| Life expectancy at birth, total (years) | ||||
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2014 | |
| World | 65.4 | 67.6 | 70.5 | 71.5 |
| Low income | 49.8 | 52.1 | 59.0 | 61.3 |
| Middle income | 64.1 | 66.6 | 69.6 | 70.6 |
| High income | 75.4 | 77.6 | 79.9 | 80.6 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 68.9 | 71.4 | 74.2 | 74.9 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 72.1 | 73.0 | 75.8 | 76.9 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 67.2 | 71.1 | 73.7 | 74.6 |
| Middle East & North Africa | 65.8 | 69.7 | 72.1 | 72.9 |
| South Asia | 58.2 | 62.9 | 66.7 | 68.1 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 49.9 | 50.3 | 56.3 | 58.6 |
| Mozambique | 43.1 | 48.7 | 53.2 | 55 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 64.5 | 68.6 | 70.3 | 71.1 |
| India | 57.9 | 62.6 | 66.5 | 68 |
| China | 69 | 71.7 | 75.0 | 75.8 |
| Brazil | 65.3 | 70.0 | 73.3 | 74.4 |
| Turkey | 64.3 | 70.0 | 74.1 | 75.2 |
| Russian Federation | 68.9 | 65.3 | 68.9 | 70.4 |
| Germany | 75.2 | 77.9 | 80.0 | 80.8 |
| United States | 75.2 | 76.6 | 78.5 | 78.9 |
| Source: World Bank Data | ||||
| The links above will take you directly to relevant pages at www.worldbank.org | ||||
| The geographical regions do not include high income countries | ||||
| /karsten duus 9/2016 | ||||
| NB: in 1980 the life expectancy in the World was 62,8 years | ||||