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Sri Lanka – Life Expectancy 1987

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
69.0 +0.0 from 1986 Global rank: 98th

Sri Lanka's life expectancy was 69.0 in 1987, increased +0.0 from 69.0 in 1986. This was the 98th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1987▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1987
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Monaco 79.3 1.1%
2nd Japan 78.4 0.5%
3rd Andorra 78.2 0.1%
4th Liechtenstein 77.6 0.6%
5th San Marino 77.5 0.1%
6th Iceland 77.3 -0.8%
7th Switzerland 77.2 0.4%
8th Sweden 77.1 0.2%
9th Hong Kong SAR, China 76.9 0.3%
10th Canada 76.8 0.4%
11th Spain 76.7 0.3%
12th Netherlands 76.7 0.6%
13th Italy 76.2 0.6%
14th Australia 76.2 0.4%
15th Norway 76.1 -0.2%
16th Greece 76.1 -0.6%
17th Gibraltar 75.9 0.4%
18th France 75.8 0.3%
19th Channel Islands 75.7 0.4%
20th Belgium 75.4 0.8%
21st Faroe Islands 75.4 0.3%
22nd United Kingdom 75.3 0.5%
23rd Cyprus 75.3 0.4%
24th Israel 75.3 0.4%
25th Costa Rica 75.2 0.4%
26th Malta 75.2 1.1%
27th Macao SAR, China 75.0 0.2%
28th Germany 74.8 0.6%
29th Austria 74.8 0.6%
30th United States 74.8 0.2%
31st Denmark 74.7 0.1%
32nd Finland 74.6 0.0%
33rd Singapore 74.5 0.4%
34th Kuwait 74.5 0.6%
35th Ireland 74.4 1.0%
36th European Union 74.3 0.3%
37th New Zealand 74.2 0.1%
38th Antigua and Barbuda 73.9 0.0%
39th Luxembourg 73.7 -0.3%
40th Portugal 73.7 0.5%
41st Cuba 73.6 0.1%
42nd St. Martin (French part) 73.5 0.4%
43rd Guam 73.5 0.2%
44th Barbados 73.5 0.1%
45th Bermuda 73.5 0.1%
46th Puerto Rico (US) 73.4 0.2%
47th Montenegro 73.0 0.5%
48th Qatar 72.5 0.5%
49th Chile 72.5 0.6%
50th Aruba 72.4 0.9%
51st French Polynesia 72.4 0.7%
52nd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.4 0.0%
53rd Bahrain 72.4 0.2%
54th Uruguay 72.2 0.0%
55th Curaçao 72.1 0.2%
56th Cayman Islands 72.1 0.4%
57th Slovenia 72.0 0.3%
58th Albania 72.0 0.4%
59th Lithuania 71.9 -0.2%
60th Serbia 71.8 0.3%
61st Bulgaria 71.5 -0.3%
62nd British Virgin Islands 71.5 0.3%
63rd Croatia 71.5 0.1%
64th Czechia 71.4 0.6%
65th Dominica 71.4 -0.4%
66th Ukraine 71.2 0.5%
67th Slovak Republic 71.1 0.1%
68th Belarus 71.0 -0.8%
69th Brunei Darussalam 71.0 0.3%
70th Poland 70.9 0.1%
71st Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.9 0.2%
72nd Jamaica 70.9 0.6%
73rd American Samoa 70.8 0.2%
74th Panama 70.8 0.2%
75th Argentina 70.7 0.6%
76th Latvia 70.7 0.1%
77th Isle of Man 70.7 0.5%
78th Estonia 70.6 0.8%
79th United Arab Emirates 70.6 0.3%
80th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.4 0.5%
81st Bahamas, The 70.4 0.1%
82nd Malaysia 70.4 0.3%
83rd North Macedonia 70.3 0.2%
84th Virgin Islands (US) 70.2 0.3%
85th Korea 70.0 0.8%
86th Grenada 69.8 0.3%
87th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 69.8 0.3%
88th St. Lucia 69.7 -0.8%
89th Hungary 69.7 0.7%
90th Northern Mariana Islands 69.5 0.2%
91st Russian Federation 69.4 0.1%
92nd Turks and Caicos Islands 69.3 0.4%
93rd Jordan 69.3 0.5%
94th Mauritius 69.3 0.4%
95th Romania 69.2 -0.4%
96th Georgia 69.2 0.0%
97th Belize 69.1 0.5%
98th Sri Lanka 69.0 0.1%
99th Syrian Arab Republic 68.8 0.6%
100th New Caledonia 68.6 0.5%
101st Libya 68.3 0.7%
