Life expectancy by country, 1958
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1948 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guernsey | 73.6 yrs | — |
| 2 | Norway | 73.4 yrs | — |
| 3 | Iceland | 73.3 yrs | — |
| 4 | Sweden | 73.2 yrs | — |
| 5 | Netherlands | 73.1 yrs | — |
| 6 | San Marino | 72.8 yrs | — |
| 7 | Denmark | 72.2 yrs | — |
| 8 | Switzerland | 71.3 yrs | — |
| 9 | Andorra | 71.2 yrs | — |
| 10 | Monaco | 71.1 yrs | — |
| 11 | Australia | 70.9 yrs | — |
| 12 | New Zealand | 70.9 yrs | — |
| 13 | United Kingdom | 70.7 yrs | — |
| 14 | Canada | 70.6 yrs | — |
| 15 | Jersey | 70.5 yrs | — |
| 16 | Faroe Islands | 70.4 yrs | — |
| 17 | France | 70.1 yrs | — |
| 18 | Liechtenstein | 70.1 yrs | — |
| 19 | Czechia | 70.0 yrs | — |
| 20 | Belgium | 69.9 yrs | — |
| 21 | United States of America | 69.7 yrs | — |
| 22 | Greece | 69.7 yrs | — |
| 23 | Gibraltar | 69.7 yrs | — |
| 24 | Slovakia | 69.4 yrs | — |
| 25 | Ireland | 69.3 yrs | — |
| 26 | Germany | 69.2 yrs | — |
| 27 | Latvia | 68.9 yrs | — |
| 28 | Italy | 68.8 yrs | — |
| 29 | Estonia | 68.8 yrs | — |
| 30 | Spain | 68.8 yrs | — |
| 31 | Holy See | 68.7 yrs | — |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 68.7 yrs | — |
| 33 | Finland | 68.6 yrs | — |
| 34 | Lithuania | 68.6 yrs | — |
| 35 | Austria | 68.5 yrs | — |
| 36 | Israel | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 37 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 68.4 yrs | — |
| 39 | Malta | 67.8 yrs | — |
| 40 | Ukraine | 67.7 yrs | — |
| 41 | Slovenia | 67.7 yrs | — |
| 42 | Russian Federation | 67.7 yrs | — |
| 43 | Saint Helena | 67.6 yrs | — |
| 44 | Hungary | 67.4 yrs | — |
| 45 | Uruguay | 67.3 yrs | — |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 67.2 yrs | — |
| 47 | Saint Martin (French part) | 67.1 yrs | — |
| 48 | Japan | 67.0 yrs | — |
| 49 | Belarus | 66.6 yrs | — |
| 50 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 65.8 yrs | — |
| 51 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 65.6 yrs | — |
| 52 | Bermuda | 65.2 yrs | — |
| 53 | Croatia | 65.0 yrs | — |
| 54 | Poland | 64.9 yrs | — |
| 55 | Isle of Man | 64.9 yrs | — |
| 56 | Curaçao | 64.7 yrs | — |
| 57 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 64.7 yrs | — |
| 58 | United States Virgin Islands | 64.6 yrs | — |
| 59 | Romania | 64.4 yrs | — |
| 60 | Serbia | 64.3 yrs | — |
| 61 | Argentina | 64.2 yrs | — |
| 62 | Singapore | 64.0 yrs | — |
| 63 | Montenegro | 63.8 yrs | — |
| 64 | Portugal | 63.7 yrs | — |
| 65 | American Samoa | 63.5 yrs | — |
| 66 | Aruba | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 67 | China, Macao SAR | 63.1 yrs | — |
| 68 | Jamaica | 62.6 yrs | — |
| 69 | Barbados | 62.5 yrs | — |
| 70 | Cuba | 62.3 yrs | — |
| 71 | Costa Rica | 62.3 yrs | — |
| 72 | Guam | 62.2 yrs | — |
| 73 | Bahamas | 61.7 yrs | — |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 61.6 yrs | — |
| 75 | Cyprus | 61.6 yrs | — |
| 76 | Grenada | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 78 | British Virgin Islands | 61.4 yrs | — |
| 79 | Lebanon | 61.2 yrs | — |
| 80 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 61.0 yrs | — |
| 81 | Northern Mariana Islands | 60.7 yrs | — |
| 82 | Georgia | 60.6 yrs | — |
| 83 | Seychelles | 60.4 yrs | — |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 60.3 yrs | — |
| 85 | Martinique | 60.1 yrs | — |
