Life expectancy by country, 1953
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1943 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 73.2 yrs | — |
| 2 | Iceland | 72.3 yrs | — |
| 3 | San Marino | 72.0 yrs | — |
| 4 | Sweden | 71.9 yrs | — |
| 5 | Netherlands | 71.7 yrs | — |
| 6 | Guernsey | 71.5 yrs | — |
| 7 | Denmark | 71.2 yrs | — |
| 8 | New Zealand | 70.2 yrs | — |
| 9 | Jersey | 70.0 yrs | — |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 69.8 yrs | — |
| 11 | Australia | 69.7 yrs | — |
| 12 | Monaco | 69.6 yrs | — |
| 13 | Switzerland | 69.5 yrs | — |
| 14 | Canada | 69.1 yrs | — |
| 15 | United States of America | 68.7 yrs | — |
| 16 | Andorra | 68.6 yrs | — |
| 17 | Belgium | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 18 | Ireland | 67.9 yrs | — |
| 19 | Germany | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 20 | Estonia | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 21 | Greece | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 22 | Czechia | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 23 | Austria | 67.3 yrs | — |
| 24 | France | 67.3 yrs | — |
| 25 | Liechtenstein | 66.9 yrs | — |
| 26 | Saint Helena | 66.7 yrs | — |
| 27 | Italy | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 28 | Finland | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 29 | Israel | 66.4 yrs | — |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 66.4 yrs | — |
| 31 | Uruguay | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 32 | Holy See | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 33 | Lithuania | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 34 | Gibraltar | 66.2 yrs | — |
| 35 | Latvia | 66.2 yrs | — |
| 36 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 65.8 yrs | — |
| 37 | Spain | 65.7 yrs | — |
| 38 | Slovakia | 65.7 yrs | — |
| 39 | Saint Martin (French part) | 65.6 yrs | — |
| 40 | Slovenia | 65.3 yrs | — |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 64.5 yrs | — |
| 42 | Malta | 64.3 yrs | — |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 64.2 yrs | — |
| 44 | Isle of Man | 64.1 yrs | — |
| 45 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 64.0 yrs | — |
| 46 | Hungary | 63.9 yrs | — |
| 47 | Faroe Islands | 63.9 yrs | — |
| 48 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 63.7 yrs | — |
| 49 | Japan | 63.3 yrs | — |
| 50 | Ukraine | 63.0 yrs | — |
| 51 | Argentina | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 52 | Romania | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 53 | Curaçao | 62.1 yrs | — |
| 54 | Bermuda | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 55 | Croatia | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 56 | Belarus | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 57 | United States Virgin Islands | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 58 | Poland | 61.3 yrs | — |
| 59 | Lebanon | 61.2 yrs | — |
| 60 | Portugal | 61.1 yrs | — |
| 61 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 60.9 yrs | — |
| 62 | American Samoa | 60.8 yrs | — |
| 63 | Guam | 60.5 yrs | — |
| 64 | Cuba | 60.2 yrs | — |
| 65 | Aruba | 60.1 yrs | — |
| 66 | Bahamas | 60.0 yrs | — |
| 67 | Serbia | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 68 | China, Macao SAR | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 69 | Montenegro | 59.7 yrs | — |
| 70 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.4 yrs | — |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 59.1 yrs | — |
| 72 | Northern Mariana Islands | 59.1 yrs | — |
| 73 | Jamaica | 58.9 yrs | — |
| 74 | Georgia | 58.8 yrs | — |
| 75 | Russian Federation | 58.8 yrs | — |
| 76 | Seychelles | 58.7 yrs | — |
| 77 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 58.6 yrs | — |
| 78 | Paraguay | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 79 | Cyprus | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 80 | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 81 | Saint Barthélemy | 57.6 yrs | — |
| 82 | Martinique | 57.6 yrs | — |
| 83 | Singapore | 57.5 yrs | — |
| 84 | Nauru | 57.2 yrs | — |
| 85 | Barbados | 57.0 yrs | — |
| 86 | Panama | 56.8 yrs | — |
| 87 | Anguilla | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 89 | British Virgin Islands | 56.2 yrs | — |
| 90 | Armenia | 56.0 yrs | — |
| 91 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.0 yrs | — |
| 92 | Tokelau | 55.8 yrs | — |
| 93 | Niue | 55.8 yrs | — |
| 94 | Grenada | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 95 | Republic of Moldova | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 55.6 yrs | — |
| 97 | Cayman Islands | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 98 | Philippines | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 99 | Guadeloupe | 55.0 yrs | — |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 54.3 yrs | — |
| 102 | Chile | 54.3 yrs | — |
| 103 | Fiji | 53.4 yrs | — |
| 104 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53.4 yrs | — |
| 105 | Palau | 53.3 yrs | — |
| 106 | Brunei Darussalam | 53.3 yrs | — |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 53.2 yrs | — |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 53.1 yrs | — |
| 109 | Kyrgyzstan | 52.9 yrs | — |
| 110 | Qatar | 52.8 yrs | — |
| 111 | Marshall Islands | 52.8 yrs | — |
| 112 | Tonga | 52.5 yrs | — |
| 113 | Guyana | 52.4 yrs | — |
| 114 | Kuwait | 52.3 yrs | — |
| 115 | Suriname | 52.1 yrs | — |
| 116 | Montserrat | 51.7 yrs | — |
| 117 | Mauritius | 51.5 yrs | — |
