COUNTRY |
1960 |
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1985 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
2020 (Proj.) |
Bahamas |
63 |
66 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
78 |
Barbados |
64 |
69 |
70 |
72 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
79 |
Cuba |
64 |
70 |
72 |
73 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
79 |
Dominican Republic |
52 |
58 |
61 |
64 |
67 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
76 |
Guadeloupe |
63 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
75 |
75 |
75 |
79 |
Haiti |
42 |
47 |
50 |
52 |
54 |
56 |
56 |
56 |
57 |
57 |
58 |
65 |
Jamaica |
63 |
67 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
78 |
Martinique |
63 |
68 |
70 |
73 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
77 |
80 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
63 |
65 |
66 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
77 |
CARIBBEAN |
55.5 |
61.0 |
62.4 |
63.6 |
65.3 |
66.7 |
66.9 |
67.1 |
67.3 |
67.5 |
67.7 |
72.2 |
Belize |
61 |
66 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
78 |
Costa Rica |
62 |
67 |
70 |
72 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
76 |
77 |
79 |
El Salvador |
50 |
57 |
58 |
57 |
60 |
64 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
67 |
67 |
74 |
Guatemala |
46 |
52 |
55 |
58 |
60 |
63 |
64 |
64 |
65 |
65 |
66 |
72 |
Honduras |
46 |
53 |
56 |
60 |
63 |
67 |
67 |
67 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
75 |
Nicaragua |
47 |
54 |
56 |
58 |
61 |
65 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
67 |
68 |
74 |
Panama |
61 |
65 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
73 |
77 |
CENTRAL AMERICA |
49.7 |
55.8 |
58.1 |
60.0 |
62.8 |
65.9 |
66.5 |
67.0 |
67.5 |
67.9 |
68.2 |
73.8 |
Argentina |
65 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
77 |
Bolivia |
43 |
46 |
48 |
52 |
55 |
58 |
59 |
59 |
60 |
60 |
60 |
71 |
Brazil |
55 |
59 |
61 |
63 |
64 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
67 |
67 |
73 |
Chile |
57 |
62 |
65 |
69 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
74 |
77 |
Colombia |
57 |
61 |
63 |
66 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
74 |
Ecuador |
53 |
58 |
60 |
63 |
66 |
68 |
68 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
69 |
74 |
Guyana |
56 |
60 |
60 |
61 |
62 |
64 |
65 |
65 |
65 |
66 |
66 |
72 |
Paraguay |
64 |
65 |
66 |
67 |
68 |
69 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
76 |
Peru |
48 |
54 |
56 |
59 |
62 |
65 |
65 |
66 |
66 |
66 |
67 |
73 |
Suriname |
60 |
63 |
65 |
66 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
76 |
Uruguay |
68 |
69 |
69 |
70 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
73 |
73 |
74 |
Venezuela |
60 |
65 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
72 |
77 |
SOUTH AMERICA |
55.5 |
59.6 |
61.6 |
63.7 |
65.5 |
67.1 |
67.4 |
67.7 |
67.9 |
68.2 |
68.5 |
74.3 |
Mexico |
57 |
62 |
64 |
67 |
68 |
70 |
70 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
76 |
LAC REGION |
55.4 |
59.8 |
62.0 |
64.0 |
65.9 |
67.6 |
67.9 |
68.2 |
68.5 |
68.7 |
69.0 |
74.4 |
Source: Center for International Health Information (CIHI), April 1996.
Estimates and projections of Life Expectancy are based on interpolations between 5-year period estimates drawn from the U.N. World Population Prospects, 1994 Revision.
Definition: The estimated average number of years a newborn can expect to live.
Subregional and regional totals are weighted averages where the weights are the number of live births.
U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.
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