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Life Expectancy by Country in 1991

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In 1991, 🇲🇨Monaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 79.7494 years. Closely followed by 🇦🇩Andorra with a life expectancy of 79.3458 years of age, and 🇯🇵Japan with 79.262 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇴Somalia with 25.4184 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 73.50 years, and Europe with 73.09 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 76.22 years, and Southern Europe with 75.65 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 75.49 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 48.95 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇲🇨 Monaco 79.7494
2 🇦🇩 Andorra 79.3458
3 🇯🇵 Japan 79.262
4 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 78.6597
5 🇸🇲 San Marino 77.9435
6 🇮🇸 Iceland 77.7575
7 🇸🇪 Sweden 77.7285
8 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 77.6926
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 77.6485
10 🇨🇦 Canada 77.5939
11 🇮🇱 Israel 77.5834
12 🇦🇺 Australia 77.4806
13 🇬🇷 Greece 77.386
14 🇳🇱 Netherlands 77.1617
15 🇪🇸 Spain 77.1285
16 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 77.1177
17 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 77.0876
18 🇳🇴 Norway 77.0382
19 🇫🇷 France 77.0162
20 🇮🇹 Italy 76.9898
21 🇻🇦 Holy See 76.9221
22 🇬🇬 Guernsey 76.7928
23 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 76.6378
24 🇲🇹 Malta 76.4884
25 🇲🇶 Martinique 76.4347
26 🇯🇪 Jersey 76.3152
27 🇨🇾 Cyprus 76.2464
28 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 76.2375
29 🇧🇪 Belgium 76.1992
30 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 76.1721
31 🇳🇿 New Zealand 76.0789
32 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 75.9108
33 🇦🇹 Austria 75.7921
34 🇩🇪 Germany 75.5597
35 🇺🇸 United States of America 75.5243
36 🇫🇮 Finland 75.4069
37 🇩🇰 Denmark 75.2271
38 🇸🇬 Singapore 75.0582
39 🇮🇪 Ireland 75.0268
40 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 74.9643
41 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 74.9252
42 🇷🇪 Réunion 74.4728
43 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 74.295
44 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 74.287
45 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 74.2668
46 🇵🇹 Portugal 74.2406
47 🇧🇲 Bermuda 74.2043
48 🇨🇱 Chile 74.0824
49 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 73.9856
50 🇾🇹 Mayotte 73.9556
51 🇲🇪 Montenegro 73.9509
52 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 73.8766
53 🇨🇺 Cuba 73.7566
54 🇶🇦 Qatar 73.6537
55 🇧🇧 Barbados 73.5431
56 🇬🇺 Guam 73.5181
57 🇸🇮 Slovenia 73.4746
58 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 73.4716
59 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 73.3449
60 🇰🇼 Kuwait 73.31
61 🇺🇾 Uruguay 73.1982
62 🇦🇱 Albania 73.0011
63 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 72.9112
64 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 72.7502
65 🇧🇭 Bahrain 72.6682
66 🇦🇼 Aruba 72.5921
67 🇨🇼 Curaçao 72.5356
68 🇦🇮 Anguilla 72.4463
69 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.384
70 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 72.1827
71 🇦🇷 Argentina 72.0204
72 🇨🇿 Czechia 71.9699
73 🇷🇸 Serbia 71.9376
74 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 71.8583
75 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.8134
76 🇯🇲 Jamaica 71.7867
77 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 71.7519
78 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 71.6346
79 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 71.4024
80 🇵🇦 Panama 71.331
81 🇦🇸 American Samoa 71.312
82 🇲🇾 Malaysia 71.2192
83 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.1938
84 🇧🇸 Bahamas 71.1826
85 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.1719
86 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 71.1441
87 🇲🇸 Montserrat 71.1414
88 🇬🇫 French Guiana 71.0416
89 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.9212
90 🇱🇧 Lebanon 70.8648
91 🇬🇩 Grenada 70.8233
92 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 70.8089
93 🇧🇾 Belarus 70.7224
94 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 70.7174
95 🇵🇱 Poland 70.653
96 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.6402
97 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 70.5849
98 🇭🇷 Croatia 70.5745
99 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 70.5396
100 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.5095
101 🇩🇲 Dominica 70.3977
102 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 70.3623
103 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 70.3089
104 🇸🇨 Seychelles 70.2629
105 🇯🇴 Jordan 70.2398
106 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 70.0752
107 🇲🇺 Mauritius 70.0506
108 🇷🇴 Romania 70.0455
109 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 69.8205
110 🇹🇰 Tokelau 69.7972
111 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.7947
112 🇺🇦 Ukraine 69.6881
113 🇧🇿 Belize 69.645
114 🇱🇾 Libya 69.6353
115 🇴🇲 Oman 69.5837
116 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.4409
117 🇹🇳 Tunisia 69.3985
118 🇲🇽 Mexico 69.3683
119 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 69.3409
120 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 69.3035
121 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.1819
122 🇹🇭 Thailand 69.1322
123 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 69.131
124 🇪🇨 Ecuador 69.0402
