Central African Republic - Life Expectancy 2018
52.3
+7.1 from 2017
Central African Republic's life expectancy was 52.3 in 2018, increased +7.1 from 45.2 in 2017. This was the 215th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 86.1 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | San Marino | 85.1 | 0.2% |
| 3rd | Hong Kong SAR, China | 84.9 | 0.2% |
| 4th | Andorra | 84.2 | -0.1% |
| 5th | Japan | 84.2 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 83.8 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 83.7 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Spain | 83.4 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Italy | 83.3 | 0.5% |
| 10th | Singapore | 83.3 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 83.0 | -0.8% |
| 12th | Gibraltar | 83.0 | 0.2% |
| 13th | French Polynesia | 83.0 | 0.3% |
| 14th | Iceland | 82.9 | 0.2% |
| 15th | Israel | 82.8 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Norway | 82.8 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Australia | 82.7 | 0.3% |
| 18th | Qatar | 82.7 | 0.3% |
| 19th | France | 82.7 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Korea | 82.6 | 0.0% |
| 21st | Sweden | 82.6 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | United Arab Emirates | 82.4 | 0.1% |
| 23rd | Luxembourg | 82.3 | 0.2% |
| 24th | Faroe Islands | 82.3 | 0.2% |
| 25th | Malta | 82.2 | -0.1% |
| 26th | Ireland | 82.2 | 0.1% |
| 27th | Netherlands | 81.8 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Canada | 81.8 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Greece | 81.8 | 0.6% |
| 30th | Finland | 81.7 | 0.1% |
| 31st | New Zealand | 81.7 | -0.2% |
| 32nd | Austria | 81.7 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Belgium | 81.6 | 0.1% |
| 34th | Cyprus | 81.6 | 0.0% |
| 35th | Slovenia | 81.4 | 0.4% |
| 36th | Portugal | 81.3 | -0.1% |
| 37th | United Kingdom | 81.3 | 0.0% |
| 38th | Channel Islands | 81.1 | 0.1% |
| 39th | Puerto Rico (US) | 81.1 | 2.5% |
| 40th | European Union | 81.0 | 0.1% |
| 41st | Bermuda | 81.0 | 0.4% |
| 42nd | Denmark | 81.0 | -0.2% |
| 43rd | Germany | 80.9 | -0.1% |
| 44th | Isle of Man | 80.6 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Chile | 80.6 | -0.1% |
| 46th | Bahrain | 80.4 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Kuwait | 80.1 | 0.2% |
| 48th | Costa Rica | 80.1 | 0.1% |
| 49th | St. Martin (French part) | 80.0 | 1.6% |
| 50th | Oman | 79.9 | 0.1% |
| 51st | Virgin Islands (US) | 79.5 | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Maldives | 79.4 | 0.3% |
| 53rd | Albania | 79.2 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Czechia | 79.0 | 0.1% |
| 55th | Cayman Islands | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Saudi Arabia | 78.8 | 0.0% |
| 57th | United States | 78.6 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Panama | 78.3 | 0.5% |
| 59th | Lebanon | 78.3 | 0.1% |
| 60th | Estonia | 78.2 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.9 | 0.7% |
| 62nd | Croatia | 77.9 | 0.2% |
| 63rd | Montenegro | 77.9 | 1.6% |
| 64th | China | 77.7 | 0.6% |
| 65th | Poland | 77.6 | -0.2% |
| 66th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 67th | New Caledonia | 77.6 | 0.1% |
| 68th | Uruguay | 77.5 | -0.1% |
| 69th | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.5 | 0.1% |
| 70th | Türkiye | 77.5 | 0.5% |
| 71st | Cuba | 77.4 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Slovak Republic | 77.3 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Ecuador | 77.2 | 1.3% |
| 74th | Thailand | 77.2 | 0.3% |
| 75th | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.1 | 0.1% |
| 76th | Kosovo | 77.1 | 0.0% |
| 77th | Argentina | 76.8 | 0.3% |
