Life expectancy by country, 1979

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

◀▶1979

#	Country / area	Life expectancy	1969
1	Andorra	76.8 yrs	74.3 yrs
2	Iceland	76.5 yrs	73.7 yrs
3	Japan	76.2 yrs	71.9 yrs
4	San Marino	76.1 yrs	74.2 yrs
5	Netherlands	75.7 yrs	73.6 yrs
6	Faroe Islands	75.7 yrs	74.7 yrs
7	Switzerland	75.6 yrs	72.7 yrs
8	Sweden	75.5 yrs	74.1 yrs
9	Norway	75.4 yrs	73.7 yrs
10	Spain	75.0 yrs	71.1 yrs
11	Monaco	74.9 yrs	73.3 yrs
12	Canada	74.8 yrs	72.4 yrs
13	Greece	74.7 yrs	72.1 yrs
14	Liechtenstein	74.7 yrs	72.5 yrs
15	Australia	74.3 yrs	71.1 yrs
16	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	74.3 yrs	71.6 yrs
17	Guernsey	74.3 yrs	72.4 yrs
18	Denmark	74.2 yrs	73.2 yrs
19	Italy	74.1 yrs	70.9 yrs
20	France	74.1 yrs	71.2 yrs
21	Holy See	74.0 yrs	70.7 yrs
22	China, Hong Kong SAR	73.9 yrs	71.0 yrs
23	United States of America	73.8 yrs	70.5 yrs
24	Gibraltar	73.6 yrs	71.8 yrs
25	Israel	73.4 yrs	71.0 yrs
26	Finland	73.4 yrs	69.7 yrs
27	United Kingdom	73.2 yrs	71.7 yrs
28	Belgium	73.2 yrs	70.7 yrs
29	New Zealand	73.0 yrs	71.5 yrs
30	Germany	72.9 yrs	70.5 yrs
31	Antigua and Barbuda	72.8 yrs	68.8 yrs
32	Puerto Rico	72.7 yrs	70.5 yrs
33	China, Macao SAR	72.6 yrs	68.3 yrs
34	Austria	72.5 yrs	70.0 yrs
35	Costa Rica	72.5 yrs	66.4 yrs
36	Malta	72.5 yrs	70.1 yrs
37	Bermuda	72.4 yrs	68.1 yrs
38	Cuba	72.3 yrs	67.4 yrs
39	Saint Martin (French part)	72.3 yrs	70.6 yrs
40	Jersey	72.3 yrs	71.2 yrs
41	Luxembourg	72.3 yrs	69.7 yrs
42	Ireland	72.2 yrs	70.8 yrs
43	Cyprus	72.2 yrs	67.6 yrs
44	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.8 yrs	70.2 yrs
45	Saint Barthélemy	71.7 yrs	64.5 yrs
46	China, Taiwan Province of China	71.7 yrs	67.7 yrs
47	Slovenia	71.6 yrs	68.6 yrs
48	Portugal	71.6 yrs	66.4 yrs
49	Barbados	71.5 yrs	68.5 yrs
50	Montenegro	71.5 yrs	70.2 yrs
51	Singapore	71.4 yrs	68.1 yrs
52	Martinique	71.4 yrs	65.4 yrs
53	Serbia	71.2 yrs	70.0 yrs
54	Bulgaria	71.2 yrs	70.5 yrs
55	Croatia	71.1 yrs	69.0 yrs
56	Kuwait	70.8 yrs	67.3 yrs
57	Czechia	70.8 yrs	69.4 yrs
58	Belarus	70.8 yrs	71.7 yrs
59	Curaçao	70.7 yrs	67.9 yrs
60	Slovakia	70.7 yrs	69.8 yrs
61	Lithuania	70.7 yrs	71.2 yrs
62	Aruba	70.5 yrs	67.1 yrs
63	Uruguay	70.3 yrs	68.6 yrs
64	Bahrain	70.3 yrs	63.4 yrs
65	Poland	70.3 yrs	69.8 yrs
66	Guam	70.1 yrs	65.5 yrs
67	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	70.0 yrs	67.2 yrs
68	Ukraine	69.8 yrs	70.8 yrs
69	Saint Helena	69.7 yrs	68.6 yrs
70	Hungary	69.7 yrs	69.4 yrs
71	Albania	69.6 yrs	64.5 yrs
72	Qatar	69.5 yrs	64.3 yrs
73	Romania	69.5 yrs	67.2 yrs
74	Estonia	69.4 yrs	70.3 yrs
75	Guadeloupe	69.4 yrs	64.2 yrs
76	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	69.3 yrs	63.5 yrs
77	British Virgin Islands	69.3 yrs	66.2 yrs
78	Dominica	69.2 yrs	65.7 yrs
79	Mayotte	69.2 yrs	62.7 yrs
80	North Macedonia	69.2 yrs	64.0 yrs
81	Panama	69.1 yrs	63.7 yrs
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	69.1 yrs	64.5 yrs
83	Montserrat	69.1 yrs	64.7 yrs
84	American Samoa	69.1 yrs	66.0 yrs
85	Cayman Islands	69.0 yrs	64.0 yrs
86	Bahamas	69.0 yrs	65.8 yrs
87	Chile	68.9 yrs	62.3 yrs
88	Jamaica	68.8 yrs	66.5 yrs
89	Latvia	68.8 yrs	70.2 yrs
90	Réunion	68.8 yrs	62.9 yrs
