Life Expectancy by Country in 2001

In 2001, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 82.0539 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 81.6857 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 81.509 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผZimbabwe with 41.9572 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 77.17 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 75.56 years, and Europe with 73.78 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 79.79 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 78.71 years, and Southern Europe with 78.49 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 77.90 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 53.07 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2001

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 82.0539
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 81.6857
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 81.509
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 81.1794
5 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 81.1114
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 81.0873
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 80.7039
8 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 80.4193
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 80.2507
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 80.0165
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 79.9335
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 79.8859
13 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 79.8715
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 79.8359
15 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 79.8107
16 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 79.7444
17 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 79.6847
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 79.4788
19 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 79.4507
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 79.3448
21 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 79.2235
22 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 79.1863
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 79.015
24 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 78.8959
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 78.8359
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 78.829
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 78.7192
28 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 78.6736
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 78.4095
30 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 78.3304
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 78.1614
32 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 78.1422
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 78.1239
34 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 78.0807
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 77.8142
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 77.748
37 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 77.5453
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 77.2697
39 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 77.1508
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 77.1087
41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 77.0313
42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 76.9889
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 76.9721
44 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 76.9285
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 76.8915
46 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 76.8707
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 76.8471
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 76.7726
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 76.5433
50 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 76.5258
51 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 76.4557
52 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 76.4208
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 76.2945
54 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 76.1079
55 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 76.0256
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 75.9082
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 75.6388
58 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 75.5681
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 75.5241
60 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.5099
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 75.5095
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 75.4105
63 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 75.315
64 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 75.2851
65 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 75.2634
66 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 75.2159
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 75.0781
68 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.06
69 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 74.9592
70 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 74.7995
71 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 74.6436
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 74.6356
73 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.522
74 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 74.4144
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 74.3937
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 74.3648
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 74.3227
78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.2764
79 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 74.2467
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 74.2326
81 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 74.2193
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 74.1864
83 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 74.1308
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 73.8668
85 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 73.8457
86 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 73.8156
87 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 73.8075
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 73.6468
89 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 73.5726
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 73.5482
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 73.3439
92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 73.2858
93 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 73.2395
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 73.233
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 73.1181
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 73.0451
97 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 72.9744
98 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 72.8723
99 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 72.6472
100 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 72.6127
101 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 72.6061
102 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 72.6061
103 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 72.3942
104 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 72.3072
105 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 72.2305
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 72.1809
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 72.1467
108 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 72.1266
109 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 72.1101
110 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 71.9378
111 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 71.9145
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 71.8868
113 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.7902
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 71.7132
115 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 71.6439
116 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 71.502
117 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 71.4185
118 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 71.2944
119 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 71.2015
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 71.1345
121 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 71.0409
122 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 71.0186
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 70.932
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 70.9182
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 70.8611
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 70.8233
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 70.7866
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 70.758
129 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 70.4791
130 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 70.2044
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 70.1995
132 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 70.1949
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 70.0696
134 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 69.9853
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 69.9546
136 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 69.9287
137 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 69.8997
138 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 69.8871
139 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 69.6462
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 69.6416
141 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 69.6136
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 69.6063
143 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 69.5982
144 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 69.127
145 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 69.0375
146 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 69.0061
147 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 68.864
148 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 68.3572
149 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 68.3083
150 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 68.1814
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 68.1631
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 67.9464
153 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 67.4483
154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 67.3635
155 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 67.2145
156 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 67.1798
157 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 67.0339
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 66.7866
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 66.7577
160 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 66.5528
161 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 66.3399
162 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 66.1353
163 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 66.087
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 65.7632
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 65.5101
166 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 65.4821
167 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 65.4166
168 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 65.1555
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 64.7882
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 64.655
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 64.3676
172 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 64.0569
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.6425
174 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.5427
175 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 63.4443
176 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 63.3362
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 63.2786
178 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 63.2222
179 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 63.1646
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 63.0913
181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62.8426
182 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 62.4214
183 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 62.0316
184 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 61.7728
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 61.2697
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 61.1852
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 60.7449
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 60.4159
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 59.9664
190 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 59.3619
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 59.1631
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 59.0698
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 58.5702
194 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 58.5615
195 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 58.4886
196 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 58.2983
197 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 58.2777
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 58.1072
199 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 57.5639
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 57.2614
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 57.0432
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 56.9027
203 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 56.6604
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 55.7981
205 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 54.8597
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 54.5079
207 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 54.3945
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 53.6364
209 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 53.161
210 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 53.1423
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 52.7518
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 52.6624
213 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 52.1162
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 51.2838
215 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 51.2604
216 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 51.0706
217 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 51.0426
218 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 50.8098
219 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 50.7403
220 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 50.6757
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 50.445
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 50.0653
223 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 49.8407
224 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 49.0206
225 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 49.0061
226 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 48.4314
227 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 47.8496
228 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 47.6187
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 46.8807
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 46.8493
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 46.5905
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 46.0188
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 45.9751
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 45.895
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 45.6607
236 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 45.3926
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 41.9572

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2001

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 77.1684
2 Oceania 75.5628
3 Europe 73.7801
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 71.408
5 Asia 68.1255
6 Africa 53.6201

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2001

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 79.7891
2 Western Europe 78.7075
3 Southern Europe 78.4931
4 Northern Europe 77.6165
5 Eastern Asia 73.578
6 Polynesia 73.5729
7 Central America 72.8062
8 South America 71.1278
9 Western Asia 70.6111
10 Micronesia 70.3724
11 Caribbean 69.5603
12 Eastern Europe 68.2132
13 South-Eastern Asia 68.0262
14 Northern Africa 67.07
15 Central Asia 64.9822
16 Southern Asia 63.4339
17 Melanesia 63.1311
18 Southern Africa 56.0915
19 Eastern Africa 50.8539
20 Middle Africa 50.7847
21 Western Africa 50.187

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2001

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 77.9016
2 No income group available 71.1174
3 Upper-middle-income countries 70.974
4 Middle-income countries 65.9617
5 Lower-middle-income countries 62.5146
6 Low-income countries 53.0727