Life expectancy by country, 1967
Life expectancy at birth, both sexes. Values are UN estimates.
| # | Country / area | Life expectancy | 1957 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 74.3 yrs | 69.3 yrs |
| 2 | Sweden | 74.2 yrs | 72.5 yrs |
| 3 | Andorra | 74.1 yrs | 70.6 yrs |
| 4 | Norway | 74.1 yrs | 73.4 yrs |
| 5 | San Marino | 74.0 yrs | 72.7 yrs |
| 6 | Netherlands | 73.8 yrs | 73.0 yrs |
| 7 | Iceland | 73.7 yrs | 73.4 yrs |
| 8 | Guernsey | 73.4 yrs | 72.6 yrs |
| 9 | Monaco | 73.1 yrs | 70.9 yrs |
| 10 | Denmark | 73.0 yrs | 71.8 yrs |
| 11 | Switzerland | 72.7 yrs | 70.5 yrs |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 72.1 yrs | 70.5 yrs |
| 13 | Canada | 72.1 yrs | 69.9 yrs |
| 14 | Lithuania | 72.0 yrs | 67.7 yrs |
| 15 | Liechtenstein | 72.0 yrs | 69.6 yrs |
| 16 | Belarus | 71.9 yrs | 65.4 yrs |
| 17 | Gibraltar | 71.5 yrs | 69.1 yrs |
| 18 | France | 71.5 yrs | 68.9 yrs |
| 19 | Greece | 71.4 yrs | 68.4 yrs |
| 20 | New Zealand | 71.4 yrs | 70.3 yrs |
| 21 | Japan | 71.4 yrs | 65.4 yrs |
| 22 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 71.3 yrs | 67.8 yrs |
| 23 | Spain | 71.3 yrs | 66.6 yrs |
| 24 | Ireland | 71.2 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 25 | Jersey | 71.2 yrs | 70.4 yrs |
| 26 | Ukraine | 71.1 yrs | 67.2 yrs |
| 27 | Italy | 71.0 yrs | 67.8 yrs |
| 28 | Estonia | 71.0 yrs | 68.8 yrs |
| 29 | Australia | 71.0 yrs | 70.3 yrs |
| 30 | Slovakia | 71.0 yrs | 67.5 yrs |
| 31 | Germany | 71.0 yrs | 68.5 yrs |
| 32 | Israel | 70.9 yrs | 66.5 yrs |
| 33 | Holy See | 70.9 yrs | 67.5 yrs |
| 34 | Belgium | 70.9 yrs | 69.2 yrs |
| 35 | Latvia | 70.9 yrs | 68.3 yrs |
| 36 | Puerto Rico | 70.7 yrs | 67.1 yrs |
| 37 | United States of America | 70.5 yrs | 69.4 yrs |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 70.4 yrs | 66.6 yrs |
| 39 | Czechia | 70.3 yrs | 69.0 yrs |
| 40 | Austria | 70.1 yrs | 67.4 yrs |
| 41 | Serbia | 70.1 yrs | 63.2 yrs |
| 42 | Poland | 69.9 yrs | 64.4 yrs |
| 43 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 69.9 yrs | 64.0 yrs |
| 44 | Saint Martin (French part) | 69.8 yrs | 66.8 yrs |
| 45 | Finland | 69.8 yrs | 67.5 yrs |
| 46 | Malta | 69.8 yrs | 67.5 yrs |
| 47 | Hungary | 69.5 yrs | 66.3 yrs |
| 48 | Luxembourg | 69.5 yrs | 66.9 yrs |
| 49 | Montenegro | 69.3 yrs | 63.0 yrs |
| 50 | Russian Federation | 69.2 yrs | 66.0 yrs |
| 51 | Croatia | 69.0 yrs | 64.4 yrs |
| 52 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 69.0 yrs | 65.5 yrs |
| 53 | Slovenia | 69.0 yrs | 67.0 yrs |
| 54 | Uruguay | 68.4 yrs | 67.1 yrs |
| 55 | Saint Helena | 68.4 yrs | 67.5 yrs |
| 56 | Romania | 68.1 yrs | 64.0 yrs |
| 57 | Barbados | 67.9 yrs | 61.7 yrs |
| 58 | Bermuda | 67.8 yrs | 64.8 yrs |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 67.6 yrs | 61.1 yrs |
| 60 | Curaçao | 67.4 yrs | 64.3 yrs |
| 61 | China, Macao SAR | 67.4 yrs | 62.5 yrs |
