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Life Expectancy by Country in 1961

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In 1961, 🇳🇴Norway was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.565 years. Closely followed by 🇳🇱Netherlands with a life expectancy of 73.5509 years of age, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 73.4881 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 28.8402 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 70.31 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 69.09 years, and Oceania with 65.40 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 71.09 years. Closely followed by Northern Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.02 years, and Western Europe with 70.53 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 68.45 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 40.80 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1961

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇳🇴 Norway 73.565
2 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.5509
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.4881
4 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.0866
5 🇲🇨 Monaco 72.9611
6 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 72.9551
7 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.4522
8 🇦🇩 Andorra 72.094
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 71.7429
10 🇨🇦 Canada 71.2185
11 🇬🇬 Guernsey 71.1484
12 🇦🇺 Australia 71.1353
13 🇫🇷 France 70.9586
14 🇳🇿 New Zealand 70.935
15 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 70.7895
16 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.7894
17 🇮🇱 Israel 70.7832
18 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.7434
19 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.6799
20 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.6234
21 🇧🇪 Belgium 70.4958
22 🇸🇲 San Marino 70.443
23 🇬🇷 Greece 70.395
24 🇧🇾 Belarus 70.2599
25 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 70.253
26 🇺🇸 United States of America 70.2385
27 🇺🇦 Ukraine 70.1056
28 🇩🇪 Germany 69.831
29 🇮🇹 Italy 69.8205
30 🇻🇦 Holy See 69.8022
31 🇦🇹 Austria 69.7131
32 🇮🇪 Ireland 69.6388
33 🇪🇸 Spain 69.5692
34 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.5348
35 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 69.2654
36 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 69.2617
37 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 69.2336
38 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.0164
39 🇫🇮 Finland 69.0111
40 🇯🇪 Jersey 68.6989
41 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.4264
42 🇯🇵 Japan 68.3417
43 🇲🇹 Malta 68.0645
44 🇵🇱 Poland 67.9367
45 🇺🇾 Uruguay 67.895
46 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 67.7038
47 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 67.6512
48 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 67.0991
49 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 66.8952
50 🇭🇷 Croatia 66.3355
51 🇨🇼 Curaçao 66.0234
52 🇷🇴 Romania 65.9708
53 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 65.7298
54 🇸🇬 Singapore 65.6389
55 🇲🇪 Montenegro 65.5827
56 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 65.4846
57 🇸🇮 Slovenia 65.4643
58 🇦🇸 American Samoa 65.4575
59 🇧🇧 Barbados 65.3178
60 🇱🇧 Lebanon 65.2902
61 🇨🇾 Cyprus 64.8039
62 🇦🇼 Aruba 64.5375
63 🇨🇺 Cuba 64.5118
64 🇯🇲 Jamaica 64.3943
65 🇦🇷 Argentina 64.3597
66 🇷🇸 Serbia 64.1676
67 🇧🇲 Bermuda 64.1112
68 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 63.6285
69 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 63.5351
70 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 63.4696
71 🇧🇸 Bahamas 63.1855
72 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 62.9741
73 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 62.8654
74 🇵🇹 Portugal 62.8071
75 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 62.3663
76 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 62.3628
77 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 62.1679
78 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.8559
79 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 61.836
80 🇦🇲 Armenia 61.8035
81 🇬🇩 Grenada 61.7923
82 🇲🇶 Martinique 61.5195
83 🇵🇦 Panama 61.4713
84 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 61.4464
85 🇬🇪 Georgia 61.4157
86 🇬🇺 Guam 61.3955
87 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 61.3281
88 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 60.9672
89 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 60.9015
90 🇦🇮 Anguilla 60.8979
91 🇵🇾 Paraguay 60.7549
92 🇳🇺 Niue 60.3202
93 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 60.2607
94 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 60.2187
95 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 59.9962
96 🇩🇲 Dominica 59.9489
97 🇬🇱 Greenland 59.7864
98 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 59.6629
99 🇶🇦 Qatar 59.6258
100 🇵🇭 Philippines 59.619
101 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.4065
102 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 59.1516
103 🇹🇰 Tokelau 59.0187
104 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.6652
105 🇹🇴 Tonga 58.5887
106 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 58.5209
107 🇬🇾 Guyana 58.4597
108 🇫🇯 Fiji 58.1993
109 🇰🇼 Kuwait 58.0154
110 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.9319
111 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 57.8172
112 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 57.808
113 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 57.7947
114 🇸🇷 Suriname 57.7667
115 🇨🇴 Colombia 57.73
116 🇨🇱 Chile 57.5367
117 🇲🇾 Malaysia 57.4344
118 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 57.11
119 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 56.993
120 🇬🇫 French Guiana 56.8007
121 🇲🇸 Montserrat 56.7353
122 🇷🇪 Réunion 56.7281
