The 2008 CIA World Factbook, United States. Central Intelligence Agency [primary phonics books .TXT] 📗

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.)

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@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