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Life Expectancy by Country in 1962

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In 1962, 🇮🇸Iceland was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.6111 years. Closely followed by 🇬🇬Guernsey with a life expectancy of 73.5752 years of age, and 🇸🇲San Marino with 73.5309 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 28.5055 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 70.20 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 69.14 years, and Oceania with 65.36 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 71.00 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 70.95 years, and Western Europe with 70.40 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 68.57 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 41.17 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1962

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.6111
2 🇬🇬 Guernsey 73.5752
3 🇸🇲 San Marino 73.5309
4 🇳🇴 Norway 73.4591
5 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.3506
6 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.2232
7 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 73.067
8 🇦🇩 Andorra 72.9929
9 🇲🇨 Monaco 72.4374
10 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.3515
11 🇨🇭 Switzerland 71.3027
12 🇨🇦 Canada 71.2363
13 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.1997
14 🇦🇺 Australia 70.9059
15 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 70.8757
16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 70.8576
17 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.8128
18 🇫🇷 France 70.4704
19 🇧🇾 Belarus 70.4617
20 🇺🇦 Ukraine 70.4009
21 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.3259
22 🇬🇷 Greece 70.3143
23 🇧🇪 Belgium 70.2272
24 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 70.1735
25 🇺🇸 United States of America 70.1162
26 🇩🇪 Germany 69.9991
27 🇮🇪 Ireland 69.9476
28 🇱🇻 Latvia 69.8996
29 🇨🇿 Czechia 69.8909
30 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.8447
31 🇪🇸 Spain 69.6292
32 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 69.5347
33 🇦🇹 Austria 69.4991
34 🇱🇹 Lithuania 69.4382
35 🇮🇱 Israel 69.3285
36 🇻🇦 Holy See 69.2227
37 🇮🇹 Italy 69.2196
38 🇲🇹 Malta 69.1717
39 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 68.9267
40 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 68.8632
41 🇸🇮 Slovenia 68.851
42 🇫🇮 Finland 68.7416
43 🇯🇵 Japan 68.6668
44 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.4792
45 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 68.4002
46 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 68.1942
47 🇵🇱 Poland 68.0397
48 🇭🇺 Hungary 67.9409
49 🇺🇾 Uruguay 67.9114
50 🇧🇲 Bermuda 67.8839
51 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 67.8584
52 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 67.3115
53 🇭🇷 Croatia 67.2665
54 🇷🇴 Romania 67.2084
55 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 67.0538
56 🇷🇸 Serbia 67.0446
57 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 66.6512
58 🇲🇪 Montenegro 66.3954
59 🇸🇬 Singapore 66.0904
60 🇨🇼 Curaçao 66.0269
61 🇦🇸 American Samoa 66.0077
62 🇧🇧 Barbados 65.7154
63 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 65.0926
64 🇨🇾 Cyprus 64.7202
65 🇯🇲 Jamaica 64.6193
66 🇦🇷 Argentina 64.6184
67 🇦🇼 Aruba 64.602
68 🇱🇧 Lebanon 64.595
69 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 64.3965
70 🇨🇺 Cuba 64.3743
71 🇵🇹 Portugal 64.3158
72 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 64.2317
73 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 63.9955
74 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 63.8276
75 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 63.7948
76 🇬🇩 Grenada 63.752
77 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 63.4294
78 🇬🇺 Guam 63.3486
79 🇧🇸 Bahamas 63.1868
80 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 62.7765
81 🇲🇶 Martinique 62.2727
82 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 62.263
83 🇬🇪 Georgia 62.078
84 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 61.972
85 🇩🇲 Dominica 61.8936
86 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 61.627
87 🇵🇦 Panama 61.4278
88 🇦🇮 Anguilla 61.4229
89 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 61.0169
90 🇰🇼 Kuwait 60.9776
91 🇵🇾 Paraguay 60.8156
92 🇸🇨 Seychelles 60.6699
93 🇳🇺 Niue 60.5112
94 🇲🇺 Mauritius 60.4612
95 🇲🇸 Montserrat 60.2893
96 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 60.2537
97 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 60.2014
98 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.1223
99 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 60.0896
100 🇦🇲 Armenia 59.9953
101 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 59.9243
102 🇬🇱 Greenland 59.9195
103 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 59.8765
104 🇵🇭 Philippines 59.7555
105 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 59.6675
106 🇫🇯 Fiji 59.6535
107 🇷🇪 Réunion 59.3943
108 🇹🇰 Tokelau 59.3692
109 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 59.2989
110 🇹🇴 Tonga 59.2976
111 🇶🇦 Qatar 59.2259
112 🇲🇾 Malaysia 58.8553
113 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 58.8244
114 🇧🇿 Belize 58.7407
115 🇦🇱 Albania 58.4944
116 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 58.3917
117 🇬🇾 Guyana 58.3031
118 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 58.2042
119 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.0234
120 🇸🇷 Suriname 58.0229
121 🇬🇫 French Guiana 57.9202
122 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 57.8399
123 🇨🇱 Chile 57.8108
124 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 57.7417
125 🇨🇴 Colombia 57.7368
126 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 57.2177
127 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 56.9976
128 🇾🇹 Mayotte 56.3288
129 🇼🇸 Samoa 56.3155
