Data for 2002

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 2002, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 83.055; Eswatini is lowest, at 45.380. The middle country reads 71.173. Against 2001, 222 values changed (203 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2002

HighestMonaco

83.055

LowestEswatini

45.380

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

222countries
1measure
2002the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
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01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	83.055
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	82.449
3	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	81.795
4	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	81.180
5	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	81.061
6	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	80.590
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	80.444
8	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	80.278
9	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	80.112
10	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	80.098
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	80.052
12	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	79.953
13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	79.935
14	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	79.818
15	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	79.759
16	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.566
17	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	79.544
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	79.514
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	79.411
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	79.031
21	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	78.960
22	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	78.866
23	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	78.846
24	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	78.841
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	78.758
26	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	78.736
27	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	78.721
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	78.475
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	78.467
30	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	78.412
31	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	78.366
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	78.270
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	78.237
34	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	78.168
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.939
36	Chile`CHL`South America	77.840
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	77.590
38	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	77.552
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	77.370
40	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	77.230
41	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	77.219
42	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	77.099
43	United States`USA`Northern America	76.988
44	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	76.871
45	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	76.819
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	76.766
47	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	76.316
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	76.188
49	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	75.994
50	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	75.934
51	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	75.785
52	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.766
53	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	75.656
54	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	75.506
55	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	75.442
56	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	75.299
57	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	75.237
58	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	75.209
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	74.979
60	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	74.971
61	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	74.843
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	74.836
63	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	74.820
64	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	74.646
65	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	74.610
66	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	74.585
67	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	74.518
68	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	74.365
69	Argentina`ARG`South America	74.312
70	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	74.278
71	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	74.276
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	74.195
73	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	74.131
74	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	73.765
75	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	73.552
76	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	73.472
77	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	73.470
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	73.296
79	Ecuador`ECU`South America	73.164
80	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	73.142
81	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	73.138
82	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	73.136
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	73.106
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	73.070
85	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	73.034
86	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	73.023
87	Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.823
88	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	72.709
89	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	72.605
90	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	72.599
91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	72.507
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	72.360
93	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.359
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.271
95	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	72.227
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	72.128
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	72.055
98	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	72.054
99	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	71.928
100	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.839
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	71.775
102	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	71.755
103	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	71.742
104	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	71.707
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	71.644
106	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	71.546
107	Colombia`COL`South America	71.537
108	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	71.486
109	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	71.478
110	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	71.364
111	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	71.233
112	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	71.112
113	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	70.881
114	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	70.835
115	Peru`PER`South America	70.815
116	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	70.788
117	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70.719
118	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	70.658
119	Paraguay`PRY`South America	70.539
120	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	70.438
121	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.396
122	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	70.345
123	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	70.194
124	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.176
125	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	70.030
126	Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.529
127	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	69.447
128	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	69.232
129	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	68.836
130	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.714
131	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.526
132	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	68.298
133	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	67.950
134	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.886
135	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.846
136	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	67.835
137	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	67.793
138	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	67.699
139	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.582
140	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	67.350
141	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	67.007
142	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.954
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	66.769
144	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	66.690
145	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	66.376
146	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	65.724
147	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	65.593
148	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	65.492
149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	65.342
150	Suriname`SUR`South America	65.274
151	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	65.123
152	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	65.076
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	64.898
154	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	64.730
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	64.441
156	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.183
157	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	63.992
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	63.984
159	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	63.908
160	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	63.848
161	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	63.825
162	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	63.807
163	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.649
164	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	63.591
165	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	63.507
166	Bolivia`BOL`South America	63.068
167	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	62.556
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.249
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	62.175
170	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	61.826
171	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	61.643
172	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	61.395
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	60.925
174	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.877
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	59.723
176	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	59.477
177	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	59.427
178	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	59.308
179	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	59.302
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	59.170
181	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	59.041
182	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	58.941
183	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	58.912
184	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	58.709
185	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	57.824
186	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	57.736
187	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	56.851
188	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	56.759
189	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.414
190	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	56.225
191	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.580
192	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.044
193	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	54.940
194	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	54.324
195	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54.061
196	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	53.922
197	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.200
198	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.373
199	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	52.371
200	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	52.085
201	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	51.995
202	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.988
203	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	51.608
204	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	51.544
205	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	51.448
206	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	51.443
207	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	51.262
208	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	50.879
209	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	50.820
210	Niger`NER`Western Africa	50.645
211	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	49.924
212	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	49.394
213	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	48.461
214	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	48.360
215	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	48.176
216	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	48.020
217	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	47.874
218	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.840
219	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	46.174
220	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	45.950
221	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	45.938
222	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.380

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Monaco83.055
2Andorra82.449
3Japan81.795
4Hong Kong81.180
5San Marino81.061

Lowest

222Eswatini45.380
221Zimbabwe45.938
220Lesotho45.950
219Sierra Leone46.174
218Central African Republic46.840

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 71.173. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
203 · 19rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela71.019 → 72.823+1.804
Rwanda49.490 → 51.262+1.772
Burundi48.509 → 49.924+1.414
Zimbabwe44.525 → 45.938+1.413
Palestine69.750 → 70.881+1.130

Fell most

South Africa57.161 → 55.580−1.581
Lesotho47.153 → 45.950−1.202
Eswatini46.344 → 45.380−0.964
Micronesia64.801 → 63.908−0.894
Fiji66.205 → 65.492−0.712

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.

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UN DESA Population Division (2002). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2002

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