Life expectancy by country, 1981

Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1981

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1971
1	Andorra	77.4 yrs	74.6 yrs
2	San Marino	76.6 yrs	74.4 yrs
3	Japan	76.6 yrs	72.8 yrs
4	Iceland	76.2 yrs	73.5 yrs
5	Netherlands	76.0 yrs	73.9 yrs
6	Sweden	76.0 yrs	74.6 yrs
7	Norway	75.9 yrs	74.2 yrs
8	Switzerland	75.8 yrs	73.2 yrs
9	Faroe Islands	75.8 yrs	75.0 yrs
10	Spain	75.7 yrs	71.7 yrs
11	Canada	75.5 yrs	73.0 yrs
12	Monaco	75.0 yrs	73.4 yrs
13	Liechtenstein	75.0 yrs	73.0 yrs
14	Greece	74.9 yrs	72.9 yrs
15	Australia	74.8 yrs	71.5 yrs
16	Guernsey	74.7 yrs	73.0 yrs
17	China, Hong Kong SAR	74.6 yrs	71.5 yrs
18	Italy	74.4 yrs	71.9 yrs
19	France	74.4 yrs	72.1 yrs
20	Denmark	74.3 yrs	73.4 yrs
21	Holy See	74.3 yrs	71.7 yrs
22	Israel	74.2 yrs	71.8 yrs
23	United States of America	74.1 yrs	71.1 yrs
24	Gibraltar	74.0 yrs	72.1 yrs
25	Finland	74.0 yrs	70.2 yrs
26	United Kingdom	73.9 yrs	72.2 yrs
27	Belgium	73.7 yrs	71.1 yrs
28	New Zealand	73.6 yrs	71.7 yrs
29	Costa Rica	73.4 yrs	67.4 yrs
30	China, Macao SAR	73.4 yrs	69.2 yrs
31	Antigua and Barbuda	73.3 yrs	69.9 yrs
32	Germany	73.3 yrs	70.9 yrs
33	Jersey	73.2 yrs	71.2 yrs
34	Austria	73.0 yrs	70.3 yrs
35	Cyprus	73.0 yrs	68.3 yrs
36	Cuba	73.0 yrs	68.4 yrs
37	Puerto Rico	73.0 yrs	71.1 yrs
38	Ireland	72.9 yrs	71.6 yrs
39	Saint Barthélemy	72.9 yrs	66.2 yrs
40	Bermuda	72.9 yrs	69.0 yrs
41	Barbados	72.6 yrs	68.8 yrs
42	Saint Martin (French part)	72.4 yrs	71.3 yrs
43	Malta	72.4 yrs	70.1 yrs
44	Martinique	72.4 yrs	67.3 yrs
45	Montenegro	72.1 yrs	70.8 yrs
46	Luxembourg	72.1 yrs	69.3 yrs
47	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	72.0 yrs	74.0 yrs
48	China, Taiwan Province of China	72.0 yrs	69.4 yrs
49	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.9 yrs	71.3 yrs
50	Portugal	71.9 yrs	66.8 yrs
51	Singapore	71.8 yrs	68.8 yrs
52	Slovenia	71.7 yrs	69.7 yrs
53	Kuwait	71.5 yrs	68.5 yrs
54	Dominica	71.5 yrs	66.8 yrs
55	Bulgaria	71.5 yrs	70.9 yrs
56	Aruba	71.3 yrs	67.8 yrs
57	Curaçao	71.2 yrs	68.5 yrs
58	Guam	71.2 yrs	66.1 yrs
59	Serbia	71.1 yrs	69.7 yrs
60	Uruguay	71.0 yrs	68.9 yrs
61	Bahrain	71.0 yrs	65.3 yrs
62	Croatia	70.9 yrs	69.5 yrs
63	Czechia	70.8 yrs	69.7 yrs
64	Belarus	70.8 yrs	71.6 yrs
65	Lithuania	70.7 yrs	72.0 yrs
66	Slovakia	70.6 yrs	69.9 yrs
67	Poland	70.6 yrs	69.8 yrs
68	Guadeloupe	70.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
69	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	70.4 yrs	67.9 yrs
70	Qatar	70.3 yrs	65.5 yrs
71	Mayotte	70.2 yrs	64.3 yrs
72	Réunion	70.2 yrs	63.7 yrs
73	Albania	70.1 yrs	65.9 yrs
74	Saint Helena	70.1 yrs	68.7 yrs
75	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.1 yrs	65.2 yrs
76	Cayman Islands	70.0 yrs	64.8 yrs
77	British Virgin Islands	69.9 yrs	66.7 yrs
78	Ukraine	69.8 yrs	70.9 yrs
79	Chile	69.8 yrs	63.1 yrs
80	Panama	69.8 yrs	64.7 yrs
81	American Samoa	69.7 yrs	66.8 yrs
82	Montserrat	69.5 yrs	65.8 yrs
83	Romania	69.5 yrs	68.4 yrs
84	Bahamas	69.4 yrs	66.5 yrs
85	North Macedonia	69.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
86	Anguilla	69.3 yrs	65.5 yrs
87	Estonia	69.3 yrs	70.6 yrs
88	Brunei Darussalam	69.3 yrs	65.0 yrs
89	Hungary	69.2 yrs	69.1 yrs
90	Jamaica	69.1 yrs	67.0 yrs
91	Latvia	69.1 yrs	70.6 yrs
92	Argentina	68.9 yrs	65.6 yrs
