Life expectancy by country, 1954
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1944 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 73.3 yrs | — |
| 2 | Norway | 73.2 yrs | — |
| 3 | Guernsey | 73.1 yrs | — |
| 4 | Netherlands | 72.4 yrs | — |
| 5 | Sweden | 72.3 yrs | — |
| 6 | San Marino | 72.2 yrs | — |
| 7 | Denmark | 71.3 yrs | — |
| 8 | New Zealand | 70.3 yrs | — |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 70.2 yrs | — |
| 10 | Jersey | 70.1 yrs | — |
| 11 | Switzerland | 70.0 yrs | — |
| 12 | Monaco | 70.0 yrs | — |
| 13 | Australia | 69.9 yrs | — |
| 14 | Canada | 69.9 yrs | — |
| 15 | United States of America | 69.5 yrs | — |
| 16 | Andorra | 69.3 yrs | — |
| 17 | Belgium | 68.6 yrs | — |
| 18 | France | 68.2 yrs | — |
| 19 | Germany | 68.1 yrs | — |
| 20 | Ireland | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 21 | Greece | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 22 | Czechia | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 23 | Italy | 67.9 yrs | — |
| 24 | Estonia | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 25 | Holy See | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 26 | Finland | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 27 | Liechtenstein | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 28 | Austria | 67.3 yrs | — |
| 29 | Saint Helena | 67.0 yrs | — |
| 30 | Spain | 66.9 yrs | — |
| 31 | Gibraltar | 66.8 yrs | — |
| 32 | Slovakia | 66.7 yrs | — |
| 33 | Latvia | 66.7 yrs | — |
| 34 | Luxembourg | 66.7 yrs | — |
| 35 | Uruguay | 66.5 yrs | — |
| 36 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 66.5 yrs | — |
| 37 | Lithuania | 66.5 yrs | — |
| 38 | Israel | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 39 | Slovenia | 66.1 yrs | — |
| 40 | Saint Martin (French part) | 65.9 yrs | — |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 65.6 yrs | — |
| 42 | Hungary | 65.4 yrs | — |
| 43 | Faroe Islands | 65.2 yrs | — |
| 44 | Malta | 65.1 yrs | — |
| 45 | Isle of Man | 64.5 yrs | — |
| 46 | Japan | 64.5 yrs | — |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 64.4 yrs | — |
| 48 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 64.3 yrs | — |
| 49 | Ukraine | 64.1 yrs | — |
| 50 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 64.1 yrs | — |
| 51 | United States Virgin Islands | 63.8 yrs | — |
| 52 | Argentina | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 53 | Romania | 63.0 yrs | — |
| 54 | Curaçao | 62.7 yrs | — |
| 55 | Bermuda | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 56 | Belarus | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 57 | Poland | 62.3 yrs | — |
| 58 | Croatia | 62.2 yrs | — |
| 59 | Portugal | 62.2 yrs | — |
| 60 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 61.9 yrs | — |
| 61 | Lebanon | 61.6 yrs | — |
| 62 | American Samoa | 61.3 yrs | — |
| 63 | Guam | 60.9 yrs | — |
| 64 | Aruba | 60.8 yrs | — |
| 65 | Montenegro | 60.8 yrs | — |
| 66 | Cuba | 60.7 yrs | — |
| 67 | Serbia | 60.7 yrs | — |
| 68 | Bahamas | 60.3 yrs | — |
| 69 | China, Macao SAR | 60.3 yrs | — |
| 70 | Costa Rica | 59.9 yrs | — |
| 71 | Russian Federation | 59.9 yrs | — |
| 72 | Antigua and Barbuda | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 73 | Jamaica | 59.6 yrs | — |
| 74 | Northern Mariana Islands | 59.5 yrs | — |
| 75 | Singapore | 59.4 yrs | — |
| 76 | Cyprus | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 77 | Georgia | 59.1 yrs | — |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.1 yrs | — |
| 79 | Seychelles | 59.0 yrs | — |
| 80 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 58.9 yrs | — |
| 81 | Paraguay | 58.6 yrs | — |
| 82 | Martinique | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 83 | Barbados | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 84 | Saint Barthélemy | 58.2 yrs | — |
| 85 | Nauru | 57.4 yrs | — |
| 86 | British Virgin Islands | 57.4 yrs | — |
| 87 | Panama | 57.2 yrs | — |
| 88 | Anguilla | 57.1 yrs | — |
| 89 | Grenada | 56.7 yrs | — |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 91 | Armenia | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 93 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.3 yrs | — |
| 94 | Republic of Moldova | 56.3 yrs | — |
| 95 | Tokelau | 56.2 yrs | — |
| 96 | Niue | 56.2 yrs | — |
| 97 | Guadeloupe | 56.1 yrs | — |
| 98 | Philippines | 56.0 yrs | — |
| 99 | Cayman Islands | 55.9 yrs | — |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 101 | French Polynesia | 55.6 yrs | — |
| 102 | Chile | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 103 | Uzbekistan | 54.6 yrs | — |
| 104 | Saint Lucia | 54.5 yrs | — |
| 105 | Fiji | 54.2 yrs | — |
| 106 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.2 yrs | — |
| 107 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 108 | Tonga | 53.6 yrs | — |
| 109 | Qatar | 53.5 yrs | — |
| 110 | Palau | 53.5 yrs | — |
| 111 | Guyana | 53.3 yrs | — |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.2 yrs | — |
| 113 | Kuwait | 53.1 yrs | — |
| 114 | Réunion | 53.0 yrs | — |
| 115 | Marshall Islands | 52.9 yrs | — |
| 116 | Suriname | 52.8 yrs | — |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 118 | Montserrat | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 119 | Belize | 52.2 yrs | — |
| 120 | Mauritius | 52.2 yrs | — |
