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Life Expectancy by Country in 1960

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In 1960, 🇬🇬Guernsey was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 75.1942 years. Closely followed by 🇮🇸Iceland with a life expectancy of 74.0493 years of age, and 🇳🇴Norway with 73.5639 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 28.0538 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 69.91 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 68.71 years, and Oceania with 65.04 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 71.11 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 70.92 years, and Western Europe with 69.95 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 68.11 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 40.53 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇬🇬 Guernsey 75.1942
2 🇮🇸 Iceland 74.0493
3 🇳🇴 Norway 73.5639
4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.3538
5 🇸🇲 San Marino 73.1971
6 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.0365
7 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.196
8 🇦🇩 Andorra 72.0941
9 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 72.0184
10 🇲🇨 Monaco 71.8614
11 🇨🇭 Switzerland 71.4137
12 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.2235
13 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.0251
14 🇨🇦 Canada 70.9728
15 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 70.8957
16 🇦🇺 Australia 70.8652
17 🇬🇷 Greece 70.5236
18 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.4896
19 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.4521
20 🇫🇷 France 70.3675
21 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.3364
22 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.3316
23 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.289
24 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 70.2091
25 🇮🇪 Ireland 70.1705
26 🇺🇸 United States of America 69.8293
27 🇮🇱 Israel 69.7535
28 🇧🇪 Belgium 69.6237
29 🇺🇦 Ukraine 69.3876
30 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.3354
31 🇧🇾 Belarus 69.3223
32 🇩🇪 Germany 69.2509
33 🇮🇹 Italy 69.2074
34 🇪🇸 Spain 69.2066
35 🇻🇦 Holy See 69.1891
36 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 69.1772
37 🇫🇮 Finland 68.9929
38 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 68.7831
39 🇦🇹 Austria 68.7468
40 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 68.6272
41 🇸🇮 Slovenia 68.5344
42 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 68.5159
43 🇲🇹 Malta 68.4415
44 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.314
45 🇭🇺 Hungary 68.0871
46 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 67.7333
47 🇯🇵 Japan 67.718
48 🇺🇾 Uruguay 67.683
49 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 67.6485
50 🇵🇱 Poland 67.0803
51 🇧🇲 Bermuda 66.4822
52 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 66.3507
53 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 66.2562
54 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 66.1466
55 🇭🇷 Croatia 65.9462
56 🇷🇸 Serbia 65.7051
57 🇲🇪 Montenegro 65.6777
58 🇷🇴 Romania 65.6057
59 🇨🇼 Curaçao 65.4064
60 🇸🇬 Singapore 65.2968
61 🇦🇸 American Samoa 65.0534
62 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 64.5569
63 🇦🇷 Argentina 64.2423
64 🇧🇧 Barbados 64.1488
65 🇵🇹 Portugal 64.148
66 🇦🇼 Aruba 64.0488
67 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 63.9355
68 🇱🇧 Lebanon 63.927
69 🇯🇲 Jamaica 63.8275
70 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 63.4634
71 🇨🇾 Cyprus 63.3201
72 🇨🇺 Cuba 63.3157
73 🇬🇩 Grenada 63.1436
74 🇬🇺 Guam 62.8818
75 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 62.7089
76 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 62.6517
77 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 62.6351
78 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 62.5432
79 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 62.5048
80 🇧🇸 Bahamas 62.4539
81 🇲🇶 Martinique 61.6061
82 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 61.39
83 🇬🇪 Georgia 61.3472
84 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 61.058
85 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 60.6022
86 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 60.5044
87 🇸🇨 Seychelles 60.4932
88 🇵🇦 Panama 60.2783
89 🇵🇾 Paraguay 60.1971
90 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 60.1187
91 🇩🇲 Dominica 60.0757
92 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 59.445
93 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 59.44
94 🇳🇺 Niue 59.3838
95 🇵🇭 Philippines 59.1754
96 🇦🇲 Armenia 59.1303
97 🇰🇼 Kuwait 58.9212
98 🇦🇮 Anguilla 58.8326
99 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 58.7824
100 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 58.7208
101 🇲🇸 Montserrat 58.6373
102 🇫🇯 Fiji 58.6024
103 🇹🇰 Tokelau 58.5976
104 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 58.5665
105 🇬🇱 Greenland 58.5461
106 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.5297
107 🇲🇺 Mauritius 58.404
108 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 58.3759
109 🇹🇴 Tonga 58.3149
110 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 58.0462
111 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 57.9455
112 🇳🇷 Nauru 57.9237
113 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 57.865
114 🇶🇦 Qatar 57.7732
115 🇷🇪 Réunion 57.6616
116 🇬🇾 Guyana 57.5097
117 🇧🇿 Belize 57.3886
118 🇨🇱 Chile 57.2163
119 🇲🇾 Malaysia 57.1681
120 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 56.8404
121 🇨🇴 Colombia 56.6086
122 🇸🇷 Suriname 56.5953
123 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 56.5391
124 🇦🇱 Albania 56.4132
125 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 56.2925
126 🇬🇫 French Guiana 55.8157
