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South Africa - Life Expectancy 1983

Name: South Africa Life Expectancy 1983
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

61.4 +0.5 from 1982 Global rank: 138th

South Africa's life expectancy was 61.4 in 1983, increased +0.5 from 60.9 in 1982. This was the 138th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1983▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1983
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	77.8	0.2%
2nd	San Marino	77.0	0.3%
3rd	Japan	76.9	0.1%
4th	Iceland	76.8	-0.2%
5th	Sweden	76.6	0.3%
6th	Netherlands	76.2	0.2%
7th	Norway	76.1	0.1%
8th	Canada	76.1	0.4%
9th	Faroe Islands	76.1	0.1%
10th	Switzerland	76.0	0.0%
11th	Spain	75.9	-0.3%
12th	Monaco	75.7	0.6%
13th	Liechtenstein	75.6	0.9%
14th	Greece	75.5	0.4%
15th	Hong Kong SAR, China	75.3	-0.2%
16th	Australia	75.1	0.3%
17th	Channel Islands	74.9	2.5%
18th	France	74.8	0.4%
19th	Italy	74.6	-0.2%
20th	Gibraltar	74.6	0.4%
21st	United States	74.5	0.1%
22nd	Israel	74.5	0.5%
23rd	Denmark	74.4	-0.2%
24th	United Kingdom	74.4	0.3%
25th	Costa Rica	74.2	0.5%
26th	Finland	74.2	-0.1%
27th	Macao SAR, China	73.9	0.2%
28th	Belgium	73.9	0.0%
29th	New Zealand	73.8	0.1%
30th	Cyprus	73.7	0.3%
31st	Antigua and Barbuda	73.7	0.2%
32nd	Germany	73.6	0.4%
33rd	Cuba	73.6	0.2%
34th	European Union	73.5	0.1%
35th	Puerto Rico (US)	73.4	0.6%
36th	Ireland	73.2	0.0%
37th	Bermuda	73.2	0.3%
38th	Barbados	73.2	0.3%
39th	Singapore	73.0	0.5%
40th	Austria	73.0	0.1%
41st	Malta	73.0	0.4%
42nd	Luxembourg	72.9	1.1%
43rd	Kuwait	72.7	0.6%
44th	St. Martin (French part)	72.6	0.2%
45th	Portugal	72.3	-0.2%
46th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.1	0.2%
47th	Guam	72.1	0.6%
48th	Montenegro	72.1	0.0%
49th	Dominica	72.0	0.4%
50th	Bahrain	71.6	0.4%
51st	Aruba	71.6	0.2%
52nd	Uruguay	71.6	0.1%
53rd	Curaçao	71.5	0.2%
54th	Bulgaria	71.4	0.3%
55th	Qatar	71.1	0.5%
56th	Serbia	71.0	0.1%
57th	Poland	71.0	-0.1%
58th	Cayman Islands	70.8	0.6%
59th	Chile	70.8	0.8%
60th	Lithuania	70.8	-0.1%
61st	Albania	70.7	0.4%
62nd	Czechia	70.6	-0.3%
63rd	Slovenia	70.5	-0.7%
64th	Slovak Republic	70.5	-0.3%
65th	Seychelles	70.4	1.5%
66th	British Virgin Islands	70.4	0.3%
67th	Croatia	70.3	-0.3%
68th	American Samoa	70.2	0.3%
69th	Panama	70.1	0.3%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.1	0.0%
71st	Bahamas, The	70.0	0.5%
72nd	Brunei Darussalam	70.0	0.5%
73rd	St. Lucia	70.0	1.5%
74th	Ukraine	69.9	0.1%
75th	Belarus	69.8	-0.4%
76th	Romania	69.7	0.3%
77th	French Polynesia	69.7	1.1%
78th	North Macedonia	69.6	-0.2%
79th	Jamaica	69.5	0.4%
80th	Isle of Man	69.5	0.5%
81st	United Arab Emirates	69.4	0.6%
82nd	Estonia	69.4	0.4%
83rd	Virgin Islands (US)	69.3	0.3%
84th	Argentina	69.3	0.5%
85th	Malaysia	69.2	0.5%
86th	Georgia	69.1	0.0%
87th	Latvia	69.1	-0.3%
88th	Hungary	69.0	-0.6%
89th	Northern Mariana Islands	68.9	0.2%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.8	0.3%
91st	Sri Lanka	68.7	0.1%
92nd	Mauritius	68.5	0.7%
93rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	68.5	0.6%
94th	Colombia	68.1	0.4%
95th	Turks and Caicos Islands	68.1	0.5%
96th	Jordan	67.8	0.6%
97th	Russian Federation	67.7	-0.2%
98th	Belize	67.6	0.4%
99th	Korea	67.5	0.7%
100th	Syrian Arab Republic	67.4	10.7%
101st	New Caledonia	67.0	0.7%
102nd	Tonga	66.7	0.5%
103rd	Viet Nam	66.5	0.5%
104th	Trinidad and Tobago	66.4	0.1%
105th	Libya	66.3	0.7%
106th	Armenia	66.2	0.6%
107th	Moldova	66.1	0.4%
108th	Samoa	66.0	0.5%
109th	Mexico	65.8	0.8%
110th	China	65.7	0.7%
111th	Tunisia	65.7	1.1%
112th	Paraguay	65.3	0.3%
113th	St. Kitts and Nevis	65.1	0.4%
114th	Solomon Islands	64.8	0.5%
115th	Saudi Arabia	64.7	1.1%
116th	Ecuador	64.7	0.6%
117th	Dominican Republic	64.6	0.7%
118th	Thailand	64.5	1.4%
119th	Grenada	64.3	-6.2%
