Life expectancy by country, 1968

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

◀▶1968

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1958
1	Faroe Islands	74.5 yrs	70.4 yrs
2	Andorra	74.2 yrs	71.2 yrs
3	San Marino	74.1 yrs	72.8 yrs
4	Sweden	74.0 yrs	73.2 yrs
5	Iceland	73.9 yrs	73.3 yrs
6	Norway	73.9 yrs	73.4 yrs
7	Netherlands	73.6 yrs	73.1 yrs
8	Denmark	73.2 yrs	72.2 yrs
9	Monaco	73.2 yrs	71.1 yrs
10	Switzerland	72.7 yrs	71.3 yrs
11	Guernsey	72.4 yrs	73.6 yrs
12	Liechtenstein	72.3 yrs	70.1 yrs
13	Canada	72.2 yrs	70.6 yrs
14	Belarus	71.9 yrs	66.6 yrs
15	United Kingdom	71.7 yrs	70.7 yrs
16	Gibraltar	71.7 yrs	69.7 yrs
17	Spain	71.7 yrs	68.8 yrs
18	Japan	71.7 yrs	67.0 yrs
19	Lithuania	71.6 yrs	68.6 yrs
20	Greece	71.5 yrs	69.7 yrs
21	France	71.5 yrs	70.1 yrs
22	Bulgaria	71.2 yrs	68.7 yrs
23	Jersey	71.1 yrs	70.5 yrs
24	New Zealand	71.1 yrs	70.9 yrs
25	Ukraine	71.0 yrs	67.7 yrs
26	Ireland	70.9 yrs	69.3 yrs
27	Italy	70.9 yrs	68.8 yrs
28	Israel	70.8 yrs	68.4 yrs
29	Australia	70.7 yrs	70.9 yrs
30	Holy See	70.7 yrs	68.7 yrs
31	China, Hong Kong SAR	70.7 yrs	64.7 yrs
32	Estonia	70.6 yrs	68.8 yrs
33	Germany	70.6 yrs	69.2 yrs
34	Puerto Rico	70.6 yrs	67.2 yrs
35	Belgium	70.6 yrs	69.9 yrs
36	Slovakia	70.5 yrs	69.4 yrs
37	Latvia	70.5 yrs	68.9 yrs
38	Austria	70.3 yrs	68.5 yrs
39	United States of America	70.2 yrs	69.7 yrs
40	Saint Martin (French part)	70.2 yrs	67.1 yrs
41	Serbia	70.1 yrs	64.3 yrs
42	Luxembourg	70.0 yrs	68.4 yrs
43	Czechia	69.9 yrs	70.0 yrs
44	Malta	69.9 yrs	67.8 yrs
45	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	69.8 yrs	68.4 yrs
46	Finland	69.8 yrs	68.6 yrs
47	Poland	69.8 yrs	64.9 yrs
48	Montenegro	69.8 yrs	63.8 yrs
49	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	69.5 yrs	65.8 yrs
50	Hungary	69.3 yrs	67.4 yrs
51	Russian Federation	69.1 yrs	67.7 yrs
52	Croatia	68.9 yrs	65.0 yrs
53	Slovenia	68.6 yrs	67.7 yrs
54	Uruguay	68.5 yrs	67.3 yrs
55	Saint Helena	68.5 yrs	67.6 yrs
56	Antigua and Barbuda	68.2 yrs	61.6 yrs
57	Barbados	68.2 yrs	62.5 yrs
58	Romania	68.0 yrs	64.4 yrs
59	China, Macao SAR	68.0 yrs	63.1 yrs
60	Bermuda	67.9 yrs	65.2 yrs
61	Curaçao	67.7 yrs	64.7 yrs
62	Singapore	67.7 yrs	64.0 yrs
63	Cyprus	67.3 yrs	61.6 yrs
64	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	67.0 yrs	65.6 yrs
65	Cuba	66.9 yrs	62.3 yrs
66	Grenada	66.9 yrs	61.4 yrs
67	Portugal	66.8 yrs	63.7 yrs
68	China, Taiwan Province of China	66.8 yrs	61.0 yrs
69	Aruba	66.7 yrs	63.1 yrs
70	Kuwait	66.6 yrs	56.9 yrs
71	Jamaica	66.3 yrs	62.6 yrs
72	British Virgin Islands	66.0 yrs	61.4 yrs
73	Costa Rica	65.8 yrs	62.3 yrs
74	Lebanon	65.8 yrs	61.2 yrs
75	American Samoa	65.8 yrs	63.5 yrs
76	Isle of Man	65.5 yrs	64.9 yrs
77	Bahamas	65.4 yrs	61.7 yrs
78	Martinique	65.4 yrs	60.1 yrs
79	Dominica	65.3 yrs	57.9 yrs
80	Argentina	65.2 yrs	64.2 yrs
81	Guam	65.2 yrs	62.2 yrs
82	United States Virgin Islands	65.2 yrs	64.6 yrs
83	Trinidad and Tobago	64.6 yrs	61.4 yrs
84	North Macedonia	64.6 yrs	60.3 yrs
85	Anguilla	64.1 yrs	59.3 yrs
86	Georgia	64.1 yrs	60.6 yrs
87	Montserrat	64.1 yrs	56.6 yrs
88	Northern Mariana Islands	64.1 yrs	60.7 yrs
89	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.0 yrs	56.2 yrs
90	Sri Lanka	63.9 yrs	59.3 yrs
91	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	63.9 yrs	56.9 yrs
92	Albania	63.8 yrs	53.7 yrs
93	Saint Lucia	63.8 yrs	56.6 yrs
94	Saint Barthélemy	63.7 yrs	59.6 yrs
95	Qatar	63.6 yrs	56.3 yrs
