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Life Expectancy by Country in 1966

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In 1966, 🇫🇴Faroe Islands was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 74.2028 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇪Sweden with a life expectancy of 74.1013 years of age, and 🇳🇴Norway with 74.0081 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 26.0843 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 70.34 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.02 years, and Oceania with 65.84 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 71.64 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.19 years, and Australia/New Zealand with 70.75 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 69.60 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 41.76 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1966

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 74.2028
2 🇸🇪 Sweden 74.1013
3 🇳🇴 Norway 74.0081
4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.555
5 🇦🇩 Andorra 73.3789
6 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.0965
7 🇸🇲 San Marino 73.0119
8 🇲🇨 Monaco 72.972
9 🇬🇬 Guernsey 72.6727
10 🇩🇰 Denmark 72.4655
11 🇨🇭 Switzerland 72.4497
12 🇯🇪 Jersey 72.1351
13 🇨🇦 Canada 71.8708
14 🇬🇷 Greece 71.8126
15 🇱🇹 Lithuania 71.6291
16 🇫🇷 France 71.5098
17 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.4391
18 🇮🇱 Israel 71.3923
19 🇧🇾 Belarus 71.2953
20 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.2424
21 🇪🇸 Spain 71.1621
22 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.0731
23 🇯🇵 Japan 71.0288
24 🇮🇹 Italy 70.9982
25 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.9008
26 🇻🇦 Holy See 70.8801
27 🇩🇪 Germany 70.7416
28 🇦🇺 Australia 70.6785
29 🇧🇪 Belgium 70.6288
30 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.4553
31 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.4193
32 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 70.2475
33 🇺🇦 Ukraine 70.2343
34 🇦🇹 Austria 70.2229
35 🇺🇸 United States of America 70.2045
36 🇮🇪 Ireland 70.1571
37 🇪🇪 Estonia 70.1454
38 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 69.9009
39 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.8967
40 🇵🇱 Poland 69.8929
41 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 69.7374
42 🇫🇮 Finland 69.6446
43 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 69.5943
44 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 69.5414
45 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 69.1508
46 🇲🇪 Montenegro 69.0377
47 🇷🇴 Romania 68.9848
48 🇲🇹 Malta 68.708
49 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.6491
50 🇺🇾 Uruguay 68.4265
51 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 68.3253
52 🇭🇷 Croatia 68.2719
53 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 68.1414
54 🇧🇧 Barbados 67.8051
55 🇸🇬 Singapore 67.7988
56 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 67.6468
57 🇸🇮 Slovenia 67.5203
58 🇨🇾 Cyprus 67.495
59 🇨🇼 Curaçao 67.295
60 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 66.9564
61 🇨🇺 Cuba 66.7153
62 🇯🇲 Jamaica 66.3552
63 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 66.3069
64 🇱🇧 Lebanon 66.1587
65 🇦🇼 Aruba 66.0633
66 🇷🇸 Serbia 65.8991
67 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.6514
68 🇵🇹 Portugal 65.6117
69 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 65.333
70 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 65.2727
71 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 65.1713
72 🇦🇷 Argentina 64.8912
73 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 64.7352
74 🇧🇸 Bahamas 64.6593
75 🇬🇩 Grenada 64.655
76 🇲🇶 Martinique 64.6072
77 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 64.3758
78 🇵🇦 Panama 63.7893
79 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 63.7721
80 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 63.7202
81 🇶🇦 Qatar 63.6241
82 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 63.5541
83 🇩🇲 Dominica 63.4901
84 🇧🇲 Bermuda 63.4262
85 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 63.3925
86 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 63.3665
87 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 63.3228
88 🇦🇮 Anguilla 63.2933
89 🇬🇪 Georgia 63.0755
90 🇰🇼 Kuwait 63.0748
91 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 63.0549
92 🇦🇲 Armenia 62.9451
93 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 62.814
94 🇬🇺 Guam 62.778
95 🇳🇺 Niue 62.3711
96 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 62.0759
97 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 62.0536
98 🇵🇾 Paraguay 61.9879
99 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 61.9762
100 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 61.9631
101 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 61.8012
102 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 61.7956
103 🇬🇫 French Guiana 61.7763
104 🇬🇱 Greenland 61.7662
105 🇲🇾 Malaysia 61.3747
106 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 61.3335
107 🇵🇭 Philippines 61.1984
108 🇫🇯 Fiji 61.1542
109 🇹🇴 Tonga 61.1317
110 🇦🇱 Albania 60.9983
111 🇧🇿 Belize 60.9634
112 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 60.7569
113 🇹🇰 Tokelau 60.6524
114 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 60.3918
115 🇲🇸 Montserrat 60.3881
116 🇨🇴 Colombia 60.2041
117 🇷🇪 Réunion 60.1465
118 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.0215
119 🇬🇾 Guyana 59.9369
120 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 59.7539
121 🇸🇷 Suriname 59.691
122 🇨🇱 Chile 59.6888
123 🇾🇹 Mayotte 59.6754
124 🇧🇭 Bahrain 59.6563
