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Life Expectancy by Country in 1955

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In 1955, 🇳🇴Norway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.4315 years. Closely followed by 🇬🇬Guernsey with a life expectancy of 73.3854 years of age, and 🇮🇸Iceland with 73.0609 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇲🇱Mali with 29.1298 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 69.56 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 66.05 years, and Oceania with 63.44 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 70.21 years. Closely followed by Northern Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.11 years, and Western Europe with 68.72 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 66.35 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 38.67 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1955

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇳🇴 Norway 73.4315
2 🇬🇬 Guernsey 73.3854
3 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.0609
4 🇸🇪 Sweden 72.5852
5 🇳🇱 Netherlands 72.4992
6 🇩🇰 Denmark 71.9138
7 🇲🇨 Monaco 70.9736
8 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.5742
9 🇳🇿 New Zealand 70.4797
10 🇦🇺 Australia 70.1578
11 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 70.1291
12 🇨🇭 Switzerland 70.0703
13 🇨🇦 Canada 69.9992
14 🇺🇸 United States of America 69.5456
15 🇸🇲 San Marino 69.5345
16 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.2768
17 🇦🇩 Andorra 69.2563
18 🇨🇿 Czechia 68.9786
19 🇮🇱 Israel 68.7355
20 🇧🇪 Belgium 68.5459
21 🇫🇷 France 68.4436
22 🇩🇪 Germany 68.3289
23 🇮🇹 Italy 68.2516
24 🇪🇪 Estonia 68.1949
25 🇮🇪 Ireland 67.9963
26 🇸🇰 Slovakia 67.8432
27 🇻🇦 Holy See 67.8099
28 🇦🇹 Austria 67.551
29 🇬🇷 Greece 67.44
30 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 67.3691
31 🇫🇮 Finland 67.3415
32 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 67.2115
33 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 66.9159
34 🇭🇺 Hungary 66.8971
35 🇺🇾 Uruguay 66.6907
36 🇪🇸 Spain 66.6818
37 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 66.6687
38 🇱🇹 Lithuania 66.2242
39 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 66.1619
40 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 66.0723
41 🇲🇹 Malta 66.0435
42 🇯🇵 Japan 65.6856
43 🇺🇦 Ukraine 65.6054
44 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 65.3169
45 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 65.0015
46 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 64.8559
47 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 64.6047
48 🇧🇾 Belarus 64.5179
49 🇨🇼 Curaçao 63.7716
50 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 63.6981
51 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 63.3085
52 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 62.9714
53 🇷🇴 Romania 62.6963
54 🇵🇱 Poland 62.5207
55 🇦🇷 Argentina 62.5077
56 🇭🇷 Croatia 62.4736
57 🇱🇧 Lebanon 62.4221
58 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 62.3049
59 🇦🇸 American Samoa 62.2637
60 🇨🇺 Cuba 62.0809
61 🇲🇪 Montenegro 61.6505
62 🇸🇮 Slovenia 61.6367
63 🇧🇸 Bahamas 61.5814
64 🇵🇹 Portugal 61.4082
65 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 61.3043
66 🇦🇼 Aruba 61.229
67 🇷🇸 Serbia 60.67
68 🇨🇾 Cyprus 60.5384
69 🇯🇲 Jamaica 60.4677
70 🇦🇲 Armenia 60.4031
71 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 60.2576
72 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 60.2559
73 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 59.9527
74 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 59.3827
75 🇬🇪 Georgia 59.3347
76 🇧🇲 Bermuda 59.3339
77 🇸🇬 Singapore 59.2913
78 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 59.0788
79 🇵🇾 Paraguay 59.0034
80 🇧🇧 Barbados 58.9671
81 🇲🇶 Martinique 58.9613
82 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 58.7512
83 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 58.6793
84 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 58.5619
85 🇬🇺 Guam 58.3776
86 🇳🇷 Nauru 57.8113
87 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 57.64
88 🇦🇮 Anguilla 57.55
89 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.3413
90 🇳🇺 Niue 57.2614
91 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 57.0975
92 🇹🇰 Tokelau 56.9858
93 🇵🇦 Panama 56.9824
94 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 56.8522
95 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 56.7385
96 🇬🇩 Grenada 56.6908
97 🇵🇭 Philippines 56.3981
98 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 56.2662
99 🇹🇴 Tonga 56.2002
100 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 56.178
101 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 55.8686
102 🇶🇦 Qatar 55.5672
103 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 55.4777
104 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 55.4316
105 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 54.7657
106 🇨🇱 Chile 54.7317
107 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 54.587
108 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 54.5281
109 🇬🇾 Guyana 54.4478
110 🇷🇪 Réunion 54.0912
111 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 53.6641
112 🇸🇷 Suriname 53.634
113 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 53.4835
114 🇵🇼 Palau 53.4626
115 🇫🇯 Fiji 53.3879
116 🇧🇿 Belize 53.3746
117 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 53.1616
118 🇲🇺 Mauritius 53.0044
119 🇨🇴 Colombia 52.8616
120 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 52.8022
121 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 52.7182
