Life expectancy by country, 1974

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

◀▶1974

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1964
1	Andorra	75.3 yrs	73.6 yrs
2	Faroe Islands	75.2 yrs	73.7 yrs
3	San Marino	75.0 yrs	73.7 yrs
4	Sweden	75.0 yrs	73.7 yrs
5	Norway	74.8 yrs	73.6 yrs
6	Netherlands	74.6 yrs	73.7 yrs
7	Switzerland	74.4 yrs	72.2 yrs
8	Iceland	74.1 yrs	73.5 yrs
9	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	74.1 yrs	70.9 yrs
10	Liechtenstein	74.0 yrs	71.1 yrs
11	Denmark	73.8 yrs	72.5 yrs
12	Japan	73.8 yrs	70.2 yrs
13	Guernsey	73.6 yrs	73.1 yrs
14	Greece	73.5 yrs	70.5 yrs
15	Monaco	73.4 yrs	72.7 yrs
16	Canada	73.1 yrs	71.6 yrs
17	Spain	73.1 yrs	70.5 yrs
18	Gibraltar	73.0 yrs	70.4 yrs
19	Italy	72.8 yrs	70.4 yrs
20	France	72.8 yrs	71.3 yrs
21	Holy See	72.7 yrs	70.3 yrs
22	China, Hong Kong SAR	72.5 yrs	68.6 yrs
23	United Kingdom	72.4 yrs	71.5 yrs
24	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.2 yrs	67.8 yrs
25	United States of America	72.0 yrs	70.2 yrs
26	Belgium	72.0 yrs	70.7 yrs
27	Malta	72.0 yrs	69.3 yrs
28	Saint Martin (French part)	71.9 yrs	68.8 yrs
29	New Zealand	71.9 yrs	71.3 yrs
30	Australia	71.8 yrs	70.6 yrs
31	Jersey	71.7 yrs	71.1 yrs
32	Germany	71.7 yrs	70.7 yrs
33	Belarus	71.7 yrs	71.3 yrs
34	Israel	71.6 yrs	69.6 yrs
35	Montenegro	71.6 yrs	67.4 yrs
36	Lithuania	71.5 yrs	71.9 yrs
37	Finland	71.3 yrs	69.4 yrs
38	Puerto Rico	71.3 yrs	68.2 yrs
39	Austria	71.2 yrs	70.1 yrs
40	Bulgaria	71.2 yrs	71.1 yrs
41	Ireland	71.1 yrs	70.5 yrs
42	Antigua and Barbuda	71.1 yrs	65.4 yrs
43	Serbia	71.1 yrs	68.0 yrs
44	Slovenia	71.0 yrs	68.5 yrs
45	China, Macao SAR	71.0 yrs	66.0 yrs
46	Bermuda	70.9 yrs	67.5 yrs
47	Estonia	70.8 yrs	70.7 yrs
48	Poland	70.7 yrs	68.9 yrs
49	Ukraine	70.6 yrs	71.0 yrs
50	Croatia	70.6 yrs	68.0 yrs
51	China, Taiwan Province of China	70.3 yrs	64.9 yrs
52	Slovakia	70.2 yrs	71.1 yrs
53	Czechia	70.2 yrs	70.6 yrs
54	Luxembourg	70.2 yrs	68.8 yrs
55	Latvia	70.1 yrs	71.5 yrs
56	Cuba	69.9 yrs	65.3 yrs
57	Singapore	69.7 yrs	66.7 yrs
58	Uruguay	69.5 yrs	68.1 yrs
59	Kuwait	69.5 yrs	63.0 yrs
60	Costa Rica	69.5 yrs	64.5 yrs
61	Romania	69.5 yrs	68.3 yrs
62	Curaçao	69.4 yrs	66.6 yrs
63	Barbados	69.4 yrs	66.7 yrs
64	Aruba	69.3 yrs	65.3 yrs
65	Hungary	69.3 yrs	69.5 yrs
66	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	69.2 yrs	66.8 yrs
67	Portugal	69.1 yrs	65.1 yrs
68	Saint Helena	69.0 yrs	68.0 yrs
69	Russian Federation	68.7 yrs	69.5 yrs
70	Dominica	68.6 yrs	63.3 yrs
71	Martinique	68.2 yrs	63.2 yrs
72	Saint Barthélemy	68.1 yrs	61.5 yrs
73	American Samoa	68.0 yrs	66.1 yrs
74	Grenada	67.9 yrs	64.2 yrs
75	Jamaica	67.9 yrs	65.3 yrs
76	British Virgin Islands	67.7 yrs	64.8 yrs
77	Albania	67.6 yrs	60.4 yrs
78	Bahrain	67.6 yrs	57.0 yrs
79	Bahamas	67.6 yrs	63.9 yrs
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	67.6 yrs	61.5 yrs
81	Guam	67.5 yrs	64.1 yrs
82	Montserrat	67.4 yrs	61.7 yrs
83	United States Virgin Islands	67.3 yrs	64.2 yrs
84	Qatar	67.2 yrs	60.7 yrs
85	North Macedonia	67.1 yrs	61.5 yrs
86	Guadeloupe	66.7 yrs	62.6 yrs
87	Anguilla	66.6 yrs	62.4 yrs
88	Cayman Islands	66.5 yrs	61.4 yrs
89	Panama	66.5 yrs	62.1 yrs
90	Isle of Man	66.5 yrs	64.7 yrs
91	Argentina	66.4 yrs	64.8 yrs
92	Seychelles	66.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
