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Life Expectancy by Country in 1959

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In 1959, 🇬🇬Guernsey was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.9296 years. Closely followed by 🇳🇴Norway with a life expectancy of 73.5503 years of age, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 73.3708 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 27.8315 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 69.95 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 68.26 years, and Oceania with 64.52 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 70.91 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 70.50 years, and Western Europe with 69.96 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 67.88 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 40.14 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1959

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇬🇬 Guernsey 73.9296
2 🇳🇴 Norway 73.5503
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.3708
4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.1863
5 🇸🇲 San Marino 73.0158
6 🇮🇸 Iceland 72.624
7 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.2253
8 🇦🇩 Andorra 71.6151
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 71.4531
10 🇲🇨 Monaco 71.3547
11 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 71.2998
12 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 70.8276
13 🇳🇿 New Zealand 70.774
14 🇨🇦 Canada 70.6124
15 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 70.6007
16 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.5137
17 🇦🇺 Australia 70.445
18 🇧🇪 Belgium 70.3138
19 🇫🇷 France 70.1683
20 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 70.1092
21 🇺🇸 United States of America 69.9044
22 🇨🇿 Czechia 69.8941
23 🇬🇷 Greece 69.5782
24 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.5231
25 🇮🇪 Ireland 69.4236
26 🇱🇹 Lithuania 69.404
27 🇩🇪 Germany 69.3345
28 🇮🇹 Italy 69.3067
29 🇻🇦 Holy See 69.2409
30 🇸🇰 Slovakia 69.0091
31 🇮🇱 Israel 68.9186
32 🇫🇮 Finland 68.7949
33 🇺🇦 Ukraine 68.6922
34 🇪🇸 Spain 68.6908
35 🇪🇪 Estonia 68.6733
36 🇦🇹 Austria 68.3921
37 🇲🇹 Malta 68.3727
38 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 68.3726
39 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 68.3297
40 🇸🇮 Slovenia 68.1529
41 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 68.0662
42 🇧🇾 Belarus 67.987
43 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 67.6856
44 🇺🇾 Uruguay 67.5297
45 🇯🇵 Japan 67.4564
46 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 67.3829
47 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 67.3677
48 🇭🇺 Hungary 67.3261
49 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 66.6294
50 🇵🇱 Poland 66.413
51 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 66.0483
52 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 65.9439
53 🇧🇲 Bermuda 65.692
54 🇭🇷 Croatia 65.5485
55 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 65.3924
56 🇷🇸 Serbia 65.238
57 🇨🇼 Curaçao 65.0801
58 🇷🇴 Romania 64.9299
59 🇸🇬 Singapore 64.7941
60 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 64.7459
61 🇲🇪 Montenegro 64.7149
62 🇦🇸 American Samoa 64.3203
63 🇦🇷 Argentina 64.0997
64 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 63.6831
65 🇦🇼 Aruba 63.6106
66 🇱🇧 Lebanon 63.5767
67 🇧🇧 Barbados 63.3071
68 🇯🇲 Jamaica 63.2483
69 🇵🇹 Portugal 62.9171
70 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 62.9054
71 🇨🇺 Cuba 62.8294
72 🇬🇺 Guam 62.5664
73 🇬🇩 Grenada 62.4154
74 🇨🇾 Cyprus 62.3103
75 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 62.1708
76 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 62.129
77 🇧🇸 Bahamas 62.0846
78 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 61.8923
79 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 61.8101
80 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 61.6084
81 🇲🇶 Martinique 61.5057
82 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 61.0456
83 🇬🇪 Georgia 60.9936
84 🇸🇨 Seychelles 60.4222
85 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 60.2696
86 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 59.9707
87 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 59.8912
88 🇵🇾 Paraguay 59.88
89 🇦🇮 Anguilla 59.8471
90 🇵🇦 Panama 59.5674
91 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 59.5416
92 🇩🇲 Dominica 59.1203
93 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 59.0163
94 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 58.9668
95 🇳🇺 Niue 58.8385
96 🇵🇭 Philippines 58.7451
97 🇦🇲 Armenia 58.6909
98 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 58.238
99 🇹🇰 Tokelau 58.2029
100 🇫🇯 Fiji 58.1586
101 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 58.0201
102 🇰🇼 Kuwait 57.8925
103 🇳🇷 Nauru 57.8718
104 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.77
105 🇹🇴 Tonga 57.7655
106 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 57.724
107 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 57.6846
108 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.605
109 🇲🇸 Montserrat 57.5862
110 🇲🇺 Mauritius 57.4036
111 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 57.3978
112 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 57.3223
113 🇬🇱 Greenland 57.2494
114 🇶🇦 Qatar 57.0474
115 🇬🇾 Guyana 57.0058
116 🇨🇱 Chile 56.6425
117 🇧🇿 Belize 56.5842
118 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.5548
119 🇲🇾 Malaysia 56.3127
120 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 56.1924
121 🇷🇪 Réunion 56.1752
122 🇸🇷 Suriname 55.9366
123 🇨🇴 Colombia 55.8631
124 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 55.5607
125 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 55.172
126 🇦🇱 Albania 55.13
