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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