91	Anguilla	68.6 yrs	64.5 yrs
92	Brunei Darussalam	68.6 yrs	64.0 yrs
93	United States Virgin Islands	68.5 yrs	65.8 yrs
94	Argentina	68.4 yrs	65.1 yrs
95	Seychelles	68.2 yrs	63.3 yrs
96	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	68.2 yrs	63.8 yrs
97	Isle of Man	68.1 yrs	65.6 yrs
98	Northern Mariana Islands	68.1 yrs	64.5 yrs
99	Grenada	67.9 yrs	67.0 yrs
100	Georgia	67.9 yrs	64.5 yrs
101	United Arab Emirates	67.6 yrs	59.8 yrs
102	Malaysia	67.6 yrs	62.9 yrs
103	Russian Federation	67.6 yrs	68.6 yrs
104	Sri Lanka	67.5 yrs	64.1 yrs
105	Saint Lucia	67.4 yrs	64.0 yrs
106	Niue	67.4 yrs	64.0 yrs
107	Turks and Caicos Islands	66.8 yrs	62.1 yrs
108	Dem. People's Republic of Korea	66.8 yrs	61.4 yrs
109	Belize	66.7 yrs	62.5 yrs
110	French Guiana	66.6 yrs	62.9 yrs
111	French Polynesia	66.6 yrs	62.2 yrs
112	Trinidad and Tobago	66.4 yrs	64.8 yrs
113	Colombia	66.2 yrs	61.0 yrs
114	Syrian Arab Republic	66.2 yrs	59.8 yrs
115	Republic of Korea	66.1 yrs	61.4 yrs
116	Tonga	66.0 yrs	62.7 yrs
117	Mauritius	66.0 yrs	62.7 yrs
118	Jordan	66.0 yrs	60.5 yrs
119	Cook Islands	65.7 yrs	62.5 yrs
120	New Caledonia	65.2 yrs	59.3 yrs
121	Armenia	65.0 yrs	62.5 yrs
122	Viet Nam	65.0 yrs	54.8 yrs
123	Republic of Moldova	64.8 yrs	62.2 yrs
124	Tokelau	64.7 yrs	62.0 yrs
125	Samoa	64.5 yrs	59.9 yrs
126	Iraq	64.4 yrs	59.6 yrs
127	Paraguay	64.3 yrs	62.4 yrs
128	Libya	64.3 yrs	55.2 yrs
129	Saint Kitts and Nevis	64.2 yrs	61.1 yrs
130	Mexico	63.9 yrs	58.4 yrs
131	China	63.7 yrs	56.0 yrs
132	Solomon Islands	63.1 yrs	55.1 yrs
133	Ecuador	62.9 yrs	58.3 yrs
134	Tunisia	62.9 yrs	52.3 yrs
135	Uzbekistan	62.7 yrs	59.7 yrs
136	Micronesia (Fed. States of)	62.5 yrs	59.3 yrs
137	Dominican Republic	62.4 yrs	57.9 yrs
138	Fiji	62.3 yrs	61.4 yrs
139	Türkiye	62.2 yrs	56.2 yrs
140	Kazakhstan	62.1 yrs	59.8 yrs
141	Greenland	62.0 yrs	63.0 yrs
142	Botswana	62.0 yrs	55.9 yrs
143	Thailand	61.7 yrs	55.7 yrs
144	Philippines	61.7 yrs	61.0 yrs
145	Palau	61.6 yrs	57.3 yrs
146	Saudi Arabia	61.5 yrs	51.8 yrs
147	State of Palestine	61.5 yrs	54.7 yrs
148	Brazil	61.4 yrs	56.9 yrs
149	Kyrgyzstan	61.1 yrs	57.9 yrs
150	Azerbaijan	60.9 yrs	56.1 yrs
151	Vanuatu	60.9 yrs	54.8 yrs
152	Marshall Islands	60.8 yrs	58.5 yrs
153	Cabo Verde	60.7 yrs	56.0 yrs
154	Guyana	60.7 yrs	59.8 yrs
155	Suriname	60.5 yrs	59.4 yrs
156	Tuvalu	59.9 yrs	54.7 yrs
157	Honduras	59.8 yrs	53.7 yrs
158	Peru	59.6 yrs	55.8 yrs
159	Lebanon	59.6 yrs	65.9 yrs
160	Namibia	59.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
161	South Africa	59.5 yrs	55.4 yrs
162	Sao Tome and Principe	59.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
163	Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	59.1 yrs	53.4 yrs
164	Turkmenistan	59.1 yrs	55.7 yrs
165	Kenya	58.7 yrs	53.7 yrs
166	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	58.5 yrs	49.4 yrs
167	Wallis and Futuna Islands	58.5 yrs	51.7 yrs
168	Tajikistan	58.5 yrs	56.3 yrs
169	Nauru	58.4 yrs	58.4 yrs
170	Oman	58.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
171	Indonesia	58.2 yrs	52.6 yrs
172	Eswatini	57.5 yrs	50.6 yrs
173	Gabon	57.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
174	Kiribati	57.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
