Life expectancy by country, 1952
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1942 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guernsey | 72.7 yrs | — |
| 2 | Norway | 72.7 yrs | — |
| 3 | Iceland | 72.4 yrs | — |
| 4 | Netherlands | 72.1 yrs | — |
| 5 | San Marino | 71.9 yrs | — |
| 6 | Sweden | 71.8 yrs | — |
| 7 | Denmark | 70.8 yrs | — |
| 8 | Jersey | 69.8 yrs | — |
| 9 | Switzerland | 69.6 yrs | — |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 69.5 yrs | — |
| 11 | New Zealand | 69.4 yrs | — |
| 12 | Australia | 69.1 yrs | — |
| 13 | Monaco | 68.9 yrs | — |
| 14 | Canada | 68.7 yrs | — |
| 15 | United States of America | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 16 | Andorra | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 17 | Belgium | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 18 | Germany | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 19 | France | 67.4 yrs | — |
| 20 | Greece | 67.3 yrs | — |
| 21 | Ireland | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 22 | Israel | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 23 | Estonia | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 24 | Czechia | 66.9 yrs | — |
| 25 | Austria | 66.8 yrs | — |
| 26 | Finland | 66.5 yrs | — |
| 27 | Saint Helena | 66.4 yrs | — |
| 28 | Lithuania | 66.2 yrs | — |
| 29 | Liechtenstein | 66.2 yrs | — |
| 30 | Uruguay | 66.1 yrs | — |
| 31 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 66.1 yrs | — |
| 32 | Luxembourg | 66.1 yrs | — |
| 33 | Italy | 65.9 yrs | — |
| 34 | Holy See | 65.7 yrs | — |
| 35 | Latvia | 65.7 yrs | — |
| 36 | Gibraltar | 65.6 yrs | — |
| 37 | Saint Martin (French part) | 65.4 yrs | — |
| 38 | Spain | 64.8 yrs | — |
| 39 | Slovakia | 64.3 yrs | — |
| 40 | Malta | 64.1 yrs | — |
| 41 | Hungary | 63.9 yrs | — |
| 42 | Slovenia | 63.8 yrs | — |
| 43 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 63.6 yrs | — |
| 44 | Isle of Man | 63.6 yrs | — |
| 45 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 46 | Japan | 63.0 yrs | — |
| 47 | Faroe Islands | 62.7 yrs | — |
| 48 | Argentina | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 49 | Ukraine | 62.1 yrs | — |
| 50 | Puerto Rico | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 51 | Romania | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 52 | Curaçao | 61.6 yrs | — |
| 53 | Bermuda | 61.1 yrs | — |
| 54 | Lebanon | 60.8 yrs | — |
| 55 | Belarus | 60.5 yrs | — |
| 56 | Guam | 60.2 yrs | — |
| 57 | American Samoa | 60.2 yrs | — |
| 58 | Cuba | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 59 | Croatia | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 60 | Portugal | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 61 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 62 | Poland | 59.7 yrs | — |
| 63 | Bahamas | 59.6 yrs | — |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 59.6 yrs | — |
| 65 | Aruba | 59.5 yrs | — |
| 66 | China, Macao SAR | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 67 | Montenegro | 59.1 yrs | — |
| 68 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.0 yrs | — |
| 69 | United States Virgin Islands | 58.9 yrs | — |
| 70 | Northern Mariana Islands | 58.8 yrs | — |
| 71 | Georgia | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 72 | Seychelles | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 73 | Paraguay | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 74 | Costa Rica | 58.1 yrs | — |
| 75 | Jamaica | 58.1 yrs | — |
| 76 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 57.9 yrs | — |
| 77 | Cyprus | 57.7 yrs | — |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 57.7 yrs | — |
| 79 | Russian Federation | 57.6 yrs | — |
| 80 | Serbia | 57.4 yrs | — |
| 81 | Nauru | 57.0 yrs | — |
| 82 | Saint Barthélemy | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 83 | Singapore | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 84 | Panama | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 85 | Anguilla | 56.1 yrs | — |
| 86 | Kazakhstan | 56.1 yrs | — |
| 87 | Barbados | 55.9 yrs | — |
| 88 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 89 | Armenia | 55.5 yrs | — |
| 90 | Tokelau | 55.5 yrs | — |
| 91 | Niue | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 92 | British Virgin Islands | 55.2 yrs | — |
| 93 | Republic of Moldova | 55.1 yrs | — |
| 94 | Cayman Islands | 55.0 yrs | — |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 54.9 yrs | — |
| 96 | Martinique | 54.9 yrs | — |
| 97 | Grenada | 54.8 yrs | — |
| 98 | Philippines | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 99 | Guadeloupe | 54.2 yrs | — |
| 100 | Uzbekistan | 54.0 yrs | — |
| 101 | Chile | 53.9 yrs | — |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 53.8 yrs | — |
| 103 | Palau | 53.1 yrs | — |
| 104 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 105 | Marshall Islands | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.6 yrs | — |
| 107 | Fiji | 52.6 yrs | — |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 52.5 yrs | — |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 52.4 yrs | — |
| 110 | Brunei Darussalam | 52.4 yrs | — |
| 111 | Qatar | 52.1 yrs | — |
| 112 | Mauritius | 52.1 yrs | — |
| 113 | Kuwait | 51.4 yrs | — |
| 114 | Suriname | 51.4 yrs | — |
| 115 | Guyana | 51.3 yrs | — |
| 116 | Tonga | 51.2 yrs | — |
| 117 | Belize | 50.7 yrs | — |
| 118 | Montserrat | 50.7 yrs | — |
| 119 | Samoa | 50.4 yrs | — |