93	United States Virgin Islands	68.9 yrs	67.0 yrs
94	Isle of Man	68.8 yrs	65.8 yrs
95	Georgia	68.7 yrs	65.2 yrs
96	Seychelles	68.7 yrs	64.6 yrs
97	Saint Lucia	68.7 yrs	64.5 yrs
98	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	68.7 yrs	65.2 yrs
99	United Arab Emirates	68.6 yrs	61.8 yrs
100	Malaysia	68.5 yrs	63.8 yrs
101	Northern Mariana Islands	68.5 yrs	65.2 yrs
102	Sri Lanka	68.4 yrs	64.2 yrs
103	Grenada	68.3 yrs	66.9 yrs
104	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.3 yrs	64.4 yrs
105	French Polynesia	68.2 yrs	62.8 yrs
106	Niue	67.8 yrs	64.7 yrs
107	French Guiana	67.7 yrs	63.6 yrs
108	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	67.7 yrs	62.7 yrs
109	Russian Federation	67.6 yrs	68.9 yrs
110	Turks and Caicos Islands	67.4 yrs	63.3 yrs
111	Colombia	67.2 yrs	62.0 yrs
112	Mauritius	67.2 yrs	63.8 yrs
113	Belize	67.1 yrs	63.5 yrs
114	Republic of Korea	67.1 yrs	62.7 yrs
115	Jordan	66.9 yrs	61.8 yrs
116	Trinidad and Tobago	66.5 yrs	64.9 yrs
117	Tonga	66.4 yrs	63.6 yrs
118	Cook Islands	66.0 yrs	64.6 yrs
119	New Caledonia	66.0 yrs	60.8 yrs
120	Viet Nam	65.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
121	Armenia	65.7 yrs	63.0 yrs
122	Tokelau	65.6 yrs	62.6 yrs
123	Republic of Moldova	65.6 yrs	62.7 yrs
124	Samoa	65.3 yrs	60.9 yrs
125	Libya	65.3 yrs	57.6 yrs
126	Paraguay	64.8 yrs	62.7 yrs
127	China	64.8 yrs	57.7 yrs
128	Mexico	64.7 yrs	59.4 yrs
129	Syrian Arab Republic	64.6 yrs	61.3 yrs
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64.6 yrs	61.7 yrs
131	Tunisia	64.4 yrs	54.9 yrs
132	Solomon Islands	64.1 yrs	57.0 yrs
133	Ecuador	63.8 yrs	59.3 yrs
134	Dominican Republic	63.8 yrs	59.1 yrs
135	Saudi Arabia	63.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
136	Uzbekistan	63.2 yrs	60.4 yrs
137	Türkiye	63.2 yrs	57.2 yrs
138	Kazakhstan	63.0 yrs	60.3 yrs
139	Botswana	63.0 yrs	57.1 yrs
140	Thailand	62.9 yrs	57.1 yrs
141	State of Palestine	62.8 yrs	56.0 yrs
142	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	62.7 yrs	60.2 yrs
143	Greenland	62.3 yrs	63.0 yrs
144	Fiji	62.3 yrs	61.7 yrs
145	Brazil	62.3 yrs	57.8 yrs
146	Palau	62.1 yrs	58.1 yrs
147	Vanuatu	62.0 yrs	55.9 yrs
148	Azerbaijan	61.9 yrs	57.0 yrs
149	Kyrgyzstan	61.9 yrs	58.5 yrs
150	Philippines	61.9 yrs	61.1 yrs
151	Cabo Verde	61.3 yrs	57.0 yrs
152	Marshall Islands	61.1 yrs	59.1 yrs
153	Turkmenistan	61.0 yrs	56.4 yrs
154	Honduras	61.0 yrs	55.0 yrs
155	Guyana	60.9 yrs	60.1 yrs
156	Oman	60.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
157	Suriname	60.8 yrs	59.6 yrs
158	Tuvalu	60.5 yrs	56.0 yrs
159	South Africa	60.5 yrs	56.0 yrs
160	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	60.4 yrs	55.1 yrs
161	Peru	60.3 yrs	56.5 yrs
162	Lebanon	60.3 yrs	66.1 yrs
163	Wallis and Futuna Islands	60.1 yrs	52.9 yrs
164	Kenya	59.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
165	Zimbabwe	59.5 yrs	58.0 yrs
166	Sao Tome and Principe	59.4 yrs	57.0 yrs
167	Indonesia	59.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
168	Eswatini	58.8 yrs	51.8 yrs
169	Tajikistan	58.8 yrs	56.9 yrs
170	Iraq	58.6 yrs	61.3 yrs
171	Nauru	58.5 yrs	58.4 yrs
172	Gabon	58.3 yrs	53.3 yrs
173	Nicaragua	58.3 yrs	54.2 yrs
174	Pakistan	57.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
175	Papua New Guinea	57.8 yrs	52.6 yrs
