Finland - Life Expectancy 2009
79.7
+0.2 from 2008
Finland's life expectancy was 79.7 in 2009, increased +0.2 from 79.6 in 2008. This was the 36th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2009▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 84.2 | 0.4% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 84.1 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | San Marino | 83.2 | 0.4% |
| 4th | Japan | 82.9 | 0.4% |
| 5th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 82.8 | 0.5% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 82.2 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Switzerland | 82.0 | 0.1% |
| 8th | Gibraltar | 81.8 | 0.3% |
| 9th | Iceland | 81.8 | 0.2% |
| 10th | United Arab Emirates | 81.7 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Italy | 81.6 | 0.2% |
| 12th | Australia | 81.5 | 0.2% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 81.5 | -1.4% |
| 14th | Spain | 81.5 | 0.4% |
| 15th | France | 81.4 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Israel | 81.4 | 0.6% |
| 17th | Sweden | 81.4 | 0.3% |
| 18th | Singapore | 81.2 | 0.6% |
| 19th | Canada | 81.1 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 81.0 | 0.2% |
| 21st | French Polynesia | 80.9 | 0.3% |
| 22nd | Norway | 80.8 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | New Zealand | 80.7 | 0.4% |
| 24th | Luxembourg | 80.6 | 0.1% |
| 25th | Netherlands | 80.5 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Faroe Islands | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Cyprus | 80.4 | 0.6% |
| 28th | Austria | 80.3 | -0.1% |
| 29th | Malta | 80.2 | 0.8% |
| 30th | Ireland | 80.2 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Greece | 80.2 | 0.3% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 80.1 | 0.6% |
| 33rd | Belgium | 80.0 | 0.4% |
| 34th | Korea | 80.0 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Germany | 79.8 | 0.1% |
| 36th | Finland | 79.7 | 0.2% |
| 37th | Costa Rica | 79.4 | 0.2% |
| 38th | European Union | 79.4 | 0.3% |
| 39th | Isle of Man | 79.3 | 0.5% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 79.2 | 0.2% |
| 41st | Slovenia | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Chile | 78.9 | 0.2% |
| 43rd | Qatar | 78.8 | 0.7% |
| 44th | Portugal | 78.7 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Denmark | 78.6 | 0.2% |
| 46th | St. Martin (French part) | 78.5 | 0.2% |
| 47th | Albania | 78.5 | 0.3% |
| 48th | United States | 78.4 | 0.5% |
| 49th | Puerto Rico (US) | 78.4 | 0.3% |
| 50th | Bahrain | 78.0 | 0.7% |
| 51st | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.9 | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Cuba | 77.6 | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.5 | 0.5% |
| 54th | Kuwait | 77.4 | 0.3% |
| 55th | Lebanon | 77.3 | 0.4% |
| 56th | Czechia | 77.1 | 0.1% |
| 57th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.7 | 0.5% |
| 58th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.7 | 0.8% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 76.7 | 0.5% |
| 60th | Oman | 76.6 | 0.7% |
| 61st | Antigua and Barbuda | 76.4 | 0.4% |
| 62nd | Maldives | 76.4 | 0.5% |
| 63rd | Panama | 76.2 | 0.4% |
| 64th | British Virgin Islands | 76.2 | 0.2% |
| 65th | Croatia | 76.2 | 0.3% |
| 66th | Guam | 76.1 | -0.1% |
| 67th | Poland | 75.7 | 0.2% |
| 68th | New Caledonia | 75.7 | 0.4% |
| 69th | Cayman Islands | 75.7 | 0.4% |
| 70th | Argentina | 75.6 | 0.2% |
| 71st | Barbados | 75.5 | 0.2% |
