Namibia - Life Expectancy 1985
58.5
+0.4 from 1984
Namibia's life expectancy was 58.5 in 1985, increased +0.4 from 58.1 in 1984. This was the 164th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1985▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Andorra | 78.0 | 0.1% |
| 2nd | Iceland | 77.6 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Japan | 77.6 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Monaco | 77.4 | 1.3% |
| 5th | San Marino | 77.3 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 76.7 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Sweden | 76.7 | -0.2% |
| 8th | Liechtenstein | 76.6 | 0.7% |
| 9th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 76.4 | 0.6% |
| 10th | Canada | 76.3 | 0.0% |
| 11th | Netherlands | 76.3 | 0.1% |
| 12th | Spain | 76.3 | 0.0% |
| 13th | Faroe Islands | 76.2 | 0.1% |
| 14th | Greece | 76.1 | 0.4% |
| 15th | Norway | 75.9 | -0.4% |
| 16th | Australia | 75.6 | 0.3% |
| 17th | Italy | 75.5 | 0.1% |
| 18th | France | 75.3 | 0.4% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 75.3 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Gibraltar | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 21st | Israel | 75.2 | 0.5% |
| 22nd | Costa Rica | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 23rd | Cyprus | 74.6 | 0.9% |
| 24th | United Kingdom | 74.6 | -0.2% |
| 25th | United States | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 26th | Macao SAR, China | 74.5 | 0.6% |
| 27th | Belgium | 74.5 | 0.2% |
| 28th | Denmark | 74.4 | -0.2% |
| 29th | Finland | 74.2 | -0.4% |
| 30th | Germany | 74.2 | 0.2% |
| 31st | Singapore | 73.9 | 0.8% |
| 32nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 73.9 | 0.1% |
| 33rd | New Zealand | 73.8 | -0.7% |
| 34th | European Union | 73.8 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Austria | 73.8 | 0.3% |
| 36th | Malta | 73.8 | 0.8% |
| 37th | Ireland | 73.6 | -0.1% |
| 38th | Kuwait | 73.6 | 0.6% |
| 39th | Cuba | 73.5 | -0.1% |
| 40th | Bermuda | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 41st | Barbados | 73.3 | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Luxembourg | 73.1 | 0.8% |
| 43rd | Guam | 73.1 | 0.7% |
| 44th | St. Martin (French part) | 72.9 | 0.3% |
| 45th | Portugal | 72.8 | 0.4% |
| 46th | Puerto Rico (US) | 72.6 | -1.1% |
| 47th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 72.4 | 0.1% |
| 48th | Montenegro | 72.2 | 0.2% |
| 49th | Bahrain | 72.1 | 0.3% |
| 50th | Dominica | 71.9 | 0.0% |
| 51st | Curaçao | 71.9 | 0.2% |
| 52nd | Uruguay | 71.9 | 0.2% |
| 53rd | Qatar | 71.8 | 0.5% |
| 54th | Aruba | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 55th | Chile | 71.6 | 0.6% |
| 56th | Cayman Islands | 71.6 | 0.5% |
| 57th | Serbia | 71.4 | 0.4% |
| 58th | Slovenia | 71.4 | 0.6% |
| 59th | Albania | 71.3 | 0.4% |
| 60th | Bulgaria | 71.2 | -0.4% |
| 61st | French Polynesia | 71.2 | 0.9% |
| 62nd | Czechia | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 63rd | Belarus | 71.0 | 2.1% |
| 64th | British Virgin Islands | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 65th | Croatia | 70.9 | 1.0% |
| 66th | Slovak Republic | 70.7 | 0.0% |
| 67th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 70.6 | 0.5% |
| 68th | Poland | 70.5 | -0.4% |
| 69th | Panama | 70.5 | 0.2% |
| 70th | American Samoa | 70.5 | 0.3% |
