Life Expectancy by Country in 1988

In 1988, ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 78.5368 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino with a life expectancy of 78.317 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with 77.81 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with 12.4073 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 75.02 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 72.81 years, and Oceania with 72.47 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 76.02 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 75.84 years, and Southern Europe with 75.33 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 74.87 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 46.31 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1988

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 78.5368
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 78.317
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 77.81
4 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 77.3644
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 77.3597
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 77.3308
7 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 77.0751
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 77.0064
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 76.9968
10 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 76.9953
11 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 76.9501
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 76.9263
13 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 76.8595
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 76.847
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 76.6035
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 76.5228
17 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 76.3942
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 76.3479
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 76.347
20 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 76.3461
21 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 76.2709
22 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 76.1055
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 76.0634
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 75.5877
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 75.3758
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 75.2991
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 75.2612
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 75.0569
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 74.9096
30 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 74.9096
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 74.838
32 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 74.828
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 74.8164
34 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 74.7645
35 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 74.6348
36 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 74.5431
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 74.5198
38 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 74.4753
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 74.4285
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 74.3239
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 74.2263
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 74.2151
43 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 74.1807
44 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 74.0853
45 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 73.9908
46 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 73.913
47 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 73.8516
48 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 73.7298
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 73.5296
50 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 73.4764
51 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 73.4681
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 73.4599
53 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 73.1644
54 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 73.1294
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 73.0472
56 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.8712
57 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 72.82
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 72.685
59 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 72.6523
60 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 72.6446
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 72.6408
62 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 72.4556
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 72.4437
64 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 72.442
65 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.3496
66 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 72.1685
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 71.8845
68 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 71.8699
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 71.8076
70 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.7546
71 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 71.7141
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 71.6739
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 71.6062
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 71.5485
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 71.5415
76 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 71.5406
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.4654
78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 71.4503
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 71.393
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 71.3635
81 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.2525
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 71.2385
83 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 71.2363
84 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 71.1273
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 71.0523
86 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 71.0518
87 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 71.0195
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 70.8957
89 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 70.8882
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 70.8806
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 70.824
92 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 70.7813
93 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 70.7718
94 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 70.4644
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 70.4108
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 70.3871
97 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 70.3605
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 70.3013
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 70.2797
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 70.2176
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 70.1647
102 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 70.0639
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 70.0527
104 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 69.9417
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 69.8027
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 69.7797
107 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 69.6885
108 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 69.6743
109 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 69.6003
110 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 69.5687
111 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 69.464
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 69.2532
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 69.2522
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 69.2154
115 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 69.0323
116 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 68.9674
117 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 68.8956
118 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 68.6847
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 68.6223
120 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 68.5903
121 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 68.5801
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 68.5285
123 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 68.4688
124 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 68.4445
125 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 68.4195
126 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 68.3908
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 68.2219
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 68.1592
129 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 68.0559
130 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 67.9721
131 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 67.5808
132 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 67.4195
133 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 67.3194
134 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 67.1883
135 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 67.0259
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 66.9713
137 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 66.8593
138 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 66.8382
139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 66.7943
140 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 66.0395
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 65.951
142 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 65.454
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 65.45
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 65.1875
145 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 65.1492
146 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 65.1465
147 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 64.9731
148 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 64.898
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 64.4156
150 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 64.345
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 64.0891
152 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 64.0585
153 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 63.6817
154 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 63.6014
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 63.4463
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 63.4374
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 63.3454
158 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 62.98
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 62.7293
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 62.6732
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 62.2106
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 62.1609
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 62.1322
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 62.0846
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 62.0289
166 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 61.792
167 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 61.7549
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 61.7183
169 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 61.4764
170 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 61.4305
171 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 61.3799
172 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 61.3341
173 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 61.3327
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 61.3231
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 61.3203
176 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 60.3003
177 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 60.2476
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 60.0056
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 59.904
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 59.62
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 59.5388
182 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 59.3557
183 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 59.3364
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 59.1405
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 57.8696
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 57.7772
187 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 57.7589
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 57.4664
189 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 57.0086
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 56.0847
191 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 55.7736
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 55.161
193 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 55.1558
194 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 55.027
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 54.9497
196 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 54.9336
197 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 54.5127
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 54.5072
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 54.3478
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 54.2759
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 53.8997
202 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 53.3252
203 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 53.0712
204 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 53.0165
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 52.7314
206 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 52.6319
207 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 52.2943
208 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 51.8434
209 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 51.4009
210 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 50.9756
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 50.5945
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 50.5042
213 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 50.2411
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 50.051
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 49.527
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 49.1322
217 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 48.0148
218 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 47.7677
219 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 46.7008
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 46.5894
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 46.3205
222 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 46.072
223 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 45.7852
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 45.3928
225 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 45.0611
226 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 44.0475
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 43.9927
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 43.9579
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 43.8441
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 43.8348
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 43.3835
232 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 43.0397
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 41.545
234 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 40.7898
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 35.9228
236 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 35.753
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 12.4073

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1988

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 75.0212
2 Europe 72.8128
3 Oceania 72.466
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 67.0052
5 Asia 63.2672
6 Africa 50.4287

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1988

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 76.0182
2 Western Europe 75.8353
3 Southern Europe 75.3289
4 Northern Europe 74.9651
5 Eastern Europe 69.5781
6 Polynesia 69.4203
7 Eastern Asia 68.8309
8 Central America 67.8341
9 South America 66.7442
10 Micronesia 66.3799
11 Caribbean 66.3015
12 Western Asia 65.0464
13 Central Asia 64.4263
14 South-Eastern Asia 63.6685
15 Southern Africa 63.0467
16 Melanesia 61.0428
17 Northern Africa 57.9522
18 Southern Asia 57.8116
19 Middle Africa 48.0585
20 Western Africa 47.745
21 Eastern Africa 47.0051

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1988

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 74.8671
2 No income group available 71.0375
3 Upper-middle-income countries 67.4055
4 Middle-income countries 62.4365
5 Lower-middle-income countries 58.4781
6 Low-income countries 46.3073