| 86 | Saint Barthélemy | 59.6 yrs | — |
| 87 | Paraguay | 59.6 yrs | — |
| 88 | Anguilla | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 89 | Guadeloupe | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 59.3 yrs | — |
| 91 | Panama | 59.0 yrs | — |
| 92 | Republic of Moldova | 58.5 yrs | — |
| 93 | French Polynesia | 58.4 yrs | — |
| 94 | Armenia | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 95 | Niue | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 96 | Philippines | 58.3 yrs | — |
| 97 | Dominica | 57.9 yrs | — |
| 98 | Tokelau | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 99 | Nauru | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 100 | Fiji | 57.8 yrs | — |
| 101 | Cayman Islands | 57.7 yrs | — |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 57.5 yrs | — |
| 103 | Brunei Darussalam | 57.3 yrs | — |
| 104 | Tonga | 57.2 yrs | — |
| 105 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.1 yrs | — |
| 106 | Kuwait | 56.9 yrs | — |
| 107 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 56.9 yrs | — |
| 108 | Viet Nam | 56.8 yrs | — |
| 109 | Saint Lucia | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 110 | Montserrat | 56.6 yrs | — |
| 111 | Guyana | 56.5 yrs | — |
| 112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 113 | Mauritius | 56.4 yrs | — |
| 114 | Qatar | 56.3 yrs | — |
| 115 | Chile | 56.3 yrs | — |
| 116 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.2 yrs | — |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 55.9 yrs | — |
| 118 | Belize | 55.7 yrs | — |
| 119 | Greenland | 55.6 yrs | — |
| 120 | Suriname | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 121 | Malaysia | 55.4 yrs | — |
| 122 | Réunion | 55.3 yrs | — |
| 123 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 54.8 yrs | — |
| 124 | Colombia | 54.7 yrs | — |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 54.5 yrs | — |
| 126 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 54.5 yrs | — |
| 127 | Palau | 54.4 yrs | — |
| 128 | Samoa | 54.0 yrs | — |
| 129 | Albania | 53.7 yrs | — |
| 130 | Marshall Islands | 53.6 yrs | — |
| 131 | French Guiana | 53.6 yrs | — |
| 132 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 53.0 yrs | — |
| 133 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 52.8 yrs | — |
| 134 | Zimbabwe | 52.6 yrs | — |
| 135 | Brazil | 52.3 yrs | — |
| 136 | Mayotte | 52.2 yrs | — |
| 137 | Ecuador | 52.1 yrs | — |
| 138 | Tajikistan | 51.8 yrs | — |
| 139 | Mexico | 51.8 yrs | — |
| 140 | Republic of Korea | 51.8 yrs | — |
| 141 | Turkmenistan | 51.4 yrs | — |
| 142 | South Africa | 51.1 yrs | — |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 50.9 yrs | — |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 50.7 yrs | — |
| 145 | Jordan | 50.5 yrs | — |
| 146 | Dominican Republic | 50.2 yrs | — |
| 147 | Botswana | 50.1 yrs | — |
| 148 | Cook Islands | 50.0 yrs | — |
| 149 | Zambia | 49.9 yrs | — |
| 150 | Azerbaijan | 49.7 yrs | — |
| 151 | Lesotho | 49.6 yrs | — |
| 152 | Thailand | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 153 | Peru | 49.5 yrs | — |
| 154 | Türkiye | 49.2 yrs | — |
| 155 | Iraq | 49.0 yrs | — |
| 156 | Sudan | 48.9 yrs | — |
| 157 | United Arab Emirates | 48.8 yrs | — |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 48.8 yrs | — |
| 159 | China | 48.8 yrs | — |