| 71st | Lithuania | 70.5 | 0.3% |
| 72nd | Brunei Darussalam | 70.5 | 0.4% |
| 73rd | Ukraine | 70.4 | 0.6% |
| 74th | St. Lucia | 70.3 | -0.3% |
| 75th | Bahamas, The | 70.3 | 0.1% |
| 76th | United Arab Emirates | 70.1 | 0.5% |
| 77th | Jamaica | 70.1 | 0.4% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 70.1 | 0.0% |
| 79th | Isle of Man | 70.0 | 0.4% |
| 80th | Argentina | 69.9 | 0.8% |
| 81st | Malaysia | 69.9 | 0.4% |
| 82nd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.8 | 0.8% |
| 83rd | Romania | 69.7 | 0.1% |
| 84th | Seychelles | 69.7 | 0.2% |
| 85th | Virgin Islands (US) | 69.6 | 0.2% |
| 86th | Estonia | 69.4 | 0.1% |
| 87th | Grenada | 69.3 | 0.4% |
| 88th | Latvia | 69.3 | 0.2% |
| 89th | Northern Mariana Islands | 69.2 | 0.2% |
| 90th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 69.2 | 0.5% |
| 91st | Georgia | 69.0 | 0.3% |
| 92nd | Hungary | 69.0 | -0.1% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 68.9 | 0.2% |
| 94th | Mauritius | 68.9 | 0.1% |
| 95th | Korea | 68.8 | 0.9% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 68.7 | 0.4% |
| 97th | Jordan | 68.6 | 0.6% |
| 98th | Belize | 68.3 | 0.6% |
| 99th | Syrian Arab Republic | 68.0 | 0.5% |
| 100th | Russian Federation | 67.9 | 1.0% |
| 101st | New Caledonia | 67.8 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | Libya | 67.3 | 0.8% |
| 103rd | Viet Nam | 67.2 | 0.4% |
| 104th | Tonga | 66.9 | 0.2% |
| 105th | Armenia | 66.9 | 0.5% |
| 106th | Moldova | 66.9 | 0.7% |
| 107th | Tunisia | 66.9 | 0.9% |
| 108th | Mexico | 66.8 | 0.8% |
| 109th | Trinidad and Tobago | 66.7 | 0.3% |
| 110th | Samoa | 66.6 | 0.4% |
| 111th | Thailand | 66.5 | 1.5% |
| 112th | China | 66.5 | 0.6% |
| 113th | Saudi Arabia | 66.0 | 1.0% |
| 114th | Paraguay | 65.9 | 0.4% |
| 115th | Ecuador | 65.6 | 0.6% |
| 116th | Dominican Republic | 65.6 | 0.7% |
| 117th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 65.5 | 0.2% |
| 118th | Kazakhstan | 65.4 | 0.8% |
| 119th | Colombia | 65.4 | -4.3% |
| 120th | Türkiye | 65.3 | 0.8% |
| 121st | Solomon Islands | 65.3 | 0.4% |
| 122nd | Oman | 65.3 | 1.6% |
| 123rd | Uzbekistan | 64.6 | 0.7% |
| 124th | Algeria | 64.2 | 2.3% |
| 125th | Fiji | 64.0 | 1.2% |
| 126th | Brazil | 64.0 | 0.7% |
| 127th | Vanuatu | 63.9 | 0.6% |
| 128th | Greenland | 63.8 | 0.6% |
| 129th | Botswana | 63.6 | -0.1% |
| 130th | Kyrgyz Republic | 63.4 | 1.3% |
| 131st | Honduras | 63.2 | 0.6% |
| 132nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.0 | 0.2% |
| 133rd | Turkmenistan | 62.8 | 0.7% |
| 134th | Philippines | 62.7 | 0.5% |
| 135th | Palau | 62.7 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Azerbaijan | 62.7 | 1.0% |
| 137th | Cabo Verde | 62.3 | 0.7% |
| 138th | South Africa | 62.2 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Marshall Islands | 61.7 | 0.2% |
| 140th | Peru | 61.7 | 1.1% |
| 141st | Lebanon | 61.6 | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 61.5 | 1.1% |
| 143rd | Indonesia | 61.4 | 0.8% |
| 144th | Guyana | 61.4 | 0.2% |
| 145th | Suriname | 61.4 | 0.2% |
| 146th | Kosovo | 61.2 | -0.4% |
| 147th | Eswatini | 61.2 | 1.2% |
| 148th | Tuvalu | 61.1 | 0.1% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 61.0 | 0.5% |
| 150th | Zimbabwe | 60.9 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Kenya | 60.9 | 0.4% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | 60.1 | 0.4% |
