Life expectancy by country, 1950
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1940 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | San Marino | 71.6 yrs | — |
| 2 | Norway | 71.6 yrs | — |
| 3 | Netherlands | 71.4 yrs | — |
| 4 | Guernsey | 71.2 yrs | — |
| 5 | Sweden | 71.1 yrs | — |
| 6 | Iceland | 71.0 yrs | — |
| 7 | Denmark | 70.3 yrs | — |
| 8 | Israel | 69.9 yrs | — |
| 9 | Jersey | 69.4 yrs | — |
| 10 | New Zealand | 69.3 yrs | — |
| 11 | Australia | 69.0 yrs | — |
| 12 | Switzerland | 68.9 yrs | — |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 68.6 yrs | — |
| 14 | Canada | 68.2 yrs | — |
| 15 | United States of America | 68.1 yrs | — |
| 16 | Monaco | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 17 | Andorra | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 18 | Germany | 66.8 yrs | — |
| 19 | Estonia | 66.4 yrs | — |
| 20 | France | 66.4 yrs | — |
| 21 | Belgium | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 22 | Greece | 66.2 yrs | — |
| 23 | Lithuania | 66.1 yrs | — |
| 24 | Saint Helena | 66.0 yrs | — |
| 25 | Holy See | 65.8 yrs | — |
| 26 | Italy | 65.7 yrs | — |
| 27 | Ireland | 65.6 yrs | — |
| 28 | Uruguay | 65.6 yrs | — |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 65.5 yrs | — |
| 30 | Liechtenstein | 65.3 yrs | — |
| 31 | Saint Martin (French part) | 65.1 yrs | — |
| 32 | Gibraltar | 65.1 yrs | — |
| 33 | Austria | 64.8 yrs | — |
| 34 | Latvia | 64.6 yrs | — |
| 35 | Czechia | 64.4 yrs | — |
| 36 | Finland | 64.2 yrs | — |
| 37 | Malta | 63.5 yrs | — |
| 38 | Isle of Man | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 39 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 62.9 yrs | — |
| 40 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 62.4 yrs | — |
| 41 | Hungary | 62.1 yrs | — |
| 42 | Spain | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 43 | Slovenia | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 44 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 46 | Argentina | 61.3 yrs | — |
| 47 | Ukraine | 61.2 yrs | — |
| 48 | Slovakia | 60.8 yrs | — |
| 49 | Faroe Islands | 60.6 yrs | — |
| 50 | Romania | 60.5 yrs | — |
| 51 | Bermuda | 60.4 yrs | — |
| 52 | Puerto Rico | 60.4 yrs | — |
| 53 | Curaçao | 60.3 yrs | — |
| 54 | Lebanon | 59.9 yrs | — |
| 55 | United States Virgin Islands | 59.9 yrs | — |
| 56 | Guam | 59.6 yrs | — |
| 57 | Japan | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 58 | American Samoa | 59.2 yrs | — |
| 59 | Cuba | 59.0 yrs | — |
| 60 | Bahamas | 58.9 yrs | — |
| 61 | Belarus | 58.6 yrs | — |
| 62 | Croatia | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 63 | Portugal | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 64 | Poland | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 65 | China, Macao SAR | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 66 | Northern Mariana Islands | 58.2 yrs | — |
| 67 | Antigua and Barbuda | 58.1 yrs | — |
| 68 | Aruba | 58.0 yrs | — |
| 69 | Paraguay | 58.0 yrs | — |
| 70 | Montenegro | 58.0 yrs | — |
| 71 | Seychelles | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 72 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 73 | Georgia | 57.7 yrs | — |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 57.5 yrs | — |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.0 yrs | — |
| 76 | Jamaica | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 77 | Nauru | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 78 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 79 | Cyprus | 55.8 yrs | — |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 55.6 yrs | — |
| 81 | Russian Federation | 55.5 yrs | — |
| 82 | Panama | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 83 | Anguilla | 55.1 yrs | — |
| 84 | Serbia | 55.1 yrs | — |
| 85 | Martinique | 55.0 yrs | — |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 54.8 yrs | — |
| 87 | Tokelau | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 88 | Niue | 54.6 yrs | — |
| 89 | Armenia | 54.5 yrs | — |
| 90 | Singapore | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 91 | Cayman Islands | 54.0 yrs | — |
| 92 | Saint Barthélemy | 54.0 yrs | — |
| 93 | Republic of Moldova | 54.0 yrs | — |
| 94 | Barbados | 53.6 yrs | — |
| 95 | Philippines | 53.6 yrs | — |
| 96 | British Virgin Islands | 53.4 yrs | — |
| 97 | Uzbekistan | 53.3 yrs | — |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 53.2 yrs | — |
| 99 | Guadeloupe | 53.1 yrs | — |
| 100 | Chile | 53.1 yrs | — |
| 101 | Grenada | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 102 | Palau | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 103 | Marshall Islands | 52.6 yrs | — |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.1 yrs | — |
| 105 | Mauritius | 51.9 yrs | — |
| 106 | French Polynesia | 51.9 yrs | — |
| 107 | Fiji | 51.7 yrs | — |
| 108 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 109 | Qatar | 50.8 yrs | — |
| 110 | Suriname | 50.7 yrs | — |
| 111 | Brunei Darussalam | 50.6 yrs | — |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 50.6 yrs | — |
| 113 | Kuwait | 49.7 yrs | — |
| 114 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 49.4 yrs | — |
| 116 | Tajikistan | 49.4 yrs | — |
| 117 | Guyana | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 118 | Samoa | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 119 | Belize | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 120 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 48.6 yrs | — |
