Life expectancy at birth

years, 1960–2021

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    1960 Ranking
    1. Iceland 73.76
    2. Norway 73.55
    3. Netherlands 73.39
    4. Sweden 73.01
    5. Denmark 72.18
    6. Channel Islands 71.47
    7. Switzerland 71.31
    8. New Zealand 71.24
    9. Canada 71.13
    10. United Kingdom 71.13
    11. Australia 70.82
    12. Czech Republic 70.35
    13. Slovakia 70.27
    14. Ireland 70.19
    15. France 69.87
    16. Lithuania 69.85
    17. Latvia 69.79
    18. United States 69.77
    19. Belgium 69.70
    20. Ukraine 69.49
    21. Gibraltar 69.31
    22. Greece 69.30
    23. Belarus 69.26
    24. Bulgaria 69.25
    25. Italy 69.12
    26. Spain 69.11
    27. Germany 69.06
    28. Slovenia 68.98
    29. Puerto Rico 68.93
    30. Estonia 68.93
    31. Finland 68.82
    32. Luxembourg 68.59
    33. Austria 68.59
    34. Malta 68.21
    35. Hungary 68.00
    36. Saint Martin (France) 67.87
    37. Uruguay 67.77
    38. Poland 67.68
    39. Japan 67.67
    40. Russia 67.47
    41. Hong Kong 65.87
    42. Romania 65.86
    43. Croatia 65.48
    44. Macau 64.97
    45. Montenegro 64.87
    46. Lebanon 64.84
    47. Singapore 64.70
    48. Barbados 64.56
    49. Isle of Man 64.41
    50. Cyprus 64.19
    51. Cuba 64.17
    52. Aruba 64.15
    53. Jamaica 64.04
    54. Portugal 64.01
    55. Argentina 63.98
    56. Virgin Islands (U.S.) 63.75
    57. Trinidad and Tobago 63.03
    58. Bahamas 62.90
    59. Antigua and Barbuda 61.55
    60. Kosovo 61.49
    61. Armenia 61.43
    62. Georgia 61.22
    63. Moldova 61.07
    64. Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.04
    65. Guam 60.90
    66. Grenada 60.76
    67. Panama 60.70
    68. Sri Lanka 60.70
    69. Paraguay 60.42
    70. Costa Rica 60.42
    71. French Polynesia 59.68
    72. Vietnam 59.66
    73. British Virgin Islands 59.56
    74. Philippines 59.23
    75. Qatar 58.93
    76. Venezuela 58.65
    77. New Caledonia 58.64
    78. Kazakhstan 58.37
    79. Tonga 58.23
    80. Belize 58.16
    81. Guyana 58.03
    82. Fiji 57.59
    83. Uzbekistan 57.47
    84. Colombia 57.13
    85. Suriname 57.10
    86. Chile 57.02
    87. Kuwait 56.92
    88. Brunei 56.79
    89. Malaysia 56.50
    90. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 56.44
    91. Micronesia 56.41
    92. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 56.22
    93. Azerbaijan 55.84
    94. Saint Lucia 55.72
    95. Mauritius 55.47
    96. Kyrgyzstan 55.08
    97. Turks and Caicos 55.03
    98. Mexico 55.02
    99. Samoa 54.69
    100. Albania 54.44
    101. South Korea 54.32
    102. Tajikistan 53.63
    103. Syria 53.55
    104. Turkmenistan 53.47
    105. Ecuador 53.36
    106. Zimbabwe 53.24
    107. South Africa 52.67
    108. Brazil 52.66
    109. Iraq 52.62
    110. Jordan 52.62
    111. Thailand 51.04
    112. Peru 50.50
    113. Botswana 50.37
    114. Lesotho 50.36
    115. Bahrain 50.33
    116. Dominican Republic 50.26
    117. Vanuatu 49.63
    118. Cape Verde 49.41
    119. Zambia 49.04
    120. United Arab Emirates 48.81
    121. Kenya 48.68
    122. Honduras 48.32
    123. El Salvador 48.08
    124. Congo (Brazzaville) 47.98
    125. Kiribati 47.87
    126. Solomon Islands 47.74
    127. Namibia 47.68
    128. Rwanda 47.18
    129. Ghana 47.10
    130. Sudan 46.60
    131. Gabon 46.58
    132. Indonesia 46.45
    133. Tuvalu 46.36
    134. Nicaragua 46.13
    135. Saudi Arabia 45.94
    136. Swaziland 45.81
    137. Guatemala 45.81
    138. Papua New Guinea 45.68
    139. Uganda 45.51
    140. Egypt 45.37
    141. India 45.22
    142. Mongolia 44.98
    143. Pakistan 44.93
    144. Mauritania 44.77
    145. Bangladesh 44.74
    146. Iran 43.96
    147. Tunisia 43.94
    148. Burma (Myanmar) 43.91
    149. Haiti 43.50
    150. Somalia 43.45
    151. Djibouti 43.43
    152. Madagascar 43.24
    153. Bolivia 43.10
    154. Saint Thomas and Principe 43.04
    155. Burundi 43.02
    156. Tanzania 42.94
    157. Togo 42.69
    158. Cambodia 42.36
    159. Morocco 42.02
    160. Equatorial Guinea 41.73
    161. Mozambique 41.22
    162. Congo (Kinshasa) 40.86
    163. Laos 40.79
    164. Algeria 40.53
    165. Ethiopia 40.33
    166. Libya 40.27
    167. Senegal 39.88
    168. Comoros 39.69
    169. Central African Republic 39.24
    170. Nepal 38.56
    171. Maldives 38.53
    172. Chad 38.37
    173. Liberia 38.33
    174. Angola 38.21
    175. Benin 38.18
    176. Ivory Coast 38.11
    177. Eritrea 37.50
    178. Guinea Bissau 37.46
    179. Nigeria 37.37
    180. Guinea 36.55
    181. Niger 36.40
    182. Burkina Faso 35.87
    183. Oman 35.45
    184. Malawi 35.20
    185. Gambia 35.10
    186. Cameroon 34.82
    187. Sierra Leone 33.96
    188. Yemen 33.68
    189. Bhutan 33.47
    190. China 33.28
    191. Afghanistan 32.54
    192. Timor Leste 32.20
    193. Mali 29.75
    194. South Sudan 28.66

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    Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

    Source: World Bank