| 118 | Réunion | 51.5 yrs | — |
| 119 | Belize | 51.4 yrs | — |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 121 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 122 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 123 | Malaysia | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 124 | Samoa | 51.0 yrs | — |
| 125 | Colombia | 50.6 yrs | — |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 50.6 yrs | — |
| 127 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 50.3 yrs | — |
| 128 | Tajikistan | 50.2 yrs | — |
| 129 | Dominica | 50.0 yrs | — |
| 130 | Brazil | 50.0 yrs | — |
| 131 | Viet Nam | 50.0 yrs | — |
| 132 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 50.0 yrs | — |
| 133 | Ecuador | 49.6 yrs | — |
| 134 | French Guiana | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 49.4 yrs | — |
| 136 | Türkiye | 48.2 yrs | — |
| 137 | Zambia | 48.0 yrs | — |
| 138 | Botswana | 47.5 yrs | — |
| 139 | Azerbaijan | 47.4 yrs | — |
| 140 | Albania | 47.4 yrs | — |
| 141 | New Caledonia | 47.2 yrs | — |
| 142 | Thailand | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 143 | Peru | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 144 | Mexico | 47.0 yrs | — |
| 145 | Sudan | 46.9 yrs | — |
| 146 | State of Palestine | 46.6 yrs | — |
| 147 | Lesotho | 46.6 yrs | — |
| 148 | Cabo Verde | 46.4 yrs | — |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 46.4 yrs | — |
| 150 | Mayotte | 46.1 yrs | — |
| 151 | Kiribati | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 152 | South Africa | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 153 | China | 45.9 yrs | — |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 45.8 yrs | — |
| 155 | Syrian Arab Republic | 45.3 yrs | — |
| 156 | El Salvador | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 157 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 44.7 yrs | — |
| 158 | Greenland | 44.6 yrs | — |
| 159 | Ghana | 44.5 yrs | — |
| 160 | Jordan | 44.5 yrs | — |
| 161 | United Arab Emirates | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 162 | Eswatini | 44.3 yrs | — |
| 163 | Rwanda | 44.1 yrs | — |
| 164 | Namibia | 43.8 yrs | — |
| 165 | Algeria | 43.6 yrs | — |
| 166 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 43.5 yrs | — |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 43.2 yrs | — |
| 168 | Cook Islands | 42.8 yrs | — |
| 169 | Tuvalu | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 171 | Honduras | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 172 | India | 42.4 yrs | — |
| 173 | Togo | 42.3 yrs | — |
| 174 | Indonesia | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 175 | Iraq | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 176 | Somalia | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 177 | Congo | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 178 | Burundi | 41.7 yrs | — |
| 179 | Saudi Arabia | 41.6 yrs | — |
| 180 | Gabon | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 181 | Djibouti | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 182 | United Republic of Tanzania | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 183 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 41.4 yrs | — |
| 184 | Uganda | 41.3 yrs | — |
| 185 | Papua New Guinea | 41.3 yrs | — |
| 186 | Equatorial Guinea | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 187 | Bahrain | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 188 | Madagascar | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 189 | Republic of Korea | 40.5 yrs | — |
| 190 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 40.3 yrs | — |
| 191 | Morocco | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 192 | Kenya | 39.8 yrs | — |
| 193 | Tunisia | 39.8 yrs | — |
| 194 | Mongolia | 39.8 yrs | — |
| 195 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 39.7 yrs | — |
| 196 | Cambodia | 39.6 yrs | — |
| 197 | Mauritania | 39.6 yrs | — |
| 198 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 39.5 yrs | — |
| 199 | Guatemala | 39.5 yrs | — |
| 200 | Haiti | 39.5 yrs | — |
| 201 | Bangladesh | 39.4 yrs | — |
| 202 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 203 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 204 | Myanmar | 38.6 yrs | — |
| 205 | Mozambique | 38.5 yrs | — |
| 206 | Comoros | 38.4 yrs | — |
| 207 | Liberia | 38.1 yrs | — |
| 208 | Egypt | 37.9 yrs | — |
| 209 | Senegal | 37.8 yrs | — |
| 210 | Nepal | 37.7 yrs | — |
| 211 | Pakistan | 37.6 yrs | — |
| 212 | Maldives | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 213 | Ethiopia | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 215 | Angola | 36.4 yrs | — |
| 216 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.3 yrs | — |
| 217 | Chad | 36.3 yrs | — |
| 218 | Benin | 36.3 yrs | — |
| 219 | Nigeria | 36.0 yrs | — |
| 220 | Western Sahara | 36.0 yrs | — |
| 221 | Niger | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 222 | Guinea | 35.8 yrs | — |
| 223 | Cameroon | 35.5 yrs | — |
| 224 | Bhutan | 35.4 yrs | — |
| 225 | Eritrea | 34.4 yrs | — |
| 226 | Libya | 34.2 yrs | — |
| 227 | Burkina Faso | 33.9 yrs | — |
| 228 | Malawi | 33.2 yrs | — |
| 229 | Côte d'Ivoire | 32.5 yrs | — |
| 230 | Gambia | 31.9 yrs | — |
| 231 | South Sudan | 31.4 yrs | — |
| 232 | Oman | 30.7 yrs | — |
| 233 | Sierra Leone | 30.1 yrs | — |
| 234 | Timor-Leste | 30.1 yrs | — |
| 235 | Yemen | 30.0 yrs | — |
| 236 | Afghanistan | 29.4 yrs | — |
| 237 | Mali | 29.4 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.