93	Brunei Darussalam	66.4 yrs	61.3 yrs
94	Lebanon	66.4 yrs	65.1 yrs
95	Northern Mariana Islands	66.4 yrs	62.6 yrs
96	Mayotte	66.3 yrs	58.3 yrs
97	Georgia	66.2 yrs	62.8 yrs
98	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	66.2 yrs	61.2 yrs
99	Cook Islands	65.9 yrs	57.8 yrs
100	Niue	65.8 yrs	61.5 yrs
101	Trinidad and Tobago	65.5 yrs	64.0 yrs
102	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.4 yrs	61.1 yrs
103	Saint Lucia	65.4 yrs	61.3 yrs
104	Réunion	65.3 yrs	60.3 yrs
105	Malaysia	65.2 yrs	60.5 yrs
106	Chile	65.1 yrs	58.8 yrs
107	Sri Lanka	65.0 yrs	62.4 yrs
108	Belize	64.9 yrs	59.8 yrs
109	Tonga	64.8 yrs	60.3 yrs
110	Turks and Caicos Islands	64.7 yrs	59.1 yrs
111	French Guiana	64.7 yrs	59.7 yrs
112	United Arab Emirates	64.3 yrs	54.5 yrs
113	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	64.3 yrs	58.2 yrs
114	Mauritius	64.2 yrs	61.5 yrs
115	Republic of Korea	64.2 yrs	55.3 yrs
116	French Polynesia	63.8 yrs	60.8 yrs
117	Armenia	63.7 yrs	60.8 yrs
118	Jordan	63.6 yrs	56.5 yrs
119	Colombia	63.5 yrs	58.8 yrs
120	Syrian Arab Republic	63.4 yrs	56.2 yrs
121	Republic of Moldova	63.4 yrs	61.0 yrs
122	Tokelau	63.3 yrs	60.1 yrs
123	Paraguay	63.2 yrs	61.4 yrs
124	Saint Kitts and Nevis	62.9 yrs	59.0 yrs
125	New Caledonia	62.7 yrs	55.3 yrs
126	Samoa	62.3 yrs	54.0 yrs
127	Greenland	62.0 yrs	60.7 yrs
128	Uzbekistan	61.4 yrs	57.9 yrs
129	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	61.3 yrs	56.7 yrs
130	Fiji	61.2 yrs	60.7 yrs
131	Mexico	61.2 yrs	55.9 yrs
132	Iraq	61.0 yrs	55.2 yrs
133	Kazakhstan	60.9 yrs	58.8 yrs
134	Dominican Republic	60.8 yrs	54.6 yrs
135	Philippines	60.8 yrs	60.1 yrs
136	Ecuador	60.7 yrs	56.0 yrs
137	Libya	60.7 yrs	47.6 yrs
138	Guyana	60.3 yrs	59.0 yrs
139	China	60.2 yrs	52.3 yrs
140	Marshall Islands	60.1 yrs	56.3 yrs
141	Suriname	59.9 yrs	58.9 yrs
142	Solomon Islands	59.6 yrs	50.6 yrs
143	Kyrgyzstan	59.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
144	Palau	59.5 yrs	55.8 yrs
145	Brazil	59.1 yrs	54.9 yrs
146	Thailand	59.0 yrs	52.5 yrs
147	Türkiye	59.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
148	Botswana	58.9 yrs	53.4 yrs
149	Cabo Verde	58.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
150	Azerbaijan	58.3 yrs	53.3 yrs
151	Sao Tome and Principe	58.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
152	Tunisia	58.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
153	Nauru	58.3 yrs	58.2 yrs
154	Zimbabwe	58.2 yrs	55.4 yrs
155	State of Palestine	58.0 yrs	51.5 yrs
156	Peru	57.8 yrs	53.3 yrs
157	Tuvalu	57.7 yrs	51.3 yrs
158	Tajikistan	57.6 yrs	54.2 yrs
159	Vanuatu	57.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
160	South Africa	57.1 yrs	54.2 yrs
161	Turkmenistan	57.0 yrs	53.6 yrs
162	Namibia	56.9 yrs	51.4 yrs
163	Saudi Arabia	56.8 yrs	47.7 yrs
164	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	56.4 yrs	51.1 yrs
165	Kiribati	56.1 yrs	50.4 yrs
166	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	56.1 yrs	54.3 yrs
167	Kenya	56.0 yrs	51.3 yrs
168	Indonesia	55.4 yrs	49.4 yrs
169	Zambia	55.4 yrs	51.2 yrs
170	Nicaragua	55.4 yrs	49.6 yrs
171	Congo	55.0 yrs	50.4 yrs
172	Gabon	54.9 yrs	49.0 yrs
173	Wallis and Futuna Islands	54.8 yrs	49.1 yrs
174	Viet Nam	54.8 yrs	57.5 yrs
