Life Expectancy by Country in 1957

In 1957, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.4343 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland with a life expectancy of 73.0413 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑNetherlands with 72.9721 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑMali with 29.474 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 69.43 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 66.95 years, and Oceania with 63.99 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 70.48 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 70.30 years, and Western Europe with 69.00 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 66.61 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 38.37 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1957

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 73.4343
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 73.0413
3 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 72.9721
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 72.4907
5 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 72.0356
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 71.9707
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 71.8063
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 71.5926
9 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 70.5388
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 70.5211
11 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 70.3181
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 70.2821
13 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 70.2564
14 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 69.9176
15 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 69.7487
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 69.6546
17 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 69.4058
18 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 69.1982
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 69.126
20 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 69.0337
21 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 69.0017
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 68.9783
23 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 68.8962
24 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 68.5769
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 68.4864
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 67.9111
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 67.8905
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 67.7778
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 67.5811
30 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 67.5428
31 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 67.4622
32 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 67.4519
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 67.4449
34 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 67.4298
35 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 67.3622
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 67.2502
37 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 67.1744
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 66.9674
39 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 66.9329
40 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 66.8565
41 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 66.6179
42 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 66.5709
43 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 66.3786
44 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 66.3693
45 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 66.3463
46 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 65.9076
47 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 65.7464
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 65.4129
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 65.1691
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 64.9758
51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 64.7945
52 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 64.0621
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 63.8999
54 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 63.6265
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 63.4363
56 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 63.4137
57 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 63.2501
58 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 63.0497
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 63.0383
60 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 62.8682
61 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 62.841
62 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 62.772
63 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 62.6403
64 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 62.49
65 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 62.2109
66 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 62.1321
67 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 62.0704
68 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 61.9564
69 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 61.9412
70 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 61.8668
71 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 61.8001
72 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 61.3934
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 60.8941
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 60.8149
75 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 60.6322
76 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 60.5737
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 60.0542
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 59.9093
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 59.6866
80 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 59.6615
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 59.6346
82 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 59.5205
83 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 59.4574
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 59.3657
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 59.2845
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 58.6959
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 58.6757
88 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 58.6161
89 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 58.3279
90 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 58.2931
91 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 58.2183
92 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 58.208
93 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 58.1965
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 57.8987
95 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.8626
96 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 57.7023
97 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 57.6622
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 57.5935
99 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 57.5886
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 57.392
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 57.0863
102 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 57.0418
103 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 56.9334
104 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 56.4697
105 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 56.4035
106 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55.7607
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 55.5611
108 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 55.3177
109 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 55.3138
110 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 55.2008
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.1312
112 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 55.0114
113 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 54.9796
114 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 54.9641
115 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 54.3737
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 54.3215
117 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 54.1292
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 54.0383
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 54.006
120 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.8819
121 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 53.8665
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 53.7747
123 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 53.6344
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 53.6108
125 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 53.5434
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 53.5167
127 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 53.4988
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 53.4793
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 53.0474
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 52.9381
131 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 52.8528
132 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 52.621
133 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 52.5876
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 52.4073
135 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 52.271
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 52.2591
137 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 52.1556
138 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 52.0793
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 52.0579
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 52.0311
141 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 51.7054
142 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 51.5578
143 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 51.1743
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 50.7065
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 50.5778
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 50.4063
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 49.4092
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 49.2164
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 49.2129
150 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 49.1203
151 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 49.0767
152 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 48.8848
153 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 48.7726
154 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 48.744
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 48.4927
156 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 48.479
157 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 48.2609
158 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 48.1136
159 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 48.0768
160 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 47.7504
161 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 47.6549
162 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 46.6837
163 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 46.2944
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 46.2614
165 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 46.0694
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 46.0487
167 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 45.9891
168 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 45.8279
169 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 45.5519
170 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 45.4245
171 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 45.2764
172 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 45.1601
173 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 44.9068
174 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 44.8199
175 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 44.7546
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 44.6008
177 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 44.4986
178 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 44.4051
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 44.0574
180 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 43.8257
181 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 43.4096
182 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 43.2809
183 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 43.1378
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 43.0699
185 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 43.0553
186 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 42.8291
187 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 42.5192
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 42.4995
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 42.3737
190 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 42.3577
191 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 42.3457
192 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 42.3288
193 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 42.2839
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 42.0326
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 42.0137
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 41.9992
197 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 41.9696
198 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 41.83
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 41.8035
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 41.1938
201 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 40.9755
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 40.5287
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 40.5225
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 40.3642
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.316
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 40.0146
207 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 39.3561
208 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 38.8662
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 38.6792
210 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 38.6556
211 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 38.2569
212 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 38.1433
213 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 37.9667
214 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 37.6586
215 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 37.4945
216 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 37.4417
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 37.3839
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 37.0885
219 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 36.9458
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 36.8478
221 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 36.3274
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 36.0785
223 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 36.0622
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 36.0597
225 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 35.9868
226 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 34.9668
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 34.5188
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 33.5276
229 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 32.857
230 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 32.587
231 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 32.385
232 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 32.3633
233 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 32.2039
234 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 31.7028
235 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 31.1153
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 30.9458
237 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 29.474

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1957

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 69.4315
2 Europe 66.9463
3 Oceania 63.9857
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 52.867
5 Asia 47.3332
6 Africa 40.0129

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1957

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 70.4772
2 Australia/New Zealand 70.2987
3 Western Europe 69.0014
4 Eastern Europe 65.6821
5 Southern Europe 65.2236
6 Central Asia 55.8465
7 Caribbean 55.6061
8 Polynesia 54.9818
9 Micronesia 54.4551
10 South America 53.1765
11 Central America 50.8298
12 Southern Africa 50.0204
13 Eastern Asia 49.9726
14 Western Asia 48.648
15 South-Eastern Asia 48.467
16 Melanesia 45.5855
17 Southern Asia 43.5859
18 Northern Africa 42.7331
19 Eastern Africa 39.5789
20 Middle Africa 39.3058
21 Western Africa 37.0411

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1957

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 66.6088
2 No income group available 55.6674
3 Upper-middle-income countries 50.8491
4 Middle-income countries 47.8456
5 Lower-middle-income countries 44.8301
6 Low-income countries 38.3675