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Life Expectancy by Country in 1964

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In 1964, 🇳🇱Netherlands was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 73.7356 years. Closely followed by 🇫🇴Faroe Islands with a life expectancy of 73.7209 years of age, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 73.7054 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇲🇱Mali with 31.2314 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 70.03 years, and Oceania with 65.46 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 71.68 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.08 years, and Australia/New Zealand with 70.70 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 69.28 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 41.89 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1964

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.7356
2 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 73.7209
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 73.7054
4 🇸🇲 San Marino 73.6578
5 🇦🇩 Andorra 73.6241
6 🇳🇴 Norway 73.6079
7 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.5252
8 🇬🇬 Guernsey 73.1165
9 🇲🇨 Monaco 72.7064
10 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.5077
11 🇨🇭 Switzerland 72.1791
12 🇱🇹 Lithuania 71.9352
13 🇨🇦 Canada 71.6382
14 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.5407
15 🇱🇻 Latvia 71.532
16 🇧🇾 Belarus 71.3025
17 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.2952
18 🇫🇷 France 71.2802
19 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.1367
20 🇯🇪 Jersey 71.085
21 🇸🇰 Slovakia 71.0767
22 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 71.0747
23 🇺🇦 Ukraine 70.9716
24 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 70.9233
25 🇧🇪 Belgium 70.7055
26 🇩🇪 Germany 70.6493
27 🇪🇪 Estonia 70.6483
28 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.5891
29 🇦🇺 Australia 70.5715
30 🇬🇷 Greece 70.5313
31 🇪🇸 Spain 70.4937
32 🇮🇪 Ireland 70.447
33 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 70.4382
34 🇮🇹 Italy 70.3842
35 🇻🇦 Holy See 70.2688
36 🇺🇸 United States of America 70.1993
37 🇯🇵 Japan 70.1973
38 🇦🇹 Austria 70.1194
39 🇮🇱 Israel 69.6079
40 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 69.497
41 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.4676
42 🇫🇮 Finland 69.379
43 🇲🇹 Malta 69.3405
44 🇵🇱 Poland 68.9427
45 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 68.8282
46 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 68.7569
47 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 68.5759
48 🇸🇮 Slovenia 68.4869
49 🇷🇴 Romania 68.3509
50 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 68.2417
51 🇺🇾 Uruguay 68.1115
52 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 68.0474
53 🇭🇷 Croatia 68.044
54 🇷🇸 Serbia 67.9978
55 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 67.7816
56 🇧🇲 Bermuda 67.5
57 🇲🇪 Montenegro 67.3866
58 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 66.8457
59 🇸🇬 Singapore 66.7124
60 🇧🇧 Barbados 66.6783
61 🇨🇼 Curaçao 66.5904
62 🇦🇸 American Samoa 66.1349
63 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 66.0336
64 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 65.4281
65 🇯🇲 Jamaica 65.3466
66 🇦🇼 Aruba 65.3026
67 🇨🇺 Cuba 65.2636
68 🇵🇹 Portugal 65.1252
69 🇱🇧 Lebanon 65.1027
70 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 64.8758
71 🇦🇷 Argentina 64.8161
72 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 64.7568
73 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 64.6657
74 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 64.4931
75 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 64.2198
76 🇬🇩 Grenada 64.1986
77 🇬🇺 Guam 64.1037
78 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 63.978
79 🇧🇸 Bahamas 63.8965
80 🇩🇲 Dominica 63.2778
81 🇲🇶 Martinique 63.1557
82 🇰🇼 Kuwait 62.9737
83 🇬🇪 Georgia 62.818
84 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 62.6415
85 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 62.5917
86 🇦🇮 Anguilla 62.3898
87 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 62.376
88 🇨🇾 Cyprus 62.2404
89 🇵🇦 Panama 62.1006
90 🇲🇸 Montserrat 61.6708
91 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 61.5375
92 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 61.5373
93 🇳🇺 Niue 61.5326
94 🇲🇺 Mauritius 61.5215
95 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.5115
96 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 61.4364
97 🇵🇾 Paraguay 61.3685
98 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 61.3393
99 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 61.2665
100 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 61.1677
101 🇸🇨 Seychelles 61.153
102 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 61.0708
103 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 60.9621
104 🇦🇲 Armenia 60.8132
105 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 60.7972
106 🇫🇯 Fiji 60.714
107 🇶🇦 Qatar 60.7003
108 🇬🇱 Greenland 60.6938
109 🇲🇾 Malaysia 60.4476
110 🇦🇱 Albania 60.4035
111 🇷🇪 Réunion 60.3128
112 🇹🇴 Tonga 60.2507
113 🇹🇰 Tokelau 60.1459
114 🇵🇭 Philippines 60.1298
115 🇧🇿 Belize 59.8402
116 🇬🇫 French Guiana 59.7396
117 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 59.1188
118 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 59.0399
119 🇬🇾 Guyana 58.958
120 🇸🇷 Suriname 58.9081
121 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 58.8302
122 🇨🇱 Chile 58.8118
123 🇨🇴 Colombia 58.7695
124 🇾🇹 Mayotte 58.2647
125 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 58.1701
126 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.1671
127 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 57.9221
128 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 57.774
