Life Expectancy by Country in 1952

In 1952, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 72.6502 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey with a life expectancy of 72.2794 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland with 72.2404 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซAfghanistan with 28.4456 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 68.37 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 64.05 years, and Oceania with 62.00 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 69.47 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 69.15 years, and Western Europe with 67.87 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 64.32 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 36.34 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1952

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 72.6502
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 72.2794
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 72.2404
4 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 72.1175
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 71.8441
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 71.1824
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 70.7592
8 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 69.5877
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 69.5176
10 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 69.3771
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 69.1132
12 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 69.0649
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 68.8545
14 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 68.6821
15 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 68.366
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 68.0466
17 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 67.9674
18 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 67.5106
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 67.446
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 67.4204
21 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 67.3935
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 67.1662
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 67.1655
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 67.1275
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 67.1183
26 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 66.8635
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 66.7483
28 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 66.525
29 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 66.468
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 66.1858
31 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 66.0879
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 65.9139
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 65.9059
34 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 65.7055
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 65.4609
36 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 65.149
37 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 64.8281
38 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 64.3013
39 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 64.0454
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 63.9787
41 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 63.9294
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 63.7177
43 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 63.2333
44 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 62.9742
45 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 62.5148
46 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 62.3926
47 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 62.2534
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 62.1238
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 61.7301
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 61.6466
51 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 61.2801
52 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 61.2168
53 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 60.776
54 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 60.6389
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 60.6039
56 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 60.5048
57 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 60.4786
58 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 60.3073
59 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 60.2252
60 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 60.0049
61 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 59.8786
62 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 59.8319
63 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 59.7611
64 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 59.6763
65 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 59.5912
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 59.547
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 59.3217
68 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 59.1752
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 59.0362
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 58.6525
71 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 58.5903
72 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 58.3727
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 58.1851
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 58.1437
75 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 57.912
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 57.9067
77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 57.2178
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 57.1663
79 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 57.0751
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 57.0351
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 56.8807
82 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 56.5974
83 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 56.4361
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 56.3799
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 55.975
86 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 55.8801
87 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 55.7309
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 55.6589
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.6163
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 55.5838
91 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 55.582
92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 55.3713
93 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 55.3194
94 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 55.123
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 54.8295
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 54.7586
97 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 54.3018
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 54.2817
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 53.9703
100 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 53.9035
101 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 53.74
102 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 53.711
103 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 53.5786
104 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 53.1258
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 52.918
106 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 52.4315
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 52.3272
108 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.8603
109 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 51.8407
110 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 51.6024
111 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 51.5562
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 51.5252
113 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 51.3715
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 51.2897
115 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 51.1935
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 50.989
117 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 50.6736
118 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 50.4851
119 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 50.3767
120 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 50.304
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 50.2169
122 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 50.2082
123 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 50.1874
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 50.1009
125 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 50.0151
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 50.0036
127 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 50.0029
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 49.676
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 49.6089
130 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 49.5945
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 49.5709
132 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 49.5672
133 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 49.4977
134 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 49.0701
135 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 48.8853
136 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 48.8731
137 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 47.9423
138 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 47.925
139 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 47.5517
140 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 47.3055
141 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 46.8038
142 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 46.705
143 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 46.202
144 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 46.0855
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 45.9788
146 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 45.861
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 45.834
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 45.8115
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 45.6798
150 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 45.4143
151 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 45.3795
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 45.2893
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 45.2535
154 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 45.2459
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 45.0614
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 44.9889
157 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 44.7518
158 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 44.2492
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 44.0744
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 43.6755
161 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 43.6648
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 43.5645
163 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 43.3148
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 42.8974
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 42.7015
166 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 42.3996
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 42.2068
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 42.2037
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 42.038
170 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 41.7949
171 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 41.7425
172 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 41.732
173 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 41.6649
174 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 41.3589
175 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 41.2846
176 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 41.1674
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 41.0356
178 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 41.0034
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 41.0
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 40.869
181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 40.7667
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 40.6914
183 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 40.442
184 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 40.4314
185 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 40.2462
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 40.2136
187 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 40.1141
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 39.7683
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 39.746
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 39.7154
191 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 39.6881
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 39.6621
193 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 39.6475
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 39.5109
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.0487
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 38.9473
197 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 38.8482
198 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 38.8333
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 38.7756
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 38.7262
201 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 38.6669
202 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 38.302
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 37.9277
204 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 37.8423
205 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 37.7118
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 37.4675
207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 37.3585
208 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 37.3567
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 37.0184
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 37.0057
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 36.942
212 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 36.8207
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 36.5193
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 36.5012
215 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 36.1709
216 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 36.0935
217 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 35.9977
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 35.9137
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 35.5896
220 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 35.4737
221 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 35.4698
222 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 35.0088
223 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 33.8593
224 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 33.5519
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 33.3093
226 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 32.9315
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 32.9116
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 32.6565
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 32.0772
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 31.9503
231 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 31.8022
232 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 30.4976
233 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 30.4722
234 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 30.3494
235 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 29.6238
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 28.5269
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 28.4456

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1952

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 68.3659
2 Europe 64.0474
3 Oceania 62.0007
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 49.7732
5 Asia 44.2682
6 Africa 38.443

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1952

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 69.469
2 Australia/New Zealand 69.1532
3 Western Europe 67.8662
4 Southern Europe 63.12
5 Eastern Europe 60.7669
6 Central Asia 54.6279
7 Micronesia 52.532
8 Caribbean 52.3881
9 Polynesia 51.2651
10 South America 50.8828
11 Eastern Asia 46.6214
12 Western Asia 46.0566
13 Central America 45.6828
14 Southern Africa 44.9853
15 South-Eastern Asia 44.004
16 Melanesia 41.6276
17 Southern Asia 41.1661
18 Northern Africa 40.0697
19 Eastern Africa 39.2223
20 Middle Africa 37.5566
21 Western Africa 35.8033

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1952

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 64.3204
2 No income group available 52.3567
3 Upper-middle-income countries 47.5812
4 Middle-income countries 44.8335
5 Lower-middle-income countries 42.0359
6 Low-income countries 36.3362