| 78th | British Virgin Islands | 76.7 | 1.4% |
| 79th | North Macedonia | 76.6 | 0.9% |
| 80th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 76.6 | 0.3% |
| 81st | Colombia | 76.6 | 0.2% |
| 82nd | Guam | 76.6 | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Curaçao | 76.5 | 0.1% |
| 84th | Jordan | 76.5 | 0.6% |
| 85th | Sri Lanka | 76.5 | 0.3% |
| 86th | Barbados | 76.4 | 0.2% |
| 87th | Hungary | 76.1 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Peru | 76.0 | 0.1% |
| 89th | Serbia | 75.9 | 0.5% |
| 90th | Aruba | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 91st | Malaysia | 75.7 | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 75.7 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Lithuania | 75.7 | 0.3% |
| 94th | Brazil | 75.6 | 0.3% |
| 95th | Armenia | 75.6 | 0.5% |
| 96th | Algeria | 75.6 | 0.2% |
| 97th | West Bank and Gaza | 75.4 | 0.2% |
| 98th | Tunisia | 75.4 | 0.3% |
| 99th | Romania | 75.4 | 0.2% |
| 100th | Brunei Darussalam | 75.0 | 0.1% |
| 101st | Bulgaria | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 102nd | Grenada | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Cabo Verde | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 104th | Latvia | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 105th | Mauritius | 74.4 | -0.1% |
| 106th | Mexico | 74.3 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Belarus | 74.2 | 0.1% |
| 108th | Viet Nam | 74.1 | 0.1% |
| 109th | Bahamas, The | 74.1 | 0.0% |
| 110th | Georgia | 74.0 | 0.7% |
| 111th | Morocco | 73.9 | 0.5% |
| 112th | Nicaragua | 73.9 | 0.7% |
| 113th | Paraguay | 73.6 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Ukraine | 73.6 | -0.6% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 116th | Kazakhstan | 73.4 | 0.5% |
| 117th | Libya | 73.2 | 0.6% |
| 118th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 73.0 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 73.0 | 0.4% |
| 120th | Seychelles | 72.8 | -2.0% |
| 121st | American Samoa | 72.8 | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Russian Federation | 72.7 | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 72.7 | -0.4% |
| 124th | St. Lucia | 72.7 | 0.2% |
| 125th | Belize | 72.3 | 0.4% |
| 126th | Tonga | 72.2 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Bangladesh | 72.1 | 0.7% |
| 128th | Honduras | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 129th | Uzbekistan | 72.0 | 0.4% |
| 130th | Greenland | 72.0 | 0.0% |
| 131st | Bhutan | 71.7 | 0.4% |
| 132nd | Jamaica | 71.6 | -0.4% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 71.5 | -0.1% |
| 134th | Suriname | 71.5 | 0.3% |
| 135th | Kyrgyz Republic | 71.4 | 0.3% |
| 136th | El Salvador | 71.4 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Dominica | 71.4 | 4.0% |
| 138th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.3 | 0.1% |
| 139th | Iraq | 71.1 | 1.9% |
| 140th | Samoa | 71.1 | 0.1% |
| 141st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.0 | 0.0% |
| 142nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Mongolia | 70.8 | 0.4% |
| 144th | Tajikistan | 70.7 | 0.3% |
| 145th | Vanuatu | 70.6 | 0.2% |
| 146th | India | 70.4 | 0.5% |
| 147th | Moldova | 70.2 | -0.2% |
| 148th | Indonesia | 70.1 | 0.2% |
| 149th | Cambodia | 70.0 | 0.2% |
| 150th | Solomon Islands | 69.8 | 0.2% |
| 151st | Philippines | 69.8 | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Turkmenistan | 69.3 | 0.1% |
| 153rd | Nepal | 69.0 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Palau | 69.0 | 0.0% |
| 155th | Guyana | 68.8 | 0.4% |
| 156th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 67.7 | 0.2% |
| 157th | São Tomé and Principe | 67.6 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Lao PDR | 67.6 | 0.4% |