102nd Seychelles 68.2 -0.6%
103rd Colombia 68.2 -0.2%
104th Tunisia 68.0 0.9%
105th Viet Nam 68.0 0.7%
106th Moldova 67.9 0.8%
107th Mexico 67.9 0.8%
108th Thailand 67.8 0.8%
109th Armenia 67.4 0.3%
110th China 67.3 0.6%
111th Saudi Arabia 67.2 0.9%
112th Tonga 67.2 0.2%
113th Trinidad and Tobago 67.1 0.3%
114th Samoa 67.0 0.3%
115th Oman 67.0 1.2%
116th Ecuador 66.6 0.7%
117th Dominican Republic 66.5 0.7%
118th Paraguay 66.5 0.4%
119th Türkiye 66.4 0.8%
120th Algeria 66.1 1.3%
121st Kazakhstan 66.0 0.3%
122nd Solomon Islands 65.7 1.5%
123rd St. Kitts and Nevis 65.5 -0.1%
124th Uzbekistan 65.5 0.7%
125th Kyrgyz Republic 65.1 1.1%
126th Brazil 64.8 0.6%
127th Greenland 64.7 0.6%
128th Vanuatu 64.4 -0.3%
129th Fiji 64.3 0.5%
130th Honduras 64.1 0.7%
131st Kosovo 63.6 1.6%
132nd Turkmenistan 63.5 0.5%
133rd Philippines 63.3 0.7%
134th Micronesia, Federated States of 63.2 0.1%
135th Cabo Verde 62.9 0.5%
136th Botswana 62.8 -0.8%
137th Azerbaijan 62.8 0.4%
138th Palau 62.8 0.0%
139th South Africa 62.7 0.4%
140th Iran, Islamic Republic of 62.7 0.9%
141st Peru 62.5 0.6%
142nd Lebanon 62.5 0.9%
143rd Indonesia 62.1 0.6%
144th Eswatini 61.9 0.5%
145th Marshall Islands 61.8 0.0%
146th Guyana 61.7 0.3%
147th Tajikistan 61.6 -0.4%
148th Suriname 61.3 0.3%
149th Tuvalu 61.3 0.1%
150th Guatemala 61.0 1.1%
151st Maldives 60.8 1.3%
152nd Egypt, Arab Republic of 60.7 1.1%
153rd Zimbabwe 60.7 -0.4%
154th Kenya 60.7 -0.2%
155th São Tomé and Principe 60.7 5.3%
156th Morocco 60.6 1.1%
157th Iraq 60.3 0.4%
158th Gabon 60.2 0.4%
159th Kiribati 59.6 0.8%
160th Lesotho 59.6 0.4%
161st El Salvador 59.4 0.1%
162nd Papua New Guinea 59.2 0.4%
163rd Pakistan 59.2 0.1%
164th Namibia 59.1 0.7%
165th Nauru 58.6 0.1%
166th Congo, Republic of 57.6 -0.1%
167th Nicaragua 57.3 -0.4%
168th India 57.3 0.8%
169th Mongolia 57.1 0.6%
170th Mauritania 57.0 1.1%
171st Yemen, Republic of 56.8 5.2%
172nd Myanmar 56.4 0.5%
173rd Bolivia, Plurinational State of 54.9 1.2%
174th Bangladesh 54.9 0.6%
175th Djibouti 54.8 0.6%
176th Togo 54.8 0.4%
177th Sudan 54.7 0.3%
178th Senegal 54.6 1.7%
179th Cameroon 54.2 1.1%
180th Comoros 54.1 0.7%
181st Ghana 53.8 1.0%
182nd Cambodia 53.7 4.1%
183rd Bhutan 53.6 1.5%
184th Côte d'Ivoire 53.1 0.2%
185th Lao PDR 52.6 0.9%
186th Nepal 52.4 1.5%
187th Haiti 52.2 0.7%
188th Tanzania 52.2 0.0%
189th Rwanda 51.5 -0.5%
190th Benin 51.3 1.2%
191st Madagascar 51.1 0.9%
192nd Equatorial Guinea 51.0 0.3%
193rd Zambia 50.4 -1.4%
194th Central African Republic 50.4 -0.1%
195th Gambia, The 49.4 1.2%
196th Burkina Faso 49.1 0.2%
197th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 49.0 1.2%
198th Eritrea 47.4 19.8%
199th Congo, Democratic Republic of 47.4 0.7%
200th Uganda 47.4 3.7%
201st Burundi 47.1 -0.7%
202nd Guinea 46.1 0.8%
203rd Nigeria 45.9 -0.1%
204th Guinea-Bissau 45.8 0.7%
205th Mali 45.2 1.4%
206th Liberia 44.3 -0.5%
207th Malawi 43.9 -0.9%
208th Sierra Leone 43.7 0.6%
209th Chad 43.1 -5.5%
210th Mozambique 41.0 0.1%
211th Angola 40.8 -4.6%
212th Niger 40.5 0.5%
213th Afghanistan 38.8 1.1%
214th Timor-Leste 36.0 3.5%
215th South Sudan 20.7 -36.9%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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