127 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 55.8141
128 🇼🇸 Samoa 55.1526
129 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 55.0918
130 🇵🇼 Palau 54.8534
131 🇾🇹 Mayotte 54.363
132 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 54.3586
133 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 54.1947
134 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 53.7567
135 🇲🇽 Mexico 53.5732
136 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53.539
137 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 53.4922
138 🇪🇨 Ecuador 53.3961
139 🇧🇷 Brazil 53.1624
140 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 52.727
141 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 52.7232
142 🇯🇴 Jordan 52.678
143 🇿🇦 South Africa 52.5751
144 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 52.5349
145 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 52.3411
146 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 52.1492
147 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 51.7048
148 🇮🇶 Iraq 51.4616
149 🇧🇼 Botswana 51.2198
150 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 50.8616
151 🇹🇷 Türkiye 50.799
152 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 50.6505
153 🇿🇲 Zambia 50.6483
154 🇧🇭 Bahrain 50.634
155 🇹🇭 Thailand 50.6085
156 🇵🇪 Peru 50.5966
157 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.171
158 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 49.8407
159 🇸🇩 Sudan 49.566
160 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 49.2979
161 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 48.7127
162 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 48.7022
163 🇳🇦 Namibia 48.5295
164 🇰🇪 Kenya 48.4766
165 🇸🇻 El Salvador 48.2923
166 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 48.2611
167 🇰🇮 Kiribati 47.9579
168 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 47.6833
169 🇨🇬 Congo 47.5949
170 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 47.2859
171 🇭🇳 Honduras 47.1491
172 🇷🇼 Rwanda 47.0218
173 🇬🇭 Ghana 46.9416
174 🇮🇩 Indonesia 46.8349
175 🇬🇦 Gabon 46.4427
176 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 46.3994
177 🇸🇿 Eswatini 46.3885
178 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 45.8047
179 🇬🇹 Guatemala 45.7598
180 🇺🇬 Uganda 45.6325
181 🇮🇳 India 45.6104
182 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 45.31
183 🇲🇳 Mongolia 44.5422
184 🇪🇬 Egypt 44.4361
185 🇵🇰 Pakistan 44.1013
186 🇲🇲 Myanmar 44.0861
187 🇹🇳 Tunisia 44.0491
188 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 43.9795
189 🇲🇷 Mauritania 43.6109
190 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 43.5639
191 🇸🇴 Somalia 43.5433
192 🇹🇬 Togo 43.5357
193 🇭🇹 Haiti 43.44
194 🇩🇯 Djibouti 43.4212
195 🇲🇬 Madagascar 43.3485
196 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 43.3382
197 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 43.2965
198 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.262
199 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 42.7416
200 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 42.5959
201 🇰🇭 Cambodia 42.1339
202 🇲🇦 Morocco 41.7302
203 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.1966
204 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.0364
205 🇩🇿 Algeria 40.8388
206 🇰🇲 Comoros 40.7774
207 🇱🇾 Libya 40.7522
208 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.7518
209 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.6678
210 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 39.6153
211 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 39.5724
212 🇹🇩 Chad 39.2157
213 🇧🇯 Benin 38.7746
214 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 38.6983
215 🇳🇵 Nepal 38.6518
216 🇲🇻 Maldives 38.2441
217 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.073
218 🇦🇴 Angola 37.933
219 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 37.5544
220 🇪🇷 Eritrea 37.4429
221 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 37.2441
222 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.2067
223 🇬🇳 Guinea 36.6231
224 🇧🇹 Bhutan 36.3674
225 🇳🇪 Niger 36.1933
226 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 36.0736
227 🇴🇲 Oman 35.4292
228 🇲🇼 Malawi 34.9862
229 🇨🇲 Cameroon 34.6667
230 🇬🇲 Gambia 34.5741
231 🇾🇪 Yemen 33.4615
232 🇨🇳 China 33.419
233 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 33.0904
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 32.7987
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 32.4018
236 🇲🇱 Mali 30.4589
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 28.0538

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 69.9146
2 Europe 68.7123
3 Oceania 65.0379
4 Americas 60.7932
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 54.6888
6 Asia 41.7925
7 Africa 41.3961

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 71.1128
2 Australia/New Zealand 70.921
3 Western Europe 69.9487
4 Eastern Europe 68.1278
5 Southern Europe 67.3603
6 Caribbean 57.1348
7 Polynesia 56.9805
8 Central Asia 56.1158
9 Micronesia 55.9248
10 South America 55.1097
11 Central America 52.3841
12 Southern Africa 52.1539
13 South-Eastern Asia 50.4148
14 Western Asia 50.1132
15 Melanesia 47.8774
16 Southern Asia 45.0493
17 Northern Africa 43.8189
18 Eastern Africa 42.532
19 Middle Africa 39.2441
20 Western Africa 37.5996
21 Eastern Asia 36.9428

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1960

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 68.1063
2 No income group available 58.267
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 49.4252
4 Lower-middle-income countries 46.17
5 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 45.366
6 Middle-income countries 43.4038
7 Low-and-middle-income countries 43.2013
8 Upper-middle-income countries 41.6003
9 Low-income countries 40.5319