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United Kingdom - Life Expectancy 2001

Name: United Kingdom Life Expectancy 2001
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

78.0 +0.3 from 2000 Global rank: 31st

United Kingdom's life expectancy was 78.0 in 2001, increased +0.3 from 77.7 in 2000. This was the 31st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2001▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2001
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	82.5	0.4%
2nd	Andorra	82.2	0.4%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	81.4	0.7%
4th	Japan	81.4	0.4%
5th	San Marino	80.8	0.4%
6th	Iceland	80.7	1.3%
7th	Macao SAR, China	80.6	0.5%
8th	Gibraltar	80.4	0.3%
9th	Switzerland	80.2	0.6%
10th	Italy	80.1	0.4%
11th	Sweden	79.8	0.2%
12th	Australia	79.6	0.5%
13th	Israel	79.4	0.6%
14th	Canada	79.4	0.3%
15th	Spain	79.4	0.5%
16th	French Polynesia	79.3	0.4%
17th	Liechtenstein	79.3	3.2%
18th	France	79.2	0.1%
19th	Channel Islands	79.0	0.3%
20th	Malta	78.8	0.6%
21st	Norway	78.8	0.2%
22nd	New Zealand	78.7	0.1%
23rd	Bermuda	78.6	0.5%
24th	Faroe Islands	78.6	0.3%
25th	Austria	78.6	0.6%
26th	Greece	78.4	0.6%
27th	Germany	78.3	0.5%
28th	Singapore	78.3	0.4%
29th	Netherlands	78.2	0.3%
30th	Cyprus	78.2	0.4%
31st	United Kingdom	78.0	0.3%
32nd	Belgium	78.0	0.3%
33rd	Finland	78.0	0.6%
34th	Luxembourg	77.8	-0.1%
35th	Virgin Islands (US)	77.6	1.3%
36th	United Arab Emirates	77.6	1.7%
37th	Costa Rica	77.6	0.4%
38th	Chile	77.6	0.6%
39th	European Union	77.4	0.5%
40th	Ireland	77.1	0.8%
41st	St. Martin (French part)	77.0	0.3%
42nd	United States	76.8	0.3%
43rd	Portugal	76.8	0.7%
44th	Denmark	76.8	0.3%
45th	Cuba	76.4	0.7%
46th	Korea	76.4	0.7%
47th	Kuwait	76.4	0.2%
48th	Puerto Rico (US)	76.0	0.6%
49th	Slovenia	75.8	0.5%
50th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	75.6	0.4%
51st	Qatar	75.5	0.3%
52nd	Northern Mariana Islands	75.4	0.7%
53rd	Isle of Man	75.3	0.6%
54th	Guam	75.2	0.4%
55th	Czechia	75.2	0.3%
56th	Antigua and Barbuda	75.1	0.4%
57th	Albania	75.1	0.3%
58th	Uruguay	75.0	0.4%
59th	Bahrain	74.9	0.4%
60th	British Virgin Islands	74.8	0.1%
61st	Barbados	74.7	0.2%
62nd	Cayman Islands	74.5	0.2%
63rd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.5	0.2%
64th	Croatia	74.5	2.3%
65th	Turks and Caicos Islands	74.4	0.6%
66th	Lebanon	74.4	0.6%
67th	Brunei Darussalam	74.2	0.3%
68th	Poland	74.2	0.6%
69th	Argentina	74.2	0.3%
70th	Oman	74.0	0.5%
71st	New Caledonia	74.0	0.5%
72nd	Panama	73.8	0.5%
73rd	Montenegro	73.6	0.2%
74th	North Macedonia	73.4	0.7%
75th	Slovak Republic	73.4	0.5%
76th	Curaçao	73.4	0.1%
77th	Seychelles	73.3	0.7%
78th	Malaysia	73.1	0.5%
79th	Aruba	73.0	0.1%
80th	Grenada	73.0	0.1%
81st	Viet Nam	73.0	0.3%
82nd	Armenia	73.0	0.1%
83rd	Saudi Arabia	73.0	0.5%
84th	Mexico	72.9	0.5%
85th	Tunisia	72.8	0.3%
86th	Bahamas, The	72.8	0.4%
87th	China	72.7	0.5%
88th	Ecuador	72.6	0.7%
89th	Türkiye	72.3	0.5%
90th	Hungary	72.2	1.4%
91st	Serbia	72.2	0.9%
92nd	Jordan	72.1	0.3%
93rd	Dominica	71.9	0.2%
94th	Sri Lanka	71.8	0.9%
95th	Kosovo	71.8	0.6%
96th	Bulgaria	71.8	0.1%
97th	Mauritius	71.8	0.1%
98th	Maldives	71.7	1.1%
99th	Lithuania	71.7	-0.5%
100th	American Samoa	71.6	0.2%
101st	Thailand	71.5	0.4%
102nd	St. Lucia	71.4	0.8%
103rd	Syrian Arab Republic	71.3	0.6%
104th	Jamaica	71.3	0.0%
105th	Colombia	71.2	0.4%
106th	Romania	71.2	0.0%
107th	Samoa	71.0	0.3%
108th	Algeria	71.0	0.6%
109th	Latvia	70.8	0.6%
110th	Libya	70.7	0.2%
111th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	70.6	0.6%
112th	Dominican Republic	70.6	0.3%
113th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.4	0.0%
114th	Georgia	70.4	0.4%
115th	Peru	70.3	0.7%
116th	Paraguay	70.3	0.4%
117th	Estonia	70.3	-0.2%
118th	Brazil	70.0	0.6%
