Indicators by Countries (Source: World Bank)
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) Change in Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 country Pcnt Change (2004-1998)
Japan .. 80.42 80.50 80.57 81.08 81.42 81.56 81.68 81.80 ..   Hungary0.74
Hong Kong, China .. 79.13 79.49 79.74 80.88 81.42 81.48 81.33 81.78 ..   Romania0.72
Switzerland .. 79.08 79.43 79.57 79.68 80.09 80.30 80.49 81.09 ..   Hong Kong, China0.71
Sweden .. 79.20 79.34 79.43 79.65 79.75 79.85 80.11 80.50 ..   St. Lucia0.69
France .. 78.36 78.31 78.51 78.91 79.11 79.31 79.26 80.16 ..   Moldova0.67
Italy .. 78.23 78.62 79.12 79.52 79.68 79.78 79.83 79.98 ..   Latvia0.64
Australia .. 78.18 78.63 79.11 79.58 79.76 79.94 ..   Estonia0.63
Norway .. 78.14 78.34 78.31 78.60 78.81 78.92 79.49 79.84 ..   Singapore0.61
Singapore .. 77.05 77.40 77.55 78.05 78.35 78.67 78.99 79.30 ..   Slovenia0.6
Austria .. 77.39 77.75 77.93 78.04 78.53 78.69 78.69 79.22 ..   France0.59
Belgium .. 77.78 77.90 77.38 77.62 77.92 78.03 78.73 78.89 ..   Finland0.53
Finland .. 76.86 77.06 77.29 77.50 77.98 78.12 78.37 78.71 ..   Switzerland0.52
Netherlands .. 77.79 77.87 77.83 77.99 78.20 78.28 78.49 78.69 ..   West Bank and Gaza0.52
Germany .. 76.65 77.07 77.73 77.88 78.38 78.23 78.33 78.48 ..   Poland0.51
United States .. 76.13 76.59 76.93 77.03 77.03 77.24 77.14 77.43 ..   Malaysia0.5
Slovenia .. 74.72 74.77 74.93 75.91 76.20 76.45 76.40 76.57 ..   Slovak Republic0.48
Czech Republic .. 73.91 74.51 74.60 74.97 75.21 75.32 75.17 75.72 ..   Norway0.48
Poland .. 72.65 73 73.04 73.75 74.20 74.50 74.60 74.49 ..   Austria0.47
Slovak Republic .. 72.70 72.57 72.93 73.20 73.55 73.65 73.75 73.96 ..   Germany0.45
Malaysia .. 71.89 72.04 72.34 72.63 72.69 73.07 73.28 73.49 ..   Bulgaria0.45
St. Lucia .. 71.76 71.45 71.30 71.76 73.71 74 73.44 ..   Tunisia0.43
Tunisia .. 71.90 72.05 72.50 72.60 72.85 73 73.05 73.30 ..   Italy0.43
West Bank and Gaza .. 71.31 71.50 72.12 72.74 72.96 72.99 ..   Australia0.41
Hungary .. 70.64 70.55 70.68 71.25 72.20 72.35 72.45 72.65 ..   Kyrgyz Republic0.41
Bulgaria .. 70.71 71.06 71.41 71.66 71.77 71.87 72.07 72.36 ..   Czech Republic0.4
Lithuania .. 71.22 71.57 71.55 71.97 71.61 71.76 71.86 71.92 ..   Japan0.4
Estonia .. 70.19 69.79 70.59 70.87 70.51 71.06 71.32 71.57 ..   Sweden0.36
Latvia .. 69.91 69.66 69.74 70.30 70.10 70.42 70.57 71.45 ..   Kazakhstan0.34
Armenia .. 73.71 74.36 73.04 70.80 71.19 71.29 71.39 ..   Belgium0.32
Romania .. 69 69.30 69.81 71.07 71.16 70.60 71.46 71.31 ..   United States0.27
Belarus .. 68.46 68.41 67.91 68.01 68.21 68.30 68.39 ..   Netherlands0.26
Moldova .. 66.51 66.51 67.76 67.91 68.06 67.67 67.91 68.30 ..   Lithuania0.12
Ukraine .. 67.30 68.22 68.19 67.86 68.29 68.28 68.21 68.19 ..   Belarus-0.01
Kyrgyz Republic .. 66.89 67.05 67 68.56 68.71 68.11 68.26 68.15 ..   Ukraine-0.01
Kazakhstan .. 64.46 64.56 65.52 65.64 65.77 65.97 65.87 65.43 ..   Russian Federation-0.66
Russian Federation .. 66.70 66.96 66.04 65.34 65.49 65.09 65.24 65.21 ..   Armenia-1.01