123 🇲🇺 Mauritius 56.345
124 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 56.1917
125 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 55.9519
126 🇲🇽 Mexico 55.8315
127 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 55.8184
128 🇦🇱 Albania 55.634
129 🇾🇹 Mayotte 55.487
130 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 55.443
131 🇼🇸 Samoa 55.3149
132 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 55.3127
133 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 55.0034
134 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 54.9317
135 🇸🇨 Seychelles 54.7194
136 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 54.4961
137 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 54.4367
138 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 54.3157
139 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 53.9976
140 🇵🇼 Palau 53.9747
141 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 53.9386
142 🇪🇨 Ecuador 53.8952
143 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 53.8265
144 🇯🇴 Jordan 53.6709
145 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 53.6187
146 🇮🇶 Iraq 53.4111
147 🇧🇿 Belize 53.3557
148 🇧🇷 Brazil 53.1828
149 🇿🇦 South Africa 53.0848
150 🇹🇭 Thailand 52.3637
151 🇧🇭 Bahrain 52.1123
152 🇹🇷 Türkiye 51.5504
153 🇵🇪 Peru 51.0907
154 🇧🇼 Botswana 50.8906
155 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 50.84
156 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.4294
157 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 50.1501
158 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 49.9535
159 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 49.6954
160 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 49.5534
161 🇰🇪 Kenya 49.533
162 🇿🇲 Zambia 49.4524
163 🇸🇻 El Salvador 48.8492
164 🇭🇳 Honduras 48.7302
165 🇨🇬 Congo 48.6973
166 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 48.4339
167 🇰🇮 Kiribati 48.3811
168 🇳🇦 Namibia 48.3738
169 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 47.6922
170 🇷🇼 Rwanda 47.6645
171 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.3254
172 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 47.2714
173 🇬🇦 Gabon 47.2283
174 🇮🇩 Indonesia 47.1165
175 🇸🇩 Sudan 47.0234
176 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 46.9478
177 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 46.4844
178 🇬🇹 Guatemala 46.4696
179 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 46.2922
180 🇺🇬 Uganda 46.2571
181 🇸🇿 Eswatini 46.1915
182 🇲🇳 Mongolia 46.0676
183 🇪🇬 Egypt 46.0241
184 🇵🇰 Pakistan 45.7827
185 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 45.6622
186 🇲🇷 Mauritania 45.4403
187 🇮🇳 India 45.3985
188 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 44.5501
189 🇲🇲 Myanmar 44.3852
190 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 44.3594
191 🇹🇳 Tunisia 44.1458
192 🇭🇹 Haiti 43.9138
193 🇲🇦 Morocco 43.7947
194 🇩🇯 Djibouti 43.7212
195 🇲🇬 Madagascar 43.6357
196 🇸🇴 Somalia 43.5632
197 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 43.3997
198 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.2516
199 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 43.1002
200 🇹🇬 Togo 42.8816
201 🇰🇭 Cambodia 42.7923
202 🇱🇾 Libya 42.0629
203 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 41.9936
204 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.5904
205 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.0657
206 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 40.9949
207 🇩🇿 Algeria 40.5162
208 🇨🇳 China 40.4683
209 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.2387
210 🇰🇲 Comoros 40.1473
211 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.9169
212 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 39.7375
213 🇲🇻 Maldives 38.9817
214 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 38.9285
215 🇳🇵 Nepal 38.8549
216 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 38.7441
217 🇹🇩 Chad 38.6311
218 🇧🇯 Benin 38.542
219 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.3329
220 🇪🇷 Eritrea 37.9745
221 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 37.695
222 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.6732
223 🇦🇴 Angola 37.2669
224 🇴🇲 Oman 36.8229
225 🇬🇳 Guinea 36.7498
226 🇳🇪 Niger 36.5559
227 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 36.2398
228 🇬🇲 Gambia 35.5678
229 🇨🇲 Cameroon 35.4059
230 🇲🇼 Malawi 35.3264
231 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 34.4121
232 🇾🇪 Yemen 34.0983
233 🇧🇹 Bhutan 33.9456
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 33.0681
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 32.5742
236 🇲🇱 Mali 29.8302
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 28.8402

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1961

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 70.3119
2 Europe 69.0898
3 Oceania 65.3987
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 55.2229
5 Asia 45.3368
6 Africa 41.8692

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1961

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 71.0871
2 Northern Europe 71.0211
3 Western Europe 70.5298
4 Eastern Europe 68.568
5 Southern Europe 67.7307
6 Caribbean 57.6005
7 Polynesia 57.4222
8 Central Asia 57.0306
9 Micronesia 56.2815
10 South America 55.2609
11 Central America 54.1095
12 Southern Africa 52.5921
13 Western Asia 51.3073
14 South-Eastern Asia 51.1397
15 Melanesia 48.2705
16 Southern Asia 45.2523
17 Northern Africa 44.5383
18 Eastern Asia 43.6387
19 Eastern Africa 43.225
20 Middle Africa 39.0138
21 Western Africa 37.9615

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1961

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 68.4508
2 No income group available 59.2628
3 Upper-middle-income countries 46.758
4 Lower-middle-income countries 46.6246
5 Middle-income countries 46.4914
6 Low-income countries 40.7984