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United Kingdom – Life Expectancy 1996

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
77.1 +0.3 from 1995 G20 rank: 24th

United Kingdom's life expectancy was 77.1 in 1996, increased +0.3 from 76.8 in 1995. This was the 24th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1996▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1996
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Monaco 81.1 0.3%
2nd Andorra 81.0 0.3%
3rd Japan 80.2 0.9%
4th Hong Kong SAR, China 79.6 1.2%
5th San Marino 79.3 0.4%
6th Sweden 79.0 0.3%
7th Switzerland 78.9 0.6%
8th Iceland 78.8 1.0%
9th Gibraltar 78.7 0.4%
10th Italy 78.5 0.4%
11th Canada 78.2 0.3%
12th Norway 78.2 0.5%
13th Spain 78.1 0.2%
14th Israel 78.1 0.8%
15th Australia 78.1 0.3%
16th France 78.0 0.3%
17th Channel Islands 77.8 0.1%
18th Greece 77.7 0.1%
19th Macao SAR, China 77.5 1.0%
20th Faroe Islands 77.5 0.3%
21st Netherlands 77.4 0.0%
22nd Malta 77.3 0.1%
23rd Belgium 77.2 0.5%
24th United Kingdom 77.1 0.3%
25th Cyprus 76.9 0.4%
26th Austria 76.9 0.3%
27th Liechtenstein 76.8 -0.7%
28th French Polynesia 76.8 0.7%
29th New Zealand 76.8 0.1%
30th Finland 76.7 0.4%
31st Germany 76.7 0.3%
32nd Singapore 76.6 0.4%
33rd Bermuda 76.5 0.8%
34th Luxembourg 76.5 0.0%
35th Costa Rica 76.4 0.0%
36th United States 76.0 0.5%
37th European Union 75.9 0.3%
38th Kuwait 75.9 -0.1%
39th St. Martin (French part) 75.9 0.2%
40th Ireland 75.8 0.5%
41st Denmark 75.6 0.5%
42nd Chile 75.6 0.3%
43rd Portugal 75.3 -0.1%
44th Cuba 74.7 0.5%
45th Guam 74.6 0.2%
46th Qatar 74.6 0.2%
47th Slovenia 74.5 0.7%
48th British Virgin Islands 74.3 0.3%
49th Korea 74.2 0.6%
50th Albania 74.1 0.1%
51st Barbados 74.1 0.3%
52nd Puerto Rico (US) 74.0 0.6%
53rd Antigua and Barbuda 73.8 0.4%
54th Uruguay 73.8 0.4%
55th Cayman Islands 73.7 0.2%
56th Czechia 73.7 0.9%
57th Isle of Man 73.6 0.4%
58th Bahrain 73.6 0.3%
59th Bosnia and Herzegovina 73.5 4.7%
60th Montenegro 73.4 -0.2%
61st Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 73.2 0.5%
62nd Brunei Darussalam 73.1 0.3%
63rd Argentina 73.1 0.3%
64th Curaçao 72.9 0.2%
65th Aruba 72.9 0.0%
66th Serbia 72.8 0.2%
67th Slovak Republic 72.7 0.6%
68th Lebanon 72.6 0.3%
69th North Macedonia 72.5 0.9%
70th Northern Mariana Islands 72.4 0.7%
71st Grenada 72.4 0.4%
72nd Croatia 72.4 0.4%
73rd Turks and Caicos Islands 72.3 0.5%
74th Poland 72.2 0.5%
75th Panama 72.2 0.3%
76th Malaysia 72.1 0.2%
77th Oman 72.0 0.6%
78th United Arab Emirates 71.8 0.6%
79th Ecuador 71.8 0.7%
80th New Caledonia 71.8 0.6%
81st American Samoa 71.6 0.0%
82nd Virgin Islands (US) 71.6 0.6%
83rd Seychelles 71.6 -1.3%
84th Bahamas, The 71.5 0.1%
85th Jamaica 71.3 -0.2%
86th Viet Nam 71.3 0.6%
87th Saudi Arabia 71.3 0.5%
88th Tunisia 71.2 0.7%
89th Jordan 71.1 0.3%
90th Mexico 71.1 0.5%
91st Dominica 71.0 0.3%
92nd St. Lucia 71.0 -0.3%
93rd Bulgaria 70.9 -0.2%
94th China 70.8 0.7%
95th Libya 70.7 0.1%
96th Georgia 70.6 1.8%
97th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.5 -0.2%
98th Hungary 70.3 0.8%
99th Mauritius 70.3 0.0%
100th Türkiye 70.2 0.7%
101st Colombia 70.2 0.6%
102nd Syrian Arab Republic 70.2 -0.1%
103rd Lithuania 70.1 1.6%
104th West Bank and Gaza 70.0 0.6%