175	Cyprus	54.5 yrs	62.2 yrs
176	Papua New Guinea	54.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
177	Pakistan	54.3 yrs	47.8 yrs
178	Mongolia	54.0 yrs	48.0 yrs
179	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	53.9 yrs	45.7 yrs
180	Eswatini	53.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
181	Sudan	53.2 yrs	50.9 yrs
182	Guatemala	53.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
183	El Salvador	52.9 yrs	49.8 yrs
184	Lesotho	52.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
185	Honduras	52.5 yrs	50.2 yrs
186	Myanmar	52.1 yrs	46.6 yrs
187	Mauritania	51.4 yrs	46.6 yrs
188	Oman	51.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
189	Egypt	51.0 yrs	47.1 yrs
190	Morocco	50.8 yrs	45.4 yrs
191	India	50.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
192	Cameroon	49.7 yrs	43.6 yrs
193	Bangladesh	49.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
194	Djibouti	49.5 yrs	44.8 yrs
195	Madagascar	49.3 yrs	45.0 yrs
196	Ghana	48.9 yrs	47.6 yrs
197	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	48.8 yrs	44.7 yrs
198	Togo	48.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
199	Haiti	48.5 yrs	44.9 yrs
200	Maldives	48.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
201	United Republic of Tanzania	48.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
202	Comoros	47.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
203	Central African Republic	47.4 yrs	41.6 yrs
204	Côte d'Ivoire	47.2 yrs	40.0 yrs
205	Uganda	46.9 yrs	47.9 yrs
206	Algeria	46.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
207	Lao People's Democratic Republic	45.9 yrs	41.9 yrs
208	Rwanda	45.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
209	Western Sahara	45.0 yrs	40.2 yrs
210	Nepal	44.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
211	Benin	44.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
212	Yemen	44.5 yrs	34.9 yrs
213	Democratic Republic of the Congo	44.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
214	Somalia	44.3 yrs	44.4 yrs
215	Bhutan	43.8 yrs	37.8 yrs
216	Burundi	43.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
217	Mozambique	43.2 yrs	41.7 yrs
218	Senegal	43.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
219	Chad	42.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
220	Nigeria	42.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
221	Liberia	42.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
222	Gambia	41.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
223	Burkina Faso	41.7 yrs	37.4 yrs
224	Guinea-Bissau	41.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
225	Equatorial Guinea	41.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
226	Angola	41.3 yrs	37.7 yrs
227	Sierra Leone	40.4 yrs	35.3 yrs
228	Guinea	40.2 yrs	37.4 yrs
229	Afghanistan	39.5 yrs	34.7 yrs
230	Cambodia	39.3 yrs	44.0 yrs
231	Malawi	39.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
232	Ethiopia	39.1 yrs	41.3 yrs
233	Eritrea	39.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
234	South Sudan	36.6 yrs	32.5 yrs
235	Timor-Leste	36.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
236	Niger	36.2 yrs	36.5 yrs
237	Mali	35.8 yrs	31.2 yrs

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