Life expectancy by country, 1982

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

◀▶1982

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1972
1	Andorra	77.6 yrs	74.9 yrs
2	Japan	77.1 yrs	73.3 yrs
3	Iceland	76.8 yrs	74.4 yrs
4	San Marino	76.8 yrs	74.6 yrs
5	Sweden	76.3 yrs	74.7 yrs
6	Spain	76.3 yrs	73.0 yrs
7	Switzerland	76.2 yrs	73.8 yrs
8	Netherlands	76.1 yrs	73.8 yrs
9	Norway	76.0 yrs	74.3 yrs
10	Faroe Islands	75.9 yrs	75.1 yrs
11	Canada	75.7 yrs	72.8 yrs
12	Monaco	75.3 yrs	73.4 yrs
13	Greece	75.2 yrs	72.7 yrs
14	Liechtenstein	75.1 yrs	73.4 yrs
15	Italy	74.9 yrs	72.2 yrs
16	China, Hong Kong SAR	74.9 yrs	71.7 yrs
17	Holy See	74.8 yrs	72.0 yrs
18	France	74.8 yrs	72.3 yrs
19	Australia	74.7 yrs	71.8 yrs
20	Denmark	74.6 yrs	73.5 yrs
21	United States of America	74.5 yrs	71.2 yrs
22	Finland	74.5 yrs	70.9 yrs
23	Israel	74.3 yrs	71.6 yrs
24	Gibraltar	74.3 yrs	72.4 yrs
25	United Kingdom	74.0 yrs	72.0 yrs
26	Costa Rica	73.9 yrs	68.0 yrs
27	Belgium	73.9 yrs	71.4 yrs
28	China, Macao SAR	73.9 yrs	69.7 yrs
29	New Zealand	73.7 yrs	71.8 yrs
30	Jersey	73.6 yrs	71.3 yrs
31	Germany	73.6 yrs	71.2 yrs
32	Antigua and Barbuda	73.5 yrs	70.3 yrs
33	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	73.5 yrs	74.1 yrs
34	Cyprus	73.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
35	Cuba	73.4 yrs	69.0 yrs
36	Saint Barthélemy	73.3 yrs	66.9 yrs
37	Ireland	73.2 yrs	71.0 yrs
38	Austria	73.1 yrs	70.6 yrs
39	Bermuda	73.0 yrs	69.6 yrs
40	Puerto Rico	73.0 yrs	70.8 yrs
41	Martinique	73.0 yrs	67.6 yrs
42	Barbados	72.9 yrs	69.1 yrs
43	Malta	72.8 yrs	70.7 yrs
44	Portugal	72.7 yrs	69.2 yrs
45	Guernsey	72.4 yrs	72.9 yrs
46	Saint Martin (French part)	72.4 yrs	71.6 yrs
47	China, Taiwan Province of China	72.4 yrs	69.6 yrs
48	Montenegro	72.3 yrs	71.3 yrs
49	Luxembourg	72.2 yrs	70.5 yrs
50	Kuwait	72.0 yrs	68.9 yrs
51	Singapore	72.0 yrs	69.0 yrs
52	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.0 yrs	71.7 yrs
53	Dominica	71.8 yrs	67.5 yrs
54	Guam	71.7 yrs	66.5 yrs
55	Aruba	71.5 yrs	68.3 yrs
56	Uruguay	71.5 yrs	69.2 yrs
57	Curaçao	71.4 yrs	68.8 yrs
58	Slovenia	71.4 yrs	70.3 yrs
59	Bahrain	71.3 yrs	66.1 yrs
60	Bulgaria	71.1 yrs	70.9 yrs
61	Lithuania	71.1 yrs	71.3 yrs
62	Serbia	71.0 yrs	70.0 yrs
63	Réunion	71.0 yrs	64.3 yrs
64	Guadeloupe	70.9 yrs	65.6 yrs
65	Czechia	70.9 yrs	70.2 yrs
66	Poland	70.9 yrs	70.1 yrs
67	Slovakia	70.8 yrs	70.3 yrs
68	Belarus	70.8 yrs	71.8 yrs
69	Qatar	70.7 yrs	66.1 yrs
70	Croatia	70.7 yrs	69.8 yrs
71	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	70.7 yrs	68.3 yrs
72	Mayotte	70.7 yrs	65.0 yrs
73	Albania	70.4 yrs	66.5 yrs
74	Cayman Islands	70.4 yrs	65.4 yrs
75	Saint Helena	70.3 yrs	68.8 yrs
76	Chile	70.3 yrs	63.7 yrs
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.1 yrs	65.7 yrs
78	British Virgin Islands	70.1 yrs	66.9 yrs
79	American Samoa	70.0 yrs	67.2 yrs
80	Ukraine	69.9 yrs	71.0 yrs
81	Estonia	69.9 yrs	70.4 yrs
82	Panama	69.9 yrs	65.2 yrs
83	Romania	69.8 yrs	69.0 yrs
84	North Macedonia	69.8 yrs	65.6 yrs
85	Bahamas	69.7 yrs	66.8 yrs
86	Brunei Darussalam	69.7 yrs	65.5 yrs
87	Montserrat	69.7 yrs	66.4 yrs
88	Anguilla	69.6 yrs	65.9 yrs
89	Latvia	69.6 yrs	70.3 yrs
90	Jamaica	69.3 yrs	67.3 yrs
91	Hungary	69.3 yrs	69.7 yrs
92	United Arab Emirates	69.1 yrs	62.7 yrs
