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Health > Life expectancy at birth, total > Years: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth, total (years). 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.

CONTENTS

#
COUNTRY
AMOUNT
DATE
GRAPH
1 Japan 78.06 1986
2 Iceland 77.99 1986
3 Sweden 76.93 1986
4 Switzerland 76.9 1986
5 Hong Kong 76.69 1986
6 Spain 76.51 1986
7 Canada 76.44 1986
8 Netherlands 76.27 1986
9 Norway 76.24 1986
10 Australia 75.87 1986
11 Cyprus 75.86 1986
12 Italy 75.81 1986
Group of 7 countries (G7) average 75.68 1986
13 Faeroe Islands 75.66 1986
14 France 75.6 1986
15 Greece 75.33 1986
16 Israel 74.96 1986
17 United Kingdom 74.93 1986
18 Costa Rica 74.87 1986
19 Belgium 74.73 1986
20 United States 74.61 1986
21 Channel Islands 74.59 1986
22 Cuba 74.58 1986
23 Denmark 74.58 1986
24 Finland 74.56 1986
25 Qatar 74.48 1986
26 Puerto Rico 74.4 1986
High income OECD countries average 74.39 1986
27 Singapore 74.34 1986
28 Germany 74.32 1986
29 Malta 74.3 1986
30 Austria 74.22 1986
31 Macau 74.22 1986
32 European Union 74.15 1986
33 New Zealand 74.12 1986
Eurozone average 74 1986
34 Luxembourg 73.9 1986
35 Ireland 73.85 1986
36 Montenegro 73.83 1986
European Union average 73.37 1986
37 Portugal 73.27 1986
38 Aruba 73.18 1986
NATO countries average 72.93 1986
Non-religious countries average 72.82 1986
39 Brunei 72.65 1986
Europe average 72.36 1986
40 Chile 72.2 1986
41 Panama 72.09 1986
42 Lithuania 72.08 1986
43 Slovenia 71.8 1986
44 Uruguay 71.8 1986
45 Bulgaria 71.73 1986
46 Albania 71.7 1986
47 Bahrain 71.67 1986
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.62 1986
49 Belarus 71.55 1986
50 Kuwait 71.46 1986
51 Croatia 71.42 1986
52 Belize 71.3 1986
53 Guam 71.07 1986
54 Jamaica 71.03 1986
55 Slovakia 71.02 1986
56 Czech Republic 71 1986
57 Poland 70.85 1986
58 Argentina 70.8 1986
Potential Future EU Members average 70.65 1986
59 Latvia 70.62 1986
60 Saint Lucia 70.58 1986
Cold countries average 70.46 1986
61 United Arab Emirates 70.44 1986
62 Antigua and Barbuda 70.18 1986
Eastern Europe average 70.13 1986
63 Republic of Macedonia 70.09 1986
64 Estonia 70.09 1986
65 Venezuela 70 1986
Heavily indebted countries average 70 1986
66 Georgia 69.9 1986
67 Barbados 69.88 1986
68 The Bahamas 69.83 1986
69 Ukraine 69.79 1986
70 Malaysia 69.77 1986
71 Romania 69.5 1986
72 New Caledonia 69.41 1986
73 Russia 69.39 1986
74 Sri Lanka 69.29 1986
75 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.23 1986
76 Mexico 69.2 1986
77 Vietnam 69.18 1986
78 Hungary 69.17 1986
79 South Korea 69.17 1986
80 Lebanon 69.14 1986
81 Armenia 69.02 1986
82 Tonga 68.97 1986
83 Kazakhstan 68.91 1986
84 Syria 68.71 1986
85 Jordan 68.71 1986
86 Thailand 68.62 1986
87 China 68.58 1986
88 Mauritius 68.5 1986
Former Soviet republics average 68.1 1986
89 North Korea 67.8 1986
90 Colombia 67.78 1986
91 French Polynesia 67.77 1986
92 Grenada 67.7 1986
93 Trinidad and Tobago 67.65 1986
94 Paraguay 67.41 1986
Latin America and Caribbean average 67.4 1986
Emerging markets average 67.38 1986
95 Saudi Arabia 67.21 1986
96 Suriname 67.14 1986
97 Libya 67.13 1986
98 Kosovo 67.02 1986
99 Uzbekistan 66.94 1986
Middle Eastern and North Africa average 66.71 1986
100 Ecuador 66.66 1986
101 Moldova 66.59 1986
102 Tunisia 66.45 1986
Catholic countries average 66.19 1986
Former Spanish colonies average 65.95 1986
103 Dominican Republic 65.8 1986
104 Federated States of Micronesia 65.75 1986
105 Azerbaijan 65.54 1986
106 Kyrgyzstan 65.29 1986
Christian countries average 65.03 1986
107 Brazil 64.93 1986
108 Algeria 64.87 1986
109 Oman 64.67 1986
110 Fiji 64.63 1986
