Life expectancy by country, 1965

Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.

◀▶1965

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1955
1	Faroe Islands	74.0 yrs	66.6 yrs
2	Andorra	73.9 yrs	69.8 yrs
3	Sweden	73.9 yrs	72.6 yrs
4	Iceland	73.8 yrs	73.3 yrs
5	San Marino	73.7 yrs	72.3 yrs
6	Norway	73.7 yrs	73.4 yrs
7	Netherlands	73.6 yrs	72.5 yrs
8	Monaco	72.9 yrs	70.4 yrs
9	Denmark	72.4 yrs	71.9 yrs
10	Switzerland	72.3 yrs	70.1 yrs
11	Guernsey	72.2 yrs	71.6 yrs
12	Canada	71.8 yrs	70.0 yrs
13	Lithuania	71.7 yrs	66.6 yrs
14	Belarus	71.6 yrs	63.5 yrs
15	United Kingdom	71.5 yrs	70.1 yrs
16	Greece	71.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
17	Jersey	71.3 yrs	70.3 yrs
18	Bulgaria	71.3 yrs	64.8 yrs
19	New Zealand	71.2 yrs	70.5 yrs
20	Latvia	71.2 yrs	67.2 yrs
21	Liechtenstein	71.2 yrs	68.3 yrs
22	Ukraine	71.1 yrs	65.3 yrs
23	France	71.1 yrs	68.4 yrs
24	Spain	70.9 yrs	66.7 yrs
25	Australia	70.8 yrs	70.2 yrs
26	Gibraltar	70.8 yrs	67.7 yrs
27	Estonia	70.7 yrs	68.2 yrs
28	Ireland	70.6 yrs	68.0 yrs
29	Germany	70.6 yrs	68.3 yrs
30	Belgium	70.6 yrs	68.5 yrs
31	Israel	70.5 yrs	68.0 yrs
32	United States of America	70.3 yrs	69.6 yrs
33	Italy	70.3 yrs	68.3 yrs
34	Slovakia	70.3 yrs	67.8 yrs
35	Czechia	70.3 yrs	69.0 yrs
36	Japan	70.3 yrs	65.7 yrs
37	Holy See	70.1 yrs	67.8 yrs
38	Austria	69.9 yrs	67.5 yrs
39	Malta	69.5 yrs	66.3 yrs
40	Poland	69.4 yrs	63.1 yrs
41	Puerto Rico	69.3 yrs	66.3 yrs
42	Russian Federation	69.3 yrs	62.1 yrs
43	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	69.2 yrs	67.0 yrs
44	Hungary	69.2 yrs	66.9 yrs
45	Luxembourg	69.2 yrs	67.4 yrs
46	Finland	69.1 yrs	67.3 yrs
47	Saint Martin (French part)	69.0 yrs	66.2 yrs
48	China, Hong Kong SAR	68.9 yrs	62.8 yrs
49	Slovenia	68.7 yrs	66.1 yrs
50	Serbia	68.7 yrs	61.4 yrs
51	Croatia	68.5 yrs	63.1 yrs
52	Romania	68.4 yrs	63.3 yrs
53	Uruguay	68.2 yrs	66.7 yrs
54	Saint Helena	68.2 yrs	67.2 yrs
55	Montenegro	68.1 yrs	60.9 yrs
56	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	68.0 yrs	64.8 yrs
57	Bermuda	67.6 yrs	63.1 yrs
58	Barbados	67.2 yrs	59.0 yrs
59	Curaçao	66.9 yrs	63.3 yrs
60	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	66.9 yrs	64.7 yrs
61	Singapore	66.9 yrs	61.2 yrs
62	China, Macao SAR	66.3 yrs	60.7 yrs
63	Antigua and Barbuda	66.2 yrs	60.3 yrs
64	Cyprus	66.1 yrs	59.7 yrs
65	Portugal	66.1 yrs	61.4 yrs
66	American Samoa	66.0 yrs	61.8 yrs
67	Jamaica	65.7 yrs	60.4 yrs
68	China, Taiwan Province of China	65.7 yrs	59.8 yrs
69	Aruba	65.6 yrs	61.5 yrs
70	Cuba	65.6 yrs	61.1 yrs
71	Lebanon	65.3 yrs	61.5 yrs
72	British Virgin Islands	65.2 yrs	58.4 yrs
73	Argentina	65.0 yrs	62.7 yrs
74	Isle of Man	64.9 yrs	64.8 yrs
75	Grenada	64.8 yrs	57.8 yrs
76	Costa Rica	64.8 yrs	60.5 yrs
77	United States Virgin Islands	64.8 yrs	62.9 yrs
78	Guam	64.4 yrs	61.2 yrs
79	Bahamas	64.3 yrs	60.6 yrs
80	Trinidad and Tobago	64.2 yrs	59.7 yrs
81	Martinique	64.2 yrs	58.8 yrs
82	Kuwait	63.9 yrs	54.0 yrs
83	Dominica	63.9 yrs	53.4 yrs
84	Guadeloupe	63.2 yrs	57.3 yrs
85	Georgia	63.1 yrs	59.5 yrs
86	Northern Mariana Islands	63.0 yrs	59.8 yrs
87	Anguilla	62.9 yrs	57.6 yrs
88	Sri Lanka	62.8 yrs	57.2 yrs
89	North Macedonia	62.6 yrs	55.4 yrs
90	Panama	62.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
91	Montserrat	62.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
92	Cayman Islands	62.2 yrs	56.4 yrs
93	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.2 yrs	53.0 yrs
94	Niue	62.1 yrs	56.7 yrs
95	Mauritius	62.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
96	Saint Barthélemy	62.0 yrs	58.5 yrs
97	Saint Lucia	61.9 yrs	55.4 yrs