| 62 | Singapore | 67.3 yrs | 63.4 yrs |
| 63 | Cyprus | 66.9 yrs | 61.0 yrs |
| 64 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 66.9 yrs | 65.3 yrs |
| 65 | China, Taiwan Province of China | 66.7 yrs | 61.0 yrs |
| 66 | Cuba | 66.5 yrs | 61.9 yrs |
| 67 | Grenada | 66.5 yrs | 60.3 yrs |
| 68 | Portugal | 66.5 yrs | 61.4 yrs |
| 69 | Aruba | 66.4 yrs | 62.6 yrs |
| 70 | Jamaica | 66.1 yrs | 62.0 yrs |
| 71 | British Virgin Islands | 65.9 yrs | 60.5 yrs |
| 72 | Kuwait | 65.8 yrs | 55.9 yrs |
| 73 | American Samoa | 65.8 yrs | 62.9 yrs |
| 74 | Lebanon | 65.7 yrs | 62.8 yrs |
| 75 | Argentina | 65.5 yrs | 63.2 yrs |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 65.5 yrs | 61.6 yrs |
| 77 | Isle of Man | 65.4 yrs | 65.0 yrs |
| 78 | Martinique | 65.1 yrs | 60.1 yrs |
| 79 | Bahamas | 65.0 yrs | 61.4 yrs |
| 80 | Guam | 64.9 yrs | 61.9 yrs |
| 81 | Dominica | 64.9 yrs | 56.5 yrs |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 64.5 yrs | 60.8 yrs |
| 83 | United States Virgin Islands | 64.5 yrs | 61.8 yrs |
| 84 | Georgia | 63.8 yrs | 60.2 yrs |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 63.8 yrs | 55.7 yrs |
| 86 | Anguilla | 63.7 yrs | 58.7 yrs |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.7 yrs | 55.1 yrs |
| 88 | Northern Mariana Islands | 63.7 yrs | 60.4 yrs |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 63.6 yrs | 58.5 yrs |
| 90 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 63.5 yrs | 56.2 yrs |
| 91 | Montserrat | 63.5 yrs | 55.6 yrs |
| 92 | Guadeloupe | 63.4 yrs | 58.4 yrs |
| 93 | Cayman Islands | 63.2 yrs | 57.3 yrs |
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 63.2 yrs | 55.9 yrs |
| 95 | Niue | 63.1 yrs | 57.7 yrs |
| 96 | Albania | 63.0 yrs | 52.3 yrs |
| 97 | Qatar | 62.9 yrs | 55.6 yrs |
| 98 | Panama | 62.9 yrs | 58.3 yrs |
| 99 | Brunei Darussalam | 62.9 yrs | 56.5 yrs |
| 100 | Saint Barthélemy | 62.5 yrs | 59.3 yrs |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62.5 yrs | 55.9 yrs |
| 102 | Greenland | 62.2 yrs | 53.5 yrs |
| 103 | Seychelles | 62.1 yrs | 60.2 yrs |
| 104 | Réunion | 62.1 yrs | 54.9 yrs |
| 105 | Paraguay | 62.0 yrs | 59.3 yrs |
| 106 | Malaysia | 62.0 yrs | 54.5 yrs |
| 107 | Armenia | 61.9 yrs | 57.8 yrs |
| 108 | French Guiana | 61.9 yrs | 52.5 yrs |
| 109 | Republic of Moldova | 61.8 yrs | 58.0 yrs |
| 110 | Tonga | 61.7 yrs | 56.5 yrs |
| 111 | Mauritius | 61.7 yrs | 55.7 yrs |
| 112 | French Polynesia | 61.6 yrs | 57.9 yrs |
| 113 | Fiji | 61.4 yrs | 57.1 yrs |
| 114 | Belize | 61.4 yrs | 54.8 yrs |
| 115 | Tokelau | 61.3 yrs | 57.4 yrs |
| 116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 61.0 yrs | 54.1 yrs |
| 117 | Chile | 61.0 yrs | 55.8 yrs |
| 118 | Bahrain | 61.0 yrs | 45.6 yrs |
| 119 | Mayotte | 61.0 yrs | 51.1 yrs |
| 120 | Republic of Korea | 60.9 yrs | 51.5 yrs |
| 121 | Philippines | 60.8 yrs | 57.8 yrs |
