Germany – Life Expectancy 2005
78.9
+0.3 from 2004
Germany's life expectancy was 78.9 in 2005, increased +0.3 from 78.7 in 2004. This was the 34th highest globally.
Global Ranking – 2005▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 84.3 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 83.1 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 82.0 | -0.1% |
| 4th | San Marino | 81.9 | 0.4% |
| 5th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.6 | -0.2% |
| 6th | Iceland | 81.5 | 0.6% |
| 7th | Macao SAR, China | 81.3 | 0.4% |
| 8th | Switzerland | 81.2 | 0.2% |
| 9th | Gibraltar | 81.0 | 0.2% |
| 10th | Australia | 80.8 | 0.4% |
| 11th | Italy | 80.8 | 0.0% |
| 12th | United Arab Emirates | 80.8 | 0.6% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 80.7 | -1.3% |
| 14th | Sweden | 80.5 | 0.1% |
| 15th | Spain | 80.2 | 0.4% |
| 16th | France | 80.2 | 0.0% |
| 17th | Israel | 80.2 | 0.0% |
| 18th | Canada | 80.1 | 0.2% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 80.1 | 0.4% |
| 20th | Norway | 80.0 | 0.3% |
| 21st | Singapore | 80.0 | 0.6% |
| 22nd | French Polynesia | 80.0 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | New Zealand | 79.9 | 0.4% |
| 24th | Faroe Islands | 79.4 | 0.3% |
| 25th | Luxembourg | 79.4 | 0.4% |
| 26th | Netherlands | 79.3 | 0.3% |
| 27th | Austria | 79.3 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Malta | 79.3 | 0.1% |
| 29th | Greece | 79.2 | 0.3% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 79.2 | 0.2% |
| 31st | United Kingdom | 79.0 | 0.4% |
| 32nd | Belgium | 79.0 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | Ireland | 78.9 | 0.5% |
| 34th | Germany | 78.9 | 0.3% |
| 35th | Costa Rica | 78.9 | 0.5% |
| 36th | Bermuda | 78.9 | 0.0% |
| 37th | Finland | 78.8 | 0.1% |
| 38th | Chile | 78.5 | 0.2% |
| 39th | European Union | 78.3 | 0.2% |
| 40th | Korea | 78.2 | 0.6% |
| 41st | Portugal | 78.1 | 0.5% |
| 42nd | Denmark | 77.8 | 0.5% |
| 43rd | St. Martin (French part) | 77.8 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Slovenia | 77.6 | 0.5% |
| 45th | Cuba | 77.5 | 0.3% |
| 46th | United States | 77.5 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Isle of Man | 77.5 | 0.8% |
| 48th | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.4 | -0.5% |
| 49th | Northern Mariana Islands | 77.3 | 0.7% |
| 50th | Qatar | 76.9 | 0.6% |
| 51st | Kuwait | 76.8 | 0.1% |
| 52nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 76.7 | -0.3% |
| 53rd | Albania | 76.4 | 0.6% |
| 54th | Guam | 76.4 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.4 | -0.1% |
| 56th | Bahrain | 76.1 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Lebanon | 76.1 | 0.5% |
| 58th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 76.0 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Czechia | 75.9 | 0.3% |
| 60th | Uruguay | 75.8 | 0.7% |
| 61st | British Virgin Islands | 75.6 | 0.2% |
| 62nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.4 | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Croatia | 75.2 | -0.4% |
| 64th | Argentina | 75.2 | 0.5% |
| 65th | Panama | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 66th | Oman | 75.1 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Poland | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 68th | Barbados | 75.0 | -0.3% |
