Data for 1985

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1985

1985, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1985 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Japan is highest, at 17.4814; Afghanistan is lowest, at 8.4287. The middle country reads 13.4652. Against 1984, 222 values changed (170 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1985

HighestJapan

17.4814

LowestAfghanistan

8.4287

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

222countries
3measures per country
1985the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1985, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	JapanJPNEastern Asia	17.4814	18.9996	15.6107
2	GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe	17.4376	18.4507	15.8959
3	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	17.3837	20.6005	15.1198
4	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	17.2585	18.6069	15.8104
5	MonacoMCOWestern Europe	17.1729	19.1791	14.8597
6	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	17.1562	19.0213	14.9020
7	CanadaCANNorthern America	17.1163	19.1676	14.8365
8	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	16.9390	19.2449	14.3292
9	SpainESPSouthern Europe	16.8371	18.3915	14.9158
10	FranceFRAWestern Europe	16.8326	18.7872	14.4400
11	San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe	16.7985	18.3325	15.1219
12	United StatesUSANorthern America	16.7070	18.5773	14.4481
13	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	16.6721	18.5268	14.6711
14	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	16.5964	18.0589	14.7100
15	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	16.5885	17.7662	15.3128
16	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	16.5355	17.6284	15.4202
17	IsraelISRWestern Asia	16.5082	17.2610	15.7058
18	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	16.5020	18.6395	14.0261
19	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	16.4593	18.3953	14.3160
20	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	16.3460	18.1789	14.2627
21	Costa RicaCRICentral America	16.2266	17.2313	15.1521
22	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	16.2183	17.9189	14.6127
23	Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe	16.1768	17.9266	14.1103
24	ItalyITASouthern Europe	16.1706	17.8378	14.1644
25	CubaCUBCaribbean	16.1424	17.2159	15.1880
26	GuamGUMMicronesia	16.0689	17.2979	14.7396
27	BahamasBHSCaribbean	16.0561	17.7905	14.1476
28	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	15.9289	17.7772	13.8622
29	Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	15.7456	16.9530	14.2518
30	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	15.6718	17.0248	14.2713
31	MacauMACEastern Asia	15.6647	16.6760	14.3069
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	15.5537	17.0598	13.7359
33	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	15.5296	17.4197	13.2762
34	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	15.5228	16.9152	13.8492
35	BermudaBMUNorthern America	15.5075	17.5382	13.2463
36	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	15.5063	17.2541	13.5338
37	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	15.5056	16.2779	14.4939
38	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	15.4948	16.8530	13.4737
39	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	15.4837	16.9199	13.2980
40	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	15.4510	17.1923	12.9680
41	Saint MartinMAFCaribbean	15.4227	17.4781	13.2470
42	UruguayURYSouth America	15.4007	17.5144	13.1230
43	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	15.3303	17.0974	13.1809
44	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	15.2593	16.3188	14.2165
45	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	15.1987	16.6180	13.1033
46	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	15.1649	16.9204	12.9850
47	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	15.1299	16.2082	14.1525
48	BelarusBLREastern Europe	15.0491	16.3678	12.6643
49	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	15.0258	16.0962	13.7313
50	MexicoMEXCentral America	15.0065	15.6106	14.3543
51	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	14.9962	16.2635	13.7643
52	Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	14.9438	16.3511	13.2476
53	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	14.8145	16.8523	12.6934
54	ArubaABWCaribbean	14.7952	16.0121	13.4560
55	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	14.7871	16.2909	13.1994
56	PanamaPANCentral America	14.7637	16.0827	13.4412
57	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	14.7144	15.7890	13.2225
58	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	14.7057	16.6145	12.8197
59	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	14.6728	15.6468	13.5990
60	DominicaDMACaribbean	14.6545	15.8581	13.2653
61	UkraineUKREastern Europe	14.6189	15.8378	12.2541
62	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14.5661	15.4404	13.6893
63	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	14.5014	15.7234	12.9474
64	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	14.4981	15.2909	13.8905
65	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	14.4670	15.8690	12.2380
66	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	14.4535	15.8270	12.4955
67	American SamoaASMPolynesia	14.4230	15.3051	13.6302
68	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	14.4209	15.8959	12.3668
69	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	14.4200	16.2500	12.5943
70	Northern Mariana IslandsMNPMicronesia	14.4112	15.8894	12.9541
71	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	14.4011	15.4441	13.1421
72	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	14.3563	15.3371	13.2068
73	BelizeBLZCentral America	14.3335	15.1710	13.5043
74	ChileCHLSouth America	14.2958	15.8705	12.4471
75	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	14.2913	15.7139	13.2261
