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Life Expectancy by Country in 1958

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In 1958, 🇳🇴Norway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.4249 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇪Sweden with a life expectancy of 73.1526 years of age, and 🇮🇸Iceland with 73.1471 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 28.1662 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 69.72 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 68.20 years, and Oceania with 64.62 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 70.85 years. Closely followed by Northern Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.78 years, and Western Europe with 69.85 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 67.53 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 38.63 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1958

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇳🇴 Norway 73.4249
2 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.1526
3 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.1471
4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.137
5 🇬🇬 Guernsey 72.6001
6 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.2376
7 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 72.215
8 🇲🇨 Monaco 71.8382
9 🇦🇩 Andorra 71.3539
10 🇨🇭 Switzerland 71.2914
11 🇳🇿 New Zealand 70.8775
12 🇦🇺 Australia 70.862
13 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 70.7023
14 🇨🇦 Canada 70.575
15 🇫🇷 France 70.1063
16 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.1011
17 🇨🇿 Czechia 69.9746
18 🇸🇲 San Marino 69.9216
19 🇧🇪 Belgium 69.9086
20 🇺🇸 United States of America 69.6606
21 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.6419
22 🇮🇱 Israel 69.4807
23 🇸🇰 Slovakia 69.3568
24 🇮🇪 Ireland 69.2744
25 🇩🇪 Germany 69.2249
26 🇮🇹 Italy 68.8544
27 🇪🇸 Spain 68.7843
28 🇪🇪 Estonia 68.7679
29 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 68.7412
30 🇻🇦 Holy See 68.7301
31 🇬🇷 Greece 68.63
32 🇫🇮 Finland 68.6144
33 🇱🇹 Lithuania 68.5773
34 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 68.4872
35 🇦🇹 Austria 68.4552
36 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 68.4406
37 🇧🇾 Belarus 68.1707
38 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.0409
39 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 68.0072
40 🇺🇦 Ukraine 67.9533
41 🇲🇹 Malta 67.7159
42 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 67.5981
43 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 67.5236
44 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 67.5068
45 🇭🇺 Hungary 67.436
46 🇺🇾 Uruguay 67.4064
47 🇧🇲 Bermuda 67.2573
48 🇯🇵 Japan 67.0155
49 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 66.2141
50 🇵🇱 Poland 65.9262
51 🇨🇼 Curaçao 65.2401
52 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 65.0484
53 🇷🇴 Romania 65.0302
54 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 64.5962
55 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 64.5806
56 🇭🇷 Croatia 64.4273
57 🇸🇮 Slovenia 64.2988
58 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 64.0707
59 🇦🇷 Argentina 63.9753
60 🇲🇪 Montenegro 63.9088
61 🇷🇸 Serbia 63.8596
62 🇵🇹 Portugal 63.7272
63 🇦🇸 American Samoa 63.3267
64 🇨🇺 Cuba 63.2494
65 🇦🇼 Aruba 63.1484
66 🇯🇲 Jamaica 63.0844
67 🇧🇧 Barbados 63.0167
68 🇸🇬 Singapore 62.5945
69 🇨🇾 Cyprus 62.5378
70 🇧🇸 Bahamas 62.3428
71 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 62.2548
72 🇱🇧 Lebanon 62.0788
73 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 61.2699
74 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 61.2408
75 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 61.2235
76 🇦🇲 Armenia 60.9589
77 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 60.8783
78 🇬🇪 Georgia 60.5496
79 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 60.3722
80 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 60.119
81 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 60.0253
82 🇬🇺 Guam 59.8639
83 🇵🇾 Paraguay 59.7572
84 🇲🇶 Martinique 59.4904
85 🇦🇮 Anguilla 59.24
86 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 59.1882
87 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 59.0503
88 🇵🇦 Panama 59.0144
89 🇬🇩 Grenada 58.8513
90 🇳🇺 Niue 58.851
91 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 58.8424
92 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 58.7738
93 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 58.7028
94 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 58.5844
95 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 58.5819
96 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 58.3565
97 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.2831
98 🇵🇭 Philippines 58.2628
99 🇹🇰 Tokelau 58.0061
100 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 57.8907
101 🇶🇦 Qatar 57.5456
102 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 57.505
103 🇹🇴 Tonga 57.4507
104 🇬🇱 Greenland 57.0442
105 🇬🇾 Guyana 56.9179
106 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 56.8025
107 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 56.7078
108 🇨🇱 Chile 56.6936
109 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 56.3229
110 🇫🇯 Fiji 56.3102
111 🇧🇿 Belize 56.3008
112 🇸🇷 Suriname 55.7159
113 🇨🇴 Colombia 55.436
114 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 55.2759
115 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 55.0322
116 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 54.7509
117 🇰🇼 Kuwait 54.738
118 🇲🇾 Malaysia 54.5602
119 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 54.4776
120 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 54.4057
