Chapter 282
Chile total population: 77.15 years male: 73.88 years female: 80.59 years (2008 est.)
China total population: 73.18 years male: 71.37 years female: 75.18 years (2008 est.)
Christmas Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Colombia total population: 72.54 years male: 68.71 years female: 76.5 years (2008 est.)
Comoros total population: 63.1 years male: 60.72 years female: 65.55 years (2008 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the total population: 53.98 years male: 52.22 years female: 55.8 years (2008 est.)
Congo, Republic of the total population: 53.74 years male: 52.52 years female: 55 years (2008 est.)
Cook Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Costa Rica total population: 77.4 years male: 74.79 years female: 80.14 years (2008 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire total population: 54.64 years male: 53.95 years female: 55.35 years (2008 est.)
Croatia total population: 75.13 years male: 71.49 years female: 78.97 years (2008 est.)
Cuba total population: 77.27 years male: 75.02 years female: 79.64 years (2008 est.)
Cyprus total population: 78.15 years male: 75.75 years female: 80.67 years (2008 est.)
Czech Republic total population: 76.62 years male: 73.34 years female: 80.08 years (2008 est.)
Denmark total population: 78.13 years male: 75.8 years female: 80.59 years (2008 est.)
Djibouti total population: 43.31 years male: 41.89 years female: 44.77 years (2008 est.)
Dominica total population: 75.33 years male: 72.39 years female: 78.41 years (2008 est.)
Dominican Republic total population: 73.39 years male: 71.61 years female: 75.24 years (2008 est.)
Ecuador total population: 76.81 years male: 73.94 years female: 79.84 years (2008 est.)
Egypt total population: 71.85 years male: 69.3 years female: 74.52 years (2008 est.)
El Salvador total population: 72.06 years male: 68.45 years female: 75.84 years (2008 est.)
Equatorial Guinea total population: 61.23 years male: 60.36 years female: 62.13 years (2008 est.)
Eritrea total population: 61.38 years male: 59.35 years female: 63.46 years (2008 est.)
Estonia total population: 72.56 years male: 67.16 years female: 78.3 years (2008 est.)
Ethiopia total population: 54.99 years male: 52.54 years female: 57.51 years (2008 est.)
European Union total population: 77.32 years male: 74 years female: 80.84 years (2008 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Faroe Islands total population: 79.29 years male: 76.86 years female: 81.89 years (2008 est.)
Fiji total population: 70.44 years male: 67.9 years female: 73.1 years (2008 est.)
Finland total population: 78.82 years male: 75.31 years female: 82.46 years (2008 est.)
France total population: 80.87 years male: 77.68 years female: 84.23 years (2008 est.)
French Polynesia total population: 76.51 years male: 74.07 years female: 79.08 years (2008 est.)
Gabon total population: 53.52 years male: 52.5 years female: 54.57 years (2008 est.)
Gambia, The total population: 54.95 years male: 53.06 years female: 56.9 years (2008 est.)
Gaza Strip total population: 73.16 years male: 71.6 years female: 74.83 years (2008 est.)
Georgia total population: 76.51 years male: 73.21 years female: 80.26 years (2008 est.)
Germany total population: 79.1 years male: 76.11 years female: 82.26 years (2008 est.)
Ghana total population: 59.49 years male: 58.65 years female: 60.35 years (2008 est.)
Gibraltar total population: 80.06 years male: 77.17 years female: 83.09 years (2008 est.)
Greece total population: 79.52 years male: 76.98 years female: 82.21 years (2008 est.)
Greenland total population: 69.46 years male: 66.81 years female: 72.25 years (2008 est.)
Grenada total population: 65.6 years male: 63.74 years female: 67.47 years (2008 est.)
Guam total population: 78.93 years male: 75.86 years female: 82.19 years (2008 est.)
Guatemala total population: 69.99 years male: 68.22 years female: 71.86 years (2008 est.)
Guernsey total population: 80.65 years male: 77.64 years female: 83.76 years (2008 est.)
Guinea total population: 56.58 years male: 55.12 years female: 58.08 years (2008 est.)
Guinea-Bissau total population: 47.52 years male: 45.71 years female: 49.39 years (2008 est.)