| 72nd | Saudi Arabia | 75.4 | 0.2% |
| 73rd | China | 75.3 | 0.6% |
| 74th | Malaysia | 75.3 | 0.2% |
| 75th | Montenegro | 75.1 | 0.0% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 74.9 | 0.3% |
| 77th | Ecuador | 74.9 | 0.3% |
| 78th | Estonia | 74.8 | 1.4% |
| 79th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.8 | 0.0% |
| 80th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.8 | -0.1% |
| 81st | Kosovo | 74.8 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | 74.7 | 0.4% |
| 83rd | Thailand | 74.7 | 0.6% |
| 84th | Grenada | 74.6 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Colombia | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 86th | Curaçao | 74.5 | 0.2% |
| 87th | North Macedonia | 74.4 | 0.1% |
| 88th | Tunisia | 74.3 | 0.2% |
| 89th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 74.0 | 0.5% |
| 90th | Serbia | 74.0 | 0.1% |
| 91st | Aruba | 74.0 | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Hungary | 73.9 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Algeria | 73.9 | 0.3% |
| 94th | Jordan | 73.7 | 0.2% |
| 95th | Mexico | 73.6 | -0.1% |
| 96th | Viet Nam | 73.5 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.5 | 0.2% |
| 98th | Brazil | 73.5 | 0.5% |
| 99th | Bahamas, The | 73.5 | 0.0% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | 73.4 | 0.6% |
| 101st | Romania | 73.3 | 1.0% |
| 102nd | Seychelles | 73.1 | -0.1% |
| 103rd | Latvia | 73.1 | 0.9% |
| 104th | Armenia | 73.1 | 0.0% |
| 105th | St. Lucia | 72.9 | 0.0% |
| 106th | Lithuania | 72.9 | 1.5% |
| 107th | Mauritius | 72.9 | 0.4% |
| 108th | Peru | 72.6 | -0.2% |
| 109th | West Bank and Gaza | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 110th | Paraguay | 72.3 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Cabo Verde | 72.1 | 0.4% |
| 112th | Libya | 72.1 | 0.2% |
| 113th | Dominica | 71.8 | -0.2% |
| 114th | Jamaica | 71.7 | 0.3% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 71.6 | 0.4% |
| 116th | Nicaragua | 71.5 | 0.1% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.5 | 0.0% |
| 118th | Trinidad and Tobago | 71.4 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Georgia | 71.1 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Tonga | 70.9 | -0.1% |
| 121st | American Samoa | 70.8 | -2.2% |
| 122nd | Belize | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.7 | 0.1% |
| 124th | Morocco | 70.5 | 0.6% |
| 125th | Belarus | 70.4 | -0.1% |
| 126th | El Salvador | 70.4 | 0.3% |
| 127th | Sri Lanka | 70.3 | -3.1% |
| 128th | Azerbaijan | 69.9 | 0.7% |
| 129th | Honduras | 69.8 | 0.2% |
| 130th | Greenland | 69.8 | 0.6% |
| 131st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.7 | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 69.7 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Uzbekistan | 69.5 | 0.7% |
| 134th | Samoa | 69.5 | -2.9% |
| 135th | Vanuatu | 69.4 | 0.2% |
| 136th | Moldova | 69.4 | 0.6% |
| 137th | Suriname | 69.3 | 0.7% |
| 138th | Ukraine | 69.2 | 1.3% |
| 139th | Kyrgyz Republic | 69.1 | 1.0% |
| 140th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 68.9 | 0.2% |
| 141st | Russian Federation | 68.7 | 1.1% |
| 142nd | Philippines | 68.6 | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Solomon Islands | 68.4 | 0.1% |
| 144th | Indonesia | 68.3 | 0.3% |
| 145th | Tajikistan | 68.2 | 0.5% |
| 146th | Bhutan | 68.2 | 0.6% |
| 147th | Turkmenistan | 68.2 | 0.8% |
| 148th | Palau | 68.0 | 0.6% |
| 149th | Mongolia | 68.0 | 1.1% |
