Life Expectancy by Country in 1987

In 1987, ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 78.622 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino with a life expectancy of 78.1261 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with 77.8469 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with 21.9118 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 75.04 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 72.70 years, and Oceania with 72.20 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 75.76 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 75.61 years, and Southern Europe with 75.12 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 74.72 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 47.23 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1987

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 78.622
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 78.1261
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 77.8469
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 77.342
5 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 77.3316
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 77.2828
7 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 77.1077
8 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 77.0279
9 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 76.9573
10 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 76.8088
11 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 76.7956
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 76.3368
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 76.3126
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 76.2722
15 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 76.1741
16 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 76.1426
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 76.1257
18 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 76.1021
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 76.0862
20 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 75.7409
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 75.6193
22 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 75.6038
23 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 75.2876
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 75.2651
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 75.1476
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 75.1121
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 74.9014
28 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 74.8538
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 74.8501
30 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 74.7988
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 74.7431
32 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 74.7213
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 74.679
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 74.6093
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 74.4098
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 74.2158
37 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 74.2047
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 74.1101
39 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 74.063
40 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 73.9962
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 73.9497
42 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 73.8393
43 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 73.825
44 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 73.7457
45 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 73.6048
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 73.5814
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 73.5537
48 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 73.532
49 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 73.3727
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 73.1247
51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 73.0892
52 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 73.0188
53 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 72.8967
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 72.789
55 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 72.6749
56 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 72.6134
57 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 72.5396
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 72.5052
59 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 72.3688
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 72.3517
61 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.2013
62 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 72.1326
63 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 72.0742
64 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.046
65 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 71.8744
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 71.7843
67 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.6764
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.5713
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 71.5638
70 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 71.5101
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 71.4914
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 71.4572
73 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 71.4553
74 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 71.3785
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 71.3677
76 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 71.3118
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 71.2731
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 71.1173
79 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 71.0687
80 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.0475
81 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 71.0189
82 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 70.9748
83 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 70.8885
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 70.8584
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 70.7581
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 70.6785
87 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 70.6747
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 70.6665
89 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 70.5926
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 70.5643
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 70.5042
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 70.3848
93 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 70.3518
94 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 70.285
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 70.2375
96 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 70.1985
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 70.171
98 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 70.1682
99 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 70.1464
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 70.0046
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 69.9392
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 69.9293
103 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 69.5633
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 69.4811
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 69.4735
106 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 69.4478
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 69.4423
108 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 69.2951
109 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 69.1738
110 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 69.0344
111 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 68.9239
112 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 68.913
113 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 68.899
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 68.8842
115 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 68.8602
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 68.8435
117 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 68.8348
118 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 68.8333
119 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 68.3919
120 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 68.2873
121 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 68.2805
122 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 68.2676
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 68.2506
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 68.1959
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 68.1206
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 68.0952
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 67.9931
128 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 67.8868
129 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 67.4001
130 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 67.3001
131 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 67.2876
132 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 67.0124
133 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 66.8836
134 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 66.8832
135 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 66.6356
136 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 66.4238
137 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 66.2921
138 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 66.2775
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 65.8297
140 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 65.7918
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 65.4763
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 65.3393
143 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 65.0797
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 65.0234
145 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 64.984
146 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 64.9364
147 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 64.7641
148 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 64.5776
149 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 64.3351
150 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 64.0319
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 63.949
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 63.8313
153 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 63.4045
154 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 63.3525
155 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 63.1863
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 63.0412
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 62.8233
158 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 62.8041
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 62.5691
160 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 62.5216
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 62.1374
162 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 62.1373
163 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 62.0418
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 61.9727
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 61.9474
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 61.7673
167 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 61.4441
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 61.4318
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 61.4275
170 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 61.386
171 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 61.3412
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 61.3097
173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 61.2537
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 61.1764
175 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 61.0169
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 60.7106
177 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 60.2072
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 60.0435
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 59.8939
180 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 59.6688
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 59.4945
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 59.4118
183 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 59.213
184 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 59.0663
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 58.5807
186 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 57.6598
187 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 57.4307
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 57.3876
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 57.3147
190 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 57.0962
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 56.076
192 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 54.926
193 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 54.8191
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 54.7751
195 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 54.7242
196 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 54.4922
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 54.3679
198 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 54.0511
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 53.8242
200 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 53.7202
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 53.4541
202 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 53.187
203 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 52.4755
204 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 52.2392
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 52.1521
206 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 51.7257
207 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 51.6594
208 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 51.4771
209 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 51.0645
210 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 50.5768
211 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 50.4091
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 50.3276
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 50.2786
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 50.2088
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 49.409
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 49.0581
217 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 48.9027
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 47.516
219 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 47.3359
220 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 47.3325
221 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 46.6189
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 46.4169
223 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 46.0176
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 45.7851
225 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 45.4403
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 44.6928
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 44.528
228 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 44.0465
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 43.8112
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 43.4405
231 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 42.7979
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 40.9174
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 40.8426
234 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 40.4331
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 39.8436
236 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 35.6442
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 21.9118

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1987

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 75.0368
2 Europe 72.702
3 Oceania 72.2009
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 66.5712
5 Asia 62.938
6 Africa 50.8954

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1987

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 75.7565
2 Western Europe 75.6134
3 Southern Europe 75.1156
4 Northern Europe 74.8938
5 Eastern Europe 69.5757
6 Polynesia 69.0212
7 Eastern Asia 68.5717
8 Central America 67.2502
9 South America 66.3458
10 Caribbean 66.0096
11 Micronesia 66.0062
12 Western Asia 65.5556
13 Central Asia 64.2032
14 South-Eastern Asia 63.4164
15 Southern Africa 62.7825
16 Melanesia 60.8781
17 Northern Africa 59.3787
18 Southern Asia 57.3348
19 Eastern Africa 47.9703
20 Western Africa 47.5564
21 Middle Africa 47.4535

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1987

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 74.7184
2 No income group available 70.7905
3 Upper-middle-income countries 67.2097
4 Middle-income countries 62.1559
5 Lower-middle-income countries 58.1304
6 Low-income countries 47.2288