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Complete Data Rankings

Rank
1	United States	12.995 years
2	New Zealand	12.536 years
3	Canada	12.312 years
4	Denmark	12.31 years
5	Germany	12.219 years
6	Norway	12.044 years
7	Japan	12.041 years
8	Estonia	11.921 years
9	Russia	11.766 years
10	Netherlands	11.715 years
11	Iceland	11.608 years
12	Latvia	11.331 years
13	Australia	11.296 years
14	Sweden	11.263 years
15	Finland	11.195 years
16	Poland	11.116 years
17	Liechtenstein	11.059 years
18	Austria	11.016 years
19	Bahamas	10.937 years
20	Turkmenistan	10.925 years
21	Czech Republic	10.799 years
22	Samoa	10.772 years
23	Lithuania	10.764 years
24	Ukraine	10.713 years
25	Tajikistan	10.693 years
26	Switzerland	10.607 years
27	United Kingdom	10.577 years
28	Israel	10.519 years
29	South Korea	10.496 years
30	Belgium	10.455 years
31	Armenia	10.42 years
32	Ireland	10.39 years
33	Luxembourg	10.382 years
34	Sri Lanka	10.342 years
35	Belarus	10.297 years
36	Kyrgyzstan	10.29 years
37	Azerbaijan	10.26 years
38	Republic of Moldova	10.171 years
39	Slovenia	10.168 years
40	China, Hong Kong SAR	10.139 years
41	Hungary	10.102 years
42	Tonga	10.042 years
43	Cuba	9.904 years
44	Cyprus	9.748 years
45	Slovakia	9.64 years
46	Kazakhstan	9.54 years
47	Bulgaria	9.447 years
48	Romania	9.383 years
49	Croatia	9.316 years
50	Singapore	9.316 years
51	France	9.279 years
52	Chile	9.075 years
53	Barbados	8.996 years
54	Greece	8.974 years
55	Mongolia	8.956 years
56	San Marino	8.907 years
57	Trinidad and Tobago	8.775 years
58	Argentina	8.734 years
59	Italy	8.622 years
60	Albania	8.469 years
61	Peru	8.305 years
62	Brunei Darussalam	8.244 years
63	United Arab Emirates	8.233 years
64	Iran	8.197 years
65	Tuvalu	8.178 years
66	Malaysia	8.123 years
67	Fiji	8.113 years
68	Uruguay	8.104 years
69	Panama	7.833 years
70	Bahrain	7.75 years
71	South Africa	7.668 years
72	Spain	7.652 years
73	Venezuela	7.574 years
74	Qatar	7.537 years
75	Philippines	7.531 years
76	Costa Rica	7.499 years
77	Jamaica	7.438 years
78	Botswana	7.43 years
79	Malta	7.378 years
80	Saint Lucia	7.374 years
81	Serbia	7.348 years
82	Ecuador	7.264 years
83	Jordan	7.167 years
84	Congo	7.161 years
85	Belize	6.997 years
86	Bolivia	6.988 years
87	Colombia	6.811 years
88	Nicaragua	6.71 years
89	Portugal	6.71 years
90	Paraguay	6.688 years
91	Mexico	6.589 years
92	Saudi Arabia	6.551 years
93	North Macedonia	6.456 years
94	Zimbabwe	6.391 years
95	Egypt	6.357 years
96	Dominican Republic	6.356 years
97	Mauritius	6.256 years
98	Kuwait	6.135 years
99	Gabon	5.964 years
100	Guyana	5.933 years
101	China	5.922 years
102	Namibia	5.782 years
103	Eswatini	5.692 years
104	Indonesia	5.678 years
105	Thailand	5.551 years
106	Iraq	5.526 years
107	Vietnam	5.468 years
108	Algeria	5.454 years
109	Libya	5.402 years
110	Turkey	5.307 years
111	Zambia	5.299 years
112	Kenya	5.278 years
113	Ghana	5.142 years
114	Brazil	5.101 years
115	Solomon Islands	5.053 years
116	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	5.026 years
117	Lesotho	4.909 years
118	El Salvador	4.85 years
119	Tunisia	4.793 years
120	Sao Tome and Principe	4.578 years
121	Honduras	4.53 years
122	Syrian Arab Republic	4.345 years
123	Nigeria	4.338 years
124	Bangladesh	4.191 years
125	Laos	4.176 years
126	Tanzania	4.141 years
127	India	3.974 years
128	Uganda	3.868 years
129	Guatemala	3.848 years
130	Madagascar	3.771 years
131	Haiti	3.627 years
132	Liberia	3.452 years
133	Angola	3.387 years
134	Cambodia	3.316 years
135	Papua New Guinea	3.295 years
136	Pakistan	3.221 years
137	Morocco	3.14 years
138	Togo	3.015 years
139	Côte d'Ivoire	2.995 years
140	Mauritania	2.946 years
141	Cameroon	2.896 years
142	Nepal	2.863 years
143	Malawi	2.862 years
144	Myanmar	2.762 years
145	Sierra Leone	2.691 years
146	Central African Republic	2.515 years
147	Rwanda	2.391 years
148	Sudan	2.346 years
149	Benin	2.205 years
150	Gambia	2.196 years
151	Burundi	1.945 years
152	Senegal	1.747 years
153	Mozambique	1.712 years
154	Guinea	1.431 years
155	Djibouti	1.429 years
156	Afghanistan	1.229 years
157	Yemen	1.214 years
158	Mali	1.154 years
159	Niger	1.114 years

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