105th Thailand 69.9 0.3%
106th Sri Lanka 69.8 0.1%
107th Samoa 69.8 0.4%
108th Estonia 69.6 3.1%
109th Dominican Republic 69.6 0.3%
110th Belize 69.4 -0.2%
111th Kosovo 69.4 0.8%
112th Romania 69.1 -0.5%
113th Paraguay 69.1 0.4%
114th Armenia 69.0 0.6%
115th Tonga 68.8 0.3%
116th Latvia 68.8 3.6%
117th Belarus 68.5 0.1%
118th Iran, Islamic Republic of 68.3 0.6%
119th Algeria 68.2 0.8%
120th Vanuatu 68.2 0.1%
121st Brazil 68.1 0.6%
122nd Trinidad and Tobago 68.0 0.1%
123rd Peru 67.9 0.9%
124th Maldives 67.7 1.2%
125th St. Kitts and Nevis 67.5 0.4%
126th Honduras 67.3 0.5%
127th Ukraine 67.1 0.0%
128th Solomon Islands 66.7 0.0%
129th Philippines 66.7 0.6%
130th Kyrgyz Republic 66.5 1.1%
131st Moldova 66.2 0.0%
132nd Fiji 66.2 0.3%
133rd Russian Federation 65.9 1.8%
134th Greenland 65.8 0.2%
135th Egypt, Arab Republic of 65.7 0.8%
136th Cabo Verde 65.5 2.9%
137th El Salvador 65.5 0.9%
138th Indonesia 65.5 0.3%
139th Morocco 65.2 0.8%
140th Nicaragua 65.2 0.5%
141st Uzbekistan 64.8 0.2%
142nd Iraq 64.6 -0.2%
143rd Guatemala 64.5 1.4%
144th Micronesia, Federated States of 64.3 0.2%
145th Turkmenistan 63.5 0.0%
146th Kiribati 63.5 0.5%
147th Kazakhstan 63.5 -0.4%
148th Palau 63.5 0.3%
149th Suriname 63.1 0.5%
150th Marshall Islands 62.8 0.4%
151st Tuvalu 62.7 0.3%
152nd Guyana 62.7 0.0%
153rd Azerbaijan 62.7 1.2%
154th Gabon 61.3 0.0%
155th South Africa 61.1 -0.9%
156th Papua New Guinea 61.1 0.2%
157th India 61.0 0.7%
158th Mongolia 61.0 0.2%
159th Yemen, Republic of 60.9 0.6%
160th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 60.8 0.1%
161st Tajikistan 60.8 -0.9%
162nd São Tomé and Principe 60.6 0.1%
163rd Pakistan 60.5 0.3%
164th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 60.3 0.8%
165th Nauru 60.1 0.0%
166th Nepal 60.0 1.2%
167th Bhutan 60.0 1.2%
168th Myanmar 59.2 0.8%
169th Bangladesh 58.9 1.2%
170th Mauritania 58.9 0.1%
171st Comoros 58.2 0.6%
172nd Sudan 57.6 0.3%
173rd Senegal 57.1 -0.4%
174th Ghana 57.0 0.5%
175th Cambodia 56.8 0.5%
176th Lao PDR 56.8 0.8%
177th Namibia 56.6 -1.5%
178th Djibouti 56.3 0.2%
179th Haiti 56.1 1.0%
180th Benin 55.6 0.5%
181st Kenya 55.6 -0.5%
182nd Eritrea 55.5 1.2%
183rd Madagascar 55.5 1.2%
184th Congo, Republic of 55.2 -0.4%
185th Lesotho 55.1 -2.2%
186th Gambia, The 54.8 1.0%
187th Botswana 54.3 -0.8%
188th Togo 53.8 0.2%
189th Eswatini 53.3 -3.2%
190th Cameroon 53.2 -0.3%
191st Afghanistan 52.8 1.4%
192nd Equatorial Guinea 52.1 0.4%
193rd Côte d'Ivoire 51.6 -0.2%
194th Tanzania 51.1 0.2%
195th Guinea 50.5 1.4%
196th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 50.5 -0.2%
197th Burkina Faso 49.7 0.3%
198th Congo, Democratic Republic of 49.4 -2.0%
199th Zimbabwe 49.0 -4.2%
200th Guinea-Bissau 48.8 0.5%
201st Mali 48.5 0.4%
202nd Timor-Leste 48.3 1.5%
203rd Uganda 47.8 0.1%
204th Central African Republic 47.7 -0.9%
205th Chad 47.6 0.2%
206th Mozambique 47.1 1.2%
207th Angola 46.4 0.6%
208th Niger 46.3 1.8%
209th Nigeria 45.8 -0.1%
210th Zambia 45.8 -0.6%
211th Liberia 44.9 0.8%
212th Burundi 44.8 0.5%
213th Malawi 44.0 0.5%
214th Sierra Leone 43.5 2.2%
215th Rwanda 42.5 2.3%
216th South Sudan 32.1 1.9%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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