| 120 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 50.3 yrs | — |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 50.2 yrs | — |
| 122 | Malaysia | 50.1 yrs | — |
| 123 | Réunion | 50.1 yrs | — |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 49.9 yrs | — |
| 125 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 49.9 yrs | — |
| 126 | Colombia | 49.8 yrs | — |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 128 | Brazil | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 129 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 130 | Viet Nam | 49.4 yrs | — |
| 131 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.4 yrs | — |
| 132 | Ecuador | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 133 | Turkmenistan | 49.0 yrs | — |
| 134 | French Guiana | 49.0 yrs | — |
| 135 | Dominica | 48.2 yrs | — |
| 136 | Türkiye | 48.1 yrs | — |
| 137 | Zambia | 47.6 yrs | — |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 47.0 yrs | — |
| 139 | Botswana | 47.0 yrs | — |
| 140 | Peru | 46.8 yrs | — |
| 141 | Sudan | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 142 | Thailand | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 144 | Albania | 46.3 yrs | — |
| 145 | State of Palestine | 46.3 yrs | — |
| 146 | Cabo Verde | 46.1 yrs | — |
| 147 | Kiribati | 45.9 yrs | — |
| 148 | Lesotho | 45.9 yrs | — |
| 149 | Mexico | 45.7 yrs | — |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | 45.6 yrs | — |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 45.3 yrs | — |
| 152 | China | 45.3 yrs | — |
| 153 | South Africa | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 154 | El Salvador | 44.8 yrs | — |
| 155 | Mayotte | 44.8 yrs | — |
| 156 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 157 | Syrian Arab Republic | 44.3 yrs | — |
| 158 | Eswatini | 44.0 yrs | — |
| 159 | Ghana | 44.0 yrs | — |
| 160 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 44.0 yrs | — |
| 161 | Rwanda | 43.8 yrs | — |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 43.6 yrs | — |
| 163 | Algeria | 43.5 yrs | — |
| 164 | Jordan | 43.2 yrs | — |
| 165 | Namibia | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 166 | Greenland | 42.9 yrs | — |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 168 | Togo | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 169 | India | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 170 | Honduras | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 171 | Somalia | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 172 | Nicaragua | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 41.7 yrs | — |
| 174 | Indonesia | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 175 | Burundi | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 176 | United Republic of Tanzania | 41.4 yrs | — |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 41.2 yrs | — |
| 178 | Djibouti | 41.2 yrs | — |
| 179 | Congo | 41.1 yrs | — |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 41.1 yrs | — |
| 181 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 182 | Uganda | 40.8 yrs | — |
| 183 | Gabon | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 185 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.6 yrs | — |
| 186 | Iraq | 40.5 yrs | — |
| 187 | Madagascar | 40.3 yrs | — |
| 188 | Bahrain | 39.9 yrs | — |
| 189 | Morocco | 39.6 yrs | — |
| 190 | Mongolia | 39.4 yrs | — |
| 191 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 39.4 yrs | — |
| 192 | Cambodia | 39.3 yrs | — |
| 193 | Tunisia | 39.3 yrs | — |
| 194 | Mauritania | 39.2 yrs | — |
| 195 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 196 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 197 | Guatemala | 38.9 yrs | — |
| 198 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 38.9 yrs | — |
| 199 | Haiti | 38.8 yrs | — |
| 200 | Bangladesh | 38.8 yrs | — |
| 201 | Kenya | 38.6 yrs | — |
| 202 | Mozambique | 38.1 yrs | — |
| 203 | Comoros | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 204 | Liberia | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 205 | Myanmar | 37.7 yrs | — |
| 206 | Nepal | 37.6 yrs | — |
| 207 | Senegal | 37.4 yrs | — |
| 208 | Maldives | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 209 | Egypt | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 210 | Republic of Korea | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 211 | Pakistan | 36.5 yrs | — |
| 212 | Central African Republic | 36.3 yrs | — |
| 213 | Angola | 36.2 yrs | — |
| 214 | Ethiopia | 36.2 yrs | — |
| 215 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.1 yrs | — |
| 216 | Benin | 36.0 yrs | — |
| 217 | Chad | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 218 | Nigeria | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 219 | Niger | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 220 | Guinea | 35.7 yrs | — |
| 221 | Western Sahara | 35.6 yrs | — |
| 222 | Bhutan | 35.4 yrs | — |
| 223 | Cameroon | 34.6 yrs | — |
| 224 | Eritrea | 34.0 yrs | — |
| 225 | Libya | 33.8 yrs | — |
| 226 | Burkina Faso | 33.6 yrs | — |
| 227 | Malawi | 33.0 yrs | — |
| 228 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 32.8 yrs | — |
| 229 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.0 yrs | — |
| 230 | Gambia | 31.7 yrs | — |
| 231 | South Sudan | 31.0 yrs | — |
| 232 | Oman | 30.2 yrs | — |
| 233 | Timor-Leste | 29.8 yrs | — |
| 234 | Sierra Leone | 29.7 yrs | — |
| 235 | Yemen | 29.6 yrs | — |
| 236 | Mali | 29.1 yrs | — |
| 237 | Afghanistan | 29.0 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.