Skip to main content

Table 2 Life expectancy at birth 1960 and 2016 and percent increase in population aged over 50 years in selected nations

From: Aging, frailty, and design of built environments

Nation

1960

2019

% Increase

Japan

68

84

23.5

UK

71

81

14.1

Sweden

73

83

13.7

USA

70

79

12.9

Ecuador

53

77

45.3

India

41

70

70.7

China

44

77

75.0

Poland

68

78

14.7

  1. 2019 Data: The World Bank 2018, Life Expectancy at birth accessed 12 November 2018 [19].. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. 2016 Data [1]