98	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	61.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
99	Brunei Darussalam	61.7 yrs	55.0 yrs
100	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	61.6 yrs	54.3 yrs
101	Paraguay	61.6 yrs	58.8 yrs
102	Qatar	61.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
103	Seychelles	61.4 yrs	59.4 yrs
104	Fiji	61.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
105	Albania	61.3 yrs	49.6 yrs
106	Republic of Moldova	61.3 yrs	56.9 yrs
107	Armenia	61.2 yrs	56.9 yrs
108	Greenland	61.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
109	Malaysia	61.1 yrs	52.8 yrs
110	French Polynesia	61.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
111	Réunion	61.0 yrs	54.1 yrs
112	Tonga	60.7 yrs	54.7 yrs
113	Tokelau	60.5 yrs	56.6 yrs
114	French Guiana	60.5 yrs	50.7 yrs
115	Philippines	60.4 yrs	56.6 yrs
116	Belize	60.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
117	Turks and Caicos Islands	59.8 yrs	52.7 yrs
118	Saint Kitts and Nevis	59.6 yrs	56.4 yrs
119	Chile	59.5 yrs	54.9 yrs
120	Colombia	59.3 yrs	51.9 yrs
121	Mayotte	59.2 yrs	48.7 yrs
122	Guyana	59.1 yrs	54.1 yrs
123	Suriname	59.1 yrs	53.5 yrs
124	Kazakhstan	59.0 yrs	56.8 yrs
125	Cook Islands	58.8 yrs	45.8 yrs
126	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	58.8 yrs	51.8 yrs
127	Bahrain	58.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
128	Uzbekistan	58.3 yrs	54.9 yrs
129	Nauru	58.3 yrs	57.5 yrs
130	Samoa	57.9 yrs	52.2 yrs
131	Jordan	57.3 yrs	46.8 yrs
132	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	57.2 yrs	51.1 yrs
133	Viet Nam	57.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
134	Syrian Arab Republic	56.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
135	Marshall Islands	56.8 yrs	53.0 yrs
136	Mexico	56.7 yrs	49.6 yrs
137	Kyrgyzstan	56.6 yrs	53.5 yrs
138	Ecuador	56.5 yrs	50.4 yrs
139	Iraq	56.4 yrs	45.0 yrs
140	New Caledonia	56.1 yrs	48.6 yrs
141	Zimbabwe	55.9 yrs	51.4 yrs
142	Palau	55.9 yrs	53.7 yrs
143	Republic of Korea	55.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
144	United Arab Emirates	55.5 yrs	46.0 yrs
145	Brazil	55.2 yrs	50.9 yrs
146	Tajikistan	54.6 yrs	50.8 yrs
147	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	54.5 yrs	51.3 yrs
148	South Africa	54.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
149	Türkiye	54.1 yrs	49.1 yrs
150	Turkmenistan	54.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
151	Azerbaijan	53.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
152	Peru	53.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
153	Botswana	53.9 yrs	48.5 yrs
154	Thailand	53.1 yrs	48.1 yrs
155	Cabo Verde	53.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
156	China	53.0 yrs	47.2 yrs
157	Dominican Republic	52.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
158	Vanuatu	52.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
159	State of Palestine	52.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
160	Zambia	52.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
161	Tuvalu	52.1 yrs	44.2 yrs
162	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	52.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
163	Namibia	52.0 yrs	45.0 yrs
164	Kenya	51.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
165	Solomon Islands	51.4 yrs	44.4 yrs
166	Sao Tome and Principe	51.1 yrs	39.3 yrs
167	Kiribati	51.0 yrs	46.3 yrs
168	Congo	51.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
169	Sudan	51.0 yrs	47.7 yrs
170	Honduras	50.9 yrs	43.7 yrs
171	Nicaragua	50.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
