Life Expectancy by Country in 1951

In 1951, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 72.5259 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands with a life expectancy of 71.4982 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden with 71.3636 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ตDem. People's Republic of Korea with 17.6717 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 68.17 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 62.81 years, and Oceania with 60.63 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 68.78 years. Closely followed by Northern Europe with an average life expectancy of 68.40 years, and Western Europe with 67.08 years of average life expectancy.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that High-income countries has the highest average life expectancy of 62.56 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 33.44 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1951

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 72.5259
2 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 71.4982
3 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 71.3636
4 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 71.2864
5 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 70.9238
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 70.2679
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 69.5258
8 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 69.1289
9 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 68.9538
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 68.8449
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 68.6998
12 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 68.6939
13 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 68.5077
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 68.2352
15 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 68.1696
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 68.0504
17 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 67.1752
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 67.1284
19 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 66.7477
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 66.6291
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 66.6067
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 66.5099
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 66.1119
24 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 66.0939
25 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 65.8756
26 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 65.6354
27 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 65.5895
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 65.322
29 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 65.2675
30 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 65.2538
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 65.2225
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 64.7533
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 64.5089
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 64.2338
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 64.1906
36 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 62.4728
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 62.4294
38 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 62.392
39 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 62.355
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 62.2958
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 62.0138
42 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 61.8892
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 61.573
44 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 61.4815
45 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 61.4682
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 61.3667
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 61.3618
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 61.3366
49 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 61.1452
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 60.9672
51 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 60.9269
52 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 60.7088
53 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 60.3931
54 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 60.3111
55 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 60.2436
56 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 59.8199
57 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 59.7558
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 59.5704
59 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 59.4515
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 59.3994
61 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 59.2221
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 59.1306
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 59.0261
64 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 58.7493
65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 58.5477
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 58.4749
67 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 58.1001
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 58.023
69 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 57.94
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 57.6605
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 57.5265
72 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 57.5112
73 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 57.3145
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 57.2744
75 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 57.187
76 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 56.7664
77 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 56.626
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 56.4131
79 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 56.4079
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 56.3903
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 56.1866
82 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 56.1024
83 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 55.9688
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 55.515
85 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 55.4023
86 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 55.3445
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 55.2257
88 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 55.055
89 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 55.0116
90 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 55.007
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 54.932
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.7961
93 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 54.4211
94 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 54.366
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 54.2722
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 53.6834
97 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 53.5849
98 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 53.457
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 53.4364
100 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 53.0197
101 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 53.012
102 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 52.5878
103 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 52.5578
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 52.1514
105 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 52.0589
106 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51.7169
107 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.698
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 51.5045
109 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 51.2705
110 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 51.064
111 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 50.9983
112 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 50.9527
113 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 50.7988
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 50.7034
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 50.5468
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 50.2396
117 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 50.1088
118 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 49.9766
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 49.8599
120 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 49.7738
121 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 49.5989
122 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.5446
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 49.434
124 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 49.3172
125 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 49.2589
126 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 49.1541
127 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 49.1214
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 48.8416
129 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 48.6829
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 48.6169
131 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 48.4262
132 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 48.3809
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 48.2728
134 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 48.2382
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 47.8482
136 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 47.7335
137 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 47.6312
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 47.5505
139 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 47.0466
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 46.4547
141 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 46.4442
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 46.2657
143 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 45.879
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 45.7518
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 45.2783
146 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 45.253
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 45.1568
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 45.1396
149 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 44.8856
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 44.8093
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 44.659
152 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 44.5742
153 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 44.4476
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 44.1756
155 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 43.9803
156 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 43.8997
157 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 43.6829
158 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 43.6493
159 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 43.4369
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 43.3089
161 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 42.8709
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 42.4534
163 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 42.392
164 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 42.3262
165 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 41.7739
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 41.7437
167 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 41.5386
168 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 41.5169
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 41.3603
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 41.3499
171 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 41.2129
172 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 41.0125
173 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 40.8115
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 40.803
175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 40.7971
176 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 40.746
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 40.65
178 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 40.6488
179 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 40.5275
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 40.3881
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 40.3406
182 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 40.1702
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 39.8722
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 39.7847
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 39.6361
186 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 39.6058
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 39.43
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 39.2892
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 39.2693
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 39.2463
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 39.164
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 39.0919
193 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 38.8621
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 38.7391
195 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 38.6848
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 38.5768
197 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 38.4347
198 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 38.2434
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 38.0941
200 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 37.9084
201 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 37.7478
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 37.4925
203 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 37.4091
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 37.04
205 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 36.9224
206 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 36.5946
207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 36.4929
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 36.3863
209 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 36.3359
210 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 36.2382
211 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 36.2134
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 36.0172
213 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 35.9247
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 35.7397
215 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 35.7326
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 35.5939
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 35.5511
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 35.1984
219 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 35.0759
220 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 34.6394
221 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 33.5567
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 33.5457
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 33.3887
224 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 33.3834
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 32.8144
226 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 32.4111
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 31.868
228 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 31.6802
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 31.5457
230 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 30.2111
231 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 30.0135
232 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 29.8212
233 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 29.2985
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 28.2909
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 27.9634
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 26.5339
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 17.6717

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1951

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 68.1712
2 Europe 62.8139
3 Oceania 60.6257
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 49.0456
5 Asia 42.9956
6 Africa 37.9309

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1951

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 68.778
2 Northern Europe 68.397
3 Western Europe 67.0816
4 Southern Europe 61.5746
5 Eastern Europe 59.4081
6 Central Asia 54.4587
7 Micronesia 52.1727
8 Caribbean 51.7227
9 Polynesia 50.461
10 South America 50.3507
11 Western Asia 45.5558
12 Eastern Asia 44.65
13 Central America 44.4635
14 Southern Africa 44.139
15 South-Eastern Asia 43.0035
16 Southern Asia 40.7303
17 Eastern Africa 38.9268
18 Northern Africa 38.8468
19 Melanesia 38.427
20 Middle Africa 37.215
21 Western Africa 35.5649

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1951

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 62.5624
2 No income group available 51.6399
3 Upper-middle-income countries 46.6703
4 Middle-income countries 44.0358
5 Lower-middle-income countries 41.4312
6 Low-income countries 33.4415