Life expectancy by country, 1955
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1945 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 73.4 yrs | — |
| 2 | Iceland | 73.3 yrs | — |
| 3 | Sweden | 72.6 yrs | — |
| 4 | Netherlands | 72.5 yrs | — |
| 5 | San Marino | 72.3 yrs | — |
| 6 | Denmark | 71.9 yrs | — |
| 7 | Guernsey | 71.6 yrs | — |
| 8 | New Zealand | 70.5 yrs | — |
| 9 | Monaco | 70.4 yrs | — |
| 10 | Jersey | 70.3 yrs | — |
| 11 | Australia | 70.2 yrs | — |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 70.1 yrs | — |
| 13 | Switzerland | 70.1 yrs | — |
| 14 | Canada | 70.0 yrs | — |
| 15 | Andorra | 69.8 yrs | — |
| 16 | United States of America | 69.6 yrs | — |
| 17 | Czechia | 69.0 yrs | — |
| 18 | Greece | 68.6 yrs | — |
| 19 | Belgium | 68.5 yrs | — |
| 20 | France | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 21 | Italy | 68.3 yrs | — |
| 22 | Germany | 68.3 yrs | — |
| 23 | Liechtenstein | 68.3 yrs | — |
| 24 | Estonia | 68.2 yrs | — |
| 25 | Ireland | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 26 | Israel | 68.0 yrs | — |
| 27 | Slovakia | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 28 | Holy See | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 29 | Gibraltar | 67.7 yrs | — |
| 30 | Austria | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 67.4 yrs | — |
| 32 | Finland | 67.3 yrs | — |
| 33 | Saint Helena | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 34 | Latvia | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 35 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 67.0 yrs | — |
| 36 | Hungary | 66.9 yrs | — |
| 37 | Uruguay | 66.7 yrs | — |
| 38 | Spain | 66.7 yrs | — |
| 39 | Faroe Islands | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 40 | Lithuania | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 41 | Puerto Rico | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 42 | Malta | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 43 | Saint Martin (French part) | 66.2 yrs | — |
| 44 | Slovenia | 66.1 yrs | — |
| 45 | Japan | 65.7 yrs | — |
| 46 | Ukraine | 65.3 yrs | — |
| 47 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 64.8 yrs | — |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 64.8 yrs | — |
| 49 | Isle of Man | 64.8 yrs | — |
| 50 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 64.7 yrs | — |
| 51 | Belarus | 63.5 yrs | — |
| 52 | Curaçao | 63.3 yrs | — |
| 53 | Romania | 63.3 yrs | — |
| 54 | Croatia | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 55 | Bermuda | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 56 | Poland | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 57 | United States Virgin Islands | 62.9 yrs | — |
| 58 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 62.8 yrs | — |
| 59 | Argentina | 62.7 yrs | — |
| 60 | Russian Federation | 62.1 yrs | — |
| 61 | American Samoa | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 62 | Aruba | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 63 | Lebanon | 61.5 yrs | — |
| 64 | Serbia | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 65 | Portugal | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 66 | Guam | 61.2 yrs | — |
| 67 | Singapore | 61.2 yrs | — |
| 68 | Cuba | 61.1 yrs | — |
| 69 | Montenegro | 60.9 yrs | — |
| 70 | China, Macao SAR | 60.7 yrs | — |
| 71 | Bahamas | 60.6 yrs | — |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 60.5 yrs | — |
| 73 | Jamaica | 60.4 yrs | — |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 60.3 yrs | — |
| 75 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 76 | Northern Mariana Islands | 59.8 yrs | — |
| 77 | Cyprus | 59.7 yrs | — |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 59.7 yrs | — |
| 79 | Georgia | 59.5 yrs | — |
| 80 | Seychelles | 59.4 yrs | — |
| 81 | Barbados | 59.0 yrs | — |
| 82 | Paraguay | 58.8 yrs | — |
| 83 | Martinique | 58.8 yrs | — |
| 84 | Saint Barthélemy | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 85 | British Virgin Islands | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 86 | Grenada | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 87 | Anguilla | 57.6 yrs | — |
| 88 | Nauru | 57.5 yrs | — |
| 89 | Panama | 57.5 yrs | — |
| 90 | Guadeloupe | 57.3 yrs | — |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 57.2 yrs | — |
| 92 | Armenia | 56.9 yrs | — |
| 93 | Republic of Moldova | 56.9 yrs | — |
| 94 | Kazakhstan | 56.8 yrs | — |
| 95 | Niue | 56.7 yrs | — |
| 96 | Tokelau | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 97 | Philippines | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 98 | Cayman Islands | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 99 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 103 | Fiji | 55.3 yrs | — |
| 104 | Brunei Darussalam | 55.0 yrs | — |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 54.9 yrs | — |
| 106 | Chile | 54.9 yrs | — |
| 107 | Viet Nam | 54.8 yrs | — |
| 108 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 54.8 yrs | — |
| 109 | Tonga | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 110 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 54.3 yrs | — |
| 111 | Qatar | 54.2 yrs | — |
| 112 | Guyana | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 113 | Réunion | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 114 | Kuwait | 54.0 yrs | — |
| 115 | Mauritius | 53.8 yrs | — |
| 116 | Palau | 53.7 yrs | — |
