Data for 1982

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1982

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1982
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1982, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1982 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 77.617; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 32.247. The middle country reads 65.813. Against 1981, 222 values changed (204 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1982

HighestAndorra

77.617

LowestTimor-Leste

32.247

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

222countries
1measure
1982the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 1982, 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 Birth, 1982: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	77.617
2	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	77.072
3	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	76.808
4	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	76.799
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	76.350
6	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	76.319
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	76.162
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	76.061
9	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	76.019
10	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	75.884
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	75.692
12	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	75.256
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	75.208
14	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	75.060
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	74.928
16	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	74.913
17	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	74.782
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	74.766
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	74.719
20	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.597
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	74.530
22	United States`USA`Northern America	74.464
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	74.334
24	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	74.325
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	74.039
26	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	73.908
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	73.879
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	73.865
29	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	73.724
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	73.628
31	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	73.525
32	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	73.518
33	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	73.439
34	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	73.155
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	73.143
36	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	73.041
37	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	72.949
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	72.903
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	72.830
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.698
41	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	72.419
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	72.397
43	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	72.304
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	72.157
45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	72.015
46	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	72.010
47	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	71.948
48	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.749
49	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	71.681
50	Uruguay`URY`South America	71.528
51	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	71.485
52	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	71.378
53	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	71.368
54	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	71.354
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.078
56	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.065
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.035
58	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.915
59	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.877
60	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	70.784
61	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	70.761
62	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	70.704
63	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.663
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	70.425
65	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	70.407
66	Chile`CHL`South America	70.291
67	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	70.138
68	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	70.076
69	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	69.975
70	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	69.902
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	69.900
72	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	69.863
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	69.844
74	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	69.799
75	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	69.706
76	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	69.682
77	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	69.669
78	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.627
79	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	69.571
80	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.353
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	69.253
82	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	69.142
83	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	69.127
84	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69.109
85	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	69.056
86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	69.004
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	68.985
88	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	68.977
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	68.973
90	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	68.922
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	68.876
92	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	68.692
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	68.665
94	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	68.597
95	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	68.584
96	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.141
97	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	68.090
98	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	67.959
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.950
100	Colombia`COL`South America	67.861
101	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	67.747
102	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	67.360
103	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.339
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	67.061
105	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	66.511
106	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	66.383
107	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	66.327
108	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	66.212
109	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	66.146
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.076
111	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	65.859
112	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	65.768
113	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	65.647
114	Mexico`MEX`Central America	65.256
115	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.249
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.076
117	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	65.010
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	64.869
119	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	64.456
120	Ecuador`ECU`South America	64.271
121	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	64.198
122	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	64.008
123	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63.740
124	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.603
125	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.586
126	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	63.471
127	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	63.465
128	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	63.382
129	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	62.747
130	Brazil`BRA`South America	62.708
131	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	62.540
132	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	62.507
133	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	62.333
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.276
135	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	62.230
136	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.195
137	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	62.175
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	62.049
139	Honduras`HND`Central America	61.688
140	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	61.577
141	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	61.519
142	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	61.293
143	Guyana`GUY`South America	61.010
144	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.936
145	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.934
146	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	60.839
147	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	60.747
148	Peru`PER`South America	60.559
149	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	60.161
150	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	60.074
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.905
152	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	59.859
153	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.700
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.594
155	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	59.533
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.467
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.977
158	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	58.685
159	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	58.644
160	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.635
161	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.291
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.075
163	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	57.976
164	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	57.773
165	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.633
166	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.335
167	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	57.236
168	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	57.219
169	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	56.869
170	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	56.614
171	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.623
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	55.033
173	India`IND`Southern Asia	54.735
174	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	54.375
175	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.361
176	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	54.229
177	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	53.342
178	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.273
179	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	53.012
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	52.893
181	Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.511
182	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	52.367
183	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.090
184	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.990
185	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	51.801
186	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	51.750
187	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	51.425
188	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	50.626
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	50.213
190	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	50.188
191	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.009
192	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	49.931
193	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	49.863
194	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	49.776
195	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	49.666
196	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	49.181
197	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	48.863
198	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	48.756
199	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	48.493
200	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	48.020
201	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	47.633
202	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	47.190
203	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.012
204	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.437
205	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46.250
206	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	45.946
207	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	44.891
208	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	44.840
209	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.447
210	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	44.293
211	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	43.911
212	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	43.863
213	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	43.434
214	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.309
215	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	43.302
216	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	42.857
217	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	41.804
218	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.677
219	Niger`NER`Western Africa	39.844
220	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	38.677
221	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.058
222	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	32.247

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Andorra77.617
2Japan77.072
3San Marino76.808
4Iceland76.799
5Sweden76.350

Lowest

222Timor-Leste32.247
221Afghanistan36.058
220South Sudan38.677
219Niger39.844
218Mozambique41.677

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 65.813. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
204 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador50.889 → 53.342+2.454
Algeria57.422 → 59.594+2.172
Gambia44.489 → 46.250+1.761
Tajikistan58.758 → 60.161+1.403
Oman60.802 → 62.049+1.246

Fell most

Lebanon60.279 → 47.190−13.089
Guatemala54.710 → 48.863−5.847
Syria64.598 → 60.839−3.759
Afghanistan39.406 → 36.058−3.348
Zambia54.986 → 54.361−0.625

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (1982). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1982

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