121 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 54.3848
122 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 54.3637
123 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 54.2798
124 🇩🇲 Dominica 54.2741
125 🇲🇸 Montserrat 54.1731
126 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 54.1659
127 🇲🇺 Mauritius 54.0274
128 🇬🇫 French Guiana 53.8924
129 🇵🇼 Palau 53.7028
130 🇼🇸 Samoa 53.3229
131 🇲🇽 Mexico 53.3209
132 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 53.0363
133 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 52.9508
134 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 52.9065
135 🇷🇪 Réunion 52.8024
136 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 52.7697
137 🇾🇹 Mayotte 52.7029
138 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 52.6849
139 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 52.5858
140 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 52.4033
141 🇸🇨 Seychelles 52.3429
142 🇪🇨 Ecuador 52.2572
143 🇦🇱 Albania 51.9755
144 🇧🇷 Brazil 51.6436
145 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 51.5735
146 🇿🇦 South Africa 51.2712
147 🇮🇶 Iraq 50.4113
148 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 50.3889
149 🇯🇴 Jordan 50.3842
150 🇱🇸 Lesotho 49.864
151 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 49.3504
152 🇵🇪 Peru 49.3267
153 🇧🇼 Botswana 49.3168
154 🇹🇷 Türkiye 49.2325
155 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 49.092
156 🇹🇭 Thailand 49.0183
157 🇨🇳 China 48.7683
158 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 48.5929
159 🇿🇲 Zambia 48.226
160 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 48.0748
161 🇰🇮 Kiribati 47.0155
162 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 46.9859
163 🇰🇪 Kenya 46.8805
164 🇭🇳 Honduras 46.8168
165 🇸🇻 El Salvador 46.8021
166 🇧🇭 Bahrain 46.7216
167 🇬🇭 Ghana 46.4978
168 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 46.4576
169 🇳🇦 Namibia 46.2973
170 🇨🇬 Congo 46.2895
171 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 46.1221
172 🇷🇼 Rwanda 45.8632
173 🇸🇩 Sudan 45.8126
174 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 45.3049
175 🇬🇦 Gabon 45.2769
176 🇸🇿 Eswatini 45.2315
177 🇮🇩 Indonesia 45.0457
178 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 44.8801
179 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 44.4954
180 🇮🇳 India 44.4235
181 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 44.3082
182 🇬🇹 Guatemala 44.0581
183 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 43.9343
184 🇺🇬 Uganda 43.8653
185 🇪🇬 Egypt 43.8048
186 🇵🇰 Pakistan 43.2319
187 🇲🇷 Mauritania 43.1601
188 🇸🇴 Somalia 43.0386
189 🇲🇳 Mongolia 42.9828
190 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42.8334
191 🇭🇹 Haiti 42.7721
192 🇲🇲 Myanmar 42.7659
193 🇩🇯 Djibouti 42.7027
194 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 42.6612
195 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 42.5771
196 🇧🇮 Burundi 42.5594
197 🇹🇳 Tunisia 42.5028
198 🇲🇬 Madagascar 42.4003
199 🇲🇦 Morocco 42.3083
200 🇹🇬 Togo 42.1595
201 🇰🇭 Cambodia 41.5156
202 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 41.2276
203 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40.8401
204 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.501
205 🇲🇿 Mozambique 40.4633
206 🇩🇿 Algeria 40.4426
207 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 40.0403
208 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.5482
209 🇨🇲 Cameroon 39.0972
210 🇰🇲 Comoros 39.0015
211 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.534
212 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 38.3536
213 🇳🇵 Nepal 38.194
214 🇹🇩 Chad 37.9348
215 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 37.8298
216 🇲🇻 Maldives 37.7218
217 🇦🇴 Angola 37.7024
218 🇧🇯 Benin 37.4829
219 🇱🇾 Libya 37.2833
220 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 37.0653
221 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.0274
222 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 36.7649
223 🇪🇷 Eritrea 36.4161
224 🇳🇪 Niger 36.3472
225 🇬🇳 Guinea 36.2532
226 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 35.2567
227 🇲🇼 Malawi 34.7998
228 🇬🇲 Gambia 34.0806
229 🇴🇲 Oman 33.4759
230 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 33.0341
231 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 32.9401
232 🇾🇪 Yemen 32.7898
233 🇧🇹 Bhutan 32.6018
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 31.5066
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 31.398
236 🇲🇱 Mali 29.5858
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 28.1662

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1958

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 69.7232
2 Europe 68.1967
3 Oceania 64.6175
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 53.5489
5 Asia 47.8445
6 Africa 40.303

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1958

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 70.8526
2 Northern Europe 70.7794
3 Western Europe 69.8548
4 Eastern Europe 67.4042
5 Southern Europe 66.7569
6 Central Asia 56.1757
7 Caribbean 56.1423
8 Polynesia 55.6266
9 Micronesia 54.8106
10 South America 53.805
11 Central America 51.7039
12 Southern Africa 50.844
13 Eastern Asia 50.5789
14 South-Eastern Asia 49.0956
15 Western Asia 49.0948
16 Melanesia 46.3584
17 Southern Asia 44.0307
18 Northern Africa 42.9401
19 Eastern Africa 39.9144
20 Middle Africa 39.6472
21 Western Africa 37.2239

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1958

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 67.5345
2 No income group available 56.6031
3 Upper-middle-income countries 51.4784
4 Middle-income countries 48.3754
5 Lower-middle-income countries 45.3205
6 Low-income countries 38.6299