Life Expectancy by Country in 2005

In 2005, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จMonaco was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 84.8081 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ดChina, Macao SAR with a life expectancy of 82.0329 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 82.012 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟEswatini with 42.1254 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 77.80 years. Closely followed by Oceania with an average life expectancy of 76.35 years, and Europe with 74.51 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 80.93 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 79.68 years, and Southern Europe with 79.37 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 78.69 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 55.77 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2005

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 84.8081
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 82.0329
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 82.012
4 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 81.7707
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 81.7599
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 81.4416
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 81.2416
8 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 81.2338
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 81.2182
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 81.1126
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 81.023
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 80.9738
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 80.8225
14 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 80.621
15 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 80.6092
16 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 80.3541
17 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 80.3394
18 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 80.3283
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 80.2171
20 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 80.1699
21 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 80.1364
22 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 80.0572
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 80.0416
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 79.9287
25 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 79.7355
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 79.6465
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 79.5899
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 79.521
29 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 79.4797
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 79.4015
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 79.2618
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 79.1116
33 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 79.0526
34 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 78.9713
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 78.9162
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 78.6727
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 78.5192
38 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 78.5053
39 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 78.3053
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 78.2243
41 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 78.1008
42 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 78.0159
43 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 77.9275
44 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 77.7151
45 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 77.7146
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 77.6228
47 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 77.5573
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 77.5553
49 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 77.3295
50 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 77.2366
51 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 77.2033
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 77.1818
53 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 77.1532
54 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 77.1476
55 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 77.0469
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 76.9796
57 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 76.9306
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 76.9027
59 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 76.7323
60 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 76.7303
61 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 76.6825
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 76.6208
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 76.5311
64 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 76.4169
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 76.2726
66 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 76.1935
67 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 76.1585
68 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 76.0637
69 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 75.8285
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 75.8254
71 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 75.6966
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 75.6156
73 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 75.5424
74 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 75.42
75 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 75.4083
76 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 75.3998
77 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 75.3473
78 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 75.1933
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 75.1388
80 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 75.0936
81 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 74.8901
82 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 74.7642
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 74.7506
84 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 74.7309
85 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 74.7226
86 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 74.5883
87 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 74.5144
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 74.4852
89 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 74.3962
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 74.3765
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 74.262
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 74.2532
93 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 74.1572
94 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 74.1111
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 74.0959
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 73.9007
97 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 73.8202
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 73.811
99 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 73.7568
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 73.7446
101 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 73.5341
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 73.5214
103 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 73.5161
104 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 73.2924
105 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 73.2714
106 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 73.1971
107 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 73.0814
108 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 72.9858
109 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 72.9796
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 72.9321
111 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 72.8648
112 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 72.7825
113 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 72.7685
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 72.7654
115 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 72.7092
116 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 72.6804
117 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 72.6748
118 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 72.5924
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 72.2841
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 72.2543
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 72.2445
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 72.1182
123 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 72.0673
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 72.0612
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 71.8384
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 71.7922
127 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 71.7545
128 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 71.7533
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 71.7418
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 71.5917
131 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 71.5704
132 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 71.5618
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 71.3616
134 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 71.3077
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 71.13
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 71.0438
137 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 70.8844
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 70.8752
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 70.7781
140 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 70.6095
141 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 70.5269
142 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 70.4403
143 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 70.2402
144 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 70.1041
145 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 69.7682
146 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 69.4163
147 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 69.3898
148 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 69.3757
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 69.2853
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 69.1675
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 69.1251
152 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 68.7786
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 68.7039
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 68.1689
155 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 68.1506
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 67.9363
157 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 67.9359
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 67.6492
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 67.5619
160 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 67.4901
161 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 67.2992
162 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 67.2511
163 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 67.0025
164 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 66.9917
165 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 66.6325
166 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 66.5143
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 66.3854
168 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 66.0746
169 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 66.0683
170 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 65.805
171 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 65.543
172 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 65.4566
173 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 65.1753
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 65.132
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 65.117
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 64.9955
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 64.9666
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 64.8787
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 64.8438
180 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 64.3856
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 64.2933
182 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 63.8359
183 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 63.7089
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 63.5852
185 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 62.4657
186 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 62.3283
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 61.9594
188 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 61.8008
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 61.656
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 61.5985
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 60.9802
192 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 60.9152
193 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 60.5968
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 60.5697
195 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 60.4153
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 59.7601
197 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 59.6041
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 58.3935
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 58.3608
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 58.316
201 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 58.1613
202 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 58.1255
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 57.344
204 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 57.316
205 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 57.2786
206 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 57.1252
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 56.9117
208 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 56.2991
209 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 55.9618
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 55.4644
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 54.6316
212 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 54.3619
213 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 54.0085
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 54.0029
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 53.9797
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 53.9267
217 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 53.59
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 53.0916
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 53.0231
220 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 52.9756
221 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 52.6104
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 52.2492
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 52.0445
224 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 51.824
225 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 51.7866
226 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 51.5699
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 51.561
228 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 51.5455
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 50.6606
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 50.6591
231 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 49.297
232 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 48.3122
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 48.2373
234 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 46.4331
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 44.7677
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 43.2325
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 42.1254

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2005

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 77.8049
2 Oceania 76.3515
3 Europe 74.5083
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 72.6734
5 Asia 69.615
6 Africa 55.4669

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2005

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 80.9349
2 Western Europe 79.6832
3 Southern Europe 79.3669
4 Northern Europe 78.6054
5 Eastern Asia 75.147
6 Polynesia 74.3516
7 Central America 73.4698
8 South America 72.6126
9 Western Asia 71.5225
10 Micronesia 71.1574
11 Caribbean 70.6176
12 South-Eastern Asia 69.0602
13 Eastern Europe 68.6813
14 Northern Africa 67.5412
15 Central Asia 66.2789
16 Southern Asia 65.0736
17 Melanesia 63.2107
18 Eastern Africa 54.1943
19 Southern Africa 53.1467
20 Middle Africa 52.9606
21 Western Africa 52.0479

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 2005

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 78.6936
2 No income group available 72.6918
3 Upper-middle-income countries 72.1125
4 Middle-income countries 67.2982
5 Lower-middle-income countries 64.0004
6 Low-income countries 55.7727