172	Lesotho	50.3 yrs	48.0 yrs
173	El Salvador	50.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
174	Gabon	49.7 yrs	43.0 yrs
175	Wallis and Futuna Islands	49.6 yrs	45.4 yrs
176	Libya	49.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
177	Papua New Guinea	48.9 yrs	42.6 yrs
178	Mongolia	48.7 yrs	40.7 yrs
179	Pakistan	48.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
180	Eswatini	48.4 yrs	44.9 yrs
181	Saudi Arabia	48.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
182	Uganda	48.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
183	Tunisia	48.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
184	Rwanda	48.2 yrs	44.8 yrs
185	Ghana	47.7 yrs	45.4 yrs
186	Egypt	47.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
187	Myanmar	47.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
188	Mauritania	47.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
189	Guatemala	47.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
190	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	46.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
191	Bangladesh	46.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
192	Morocco	45.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
193	India	45.6 yrs	43.7 yrs
194	Madagascar	45.5 yrs	41.3 yrs
195	Haiti	45.4 yrs	41.0 yrs
196	Djibouti	45.2 yrs	42.0 yrs
197	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	45.1 yrs	41.9 yrs
198	Togo	44.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
199	Somalia	44.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
200	Cambodia	44.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
201	United Republic of Tanzania	44.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
202	Cameroon	44.2 yrs	37.5 yrs
203	Equatorial Guinea	44.1 yrs	41.4 yrs
204	Algeria	42.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
205	Indonesia	42.8 yrs	43.6 yrs
206	Comoros	42.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
207	Lao People's Democratic Republic	42.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
208	Central African Republic	42.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
209	Burundi	41.8 yrs	42.2 yrs
210	Mozambique	41.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
211	Ethiopia	41.4 yrs	37.3 yrs
212	Benin	41.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
213	Oman	40.8 yrs	31.8 yrs
214	Democratic Republic of the Congo	40.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
215	Maldives	40.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
216	Nepal	40.7 yrs	37.9 yrs
217	Côte d'Ivoire	40.6 yrs	33.8 yrs
218	Western Sahara	40.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
219	Chad	40.0 yrs	37.4 yrs
220	Senegal	39.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
221	Eritrea	39.6 yrs	35.2 yrs
222	Liberia	38.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
223	Bhutan	38.3 yrs	35.5 yrs
224	Nigeria	38.2 yrs	36.3 yrs
225	Angola	38.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
226	Burkina Faso	37.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
227	Guinea	37.6 yrs	36.0 yrs
228	Gambia	37.1 yrs	32.4 yrs
229	Niger	36.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
230	Guinea-Bissau	35.9 yrs	36.6 yrs
231	Sierra Leone	35.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
232	Malawi	35.7 yrs	33.6 yrs
233	Yemen	35.6 yrs	30.8 yrs
234	Afghanistan	35.1 yrs	30.4 yrs
235	Timor-Leste	34.6 yrs	30.7 yrs
236	Mali	31.5 yrs	29.7 yrs
237	South Sudan	28.8 yrs	32.0 yrs

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.