127 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 54.7751
128 🇬🇫 French Guiana 54.7426
129 🇵🇼 Palau 54.5931
130 🇼🇸 Samoa 54.5678
131 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 53.97
132 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 53.5748
133 🇾🇹 Mayotte 53.3454
134 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53.1904
135 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 53.022
136 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 52.9353
137 🇪🇨 Ecuador 52.736
138 🇧🇷 Brazil 52.7043
139 🇲🇽 Mexico 52.6611
140 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 52.1696
141 🇿🇦 South Africa 51.8817
142 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 51.768
143 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 51.7243
144 🇯🇴 Jordan 51.6118
145 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 51.5849
146 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 51.3464
147 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 50.9525
148 🇧🇼 Botswana 50.6686
149 🇿🇲 Zambia 50.2917
150 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 50.2585
151 🇹🇷 Türkiye 50.1372
152 🇹🇭 Thailand 50.1261
153 🇵🇪 Peru 50.0435
154 🇱🇸 Lesotho 49.9217
155 🇮🇶 Iraq 49.7195
156 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 49.7012
157 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 49.2921
158 🇸🇩 Sudan 49.1928
159 🇧🇭 Bahrain 48.9511
160 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 48.8127
161 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 48.1539
162 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 48.1127
163 🇸🇻 El Salvador 47.9708
164 🇳🇦 Namibia 47.7912
165 🇰🇪 Kenya 47.519
166 🇰🇮 Kiribati 47.5039
167 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 47.4968
168 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 47.025
169 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 46.878
170 🇨🇬 Congo 46.7845
171 🇬🇭 Ghana 46.7095
172 🇷🇼 Rwanda 46.5459
173 🇭🇳 Honduras 46.3792
174 🇮🇩 Indonesia 46.1998
175 🇸🇿 Eswatini 46.0904
176 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 46.0588
177 🇬🇦 Gabon 45.756
178 🇮🇳 India 45.2602
179 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 45.1398
180 🇺🇬 Uganda 44.9531
181 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 44.7511
182 🇬🇹 Guatemala 44.3313
183 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 43.7158
184 🇲🇳 Mongolia 43.684
185 🇪🇬 Egypt 43.682
186 🇲🇲 Myanmar 43.4139
187 🇹🇳 Tunisia 43.3563
188 🇸🇴 Somalia 43.3355
189 🇵🇰 Pakistan 43.3254
190 🇹🇬 Togo 43.3231
191 🇩🇯 Djibouti 43.0788
192 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.0676
193 🇭🇹 Haiti 43.0225
194 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 43.0097
195 🇲🇬 Madagascar 42.9518
196 🇲🇷 Mauritania 42.8935
197 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 42.7614
198 🇲🇦 Morocco 42.6783
199 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 42.4747
200 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 42.4524
201 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 42.1135
202 🇰🇭 Cambodia 41.6521
203 🇩🇿 Algeria 40.8828
204 🇲🇿 Mozambique 40.8746
205 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40.7462
206 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.6155
207 🇰🇲 Comoros 40.4717
208 🇨🇳 China 40.1699
209 🇨🇲 Cameroon 39.8041
210 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.5321
211 🇱🇾 Libya 39.2657
212 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 39.1684
213 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 39.102
214 🇹🇩 Chad 38.9612
215 🇳🇵 Nepal 38.413
216 🇧🇯 Benin 38.3887
217 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 38.3213
218 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.0562
219 🇲🇻 Maldives 37.8863
220 🇦🇴 Angola 37.6939
221 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 37.3443
222 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.0278
223 🇪🇷 Eritrea 36.9691
224 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 36.5469
225 🇬🇳 Guinea 36.4682
226 🇳🇪 Niger 36.1369
227 🇧🇹 Bhutan 36.1217
228 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 35.7159
229 🇲🇼 Malawi 34.7611
230 🇴🇲 Oman 34.5507
231 🇬🇲 Gambia 34.0854
232 🇾🇪 Yemen 32.8623
233 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 32.5565
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 32.3365
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 32.0212
236 🇲🇱 Mali 30.3357
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 27.8315

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1959

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 69.9532
2 Europe 68.26
3 Oceania 64.5221
4 Americas 60.5007
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 54.1052
6 Asia 44.5468
7 Africa 41.194

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1959

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 70.9122
2 Australia/New Zealand 70.4971
3 Western Europe 69.9562
4 Eastern Europe 67.2307
5 Southern Europe 66.9955
6 Caribbean 56.5624
7 Polynesia 56.37
8 Central Asia 55.8239
9 Micronesia 55.5544
10 South America 54.6368
11 Central America 51.4905
12 Southern Africa 51.4895
13 South-Eastern Asia 49.8017
14 Western Asia 49.3089
15 Melanesia 47.2206
16 Southern Asia 44.6591
17 Northern Africa 43.5613
18 Eastern Asia 42.997
19 Eastern Africa 42.0948
20 Middle Africa 40.0088
21 Western Africa 37.366

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1959

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 67.8832
2 No income group available 57.583
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 52.5472
4 Lower-middle-income countries 45.8152
5 Upper-middle-income countries 45.7157
6 Middle-income countries 45.6413
7 Low-and-middle-income countries 45.2607
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 45.0044
9 Low-income countries 40.1355