Guyana total population: 66.43 years male: 63.81 years female: 69.18 years (2008 est.)
Haiti total population: 57.56 years male: 55.83 years female: 59.35 years (2008 est.)
Honduras total population: 69.37 years male: 67.81 years female: 71.01 years (2008 est.)
Hong Kong total population: 81.77 years male: 79.07 years female: 84.69 years (2008 est.)
Hungary total population: 73.18 years male: 69 years female: 77.62 years (2008 est.)
Iceland total population: 80.55 years male: 78.43 years female: 82.76 years (2008 est.)
India total population: 69.25 years male: 66.87 years female: 71.9 years (2008 est.)
Indonesia total population: 70.46 years male: 67.98 years female: 73.07 years (2008 est.)
Iran total population: 70.86 years male: 69.39 years female: 72.4 years (2008 est.)
Iraq total population: 69.62 years male: 68.32 years female: 70.99 years (2008 est.)
Ireland total population: 78.07 years male: 75.44 years female: 80.88 years (2008 est.)
Isle of Man total population: 78.8 years male: 75.46 years female: 82.32 years (2008 est.)
Israel total population: 80.61 years male: 78.54 years female: 82.79 years (2008 est.)
Italy total population: 80.07 years male: 77.13 years female: 83.2 years (2008 est.)
Jamaica total population: 73.59 years male: 71.88 years female: 75.38 years (2008 est.)
Japan total population: 82.07 years male: 78.73 years female: 85.59 years (2008 est.)
Jersey total population: 79.65 years male: 77.15 years female: 82.35 years (2008 est.)
Jordan total population: 78.71 years male: 76.19 years female: 81.39 years (2008 est.)
Kazakhstan total population: 67.55 years male: 62.24 years female: 73.16 years (2008 est.)
Kenya total population: 56.64 years male: 56.42 years female: 56.87 years (2008 est.)
Kiribati total population: 62.85 years male: 59.79 years female: 66.06 years (2008 est.)
Korea, North total population: 72.2 years male: 69.45 years female: 75.08 years (2008 est.)
Korea, South total population: 78.64 years male: 75.34 years female: 82.17 years (2008 est.)
Kuwait total population: 77.53 years male: 76.38 years female: 78.73 years (2008 est.)
Kyrgyzstan total population: 69.12 years male: 65.12 years female: 73.33 years (2008 est.)
Laos total population: 56.29 years male: 54.19 years female: 58.47 years (2008 est.)
Latvia total population: 71.88 years male: 66.68 years female: 77.35 years (2008 est.)
Lebanon total population: 73.41 years male: 70.91 years female: 76.04 years (2008 est.)
Lesotho total population: 40.17 years male: 40.97 years female: 39.34 years (2008 est.)
Liberia total population: 41.13 years male: 39.85 years female: 42.46 years (2008 est.)
Libya total population: 77.07 years male: 74.81 years female: 79.44 years (2008 est.)
Liechtenstein total population: 79.95 years male: 76.38 years female: 83.52 years (2008 est.)
Lithuania total population: 74.67 years male: 69.72 years female: 79.89 years (2008 est.)
Luxembourg total population: 79.18 years male: 75.91 years female: 82.67 years (2008 est.)
Macau total population: 84.33 years male: 81.36 years female: 87.45 years (2008 est.)
Macedonia total population: 74.45 years male: 71.95 years female: 77.13 years (2008 est.)
Madagascar total population: 62.52 years male: 60.58 years female: 64.51 years (2008 est.)
Malawi total population: 43.45 years male: 43.74 years female: 43.15 years (2008 est.)
Malaysia total population: 73.03 years male: 70.32 years female: 75.94 years (2008 est.)
Maldives total population: 73.72 years male: 71.55 years female: 76.01 years (2008 est.)
Mali total population: 49.94 years male: 48 years female: 51.94 years (2008 est.)
Malta total population: 79.3 years male: 77.08 years female: 81.64 years (2008 est.)
Marshall Islands total population: 70.9 years male: 68.88 years female: 73.03 years (2008 est.)
Mauritania total population: 53.91 years male: 51.61 years female: 56.28 years (2008 est.)
