Life Expectancy by Country in 1953

In 1953, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.1487 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌGuernsey with a life expectancy of 72.3799 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland with 72.245 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali with 28.7642 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 68.70 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 64.68 years, and Oceania with 62.68 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 69.78 years. Closely followed by Northern Europe with an average life expectancy of 69.74 years, and Western Europe with 68.00 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 64.99 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 37.26 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1953

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 73.1487
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 72.3799
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 72.245
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 71.9026
5 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 71.6981
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 71.1716
7 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 70.2141
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 69.7967
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 69.7567
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 69.7004
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 69.6919
12 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 69.5183
13 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 69.2603
14 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 69.0679
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 68.9214
16 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 68.6998
17 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 68.3568
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 68.2467
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 68.1303
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 67.9099
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 67.7519
22 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 67.6737
23 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 67.5535
24 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 67.3185
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 67.2543
26 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 66.6007
27 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 66.5848
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 66.5788
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 66.4452
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 66.2831
31 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 66.2791
32 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 66.2586
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 66.2106
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 65.8817
35 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 65.7309
36 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 65.6484
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 65.2846
38 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 64.9284
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 64.8668
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 64.7673
41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 64.2189
42 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 63.8503
43 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 63.8358
44 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 63.8086
45 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 63.5403
46 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 63.3031
47 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 63.1865
48 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 62.8463
49 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 62.6534
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 62.3684
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 62.3156
52 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 62.2287
53 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 61.8845
54 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 61.7894
55 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 61.5392
56 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 61.2922
57 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 61.2695
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 61.16
59 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 61.1012
60 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 61.0995
61 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 61.0765
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 60.8591
63 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 60.6434
64 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 60.3988
65 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 60.2785
66 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 59.9973
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 59.828
68 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 59.6193
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 59.4873
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 59.3999
71 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 59.1466
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 58.9486
73 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 58.6415
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 58.6251
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 58.2632
76 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 57.9273
77 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 57.7083
78 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 57.5332
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 57.4548
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 57.3649
81 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 57.3187
82 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 57.2184
83 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 56.7171
84 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 56.6995
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 56.5799
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 56.5086
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.24
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 56.2343
89 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 56.1376
90 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 56.1364
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 56.1242
92 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 56.0725
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 55.8263
94 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 55.36
95 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 55.2966
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 55.23
97 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 55.1816
98 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 55.0467
99 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 54.8414
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 54.6473
101 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 54.3405
102 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 54.3257
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 53.8812
104 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 53.2546
105 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53.0774
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 53.0686
107 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.6362
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 52.5705
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 52.5448
110 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 52.5081
111 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 52.2666
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 52.2152
113 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 52.1044
114 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 51.9375
115 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 51.7643
116 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 51.5667
117 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 51.4132
118 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 51.2195
119 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 51.2129
120 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 51.1128
121 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 51.1044
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 50.8566
123 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 50.7275
124 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 50.6578
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 50.6165
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 50.5484
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 50.4873
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 50.4469
129 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 50.373
130 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 50.3626
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 49.9488
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 49.8482
133 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 49.8452
134 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 49.8107
135 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 49.7239
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 49.5274
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 49.4929
138 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 49.2014
139 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 48.0476
140 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 47.9241
141 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 47.7749
142 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 47.6474
143 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 47.0078
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 46.8118
145 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 46.5989
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 46.5442
147 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 46.5368
148 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 46.4633
149 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 46.3282
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 46.1441
151 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 46.03
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 46.0056
153 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 45.9569
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 45.9448
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 45.928
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 45.7001
157 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 45.3855
158 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 44.6055
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 44.5935
160 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 44.298
161 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 44.0834
162 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 43.8747
163 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 43.8146
164 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 43.7534
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 43.7116
166 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 43.0004
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 42.9286
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 42.8265
169 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 42.3844
170 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 42.2855
171 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 42.2323
172 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 42.2051
173 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 42.1611
174 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 42.0844
175 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 41.9653
176 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 41.8309
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 41.812
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 41.6964
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 41.4147
180 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 41.3635
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 41.3145
182 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 41.2815
183 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41.2292
184 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 41.124
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 41.0593
186 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 40.6029
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 40.556
188 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 40.3758
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 40.3157
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 40.2143
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 40.0446
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 40.0144
193 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 39.939
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 39.9227
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 39.8037
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 39.7438
197 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 39.7007
198 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 39.5202
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.3783
200 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 39.2911
201 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 39.2073
202 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 39.1802
203 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.1395
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 38.8244
205 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 38.7997
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 38.4971
207 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 38.464
208 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 38.3279
209 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 37.8712
210 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 37.8124
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 37.3308
212 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 37.229
213 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 36.8391
214 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 36.7284
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 36.4887
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 36.3962
217 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 36.3435
218 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 36.133
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 36.1062
220 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 35.8594
221 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 35.8178
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 35.6721
223 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 35.4255
224 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 34.1968
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 33.8497
226 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 33.5076
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 33.4651
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 33.0974
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 32.4833
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 32.4339
231 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 31.9307
232 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 31.013
233 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 30.8742
234 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 30.7957
235 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 29.8918
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 28.9304
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 28.7642

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1953

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 68.7044
2 Europe 64.6766
3 Oceania 62.6812
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 50.3947
5 Asia 44.8774
6 Africa 38.9152

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1953

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 69.7844
2 Northern Europe 69.737
3 Western Europe 67.9967
4 Southern Europe 63.7515
5 Eastern Europe 61.8072
6 Central Asia 54.8056
7 Caribbean 53.1225
8 Micronesia 52.886
9 Polynesia 52.048
10 South America 51.274
11 Eastern Asia 47.4723
12 Central America 46.8378
13 Western Asia 46.4278
14 Southern Africa 45.8864
15 South-Eastern Asia 44.7981
16 Melanesia 42.3915
17 Southern Asia 41.4393
18 Northern Africa 40.7233
19 Eastern Africa 39.6992
20 Middle Africa 37.8885
21 Western Africa 36.1058

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1953

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 64.9871
2 No income group available 53.0005
3 Upper-middle-income countries 48.2579
4 Middle-income countries 45.3875
5 Lower-middle-income countries 42.4533
6 Low-income countries 37.2616