Life expectancy by country, 1987

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

◀▶1987

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1977
1	Monaco	79.3 yrs	74.2 yrs
2	Japan	78.6 yrs	75.3 yrs
3	Andorra	78.2 yrs	76.2 yrs
4	Liechtenstein	77.8 yrs	74.8 yrs
5	San Marino	77.5 yrs	75.6 yrs
6	Switzerland	77.3 yrs	75.4 yrs
7	Sweden	77.1 yrs	75.4 yrs
8	China, Hong Kong SAR	77.1 yrs	73.3 yrs
9	Iceland	77.0 yrs	76.1 yrs
10	Spain	77.0 yrs	74.3 yrs
11	Netherlands	76.8 yrs	75.3 yrs
12	Canada	76.8 yrs	74.2 yrs
13	Israel	76.4 yrs	72.7 yrs
14	Guernsey	76.4 yrs	74.1 yrs
15	Italy	76.3 yrs	73.4 yrs
16	Faroe Islands	76.3 yrs	75.5 yrs
17	Holy See	76.2 yrs	73.3 yrs
18	France	76.2 yrs	73.7 yrs
19	Australia	76.1 yrs	73.5 yrs
20	Greece	76.1 yrs	73.8 yrs
21	Norway	76.1 yrs	75.4 yrs
22	Gibraltar	75.9 yrs	73.5 yrs
23	Cyprus	75.3 yrs	71.3 yrs
24	Jersey	75.3 yrs	72.0 yrs
25	Belgium	75.3 yrs	72.8 yrs
26	Malta	75.3 yrs	72.3 yrs
27	United Kingdom	75.2 yrs	73.1 yrs
28	Costa Rica	75.2 yrs	71.5 yrs
29	China, Macao SAR	75.2 yrs	71.8 yrs
30	Germany	75.1 yrs	72.6 yrs
31	United States of America	74.9 yrs	73.2 yrs
32	Austria	74.9 yrs	72.1 yrs
33	Martinique	74.9 yrs	70.3 yrs
34	Finland	74.8 yrs	72.5 yrs
35	Saint Barthélemy	74.7 yrs	70.4 yrs
36	Denmark	74.7 yrs	74.7 yrs
37	Ireland	74.4 yrs	71.9 yrs
38	Kuwait	74.2 yrs	70.2 yrs
39	New Zealand	74.2 yrs	72.1 yrs
40	Portugal	74.1 yrs	70.3 yrs
41	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	74.0 yrs	74.7 yrs
42	Singapore	74.0 yrs	70.9 yrs
43	Antigua and Barbuda	73.9 yrs	72.2 yrs
44	Luxembourg	73.9 yrs	71.5 yrs
45	Cuba	73.6 yrs	71.4 yrs
46	China, Taiwan Province of China	73.6 yrs	71.3 yrs
47	Guam	73.5 yrs	69.0 yrs
48	Saint Martin (French part)	73.5 yrs	72.2 yrs
49	Bermuda	73.5 yrs	71.6 yrs
50	Barbados	73.5 yrs	70.6 yrs
51	Puerto Rico	73.4 yrs	72.4 yrs
52	Réunion	73.3 yrs	67.4 yrs
53	Montenegro	73.2 yrs	71.8 yrs
54	Guadeloupe	73.0 yrs	68.5 yrs
55	Mayotte	72.6 yrs	68.2 yrs
56	Aruba	72.5 yrs	70.0 yrs
57	Qatar	72.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
58	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	72.5 yrs	69.8 yrs
59	Chile	72.5 yrs	67.5 yrs
60	French Polynesia	72.5 yrs	65.3 yrs
61	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.4 yrs	72.1 yrs
62	Slovenia	72.4 yrs	71.3 yrs
63	Bahrain	72.4 yrs	69.4 yrs
64	Uruguay	72.2 yrs	70.1 yrs
65	Lithuania	72.2 yrs	71.1 yrs
66	Curaçao	72.1 yrs	70.2 yrs
67	Cayman Islands	72.1 yrs	68.1 yrs
68	Albania	72.0 yrs	69.0 yrs
69	Belarus	72.0 yrs	71.1 yrs
70	Croatia	71.9 yrs	71.4 yrs
71	Serbia	71.8 yrs	71.8 yrs
72	Czechia	71.5 yrs	70.6 yrs
73	British Virgin Islands	71.5 yrs	68.7 yrs
74	Dominica	71.4 yrs	69.7 yrs
75	Bulgaria	71.3 yrs	70.8 yrs
76	Ukraine	71.2 yrs	70.0 yrs
77	Anguilla	71.1 yrs	67.8 yrs
78	Slovakia	71.1 yrs	70.4 yrs
79	Saint Helena	71.0 yrs	69.4 yrs
80	Brunei Darussalam	71.0 yrs	67.8 yrs
81	Latvia	71.0 yrs	69.5 yrs
82	Estonia	70.9 yrs	69.8 yrs
83	Jamaica	70.9 yrs	68.6 yrs
84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.9 yrs	68.8 yrs
85	Panama	70.8 yrs	68.3 yrs
86	Poland	70.8 yrs	70.3 yrs
87	American Samoa	70.8 yrs	68.7 yrs
