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DEFINITION
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
Health Statistics > Life expectancy at birth, total > years (1980) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Japan :
76.09 years
1980
Health in Japan
# 2
Netherlands :
75.74 years
1980
Health in Netherlands
# 3
Sweden :
75.74 years
1980
Health in Sweden
# 4
Norway :
75.67 years
1980
Health in Norway
# 5
Switzerland :
75.46 years
1980
Health in Switzerland
# 6
Spain :
75.35 years
1980
Health in Spain
# 7
Canada :
75.08 years
1980
Health in Canada
# 8
Hong Kong :
74.67 years
1980
Health in Hong Kong
# 9
Cyprus :
74.6 years
1980
Health in Cyprus
# 10
Greece :
74.36 years
1980
Health in Greece
# 11
Australia :
74.33 years
1980
Health in Australia
# 12
France :
74.18 years
1980
Health in France
# 13
Denmark :
74.1 years
1980
Health in Denmark
# 14
Italy :
73.94 years
1980
Health in Italy
# 15
Israel :
73.88 years
1980
Health in Israel
# 16
Iceland :
73.88 years
1980
Health in Iceland
# 17
Puerto Rico :
73.76 years
1980
Health in Puerto Rico
# 18
United Kingdom :
73.68 years
1980
Health in United Kingdom
# 19
United States :
73.66 years
1980
Health in United States
# 20
Cuba :
73.6 years
1980
Health in Cuba
# 21
Finland :
73.44 years
1980
Health in Finland
# 22
Belgium :
73.25 years
1980
Health in Belgium
# 23
Netherlands Antilles :
73.01 years
1980
Health in Netherlands Antilles
# 24
Malta :
72.94 years
1980
Health in Malta
# 25
New Zealand :
72.83 years
1980
Health in New Zealand
# 26
Costa Rica :
72.7 years
1980
Health in Costa Rica
# 27
Luxembourg :
72.7 years
1980
Health in Luxembourg
# 28
Ireland :
72.67 years
1980
Health in Ireland
# 29
Germany :
72.63 years
1980
Health in Germany
# 30
Austria :
72.42 years
1980
Health in Austria
# 31
Bermuda :
72.3 years
1980
Health in Bermuda
# 32
Barbados :
72.26 years
1980
Health in Barbados
# 33
Macau :
72.14 years
1980
Health in Macau
# 34
Singapore :
71.49 years
1980
Health in Singapore
# 35
Portugal :
71.39 years
1980
Health in Portugal
# 36
Antigua and Barbuda :
71.35 years
1980
Health in Antigua and Barbuda
# 37
Bulgaria :
71.16 years
1980
Health in Bulgaria
# 38
Brunei :
70.98 years
1980
Health in Brunei
# 39
Kuwait :
70.77 years
1980
Health in Kuwait
# 40
Belarus :
70.63 years
1980
Health in Belarus
# 41
Belize :
70.62 years
1980
Health in Belize
# 42
Armenia :
70.54 years
1980
Health in Armenia
# 43
Lithuania :
70.48 years
1980
Health in Lithuania
# 44
Uruguay :
70.43 years
1980
Health in Uruguay
# 45
Slovakia :
70.41 years
1980
Health in Slovakia
# 46
Jamaica :
70.38 years
1980
Health in Jamaica
# 47
Slovenia :
70.28 years
1980
Health in Slovenia
# 48
Czech Republic :
70.28 years
1980
Health in Czech Republic
# 49
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
70.24 years
1980
Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 50
Croatia :
70.18 years
1980
Health in Croatia
# 51
Serbia and Montenegro :
70.15 years
1980
Health in Serbia and Montenegro
# 52
Poland :
70.1 years
1980
Health in Poland
# 53
Panama :
70.07 years
1980
Health in Panama
# 54
Albania :
69.84 years
1980
Health in Albania
# 55
Argentina :
69.62 years
1980
Health in Argentina
# 56
Guam :
69.51 years
1980
Health in Guam
# 57
Trinidad and Tobago :
69.32 years
1980
Health in Trinidad and Tobago
# 58
Georgia :
69.31 years
1980
Health in Georgia
# 59
Chile :
69.28 years
1980
Health in Chile
# 60
Ukraine :
69.19 years
1980
Health in Ukraine
# 61
Romania :
69.09 years
1980
Health in Romania
# 62
Estonia :
69.08 years
1980
Health in Estonia
# 63
Hungary :
69.06 years
1980