93	Georgia	69.1 yrs	65.5 yrs
94	Isle of Man	69.1 yrs	66.0 yrs
95	United States Virgin Islands	69.1 yrs	65.5 yrs
96	Argentina	69.0 yrs	66.0 yrs
97	Seychelles	69.0 yrs	65.3 yrs
98	Saint Lucia	69.0 yrs	64.6 yrs
99	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	69.0 yrs	65.5 yrs
100	Malaysia	68.9 yrs	64.2 yrs
101	French Polynesia	68.9 yrs	63.1 yrs
102	Sri Lanka	68.7 yrs	64.6 yrs
103	Northern Mariana Islands	68.7 yrs	65.6 yrs
104	Grenada	68.6 yrs	67.2 yrs
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	68.6 yrs	64.8 yrs
106	Russian Federation	68.1 yrs	68.8 yrs
107	French Guiana	68.1 yrs	64.0 yrs
108	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	68.1 yrs	63.3 yrs
109	Niue	68.0 yrs	65.1 yrs
110	Mauritius	68.0 yrs	63.8 yrs
111	Colombia	67.9 yrs	62.5 yrs
112	Turks and Caicos Islands	67.8 yrs	63.8 yrs
113	Jordan	67.4 yrs	62.5 yrs
114	Belize	67.3 yrs	64.0 yrs
115	Republic of Korea	67.1 yrs	63.2 yrs
116	New Caledonia	66.5 yrs	61.4 yrs
117	Trinidad and Tobago	66.4 yrs	65.2 yrs
118	Tonga	66.3 yrs	64.1 yrs
119	Cook Islands	66.2 yrs	65.6 yrs
120	Viet Nam	66.2 yrs	51.9 yrs
121	Armenia	66.1 yrs	63.2 yrs
122	Tokelau	66.1 yrs	62.8 yrs
123	Republic of Moldova	65.9 yrs	62.9 yrs
124	Libya	65.8 yrs	58.7 yrs
125	Samoa	65.7 yrs	61.4 yrs
126	Mexico	65.3 yrs	60.0 yrs
127	China	65.3 yrs	58.6 yrs
128	Paraguay	65.1 yrs	62.9 yrs
129	Tunisia	65.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
130	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64.9 yrs	62.1 yrs
131	Solomon Islands	64.5 yrs	57.9 yrs
132	Ecuador	64.3 yrs	59.8 yrs
133	Dominican Republic	64.2 yrs	59.7 yrs
134	Saudi Arabia	64.0 yrs	54.7 yrs
135	Türkiye	63.7 yrs	58.0 yrs
136	Kazakhstan	63.6 yrs	60.5 yrs
137	Thailand	63.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
138	Uzbekistan	63.5 yrs	60.8 yrs
139	State of Palestine	63.5 yrs	56.7 yrs
140	Botswana	63.4 yrs	57.7 yrs
141	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	62.8 yrs	60.6 yrs
142	Brazil	62.7 yrs	58.3 yrs
143	Greenland	62.5 yrs	62.7 yrs
144	Vanuatu	62.5 yrs	56.4 yrs
145	Kyrgyzstan	62.3 yrs	58.8 yrs
146	Palau	62.3 yrs	58.6 yrs
147	Azerbaijan	62.2 yrs	57.5 yrs
148	Fiji	62.2 yrs	61.6 yrs
149	Philippines	62.2 yrs	60.9 yrs
150	Oman	62.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
151	Honduras	61.7 yrs	55.7 yrs
152	Turkmenistan	61.6 yrs	56.6 yrs
153	Cabo Verde	61.5 yrs	57.5 yrs
154	Marshall Islands	61.3 yrs	59.5 yrs
155	Wallis and Futuna Islands	61.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
156	Guyana	61.0 yrs	60.1 yrs
157	Suriname	60.9 yrs	59.7 yrs
158	South Africa	60.9 yrs	56.4 yrs
159	Syrian Arab Republic	60.8 yrs	62.0 yrs
160	Tuvalu	60.8 yrs	54.7 yrs
161	Peru	60.6 yrs	57.0 yrs
162	Tajikistan	60.2 yrs	57.2 yrs
163	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	60.1 yrs	55.1 yrs
164	Kenya	59.9 yrs	55.0 yrs
165	Zimbabwe	59.9 yrs	58.2 yrs
166	Indonesia	59.7 yrs	54.4 yrs
167	Algeria	59.6 yrs	44.4 yrs
168	Eswatini	59.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
169	Sao Tome and Principe	59.5 yrs	57.5 yrs
170	Iraq	59.0 yrs	61.8 yrs
171	Nicaragua	58.7 yrs	48.0 yrs
172	Gabon	58.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
173	Nauru	58.6 yrs	58.4 yrs
174	Pakistan	58.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
