Life expectancy at birth, total (years), Greece

Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life. Source: Derived from male and female life expectancy at birth. Male and female life expectancy source: (1) United Nations Population Division. 2009. World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision. New York, United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (advanced Excel tables), (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (5) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

This series runs for 49 years from 1960 to 2009, with 50 valid data points. The maximum value of 80.19 occurs for 2009. The minimum value of 68.73 occurs for 1960. It has a median of 75.64, a time-weighted average of 73.13 and a standard deviation of 3.3.