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Life expectancy at birth worldwide by region 2016

Average life expectancy at birth worldwide in 1990 and 2016, by region (in years)

The data displays the average life expectancy worldwide in 1990 and 2016, sorted by WHO region. In 2016, a child born in the Americas could expect an average of 76.8 years to live. That was almost six years more than two decades earlier.

Africa	50	61.2
Americas	71	76.8
Eastern Mediterranean	62	69.1
Europe	72	77.5
Southeast Asia	59	69.5
Western Pacific	69	76.9

Life expectancy at birth worldwide by region 2016

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