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Life Expectancy by Country in 1981

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In 1981, 🇦🇩Andorra was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 76.9879 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a life expectancy of 76.6399 years of age, and 🇯🇵Japan with 76.5487 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇹🇱Timor-Leste with 29.5666 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 74.23 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.24 years, and Oceania with 70.87 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 74.58 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 73.92 years, and Northern Europe with 73.78 years of average life expectancy.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest average life expectancy of 73.33 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 47.00 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1981

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇦🇩 Andorra 76.9879
2 🇸🇲 San Marino 76.6399
3 🇯🇵 Japan 76.5487
4 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 76.0512
5 🇸🇪 Sweden 76.0403
6 🇳🇱 Netherlands 75.9898
7 🇮🇸 Iceland 75.9569
8 🇳🇴 Norway 75.8818
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 75.8183
10 🇪🇸 Spain 75.708
11 🇨🇦 Canada 75.4839
12 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 75.4399
13 🇬🇬 Guernsey 75.0871
14 🇬🇷 Greece 74.9931
15 🇦🇺 Australia 74.7846
16 🇮🇹 Italy 74.439
17 🇫🇷 France 74.3957
18 🇻🇦 Holy See 74.3046
19 🇲🇨 Monaco 74.2492
20 🇩🇰 Denmark 74.2484
21 🇮🇱 Israel 74.2136
22 🇺🇸 United States of America 74.1052
23 🇫🇮 Finland 73.9647
24 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 73.9317
25 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 73.9187
26 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 73.7987
27 🇧🇲 Bermuda 73.6845
28 🇧🇪 Belgium 73.6494
29 🇳🇿 New Zealand 73.6334
30 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 73.5669
31 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 73.3596
32 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 73.3385
33 🇩🇪 Germany 73.3368
34 🇩🇲 Dominica 73.2318
35 🇯🇪 Jersey 72.9978
36 🇦🇹 Austria 72.9914
37 🇨🇺 Cuba 72.9393
38 🇮🇪 Ireland 72.8896
39 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 72.6646
40 🇲🇹 Malta 72.6153
41 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 72.4625
42 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 72.3162
43 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 72.1204
44 🇧🇧 Barbados 72.1197
45 🇸🇬 Singapore 71.9608
46 🇨🇾 Cyprus 71.941
47 🇵🇹 Portugal 71.8908
48 🇦🇼 Aruba 71.7223
49 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.5084
50 🇲🇪 Montenegro 71.3797
51 🇶🇦 Qatar 71.3042
52 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.2285
53 🇧🇭 Bahrain 71.1826
54 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 71.1487
55 🇨🇼 Curaçao 71.1389
56 🇲🇶 Martinique 71.0892
57 🇰🇼 Kuwait 71.0811
58 🇵🇱 Poland 70.9171
59 🇺🇾 Uruguay 70.9006
60 🇸🇮 Slovenia 70.8425
61 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.773
62 🇦🇱 Albania 70.73
63 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.6999
64 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.6714
65 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.6237
66 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 70.4881
67 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 70.391
68 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.3755
69 🇧🇾 Belarus 70.2952
70 🇬🇺 Guam 70.0767
71 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 70.0045
72 🇭🇷 Croatia 69.9755
73 🇨🇱 Chile 69.9092
74 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 69.8596
75 🇯🇲 Jamaica 69.8591
76 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 69.8314
77 🇲🇸 Montserrat 69.7956
78 🇵🇦 Panama 69.5862
79 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 69.5402
80 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 69.4416
81 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 69.2115
82 🇦🇸 American Samoa 69.1987
83 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.1682
84 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.1502
85 🇦🇮 Anguilla 69.1437
86 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 69.0849
87 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 69.0785
88 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 69.0712
89 🇷🇴 Romania 69.069
90 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.0208
91 🇺🇦 Ukraine 69.0123
92 🇦🇷 Argentina 68.9762
93 🇲🇾 Malaysia 68.8515
94 🇷🇸 Serbia 68.8109
95 🇾🇹 Mayotte 68.7594
96 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 68.7509
97 🇷🇪 Réunion 68.6324
98 🇳🇺 Niue 68.4978
99 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 68.4672
100 🇬🇩 Grenada 68.4503
101 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 68.4288
102 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 68.3708
103 🇧🇿 Belize 68.0681
104 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 68.0124
105 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 67.9892
106 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 67.8643
107 🇧🇸 Bahamas 67.7459
108 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 67.6496
109 🇬🇪 Georgia 67.634
110 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 67.3929
111 🇨🇴 Colombia 67.1972
112 🇯🇴 Jordan 66.7141
113 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 66.6579
114 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 66.6454
115 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 66.5858
116 🇦🇲 Armenia 66.579
117 🇬🇫 French Guiana 66.5286
118 🇲🇺 Mauritius 66.4303
