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This chart shows life expectancy for males and females at birth in 7 countries worldwide.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make
comparisons where relevant.

Life expectancy at birth in 7 countries worldwide

90

81
Life Expectancy at Birth in Years

72

63

54

45

36

27

18

0
Turkey Bangladesh Vietnam Canada Iran India United States

total male female

 Dominic Cole’s IELTS Blog
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This bar chart compares how long people can expect to live in seven different countries.

We can see that in each of the seven countries people have a life expectancy of between
63 years and 83 years. People will live longest in Canada at 83 years and the United
States (81 years), while Bangladesh has the lowest life expectancy at just 63 years. Of the
other countries, Turkey, Vietnam, Iran and India all have a similar level close to the
average of 73 years.

We should also note that women are expected to live longer than men in all these
countries. On average, females will live approximately 4 years longer than men, although
there are differences here. The greatest difference is in the United States (about 5 years),
while in Iran females are expected to live only 2 years longer than men. However, the
major exception is Bangladesh where both genders have the same life expectancy.

Thus, we can see there are comparisons to be made in life expectancy both in
geographical location and gender.