Life expectancy by country, 1957
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1947 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 73.4 yrs | — |
| 2 | Norway | 73.4 yrs | — |
| 3 | Netherlands | 73.0 yrs | — |
| 4 | San Marino | 72.7 yrs | — |
| 5 | Guernsey | 72.6 yrs | — |
| 6 | Sweden | 72.5 yrs | — |
| 7 | Denmark | 71.8 yrs | — |
| 8 | Monaco | 70.9 yrs | — |
| 9 | Andorra | 70.6 yrs | — |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 70.5 yrs | — |
| 11 | Switzerland | 70.5 yrs | — |
| 12 | Jersey | 70.4 yrs | — |
| 13 | Australia | 70.3 yrs | — |
| 14 | New Zealand | 70.3 yrs | — |
| 15 | Canada | 69.9 yrs | — |
| 16 | Liechtenstein | 69.6 yrs | — |
| 17 | United States of America | 69.4 yrs | — |
| 18 | Faroe Islands | 69.3 yrs | — |
| 19 | Belgium | 69.2 yrs | — |
| 20 | Gibraltar | 69.1 yrs | — |
| 21 | Ireland | 69.0 yrs | — |
| 22 | Czechia | 69.0 yrs | — |
| 23 | France | 68.9 yrs | — |
| 24 | Estonia | 68.8 yrs | — |
| 25 | Germany | 68.5 yrs | — |
| 26 | Greece | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 27 | Latvia | 68.3 yrs | — |
| 28 | Italy | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 29 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 30 | Lithuania | 67.7 yrs | — |
| 31 | Slovakia | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 32 | Saint Helena | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 33 | Holy See | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 34 | Finland | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 35 | Malta | 67.5 yrs | — |
| 36 | Austria | 67.4 yrs | — |
| 37 | Ukraine | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 38 | Uruguay | 67.1 yrs | — |
| 39 | Puerto Rico | 67.1 yrs | — |
| 40 | Slovenia | 67.0 yrs | — |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 66.9 yrs | — |
| 42 | Saint Martin (French part) | 66.8 yrs | — |
| 43 | Spain | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 45 | Israel | 66.5 yrs | — |
| 46 | Hungary | 66.3 yrs | — |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 66.0 yrs | — |
| 48 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 65.5 yrs | — |
| 49 | Belarus | 65.4 yrs | — |
| 50 | Japan | 65.4 yrs | — |
| 51 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 65.3 yrs | — |
| 52 | Isle of Man | 65.0 yrs | — |
| 53 | Bermuda | 64.8 yrs | — |
| 54 | Croatia | 64.4 yrs | — |
| 55 | Poland | 64.4 yrs | — |
| 56 | Curaçao | 64.3 yrs | — |
| 57 | Romania | 64.0 yrs | — |
| 58 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 64.0 yrs | — |
| 59 | Singapore | 63.4 yrs | — |
| 60 | Argentina | 63.2 yrs | — |
| 61 | Serbia | 63.2 yrs | — |
| 62 | Montenegro | 63.0 yrs | — |
| 63 | American Samoa | 62.9 yrs | — |
| 64 | Lebanon | 62.8 yrs | — |
| 65 | Aruba | 62.6 yrs | — |
| 66 | China, Macao SAR | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 67 | Jamaica | 62.0 yrs | — |
| 68 | Cuba | 61.9 yrs | — |
| 69 | Guam | 61.9 yrs | — |
| 70 | United States Virgin Islands | 61.8 yrs | — |
| 71 | Barbados | 61.7 yrs | — |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 61.6 yrs | — |
| 73 | Bahamas | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 74 | Portugal | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 75 | Antigua and Barbuda | 61.1 yrs | — |
| 76 | Cyprus | 61.0 yrs | — |
| 77 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 61.0 yrs | — |
| 78 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.8 yrs | — |
| 79 | British Virgin Islands | 60.5 yrs | — |
| 80 | Northern Mariana Islands | 60.4 yrs | — |
| 81 | Grenada | 60.3 yrs | — |
| 82 | Georgia | 60.2 yrs | — |
| 83 | Seychelles | 60.2 yrs | — |
| 84 | Martinique | 60.1 yrs | — |
| 85 | Saint Barthélemy | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 86 | Paraguay | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 87 | Anguilla | 58.7 yrs | — |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 89 | Guadeloupe | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 90 | Panama | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 91 | Republic of Moldova | 58.0 yrs | — |
| 92 | French Polynesia | 57.9 yrs | — |
| 93 | Armenia | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 94 | Philippines | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 95 | Nauru | 57.7 yrs | — |
| 96 | Niue | 57.7 yrs | — |
| 97 | Tokelau | 57.4 yrs | — |
| 98 | Kazakhstan | 57.3 yrs | — |
| 99 | Cayman Islands | 57.3 yrs | — |
| 100 | Fiji | 57.1 yrs | — |
| 101 | Dominica | 56.5 yrs | — |
| 102 | Tonga | 56.5 yrs | — |
| 103 | Brunei Darussalam | 56.5 yrs | — |
| 104 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 105 | Viet Nam | 56.2 yrs | — |
| 106 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 56.2 yrs | — |
| 107 | Guyana | 56.1 yrs | — |
| 108 | Kuwait | 55.9 yrs | — |
| 109 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 55.9 yrs | — |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | 55.9 yrs | — |
| 111 | Chile | 55.8 yrs | — |
| 112 | Mauritius | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 114 | Qatar | 55.6 yrs | — |
| 115 | Montserrat | 55.6 yrs | — |
| 116 | Uzbekistan | 55.5 yrs | — |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.1 yrs | — |
| 118 | Réunion | 54.9 yrs | — |
| 119 | Belize | 54.8 yrs | — |
| 120 | Suriname | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 121 | Malaysia | 54.5 yrs | — |
| 122 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.2 yrs | — |
