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Life Expectancy by Country in 1970

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In 1970, 🇫🇴Faroe Islands was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 74.8493 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇪Sweden with a life expectancy of 74.6641 years of age, and 🇦🇩Andorra with 74.452 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇸🇸South Sudan with 25.6322 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 70.89 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.29 years, and Oceania with 66.58 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 72.06 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.38 years, and Australia/New Zealand with 70.76 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 70.35 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 43.84 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1970

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 74.8493
2 🇸🇪 Sweden 74.6641
3 🇦🇩 Andorra 74.452
4 🇸🇲 San Marino 74.2691
5 🇳🇴 Norway 74.0705
6 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.7797
7 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.6279
8 🇩🇰 Denmark 73.364
9 🇲🇨 Monaco 73.3485
10 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 73.2707
11 🇨🇭 Switzerland 73.1238
12 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 72.82
13 🇬🇷 Greece 72.7479
14 🇨🇦 Canada 72.6092
15 🇬🇬 Guernsey 72.5782
16 🇪🇸 Spain 72.1491
17 🇫🇷 France 72.0915
18 🇯🇵 Japan 72.0073
19 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 71.8882
20 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.8819
21 🇧🇾 Belarus 71.6772
22 🇮🇹 Italy 71.6296
23 🇻🇦 Holy See 71.4792
24 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 71.2703
25 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.2505
26 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.2192
27 🇮🇱 Israel 71.1575
28 🇯🇪 Jersey 71.1177
29 🇱🇹 Lithuania 71.103
30 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 70.982
31 🇧🇪 Belgium 70.9368
32 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 70.8556
33 🇺🇦 Ukraine 70.8438
34 🇮🇪 Ireland 70.8338
35 🇺🇸 United States of America 70.7343
36 🇩🇪 Germany 70.6782
37 🇦🇺 Australia 70.6534
38 🇲🇪 Montenegro 70.4035
39 🇪🇪 Estonia 70.3994
40 🇲🇹 Malta 70.3711
41 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 70.3515
42 🇫🇮 Finland 70.3247
43 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.2372
44 🇦🇹 Austria 70.086
45 🇷🇸 Serbia 69.7347
46 🇸🇰 Slovakia 69.7226
47 🇵🇱 Poland 69.5572
48 🇨🇿 Czechia 69.4882
49 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 69.3709
50 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 69.2259
51 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.2187
52 🇭🇷 Croatia 69.1747
53 🇸🇮 Slovenia 69.0488
54 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 69.0362
55 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 68.7615
56 🇺🇾 Uruguay 68.7336
57 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 68.7083
58 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 68.5975
59 🇧🇧 Barbados 68.5182
60 🇸🇬 Singapore 68.4999
61 🇧🇲 Bermuda 68.4038
62 🇨🇼 Curaçao 68.2303
63 🇨🇾 Cyprus 68.0502
64 🇰🇼 Kuwait 67.9771
65 🇨🇺 Cuba 67.9354
66 🇷🇴 Romania 67.9295
67 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 67.5005
68 🇦🇼 Aruba 67.4402
69 🇵🇹 Portugal 67.0549
70 🇬🇩 Grenada 66.856
71 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 66.7871
72 🇯🇲 Jamaica 66.7307
73 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 66.4292
74 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 66.4075
75 🇦🇸 American Samoa 66.3642
76 🇩🇲 Dominica 66.2084
77 🇧🇸 Bahamas 66.1634
78 🇱🇧 Lebanon 66.0178
79 🇬🇺 Guam 65.8109
80 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 65.7235
81 🇦🇷 Argentina 65.6474
82 🇲🇸 Montserrat 65.2902
83 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 65.2829
84 🇦🇱 Albania 65.2343
85 🇲🇶 Martinique 65.0525
86 🇦🇮 Anguilla 65.0005
87 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 64.9722
88 🇶🇦 Qatar 64.8893
89 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 64.8689
90 🇬🇪 Georgia 64.8687
91 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 64.8442
92 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 64.8311
93 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64.8162
94 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 64.6923
95 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 64.4896
96 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 64.3832
97 🇳🇺 Niue 64.3668
98 🇧🇭 Bahrain 64.3585
99 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 64.3521
100 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 64.2904
101 🇵🇦 Panama 64.0684
102 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.0289
103 🇸🇨 Seychelles 63.9828
104 🇲🇺 Mauritius 63.6917
105 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 63.5739
106 🇾🇹 Mayotte 63.5519
107 🇲🇾 Malaysia 63.2983
108 🇬🇫 French Guiana 63.2738
109 🇷🇪 Réunion 63.2043
110 🇹🇴 Tonga 63.1819
111 🇧🇿 Belize 63.0436
112 🇬🇱 Greenland 63.0296
113 🇦🇲 Armenia 62.7596
114 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 62.6887
115 🇨🇱 Chile 62.6344
116 🇵🇾 Paraguay 62.5541
117 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 62.495
118 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 62.4136
119 🇹🇰 Tokelau 62.2986
120 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 62.1754
121 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 62.0491
122 🇫🇯 Fiji 61.6519
123 🇨🇴 Colombia 61.4646
124 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 61.3716
125 🇵🇭 Philippines 60.8273
126 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 60.7796
