Living to 100 might be exceptional in many nations.  In the following alphabetical list of countries, (all but Afghanistan are located in Africa) living to 50 is exceptional.

Whether disease, war, poverty;  to be reach the age of 40 in these countries means you are extremely old.

  Afghanistan  
total population: 44.64 years
male: 44.47 years
female: 44.81 years (2009 est.)

Angola     

total population: 38.2 years
male: 37.24 years
female: 39.22 years (2009 est.)

Central African Republic    

 total population: 44.47 years
male: 44.4 years
female: 44.54 years (2009 est.)

Chad     

total population: 47.7 years
male: 46.67 years
female: 48.77 years (2009 est.)

  Djibouti     

 total population: 43.37 years
male: 41.89 years
female: 44.89 years (2009 est.)

Guinea-Bissau     

total population: 47.9 years
male: 46.07 years
female: 49.79 years (2009 est.)

Liberia     

 total population: 41.84 years
male: 40.71 years
female: 43 years (2009 est.)

  Malawi     

 total population: 43.82 years
male: 44.07 years
female: 43.57 years (2009 est.)

Mozambique    

total population: 41.18 years
male: 41.83 years
female: 40.53 years (2009 est.)

Nigeria     

total population: 46.94 years
male: 46.16 years
female: 47.76 years (2009 est.)

  Sierra Leone      

total population: 41.24 years
male: 38.92 years
female: 43.64 years (2009 est.)

  Somalia      

total population: 49.63 years
male: 47.78 years
female: 51.53 years (2009 est.)

  South Africa     

 total population: 48.98 years
male: 49.81 years
female: 48.13 years (2009 est.)

Swaziland      

total population: 31.88 years
male: 31.62 years
female: 32.15 years (2009 est.)

  Zambia                       

total population: 38.63 years
male: 38.53 years
female: 38.73 years (2009 est.)

Zimbabwe                          

total population: 45.77 years
male: 46.36 years
female: 45.16 years (2009 est.)

Afghanistan is a very poor country in south Asia. Its border countries are China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Its geographic coordination’s on a map are 33 00N, 65 00E.

Economy

The economy of Afghanistan has improved greatly over the last 2 years because of over 2billion dollars in international assistance and the end of a four year drought. It still remains one of the poorest countries in the world but it is expected that it will greatly improve by the end of the decade.

People

The population of Afghanistan is 28513677 people. The life expectancy is very low. 42.46 for women and 42.27 for men. The main religion in Afghanistan is Sunni Muslim (80%). There is a variety of different languages spoken in Afghanistan. Pashtu, afghan Persian and Turkic along with 30 other minor languages.