| 121 | Viet Nam | 52.0 yrs | — |
| 122 | Malaysia | 52.0 yrs | — |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 51.9 yrs | — |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 51.9 yrs | — |
| 125 | Dominica | 51.7 yrs | — |
| 126 | Samoa | 51.6 yrs | — |
| 127 | Colombia | 51.3 yrs | — |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 51.0 yrs | — |
| 129 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 50.9 yrs | — |
| 130 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 50.6 yrs | — |
| 131 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 50.6 yrs | — |
| 132 | Tajikistan | 50.5 yrs | — |
| 133 | Brazil | 50.4 yrs | — |
| 134 | French Guiana | 50.1 yrs | — |
| 135 | Ecuador | 50.0 yrs | — |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 49.8 yrs | — |
| 137 | Türkiye | 48.8 yrs | — |
| 138 | Albania | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 139 | Zambia | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 140 | Mexico | 48.3 yrs | — |
| 141 | Botswana | 48.0 yrs | — |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 47.9 yrs | — |
| 143 | Azerbaijan | 47.8 yrs | — |
| 144 | Thailand | 47.6 yrs | — |
| 145 | Peru | 47.5 yrs | — |
| 146 | Mayotte | 47.4 yrs | — |
| 147 | Sudan | 47.3 yrs | — |
| 148 | Lesotho | 47.3 yrs | — |
| 149 | Dominican Republic | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 150 | South Africa | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 151 | State of Palestine | 46.9 yrs | — |
| 152 | China | 46.8 yrs | — |
| 153 | Cabo Verde | 46.6 yrs | — |
| 154 | Greenland | 46.6 yrs | — |
| 155 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 157 | Syrian Arab Republic | 46.4 yrs | — |
| 158 | Kiribati | 46.1 yrs | — |
| 159 | Republic of Korea | 46.1 yrs | — |
| 160 | Jordan | 45.6 yrs | — |
| 161 | El Salvador | 45.5 yrs | — |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 45.2 yrs | — |
| 163 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 164 | Ghana | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 165 | Eswatini | 44.6 yrs | — |
| 166 | Namibia | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 167 | Rwanda | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 168 | Cook Islands | 44.3 yrs | — |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 43.7 yrs | — |
| 170 | Iraq | 43.5 yrs | — |
| 171 | Tuvalu | 43.4 yrs | — |
| 172 | India | 43.3 yrs | — |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 174 | Honduras | 43.0 yrs | — |
| 175 | Indonesia | 42.9 yrs | — |
| 176 | Congo | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 177 | Togo | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 178 | Somalia | 42.3 yrs | — |
| 179 | Gabon | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 182 | Burundi | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 183 | Uganda | 41.8 yrs | — |
| 184 | Djibouti | 41.8 yrs | — |
| 185 | United Republic of Tanzania | 41.7 yrs | — |
| 186 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 41.7 yrs | — |
| 187 | Bahrain | 41.6 yrs | — |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.1 yrs | — |
| 189 | Kenya | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 190 | Madagascar | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 191 | Algeria | 40.6 yrs | — |
| 192 | Bangladesh | 40.4 yrs | — |
| 193 | Morocco | 40.4 yrs | — |
| 194 | Mongolia | 40.2 yrs | — |
| 195 | Guatemala | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 196 | Mauritania | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 197 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 198 | Tunisia | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 199 | Haiti | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 200 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.0 yrs | — |
| 201 | Cambodia | 39.9 yrs | — |
| 202 | Myanmar | 39.6 yrs | — |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.4 yrs | — |
| 204 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.2 yrs | — |
| 205 | Egypt | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 206 | Mozambique | 38.9 yrs | — |
| 207 | Comoros | 38.7 yrs | — |
| 208 | Pakistan | 38.6 yrs | — |
| 209 | Senegal | 38.2 yrs | — |
| 210 | Liberia | 38.1 yrs | — |
| 211 | Nepal | 37.8 yrs | — |
| 212 | Ethiopia | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 213 | Maldives | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 215 | Chad | 36.8 yrs | — |
| 216 | Benin | 36.7 yrs | — |
| 217 | Angola | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 218 | Cameroon | 36.5 yrs | — |
| 219 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.4 yrs | — |
| 220 | Western Sahara | 36.4 yrs | — |
| 221 | Nigeria | 36.2 yrs | — |
| 222 | Niger | 36.0 yrs | — |
| 223 | Guinea | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 224 | Bhutan | 35.4 yrs | — |
| 225 | Eritrea | 34.8 yrs | — |
| 226 | Libya | 34.6 yrs | — |
| 227 | Burkina Faso | 34.2 yrs | — |
| 228 | Malawi | 33.4 yrs | — |
| 229 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.2 yrs | — |
| 230 | Gambia | 32.2 yrs | — |
| 231 | South Sudan | 31.7 yrs | — |
| 232 | Oman | 31.2 yrs | — |
| 233 | Sierra Leone | 30.5 yrs | — |
| 234 | Yemen | 30.4 yrs | — |
| 235 | Timor-Leste | 30.4 yrs | — |
| 236 | Afghanistan | 29.7 yrs | — |
| 237 | Mali | 29.5 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.