| 153rd | Iraq | 59.8 | 0.4% |
| 154th | Guatemala | 59.8 | 1.2% |
| 155th | Gabon | 59.7 | 0.5% |
| 156th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 59.4 | 1.2% |
| 157th | Lesotho | 59.2 | 0.4% |
| 158th | Morocco | 59.2 | 1.3% |
| 159th | Maldives | 59.2 | 1.4% |
| 160th | Pakistan | 59.1 | 0.3% |
| 161st | Papua New Guinea | 58.8 | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Kiribati | 58.7 | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Nauru | 58.6 | -0.1% |
| 164th | Namibia | 58.5 | 0.6% |
| 165th | El Salvador | 58.0 | 2.6% |
| 166th | Congo, Republic of | 57.6 | 0.1% |
| 167th | Mongolia | 56.4 | 0.5% |
| 168th | Nicaragua | 56.4 | 0.5% |
| 169th | India | 56.3 | 0.9% |
| 170th | Myanmar | 55.8 | 0.4% |
| 171st | Mauritania | 55.8 | 1.1% |
| 172nd | Yemen, Republic of | 55.4 | 1.5% |
| 173rd | Togo | 54.4 | 0.5% |
| 174th | Djibouti | 54.1 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Bangladesh | 53.9 | 0.2% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 53.8 | 0.7% |
| 177th | Cameroon | 53.5 | 1.1% |
| 178th | Comoros | 53.3 | 0.9% |
| 179th | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.9 | 0.4% |
| 180th | Ghana | 52.7 | 1.0% |
| 181st | Senegal | 52.6 | 1.7% |
| 182nd | Tanzania | 52.2 | 0.1% |
| 183rd | Bhutan | 52.0 | 1.4% |
| 184th | Zambia | 52.0 | -1.7% |
| 185th | Rwanda | 51.7 | 0.5% |
| 186th | Haiti | 51.6 | 0.6% |
| 187th | Lao PDR | 51.6 | 1.1% |
| 188th | Nepal | 50.9 | 1.4% |
| 189th | Cambodia | 50.8 | 1.4% |
| 190th | Equatorial Guinea | 50.6 | 0.8% |
| 191st | Central African Republic | 50.5 | 0.1% |
| 192nd | Madagascar | 50.4 | 0.4% |
| 193rd | Sudan | 50.0 | 0.4% |
| 194th | Benin | 50.0 | 1.1% |
| 195th | Burkina Faso | 48.7 | 0.6% |
| 196th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 48.3 | -0.3% |
| 197th | Gambia, The | 48.2 | 1.3% |
| 198th | Burundi | 47.7 | -0.1% |
| 199th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 46.7 | 0.3% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 46.2 | -0.3% |
| 201st | Uganda | 45.5 | 4.1% |
| 202nd | Chad | 45.3 | 1.3% |
| 203rd | Guinea | 45.3 | 1.0% |
| 204th | Guinea-Bissau | 45.3 | 0.7% |
| 205th | Malawi | 44.6 | -0.5% |
| 206th | Liberia | 44.0 | -1.5% |
| 207th | Mali | 43.9 | 1.2% |
| 208th | Sierra Leone | 43.6 | 0.0% |
| 209th | Angola | 42.5 | 0.6% |
| 210th | Niger | 40.1 | 0.3% |
| 211th | Mozambique | 39.0 | 0.2% |
| 212th | Eritrea | 38.6 | 2.4% |
| 213th | Timor-Leste | 34.3 | -0.4% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 32.4 | 1.8% |
| 215th | Afghanistan | 32.1 | 2.1% |
FAQ
What was Namibia's life expectancy in 1985?▾
Namibia's life expectancy in 1985 was 58.5. This ranked 164th globally.
How did Namibia's life expectancy change in 1985?▾
Namibia's life expectancy increased by 0.6% in 1985 compared to 1984.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1985?▾
Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1985 at 78.0.
What is the life expectancy of Namibia in 1985?▾
The life expectancy of Namibia in 1985 was 58.5. This ranked 164th globally.
How does 1985 compare to 1984 for Namibia's life expectancy?▾
Namibia's life expectancy went from 58.1 in 1984 to 58.5 in 1985, a 0.6% increase.
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