119th	Tonga	69.8	0.2%
120th	St. Kitts and Nevis	69.8	0.7%
121st	West Bank and Gaza	69.8	-0.8%
122nd	Belize	68.9	0.0%
123rd	Trinidad and Tobago	68.9	0.4%
124th	Vanuatu	68.7	0.2%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	68.7	0.2%
126th	Cabo Verde	68.7	0.9%
127th	Belarus	68.5	-0.6%
128th	Honduras	68.5	0.3%
129th	El Salvador	68.0	0.4%
130th	Philippines	67.8	0.1%
131st	Ukraine	67.7	-0.2%
132nd	Moldova	67.7	0.3%
133rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	67.6	0.4%
134th	Guatemala	67.4	0.5%
135th	Solomon Islands	67.2	0.2%
136th	Morocco	67.2	0.6%
137th	Nicaragua	67.0	1.0%
138th	Indonesia	66.6	0.4%
139th	Fiji	66.2	0.0%
140th	Greenland	66.2	0.1%
141st	Azerbaijan	66.0	1.0%
142nd	Uzbekistan	65.9	0.6%
143rd	Russian Federation	65.4	-0.2%
144th	Turkmenistan	65.3	0.6%
145th	Iraq	65.3	0.7%
146th	Kiribati	64.9	0.4%
147th	Suriname	64.8	0.6%
148th	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.8	0.8%
149th	Palau	64.8	0.5%
150th	Guyana	64.4	0.5%
151st	Tajikistan	64.2	1.0%
152nd	Kazakhstan	64.1	0.5%
153rd	Marshall Islands	63.7	0.7%
154th	Tuvalu	63.7	0.3%
155th	Mongolia	63.4	0.3%
156th	Bhutan	63.3	2.4%
157th	Nepal	63.3	1.0%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	63.3	0.8%
159th	India	63.2	0.7%
160th	Bangladesh	62.8	1.3%
161st	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	62.5	0.8%
162nd	Pakistan	62.2	0.5%
163rd	Gabon	62.0	0.3%
164th	Mauritania	61.7	1.0%
165th	Papua New Guinea	61.6	0.1%
166th	São Tomé and Principe	61.5	0.5%
167th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.9	0.0%
168th	Myanmar	60.6	0.5%
169th	Cambodia	60.5	1.6%
170th	Comoros	59.6	1.1%
171st	Nauru	59.5	-0.2%
172nd	Sudan	59.3	0.5%
173rd	Lao PDR	58.9	1.0%
174th	Timor-Leste	58.8	1.2%
175th	Madagascar	58.7	1.2%
176th	Haiti	58.6	0.7%
177th	Ghana	58.4	0.5%
178th	Eritrea	58.4	3.7%
179th	Senegal	58.2	0.9%
180th	Djibouti	57.5	1.4%
181st	Gambia, The	57.3	0.7%
182nd	South Africa	57.2	-2.1%
183rd	Benin	56.7	0.1%
184th	Kenya	56.5	0.7%
185th	Congo, Republic of	55.9	0.9%
186th	Afghanistan	55.5	0.9%
187th	Togo	54.7	0.3%
188th	Tanzania	54.1	1.7%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	53.8	0.8%
190th	Cameroon	53.6	0.5%
191st	Liberia	53.1	2.4%
192nd	Guinea	52.7	0.5%
193rd	Botswana	52.2	-0.1%
194th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	52.2	0.6%
195th	Namibia	52.0	-1.8%
196th	Côte d'Ivoire	51.4	0.1%
197th	Mali	51.3	1.4%
198th	Burkina Faso	51.2	0.7%
199th	Guinea-Bissau	51.1	1.0%
200th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.8	0.2%
201st	Uganda	50.6	1.9%
202nd	Mozambique	50.3	1.6%
203rd	Niger	49.9	1.4%
204th	Rwanda	49.5	3.5%
205th	South Sudan	48.6	2.0%
206th	Burundi	48.5	1.9%
207th	Chad	48.3	0.8%
208th	Nigeria	47.5	0.9%
209th	Zambia	47.4	1.8%
210th	Malawi	47.2	2.2%
211th	Lesotho	47.2	-3.3%
212th	Angola	47.0	1.1%
213th	Central African Republic	46.7	0.3%
214th	Eswatini	46.3	-2.7%
215th	Sierra Leone	45.4	1.4%
216th	Zimbabwe	44.5	-3.3%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's life expectancy in 2001?▾

United Kingdom's life expectancy in 2001 was 78.0. This ranked 31st globally.

How did United Kingdom's life expectancy change in 2001?▾

United Kingdom's life expectancy increased by 0.3% in 2001 compared to 2000.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2001?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2001 at 82.5.

What is the life expectancy of United Kingdom in 2001?▾

The life expectancy of United Kingdom in 2001 was 78.0. This ranked 31st globally.

How does 2001 compare to 2000 for United Kingdom's life expectancy?▾

United Kingdom's life expectancy went from 77.7 in 2000 to 78.0 in 2001, a 0.3% increase.

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