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Life Expectancy by Country in 1999

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In 1999, 🇬🇮Gibraltar was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 81.5329 years. Closely followed by 🇦🇩Andorra with a life expectancy of 81.3173 years of age, and 🇲🇨Monaco with 81.085 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇱Sierra Leone with 42.0712 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 76.88 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 75.08 years, and Europe with 73.36 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 79.05 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 78.17 years, and Southern Europe with 77.61 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 77.26 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 51.55 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1999

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 81.5329
2 🇦🇩 Andorra 81.3173
3 🇲🇨 Monaco 81.085
4 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 80.6516
5 🇯🇵 Japan 80.6079
6 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 80.3446
7 🇸🇲 San Marino 80.2569
8 🇬🇬 Guernsey 79.7399
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 79.7231
10 🇸🇪 Sweden 79.5079
11 🇦🇺 Australia 79.2855
12 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 79.2801
13 🇮🇸 Iceland 79.2297
14 🇮🇹 Italy 79.2044
15 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 79.1801
16 🇧🇲 Bermuda 79.0531
17 🇪🇸 Spain 78.9478
18 🇨🇦 Canada 78.8851
19 🇫🇷 France 78.7505
20 🇮🇱 Israel 78.6971
21 🇻🇦 Holy See 78.6274
22 🇸🇬 Singapore 78.4701
23 🇳🇴 Norway 78.3868
24 🇯🇪 Jersey 78.3816
25 🇬🇷 Greece 78.3498
26 🇳🇱 Netherlands 77.9601
27 🇦🇹 Austria 77.956
28 🇳🇿 New Zealand 77.9177
29 🇲🇹 Malta 77.8655
30 🇩🇪 Germany 77.8056
31 🇧🇪 Belgium 77.6457
32 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 77.621
33 🇫🇮 Finland 77.4508
34 🇲🇶 Martinique 77.4417
35 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 77.3757
36 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 77.1375
37 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 77.0454
38 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 76.9063
39 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 76.6732
40 🇺🇸 United States of America 76.6718
41 🇩🇰 Denmark 76.5763
42 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 76.5018
43 🇰🇼 Kuwait 76.4159
44 🇲🇸 Montserrat 76.3415
45 🇵🇹 Portugal 76.3221
46 🇨🇾 Cyprus 76.2948
47 🇮🇪 Ireland 76.094
48 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 76.0507
49 🇨🇱 Chile 76.0176
50 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 76.0027
51 🇨🇺 Cuba 75.8926
52 🇸🇮 Slovenia 75.7203
53 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 75.6902
54 🇦🇮 Anguilla 75.6482
55 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 75.536
56 🇷🇪 Réunion 75.4668
57 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.3635
58 🇦🇱 Albania 75.1828
59 🇾🇹 Mayotte 75.1457
60 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.0764
61 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75.0337
62 🇧🇭 Bahrain 74.9801
63 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 74.8083
64 🇶🇦 Qatar 74.8
65 🇺🇾 Uruguay 74.7695
66 🇨🇿 Czechia 74.7421
67 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 74.4119
68 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 74.3467
69 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 74.2635
70 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 74.2336
71 🇭🇷 Croatia 74.1188
72 🇬🇺 Guam 74.0662
73 🇧🇧 Barbados 74.0387
74 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 74.0105
75 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 73.8628
76 🇦🇷 Argentina 73.7219
77 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 73.6697
78 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 73.6656
79 🇵🇦 Panama 73.6216
80 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 73.5881
81 🇦🇼 Aruba 73.5605
82 🇹🇳 Tunisia 73.5081
83 🇱🇧 Lebanon 73.4905
84 🇬🇫 French Guiana 73.4459
85 🇲🇽 Mexico 73.2249
86 🇴🇲 Oman 73.184
87 🇨🇼 Curaçao 73.1006
88 🇵🇱 Poland 72.9946
89 🇸🇰 Slovakia 72.9641
90 🇬🇩 Grenada 72.9026
91 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 72.7739
92 🇲🇪 Montenegro 72.7553
93 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 72.7501
94 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 72.6183
95 🇹🇭 Thailand 72.5419
96 🇪🇨 Ecuador 72.4634
97 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 72.3169
98 🇲🇾 Malaysia 72.2828
99 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.2539
100 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 72.1727
101 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 72.1359
102 🇧🇸 Bahamas 71.7709
103 🇯🇴 Jordan 71.694
104 🇹🇰 Tokelau 71.6271
105 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.5962
106 🇱🇹 Lithuania 71.5625
107 🇨🇳 China 71.4188
108 🇲🇺 Mauritius 71.3651
109 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.3002
110 🇪🇪 Estonia 71.1147
111 🇦🇸 American Samoa 71.0654
112 🇱🇾 Libya 71.0585
113 🇭🇺 Hungary 71.04
114 🇯🇲 Jamaica 70.9677
115 🇨🇴 Colombia 70.9257
116 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 70.8548
117 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 70.7094
118 🇹🇷 Türkiye 70.6947
119 🇩🇲 Dominica 70.6314
120 🇷🇴 Romania 70.6008
121 🇼🇸 Samoa 70.4564
122 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 70.425
123 🇦🇲 Armenia 70.2565
124 🇲🇻 Maldives 70.0878
125 🇩🇿 Algeria 70.0316
126 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.9127