| 122 | Cook Islands | 60.6 yrs | 48.6 yrs |
| 123 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60.5 yrs | 56.4 yrs |
| 124 | Colombia | 60.1 yrs | 54.1 yrs |
| 125 | Dem. People's Republic of Korea | 60.1 yrs | 53.7 yrs |
| 126 | Guyana | 59.5 yrs | 56.1 yrs |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 59.5 yrs | 57.3 yrs |
| 128 | Suriname | 59.2 yrs | 54.7 yrs |
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 59.0 yrs | 55.5 yrs |
| 130 | Jordan | 59.0 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 131 | Samoa | 58.9 yrs | 53.4 yrs |
| 132 | Nauru | 58.6 yrs | 57.7 yrs |
| 133 | Iraq | 58.4 yrs | 47.7 yrs |
| 134 | Micronesia (Fed. States of) | 58.3 yrs | 52.3 yrs |
| 135 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58.0 yrs | 49.6 yrs |
| 136 | Mexico | 58.0 yrs | 51.1 yrs |
| 137 | Marshall Islands | 57.8 yrs | 53.4 yrs |
| 138 | New Caledonia | 57.7 yrs | 50.1 yrs |
| 139 | United Arab Emirates | 57.6 yrs | 47.8 yrs |
| 140 | Ecuador | 57.5 yrs | 51.5 yrs |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 57.3 yrs | 54.2 yrs |
| 142 | Zimbabwe | 56.8 yrs | 52.2 yrs |
| 143 | Viet Nam | 56.7 yrs | 56.2 yrs |
| 144 | Dominican Republic | 56.6 yrs | 49.5 yrs |
| 145 | Palau | 56.5 yrs | 54.1 yrs |
| 146 | Brazil | 56.0 yrs | 51.8 yrs |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 55.5 yrs | 51.4 yrs |
| 148 | Türkiye | 55.2 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 149 | Azerbaijan | 55.0 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 150 | South Africa | 55.0 yrs | 50.2 yrs |
| 151 | Falkland Islands (Malvinas) | 54.9 yrs | 52.3 yrs |
| 152 | Peru | 54.9 yrs | 48.9 yrs |
| 153 | Botswana | 54.9 yrs | 49.5 yrs |
| 154 | Turkmenistan | 54.8 yrs | 51.0 yrs |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | 54.7 yrs | 47.4 yrs |
| 156 | China | 54.4 yrs | 48.4 yrs |
| 157 | Thailand | 54.3 yrs | 49.1 yrs |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 53.7 yrs | 48.2 yrs |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 53.5 yrs | 40.1 yrs |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 53.5 yrs | 45.9 yrs |
| 161 | Solomon Islands | 53.1 yrs | 45.7 yrs |
| 162 | Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) | 53.0 yrs | 46.3 yrs |
| 163 | Namibia | 52.9 yrs | 46.4 yrs |
| 164 | Kenya | 52.8 yrs | 45.3 yrs |
| 165 | Kiribati | 52.5 yrs | 46.8 yrs |
| 166 | Zambia | 52.5 yrs | 49.5 yrs |
| 167 | Libya | 52.5 yrs | 36.9 yrs |
| 168 | Nicaragua | 52.4 yrs | 44.9 yrs |
| 169 | Honduras | 52.3 yrs | 44.9 yrs |
| 170 | Congo | 51.9 yrs | 45.1 yrs |
| 171 | Sudan | 51.5 yrs | 48.5 yrs |
| 172 | Indonesia | 51.3 yrs | 45.0 yrs |
| 173 | Gabon | 50.9 yrs | 44.4 yrs |
| 174 | State of Palestine | 50.9 yrs | 48.0 yrs |
| 175 | El Salvador | 50.8 yrs | 47.1 yrs |
| 176 | Pakistan | 50.8 yrs | 41.5 yrs |
| 177 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 50.6 yrs | 46.1 yrs |