96	Guadeloupe	63.6 yrs	59.3 yrs
97	Cayman Islands	63.6 yrs	57.7 yrs
98	Niue	63.5 yrs	58.3 yrs
99	Brunei Darussalam	63.5 yrs	57.3 yrs
100	Panama	63.2 yrs	59.0 yrs
101	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.1 yrs	57.1 yrs
102	Greenland	62.7 yrs	55.6 yrs
103	Seychelles	62.6 yrs	60.4 yrs
104	Malaysia	62.4 yrs	55.4 yrs
105	Réunion	62.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
106	French Guiana	62.4 yrs	53.6 yrs
107	Bahrain	62.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
108	Armenia	62.2 yrs	58.3 yrs
109	Tonga	62.2 yrs	57.2 yrs
110	Paraguay	62.2 yrs	59.6 yrs
111	Mauritius	62.1 yrs	56.4 yrs
112	Belize	62.0 yrs	55.7 yrs
113	Republic of Moldova	62.0 yrs	58.5 yrs
114	Mayotte	61.9 yrs	52.2 yrs
115	French Polynesia	61.9 yrs	58.4 yrs
116	Chile	61.7 yrs	56.3 yrs
117	Fiji	61.7 yrs	57.8 yrs
118	Turks and Caicos Islands	61.6 yrs	54.8 yrs
119	Tokelau	61.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
120	Cook Islands	61.5 yrs	50.0 yrs
121	Philippines	60.9 yrs	58.3 yrs
122	Republic of Korea	60.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
123	Saint Kitts and Nevis	60.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
124	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	60.8 yrs	54.5 yrs
125	Colombia	60.6 yrs	54.7 yrs
126	Jordan	59.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
127	Guyana	59.7 yrs	56.5 yrs
128	Kazakhstan	59.6 yrs	57.5 yrs
129	Uzbekistan	59.4 yrs	55.9 yrs
130	Samoa	59.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
131	Suriname	59.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
132	Syrian Arab Republic	59.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
133	Iraq	59.0 yrs	49.0 yrs
134	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	58.8 yrs	53.0 yrs
135	United Arab Emirates	58.7 yrs	48.8 yrs
136	Nauru	58.6 yrs	57.8 yrs
137	New Caledonia	58.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
138	Marshall Islands	58.2 yrs	53.6 yrs
139	Mexico	58.2 yrs	51.8 yrs
140	Ecuador	58.0 yrs	52.1 yrs
141	Kyrgyzstan	57.6 yrs	54.5 yrs
142	Dominican Republic	57.3 yrs	50.2 yrs
143	Zimbabwe	57.1 yrs	52.6 yrs
144	Palau	56.9 yrs	54.4 yrs
145	Brazil	56.5 yrs	52.3 yrs
146	Tajikistan	55.9 yrs	51.8 yrs
147	Azerbaijan	55.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
148	Türkiye	55.6 yrs	49.2 yrs
149	Cabo Verde	55.4 yrs	47.7 yrs
150	Peru	55.4 yrs	49.5 yrs
151	Botswana	55.4 yrs	50.1 yrs
152	Turkmenistan	55.3 yrs	51.4 yrs
153	China	55.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
154	South Africa	55.2 yrs	51.1 yrs
155	Thailand	55.0 yrs	49.5 yrs
156	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	55.0 yrs	52.8 yrs
157	Sao Tome and Principe	54.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
158	Vanuatu	54.2 yrs	48.8 yrs
159	Solomon Islands	54.1 yrs	46.3 yrs
160	Tuvalu	54.1 yrs	46.7 yrs
161	State of Palestine	54.1 yrs	48.4 yrs
162	Libya	53.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
163	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	53.6 yrs	48.3 yrs
164	Namibia	53.5 yrs	47.1 yrs
165	Kenya	53.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
166	Kiribati	53.1 yrs	47.1 yrs
167	Honduras	53.0 yrs	45.6 yrs
168	Nicaragua	52.9 yrs	45.5 yrs
169	Zambia	52.7 yrs	49.9 yrs
170	Viet Nam	52.7 yrs	56.8 yrs
171	Congo	52.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
172	Indonesia	51.9 yrs	45.4 yrs
