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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)
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This statistic shows 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.
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by Statista Research Department,
last edited
May 24, 2018
This statistic shows 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.
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