129 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 57.4733
130 🇧🇭 Bahrain 56.9463
131 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 56.655
132 🇯🇴 Jordan 56.4562
133 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 56.3327
134 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 56.2649
135 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 56.1701
136 🇪🇨 Ecuador 55.9501
137 🇲🇽 Mexico 55.9164
138 🇵🇼 Palau 55.7947
139 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 55.4311
140 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 55.3355
141 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 55.2871
142 🇮🇶 Iraq 55.2447
143 🇧🇷 Brazil 54.8483
144 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 54.6529
145 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 54.495
146 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.3337
147 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 54.2244
148 🇿🇦 South Africa 54.2147
149 🇼🇸 Samoa 54.0434
150 🇹🇷 Türkiye 53.5996
151 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 53.5947
152 🇧🇼 Botswana 53.3582
153 🇵🇪 Peru 53.3021
154 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 53.292
155 🇹🇭 Thailand 52.5386
156 🇨🇳 China 52.3425
157 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 52.0888
158 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 51.9689
159 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 51.5523
160 🇳🇦 Namibia 51.3487
161 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 51.3359
162 🇰🇪 Kenya 51.3229
163 🇿🇲 Zambia 51.1705
164 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 51.1188
165 🇸🇩 Sudan 50.8792
166 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 50.5827
167 🇨🇬 Congo 50.3626
168 🇰🇮 Kiribati 50.3556
169 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.3068
170 🇭🇳 Honduras 50.1975
171 🇸🇻 El Salvador 49.7498
172 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 49.7395
173 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 49.5863
174 🇮🇩 Indonesia 49.4397
175 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 49.1137
176 🇬🇦 Gabon 48.9938
177 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 48.2946
178 🇷🇼 Rwanda 48.1314
179 🇲🇳 Mongolia 47.9484
180 🇸🇿 Eswatini 47.922
181 🇺🇬 Uganda 47.8464
182 🇵🇰 Pakistan 47.831
183 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 47.7321
184 🇱🇾 Libya 47.6522
185 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.6371
186 🇹🇳 Tunisia 47.2716
187 🇪🇬 Egypt 47.0755
188 🇬🇹 Guatemala 47.0552
189 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 46.7522
190 🇮🇳 India 46.7418
191 🇲🇲 Myanmar 46.6527
192 🇲🇷 Mauritania 46.5808
193 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 45.7351
194 🇲🇦 Morocco 45.3459
195 🇲🇬 Madagascar 45.0367
196 🇭🇹 Haiti 44.9281
197 🇩🇯 Djibouti 44.812
198 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 44.6739
199 🇹🇬 Togo 44.6004
200 🇸🇴 Somalia 44.3928
201 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 44.075
202 🇰🇭 Cambodia 44.044
203 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 43.8049
204 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.601
205 🇨🇲 Cameroon 43.5963
206 🇩🇿 Algeria 42.9867
207 🇰🇲 Comoros 42.3277
208 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.8593
209 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.6563
210 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 41.6398
211 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 41.2605
212 🇧🇯 Benin 40.5025
213 🇳🇵 Nepal 40.2289
214 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 40.2135
215 🇲🇻 Maldives 40.1519
216 🇹🇩 Chad 40.1203
217 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 40.0993
218 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 39.9656
219 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.7554
220 🇴🇲 Oman 39.6282
221 🇪🇷 Eritrea 39.1841
222 🇱🇷 Liberia 38.4511
223 🇳🇬 Nigeria 37.9802
224 🇧🇹 Bhutan 37.7961
225 🇦🇴 Angola 37.7041
226 🇬🇳 Guinea 37.415
227 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 37.3986
228 🇬🇲 Gambia 36.579
229 🇳🇪 Niger 36.4641
230 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 35.807
231 🇲🇼 Malawi 35.6806
232 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 35.2976
233 🇾🇪 Yemen 34.9073
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 34.6726
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 34.1473
236 🇸🇸 South Sudan 32.4581
237 🇲🇱 Mali 31.2314

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1964

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 70.3133
2 Europe 70.0254
3 Oceania 65.4632
4 Americas 61.9124
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 56.5388
6 Asia 51.0484
7 Africa 43.0898

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1964

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 71.6833
2 Western Europe 71.0845
3 Australia/New Zealand 70.6994
4 Eastern Europe 69.6177
5 Southern Europe 68.7613
6 Caribbean 59.0325
7 Polynesia 57.8589
8 Micronesia 57.6565
9 Central Asia 57.2531
10 South America 56.8046
11 Central America 54.6364
12 Eastern Asia 54.1667
13 Southern Africa 53.7908
14 Western Asia 52.7987
15 South-Eastern Asia 52.2911
16 Melanesia 50.4264
17 Northern Africa 46.6613
18 Southern Asia 46.6269
19 Eastern Africa 44.2682
20 Middle Africa 40.7595
21 Western Africa 38.5549

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1964

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 69.2808
2 No income group available 61.0326
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 59.2644
4 Upper-middle-income countries 54.4218
5 Middle-income countries 51.3504
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 50.6639
7 Lower-middle-income countries 47.749
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 46.9077
9 Low-income countries 41.8903