East Asia and Pacific average 64.4 1986
111 Honduras 64.35 1986
112 Cape Verde 64.17 1986
113 Philippines 64.16 1986
114 Peru 63.49 1986
115 Iraq 63.38 1986
116 Tajikistan 63.37 1986
117 Botswana 63.27 1986
OPEC countries average 63.03 1986
118 Samoa 62.97 1986
Former British colonies average 62.63 1986
119 Egypt 62.47 1986
120 Turkmenistan 62.45 1986
121 Turkey 62.26 1986
122 Morocco 62.14 1986
Religious countries average 62.07 1986
123 Indonesia 61.65 1986
124 Vanuatu 61.5 1986
125 Guyana 61.5 1986
126 Zimbabwe 61.34 1986
127 Nicaragua 61.26 1986
Sparsely populated countries average 61.11 1986
128 Sao Tome and Principe 61.09 1986
129 El Salvador 61.02 1986
130 South Africa 60.45 1986
Muslim countries average 60.26 1986
131 Namibia 60.2 1986
Hot countries average 60.2 1986
132 Guatemala 60.1 1986
133 Pakistan 59.94 1986
134 Gabon 59.68 1986
South and Central Asia average 59.64 1986
135 Kenya 59.62 1986
136 Kiribati 58.91 1986
137 Mongolia 58.83 1986
Landlocked countries average 58.4 1986
138 Swaziland 57.9 1986
139 Bangladesh 57.9 1986
140 Maldives 57.43 1986
141 India 57.41 1986
142 Mauritania 57.25 1986
143 Burma 57.24 1986
144 Iran 57.12 1986
145 Lesotho 56.79 1986
146 Solomon Islands 56.75 1986
147 Republic of the Congo 56.6 1986
148 Bolivia 56.37 1986
149 Djibouti 55.76 1986
150 Yemen 55.74 1986
151 Togo 54.99 1986
152 Papua New Guinea 54.95 1986
153 Sudan 54.89 1986
154 Senegal 54.8 1986
Former French colonies average 54.74 1986
155 Ghana 54.6 1986
156 Comoros 54.4 1986
South Asia average 53.96 1986
157 Cambodia 53.82 1986
158 Cameroon 53.06 1986
159 Haiti 52.94 1986
160 Cote d'Ivoire 52.79 1986
161 Nepal 51.9 1986
Sub-Saharan Africa average 51.56 1986
162 Laos 51.43 1986
163 Tanzania 51.18 1986
failed states average 50.93 1986
164 Benin 50.64 1986
165 The Gambia 50.61 1986
166 Madagascar 49.79 1986
167 Burkina Faso 49.42 1986
168 Bhutan 49.38 1986
169 Uganda 49 1986
170 Burundi 48.63 1986
171 Central African Republic 48.05 1986
172 Rwanda 47.7 1986
173 Guinea-Bissau 47.64 1986
174 Zambia 47.41 1986
175 Liberia 47.33 1986
176 Democratic Republic of the Congo 47.04 1986
177 Guinea 46.44 1986
178 Malawi 46.34 1986
179 Nigeria 46.32 1986
180 Somalia 46.22 1986
181 Chad 46.05 1986
182 Eritrea 45.55 1986
183 Afghanistan 45.17 1986
184 Equatorial Guinea 45.14 1986
185 Ethiopia 45.07 1986
186 East Timor 44.76 1986
187 Mali 44.19 1986
188 Mozambique 42.94 1986
189 Niger 42.12 1986
190 South Sudan 40.94 1986
191 Angola 40.89 1986
192 Sierra Leone 39.89 1986

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Interesting observations about Health > Life expectancy at birth, total > Years

  • Hong Kong ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Hot countries in 2011.
  • Lebanon ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Muslim countries in 2011.
  • Japan ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2011.
  • San Marino ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Christian countries in 2011.
  • Singapore ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Former British colonies in 2011.
  • Spain ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst European Union in 2011.
  • Sierra Leone has ranked last for life expectancy at birth, total > years since 1997.
  • Switzerland ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Cold countries in 2011.
  • 39 of the bottom 40 countries by life expectancy at birth, total > years are Sub-Saharan African.
  • Chile ranked first for life expectancy at birth, total > years amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
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