Data for 1995

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1995

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1995
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1995, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1995 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 80.902; South Sudan is lowest, at 31.510. The middle country reads 69.358. Against 1994, 222 values changed (168 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1995

HighestMonaco

80.902

LowestSouth Sudan

31.510

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

222countries
1measure
1995the 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, 1995, 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, 1995: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	80.902
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	80.804
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	79.684
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	79.106
5	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	79.031
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	78.822
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	78.565
8	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	78.345
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	78.257
10	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	78.200
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	78.125
12	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78.052
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.021
14	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	77.918
15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	77.893
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	77.872
17	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	77.846
18	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	77.802
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	77.797
20	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	77.658
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.551
22	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	77.543
23	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	76.982
24	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	76.840
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	76.785
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	76.775
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	76.614
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	76.604
29	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	76.583
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	76.552
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76.440
32	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	76.243
33	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	75.920
34	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	75.878
35	United States`USA`Northern America	75.852
36	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	75.725
37	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	75.714
38	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.665
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	75.550
40	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	75.474
41	Chile`CHL`South America	75.298
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	75.287
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	74.617
44	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	74.511
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	74.419
46	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	74.404
47	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	74.346
48	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	74.089
49	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	74.022
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	73.880
51	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	73.743
52	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73.740
53	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	73.597
54	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	73.576
55	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	73.571
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	73.493
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	73.375
58	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	73.371
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	73.361
60	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	73.177
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	72.864
62	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	72.849
63	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	72.838
64	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	72.832
65	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	72.831
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.726
67	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	72.561
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	72.384
69	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	72.254
70	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	72.173
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	72.094
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	71.994
73	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	71.979
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	71.965
75	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	71.959
76	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	71.949
77	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	71.938
78	Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.714
79	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	71.565
80	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	71.560
81	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.488
82	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.423
83	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	71.392
84	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.349
85	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	71.314
86	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.189
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	71.173
88	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	70.962
89	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	70.944
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.915
91	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	70.871
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70.832
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	70.786
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	70.703
95	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.642
96	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	70.634
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	70.600
98	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.575
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	70.363
100	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.209
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	70.188
102	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.969
103	Colombia`COL`South America	69.810
104	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.757
105	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	69.746
106	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	69.734
107	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	69.583
108	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.484
109	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	69.470
110	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	69.398
111	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	69.394
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	69.323
113	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	69.018
114	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	68.813
115	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	68.782
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.778
117	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	68.752
118	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	68.592
119	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	68.456
120	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	68.104
121	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	67.995
122	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	67.904
123	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	67.814
124	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.701
125	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	67.691
126	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	67.230
127	Peru`PER`South America	67.220
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	67.114
129	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	66.962
130	Honduras`HND`Central America	66.919
131	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	66.717
132	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	66.379
133	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	66.311
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	66.218
135	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.007
136	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	65.995
137	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.263
138	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65.214
139	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.903
140	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.869
141	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.761
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	64.725
143	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	64.670
144	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	64.157
145	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	64.142
146	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	63.995
147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.717
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	63.691
149	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	63.662
150	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	63.514
151	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	63.255
152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	63.146
153	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	62.919
154	Suriname`SUR`South America	62.779
155	Guyana`GUY`South America	62.668
156	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	62.515
157	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	62.505
158	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	61.931
159	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.603
160	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	61.389
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.270
162	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.929
163	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	60.891
164	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.766
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	60.630
166	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.536
167	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	60.532
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	60.274
169	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	60.063
170	Bolivia`BOL`South America	59.787
171	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	59.323
172	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	59.277
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.862
174	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	58.671
175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	58.244
176	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	57.830
177	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.518
178	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	57.447
179	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.336
180	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	56.662
181	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	56.562
182	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	56.368
183	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	56.344
184	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.234
185	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.856
186	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	55.582
187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.474
188	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	55.366
189	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.080
190	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	54.845
191	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	54.822
192	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.713
193	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54.292
194	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	53.708
195	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.347
196	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	52.103
197	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	51.926
198	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.713
199	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	51.144
200	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	51.005
201	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.650
202	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	50.381
203	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	49.836
204	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	49.555
205	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	48.531
206	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	48.293
207	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	48.156
208	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	48.109
209	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47.706
210	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	47.543
211	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.453
212	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	46.546
213	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	46.139
214	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	46.051
215	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	45.870
216	Niger`NER`Western Africa	45.504
217	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	44.589
218	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	44.573
219	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	43.804
220	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	42.579
221	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	41.518
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	31.510

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco80.902
2Andorra80.804
3Japan79.684
4Hong Kong79.106
5San Marino79.031

Lowest

222South Sudan31.510
221Rwanda41.518
220Sierra Leone42.579
219Malawi43.804
218Liberia44.573

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 69.358. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
168 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda12.158 → 41.518+29.361
Bosnia and Herzegovina66.603 → 70.188+3.586
Angola43.567 → 46.139+2.572
Liberia42.621 → 44.573+1.952
Azerbaijan60.277 → 61.931+1.654

Fell most

South Sudan44.858 → 31.510−13.348
North Korea70.472 → 60.766−9.706
Eswatini56.643 → 55.080−1.564
Iceland79.022 → 77.543−1.480
Zimbabwe52.537 → 51.144−1.393

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 (1995). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1995

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