125 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 59.4641
126 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 59.4634
127 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 59.3374
128 🇳🇷 Nauru 59.2627
129 🇲🇽 Mexico 58.9807
130 🇲🇺 Mauritius 58.9502
131 🇦🇸 American Samoa 58.7703
132 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 58.7606
133 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 58.4672
134 🇼🇸 Samoa 57.9218
135 🇯🇴 Jordan 57.8691
136 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 57.6723
137 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 57.5981
138 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 57.598
139 🇮🇶 Iraq 57.3483
140 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 57.052
141 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 56.9671
142 🇸🇨 Seychelles 56.2541
143 🇪🇨 Ecuador 55.9418
144 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 55.9197
145 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 55.8886
146 🇧🇷 Brazil 55.4733
147 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 55.3473
148 🇹🇭 Thailand 55.2539
149 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 55.1851
150 🇵🇼 Palau 54.8464
151 🇹🇷 Türkiye 54.7097
152 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.6006
153 🇿🇦 South Africa 54.3911
154 🇵🇪 Peru 53.699
155 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 53.6662
156 🇨🇳 China 53.6368
157 🇧🇼 Botswana 53.2641
158 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 52.8616
159 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 52.6874
160 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 52.4613
161 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 52.3562
162 🇰🇪 Kenya 52.0974
163 🇭🇳 Honduras 52.0911
164 🇰🇮 Kiribati 51.779
165 🇨🇬 Congo 51.7736
166 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 51.7673
167 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 51.5596
168 🇳🇦 Namibia 51.4386
169 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 51.3165
170 🇸🇻 El Salvador 50.9641
171 🇵🇰 Pakistan 50.8418
172 🇿🇲 Zambia 50.6788
173 🇬🇦 Gabon 50.3485
174 🇲🇳 Mongolia 50.1864
175 🇱🇸 Lesotho 50.1479
176 🇱🇾 Libya 50.1319
177 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 50.0346
178 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 49.5078
179 🇪🇬 Egypt 49.5039
180 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 49.3432
181 🇹🇳 Tunisia 49.3268
182 🇲🇷 Mauritania 48.7281
183 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 48.5772
184 🇸🇿 Eswatini 48.5596
185 🇲🇲 Myanmar 48.369
186 🇺🇬 Uganda 48.3379
187 🇮🇩 Indonesia 48.1998
188 🇷🇼 Rwanda 48.1665
189 🇬🇹 Guatemala 47.7642
190 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.7266
191 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 47.4211
192 🇲🇦 Morocco 46.5623
193 🇭🇹 Haiti 45.594
194 🇲🇬 Madagascar 45.5728
195 🇩🇯 Djibouti 45.4741
196 🇰🇭 Cambodia 45.3626
197 🇮🇳 India 45.3332
198 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 45.1183
199 🇸🇴 Somalia 44.7598
200 🇸🇩 Sudan 44.6258
201 🇨🇲 Cameroon 44.4363
202 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 44.3807
203 🇹🇬 Togo 44.373
204 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.5306
205 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 43.2638
206 🇴🇲 Oman 43.0665
207 🇩🇿 Algeria 42.5429
208 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 42.5308
209 🇰🇲 Comoros 42.1466
210 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 42.0959
211 🇲🇻 Maldives 42.0551
212 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.0527
213 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 41.8191
214 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.6392
215 🇳🇵 Nepal 40.8656
216 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 40.756
217 🇧🇯 Benin 40.6485
218 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 40.1503
219 🇸🇳 Senegal 39.9611
220 🇪🇷 Eritrea 39.8818
221 🇹🇩 Chad 39.1501
222 🇱🇷 Liberia 39.0814
223 🇳🇬 Nigeria 38.7973
224 🇦🇴 Angola 38.7572
225 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 37.9161
226 🇬🇲 Gambia 37.8979
227 🇬🇳 Guinea 37.8395
228 🇧🇹 Bhutan 36.9009
229 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 36.8683
230 🇳🇪 Niger 36.8072
231 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 36.6984
232 🇾🇪 Yemen 36.0969
233 🇲🇼 Malawi 35.8659
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 35.4531
235 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 34.9983
236 🇲🇱 Mali 30.8711
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 26.0843

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1966

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 70.3407
2 Europe 70.0242
3 Oceania 65.8367
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 57.4856
5 Asia 51.4792
6 Africa 43.433

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1966

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 71.6442
2 Western Europe 71.1918
3 Australia/New Zealand 70.7479
4 Southern Europe 69.5509
5 Eastern Europe 69.2607
6 Caribbean 59.7396
7 Polynesia 59.4358
8 Central Asia 58.4239
9 Micronesia 58.4171
10 South America 57.3179
11 Central America 57.065
12 Eastern Asia 55.4401
13 Western Asia 54.2711
14 Southern Africa 53.9607
15 South-Eastern Asia 52.5502
16 Melanesia 51.5661
17 Northern Africa 47.0695
18 Southern Asia 46.0389
19 Eastern Africa 43.7932
20 Middle Africa 42.0173
21 Western Africa 39.1754

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1966

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 69.6036
2 No income group available 61.6286
3 Upper-middle-income countries 55.9843
4 Middle-income countries 51.7728
5 Lower-middle-income countries 47.6997
6 Low-income countries 41.7574