Mauritius total population: 73.75 years male: 70.28 years female: 77.4 years (2008 est.)
Mayotte total population: 62.54 years male: 60.3 years female: 64.85 years (2008 est.)
Mexico total population: 75.84 years male: 73.05 years female: 78.78 years (2008 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of total population: 70.65 years male: 68.79 years female: 72.61 years (2008 est.)
Moldova total population: 70.5 years male: 66.81 years female: 74.41 years (2008 est.)
Monaco total population: 79.96 years male: 76.14 years female: 83.97 years (2008 est.)
Mongolia total population: 67.32 years male: 64.92 years female: 69.84 years (2008 est.)
Montserrat total population: 72.6 years male: 74.66 years female: 70.44 years (2008 est.)
Morocco total population: 71.52 years male: 69.16 years female: 74 years (2008 est.)
Mozambique total population: 41.04 years male: 41.62 years female: 40.44 years (2008 est.)
Namibia total population: 49.89 years male: 50.39 years female: 49.38 years (2008 est.)
Nauru total population: 63.81 years male: 60.2 years female: 67.6 years (2008 est.)
Nepal total population: 60.94 years male: 61.12 years female: 60.75 years (2008 est.)
Netherlands total population: 79.25 years male: 76.66 years female: 81.98 years (2008 est.)
Netherlands Antilles total population: 76.45 years male: 74.15 years female: 78.87 years (2008 est.)
New Caledonia total population: 74.75 years male: 71.76 years female: 77.88 years (2008 est.)
New Zealand total population: 80.24 years male: 78.33 years female: 82.25 years (2008 est.)
Nicaragua total population: 71.21 years male: 69.08 years female: 73.44 years (2008 est.)
Niger total population: 44.28 years male: 44.3 years female: 44.26 years (2008 est.)
Nigeria total population: 46.53 years male: 45.78 years female: 47.32 years (2008 est.)
Niue total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Norfolk Island total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Northern Mariana Islands total population: 76.5 years male: 73.89 years female: 79.26 years (2008 est.)
Norway total population: 79.81 years male: 77.16 years female: 82.6 years (2008 est.)
Oman total population: 73.91 years male: 71.64 years female: 76.29 years (2008 est.)
Pakistan total population: 64.13 years male: 63.07 years female: 65.25 years (2008 est.)
Palau total population: 71 years male: 67.82 years female: 74.36 years (2008 est.)
Panama total population: 76.88 years male: 74.08 years female: 79.81 years (2008 est.)
Papua New Guinea total population: 66 years male: 63.76 years female: 68.35 years (2008 est.)
Paraguay total population: 75.56 years male: 72.99 years female: 78.26 years (2008 est.)
Peru total population: 70.44 years male: 68.61 years female: 72.37 years (2008 est.)
Philippines total population: 70.8 years male: 67.89 years female: 73.85 years (2008 est.)
Pitcairn Islands total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Poland total population: 75.41 years male: 71.42 years female: 79.65 years (2008 est.)
Portugal total population: 78.04 years male: 74.78 years female: 81.53 years (2008 est.)
Puerto Rico total population: 78.58 years male: 74.64 years female: 82.73 years (2008 est.)
Qatar total population: 75.19 years male: 73.5 years female: 76.98 years (2008 est.)
Romania total population: 72.18 years male: 68.69 years female: 75.89 years (2008 est.)
Russia total population: 65.94 years male: 59.19 years female: 73.1 years (2008 est.)
Rwanda total population: 49.76 years male: 48.56 years female: 51 years (2008 est.)
Saint Helena total population: 78.27 years male: 75.36 years female: 81.33 years (2008 est.)
Saint Kitts and Nevis total population: 72.94 years male: 70.08 years female: 75.98 years (2008 est.)
Saint Lucia total population: 76.25 years male: 73.59 years female: 79.05 years (2008 est.)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon total population: 78.91 years male: 76.55 years female: 81.4 years (2008 est.)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines total population: 74.34 years male: 72.42 years female: 76.31 years (2008 est.)
Samoa total population: 71.58 years male: 68.76 years female: 74.55 years (2008 est.)
