Data for 1999

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1999

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1999
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1999, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1999 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 81.826; Sierra Leone is lowest, at 41.962. The middle country reads 70.245. Against 1998, 222 values changed (188 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1999

HighestMonaco

81.826

LowestSierra Leone

41.962

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

222countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	81.826
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	81.551
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	80.613
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	80.389
5	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	80.200
6	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	79.812
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	79.724
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.509
9	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79.277
10	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	79.236
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	79.205
12	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	79.125
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	78.944
14	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	78.891
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	78.885
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	78.746
17	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	78.668
18	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	78.574
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	78.423
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.386
21	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	78.151
22	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	78.148
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	77.968
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	77.955
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	77.911
26	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	77.854
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	77.798
28	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	77.753
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.648
30	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	77.572
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	77.451
32	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	77.373
33	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	77.271
34	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.058
35	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	76.986
36	Chile`CHL`South America	76.738
37	United States`USA`Northern America	76.669
38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	76.578
39	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	76.565
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	76.322
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	76.089
42	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	75.722
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	75.719
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	75.620
45	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.617
46	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	75.454
47	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.278
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.048
49	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	74.982
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	74.946
51	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	74.892
52	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	74.789
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	74.741
54	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	74.652
55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	74.587
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	74.568
57	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	74.469
58	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	74.456
59	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	74.405
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	74.293
61	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	74.262
62	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	74.232
63	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	74.222
64	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	73.806
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.683
66	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	73.609
67	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	73.531
68	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	73.514
69	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	73.294
70	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	73.276
71	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	73.224
72	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	73.174
73	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	73.141
74	Panama`PAN`Central America	73.124
75	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	72.967
76	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	72.963
77	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	72.873
78	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	72.857
79	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	72.575
80	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	72.428
81	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	72.344
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	72.308
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	72.290
84	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.203
85	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	72.147
86	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.088
87	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	71.952
88	Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.920
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	71.737
90	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.717
91	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.561
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.527
93	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	71.484
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	71.390
95	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71.208
96	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.189
97	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	71.109
98	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	71.040
99	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	70.979
100	Colombia`COL`South America	70.913
101	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	70.789
102	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	70.752
103	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	70.692
104	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.681
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.601
106	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	70.581
107	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	70.555
108	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.507
109	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	70.427
110	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	70.418
111	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.312
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70.178
113	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	70.157
114	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	70.088
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	70.012
116	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	69.994
117	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.774
118	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	69.686
119	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.648
120	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	69.585
121	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	69.432
122	Peru`PER`South America	69.302
123	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.211
124	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.976
125	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	68.725
126	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	68.509
127	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	68.419
128	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.005
129	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	68.004
130	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	67.924
131	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.503
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	67.409
133	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	67.285
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	67.205
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.010
136	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	67.001
137	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.728
138	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	66.634
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	66.404
140	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.002
141	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	65.892
142	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	65.641
143	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	65.595
144	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	65.307
145	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	65.121
146	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	64.916
147	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	64.733
148	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	64.626
149	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	64.532
150	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	64.475
151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	64.393
152	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	64.230
153	Suriname`SUR`South America	64.035
154	Guyana`GUY`South America	63.772
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	63.528
156	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	63.421
157	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	63.346
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	63.114
159	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	62.835
160	India`IND`Southern Asia	62.284
161	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	62.275
162	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	62.035
163	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	62.032
164	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.658
165	Bolivia`BOL`South America	61.655
166	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	61.540
167	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	61.505
168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	61.244
169	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	60.976
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.910
171	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	60.443
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.107
173	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	59.701
174	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.190
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	58.853
176	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.611
177	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	58.607
178	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	58.265
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	57.866
180	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	57.835
181	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	57.692
182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	57.434
183	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	57.315
184	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	56.564
185	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	56.466
186	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	56.336
187	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.866
188	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	54.532
189	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.427
190	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.318
191	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	53.983
192	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.166
193	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	53.001
194	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.499
195	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	52.399
196	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.987
197	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.273
198	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.611
199	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	50.463
200	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	50.412
201	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.385
202	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	50.089
203	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.060
204	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	49.486
205	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	48.977
206	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	48.837
207	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.808
208	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	48.492
209	Niger`NER`Western Africa	48.480
210	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	47.934
211	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	47.627
212	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.910
213	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	46.609
214	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	46.379
215	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	45.924
216	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	45.808
217	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.749
218	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	45.246
219	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	45.060
220	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	44.537
221	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	44.506
222	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	41.962

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco81.826
2Andorra81.551
3Japan80.613
4Hong Kong80.389
5San Marino80.200

Lowest

222Sierra Leone41.962
221Eritrea44.506
220South Sudan44.537
219Malawi45.060
218Timor-Leste45.246

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 70.245. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
188 · 34rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan19.048 → 44.537+25.489
Honduras62.432 → 68.005+5.573
Rwanda43.099 → 45.749+2.650
Afghanistan52.487 → 54.532+2.045
Republic of the Congo52.551 → 54.427+1.876

Fell most

Kosovo68.580 → 58.265−10.315
Eritrea49.997 → 44.506−5.491
Timor-Leste48.583 → 45.246−3.337
Serbia72.299 → 69.994−2.305
Lesotho52.029 → 50.385−1.644

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 (1999). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1999

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