Life Expectancy by Country in 1998

In 1998, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 81.6054 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 81.2803 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 80.6487 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with 19.0479 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 76.85 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 74.56 years, and Europe with 73.56 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 78.88 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 77.98 years, and Southern Europe with 77.43 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 77.09 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 50.94 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1998

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 81.6054
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 81.2803
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 80.6487
4 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 80.0723
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 79.9176
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 79.4765
7 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 79.4752
8 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 79.4163
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 79.3963
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 79.1567
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 79.0202
12 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 78.9395
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 78.8068
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 78.7453
15 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 78.7251
16 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 78.6741
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 78.5881
18 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 78.5879
19 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 78.4081
20 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 78.34
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 78.3027
22 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 78.1667
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 78.064
24 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 78.0235
25 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 78.0044
26 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 77.8419
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 77.8386
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 77.8058
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 77.7987
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 77.7823
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 77.5759
32 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 77.4763
33 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 77.389
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 77.2745
35 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 77.2592
36 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 77.1641
37 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 76.8686
38 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 76.851
39 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 76.6592
40 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 76.621
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 76.5712
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 76.4357
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 76.4287
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 76.338
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 76.3241
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 76.1848
47 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 76.1161
48 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 75.8625
49 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.8261
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 75.612
51 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 75.4752
52 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 75.4123
53 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 75.3254
54 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 75.1392
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 75.035
56 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 74.8721
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 74.7533
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 74.6097
59 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 74.5687
60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 74.5557
61 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 74.5527
62 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 74.5222
63 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 74.4725
64 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 74.4652
65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 74.405
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 74.3572
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 74.2043
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 74.1873
69 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 74.1381
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 74.08
71 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 74.0293
72 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.9001
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 73.66
74 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 73.584
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 73.5727
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 73.4418
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 73.4121
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 73.2005
79 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 73.1929
80 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 73.1126
81 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 73.0839
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 72.9397
83 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 72.8817
84 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 72.8465
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 72.8449
86 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 72.7846
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 72.7622
88 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 72.6766
89 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 72.573
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 72.4918
91 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.446
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 72.3854
93 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 72.2993
94 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 72.2829
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 72.0672
96 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 71.9574
97 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 71.9493
98 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 71.8399
99 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 71.8105
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 71.8025
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 71.7924
102 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 71.6014
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 71.5421
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 71.521
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 71.3524
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.3303
107 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 71.2644
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 71.1697
109 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 71.144
110 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 71.092
111 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 70.9236
112 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 70.9186
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 70.8944
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 70.8733
115 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 70.7029
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 70.6798
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 70.6567
118 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 70.5642
119 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 70.3077
120 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.2629
121 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 70.2372
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 70.1342
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 70.0054
124 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 69.8918
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 69.8754
126 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 69.8404
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 69.7869
128 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 69.5075
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 69.3271
130 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 69.3244
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 69.303
132 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 69.2244
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 69.2136
134 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 68.9063
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 68.8508
136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 68.8482
137 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 68.724
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 68.5798
139 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 68.3722
140 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 68.3306
141 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 68.2715
142 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 68.1614
143 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 67.9929
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 67.8906
145 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 67.2122
146 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 66.916
147 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 66.8904
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 66.8403
149 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 66.7144
150 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 66.6548
151 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 66.6355
152 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 66.5763
153 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 66.5364
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 66.0078
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 65.9688
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 65.9416
157 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 65.1686
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 64.6589
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 64.5788
160 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 64.5091
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 64.4049
162 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 64.1109
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 64.1
164 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 63.9664
165 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 63.9507
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 63.7498
167 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 63.706
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 63.4292
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 63.349
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.2175
171 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.1619
172 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 62.4316
173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 62.4037
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 62.1208
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 61.8525
176 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 61.7878
177 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 61.7098
178 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 61.5322
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 61.506
180 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 61.3225
181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 61.2274
182 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 61.1338
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 60.887
184 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 60.7851
185 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 60.4348
186 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 60.4291
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 59.9124
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 59.896
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 59.8896
190 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 59.86
191 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 58.3082
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 58.3008
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 57.8595
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 57.5489
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 57.5245
196 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 57.1373
197 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 57.0764
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 56.8028
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 56.4263
200 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 56.1545
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 56.0074
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 55.5681
203 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 54.7672
204 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 53.9561
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 53.0433
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 52.9685
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 52.6464
208 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 52.5509
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 52.487
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 52.0287
211 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 51.8074
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 51.6099
213 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 51.22
214 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 50.7552
215 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 50.1629
216 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 50.0657
217 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 49.9968
218 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 49.7854
219 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.6637
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 49.5919
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 49.3671
222 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 48.5826
223 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 48.2634
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 48.2121
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 48.1231
226 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 47.8066
227 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 47.8024
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 47.5508
229 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 47.0892
230 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 46.6781
231 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 46.1479
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 45.7095
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 45.4515
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 44.2995
235 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 43.0985
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 42.7144
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 19.0479

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1998

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 76.8539
2 Oceania 74.5577
3 Europe 73.555
4 Americas 72.7124
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 70.0708
6 Asia 66.8211
7 Africa 52.3988

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1998

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 78.8779
2 Western Europe 77.9842
3 Southern Europe 77.4322
4 Northern Europe 76.8281
5 Polynesia 72.6519
6 Eastern Asia 72.5167
7 Central America 70.419
8 South America 70.0903
9 Western Asia 69.3008
10 Caribbean 68.6878
11 Eastern Europe 68.6017
12 Micronesia 68.112
13 South-Eastern Asia 66.8854
14 Northern Africa 65.6896
15 Central Asia 63.8347
16 Melanesia 62.0278
17 Southern Asia 61.7966
18 Southern Africa 58.9692
19 Middle Africa 49.3893
20 Western Africa 48.8917
21 Eastern Africa 48.8187

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1998