122 🇲🇸 Montserrat 52.2865
123 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 52.1703
124 🇰🇼 Kuwait 52.161
125 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 52.129
126 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 51.9111
127 🇲🇾 Malaysia 51.8195
128 🇸🇨 Seychelles 51.6506
129 🇬🇫 French Guiana 51.4548
130 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 51.3315
131 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 51.2866
132 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 51.2746
133 🇼🇸 Samoa 51.1376
134 🇪🇨 Ecuador 50.5817
135 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 50.5287
136 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.4686
137 🇬🇱 Greenland 50.4627
138 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 50.3067
139 🇲🇽 Mexico 50.2881
140 🇧🇷 Brazil 50.2219
141 🇩🇲 Dominica 49.8979
142 🇾🇹 Mayotte 49.2715
143 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 49.0869
144 🇹🇷 Türkiye 48.8512
145 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 48.7522
146 🇸🇩 Sudan 48.6538
147 🇦🇱 Albania 48.5424
148 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 48.3122
149 🇿🇦 South Africa 48.2963
150 🇱🇸 Lesotho 48.1224
151 🇵🇪 Peru 47.7807
152 🇧🇼 Botswana 47.6485
153 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 47.2524
154 🇨🇳 China 47.165
155 🇹🇭 Thailand 47.067
156 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 47.0615
157 🇿🇲 Zambia 46.9534
158 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 46.9203
159 🇯🇴 Jordan 46.7272
160 🇮🇶 Iraq 46.5795
161 🇰🇮 Kiribati 46.1875
162 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 45.5898
163 🇬🇭 Ghana 45.4984
164 🇸🇻 El Salvador 45.3659
165 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 45.3232
166 🇭🇳 Honduras 44.7241
167 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 44.3754
168 🇸🇿 Eswatini 44.3566
169 🇳🇦 Namibia 44.2882
170 🇷🇼 Rwanda 44.2505
171 🇨🇬 Congo 43.6541
172 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 43.6071
173 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 43.5764
174 🇮🇳 India 43.3876
175 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 43.3296
176 🇬🇦 Gabon 43.1788
177 🇰🇪 Kenya 42.9582
178 🇮🇩 Indonesia 42.9213
179 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 42.4613
180 🇸🇴 Somalia 42.4026
181 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 42.1852
182 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 41.8933
183 🇧🇮 Burundi 41.8555
184 🇩🇯 Djibouti 41.7953
185 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41.7494
186 🇪🇬 Egypt 41.6635
187 🇺🇬 Uganda 41.6555
188 🇬🇹 Guatemala 41.6088
189 🇹🇬 Togo 41.5643
190 🇲🇷 Mauritania 41.4098
191 🇲🇬 Madagascar 41.2977
192 🇭🇹 Haiti 41.2622
193 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41.1943
194 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 41.1743
195 🇲🇦 Morocco 40.8457
196 🇲🇳 Mongolia 40.7593
197 🇧🇭 Bahrain 40.6363
198 🇲🇲 Myanmar 40.51
199 🇵🇰 Pakistan 40.5055
200 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 40.4685
201 🇰🇭 Cambodia 40.4489
202 🇹🇳 Tunisia 40.4418
203 🇩🇿 Algeria 40.3875
204 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 40.1715
205 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.9613
206 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 39.715
207 🇲🇿 Mozambique 39.182
208 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.8484
209 🇸🇳 Senegal 38.6344
210 🇳🇵 Nepal 37.9795
211 🇰🇲 Comoros 37.9688
212 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 37.9592
213 🇨🇲 Cameroon 37.3603
214 🇹🇩 Chad 37.2144
215 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 37.1914
216 🇦🇴 Angola 37.1165
217 🇲🇻 Maldives 36.9264
218 🇳🇬 Nigeria 36.6779
219 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 36.6489
220 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 36.4739
221 🇧🇯 Benin 36.387
222 🇳🇪 Niger 36.2199
223 🇬🇳 Guinea 35.9031
224 🇪🇷 Eritrea 35.0141
225 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 34.6929
226 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 34.4502
227 🇱🇾 Libya 34.2855
228 🇲🇼 Malawi 33.7927
229 🇸🇸 South Sudan 33.1551
230 🇬🇲 Gambia 32.881
231 🇾🇪 Yemen 32.1716
232 🇴🇲 Oman 31.9215
233 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 31.7825
234 🇧🇹 Bhutan 31.4619
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 30.5185
236 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 29.9206
237 🇲🇱 Mali 29.1298

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1955

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 69.5623
2 Europe 66.0483
3 Oceania 63.439
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 51.6586
5 Asia 46.3308
6 Africa 39.8008

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1955

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 70.211
2 Northern Europe 70.1111
3 Western Europe 68.725
4 Southern Europe 65.0427
5 Eastern Europe 63.9366
6 Central Asia 55.3028
7 Caribbean 54.5541
8 Micronesia 53.649
9 Polynesia 53.5499
10 South America 52.1838
11 Central America 48.9685
12 Eastern Asia 48.9367
13 Southern Africa 48.0401
14 Western Asia 47.687
15 South-Eastern Asia 46.9303
16 Melanesia 43.9929
17 Southern Asia 42.7365
18 Northern Africa 41.8338
19 Eastern Africa 40.6212
20 Middle Africa 38.6787
21 Western Africa 36.5984

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1955

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 66.3525
2 No income group available 54.6759
3 Upper-middle-income countries 49.574
4 Middle-income countries 46.739
5 Lower-middle-income countries 43.8531
6 Low-income countries 38.6725