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Life Expectancy by Country in 1960

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In 1960, 🇮🇸Iceland was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.7789 years. Closely followed by 🇳🇴Norway with a life expectancy of 73.5646 years of age, and 🇳🇱Netherlands with 73.3536 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 28.6622 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 69.90 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 68.75 years, and Oceania with 65.05 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 71.16 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 70.92 years, and Western Europe with 69.94 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 68.03 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 40.49 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.7789
2 🇳🇴 Norway 73.5646
3 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.3536
4 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.0364
5 🇬🇬 Guernsey 72.9905
6 🇲🇨 Monaco 72.5374
7 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 72.2454
8 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.1957
9 🇦🇩 Andorra 72.0245
10 🇨🇭 Switzerland 71.4137
11 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.2249
12 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.0243
13 🇨🇦 Canada 70.9758
14 🇦🇺 Australia 70.8657
15 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.8352
16 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.7158
17 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.4539
18 🇮🇱 Israel 70.4249
19 🇫🇷 France 70.3667
20 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.3365
21 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.3341
22 🇸🇲 San Marino 70.2865
23 🇮🇪 Ireland 70.1704
24 🇺🇦 Ukraine 70.0159
25 🇺🇸 United States of America 69.8132
26 🇧🇾 Belarus 69.7802
27 🇧🇪 Belgium 69.6224
28 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.5237
29 🇬🇷 Greece 69.3517
30 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 69.3086
31 🇩🇪 Germany 69.2428
32 🇪🇸 Spain 69.2078
33 🇮🇹 Italy 69.2074
34 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 69.2045
35 🇻🇦 Holy See 69.1891
36 🇫🇮 Finland 68.9931
37 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 68.9344
38 🇦🇹 Austria 68.7468
39 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 68.5841
40 🇲🇹 Malta 68.2882
41 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.2651
42 🇭🇺 Hungary 68.0866
43 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 67.8654
44 🇵🇱 Poland 67.8296
45 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 67.8215
46 🇺🇾 Uruguay 67.7722
47 🇯🇵 Japan 67.6898
48 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 67.6035
49 🇧🇲 Bermuda 67.1625
50 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 66.2457
51 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 66.238
52 🇷🇴 Romania 65.9591
53 🇨🇼 Curaçao 65.8933
54 🇭🇷 Croatia 65.6334
55 🇲🇪 Montenegro 65.0407
56 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 64.965
57 🇸🇮 Slovenia 64.8732
58 🇱🇧 Lebanon 64.8406
59 🇸🇬 Singapore 64.825
60 🇦🇸 American Samoa 64.727
61 🇧🇧 Barbados 64.5635
62 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 64.4085
63 🇨🇾 Cyprus 64.1871
64 🇨🇺 Cuba 64.1729
65 🇦🇼 Aruba 64.1517
66 🇵🇹 Portugal 64.1516
67 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 64.1051
68 🇯🇲 Jamaica 64.0419
69 🇷🇸 Serbia 64.0383
70 🇦🇷 Argentina 63.9782
71 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 63.6993
72 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 63.0256
73 🇧🇸 Bahamas 62.8956
74 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 62.5315
75 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 62.3493
76 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 61.8848
77 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 61.5505
78 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 61.4852
79 🇦🇲 Armenia 61.4313
80 🇬🇪 Georgia 61.2222
81 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 61.0736
82 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.0373
83 🇬🇺 Guam 60.8972
84 🇬🇩 Grenada 60.7602
85 🇲🇶 Martinique 60.7519
86 🇵🇦 Panama 60.7017
87 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 60.6989
88 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 60.5626
89 🇵🇾 Paraguay 60.4227
90 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 60.4154
91 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 60.1209
92 🇬🇱 Greenland 59.887
93 🇳🇺 Niue 59.8424
94 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 59.6745
95 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 59.6571
96 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 59.5636
97 🇵🇭 Philippines 59.2265
98 🇩🇲 Dominica 59.0255
99 🇦🇮 Anguilla 58.9733
100 🇶🇦 Qatar 58.9327
101 🇹🇰 Tokelau 58.6615
102 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 58.6471
103 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.5724
104 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 58.5274
105 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 58.3544
106 🇹🇴 Tonga 58.2308
107 🇧🇿 Belize 58.1635
108 🇬🇾 Guyana 58.0343
109 🇫🇯 Fiji 57.5877
110 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 57.4729
111 🇨🇴 Colombia 57.1305
112 🇸🇷 Suriname 57.1023
113 🇨🇱 Chile 57.0147
114 🇰🇼 Kuwait 56.919
115 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 56.7931
116 🇲🇾 Malaysia 56.5018
117 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 56.4432
118 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 56.409
119 🇬🇫 French Guiana 56.3991
120 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 56.2325
121 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.9093