San Marino total population: 81.88 years male: 78.43 years female: 85.64 years (2008 est.)
Sao Tome and Principe total population: 68 years male: 66.35 years female: 69.69 years (2008 est.)
Saudi Arabia total population: 76.09 years male: 74.04 years female: 78.25 years (2008 est.)
Senegal total population: 57.08 years male: 55.7 years female: 58.5 years (2008 est.)
Serbia total population: 75.29 years male: 72.7 years female: 78.09 years (2008 est.)
Seychelles total population: 72.6 years male: 67.27 years female: 78.1 years (2008 est.)
Sierra Leone total population: 40.93 years male: 38.64 years female: 43.28 years (2008 est.)
Singapore total population: 81.89 years male: 79.29 years female: 84.68 years (2008 est.)
Slovakia total population: 75.17 years male: 71.23 years female: 79.32 years (2008 est.)
Slovenia total population: 76.73 years male: 73.04 years female: 80.66 years (2008 est.)
Solomon Islands total population: 73.44 years male: 70.9 years female: 76.1 years (2008 est.)
Somalia total population: 49.25 years male: 47.43 years female: 51.12 years (2008 est.)
South Africa total population: 48.89 years male: 49.63 years female: 48.15 years (2008 est.)
Spain total population: 79.92 years male: 76.6 years female: 83.45 years (2008 est.)
Sri Lanka total population: 74.97 years male: 72.95 years female: 77.08 years (2008 est.)
Sudan total population: 50.28 years male: 49.38 years female: 51.23 years (2008 est.)
Suriname total population: 73.48 years male: 70.76 years female: 76.39 years (2008 est.)
Svalbard total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Swaziland total population: 31.99 years male: 31.69 years female: 32.3 years (2008 est.)
Sweden total population: 80.74 years male: 78.49 years female: 83.13 years (2008 est.)
Switzerland total population: 80.74 years male: 77.91 years female: 83.71 years (2008 est.)
Syria total population: 70.9 years male: 69.53 years female: 72.35 years (2008 est.)
Taiwan total population: 77.76 years male: 74.89 years female: 80.89 years (2008 est.)
Tajikistan total population: 64.97 years male: 61.95 years female: 68.15 years (2008 est.)
Tanzania total population: 51.45 years male: 50.06 years female: 52.88 years (2008 est.)
Thailand total population: 72.83 years male: 70.51 years female: 75.27 years (2008 est.)
Timor-Leste total population: 66.94 years male: 64.6 years female: 69.39 years (2008 est.)
Togo total population: 58.28 years male: 56.2 years female: 60.43 years (2008 est.)
Tokelau total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
Tonga total population: 70.44 years male: 67.9 years female: 73.1 years (2008 est.)
Trinidad and Tobago total population: 67 years male: 66.07 years female: 67.98 years (2008 est.)
Tunisia total population: 75.56 years male: 73.79 years female: 77.46 years (2008 est.)
Turkey total population: 73.14 years male: 70.67 years female: 75.73 years (2008 est.)
Turkmenistan total population: 68.6 years male: 65.53 years female: 71.82 years (2008 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands total population: 75.19 years male: 72.91 years female: 77.59 years (2008 est.)
Tuvalu total population: 68.97 years male: 66.7 years female: 71.36 years (2008 est.)
Uganda total population: 52.34 years male: 51.31 years female: 53.4 years (2008 est.)
Ukraine total population: 68.06 years male: 62.24 years female: 74.24 years (2008 est.)
United Arab Emirates total population: 75.89 years male: 73.35 years female: 78.56 years (2008 est.)
United Kingdom total population: 78.85 years male: 76.37 years female: 81.46 years (2008 est.)
United States total population: 78.14 years male: 75.29 years female: 81.13 years (2008 est.)
Uruguay total population: 76.14 years male: 72.89 years female: 79.51 years (2008 est.)
Uzbekistan total population: 71.69 years male: 68.69 years female: 74.87 years (2008 est.)
Vanuatu total population: 63.61 years male: 62.04 years female: 65.27 years (2008 est.)
Venezuela total population: 73.45 years male: 70.4 years female: 76.65 years (2008 est.)
