Life Expectancy by Country in 1989

In 1989, 🇯🇵Japan was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 78.9708 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇲San Marino with a life expectancy of 78.553 years of age, and 🇮🇸Iceland with 77.9139 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 29.6798 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 75.30 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 72.94 years, and Oceania with 72.49 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 75.98 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 75.97 years, and Southern Europe with 75.61 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 75.09 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 48.62 years of age.