173	Sudan	51.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
174	Pakistan	51.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
175	Gabon	51.5 yrs	45.1 yrs
176	Tunisia	51.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
177	Wallis and Futuna Islands	51.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
178	Saudi Arabia	50.9 yrs	44.2 yrs
179	Papua New Guinea	50.9 yrs	44.6 yrs
180	El Salvador	50.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
181	Mongolia	50.8 yrs	42.8 yrs
182	Lesotho	50.8 yrs	49.6 yrs
183	Eswatini	50.1 yrs	45.8 yrs
184	Mauritania	49.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
185	Myanmar	49.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
186	Uganda	49.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
187	Egypt	48.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
188	Bangladesh	48.4 yrs	43.1 yrs
189	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	48.0 yrs	42.2 yrs
190	India	47.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
191	Ghana	47.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
192	Guatemala	47.8 yrs	43.1 yrs
193	Morocco	47.7 yrs	42.2 yrs
194	Rwanda	47.7 yrs	46.0 yrs
195	Madagascar	46.9 yrs	42.5 yrs
196	Djibouti	46.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
197	Haiti	46.5 yrs	42.6 yrs
198	Cameroon	46.4 yrs	39.1 yrs
199	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	46.3 yrs	42.7 yrs
200	Togo	46.0 yrs	43.1 yrs
201	Cambodia	45.6 yrs	41.2 yrs
202	United Republic of Tanzania	45.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
203	Somalia	45.3 yrs	43.1 yrs
204	Equatorial Guinea	44.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
205	Oman	44.4 yrs	33.8 yrs
206	Comoros	44.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
207	Central African Republic	44.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
208	Burundi	43.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
209	Lao People's Democratic Republic	43.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
210	Maldives	42.9 yrs	37.6 yrs
211	Algeria	42.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
212	Democratic Republic of the Congo	42.7 yrs	40.5 yrs
213	Côte d'Ivoire	42.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
214	Nepal	42.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
215	Benin	42.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
216	Ethiopia	42.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
217	Mozambique	42.1 yrs	40.5 yrs
218	Western Sahara	41.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
219	Chad	40.7 yrs	38.7 yrs
220	Eritrea	40.5 yrs	30.9 yrs
221	Senegal	40.1 yrs	39.4 yrs
222	Bhutan	40.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
223	Liberia	39.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
224	Angola	39.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
225	Burkina Faso	38.8 yrs	35.4 yrs
226	Nigeria	38.6 yrs	36.8 yrs
227	Gambia	38.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
228	Guinea	38.5 yrs	36.4 yrs
229	Yemen	38.0 yrs	32.4 yrs
230	Sierra Leone	37.8 yrs	32.1 yrs
231	Guinea-Bissau	36.7 yrs	37.1 yrs
232	Afghanistan	36.5 yrs	31.8 yrs
233	Timor-Leste	36.2 yrs	31.7 yrs
234	Niger	36.1 yrs	36.1 yrs
235	Malawi	36.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
236	Mali	32.6 yrs	30.2 yrs
237	South Sudan	26.1 yrs	27.6 yrs

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