Vietnam total population: 71.33 years male: 68.52 years female: 74.33 years (2008 est.)
Virgin Islands total population: 78.92 years male: 75.9 years female: 82.11 years (2008 est.)
Wallis and Futuna total population: NA male: NA female: NA (2008 est.)
West Bank total population: 74.29 years male: 72.32 years female: 76.38 years (2008 est.)
Western Sahara total population: 53.92 years NA male: 51.64 years NA female: 56.31 years NA (2008 est.)
World total population: 66.26 years male: 64.3 years female: 68.35 years (2008 est.)
Yemen total population: 62.9 years male: 60.96 years female: 64.94 years (2008 est.)
Zambia total population: 38.59 years male: 38.49 years female: 38.7 years (2008 est.)
Zimbabwe total population: 44.28 years male: 45.08 years female: 43.46 years (2008 est.)
This page was last updated on 18 December 2008
======================================================================
@2103 Literacy (%)
Afghanistan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 28.1% male: 43.1% female: 12.6% (2000 est.)
Albania definition: age 9 and over can read and write total population: 98.7% male: 99.2% female: 98.3% (2001 census)
Algeria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 69.9% male: 79.6% female: 60.1% (2002 est.)
American Samoa definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97% male: 98% female: 97% (1980 est.)
Andorra definition: NA total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100%
Angola definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.4% male: 82.9% female: 54.2% (2001 est.)
Anguilla definition: age 12 and over can read and write total population: 95% male: 95% female: 95% (1984 est.)
Antigua and Barbuda definition: age 15 and over has completed five or more years of schooling total population: 85.8% male: NA% female: NA% (2003 est.)
Argentina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.2% male: 97.2% female: 97.2% (2001 census)
Armenia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2001 census)
Aruba definition: NA total population: 97.3% male: 97.5% female: 97.1% (2000 census)
Australia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Austria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: NA female: NA
Azerbaijan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (1999 census)
Bahamas, The definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.6% male: 94.7% female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Bahrain definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.5% male: 88.6% female: 83.6% (2001 census)
Bangladesh definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 43.1% male: 53.9% female: 31.8% (2003 est.)
Barbados definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.7% (2002 est.)
Belarus definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.6% male: 99.8% female: 99.4% (1999 census)
Belgium definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Belize definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.9% male: 76.7% female: 77.1% (2000 census)
Benin definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 34.7% male: 47.9% female: 23.3% (2002 census)
Bermuda definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98% male: 98% female: 99% (2005 est.)
Bhutan definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 47% male: 60% female: 34% (2003 est.)
Bolivia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 86.7% male: 93.1% female: 80.7% (2001 census)
Bosnia and Herzegovina definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.7% male: 99% female: 94.4% (2000 est.)
Botswana definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 81.2% male: 80.4% female: 81.8% (2003 est.)
Brazil definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 88.6% male: 88.4% female: 88.8% (2004 est.)
British Virgin Islands definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.8% (1991 est.) male: NA% female: NA%
Brunei definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.7% male: 95.2% female: 90.2% (2001 census)
Bulgaria definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.2% male: 98.7% female: 97.7% (2001 census)
Burkina Faso definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 21.8% male: 29.4% female: 15.2% (2003 est.)
Burma definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 89.9% male: 93.9% female: 86.4% (2006 est.)
Burundi definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 59.3% male: 67.3% female: 52.2% (2000 est.)
Cambodia definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 73.6% male: 84.7% female: 64.1% (2004 est.)
Cameroon definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 67.9% male: 77% female: 59.8% (2001 est.)
Canada definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.)
Cape Verde definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 76.6% male: 85.8% female: 69.2% (2003 est.)
Cayman Islands definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school total population: 98% male: 98% female: 98% (1970 est.)
Central African Republic definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 48.6% male: 64.8% female: 33.5% (2000 est.)
Chad definition: age 15 and over can read and write French or Arabic total population: 25.7% male: 40.8% female: 12.8% (2000 est.)
Chile definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 95.8% female: 95.6% (2002 census)
China definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 90.9% male: 95.1% female: 86.5% (2000 census)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA