Which has higher life expectancy, Armenia or Romania?

Romania, at 75.94 years against 75.68 years in Armenia as of 2023.

What is the difference in life expectancy between Armenia and Romania?

0.26 years, with Romania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Romania?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Armenia vs Romania: Life expectancy

Armenia

75.68 years

in 2023

Romania

75.94 years

in 2023

Armenia rank

114th

Romania rank

112th

Life expectancy over time

Armenia
Romania

How they compare

Romania currently reports 75.94 years against 75.68 years in Armenia, a difference of 0.26 years.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Romania ahead.

Armenia ranks 114th and Romania ranks 112th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Armenia averaged higher in 1 and Romania in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Armenia	Romania	Difference	Ahead
1950s	56.65 years	62.91 years	6.26 years	Romania
1960s	60.92 years	67.53 years	6.6 years	Romania
1970s	63.84 years	69.17 years	5.34 years	Romania
1980s	65.29 years	69.54 years	4.25 years	Romania
1990s	68.8 years	69.59 years	0.79 years	Romania
2000s	71.9 years	71.82 years	0.078 years	Armenia
2010s	74.09 years	74.71 years	0.6184 years	Romania
2020s	72.94 years	74.5 years	1.56 years	Romania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, Armenia or Romania?: Romania, at 75.94 years against 75.68 years in Armenia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between Armenia and Romania?: 0.26 years, with Romania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Armenia and Romania?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Armenia and Romania rank globally for life expectancy?: Armenia ranks 114th and Romania ranks 112th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.