119 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 66.3859
120 🇹🇴 Tonga 66.1318
121 🇸🇨 Seychelles 66.0293
122 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 65.9482
123 🇹🇰 Tokelau 65.7023
124 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 65.6134
125 🇱🇾 Libya 65.3641
126 🇲🇽 Mexico 65.3132
127 🇼🇸 Samoa 65.0953
128 🇵🇾 Paraguay 65.0229
129 🇨🇳 China 64.9755
130 🇹🇳 Tunisia 64.6913
131 🇹🇭 Thailand 64.5948
132 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 64.4775
133 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 64.3722
134 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 63.8793
135 🇪🇨 Ecuador 63.6619
136 🇬🇱 Greenland 63.5555
137 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 63.4721
138 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 63.3043
139 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 63.1611
140 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 63.0783
141 🇹🇷 Türkiye 63.0099
142 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 62.7902
143 🇫🇯 Fiji 62.7293
144 🇵🇭 Philippines 62.5554
145 🇧🇷 Brazil 62.333
146 🇸🇷 Suriname 62.2512
147 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 62.194
148 🇳🇷 Nauru 61.871
149 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 61.8236
150 🇴🇲 Oman 61.6462
151 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 61.5925
152 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 61.5245
153 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 61.4517
154 🇬🇾 Guyana 61.3111
155 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 61.2914
156 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 61.1803
157 🇰🇪 Kenya 61.165
158 🇧🇼 Botswana 61.1247
159 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 61.123
160 🇵🇼 Palau 61.0309
161 🇭🇳 Honduras 61.0162
162 🇿🇦 South Africa 60.364
163 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 60.0758
164 🇱🇧 Lebanon 59.9152
165 🇵🇪 Peru 59.8469
166 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 59.487
167 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 59.456
168 🇮🇶 Iraq 59.3312
169 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 59.3265
170 🇮🇩 Indonesia 59.1376
171 🇸🇿 Eswatini 58.3923
172 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 58.1981
173 🇵🇰 Pakistan 58.0516
174 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 57.8311
175 🇬🇦 Gabon 57.8161
176 🇰🇮 Kiribati 57.4954
177 🇪🇬 Egypt 57.1376
178 🇳🇦 Namibia 57.1232
179 🇱🇸 Lesotho 56.9021
180 🇨🇬 Congo 56.8268
181 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56.7148
182 🇲🇻 Maldives 56.4214
183 🇲🇦 Morocco 56.036
184 🇬🇹 Guatemala 55.9716
185 🇲🇳 Mongolia 55.693
186 🇲🇷 Mauritania 55.6616
187 🇩🇿 Algeria 55.2763
188 🇲🇲 Myanmar 54.646
189 🇮🇳 India 54.1748
190 🇸🇩 Sudan 54.0779
191 🇿🇲 Zambia 54.0469
192 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53.0054
193 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 52.7342
194 🇩🇯 Djibouti 52.2623
195 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 52.169
196 🇹🇬 Togo 51.7636
197 🇾🇪 Yemen 51.7092
198 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 51.6191
199 🇨🇲 Cameroon 51.5174
200 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 51.4725
201 🇰🇲 Comoros 51.3121
202 🇬🇭 Ghana 51.2694
203 🇭🇹 Haiti 50.268
204 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 50.1587
205 🇸🇳 Senegal 49.8498
206 🇲🇬 Madagascar 49.7272
207 🇷🇼 Rwanda 49.4225
208 🇧🇹 Bhutan 49.034
209 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 48.73
210 🇳🇵 Nepal 48.3874
211 🇧🇯 Benin 48.3096
212 🇰🇭 Cambodia 48.18
213 🇸🇻 El Salvador 48.1606
214 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 48.1095
215 🇸🇴 Somalia 47.6657
216 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 46.8719
217 🇳🇬 Nigeria 46.4935
218 🇧🇮 Burundi 46.3928
219 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.7196
220 🇲🇼 Malawi 45.7007
221 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 45.689
222 🇱🇷 Liberia 44.9826
223 🇪🇷 Eritrea 44.9054
224 🇬🇲 Gambia 44.476
225 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 44.0698
226 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 43.6075
227 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 43.3638
228 🇬🇳 Guinea 43.3239
229 🇹🇩 Chad 43.3115
230 🇺🇬 Uganda 43.0905
231 🇦🇴 Angola 42.7715
232 🇲🇱 Mali 41.2149
233 🇲🇿 Mozambique 40.5362
234 🇳🇪 Niger 40.1652
235 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 40.164
236 🇸🇸 South Sudan 38.7827
237 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 29.5666

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1981

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 74.2328
2 Europe 71.2414
3 Oceania 70.8712
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 63.8252
5 Asia 60.1084
6 Africa 49.9137

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1981

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 74.5794
2 Western Europe 73.9235
3 Northern Europe 73.7835
4 Southern Europe 73.593
5 Eastern Europe 68.2028
6 Polynesia 66.3596
7 Eastern Asia 66.3557
8 Micronesia 64.3498
9 Caribbean 64.2783
10 South America 63.888
11 Central America 63.2769
12 Western Asia 62.4265
13 Central Asia 62.3112
14 South-Eastern Asia 60.7972
15 Southern Africa 60.1017
16 Melanesia 59.2714
17 Northern Africa 56.7206
18 Southern Asia 54.2362
19 Eastern Africa 47.965
20 Western Africa 46.796
21 Middle Africa 46.6002

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1981

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 73.3301
2 No income group available 69.1424
3 Upper-middle-income countries 64.7087
4 Middle-income countries 59.4879
5 Lower-middle-income countries 55.456
6 Low-income countries 47.0009