Life Expectancy by Country in 1969

In 1969, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ดFaroe Islands was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 74.7436 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ชSweden with a life expectancy of 74.113 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway with 73.6674 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธSouth Sudan with 26.0864 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 70.64 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 69.64 years, and Oceania with 66.74 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 71.78 years. Closely followed by Australia/New Zealand with an average life expectancy of 71.14 years, and Western Europe with 70.96 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 69.86 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 43.15 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1969

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 74.7436
2 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 74.113
3 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 73.6674
4 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 73.5601
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 73.5502
6 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 73.4149
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 73.2434
8 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 73.2311
9 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 72.954
10 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 72.7174
11 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 72.3985
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 72.196
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 72.0608
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 71.9007
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 71.6646
16 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 71.6237
17 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 71.4989
18 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 71.4755
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 71.3673
20 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 71.2021
21 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 71.1402
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 71.0722
23 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 70.9992
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 70.9815
25 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 70.8629
26 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 70.8603
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 70.8505
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 70.8003
29 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 70.7332
30 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 70.6734
31 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 70.6577
32 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 70.4947
33 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 70.4785
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 70.456
35 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 70.1578
36 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 70.0416
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 70.0063
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 69.9846
39 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 69.805
40 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 69.7371
41 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 69.7118
42 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 69.6478
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 69.5348
44 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 69.4898
45 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 69.4674
46 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 69.4186
47 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 69.3802
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 69.1876
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 68.8734
50 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 68.845
51 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 68.815
52 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 68.7957
53 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 68.5814
54 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 68.4903
55 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 68.44
56 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 68.265
57 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 68.2109
58 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.1781
59 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 68.0383
60 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 67.971
61 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 67.936
62 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 67.8831
63 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 67.5655
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 67.1682
65 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 66.7717
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 66.6967
67 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 66.4046
68 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 66.3982
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 66.381
70 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 66.2001
71 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 65.8947
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 65.8566
73 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 65.7523
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 65.6775
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 65.669
76 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 65.6622
77 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 65.6463
78 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 65.4695
79 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 65.3519
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 65.1931
81 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 65.0155
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 64.8588
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 64.7183
84 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 64.685
85 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 64.6615
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 64.5806
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 64.545
88 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 64.4366
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 64.3844
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 64.2799
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 64.273
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 64.2052
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 64.0348
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 63.993
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 63.9226
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 63.8726
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 63.8499
98 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 63.6979
99 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 63.6556
100 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 63.5893
101 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 63.5526
102 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 63.475
103 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 63.3269
104 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 63.2235
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 63.1548
106 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 63.0957
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 63.0421
108 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 62.7704
109 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 62.7374
110 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 62.6661
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 62.6438
112 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 62.4989
113 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 62.173
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 62.0133
115 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 61.9295
116 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 61.9053
117 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 61.7976
118 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 61.7138
119 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 61.5382
120 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 61.4933
121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 61.2163
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.8235
123 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 60.7162
124 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 60.6622
125 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 60.5025
126 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 60.4439
127 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 60.3799
128 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 60.2758
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 60.2503
130 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 60.224
131 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 59.9719
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 59.9261
133 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 59.878
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 59.6936
135 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 59.6402
136 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 59.32
137 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 58.7598
138 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 58.5993
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 58.2268
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 57.8454
141 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 57.8183
142 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 57.195
143 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 57.1727
144 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 56.9323
145 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 56.7483
146 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 56.7143
147 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 56.6545
148 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 56.4842
149 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 56.3784
150 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 56.1515
151 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 55.9822
152 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 55.7382
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 55.5134
154 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 55.255
155 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 55.1943
156 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 55.1626
157 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 55.0804
158 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 55.0798
159 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 54.6965
160 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 54.6839
161 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 54.591
162 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 54.3242
163 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 54.1981
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 53.996
165 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 53.8957
166 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 53.8801
167 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 53.7491
168 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 53.7356
169 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 53.1946
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 53.1686
171 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 53.1167
172 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 52.5225
173 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 52.3537
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 52.0044
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 51.9567
176 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 51.8162
177 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 51.6394
178 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 51.414
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 51.147
180 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 50.8999
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 50.7019
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 50.6327
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 50.3416
184 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 50.3175
185 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 49.7969
186 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 49.5108
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 49.4375
188 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 49.1721
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 48.5476
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 48.3145
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 47.8574
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 47.5647
193 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 47.3982
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 47.0155
195 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 46.9823
196 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 46.915
197 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 46.8205
198 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 46.6845
199 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 46.2414
200 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 46.2145
201 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 45.9729
202 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 45.6659
203 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 45.3698
204 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 45.1473
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 44.4423
206 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 44.2754
207 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 44.1581
208 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 43.6426
209 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 43.2099
210 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 42.9761
211 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 42.8741
212 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 42.8298
213 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 42.7814
214 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 42.3344
215 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 41.8489
216 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 41.7772
217 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 41.7099
218 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 40.7217
219 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 40.459
220 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 40.2648
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 40.193
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 39.8291
223 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 39.4742
224 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 39.3486
225 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 39.1266
226 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 38.8566
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 38.723
228 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 38.7176
229 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 38.2493
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 37.7463
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 36.9101
232 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 36.7125
233 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 36.3542
234 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 36.3208
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 32.0451
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 30.0765
237 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 26.0864

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1969

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 70.6419
2 Europe 69.6398
3 Oceania 66.7376
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 58.5994
5 Asia 53.6282
6 Africa 44.3156

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1969

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 71.7819
2 Australia/New Zealand 71.1449
3 Western Europe 70.9633
4 Southern Europe 69.7091
5 Eastern Europe 68.3101
6 Polynesia 61.3357
7 Caribbean 60.8678
8 Micronesia 60.0691
9 Central Asia 59.3066
10 South America 58.3946
11 Central America 58.2924
12 Eastern Asia 57.5017
13 Western Asia 56.1965
14 Southern Africa 54.8228
15 South-Eastern Asia 54.6167
16 Melanesia 53.3126
17 Southern Asia 48.3323
18 Northern Africa 47.9196
19 Eastern Africa 45.1369
20 Middle Africa 43.1614
21 Western Africa 39.5266

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1969

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 69.865
2 No income group available 63.0313
3 Upper-middle-income countries 57.5596
4 Middle-income countries 53.5019
5 Lower-middle-income countries 49.5841
6 Low-income countries 43.1525