| 117 | Montserrat | 53.7 yrs | — |
| 118 | Kyrgyzstan | 53.5 yrs | — |
| 119 | Suriname | 53.5 yrs | — |
| 120 | Dominica | 53.4 yrs | — |
| 121 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53.0 yrs | — |
| 122 | Marshall Islands | 53.0 yrs | — |
| 123 | Malaysia | 52.8 yrs | — |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 125 | Belize | 52.7 yrs | — |
| 126 | Samoa | 52.2 yrs | — |
| 127 | Colombia | 51.9 yrs | — |
| 128 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 51.8 yrs | — |
| 129 | Zimbabwe | 51.4 yrs | — |
| 130 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 51.3 yrs | — |
| 131 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 132 | Brazil | 50.9 yrs | — |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 50.8 yrs | — |
| 134 | French Guiana | 50.7 yrs | — |
| 135 | Ecuador | 50.4 yrs | — |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 50.2 yrs | — |
| 137 | Albania | 49.6 yrs | — |
| 138 | Mexico | 49.6 yrs | — |
| 139 | Türkiye | 49.1 yrs | — |
| 140 | Greenland | 48.8 yrs | — |
| 141 | Zambia | 48.8 yrs | — |
| 142 | Mayotte | 48.7 yrs | — |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 48.6 yrs | — |
| 144 | Botswana | 48.5 yrs | — |
| 145 | Azerbaijan | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 146 | Republic of Korea | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 147 | South Africa | 48.2 yrs | — |
| 148 | Thailand | 48.1 yrs | — |
| 149 | Lesotho | 48.0 yrs | — |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | 47.9 yrs | — |
| 151 | Peru | 47.9 yrs | — |
| 152 | Sudan | 47.7 yrs | — |
| 153 | Syrian Arab Republic | 47.4 yrs | — |
| 154 | State of Palestine | 47.2 yrs | — |
| 155 | China | 47.2 yrs | — |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 157 | Cabo Verde | 46.9 yrs | — |
| 158 | Jordan | 46.8 yrs | — |
| 159 | Kiribati | 46.3 yrs | — |
| 160 | United Arab Emirates | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 161 | El Salvador | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 162 | Cook Islands | 45.8 yrs | — |
| 163 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 45.8 yrs | — |
| 164 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 45.4 yrs | — |
| 165 | Ghana | 45.4 yrs | — |
| 166 | Iraq | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 167 | Namibia | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 168 | Eswatini | 44.9 yrs | — |
| 169 | Rwanda | 44.8 yrs | — |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 171 | Tuvalu | 44.2 yrs | — |
| 172 | India | 43.7 yrs | — |
| 173 | Nicaragua | 43.7 yrs | — |
| 174 | Honduras | 43.7 yrs | — |
| 175 | Indonesia | 43.6 yrs | — |
| 176 | Congo | 43.5 yrs | — |
| 177 | Gabon | 43.0 yrs | — |
| 178 | Bahrain | 42.8 yrs | — |
| 179 | Togo | 42.7 yrs | — |
| 180 | Saudi Arabia | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 181 | Papua New Guinea | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 182 | Somalia | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 183 | Uganda | 42.4 yrs | — |
| 184 | Kenya | 42.3 yrs | — |
| 185 | Burundi | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 186 | Djibouti | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 187 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 188 | United Republic of Tanzania | 41.8 yrs | — |
| 189 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.4 yrs | — |
| 190 | Madagascar | 41.3 yrs | — |
| 191 | Bangladesh | 41.1 yrs | — |
| 192 | Haiti | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 193 | Algeria | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 194 | Tunisia | 40.8 yrs | — |
| 195 | Morocco | 40.8 yrs | — |
| 196 | Guatemala | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 197 | Mongolia | 40.7 yrs | — |
| 198 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 40.6 yrs | — |
| 199 | Mauritania | 40.6 yrs | — |
| 200 | Myanmar | 40.4 yrs | — |
| 201 | Cambodia | 40.3 yrs | — |
| 202 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.3 yrs | — |
| 203 | Egypt | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 204 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 39.7 yrs | — |
| 205 | Pakistan | 39.6 yrs | — |
| 206 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39.3 yrs | — |
| 207 | Mozambique | 39.3 yrs | — |
| 208 | Comoros | 39.0 yrs | — |
| 209 | Senegal | 38.5 yrs | — |
| 210 | Liberia | 38.1 yrs | — |
| 211 | Nepal | 37.9 yrs | — |
| 212 | Cameroon | 37.5 yrs | — |
| 213 | Chad | 37.4 yrs | — |
| 214 | Central African Republic | 37.4 yrs | — |
| 215 | Ethiopia | 37.3 yrs | — |
| 216 | Benin | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 217 | Maldives | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 218 | Angola | 36.9 yrs | — |
| 219 | Western Sahara | 36.8 yrs | — |
| 220 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 221 | Nigeria | 36.3 yrs | — |
| 222 | Guinea | 36.0 yrs | — |
| 223 | Niger | 36.0 yrs | — |
| 224 | Bhutan | 35.5 yrs | — |
| 225 | Libya | 35.3 yrs | — |
| 226 | Eritrea | 35.2 yrs | — |
| 227 | Burkina Faso | 34.5 yrs | — |
| 228 | Côte d'Ivoire | 33.8 yrs | — |
| 229 | Malawi | 33.6 yrs | — |
| 230 | Gambia | 32.4 yrs | — |
| 231 | South Sudan | 32.0 yrs | — |
| 232 | Oman | 31.8 yrs | — |
| 233 | Sierra Leone | 30.9 yrs | — |
| 234 | Yemen | 30.8 yrs | — |
| 235 | Timor-Leste | 30.7 yrs | — |
| 236 | Afghanistan | 30.4 yrs | — |
| 237 | Mali | 29.7 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.