Health in Hungary
# 64
Latvia :
68.81 years
1980
Health in Latvia
# 65
Venezuela :
68.34 years
1980
Health in Venezuela
# 66
United Arab Emirates :
68.21 years
1980
Health in United Arab Emirates
# 67
Saint Lucia :
68 years
1980
Health in Saint Lucia
# 68
Azerbaijan :
67.91 years
1980
Health in Azerbaijan
# 69
Bahrain :
67.84 years
1980
Health in Bahrain
# 70
Bahamas, The :
67.75 years
1980
Health in Bahamas, The
# 71
Tonga :
67.66 years
1980
Health in Tonga
# 72
Sri Lanka :
67.62 years
1980
Health in Sri Lanka
# 73
Uzbekistan :
67.27 years
1980
Health in Uzbekistan
# 74
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
67.12 years
1980
Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 75
Russia :
67.03 years
1980
Health in Russia
# 76
Lebanon :
66.88 years
1980
Health in Lebanon
# 77
Malaysia :
66.88 years
1980
Health in Malaysia
# 78
China :
66.84 years
1980
Health in China
# 79
Paraguay :
66.82 years
1980
Health in Paraguay
# 80
Mexico :
66.76 years
1980
Health in Mexico
# 81
Qatar :
66.75 years
1980
Health in Qatar
# 82
Korea, North :
66.74 years
1980
Health in Korea, North
# 83
Kazakhstan :
66.62 years
1980
Health in Kazakhstan
# 84
New Caledonia :
66.57 years
1980
Health in New Caledonia
# 85
Suriname :
66.26 years
1980
Health in Suriname
# 86
Mauritius :
65.98 years
1980
Health in Mauritius
# 87
Korea, South :
65.8 years
1980
Health in Korea, South
# 88
Colombia :
65.68 years
1980
Health in Colombia
# 89
Moldova :
65.52 years
1980
Health in Moldova
# 90
Kyrgyzstan :
65.49 years
1980
Health in Kyrgyzstan
# 91
Micronesia, Federated States of :
65.12 years
1980
Health in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 92
French Polynesia :
64.91 years
1980
Health in French Polynesia
# 93
Thailand :
64.26 years
1980
Health in Thailand
# 94
Fiji :
64 years
1980
Health in Fiji
# 95
Greenland :
63.69 years
1980
Health in Greenland
# 96
Syria :
63.33 years
1980
Health in Syria
# 97
Ecuador :
63.27 years
1980
Health in Ecuador
# 98
Samoa :
62.83 years
1980
Health in Samoa
# 99
Jordan :
62.74 years
1980
Health in Jordan
# 100
Brazil :
62.64 years
1980
Health in Brazil
# 101
Dominican Republic :
62.54 years
1980
Health in Dominican Republic
# 102
Tunisia :
62.41 years
1980
Health in Tunisia
# 103
Tajikistan :
62.32 years
1980
Health in Tajikistan
# 104
Botswana :
61.84 years
1980
Health in Botswana
# 105
Iraq :
61.46 years
1980
Health in Iraq
# 106
Turkey :
61.42 years
1980
Health in Turkey
# 107
Saudi Arabia :
61.39 years
1980
Health in Saudi Arabia
# 108
Philippines :
61.32 years
1980
Health in Philippines
# 109
Cape Verde :
61 years
1980
Health in Cape Verde
# 110
Turkmenistan :
60.99 years
1980
Health in Turkmenistan
# 111
Guyana :
60.88 years
1980
Health in Guyana
# 112
Oman :
60.6 years
1980
Health in Oman
# 113
Libya :
60.46 years
1980
Health in Libya
# 114
Peru :
60.35 years
1980
Health in Peru
# 115
Vietnam :
60.13 years
1980
Health in Vietnam
# 116
Algeria :
60.01 years
1980
Health in Algeria
# 117
Honduras :
59.61 years
1980
Health in Honduras
# 118
São Tomé and Príncipe :
59.52 years
1980
Health in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 119
Solomon Islands :
59.5 years
1980
Health in Solomon Islands
# 120
Zimbabwe :
59.33 years
1980
Health in Zimbabwe
# 121
Iran :
58.94 years
1980
Health in Iran
# 122
Vanuatu :
58.81 years
1980
Health in Vanuatu
# 123
Nicaragua :
58.71 years
1980
Health in Nicaragua
# 124
Namibia :
58.07 years
1980
Health in Namibia
# 125
Morocco :
57.92 years
1980
Health in Morocco
# 126
Kenya :
57.79 years
1980
Health in Kenya
# 127
Mongolia :
57.72 years
1980
Health in Mongolia