| 178 | Lesotho | 50.5 yrs | 49.2 yrs |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 50.3 yrs | 43.9 yrs |
| 180 | Tunisia | 50.2 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 181 | Mongolia | 50.1 yrs | 40.4 yrs |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 50.0 yrs | 43.7 yrs |
| 183 | Eswatini | 49.5 yrs | 45.4 yrs |
| 184 | Uganda | 49.0 yrs | 43.6 yrs |
| 185 | Myanmar | 48.9 yrs | 42.0 yrs |
| 186 | Mauritania | 48.9 yrs | 41.7 yrs |
| 187 | Egypt | 48.1 yrs | 42.0 yrs |
| 188 | Bangladesh | 48.1 yrs | 42.6 yrs |
| 189 | Rwanda | 48.0 yrs | 45.6 yrs |
| 190 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 47.8 yrs | 41.3 yrs |
| 191 | Ghana | 47.7 yrs | 46.1 yrs |
| 192 | Guatemala | 47.7 yrs | 41.9 yrs |
| 193 | Morocco | 47.1 yrs | 41.7 yrs |
| 194 | Madagascar | 46.5 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 195 | India | 46.2 yrs | 44.4 yrs |
| 196 | Djibouti | 46.1 yrs | 42.6 yrs |
| 197 | Haiti | 46.1 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 198 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 45.9 yrs | 42.4 yrs |
| 199 | Cameroon | 45.6 yrs | 38.3 yrs |
| 200 | Togo | 45.6 yrs | 42.9 yrs |
| 201 | Cambodia | 45.2 yrs | 40.9 yrs |
| 202 | United Republic of Tanzania | 45.2 yrs | 42.1 yrs |
| 203 | Somalia | 45.0 yrs | 42.9 yrs |
| 204 | Equatorial Guinea | 44.6 yrs | 41.9 yrs |
| 205 | Comoros | 43.6 yrs | 39.7 yrs |
| 206 | Central African Republic | 43.4 yrs | 38.3 yrs |
| 207 | Burundi | 43.3 yrs | 42.6 yrs |
| 208 | Oman | 43.2 yrs | 33.0 yrs |
| 209 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 42.9 yrs | 40.9 yrs |
| 210 | Algeria | 42.7 yrs | 40.9 yrs |
| 211 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 42.3 yrs | 40.2 yrs |
| 212 | Maldives | 42.1 yrs | 37.3 yrs |
| 213 | Côte d'Ivoire | 42.0 yrs | 35.2 yrs |
| 214 | Mozambique | 42.0 yrs | 40.1 yrs |
| 215 | Ethiopia | 41.9 yrs | 32.2 yrs |
| 216 | Benin | 41.8 yrs | 37.6 yrs |
| 217 | Nepal | 41.7 yrs | 38.0 yrs |
| 218 | Western Sahara | 41.4 yrs | 37.6 yrs |
| 219 | Chad | 40.4 yrs | 38.3 yrs |
| 220 | Eritrea | 40.1 yrs | 30.4 yrs |
| 221 | Senegal | 40.0 yrs | 39.1 yrs |
| 222 | Bhutan | 39.4 yrs | 35.8 yrs |
| 223 | Liberia | 39.3 yrs | 38.1 yrs |
| 224 | Angola | 38.6 yrs | 37.3 yrs |
| 225 | Burkina Faso | 38.4 yrs | 35.1 yrs |
| 226 | Guinea | 38.2 yrs | 36.2 yrs |
| 227 | Gambia | 38.1 yrs | 33.1 yrs |
| 228 | Nigeria | 37.5 yrs | 36.6 yrs |
| 229 | Sierra Leone | 37.3 yrs | 31.8 yrs |
| 230 | Yemen | 37.1 yrs | 31.8 yrs |
| 231 | Guinea-Bissau | 36.3 yrs | 37.0 yrs |
| 232 | Niger | 36.2 yrs | 36.1 yrs |
| 233 | Afghanistan | 36.0 yrs | 31.4 yrs |
| 234 | Malawi | 35.9 yrs | 34.1 yrs |
| 235 | Timor-Leste | 35.7 yrs | 31.3 yrs |
| 236 | Mali | 32.2 yrs | 30.1 yrs |
| 237 | South Sudan | 25.9 yrs | 30.9 yrs |
Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024. Includes small territories.