175	Papua New Guinea	58.1 yrs	53.3 yrs
176	Lesotho	58.0 yrs	52.3 yrs
177	Kiribati	57.8 yrs	55.3 yrs
178	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	57.6 yrs	51.7 yrs
179	Namibia	57.3 yrs	55.9 yrs
180	Egypt	57.2 yrs	49.9 yrs
181	Congo	57.2 yrs	54.4 yrs
182	Morocco	56.9 yrs	49.7 yrs
183	Maldives	56.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
184	Mongolia	55.6 yrs	53.1 yrs
185	Myanmar	55.0 yrs	51.4 yrs
186	India	54.7 yrs	49.2 yrs
187	Zambia	54.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
188	Sudan	54.4 yrs	52.8 yrs
189	Mauritania	54.2 yrs	51.0 yrs
190	El Salvador	53.3 yrs	52.0 yrs
191	Togo	53.3 yrs	47.7 yrs
192	Bangladesh	53.0 yrs	49.6 yrs
193	Djibouti	52.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
194	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	52.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
195	Yemen	52.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
196	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	52.4 yrs	55.8 yrs
197	Côte d'Ivoire	52.1 yrs	45.6 yrs
198	United Republic of Tanzania	52.0 yrs	47.4 yrs
199	Cameroon	51.8 yrs	49.1 yrs
200	Comoros	51.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
201	Ghana	51.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
202	Haiti	50.6 yrs	47.9 yrs
203	Rwanda	50.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
204	Central African Republic	50.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
205	Madagascar	50.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
206	Senegal	49.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
207	Lao People's Democratic Republic	49.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
208	Bhutan	49.8 yrs	42.5 yrs
209	Equatorial Guinea	49.7 yrs	44.4 yrs
210	Nepal	49.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
211	Guatemala	48.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
212	Cambodia	48.8 yrs	38.9 yrs
213	Benin	48.5 yrs	43.9 yrs
214	Somalia	48.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
215	Burkina Faso	47.6 yrs	40.4 yrs
216	Lebanon	47.2 yrs	66.2 yrs
217	Burundi	47.0 yrs	25.8 yrs
218	Nigeria	46.4 yrs	41.3 yrs
219	Gambia	46.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
220	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
221	Western Sahara	45.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
222	Eritrea	44.9 yrs	40.7 yrs
223	Malawi	44.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
224	Liberia	44.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
225	Guinea-Bissau	44.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
226	Guinea	43.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
227	Chad	43.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
228	Ethiopia	43.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
229	Uganda	43.3 yrs	47.2 yrs
230	Sierra Leone	43.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
231	Angola	42.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
232	Mali	41.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
233	Mozambique	41.7 yrs	42.5 yrs
234	Niger	39.8 yrs	35.8 yrs
235	South Sudan	38.7 yrs	31.3 yrs
236	Afghanistan	36.1 yrs	38.4 yrs
237	Timor-Leste	32.3 yrs	38.4 yrs

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