibia [+]	1997	57.89	53.13	55.56	-2.39%
Niger [+]	1997	47.92	47.01	47.51	1.78%
Nigeria [+]	1997	47.27	44.39	45.79	0.49%
Nicaragua [+]	1997	69.51	63.50	66.52	0.70%
Netherlands [+]	1997	80.70	75.20	78.00	0.52%
Norway [+]	1997	81.10	75.50	78.30	0
Nepal [+]	1997	61.86	59.71	60.77	1.32%
Nauru [+]	1997	63.78	56.89	59.64	-1.42%
New Zealand [+]	1997	80.10	74.70	77.33	0.71%
Oman [+]	1997	75.39	70.50	72.42	0.31%
Panama [+]	1997	76.16	69.97	72.97	0.41%
Peru [+]	1997	71.21	66.14	68.61	0.67%
Papua New Guinea [+]	1997	63.66	59.60	61.38	0.45%
Philippines [+]	1997	70.69	67.14	68.88	0.39%
Pakistan [+]	1997	61.49	59.87	60.60	0.34%
Poland [+]	1997	77.00	68.50	72.70	0.55%
State of Palestine [+]	1997	71.84	68.88	70.40	0.49%
Palau [+]	1995	76.90	67.03	71.84	4.02%
Paraguay [+]	1997	71.88	66.95	69.33	0.18%
Qatar [+]	1997	76.31	73.98	74.79	0.14%
Romania [+]	1997	73.30	65.20	69.10	0.44%
Serbia [+]	1997	74.72	68.60	71.58	0.14%
Russia [+]	1997	72.84	60.85	66.70	1.28%
Rwanda [+]	1997	42.45	38.78	40.64	-0.14%
Saudi Arabia [+]	1997	73.41	70.21	71.48	0.29%
Solomon Islands [+]	1997	69.48	64.56	66.74	0.23%
Seychelles [+]	1997	77.00	65.70	71.21	-0.15%
Sudan [+]	1997	57.07	49.13	52.83	1.07%
Sweden [+]	1997	82.00	76.80	79.40	0.25%
Singapore [+]	1997	79.10	74.80	76.90	0.39%
Slovenia [+]	1997	79.10	71.10	75.20	0
Slovakia [+]	1997	76.90	68.90	72.90	0
Sierra Leone [+]	1997	44.86	42.57	43.72	0.08%
San Marino [+]	1997	82.70	76.40	79.47	0.45%
Senegal [+]	1997	58.21	54.98	56.59	-0.14%
Somalia [+]	1997	51.62	48.78	50.20	-0.50%
Suriname [+]	1997	68.73	62.83	65.70	0.04%
South Sudan [+]	1997	34.83	29.80	32.24	3.02%
Sao Tome and Principe [+]	1997	63.33	59.13	61.18	0.14%
El Salvador [+]	1997	72.56	63.15	67.90	1.22%
Syria [+]	1997	72.32	68.44	70.28	-0.09%
Eswatini [+]	1997	54.84	49.17	52.04	-3.40%
Chad [+]	1997	48.19	46.23	47.22	0.43%
Togo [+]	1997	55.46	52.93	54.19	0.17%
Thailand [+]	1997	77.07	68.23	72.50	1.18%
Tajikistan [+]	1997	63.43	57.45	60.35	2.06%
Timor-Leste [+]	1997	51.41	47.88	49.52	1.44%
Turkmenistan [+]	1997	67.33	60.03	63.65	0.08%
Tunisia [+]	1997	75.54	70.36	72.86	0.67%
Tonga [+]	1997	72.44	65.14	68.49	0.24%
Türkiye [+]	1997	74.22	67.14	70.57	0.61%
Trinidad and Tobago [+]	1997	70.87	66.53	68.72	-0.42%
Tuvalu [+]	1997	65.32	61.24	63.36	0.23%
Tanzania [+]	1997	51.94	49.32	50.62	-0.24%
Ukraine [+]	1997	73.19	62.23	67.58	0.83%
Uganda [+]	1997	49.30	44.65	46.98	0.66%
Uruguay [+]	1997	78.79	69.94	74.30	0.28%
Uzbekistan [+]	1997	67.86	61.72	64.76	0.08%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [+]	1997	72.91	69.02	70.92	-0.48%
Venezuela [+]	1997	75.05	69.16	72.03	0.18%
Viet Nam [+]	1997	76.38	67.19	71.80	0.41%
Vanuatu [+]	1997	71.40	66.61	68.71	0.11%
Samoa [+]	1997	73.06	67.15	69.88	0.41%
Yemen [+]	1997	63.00	59.23	61.12	0.91%
South Africa [+]	1997	63.83	57.28	60.81	-1.06%
Zambia [+]	1997	46.25	43.52	44.95	-0.64%
Zimbabwe [+]	1997	50.37	45.71	47.99	-1.97%