| 69th | New Caledonia | 74.9 | 0.2% |
| 70th | Cayman Islands | 74.9 | 0.4% |
| 71st | Maldives | 74.8 | 2.4% |
| 72nd | Brunei Darussalam | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 73rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.7 | 0.1% |
| 74th | Saudi Arabia | 74.4 | 0.5% |
| 75th | Malaysia | 74.4 | 0.5% |
| 76th | China | 74.1 | 0.5% |
| 77th | Montenegro | 74.0 | -0.3% |
| 78th | Ecuador | 73.9 | 0.1% |
| 79th | Slovak Republic | 73.9 | -0.1% |
| 80th | Curaçao | 73.9 | 0.2% |
| 81st | Tunisia | 73.7 | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Grenada | 73.7 | 1.7% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 73.7 | 0.1% |
| 84th | Mexico | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 85th | Türkiye | 73.5 | 0.4% |
| 86th | Kosovo | 73.4 | 0.4% |
| 87th | Aruba | 73.4 | 0.3% |
| 88th | Bahamas, The | 73.4 | 0.2% |
| 89th | Viet Nam | 73.2 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Colombia | 73.2 | 0.5% |
| 91st | Armenia | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Sri Lanka | 73.1 | 7.4% |
| 93rd | Jordan | 73.0 | 0.3% |
| 94th | Thailand | 72.9 | 1.1% |
| 95th | Algeria | 72.8 | 0.4% |
| 96th | Serbia | 72.8 | 0.2% |
| 97th | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.8 | 0.4% |
| 98th | Hungary | 72.6 | 0.0% |
| 99th | Estonia | 72.6 | 0.9% |
| 100th | Bulgaria | 72.6 | 0.0% |
| 101st | St. Lucia | 72.5 | 0.1% |
| 102nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 72.4 | 0.6% |
| 103rd | Mauritius | 72.4 | 0.2% |
| 104th | American Samoa | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 105th | Seychelles | 72.1 | -0.7% |
| 106th | Dominica | 72.0 | 0.0% |
| 107th | West Bank and Gaza | 72.0 | 1.3% |
| 108th | Peru | 72.0 | 0.8% |
| 109th | Romania | 71.9 | 0.5% |
| 110th | Brazil | 71.8 | 0.7% |
| 111th | Jamaica | 71.5 | -0.1% |
| 112th | Samoa | 71.5 | 0.0% |
| 113th | Libya | 71.4 | 0.3% |
| 114th | Latvia | 71.4 | -0.9% |
| 115th | Paraguay | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 116th | Lithuania | 71.3 | -1.0% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 118th | Dominican Republic | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 119th | Cabo Verde | 70.9 | 0.6% |
| 120th | Georgia | 70.7 | -0.5% |
| 121st | Tonga | 70.6 | 0.2% |
| 122nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.5 | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Nicaragua | 70.4 | 1.2% |
| 124th | Belize | 70.3 | 0.3% |
| 125th | Trinidad and Tobago | 70.2 | 0.4% |
| 126th | El Salvador | 69.3 | 0.1% |
| 127th | Honduras | 69.2 | 0.2% |
| 128th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.2 | -0.2% |
| 129th | Vanuatu | 69.2 | 0.3% |
| 130th | Belarus | 68.9 | -0.2% |
| 131st | Morocco | 68.7 | 0.7% |
| 132nd | Philippines | 68.4 | 0.2% |
| 133rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 68.4 | 0.2% |
| 134th | Greenland | 68.2 | 0.8% |
| 135th | Moldova | 68.2 | 0.3% |
| 136th | Guatemala | 68.2 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.0 | -0.3% |
| 138th | Solomon Islands | 67.8 | 0.2% |
| 139th | Azerbaijan | 67.7 | 0.3% |
| 140th | Indonesia | 67.5 | 3.1% |