| 160 | State of Palestine | 48.4 yrs | — |
| 161 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 48.3 yrs | — |
| 162 | El Salvador | 47.7 yrs | — |
| 163 | Cabo Verde | 47.7 yrs | — |
| 164 | Bahrain | 47.3 yrs | — |
| 165 | Kiribati | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 166 | Namibia | 47.1 yrs | — |
| 167 | Tuvalu | 46.7 yrs | — |
| 168 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 169 | Kenya | 46.5 yrs | — |
| 170 | Ghana | 46.4 yrs | — |
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 46.3 yrs | — |
| 172 | Congo | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 173 | Rwanda | 46.0 yrs | — |
| 174 | Eswatini | 45.8 yrs | — |
| 175 | Honduras | 45.6 yrs | — |
| 176 | Nicaragua | 45.5 yrs | — |
| 177 | Indonesia | 45.4 yrs | — |
| 178 | Gabon | 45.1 yrs | — |
| 179 | India | 44.8 yrs | — |
| 180 | Papua New Guinea | 44.6 yrs | — |
| 181 | Uganda | 44.3 yrs | — |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 44.2 yrs | — |
| 183 | Guatemala | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 184 | Somalia | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 185 | Togo | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 186 | Bangladesh | 43.1 yrs | — |
| 187 | Egypt | 42.9 yrs | — |
| 188 | Burundi | 42.9 yrs | — |
| 189 | Djibouti | 42.8 yrs | — |
| 190 | Myanmar | 42.8 yrs | — |
| 191 | Mongolia | 42.8 yrs | — |
| 192 | Tunisia | 42.7 yrs | — |
| 193 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 42.7 yrs | — |
| 194 | Haiti | 42.6 yrs | — |
| 195 | Pakistan | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 196 | Madagascar | 42.5 yrs | — |
| 197 | United Republic of Tanzania | 42.3 yrs | — |
| 198 | Mauritania | 42.3 yrs | — |
| 199 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 200 | Morocco | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 201 | Equatorial Guinea | 42.2 yrs | — |
| 202 | Cambodia | 41.2 yrs | — |
| 203 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 41.2 yrs | — |
| 204 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41.0 yrs | — |
| 205 | Algeria | 40.9 yrs | — |
| 206 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 40.5 yrs | — |
| 207 | Mozambique | 40.5 yrs | — |
| 208 | Comoros | 40.1 yrs | — |
| 209 | Senegal | 39.4 yrs | — |
| 210 | Cameroon | 39.1 yrs | — |
| 211 | Chad | 38.7 yrs | — |
| 212 | Central African Republic | 38.7 yrs | — |
| 213 | Nepal | 38.1 yrs | — |
| 214 | Benin | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 215 | Libya | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 216 | Liberia | 38.0 yrs | — |
| 217 | Western Sahara | 37.9 yrs | — |
| 218 | Maldives | 37.6 yrs | — |
| 219 | Angola | 37.5 yrs | — |
| 220 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.1 yrs | — |
| 221 | Nigeria | 36.8 yrs | — |
| 222 | Guinea | 36.4 yrs | — |
| 223 | Niger | 36.1 yrs | — |
| 224 | Bhutan | 35.9 yrs | — |
| 225 | Côte d'Ivoire | 35.8 yrs | — |
| 226 | Burkina Faso | 35.4 yrs | — |
| 227 | Malawi | 34.4 yrs | — |
| 228 | Oman | 33.8 yrs | — |
| 229 | Gambia | 33.6 yrs | — |
| 230 | Ethiopia | 32.6 yrs | — |
| 231 | Yemen | 32.4 yrs | — |
| 232 | Sierra Leone | 32.1 yrs | — |
| 233 | Afghanistan | 31.8 yrs | — |
| 234 | Timor-Leste | 31.7 yrs | — |
| 235 | Eritrea | 30.9 yrs | — |
| 236 | Mali | 30.2 yrs | — |
| 237 | South Sudan | 27.6 yrs | — |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.