176	Kiribati	57.5 yrs	54.9 yrs
177	Algeria	57.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
178	Lesotho	57.3 yrs	51.9 yrs
179	Congo	57.1 yrs	54.0 yrs
180	Namibia	56.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
181	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	56.6 yrs	51.1 yrs
182	Egypt	56.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
183	Morocco	56.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
184	Maldives	55.7 yrs	45.5 yrs
185	Mongolia	55.4 yrs	52.6 yrs
186	Zambia	55.0 yrs	53.9 yrs
187	Guatemala	54.7 yrs	50.3 yrs
188	Myanmar	54.7 yrs	51.0 yrs
189	Sudan	54.4 yrs	52.5 yrs
190	India	54.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
191	Mauritania	53.7 yrs	50.8 yrs
192	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	53.1 yrs	55.6 yrs
193	Togo	52.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
194	Bangladesh	52.6 yrs	26.5 yrs
195	Djibouti	52.4 yrs	47.3 yrs
196	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	52.3 yrs	47.5 yrs
197	Côte d'Ivoire	51.8 yrs	44.8 yrs
198	Yemen	51.7 yrs	41.8 yrs
199	United Republic of Tanzania	51.7 yrs	47.0 yrs
200	Ghana	51.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
201	Cameroon	51.2 yrs	48.6 yrs
202	Comoros	51.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
203	El Salvador	50.9 yrs	51.7 yrs
204	Haiti	50.3 yrs	47.6 yrs
205	Central African Republic	50.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
206	Madagascar	49.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
207	Lao People's Democratic Republic	49.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
208	Rwanda	49.2 yrs	46.8 yrs
209	Senegal	49.1 yrs	41.2 yrs
210	Equatorial Guinea	49.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
211	Bhutan	49.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
212	Nepal	48.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
213	Benin	48.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
214	Cambodia	48.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
215	Somalia	47.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
216	Burkina Faso	46.9 yrs	39.9 yrs
217	Burundi	46.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
218	Nigeria	46.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
219	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
220	Eritrea	45.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
221	Malawi	44.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
222	Gambia	44.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
223	Liberia	44.3 yrs	40.7 yrs
224	Western Sahara	44.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
225	Guinea-Bissau	43.9 yrs	37.5 yrs
226	Uganda	43.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
227	Chad	43.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
228	Guinea	43.3 yrs	39.4 yrs
229	Ethiopia	43.1 yrs	42.2 yrs
230	Sierra Leone	43.1 yrs	39.1 yrs
231	Angola	42.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
232	Mozambique	41.6 yrs	42.6 yrs
233	Mali	41.0 yrs	33.8 yrs
234	Niger	39.6 yrs	35.3 yrs
235	Afghanistan	39.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
236	South Sudan	38.3 yrs	31.0 yrs
237	Timor-Leste	31.3 yrs	37.9 yrs

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.