| 141st | Ukraine | 67.5 | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Uzbekistan | 67.5 | 0.4% |
| 143rd | Suriname | 67.0 | 1.0% |
| 144th | Tajikistan | 66.5 | -0.1% |
| 145th | Turkmenistan | 66.3 | 0.3% |
| 146th | Palau | 66.2 | 0.6% |
| 147th | Fiji | 66.0 | 0.2% |
| 148th | Bhutan | 65.9 | 0.9% |
| 149th | Russian Federation | 65.5 | 0.1% |
| 150th | Kiribati | 65.5 | 0.2% |
| 151st | Bangladesh | 65.5 | 0.9% |
| 152nd | Kazakhstan | 65.4 | 0.5% |
| 153rd | Yemen, Republic of | 65.4 | 0.7% |
| 154th | Mongolia | 65.3 | 1.0% |
| 155th | Nepal | 65.3 | 0.8% |
| 156th | India | 64.9 | 0.7% |
| 157th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 64.9 | 0.0% |
| 158th | Iraq | 64.9 | 0.4% |
| 159th | Guyana | 64.4 | 0.3% |
| 160th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 64.2 | 0.6% |
| 161st | Cambodia | 64.1 | 1.4% |
| 162nd | Marshall Islands | 64.1 | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Tuvalu | 64.1 | 0.2% |
| 164th | Mauritania | 63.9 | 0.9% |
| 165th | Gabon | 63.0 | 0.5% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 62.4 | -0.2% |
| 167th | Pakistan | 62.4 | -1.1% |
| 168th | Papua New Guinea | 61.9 | 0.1% |
| 169th | Myanmar | 61.7 | 0.5% |
| 170th | Timor-Leste | 61.3 | 0.9% |
| 171st | Senegal | 61.0 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Comoros | 60.9 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Lao PDR | 60.7 | 1.0% |
| 174th | Madagascar | 60.7 | 0.8% |
| 175th | Eritrea | 60.6 | 0.9% |
| 176th | Haiti | 60.3 | 3.1% |
| 177th | Ghana | 59.6 | 0.5% |
| 178th | Nauru | 59.4 | 0.0% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | 59.1 | 0.6% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | 58.7 | 1.3% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 58.5 | 0.8% |
| 182nd | Kenya | 58.5 | 1.0% |
| 183rd | Afghanistan | 58.2 | 0.8% |
| 184th | Benin | 57.7 | 0.7% |
| 185th | Tanzania | 57.7 | 1.5% |
| 186th | Sudan | 57.2 | 0.8% |
| 187th | Rwanda | 57.0 | 2.6% |
| 188th | Liberia | 56.8 | 1.5% |
| 189th | Togo | 55.9 | 0.6% |
| 190th | Equatorial Guinea | 55.8 | 0.8% |
| 191st | Uganda | 54.9 | 2.3% |
| 192nd | Cameroon | 54.9 | 0.6% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 54.4 | 0.8% |
| 194th | Botswana | 54.4 | 1.5% |
| 195th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 54.0 | 0.9% |
| 196th | South Sudan | 54.0 | 1.7% |
| 197th | South Africa | 53.9 | -0.1% |
| 198th | Mali | 53.8 | 1.0% |
| 199th | Niger | 53.3 | 1.8% |
| 200th | Burkina Faso | 53.3 | 1.3% |
| 201st | Burundi | 53.1 | 1.6% |
| 202nd | Guinea-Bissau | 52.9 | 0.3% |
| 203rd | Namibia | 52.6 | 0.7% |
| 204th | Malawi | 52.5 | 2.7% |
| 205th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.4 | 0.9% |
| 206th | Mozambique | 52.3 | 0.9% |
| 207th | Angola | 52.1 | 2.0% |
| 208th | Zambia | 51.6 | 2.1% |
| 209th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.9 | 0.4% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 49.5 | 0.8% |
| 211th | Chad | 48.9 | 0.4% |
| 212th | Sierra Leone | 48.3 | 1.7% |
| 213th | Central African Republic | 48.2 | 1.1% |
| 214th | Zimbabwe | 46.6 | 1.1% |
| 215th | Eswatini | 44.0 | 0.1% |
| 216th | Lesotho | 43.6 | -1.0% |
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