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India - Life Expectancy 1986

Name: India Life Expectancy 1986
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

56.8 +0.5 from 1985 Global rank: 168th

India's life expectancy was 56.8 in 1986, increased +0.5 from 56.3 in 1985. This was the 168th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1986▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1986
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	78.4	1.3%
2nd	Andorra	78.1	0.1%
3rd	Japan	78.0	0.6%
4th	Iceland	78.0	0.5%
5th	San Marino	77.4	0.1%
6th	Liechtenstein	77.1	0.6%
7th	Sweden	76.9	0.3%
8th	Switzerland	76.9	0.2%
9th	Hong Kong SAR, China	76.7	0.3%
10th	Spain	76.5	0.3%
11th	Greece	76.5	0.5%
12th	Canada	76.5	0.2%
13th	Netherlands	76.3	0.0%
14th	Norway	76.2	0.4%
15th	Australia	75.9	0.3%
16th	Italy	75.8	0.4%
17th	France	75.6	0.4%
18th	Gibraltar	75.6	0.4%
19th	Channel Islands	75.4	0.1%
20th	Faroe Islands	75.2	-1.4%
21st	Israel	75.0	-0.3%
22nd	Costa Rica	74.9	0.2%
23rd	Cyprus	74.9	0.4%
24th	United Kingdom	74.9	0.4%
25th	Macao SAR, China	74.8	0.4%
26th	Belgium	74.7	0.3%
27th	United States	74.6	0.1%
28th	Denmark	74.6	0.2%
29th	Finland	74.6	0.5%
30th	Germany	74.4	0.3%
31st	Malta	74.4	0.9%
32nd	Austria	74.3	0.7%
33rd	Singapore	74.2	0.5%
34th	New Zealand	74.1	0.4%
35th	European Union	74.1	0.3%
36th	Kuwait	74.1	0.6%
37th	Luxembourg	74.0	1.1%
38th	Antigua and Barbuda	73.9	0.0%
39th	Ireland	73.7	0.1%
40th	Cuba	73.6	0.1%
41st	Barbados	73.4	0.1%
42nd	Bermuda	73.4	0.0%
43rd	Guam	73.3	0.3%
44th	Puerto Rico (US)	73.3	0.9%
45th	Portugal	73.3	0.6%
46th	St. Martin (French part)	73.2	0.4%
47th	Montenegro	72.6	0.5%
48th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.4	0.1%
49th	Bahrain	72.3	0.2%
50th	Uruguay	72.2	0.5%
51st	Qatar	72.2	0.5%
52nd	Lithuania	72.1	2.2%
53rd	Chile	72.1	0.6%
54th	Curaçao	72.0	0.2%
55th	French Polynesia	72.0	1.1%
56th	Cayman Islands	71.9	0.4%
57th	Aruba	71.8	0.1%
58th	Slovenia	71.8	0.6%
59th	Bulgaria	71.7	0.7%
60th	Dominica	71.7	-0.3%
61st	Albania	71.7	0.5%
62nd	Serbia	71.6	0.3%
63rd	Belarus	71.5	0.8%
64th	Croatia	71.4	0.8%
65th	British Virgin Islands	71.3	0.4%
66th	Slovak Republic	71.0	0.4%
67th	Czechia	71.0	-0.1%
68th	Poland	70.8	0.4%
69th	Ukraine	70.8	0.6%
70th	Brunei Darussalam	70.8	0.4%
71st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.8	0.2%
72nd	American Samoa	70.7	0.2%
73rd	Panama	70.7	0.2%
74th	Latvia	70.6	1.9%
75th	Jamaica	70.4	0.5%
76th	United Arab Emirates	70.4	0.4%
77th	Isle of Man	70.3	0.5%
78th	Bahamas, The	70.3	0.0%
79th	Argentina	70.3	0.6%
80th	St. Lucia	70.2	-0.1%
81st	North Macedonia	70.2	0.1%
82nd	Malaysia	70.1	0.4%
83rd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.1	0.5%
84th	Estonia	70.1	1.0%
85th	Virgin Islands (US)	69.9	0.4%
86th	Grenada	69.6	0.3%
87th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	69.5	0.4%
88th	Romania	69.5	-0.3%
89th	Korea	69.4	0.9%
90th	Russian Federation	69.4	2.3%
91st	Northern Mariana Islands	69.4	0.2%
92nd	Georgia	69.2	0.3%
93rd	Hungary	69.2	0.3%
94th	Mauritius	69.0	0.2%
95th	Turks and Caicos Islands	69.0	0.5%
96th	Jordan	69.0	0.5%
97th	Sri Lanka	69.0	0.1%
98th	Belize	68.7	0.6%
99th	Seychelles	68.7	-1.5%
100th	Syrian Arab Republic	68.4	0.5%
101st	Colombia	68.3	4.5%
102nd	New Caledonia	68.2	0.6%
103rd	Libya	67.8	0.8%
104th	Viet Nam	67.6	0.5%
105th	Tunisia	67.4	0.8%
106th	Moldova	67.4	0.8%
107th	Mexico	67.4	0.9%
108th	Thailand	67.3	1.1%
109th	Armenia	67.2	0.4%
110th	Tonga	67.1	0.2%
111th	Trinidad and Tobago	66.9	0.2%
112th	China	66.9	0.5%
113th	Samoa	66.8	0.4%
114th	Saudi Arabia	66.6	0.9%
115th	Paraguay	66.2	0.4%