125 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.997
126 🇨🇴 Colombia 68.7719
127 🇨🇳 China 68.6099
128 🇹🇷 Türkiye 68.2867
129 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 68.2219
130 🇬🇪 Georgia 68.2022
131 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 68.1543
132 🇼🇸 Samoa 68.0386
133 🇦🇲 Armenia 67.8008
134 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 67.7817
135 🇹🇴 Tonga 67.7487
136 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 67.7135
137 🇩🇿 Algeria 67.6919
138 🇵🇾 Paraguay 67.6758
139 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 67.5537
140 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 67.114
141 🇳🇺 Niue 66.8168
142 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 66.4562
143 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 66.3573
144 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 66.2325
145 🇧🇷 Brazil 66.203
146 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 65.9578
147 🇭🇳 Honduras 65.5842
148 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 65.5288
149 🇫🇯 Fiji 65.4568
150 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 65.3788
151 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 64.9404
152 🇵🇭 Philippines 64.6224
153 🇵🇪 Peru 64.248
154 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 64.066
155 🇲🇻 Maldives 63.9106
156 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 63.8813
157 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 63.8424
158 🇮🇩 Indonesia 63.7031
159 🇬🇱 Greenland 63.5142
160 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 63.3096
161 🇪🇬 Egypt 63.0594
162 🇿🇦 South Africa 62.9827
163 🇲🇦 Morocco 62.9186
164 🇵🇼 Palau 62.8486
165 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 62.5436
166 🇸🇻 El Salvador 62.5423
167 🇬🇾 Guyana 62.4632
168 🇸🇷 Suriname 62.1512
169 🇬🇹 Guatemala 61.9256
170 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 61.8086
171 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 61.792
172 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 61.6795
173 🇰🇮 Kiribati 61.5021
174 🇮🇶 Iraq 61.3381
175 🇬🇦 Gabon 60.8908
176 🇳🇦 Namibia 60.8326
177 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 60.7921
178 🇸🇿 Eswatini 60.3924
179 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 59.94
180 🇵🇰 Pakistan 59.8638
181 🇲🇳 Mongolia 59.8178
182 🇳🇷 Nauru 59.3124
183 🇱🇸 Lesotho 59.0607
184 🇮🇳 India 59.0324
185 🇧🇼 Botswana 58.9109
186 🇾🇪 Yemen 58.8053
187 🇲🇷 Mauritania 58.2907
188 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 58.1912
189 🇰🇪 Kenya 57.8258
190 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57.4388
191 🇲🇲 Myanmar 57.3955
192 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 57.0371
193 🇸🇳 Senegal 57.0369
194 🇨🇬 Congo 56.7645
195 🇧🇹 Bhutan 56.4509
196 🇰🇲 Comoros 56.1042
197 🇬🇭 Ghana 55.722
198 🇳🇵 Nepal 55.6499
199 🇰🇭 Cambodia 55.582
200 🇸🇩 Sudan 55.553
201 🇩🇯 Djibouti 55.1935
202 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 54.7
203 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.6171
204 🇹🇬 Togo 54.2551
205 🇨🇲 Cameroon 54.1677
206 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 53.7809
207 🇭🇹 Haiti 53.5241
208 🇧🇯 Benin 53.441
209 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 52.6211
210 🇲🇬 Madagascar 52.555
211 🇬🇲 Gambia 51.8574
212 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 51.8373
213 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 51.4971
214 🇪🇷 Eritrea 50.5159
215 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 49.5748
216 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 49.3296
217 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.9442
218 🇬🇳 Guinea 47.7813
219 🇺🇬 Uganda 47.549
220 🇿🇲 Zambia 47.4431
221 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 47.2012
222 🇲🇱 Mali 46.8892
223 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 46.6565
224 🇹🇩 Chad 46.5959
225 🇷🇼 Rwanda 46.2429
226 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 45.5207
227 🇳🇬 Nigeria 45.4832
228 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 45.0763
229 🇲🇿 Mozambique 44.7046
230 🇧🇮 Burundi 44.66
231 🇦🇴 Angola 43.8116
232 🇱🇷 Liberia 43.5745
233 🇲🇼 Malawi 43.5397
234 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 43.287
235 🇳🇪 Niger 42.2892
236 🇸🇸 South Sudan 29.1851
237 🇸🇴 Somalia 25.4184

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 75.7218
2 Oceania 73.5037
3 Europe 73.0863
4 Americas 70.8608
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 67.7004
6 Asia 64.2319
7 Africa 51.4937

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 77.2422
2 Western Europe 76.2237
3 Southern Europe 75.6457
4 Northern Europe 75.4752
5 Polynesia 70.2812
6 Eastern Asia 69.8253
7 Eastern Europe 69.6117
8 Central America 68.1911
9 South America 67.5753
10 Western Asia 66.9094
11 Caribbean 66.8608
12 Micronesia 66.4748
13 South-Eastern Asia 64.6764
14 Central Asia 64.6675
15 Northern Africa 62.8437
16 Southern Africa 62.5985
17 Melanesia 61.5813
18 Southern Asia 58.7579
19 Middle Africa 49.0209
20 Western Africa 47.7507
21 Eastern Africa 47.5163

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1991

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 75.4853
2 No income group available 71.0289
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 70.2638
4 Upper-middle-income countries 67.782
5 Middle-income countries 63.0298
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 61.756
7 Lower-middle-income countries 58.6645
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 57.1081
9 Low-income countries 48.9484