76	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	14.2907	15.8186	12.5558
77	AnguillaAIACaribbean	14.2554	15.7357	12.6130
78	PolandPOLEastern Europe	14.2544	15.7320	12.3269
79	ArgentinaARGSouth America	14.2514	15.8619	12.3806
80	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	14.2366	14.9746	13.4796
81	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	14.2042	15.3707	12.9012
82	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	14.2008	15.5873	11.8457
83	QatarQATWestern Asia	14.1642	14.7720	13.7442
84	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	14.1629	15.4117	13.1299
85	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	14.1556	14.6174	13.5608
86	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	14.1265	15.2389	11.7119
87	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	14.1264	15.3877	12.6096
88	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	14.0930	15.3391	11.9983
89	ColombiaCOLSouth America	14.0872	15.3184	12.7141
90	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	14.0790	15.4276	12.5437
91	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	14.0074	15.1705	13.1536
92	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	13.9391	14.7478	12.9570
93	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	13.9113	15.4217	12.7296
94	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	13.9097	15.3457	12.2434
95	MontserratMSRCaribbean	13.8888	14.7195	12.8339
96	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	13.8840	14.7183	12.9151
97	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	13.7677	14.8693	12.4383
98	United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	13.7274	14.9503	12.4284
99	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	13.7044	14.7636	12.1238
100	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.7023	14.5827	12.6914
101	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	13.6923	14.5151	12.6398
102	JordanJORWestern Asia	13.6905	14.2557	13.1075
103	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	13.6819	14.2079	13.1586
104	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	13.6758	15.9176	10.9557
105	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	13.6571	14.5580	12.7556
106	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	13.6527	14.7903	12.4402
107	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	13.5952	14.3538	12.3222
108	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	13.5929	14.3682	12.8226
109	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	13.4820	15.1749	11.5464
110	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	13.4761	14.9010	11.7164
111	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	13.4672	14.2393	12.2355
112	NiueNIUPolynesia	13.4631	15.1327	11.9181
113	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	13.4544	15.1986	11.5072
114	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	13.4534	14.6273	12.0602
115	BrazilBRASouth America	13.4460	14.2554	12.5718
116	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	13.3801	14.1232	12.4566
117	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	13.3328	14.3690	12.3762
118	OmanOMNWestern Asia	13.3263	14.1950	12.3552
119	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	13.3233	14.7826	11.4881
120	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	13.2986	13.9373	12.6633
121	KenyaKENEastern Africa	13.2852	13.9923	12.6280
122	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	13.2423	14.4270	11.6965
123	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	13.2422	14.0914	12.1475
124	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	13.2319	14.2733	12.0653
125	GabonGABMiddle Africa	13.2267	13.9117	12.3788
126	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	13.2189	13.8623	12.5032
127	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	13.2114	13.9125	12.4685
128	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	13.1765	14.1415	11.5030
129	BoliviaBOLSouth America	13.1595	13.5642	12.6517
130	TongaTONPolynesia	13.1143	14.7794	11.6773
131	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	13.0962	13.7513	12.6219
132	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	13.0911	14.8912	11.4577
133	EcuadorECUSouth America	13.0600	13.8197	12.1885
134	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	13.0442	13.9574	12.0407
135	NicaraguaNICCentral America	13.0235	14.1099	11.6871
136	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	12.9930	13.6767	12.0097
137	ParaguayPRYSouth America	12.9899	13.7689	12.1523
138	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	12.9818	13.6551	12.3306
139	IraqIRQWestern Asia	12.9776	14.2319	11.4642
140	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	12.9714	14.0733	11.0333
141	SamoaWSMPolynesia	12.9681	14.3811	11.7348
142	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	12.9636	14.6519	11.7743
143	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	12.8829	13.3625	12.2228
144	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	12.8220	14.0098	11.4650
145	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	12.7476	13.7569	12.1559
146	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	12.7239	13.5833	11.8166
147	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	12.7097	13.2984	11.5721
148	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	12.6993	13.3686	11.6237
149	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	12.6844	13.8813	11.0820
150	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	12.6686	13.0691	12.2229
151	IranIRNSouthern Asia	12.6662	13.5768	11.8094
152	PeruPERSouth America	12.6378	13.3719	11.9094
153	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	12.6349	13.5632	11.5683
154	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	12.5934	13.1385	11.9842
155	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	12.5748	13.1533	11.9054
156	HondurasHNDCentral America	12.5652	13.3986	11.7240
157	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	12.5630	13.1887	11.8778