130 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 55.7299
131 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 55.4455
132 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 55.3929
133 🇵🇼 Palau 55.3782
134 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 55.2138
135 🇲🇽 Mexico 55.0573
136 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 55.0328
137 🇪🇨 Ecuador 54.6815
138 🇯🇴 Jordan 54.6331
139 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 54.5685
140 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 54.4535
141 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.0428
142 🇧🇷 Brazil 54.0165
143 🇧🇭 Bahrain 53.8932
144 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 53.795
145 🇿🇦 South Africa 53.5657
146 🇮🇶 Iraq 53.4819
147 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 53.3743
148 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 53.1987
149 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 52.8678
150 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 52.5459
151 🇹🇷 Türkiye 52.347
152 🇧🇼 Botswana 52.3127
153 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 52.0533
154 🇵🇪 Peru 51.5323
155 🇹🇭 Thailand 51.4443
156 🇿🇲 Zambia 51.3307
157 🇨🇳 China 50.9594
158 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 50.9312
159 🇸🇩 Sudan 50.4192
160 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 50.374
161 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.3072
162 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 50.2386
163 🇰🇪 Kenya 50.104
164 🇳🇦 Namibia 49.9724
165 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 49.7787
166 🇰🇮 Kiribati 49.0418
167 🇨🇬 Congo 49.0381
168 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 49.0369
169 🇸🇻 El Salvador 49.0013
170 🇭🇳 Honduras 48.647
171 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 48.3782
172 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 48.1696
173 🇮🇩 Indonesia 48.1412
174 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 47.9808
175 🇷🇼 Rwanda 47.802
176 🇬🇦 Gabon 47.7767
177 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.3353
178 🇸🇿 Eswatini 47.1453
179 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 46.8434
180 🇺🇬 Uganda 46.8207
181 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 46.7061
182 🇬🇹 Guatemala 46.4917
183 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 46.4695
184 🇲🇳 Mongolia 46.2682
185 🇮🇳 India 46.1335
186 🇵🇰 Pakistan 45.85
187 🇪🇬 Egypt 45.8439
188 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 45.7651
189 🇹🇳 Tunisia 45.5617
190 🇲🇲 Myanmar 45.2637
191 🇲🇷 Mauritania 45.0468
192 🇲🇦 Morocco 44.2263
193 🇭🇹 Haiti 44.1962
194 🇲🇬 Madagascar 44.1855
195 🇩🇯 Djibouti 44.0918
196 🇱🇾 Libya 44.0755
197 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 44.0025
198 🇹🇬 Togo 44.0012
199 🇸🇴 Somalia 43.9724
200 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 43.7687
201 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.4919
202 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 43.2749
203 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 43.2146
204 🇰🇭 Cambodia 43.0786
205 🇨🇲 Cameroon 42.5986
206 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.2719
207 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.7607
208 🇰🇲 Comoros 41.5339
209 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 40.5622
210 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 40.5305
211 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.3817
212 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.7376
213 🇧🇯 Benin 39.6428
214 🇹🇩 Chad 39.6075
215 🇩🇿 Algeria 39.5266
216 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 39.4603
217 🇳🇵 Nepal 39.3328
218 🇲🇻 Maldives 39.0899
219 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 38.6204
220 🇪🇷 Eritrea 38.3461
221 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.1673
222 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 38.0318
223 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.6065
224 🇴🇲 Oman 37.4129
225 🇦🇴 Angola 37.1683
226 🇬🇳 Guinea 36.9973
227 🇧🇹 Bhutan 36.9916
228 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 36.7531
229 🇳🇪 Niger 36.3185
230 🇬🇲 Gambia 35.5986
231 🇲🇼 Malawi 35.4491
232 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 34.155
233 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 33.7565
234 🇾🇪 Yemen 33.6691
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 33.221
236 🇲🇱 Mali 30.8327
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 28.5055

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1962

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 70.1998
2 Europe 69.1437
3 Oceania 65.3567
4 Americas 61.4211
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 55.6651
6 Asia 49.7055
7 Africa 42.2531

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1962

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 70.9994
2 Australia/New Zealand 70.9543
3 Western Europe 70.4014
4 Eastern Europe 68.6661
5 Southern Europe 67.6818
6 Caribbean 58.1853
7 Polynesia 58.131
8 Micronesia 56.7065
9 Central Asia 56.6892
10 South America 55.9373
11 Central America 53.7507
12 Southern Africa 53.1256
13 Eastern Asia 52.9275
14 Western Asia 51.4686
15 South-Eastern Asia 51.4009
16 Melanesia 48.884
17 Southern Asia 45.807
18 Northern Africa 44.9217
19 Eastern Africa 43.3949
20 Middle Africa 40.4806
21 Western Africa 38.0933

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1962

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 68.5713
2 No income group available 59.5475
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 58.3294
4 Upper-middle-income countries 53.1323
5 Middle-income countries 50.1237
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 49.4617
7 Lower-middle-income countries 46.9623
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 46.1338
9 Low-income countries 41.1678