127 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 69.8623
128 🇷🇸 Serbia 69.7577
129 🇵🇪 Peru 69.7427
130 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 69.7064
131 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 69.7037
132 🇵🇾 Paraguay 69.6342
133 🇸🇨 Seychelles 69.5445
134 🇧🇷 Brazil 69.5237
135 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 69.4184
136 🇸🇻 El Salvador 69.3793
137 🇬🇪 Georgia 69.3194
138 🇵🇭 Philippines 69.2977
139 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 69.2974
140 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 69.2794
141 🇹🇴 Tonga 68.8086
142 🇧🇿 Belize 68.7734
143 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 68.7088
144 🇭🇳 Honduras 68.4216
145 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 68.3771
146 🇧🇾 Belarus 68.375
147 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 68.2374
148 🇺🇦 Ukraine 68.1197
149 🇪🇬 Egypt 67.737
150 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 67.5686
151 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 67.1202
152 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 67.0685
153 🇬🇹 Guatemala 66.8686
154 🇬🇱 Greenland 66.7782
155 🇫🇯 Fiji 66.7627
156 🇲🇦 Morocco 66.4062
157 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 66.2284
158 🇮🇩 Indonesia 66.2206
159 🇮🇶 Iraq 66.1816
160 🇳🇺 Niue 66.1777
161 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 65.6306
162 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 65.5818
163 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 65.5609
164 🇸🇷 Suriname 65.4434
165 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 65.3835
166 🇵🇼 Palau 65.169
167 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 64.5177
168 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 64.1892
169 🇬🇾 Guyana 64.1698
170 🇰🇮 Kiribati 64.136
171 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 63.9854
172 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 63.48
173 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 63.427
174 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 62.6206
175 🇲🇳 Mongolia 62.5293
176 🇧🇹 Bhutan 62.2301
177 🇮🇳 India 62.2069
178 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 62.1546
179 🇳🇵 Nepal 62.1132
180 🇾🇪 Yemen 61.9752
181 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 61.8711
182 🇵🇰 Pakistan 61.679
183 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 61.6723
184 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 61.3934
185 🇬🇦 Gabon 60.8487
186 🇲🇷 Mauritania 60.8187
187 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 60.7984
188 🇲🇲 Myanmar 59.8806
189 🇿🇦 South Africa 59.2408
190 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.8032
191 🇰🇲 Comoros 58.7809
192 🇬🇭 Ghana 58.0302
193 🇭🇹 Haiti 57.9606
194 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 57.8728
195 🇰🇭 Cambodia 57.69
196 🇲🇬 Madagascar 57.3717
197 🇸🇩 Sudan 57.0148
198 🇬🇲 Gambia 56.8155
199 🇸🇳 Senegal 56.609
200 🇧🇯 Benin 56.5256
201 🇩🇯 Djibouti 56.4268
202 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 54.8464
203 🇹🇬 Togo 54.5381
204 🇰🇪 Kenya 54.4948
205 🇳🇦 Namibia 53.036
206 🇨🇬 Congo 52.7573
207 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 52.7524
208 🇨🇲 Cameroon 52.6946
209 🇬🇳 Guinea 52.3565
210 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 51.7476
211 🇧🇼 Botswana 51.6943
212 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 50.9574
213 🇸🇴 Somalia 50.5245
214 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 50.3255
215 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.0806
216 🇱🇷 Liberia 49.9526
217 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.9448
218 🇲🇱 Mali 49.7966
219 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 49.4248
220 🇲🇿 Mozambique 48.812
221 🇳🇪 Niger 48.7377
222 🇸🇿 Eswatini 48.7331
223 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 48.0061
224 🇺🇬 Uganda 47.7857
225 🇧🇮 Burundi 47.5278
226 🇹🇩 Chad 47.3724
227 🇳🇬 Nigeria 46.6139
228 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 45.7504
229 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 45.7011
230 🇦🇴 Angola 45.3858
231 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 45.2056
232 🇿🇲 Zambia 44.6589
233 🇷🇼 Rwanda 44.6162
234 🇲🇼 Malawi 43.568
235 🇪🇷 Eritrea 43.3974
236 🇸🇸 South Sudan 43.2228
237 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 42.0712

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1999

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 76.8832
2 Oceania 75.076
3 Europe 73.3644
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 70.8212
5 Asia 67.2127
6 Africa 52.7745

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1999

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 79.054
2 Western Europe 78.1726
3 Southern Europe 77.6057
4 Northern Europe 76.9727
5 Polynesia 73.0378
6 Eastern Asia 72.4144
7 Central America 72.1646
8 South America 70.5409
9 Western Asia 69.5188
10 Micronesia 69.4303
11 Caribbean 69.0813
12 Eastern Europe 68.0501
13 South-Eastern Asia 67.476
14 Northern Africa 66.3
15 Central Asia 64.3218
16 Melanesia 63.0716
17 Southern Asia 62.6599
18 Southern Africa 58.1295
19 Eastern Africa 49.6072
20 Middle Africa 49.3702
21 Western Africa 49.2752

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1999

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 77.2578
2 No income group available 72.1452
3 Upper-middle-income countries 70.1696
4 Middle-income countries 65.2623
5 Lower-middle-income countries 61.8708
6 Low-income countries 51.553