120th	Türkiye	64.3	0.8%
121st	Kazakhstan	64.2	1.0%
122nd	Uzbekistan	63.8	0.4%
123rd	Botswana	63.6	0.4%
124th	Greenland	63.3	0.2%
125th	Oman	63.2	1.8%
126th	Brazil	63.1	0.7%
127th	Vanuatu	63.1	0.9%
128th	Fiji	62.9	1.2%
129th	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.8	0.1%
130th	Azerbaijan	62.5	0.4%
131st	Palau	62.5	0.2%
132nd	Honduras	62.4	1.2%
133rd	Philippines	62.3	0.3%
134th	Kyrgyz Republic	62.1	0.1%
135th	Turkmenistan	62.0	0.7%
136th	Cabo Verde	61.8	0.4%
137th	Marshall Islands	61.5	0.3%
138th	South Africa	61.4	0.7%
139th	Algeria	61.3	2.8%
140th	Guyana	61.2	0.2%
141st	Suriname	61.1	0.2%
142nd	Kosovo	61.0	1.5%
143rd	Tuvalu	60.9	0.3%
144th	Peru	60.8	0.3%
145th	Lebanon	60.8	28.7%
146th	Tajikistan	60.5	0.5%
147th	Indonesia	60.3	1.1%
148th	Kenya	60.3	0.7%
149th	Zimbabwe	60.0	0.2%
150th	São Tomé and Principe	59.7	0.2%
151st	Iraq	59.3	0.5%
152nd	Gabon	59.0	0.6%
153rd	Nauru	58.7	0.1%
154th	Pakistan	58.7	0.6%
155th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	58.5	1.5%
156th	Lesotho	58.5	0.9%
157th	Eswatini	58.4	-1.8%
158th	Papua New Guinea	58.3	0.4%
159th	Kiribati	58.1	0.5%
160th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	58.0	1.3%
161st	Guatemala	57.9	18.5%
162nd	Morocco	57.7	1.4%
163rd	Namibia	57.6	0.5%
164th	Maldives	57.5	1.5%
165th	Congo, Republic of	57.4	0.3%
166th	Nicaragua	56.9	-3.1%
167th	Mongolia	55.8	0.5%
168th	Myanmar	55.3	0.5%
169th	India	55.3	1.0%
170th	Mauritania	54.6	0.6%
171st	El Salvador	54.4	1.9%
172nd	Togo	53.8	0.9%
173rd	Zambia	53.7	-1.3%
174th	Yemen, Republic of	53.6	2.4%
175th	Bangladesh	53.4	0.8%
176th	Djibouti	53.3	0.8%
177th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	52.9	0.7%
178th	Cameroon	52.4	1.2%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.4	0.5%
180th	Tanzania	52.2	0.4%
181st	Comoros	52.1	0.7%
182nd	Ghana	51.8	0.7%
183rd	Haiti	50.9	0.6%
184th	Rwanda	50.9	1.5%
185th	Senegal	50.8	1.9%
186th	Bhutan	50.6	1.6%
187th	Lao PDR	50.5	1.1%
188th	Central African Republic	50.3	0.3%
189th	Madagascar	50.1	0.2%
190th	Equatorial Guinea	50.0	0.8%
191st	Nepal	49.7	1.0%
192nd	Sudan	49.6	-8.9%
193rd	Cambodia	49.4	1.3%
194th	Benin	48.8	0.7%
195th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	48.2	0.4%
196th	Burkina Faso	48.1	0.9%
197th	Burundi	47.4	0.9%
198th	Gambia, The	46.9	1.4%
199th	Nigeria	46.4	0.0%
200th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	46.2	0.6%
201st	Malawi	45.0	0.3%
202nd	Guinea-Bissau	44.6	0.7%
203rd	Liberia	44.6	0.3%
204th	Chad	44.4	1.2%
205th	Guinea	44.2	0.8%
206th	Uganda	43.5	0.4%
207th	Sierra Leone	43.5	0.4%
208th	Mali	42.7	2.3%
209th	Angola	42.0	-2.1%
210th	Mozambique	41.6	-0.2%
211th	Niger	40.0	0.3%
212th	Eritrea	37.2	-17.2%
213th	Afghanistan	36.5	1.3%
214th	South Sudan	34.7	-10.2%
215th	Timor-Leste	32.7	1.4%

FAQ

What was South Africa's life expectancy in 1983?▾

South Africa's life expectancy in 1983 was 61.4. This ranked 138th globally.

How did South Africa's life expectancy change in 1983?▾

South Africa's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 1983 compared to 1982.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1983?▾

Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1983 at 77.8.

What is the life expectancy of South Africa in 1983?▾

The life expectancy of South Africa in 1983 was 61.4. This ranked 138th globally.

How does 1983 compare to 1982 for South Africa's life expectancy?▾

South Africa's life expectancy went from 60.9 in 1982 to 61.4 in 1983, a 0.7% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

South Africa matched the Fiscal Dominance Trap pattern in 1983. Historically: 386 occurrences, 278 successful (72%). Outcome 24 months later: 16.3%. View full analysis →

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