122 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 55.8366
123 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 55.7238
124 🇷🇪 Réunion 55.4718
125 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 55.3967
126 🇲🇺 Mauritius 55.2589
127 🇲🇸 Montserrat 55.2397
128 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 55.1881
129 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 55.0321
130 🇲🇽 Mexico 55.0168
131 🇼🇸 Samoa 54.6879
132 🇸🇨 Seychelles 54.5298
133 🇾🇹 Mayotte 54.4867
134 🇦🇱 Albania 54.4389
135 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 54.3213
136 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 54.05
137 🇵🇼 Palau 53.8658
138 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 53.8208
139 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53.7375
140 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 53.6279
141 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 53.5719
142 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 53.5469
143 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 53.4686
144 🇪🇨 Ecuador 53.3643
145 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 53.2347
146 🇿🇦 South Africa 52.6685
147 🇧🇷 Brazil 52.6602
148 🇮🇶 Iraq 52.6178
149 🇯🇴 Jordan 52.6173
150 🇹🇭 Thailand 51.0347
151 🇹🇷 Türkiye 50.7401
152 🇵🇪 Peru 50.4948
153 🇧🇼 Botswana 50.3718
154 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.3638
155 🇧🇭 Bahrain 50.3302
156 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 50.2636
157 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 49.6303
158 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 49.4107
159 🇿🇲 Zambia 49.042
160 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 49.0094
161 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 48.8114
162 🇰🇪 Kenya 48.6799
163 🇭🇳 Honduras 48.3166
164 🇸🇻 El Salvador 48.0843
165 🇨🇬 Congo 47.9786
166 🇰🇮 Kiribati 47.8728
167 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 47.7414
168 🇳🇦 Namibia 47.6787
169 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 47.2655
170 🇷🇼 Rwanda 47.1785
171 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.0956
172 🇸🇩 Sudan 46.6026
173 🇬🇦 Gabon 46.575
174 🇮🇩 Indonesia 46.4516
175 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 46.355
176 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 46.1246
177 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 45.9404
178 🇸🇿 Eswatini 45.813
179 🇬🇹 Guatemala 45.8079
180 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 45.679
181 🇺🇬 Uganda 45.5059
182 🇪🇬 Egypt 45.3734
183 🇮🇳 India 45.218
184 🇲🇳 Mongolia 44.9838
185 🇵🇰 Pakistan 44.9318
186 🇲🇷 Mauritania 44.7669
187 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 44.7405
188 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 43.9574
189 🇹🇳 Tunisia 43.9401
190 🇲🇲 Myanmar 43.9063
191 🇭🇹 Haiti 43.4993
192 🇸🇴 Somalia 43.4519
193 🇩🇯 Djibouti 43.4291
194 🇲🇬 Madagascar 43.2413
195 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 43.0998
196 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 43.0397
197 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.0242
198 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 42.9367
199 🇹🇬 Togo 42.6916
200 🇰🇭 Cambodia 42.3608
201 🇲🇦 Morocco 42.0174
202 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 41.7291
203 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.2214
204 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.8574
205 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40.7899
206 🇩🇿 Algeria 40.5322
207 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 40.3304
208 🇱🇾 Libya 40.268
209 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.8783
210 🇰🇲 Comoros 39.6935
211 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 39.236
212 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 38.5705
213 🇳🇵 Nepal 38.559
214 🇲🇻 Maldives 38.5291
215 🇹🇩 Chad 38.3736
216 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.3304
217 🇦🇴 Angola 38.2107
218 🇧🇯 Benin 38.1813
219 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 38.1075
220 🇪🇷 Eritrea 37.5003
221 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 37.4643
222 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.3709
223 🇬🇳 Guinea 36.5472
224 🇳🇪 Niger 36.4044
225 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 35.872
226 🇴🇲 Oman 35.4501
227 🇲🇼 Malawi 35.1988
228 🇬🇲 Gambia 35.0979
229 🇨🇲 Cameroon 34.8188
230 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 33.9612
231 🇾🇪 Yemen 33.6785
232 🇧🇹 Bhutan 33.4646
233 🇨🇳 China 33.2749
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 32.5346
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 32.2004
236 🇲🇱 Mali 29.7537
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 28.6622

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 69.9013
2 Europe 68.7532
3 Oceania 65.0507
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 54.6554
5 Asia 41.7051
6 Africa 41.4816

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 71.1579
2 Australia/New Zealand 70.9218
3 Western Europe 69.9384
4 Eastern Europe 68.3434
5 Southern Europe 67.2998
6 Caribbean 57.1687
7 Polynesia 56.8626
8 Central Asia 56.7739
9 Micronesia 55.7882
10 South America 54.74
11 Central America 53.3411
12 Southern Africa 52.1747
13 Western Asia 50.5943
14 South-Eastern Asia 50.5035
15 Melanesia 47.6371
16 Southern Asia 44.9241
17 Northern Africa 43.8111
18 Eastern Africa 42.7341
19 Middle Africa 39.2432
20 Western Africa 37.672
21 Eastern Asia 36.7587

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 68.0259
2 No income group available 58.5123
3 Lower-middle-income countries 46.2509
4 Middle-income countries 43.3359
5 Upper-middle-income countries 41.0838
6 Low-income countries 40.4908