116th	Oman	66.2	1.4%
117th	Ecuador	66.1	0.8%
118th	Dominican Republic	66.1	0.7%
119th	Türkiye	65.9	0.8%
120th	Kazakhstan	65.8	0.6%
121st	St. Kitts and Nevis	65.6	0.1%
122nd	Algeria	65.3	1.7%
123rd	Uzbekistan	65.0	0.7%
124th	Solomon Islands	64.7	-0.9%
125th	Vanuatu	64.6	1.1%
126th	Kyrgyz Republic	64.4	1.6%
127th	Brazil	64.4	0.6%
128th	Greenland	64.2	0.7%
129th	Fiji	64.0	-0.1%
130th	Honduras	63.7	0.7%
131st	Botswana	63.4	-0.4%
132nd	Turkmenistan	63.2	0.7%
133rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	63.2	0.2%
134th	Philippines	62.9	0.2%
135th	Palau	62.8	0.1%
136th	Azerbaijan	62.6	-0.1%
137th	Cabo Verde	62.6	0.5%
138th	Kosovo	62.5	2.2%
139th	South Africa	62.4	0.4%
140th	Peru	62.2	0.7%
141st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	62.1	1.0%
142nd	Lebanon	62.0	0.7%
143rd	Tajikistan	61.8	1.4%
144th	Marshall Islands	61.8	0.1%
145th	Indonesia	61.7	0.6%
146th	Eswatini	61.6	0.7%
147th	Guyana	61.5	0.2%
148th	Tuvalu	61.2	0.1%
149th	Suriname	61.2	-0.3%
150th	Zimbabwe	61.0	0.1%
151st	Kenya	60.8	-0.1%
152nd	Guatemala	60.3	0.9%
153rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	60.1	1.1%
154th	Iraq	60.0	0.4%
155th	Maldives	60.0	1.4%
156th	Gabon	60.0	0.5%
157th	Morocco	60.0	1.3%
158th	Lesotho	59.3	0.2%
159th	El Salvador	59.3	2.2%
160th	Pakistan	59.2	0.2%
161st	Kiribati	59.1	0.7%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	59.0	0.4%
163rd	Namibia	58.7	0.4%
164th	Nauru	58.6	0.0%
165th	Congo, Republic of	57.6	0.0%
166th	São Tomé and Principe	57.6	-4.2%
167th	Nicaragua	57.6	2.1%
168th	India	56.8	0.9%
169th	Mongolia	56.7	0.6%
170th	Mauritania	56.3	0.9%
171st	Myanmar	56.1	0.5%
172nd	Togo	54.6	0.5%
173rd	Bangladesh	54.6	1.2%
174th	Sudan	54.6	9.1%
175th	Djibouti	54.5	0.8%
176th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	54.2	0.9%
177th	Yemen, Republic of	54.0	-2.6%
178th	Comoros	53.8	0.9%
179th	Senegal	53.7	2.2%
180th	Cameroon	53.6	0.2%
181st	Ghana	53.3	1.0%
182nd	Côte d'Ivoire	53.0	0.3%
183rd	Bhutan	52.8	1.5%
184th	Tanzania	52.2	0.0%
185th	Lao PDR	52.1	1.1%
186th	Haiti	51.9	0.6%
187th	Rwanda	51.7	0.0%
188th	Nepal	51.6	1.3%
189th	Cambodia	51.6	1.5%
190th	Zambia	51.1	-1.6%
191st	Equatorial Guinea	50.8	0.5%
192nd	Madagascar	50.7	0.5%
193rd	Benin	50.6	1.3%
194th	Central African Republic	50.4	0.0%
195th	Burkina Faso	49.0	0.5%
196th	Gambia, The	48.8	1.3%
197th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	48.4	0.3%
198th	Burundi	47.4	-0.5%
199th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.0	0.8%
200th	Nigeria	46.0	-0.5%
201st	Guinea	45.7	0.9%
202nd	Uganda	45.7	0.3%
203rd	Chad	45.6	0.6%
204th	Guinea-Bissau	45.5	0.6%
205th	Mali	44.6	1.6%
206th	Liberia	44.5	1.1%
207th	Malawi	44.3	-0.6%
208th	Sierra Leone	43.5	-0.1%
209th	Angola	42.7	0.6%
210th	Mozambique	41.0	5.0%
211th	Niger	40.3	0.3%
212th	Eritrea	39.5	2.5%
213th	Afghanistan	38.4	19.5%
214th	Timor-Leste	34.8	1.2%
215th	South Sudan	32.8	1.4%

FAQ

What was India's life expectancy in 1986?▾

India's life expectancy in 1986 was 56.8. This ranked 168th globally.

How did India's life expectancy change in 1986?▾

India's life expectancy increased by 0.9% in 1986 compared to 1985.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1986?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1986 at 78.4.

What is the life expectancy of India in 1986?▾

The life expectancy of India in 1986 was 56.8. This ranked 168th globally.

How does 1986 compare to 1985 for India's life expectancy?▾

India's life expectancy went from 56.3 in 1985 to 56.8 in 1986, a 0.9% increase.

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