88	Argentina	70.7 yrs	67.6 yrs
89	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	70.7 yrs	67.7 yrs
90	Isle of Man	70.7 yrs	67.4 yrs
91	United Arab Emirates	70.6 yrs	66.5 yrs
92	Montserrat	70.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	70.4 yrs	66.9 yrs
94	Bahamas	70.4 yrs	68.8 yrs
95	North Macedonia	70.4 yrs	68.2 yrs
96	Malaysia	70.3 yrs	66.7 yrs
97	United States Virgin Islands	70.2 yrs	68.1 yrs
98	Russian Federation	70.1 yrs	67.9 yrs
99	French Guiana	70.0 yrs	65.5 yrs
100	Seychelles	69.9 yrs	67.6 yrs
101	Grenada	69.8 yrs	67.9 yrs
102	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	69.8 yrs	65.8 yrs
103	Saint Lucia	69.7 yrs	67.0 yrs
104	Hungary	69.6 yrs	69.9 yrs
105	Northern Mariana Islands	69.5 yrs	67.7 yrs
106	Turks and Caicos Islands	69.3 yrs	66.0 yrs
107	Jordan	69.3 yrs	65.1 yrs
108	Republic of Korea	69.3 yrs	64.6 yrs
109	Georgia	69.2 yrs	67.3 yrs
110	Mauritius	69.2 yrs	64.8 yrs
111	Belize	69.1 yrs	66.1 yrs
112	Sri Lanka	69.0 yrs	66.4 yrs
113	Romania	69.0 yrs	69.5 yrs
114	Syrian Arab Republic	68.8 yrs	65.4 yrs
115	New Caledonia	68.6 yrs	64.2 yrs
116	Libya	68.3 yrs	63.1 yrs
117	Colombia	68.2 yrs	65.2 yrs
118	Tokelau	68.1 yrs	64.0 yrs
119	Tunisia	68.0 yrs	61.3 yrs
120	Viet Nam	68.0 yrs	64.1 yrs
121	Mexico	67.9 yrs	63.0 yrs
122	Republic of Moldova	67.9 yrs	64.2 yrs
123	Thailand	67.8 yrs	60.9 yrs
124	Niue	67.8 yrs	66.8 yrs
125	Armenia	67.6 yrs	64.4 yrs
126	China	67.3 yrs	62.5 yrs
127	Saudi Arabia	67.2 yrs	59.8 yrs
128	Tonga	67.2 yrs	65.6 yrs
129	Trinidad and Tobago	67.1 yrs	66.2 yrs
130	Oman	67.0 yrs	55.5 yrs
131	Samoa	67.0 yrs	63.7 yrs
132	Ecuador	66.6 yrs	61.9 yrs
133	Wallis and Futuna Islands	66.5 yrs	56.9 yrs
134	Cook Islands	66.5 yrs	65.3 yrs
135	Dominican Republic	66.5 yrs	62.2 yrs
136	Paraguay	66.5 yrs	63.9 yrs
137	Türkiye	66.4 yrs	60.9 yrs
138	State of Palestine	66.3 yrs	60.1 yrs
139	Algeria	66.1 yrs	49.3 yrs
140	Kazakhstan	66.0 yrs	61.5 yrs
141	Solomon Islands	65.7 yrs	61.5 yrs
142	Uzbekistan	65.5 yrs	62.2 yrs
143	Saint Kitts and Nevis	65.5 yrs	63.7 yrs
144	Kyrgyzstan	65.4 yrs	60.4 yrs
145	Brazil	64.8 yrs	60.5 yrs
146	Vanuatu	64.4 yrs	59.3 yrs
147	Fiji	64.3 yrs	62.7 yrs
148	Honduras	64.1 yrs	58.7 yrs
149	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	63.6 yrs	58.4 yrs
150	Turkmenistan	63.5 yrs	57.7 yrs
151	Philippines	63.3 yrs	61.4 yrs
152	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	63.2 yrs	62.1 yrs
153	Cabo Verde	62.9 yrs	60.0 yrs
154	Greenland	62.9 yrs	61.6 yrs
155	Azerbaijan	62.8 yrs	60.0 yrs
156	Palau	62.8 yrs	60.9 yrs
157	Botswana	62.8 yrs	60.9 yrs
158	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	62.7 yrs	56.7 yrs
159	South Africa	62.7 yrs	58.5 yrs
160	Peru	62.5 yrs	58.9 yrs
161	Lebanon	62.5 yrs	60.3 yrs
162	Indonesia	62.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
163	Eswatini	61.9 yrs	56.0 yrs
164	Marshall Islands	61.8 yrs	60.6 yrs
165	Guyana	61.7 yrs	60.6 yrs
166	Tajikistan	61.6 yrs	58.2 yrs
167	Suriname	61.3 yrs	60.3 yrs
168	Tuvalu	61.3 yrs	59.2 yrs
169	Guatemala	61.0 yrs	55.2 yrs
170	Maldives	60.8 yrs	51.8 yrs
171	Egypt	60.7 yrs	53.3 yrs
172	Kenya	60.7 yrs	57.7 yrs