| 150th | Iraq | 67.8 | 2.1% |
| 151st | Bangladesh | 67.5 | 0.7% |
| 152nd | Kazakhstan | 67.5 | 1.1% |
| 153rd | Yemen, Republic of | 66.9 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Cambodia | 66.7 | 0.9% |
| 155th | India | 66.7 | 0.7% |
| 156th | Nepal | 66.6 | 0.2% |
| 157th | Fiji | 66.3 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Guyana | 66.0 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Kiribati | 65.8 | 0.1% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 65.7 | 0.5% |
| 161st | Mauritania | 65.5 | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.9 | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | 64.7 | 0.3% |
| 164th | Marshall Islands | 64.4 | 0.1% |
| 165th | Gabon | 64.4 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Pakistan | 64.2 | 0.3% |
| 167th | Senegal | 63.8 | 0.9% |
| 168th | São Tomé and Principe | 63.7 | 0.3% |
| 169th | Timor-Leste | 63.3 | 0.6% |
| 170th | Eritrea | 63.2 | 1.3% |
| 171st | Myanmar | 63.1 | 11.9% |
| 172nd | Lao PDR | 63.0 | 1.2% |
| 173rd | Papua New Guinea | 62.8 | 0.4% |
| 174th | Sudan | 62.7 | 2.3% |
| 175th | Madagascar | 62.3 | 0.5% |
| 176th | Comoros | 62.3 | 0.6% |
| 177th | Rwanda | 61.8 | 1.9% |
| 178th | Haiti | 61.7 | 0.7% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | 61.2 | 0.7% |
| 180th | Ghana | 60.9 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 60.7 | 0.4% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 60.5 | 1.0% |
| 183rd | Kenya | 60.5 | 0.9% |
| 184th | Djibouti | 60.4 | 0.9% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | 60.2 | 0.9% |
| 186th | Nauru | 59.9 | 0.3% |
| 187th | Uganda | 59.2 | 1.6% |
| 188th | Liberia | 59.1 | 0.7% |
| 189th | Botswana | 58.3 | 1.1% |
| 190th | Benin | 58.3 | 0.3% |
| 191st | Equatorial Guinea | 57.9 | 0.9% |
| 192nd | South Africa | 57.4 | 2.6% |
| 193rd | Togo | 56.9 | 0.5% |
| 194th | South Sudan | 56.8 | 1.0% |
| 195th | Malawi | 56.7 | 1.8% |
| 196th | Niger | 56.5 | 1.1% |
| 197th | Cameroon | 56.5 | 0.7% |
| 198th | Burundi | 56.4 | 1.5% |
| 199th | Guinea-Bissau | 56.3 | 1.8% |
| 200th | Angola | 56.2 | 1.7% |
| 201st | Guinea | 56.1 | 0.6% |
| 202nd | Zambia | 55.9 | 1.9% |
| 203rd | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 55.8 | 0.7% |
| 204th | Burkina Faso | 55.8 | 1.1% |
| 205th | Mali | 55.6 | 0.7% |
| 206th | Namibia | 55.3 | 1.1% |
| 207th | Côte d'Ivoire | 54.7 | 1.0% |
| 208th | Mozambique | 54.4 | 1.1% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 52.1 | 1.3% |
| 210th | Sierra Leone | 51.3 | 1.2% |
| 211th | Nigeria | 51.1 | 0.7% |
| 212th | Chad | 49.8 | 0.7% |
| 213th | Zimbabwe | 49.8 | 2.7% |
| 214th | Eswatini | 46.9 | 2.3% |
| 215th | Lesotho | 45.1 | 1.7% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 14.7 | -70.6% |
FAQ
What was Finland's life expectancy in 2009?▾
Finland's life expectancy in 2009 was 79.7. This ranked 36th globally.
How did Finland's life expectancy change in 2009?▾
Finland's life expectancy increased by 0.2% in 2009 compared to 2008.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2009?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2009 at 84.2.
What is the life expectancy of Finland in 2009?▾
The life expectancy of Finland in 2009 was 79.7. This ranked 36th globally.
How does 2009 compare to 2008 for Finland's life expectancy?▾
Finland's life expectancy went from 79.6 in 2008 to 79.7 in 2009, a 0.2% increase.
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