Life Expectancy by Country in 1991

In 1991, ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 79.2519 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒSan Marino with a life expectancy of 78.8539 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with 77.9805 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ดSomalia with 26.5647 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 75.72 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 73.57 years, and Europe with 72.87 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 77.24 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 76.23 years, and Southern Europe with 75.71 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 75.47 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 48.44 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 79.2519
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 78.8539
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 77.9805
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 77.9038
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 77.8361
6 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 77.7281
7 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 77.6981
8 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 77.648
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 77.5917
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 77.4831
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 77.3694
12 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 77.1564
13 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 77.1299
14 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 77.0382
15 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 77.0143
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 77.0002
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 76.9943
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 76.9891
19 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 76.8911
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 76.8223
21 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 76.5905
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 76.5068
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 76.3237
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 76.3011
25 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 76.1962
26 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 76.0788
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 75.9167
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 75.9098
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 75.8332
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 75.7931
31 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 75.6855
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 75.5759
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 75.5333
34 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 75.5227
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 75.4583
36 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 75.4071
37 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 75.3289
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 75.2256
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 75.1814
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 75.031
41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 74.8859
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 74.4604
43 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 74.3462
44 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 74.2401
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 74.2164
46 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 74.149
47 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 74.093
48 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 74.0779
49 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 73.966
50 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 73.9131
51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 73.7158
52 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 73.5741
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 73.4354
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 73.3776
55 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 73.3051
56 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 73.2782
57 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 73.2428
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 73.0998
59 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 73.0146
60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 72.9685
61 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 72.9368
62 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 72.8722
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 72.843
64 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 72.7642
65 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 72.6334
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 72.5549
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 72.4973
68 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 72.4828
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 72.4207
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 72.319
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 72.2414
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 72.1862
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 72.1506
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 72.1473
75 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 72.0887
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 72.0675
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 71.9951
78 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 71.9702
79 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.9542
80 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 71.8711
81 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.8318
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 71.8149
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 71.7512
84 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 71.6271
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 71.4417
86 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 71.426
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 71.2459
88 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 71.2267
89 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 71.2068
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 71.1761
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 71.0529
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 70.9738
93 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 70.9224
94 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 70.7168
95 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 70.7056
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 70.6019
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 70.5662
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 70.5563
99 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 70.5211
100 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 70.4879
101 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 70.3777
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 70.3125
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 70.2977
104 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 70.2817
105 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 70.2484
106 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 70.189
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 70.0994
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 70.0929
109 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 70.0357
110 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 69.8842
111 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 69.849
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 69.8204
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 69.7159
114 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 69.712
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 69.6458
116 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 69.6253
117 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 69.6157
118 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 69.4541
119 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 69.4407
120 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 69.3998
121 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 69.3658
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 69.1698
123 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 69.073
124 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 68.9347
125 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 68.8885
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 68.8595
127 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 68.8127
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 68.6431
129 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 68.4246
130 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 68.3056
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 68.2447
132 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 68.1729
133 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 68.1689
134 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 68.1688
135 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 67.8814
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 67.6875
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 67.6254
138 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 67.619
139 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 67.5741
140 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 67.5176
141 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 67.3233
142 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 67.2031
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 66.9771
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 66.4589
145 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 66.3096
146 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 66.304
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 66.1495
148 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 65.7522
149 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 65.6434
150 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 65.5793
151 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 65.4342
152 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 65.1762
153 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 65.1307
154 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 64.7553
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 64.4876
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 64.4532
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 64.387
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 64.3044
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 64.2799
160 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 64.0346
161 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 63.9307
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 63.8556
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 63.5371
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 63.2649
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 62.9464
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 62.7252
167 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 62.6853
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 62.6219
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 62.519
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 62.2817
171 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 62.0982
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 62.0524
173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 61.9086
174 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 61.8904
175 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 61.4289
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 61.4222
177 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 61.3789
178 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 61.3031
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 60.3968
180 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 60.2594
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 59.9361
182 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 59.9078
183 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 59.4734
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 59.2369
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 59.1931
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 59.0547
187 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 59.049
188 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 58.2587
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 58.0911
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 58.0052
191 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 57.1389
192 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57.0973
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 57.0135
194 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 56.642
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 56.1941
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 56.0118
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 55.7927
198 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 55.7116
199 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 55.2431
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 55.1564
201 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 54.6577
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 54.4604
203 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 54.2682
204 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.2191
205 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 54.1544
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 53.6238
207 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 53.3907
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 52.3566
209 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 52.323
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 52.1265
211 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 51.3058
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 50.9695
213 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 50.6074
214 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 50.2129
215 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 49.4502
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 49.2516
217 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.9478
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 47.5456
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 47.4654
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 47.2164
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 47.0971
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 46.6631
223 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 46.519
224 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 46.3156
225 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 46.1304
226 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 45.9412
227 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 45.6908
228 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 44.9849
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 44.6596
230 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 44.2265
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 43.8127
232 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 43.5063
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 43.3124
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 42.795
235 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 42.2176
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 30.1479
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 26.5647

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 75.723
2 Oceania 73.5738
3 Europe 72.869
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 68.0346
5 Asia 64.2294
6 Africa 51.485

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 77.2433
2 Western Europe 76.2337
3 Southern Europe 75.7149
4 Northern Europe 75.4685
5 Polynesia 70.083
6 Eastern Asia 69.4865
7 Eastern Europe 69.1327
8 Central America 69.0306
9 South America 67.7595
10 Micronesia 67.2629
11 Western Asia 67.0995
12 Caribbean 66.9079
13 South-Eastern Asia 64.9547
14 Central Asia 64.1142
15 Southern Africa 62.938
16 Northern Africa 62.7793
17 Melanesia 61.574
18 Southern Asia 58.9389
19 Middle Africa 48.9749
20 Western Africa 47.9031
21 Eastern Africa 47.3658

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 75.4748
2 No income group available 71.677
3 Upper-middle-income countries 68.0001
4 Middle-income countries 63.1318
5 Lower-middle-income countries 59.345
6 Low-income countries 48.4441