173	Sao Tome and Principe	60.7 yrs	59.0 yrs
174	Zimbabwe	60.7 yrs	57.0 yrs
175	Morocco	60.6 yrs	52.8 yrs
176	Iraq	60.3 yrs	63.9 yrs
177	Gabon	60.2 yrs	56.5 yrs
178	Kiribati	59.6 yrs	56.1 yrs
179	Lesotho	59.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
180	El Salvador	59.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
181	Pakistan	59.2 yrs	55.5 yrs
182	Papua New Guinea	59.2 yrs	56.0 yrs
183	Namibia	59.1 yrs	58.6 yrs
184	Nauru	58.6 yrs	58.1 yrs
185	Congo	57.6 yrs	56.0 yrs
186	India	57.3 yrs	51.8 yrs
187	Nicaragua	57.3 yrs	56.1 yrs
188	Mongolia	57.1 yrs	54.8 yrs
189	Mauritania	57.0 yrs	52.0 yrs
190	Yemen	56.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
191	Myanmar	56.4 yrs	53.3 yrs
192	Bangladesh	54.9 yrs	51.3 yrs
193	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	54.9 yrs	50.4 yrs
194	Djibouti	54.8 yrs	50.8 yrs
195	Sudan	54.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
196	Togo	54.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
197	Senegal	54.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
198	Cameroon	54.2 yrs	50.1 yrs
199	Comoros	54.1 yrs	49.2 yrs
200	Ghana	53.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
201	Cambodia	53.7 yrs	11.3 yrs
202	Bhutan	53.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
203	Côte d'Ivoire	53.1 yrs	49.6 yrs
204	Lao People's Democratic Republic	52.6 yrs	46.4 yrs
205	Nepal	52.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
206	Haiti	52.3 yrs	49.2 yrs
207	United Republic of Tanzania	52.2 yrs	50.0 yrs
208	Rwanda	51.5 yrs	45.6 yrs
209	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	51.3 yrs	55.8 yrs
210	Benin	51.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
211	Madagascar	51.1 yrs	49.9 yrs
212	Equatorial Guinea	51.0 yrs	42.0 yrs
213	Zambia	50.4 yrs	56.3 yrs
214	Central African Republic	50.4 yrs	48.8 yrs
215	Gambia	49.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
216	Burkina Faso	49.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
217	Somalia	49.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
218	Western Sahara	48.9 yrs	38.3 yrs
219	Uganda	47.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
220	Eritrea	47.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
221	Democratic Republic of the Congo	47.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
222	Burundi	47.1 yrs	44.0 yrs
223	Guinea	46.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
224	Ethiopia	45.9 yrs	41.4 yrs
225	Nigeria	45.9 yrs	44.9 yrs
226	Guinea-Bissau	45.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
227	Mali	45.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
228	Liberia	44.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
229	Malawi	43.9 yrs	42.0 yrs
230	Sierra Leone	43.8 yrs	41.8 yrs
231	Chad	43.1 yrs	42.9 yrs
232	Mozambique	41.0 yrs	43.9 yrs
233	Angola	40.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
234	Niger	40.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
235	Afghanistan	38.8 yrs	41.1 yrs
236	Timor-Leste	36.0 yrs	24.9 yrs
237	South Sudan	20.7 yrs	37.4 yrs

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