| 121 | Montserrat | 48.6 yrs | — |
| 122 | Ecuador | 48.5 yrs | — |
| 123 | Brazil | 48.5 yrs | — |
| 124 | Malaysia | 48.5 yrs | — |
| 125 | Tonga | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 126 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 127 | Colombia | 48.3 yrs | — |
| 128 | Saint Lucia | 48.3 yrs | — |
| 129 | Turkmenistan | 48.1 yrs | — |
| 130 | Viet Nam | 48.0 yrs | — |
| 131 | French Guiana | 47.7 yrs | — |
| 132 | Réunion | 47.6 yrs | — |
| 133 | Türkiye | 47.3 yrs | — |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47.3 yrs | — |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.9 yrs | — |
| 136 | Zambia | 46.8 yrs | — |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 46.3 yrs | — |
| 138 | Botswana | 46.2 yrs | — |
| 139 | Peru | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 140 | Sudan | 45.8 yrs | — |
| 141 | State of Palestine | 45.8 yrs | — |
| 142 | Kiribati | 45.7 yrs | — |
| 143 | Thailand | 45.2 yrs | — |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 45.1 yrs | — |
| 145 | Cabo Verde | 44.9 yrs | — |
| 146 | Lesotho | 44.6 yrs | — |
| 147 | Albania | 44.5 yrs | — |
| 148 | Dominica | 44.5 yrs | — |
| 149 | El Salvador | 44.2 yrs | — |
| 150 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 44.1 yrs | — |
| 151 | Dominican Republic | 44.1 yrs | — |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 43.9 yrs | — |
| 153 | Mexico | 43.8 yrs | — |
| 154 | China | 43.8 yrs | — |
| 155 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 43.5 yrs | — |
| 156 | Eswatini | 43.4 yrs | — |
| 157 | Rwanda | 43.2 yrs | — |
| 158 | Ghana | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 159 | South Africa | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 160 | Algeria | 42.7 yrs | — |
| 161 | Syrian Arab Republic | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 162 | Mayotte | 42.3 yrs | — |
| 163 | United Arab Emirates | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 164 | Namibia | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 165 | Togo | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 166 | Somalia | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 41.4 yrs | — |
| 168 | India | 41.2 yrs | — |
| 169 | United Republic of Tanzania | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 170 | Honduras | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 171 | Burundi | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 172 | Jordan | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 173 | Djibouti | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 174 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 175 | Nicaragua | 40.6 yrs | — |
| 176 | Indonesia | 40.2 yrs | — |
| 177 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 178 | Saudi Arabia | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 179 | Tuvalu | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 180 | Uganda | 39.7 yrs | — |
| 181 | Madagascar | 39.7 yrs | — |
| 182 | Congo | 39.6 yrs | — |
| 183 | Greenland | 39.5 yrs | — |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 39.4 yrs | — |
| 185 | Gabon | 39.3 yrs | — |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 187 | Cambodia | 38.9 yrs | — |
| 188 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 38.9 yrs | — |
| 189 | Morocco | 38.8 yrs | — |
| 190 | Bahrain | 38.6 yrs | — |
| 191 | Mongolia | 38.6 yrs | — |
| 192 | Mauritania | 38.4 yrs | — |
| 193 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 38.2 yrs | — |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.2 yrs | — |
| 195 | Tunisia | 38.2 yrs | — |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 197 | Liberia | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 198 | Guatemala | 37.8 yrs | — |
| 199 | Nepal | 37.6 yrs | — |
| 200 | Iraq | 37.4 yrs | — |
| 201 | Comoros | 37.4 yrs | — |
| 202 | Bangladesh | 37.4 yrs | — |
| 203 | Mozambique | 37.3 yrs | — |
| 204 | Haiti | 37.2 yrs | — |
| 205 | Kenya | 36.9 yrs | — |
| 206 | Senegal | 36.5 yrs | — |
| 207 | Maldives | 36.5 yrs | — |
| 208 | Angola | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 209 | Niger | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 210 | Guinea-Bissau | 35.7 yrs | — |
| 211 | Myanmar | 35.7 yrs | — |
| 212 | Guinea | 35.6 yrs | — |
| 213 | Ethiopia | 35.5 yrs | — |
| 214 | Nigeria | 35.5 yrs | — |
| 215 | Benin | 35.4 yrs | — |
| 216 | Central African Republic | 35.4 yrs | — |
| 217 | Bhutan | 35.3 yrs | — |
| 218 | Chad | 35.2 yrs | — |
| 219 | Western Sahara | 34.9 yrs | — |
| 220 | Pakistan | 34.3 yrs | — |
| 221 | Egypt | 34.0 yrs | — |
| 222 | Eritrea | 33.3 yrs | — |
| 223 | Cameroon | 33.1 yrs | — |
| 224 | Libya | 33.1 yrs | — |
| 225 | Burkina Faso | 33.0 yrs | — |
| 226 | Malawi | 32.7 yrs | — |
| 227 | Gambia | 31.2 yrs | — |
| 228 | Côte d'Ivoire | 30.8 yrs | — |
| 229 | South Sudan | 30.2 yrs | — |
| 230 | Oman | 29.3 yrs | — |
| 231 | Timor-Leste | 29.2 yrs | — |
| 232 | Yemen | 28.9 yrs | — |
| 233 | Sierra Leone | 28.9 yrs | — |
| 234 | Mali | 28.7 yrs | — |
| 235 | Afghanistan | 28.2 yrs | — |
| 236 | Republic of Korea | 22.2 yrs | — |
| 237 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 14.2 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.