tates
total population: 77.71 years
male: 74.89 years
female: 80.67 years (2005 est.)

Uruguay
total population: 76.13 years
male: 72.92 years
female: 79.45 years (2005 est.)

Uzbekistan
total population: 64.19 years
male: 60.82 years
female: 67.73 years (2005 est.)

Vanuatu
total population: 62.49 years
male: 61 years
female: 64.05 years (2005 est.)

Venezuela
total population: 74.31 years
male: 71.27 years
female: 77.58 years (2005 est.)

Vietnam
total population: 70.61 years
male: 67.82 years
female: 73.6 years (2005 est.)

Virgin Islands
total population: 78.91 years
male: 75.08 years
female: 82.96 years (2005 est.)

Wallis and Futuna
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

West Bank
total population: 73.08 years
male: 71.33 years
female: 74.95 years (2005 est.)

Western Sahara
total population: NA years
male: NA years
female: NA years

World
total population: 64.33 years
male: 62.73 years
female: 66.04 years (2005 est.)

Yemen
total population: 61.75 years
male: 59.89 years
female: 63.71 years (2005 est.)

Zambia
total population: 39.7 years
male: 39.43 years
female: 39.98 years (2005 est.)

Zimbabwe
total population: 39.13 years
male: 40.2 years
female: 38.03 years (2005 est.)

This page was last updated on 20 October, 2005

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@2103 Literacy (%)

Afghanistan
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 36%
male: 51%
female: 21% (1999 est.)

Albania
definition: age 9 and over can read and write
total population: 86.5%
male: 93.3%
female: 79.5% (2003 est.)

Algeria
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 70%
male: 78.8%
female: 61% (2003 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: NA%
female: NA%

Angola
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 66.8%
male: 82.1%
female: 53.8% (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