# 128
Guatemala :
57.22 years
1980
Health in Guatemala
# 129
South Africa :
57.13 years
1980
Health in South Africa
# 130
El Salvador :
57.09 years
1980
Health in El Salvador
# 131
Congo, Republic of the :
56.27 years
1980
Health in Congo, Republic of the
# 132
Maldives :
56.12 years
1980
Health in Maldives
# 133
Egypt :
55.55 years
1980
Health in Egypt
# 134
Pakistan :
55.12 years
1980
Health in Pakistan
# 135
Gabon :
55 years
1980
Health in Gabon
# 136
Indonesia :
54.81 years
1980
Health in Indonesia
# 137
Togo :
54.46 years
1980
Health in Togo
# 138
India :
54.18 years
1980
Health in India
# 139
Tanzania :
53.7 years
1980
Health in Tanzania
# 140
Côte d'Ivoire :
53.39 years
1980
Health in Côte d'Ivoire
# 141
Lesotho :
53.2 years
1980
Health in Lesotho
# 142
Ghana :
52.99 years
1980
Health in Ghana
# 143
Bolivia :
52.36 years
1980
Health in Bolivia
# 144
Burma :
52.05 years
1980
Health in Burma
# 145
Zambia :
51.59 years
1980
Health in Zambia
# 146
Swaziland :
51.58 years
1980
Health in Swaziland
# 147
Haiti :
51.21 years
1980
Health in Haiti
# 148
Uganda :
50.12 years
1980
Health in Uganda
# 149
Comoros :
50.09 years
1980
Health in Comoros
# 150
Benin :
50.06 years
1980
Health in Benin
# 151
Cameroon :
49.81 years
1980
Health in Cameroon
# 152
Sudan :
49.21 years
1980
Health in Sudan
# 153
Bangladesh :
48.81 years
1980
Health in Bangladesh
# 154
Papua New Guinea :
48.73 years
1980
Health in Papua New Guinea
# 155
Nepal :
48.45 years
1980
Health in Nepal
# 156
Madagascar :
48.16 years
1980
Health in Madagascar
# 157
Djibouti :
47.91 years
1980
Health in Djibouti
# 158
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
47.69 years
1980
Health in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 159
Central African Republic :
47.6 years
1980
Health in Central African Republic
# 160
Yemen :
47.1 years
1980
Health in Yemen
# 161
Burkina Faso :
46.98 years
1980
Health in Burkina Faso
# 162
Burundi :
46.83 years
1980
Health in Burundi
# 163
Mauritania :
46.66 years
1980
Health in Mauritania
# 164
Senegal :
46.56 years
1980
Health in Senegal
# 165
Rwanda :
45.34 years
1980
Health in Rwanda
# 166
Nigeria :
45.3 years
1980
Health in Nigeria
# 167
Malawi :
44.86 years
1980
Health in Malawi
# 168
Laos :
44.84 years
1980
Health in Laos
# 169
Bhutan :
44.82 years
1980
Health in Bhutan
# 170
Liberia :
44.41 years
1980
Health in Liberia
# 171
Eritrea :
44.23 years
1980
Health in Eritrea
# 172
Chad :
43.76 years
1980
Health in Chad
# 173
Cambodia :
43.68 years
1980
Health in Cambodia
# 174
Afghanistan :
43.06 years
1980
Health in Afghanistan
# 175
Equatorial Guinea :
42.99 years
1980
Health in Equatorial Guinea
# 176
Gambia, The :
42.81 years
1980
Health in Gambia, The
# 177
Mozambique :
42.77 years
1980
Health in Mozambique
# 178
Somalia :
42.57 years
1980
Health in Somalia
# 179
Guinea :
42.2 years
1980
Health in Guinea
# 180
Ethiopia :
41.96 years
1980
Health in Ethiopia
# 181
Mali :
41.56 years
1980
Health in Mali
# 182
Angola :
39.76 years
1980
Health in Angola
# 183
Niger :
39.16 years
1980
Health in Niger
# 184
Guinea-Bissau :
38.41 years
1980
Health in Guinea-Bissau
# 185
Sierra Leone :
37.71 years
1980
Health in Sierra Leone
# 186
East Timor :
36.45 years
1980
Health in East Timor
Weighted average:
61.6 years
DEFINITION: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.
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"Life expectancy at birth, total > years (1980) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_tot_yea-life-expectancy-birth-total-years&date=1980
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