158	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	12.5474	13.4174	11.5559
159	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	12.5425	12.9820	11.9209
160	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	12.5115	13.0088	11.9371
161	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	12.4659	13.0291	11.7337
162	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	12.4643	13.4873	11.4706
163	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	12.4469	13.0692	11.8173
164	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	12.4456	12.9830	11.9241
165	BeninBENWestern Africa	12.4363	13.1522	11.5260
166	YemenYEMWestern Asia	12.4319	13.0722	11.6384
167	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	12.4250	13.5648	10.9980
168	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	12.3697	12.8847	11.7683
169	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	12.3489	13.1300	11.3551
170	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	12.3399	12.7707	11.8324
171	PalauPLWMicronesia	12.3299	14.2648	10.4139
172	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	12.2952	13.1970	11.4638
173	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	12.2786	13.3791	11.0718
174	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	12.2028	13.6820	11.4786
175	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	12.1666	12.7316	11.8590
176	GuineaGINWestern Africa	12.1614	12.4842	11.7853
177	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	12.1596	12.6041	11.7697
178	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	12.1341	12.8238	11.4492
179	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	12.1187	12.8022	11.3347
180	FijiFJIMelanesia	12.1102	13.3962	11.0047
181	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	12.0880	13.1060	10.6929
182	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	12.0873	12.4582	11.6404
183	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	12.0854	12.7641	11.1486
184	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	12.0775	11.6618	12.4207
185	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	12.0284	12.5599	11.3488
186	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	11.9936	13.4260	10.7285
187	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	11.9694	12.6139	11.3515
188	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	11.9607	12.3549	11.5212
189	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	11.9432	12.5156	11.3200
190	GuyanaGUYSouth America	11.9428	13.0203	10.9422
191	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	11.9177	12.4446	11.3747
192	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	11.9046	12.1959	11.6604
193	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	11.9037	12.4154	11.3293
194	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	11.8548	12.4210	11.4170
195	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	11.8495	12.2151	11.4154
196	TogoTGOWestern Africa	11.8410	12.2490	11.3440
197	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	11.8194	12.8945	10.5724
198	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	11.7870	12.4686	10.9435
199	HaitiHTICaribbean	11.7326	12.1606	11.1737
200	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	11.7168	12.3631	10.9230
201	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	11.6826	12.2414	11.1762
202	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	11.6376	11.9804	11.2436
203	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	11.6349	12.7678	10.9781
204	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	11.5855	12.0082	11.0401
205	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	11.5647	11.9922	11.0715
206	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	11.5320	12.0628	11.0469
207	SenegalSENWestern Africa	11.5190	11.9180	11.0667
208	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	11.5155	11.7112	11.2581
209	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	11.5130	11.7769	11.2121
210	NauruNRUMicronesia	11.4105	12.8314	10.2809
211	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11.1525	11.4512	10.8185
212	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	11.0660	11.0715	11.0608
213	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	10.9195	11.4900	10.3901
214	SurinameSURSouth America	10.9050	12.3102	9.5842
215	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	10.8796	11.4446	10.2886
216	NigerNERWestern Africa	10.7536	10.8403	10.6307
217	MaliMLIWestern Africa	10.6176	10.8530	10.3640
218	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	10.3574	10.8859	9.6459
219	EritreaERIEastern Africa	10.0595	10.5137	9.5124
220	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	9.9309	10.2017	9.5960
221	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	9.8010	10.9801	8.5657
222	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	8.4287	9.0361	7.8461

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Japan17.4814
2Gibraltar17.4376
3Andorra17.3837
4Iceland17.2585
5Monaco17.1729

Lowest

222Afghanistan8.4287
221Timor-Leste9.8010
220South Sudan9.9309
219Eritrea10.0595
218Ethiopia10.3574

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.4652. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Women (further years at 65)
HighestAndorra20.6005
LowestAfghanistan9.0361
Middle country: 14.5704
Men (further years at 65)
HighestGibraltar15.8959
LowestAfghanistan7.8461
Middle country: 12.3288

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
170 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Monaco16.6618 → 17.1729+0.5111
Argentina13.7855 → 14.2514+0.4659
Uganda12.0404 → 12.4643+0.4239
Malta13.8091 → 14.2042+0.3951
Hong Kong16.2176 → 16.5964+0.3788

Fell most

Colombia15.1327 → 14.0872−1.0455
New Zealand15.9587 → 15.5063−0.4524
Finland15.7957 → 15.4510−0.3447
Bulgaria13.9574 → 13.6527−0.3047
Latvia14.3876 → 14.0930−0.2946

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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