| 159th | Mauritania | 67.4 | 0.5% |
| 160th | Senegal | 67.4 | 0.5% |
| 161st | Syrian Arab Republic | 67.4 | 2.6% |
| 162nd | Gabon | 67.0 | 0.3% |
| 163rd | Eritrea | 67.0 | 0.6% |
| 164th | Fiji | 67.0 | -0.1% |
| 165th | Pakistan | 66.5 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Botswana | 66.4 | 1.5% |
| 167th | Rwanda | 66.4 | 0.3% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 66.2 | 0.5% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | 66.2 | 0.5% |
| 170th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 65.9 | 0.3% |
| 171st | Yemen, Republic of | 65.9 | -1.8% |
| 172nd | Tuvalu | 65.9 | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Marshall Islands | 65.9 | 0.3% |
| 174th | Kiribati | 65.8 | 0.0% |
| 175th | Uganda | 65.8 | 0.9% |
| 176th | South Africa | 65.7 | 0.5% |
| 177th | Sudan | 65.5 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Tanzania | 65.5 | 0.8% |
| 179th | Comoros | 65.4 | 0.4% |
| 180th | Papua New Guinea | 65.1 | 0.3% |
| 181st | Congo, Republic of | 64.5 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Malawi | 64.5 | 0.9% |
| 183rd | Ghana | 64.1 | 0.5% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 64.1 | 0.6% |
| 185th | Haiti | 64.1 | 0.4% |
| 186th | Gambia, The | 64.0 | 0.5% |
| 187th | Madagascar | 63.5 | 0.1% |
| 188th | Kenya | 62.8 | 0.2% |
| 189th | Angola | 62.6 | 0.8% |
| 190th | Namibia | 62.6 | 1.5% |
| 191st | Afghanistan | 62.4 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Zambia | 62.1 | 0.9% |
| 193rd | Equatorial Guinea | 61.9 | 0.7% |
| 194th | Burundi | 61.8 | 0.8% |
| 195th | Guinea-Bissau | 61.7 | 0.8% |
| 196th | Nauru | 61.2 | 0.2% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 61.2 | 0.6% |
| 198th | Liberia | 61.0 | 0.4% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 60.9 | 1.1% |
| 200th | Mozambique | 60.8 | 1.1% |
| 201st | Togo | 60.6 | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Burkina Faso | 60.0 | 0.7% |
| 203rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 59.9 | 0.7% |
| 204th | Côte d'Ivoire | 59.8 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Niger | 59.8 | 0.4% |
| 206th | Benin | 59.7 | 0.3% |
| 207th | Sierra Leone | 59.1 | 2.2% |
| 208th | Guinea | 59.0 | 0.6% |
| 209th | Mali | 58.9 | 0.5% |
| 210th | Eswatini | 58.7 | 2.0% |
| 211th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 54.8 | 4.9% |
| 212th | Lesotho | 54.6 | 1.4% |
| 213th | Nigeria | 52.7 | 0.5% |
| 214th | Chad | 52.4 | 1.1% |
| 215th | Central African Republic | 52.3 | 15.6% |
| 216th | South Sudan | 51.9 | 46.8% |
FAQ
What was Central African Republic's life expectancy in 2018?▾
Central African Republic's life expectancy in 2018 was 52.3. This ranked 215th globally.
How did Central African Republic's life expectancy change in 2018?▾
Central African Republic's life expectancy increased by 15.6% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2018?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2018 at 86.1.
What is the life expectancy of Central African Republic in 2018?▾
The life expectancy of Central African Republic in 2018 was 52.3. This ranked 215th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Central African Republic's life expectancy?▾
Central African Republic's life expectancy went from 45.2 in 2017 to 52.3 in 2018, a 15.6% increase.
Related
2017
2019
All years
Full ranking 2018
Population
Population Growth
Population Density
Urban Population
Birth Rate
Peak: 2023
Lowest: 2009
Life Expectancy 1990s
Life Expectancy 2000s
Life Expectancy 2010s
Life Expectancy 2020s
Highest ever
Lowest ever
Average
vs Madagascar
vs Malawi
vs Eritrea
vs Mozambique
African Union Life Expectancy
Global Ranking