| 123 | Colombia | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 124 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 125 | Palau | 54.1 yrs | — |
| 126 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 53.7 yrs | — |
| 127 | Greenland | 53.5 yrs | — |
| 128 | Samoa | 53.4 yrs | — |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 53.4 yrs | — |
| 130 | French Guiana | 52.5 yrs | — |
| 131 | Albania | 52.3 yrs | — |
| 132 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 52.3 yrs | — |
| 133 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 52.3 yrs | — |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 52.2 yrs | — |
| 135 | Brazil | 51.8 yrs | — |
| 136 | Ecuador | 51.5 yrs | — |
| 137 | Republic of Korea | 51.5 yrs | — |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 51.4 yrs | — |
| 139 | Mayotte | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 140 | Mexico | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 51.0 yrs | — |
| 142 | South Africa | 50.2 yrs | — |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 50.1 yrs | — |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 49.6 yrs | — |
| 145 | Zambia | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 146 | Dominican Republic | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 147 | Botswana | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 148 | Azerbaijan | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 149 | Türkiye | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 150 | Jordan | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 151 | Lesotho | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 152 | Thailand | 49.1 yrs | — |
| 153 | Peru | 48.9 yrs | — |
| 154 | Cook Islands | 48.6 yrs | — |
| 155 | Sudan | 48.5 yrs | — |
| 156 | China | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 157 | Vanuatu | 48.2 yrs | — |
| 158 | State of Palestine | 48.0 yrs | — |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 47.8 yrs | — |
| 160 | Iraq | 47.7 yrs | — |
| 161 | Cabo Verde | 47.4 yrs | — |
| 162 | El Salvador | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 163 | Kiribati | 46.8 yrs | — |
| 164 | Namibia | 46.4 yrs | — |
| 165 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 46.3 yrs | — |
| 166 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 46.1 yrs | — |
| 167 | Ghana | 46.1 yrs | — |
| 168 | Tuvalu | 45.9 yrs | — |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 45.7 yrs | — |
| 170 | Bahrain | 45.6 yrs | — |
| 171 | Rwanda | 45.6 yrs | — |
| 172 | Eswatini | 45.4 yrs | — |
| 173 | Kenya | 45.3 yrs | — |
| 174 | Congo | 45.1 yrs | — |
| 175 | Indonesia | 45.0 yrs | — |
| 176 | Nicaragua | 44.9 yrs | — |
| 177 | Honduras | 44.9 yrs | — |
| 178 | India | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 179 | Gabon | 44.4 yrs | — |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 43.9 yrs | — |
| 181 | Saudi Arabia | 43.7 yrs | — |
| 182 | Uganda | 43.6 yrs | — |
| 183 | Somalia | 42.9 yrs | — |
| 184 | Togo | 42.9 yrs | — |
| 185 | Djibouti | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 187 | Burundi | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 188 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 42.4 yrs | — |
| 189 | United Republic of Tanzania | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 190 | Tunisia | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 191 | Haiti | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 192 | Madagascar | 42.1 yrs | — |
| 193 | Egypt | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 194 | Myanmar | 42.0 yrs | — |
| 195 | Guatemala | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.9 yrs | — |
| 197 | Mauritania | 41.7 yrs | — |
| 198 | Morocco | 41.7 yrs | — |
| 199 | Pakistan | 41.5 yrs | — |
| 200 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 41.3 yrs | — |
| 201 | Algeria | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 202 | Cambodia | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 203 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 204 | Mongolia | 40.4 yrs | — |
| 205 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 40.2 yrs | — |
| 206 | Sao Tome and Principe | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 207 | Mozambique | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 208 | Comoros | 39.7 yrs | — |
| 209 | Senegal | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 210 | Cameroon | 38.3 yrs | — |
| 211 | Chad | 38.3 yrs | — |
| 212 | Central African Republic | 38.3 yrs | — |
| 213 | Liberia | 38.1 yrs | — |
| 214 | Nepal | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 215 | Benin | 37.6 yrs | — |
| 216 | Western Sahara | 37.6 yrs | — |
| 217 | Angola | 37.3 yrs | — |
| 218 | Maldives | 37.3 yrs | — |
| 219 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.0 yrs | — |
| 220 | Libya | 36.9 yrs | — |
| 221 | Nigeria | 36.6 yrs | — |
| 222 | Guinea | 36.2 yrs | — |
| 223 | Niger | 36.1 yrs | — |
| 224 | Bhutan | 35.8 yrs | — |
| 225 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.2 yrs | — |
| 226 | Burkina Faso | 35.1 yrs | — |
| 227 | Malawi | 34.1 yrs | — |
| 228 | Gambia | 33.1 yrs | — |
| 229 | Oman | 33.0 yrs | — |
| 230 | Ethiopia | 32.2 yrs | — |
| 231 | Yemen | 31.8 yrs | — |
| 232 | Sierra Leone | 31.8 yrs | — |
| 233 | Afghanistan | 31.4 yrs | — |
| 234 | Timor-Leste | 31.3 yrs | — |
| 235 | South Sudan | 30.9 yrs | — |
| 236 | Eritrea | 30.4 yrs | — |
| 237 | Mali | 30.1 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.