Life Expectancy by Country in 1996

In 1996, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 81.1335 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 81.009 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 80.3627 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with 32.124 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 76.38 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 74.21 years, and Europe with 72.74 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 78.08 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 77.34 years, and Southern Europe with 77.05 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 76.55 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 50.96 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1996

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 81.1335
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 81.009
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 80.3627
4 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 79.4544
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 79.3324
6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 79.0494
7 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 79.0447
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 78.6957
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 78.6456
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 78.5705
11 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 78.5087
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 78.4381
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 78.3436
14 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 78.3389
15 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 78.272
16 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 78.2326
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 78.0918
18 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 78.0629
19 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 78.0613
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 78.0364
21 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 77.764
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 77.6657
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 77.5831
24 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 77.5561
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 77.4285
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 77.4153
27 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 77.1847
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 77.0256
29 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 76.8797
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 76.8719
31 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 76.8695
32 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 76.8134
33 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 76.8069
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 76.7833
35 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 76.52
36 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 76.4276
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 76.3211
38 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 76.1749
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 76.1684
40 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 76.0504
41 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 76.0275
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 75.8855
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 75.8501
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 75.8263
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 75.6636
46 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.6076
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 75.6015
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 75.5548
49 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 75.4758
50 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 75.3273
51 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 74.9181
52 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 74.7968
53 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 74.6904
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 74.6376
55 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 74.5577
56 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 74.3408
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 74.1134
58 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 74.0647
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 74.0452
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 74.0207
61 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 73.9948
62 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 73.9726
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 73.8389
64 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 73.8344
65 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 73.8121
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 73.7403
67 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 73.6832
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 73.6342
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 73.6108
70 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 73.6103
71 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 73.4537
72 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.1877
73 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 73.1284
74 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 73.0794
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 73.0565
76 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 72.9752
77 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 72.9449
78 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 72.916
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 72.8561
80 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 72.7385
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 72.6144
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 72.4416
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 72.415
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 72.373
85 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 72.328
86 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 72.2531
87 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 72.199
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 72.1263
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 72.1191
90 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 72.0231
91 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.9196
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 71.8537
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 71.8203
94 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 71.8201
95 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 71.7497
96 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 71.6013
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 71.5763
98 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 71.4674
99 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 71.4638
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 71.3277
101 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 71.2961
102 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 71.2878
103 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 71.2472
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 71.1045
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 71.0876
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 71.0394
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 70.9627
108 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 70.8357
109 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 70.8225
110 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 70.7952
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 70.7358
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 70.637
113 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 70.5972
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 70.5243
115 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.4662
116 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 70.2454
117 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 70.2085
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 70.1931
119 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 70.1565
120 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 70.0314
121 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 69.9816
122 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 69.94
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 69.8405
124 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 69.7673
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 69.5951
126 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 69.3627
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 69.3586
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 69.1975
129 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 69.0504
130 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 68.8211
131 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 68.8031
132 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 68.7393
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 68.5859
134 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 68.5655
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 68.328
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 68.2186
137 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 68.1756
138 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 68.1084
139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 68.0386
140 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 67.8499
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 67.7337
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 67.4878
143 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 67.2627
144 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 67.0972
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 66.7391
146 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 66.691
147 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 66.3903
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 66.2481
149 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 66.2018
150 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 65.7334
151 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 65.5207
152 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 65.4804
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 65.4648
154 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 65.4488
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 65.2257
156 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 65.2148
157 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 64.7799
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 64.6178
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 64.5396
160 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 64.4358
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 64.3306
162 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 64.2534
163 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 63.5378
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 63.4703
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 63.4551
166 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 63.4551
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 63.4469
168 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 63.0786
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 62.7654
170 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 62.7086
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 62.6909
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 62.6603
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 61.2648
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 61.0786
175 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 61.0705
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 61.0269
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 60.9996
178 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 60.8838
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 60.8204
180 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 60.8059
181 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 60.72
182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 60.5756
183 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 60.4659
184 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 60.2866
185 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 60.0704
186 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 60.0437
187 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 59.9816
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 59.1689
189 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 58.9395
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 58.9149
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 58.1506
192 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 57.6379
193 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 57.1285
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 56.9568
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 56.832
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 56.8214
197 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 56.6387
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 56.3297
199 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 56.1112
200 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 55.648
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 55.5748
202 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 55.4979
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 55.4768
204 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 55.2403
205 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 55.1362
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 54.8493
207 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 54.2842
208 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 53.8172
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 53.2956
210 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 53.2003
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 52.8302
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 52.1227
213 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 51.5961
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 51.1321
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 50.5458
216 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 50.5244
217 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 49.6934
218 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.3762
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 48.9815
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 48.7718
221 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 48.6974
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 48.4997
223 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 48.2602
224 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 47.759
225 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 47.6995
226 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 47.5508
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 47.1208
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 46.4177
229 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 46.3133
230 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 45.8328
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 45.7565
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 44.9454
233 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 44.8069
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 44.0051
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 43.5283
236 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 42.4858
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 32.124

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1996

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 76.3775
2 Oceania 74.2112
3 Europe 72.7397
4 Americas 72.1831
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 69.4892
6 Asia 66.0972
7 Africa 52.3704

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1996

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 78.0804
2 Western Europe 77.3414
3 Southern Europe 77.0488
4 Northern Europe 76.3912
5 Polynesia 71.9987
6 Eastern Asia 71.7744
7 Central America 70.0257
8 South America 69.4274
9 Western Asia 68.7579
10 Caribbean 68.0492
11 Micronesia 67.5811
12 Eastern Europe 67.5403
13 South-Eastern Asia 66.2854
14 Northern Africa 64.8577
15 Central Asia 63.4104
16 Melanesia 62.5007
17 Southern Asia 60.9491
18 Southern Africa 60.3235
19 Middle Africa 49.5257
20 Eastern Africa 49.1099
21 Western Africa 48.4673

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1996