175	Papua New Guinea	57.0 yrs	51.5 yrs
176	Guatemala	56.6 yrs	47.5 yrs
177	Pakistan	56.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
178	Congo	56.5 yrs	53.1 yrs
179	Zambia	56.0 yrs	53.0 yrs
180	Lesotho	55.8 yrs	51.1 yrs
181	Mongolia	55.1 yrs	51.4 yrs
182	Egypt	54.9 yrs	48.7 yrs
183	Zimbabwe	54.9 yrs	57.5 yrs
184	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	54.7 yrs	55.2 yrs
185	Morocco	54.4 yrs	48.2 yrs
186	Myanmar	54.0 yrs	50.0 yrs
187	Maldives	53.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
188	El Salvador	53.8 yrs	51.3 yrs
189	Sudan	53.4 yrs	52.0 yrs
190	India	53.0 yrs	48.3 yrs
191	Mauritania	52.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
192	Algeria	52.4 yrs	43.0 yrs
193	Bangladesh	52.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
194	Djibouti	51.6 yrs	47.1 yrs
195	Togo	51.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
196	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	51.4 yrs	46.7 yrs
197	Côte d'Ivoire	51.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
198	Ghana	50.8 yrs	47.9 yrs
199	United Republic of Tanzania	50.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
200	Nicaragua	50.8 yrs	53.4 yrs
201	Cameroon	50.5 yrs	47.2 yrs
202	Comoros	50.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
203	Madagascar	50.1 yrs	47.3 yrs
204	Haiti	49.8 yrs	46.9 yrs
205	Yemen	49.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
206	Central African Republic	49.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
207	Nepal	47.8 yrs	42.7 yrs
208	Senegal	47.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
209	Bhutan	47.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
210	Lao People's Democratic Republic	47.5 yrs	43.5 yrs
211	Somalia	47.4 yrs	45.5 yrs
212	Benin	47.4 yrs	42.6 yrs
213	Rwanda	47.1 yrs	47.4 yrs
214	Nigeria	45.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
215	Burkina Faso	45.7 yrs	39.0 yrs
216	Uganda	45.4 yrs	49.5 yrs
217	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.3 yrs	43.0 yrs
218	Burundi	45.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
219	Gambia	44.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
220	Mozambique	43.9 yrs	42.3 yrs
221	Liberia	43.9 yrs	40.0 yrs
222	Eritrea	43.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
223	Malawi	43.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
224	Guinea-Bissau	43.2 yrs	37.0 yrs
225	Chad	43.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
226	Equatorial Guinea	43.0 yrs	31.0 yrs
227	Sierra Leone	42.5 yrs	38.2 yrs
228	Ethiopia	42.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
229	Guinea	42.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
230	Angola	41.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
231	Cambodia	41.1 yrs	45.9 yrs
232	Mali	39.5 yrs	32.9 yrs
233	Niger	38.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
234	Afghanistan	38.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
235	South Sudan	37.8 yrs	25.4 yrs
236	Western Sahara	37.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
237	Timor-Leste	24.2 yrs	36.8 yrs

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