127 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 60.6077
128 🇮🇶 Iraq 60.5323
129 🇼🇸 Samoa 60.3881
130 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 60.0723
131 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 60.0575
132 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 60.049
133 🇬🇾 Guyana 59.9608
134 🇯🇴 Jordan 59.8333
135 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 59.7741
136 🇸🇷 Suriname 59.4939
137 🇲🇽 Mexico 58.8934
138 🇪🇨 Ecuador 58.8496
139 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 58.7978
140 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 58.4931
141 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.4493
142 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 58.184
143 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 57.7608
144 🇵🇼 Palau 57.6739
145 🇧🇷 Brazil 57.338
146 🇨🇳 China 56.8241
147 🇹🇷 Türkiye 56.7016
148 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 56.5886
149 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 56.5859
150 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 56.5591
151 🇹🇭 Thailand 56.4699
152 🇧🇼 Botswana 56.4464
153 🇱🇾 Libya 56.3791
154 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 56.2673
155 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 56.0607
156 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 56.0455
157 🇿🇦 South Africa 55.6808
158 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 55.3789
159 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 55.3588
160 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 55.3475
161 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 55.3107
162 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 54.93
163 🇳🇦 Namibia 54.686
164 🇰🇮 Kiribati 54.3802
165 🇭🇳 Honduras 54.3603
166 🇰🇪 Kenya 54.1427
167 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 54.0023
168 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 53.8153
169 🇹🇳 Tunisia 53.7917
170 🇨🇬 Congo 53.5549
171 🇿🇲 Zambia 53.4039
172 🇮🇩 Indonesia 53.2543
173 🇵🇰 Pakistan 52.9434
174 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 52.7287
175 🇬🇦 Gabon 52.6973
176 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 52.2997
177 🇸🇩 Sudan 52.2939
178 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 52.1436
179 🇲🇳 Mongolia 51.9931
180 🇱🇸 Lesotho 51.5005
181 🇸🇻 El Salvador 51.3643
182 🇸🇿 Eswatini 51.2079
183 🇲🇷 Mauritania 50.5445
184 🇲🇲 Myanmar 50.4696
185 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 50.2223
186 🇺🇬 Uganda 49.621
187 🇪🇬 Egypt 49.0001
188 🇲🇦 Morocco 48.6908
189 🇮🇳 India 48.5852
190 🇬🇹 Guatemala 48.5065
191 🇨🇲 Cameroon 47.9542
192 🇲🇬 Madagascar 47.8984
193 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.8884
194 🇵🇪 Peru 47.7285
195 🇩🇯 Djibouti 47.5361
196 🇭🇹 Haiti 47.2647
197 🇷🇼 Rwanda 47.1162
198 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47.1027
199 🇹🇬 Togo 46.7819
200 🇴🇲 Oman 46.6396
201 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 46.4947
202 🇸🇴 Somalia 45.644
203 🇰🇲 Comoros 45.226
204 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 45.1758
205 🇲🇻 Maldives 44.5217
206 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 44.0446
207 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 43.7756
208 🇩🇿 Algeria 43.328
209 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.3005
210 🇧🇮 Burundi 43.2251
211 🇳🇵 Nepal 43.1507
212 🇧🇯 Benin 43.0293
213 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 42.6672
214 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 42.6617
215 🇲🇿 Mozambique 42.4593
216 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 42.1149
217 🇹🇩 Chad 41.3855
218 🇧🇹 Bhutan 41.1854
219 🇪🇷 Eritrea 41.1621
220 🇸🇳 Senegal 40.789
221 🇾🇪 Yemen 40.5729
222 🇱🇷 Liberia 40.3594
223 🇳🇬 Nigeria 40.0084
224 🇦🇴 Angola 39.6882
225 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 39.5404
226 🇬🇲 Gambia 39.5325
227 🇬🇳 Guinea 39.0603
228 🇰🇭 Cambodia 38.6281
229 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 38.619
230 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 37.4601
231 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 37.3617
232 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 37.2582
233 🇲🇼 Malawi 36.638
234 🇳🇪 Niger 35.919
235 🇲🇱 Mali 33.396
236 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 31.0861
237 🇸🇸 South Sudan 25.6322

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1970

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 70.8897
2 Europe 70.286
3 Oceania 66.5796
4 Americas 63.1495
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 58.5446
6 Asia 54.0354
7 Africa 44.9859

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1970

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 72.0628
2 Western Europe 71.3766
3 Australia/New Zealand 70.7556
4 Southern Europe 70.4496
5 Eastern Europe 69.1372
6 Polynesia 61.8525
7 Caribbean 61.3709
8 Micronesia 60.2745
9 Central Asia 58.9891
10 Eastern Asia 58.5161
11 South America 58.4767
12 Central America 57.4478
13 Western Asia 56.6817
14 Southern Africa 55.3932
15 South-Eastern Asia 54.417
16 Melanesia 53.9971
17 Northern Africa 48.973
18 Southern Asia 48.2391
19 Eastern Africa 45.3371
20 Middle Africa 43.6744
21 Western Africa 40.4904

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1970

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 70.3536
2 No income group available 64.6217
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 61.8008
4 Upper-middle-income countries 57.8505
5 Middle-income countries 53.8564
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 53.105
7 Lower-middle-income countries 49.2374
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 48.4438
9 Low-income countries 43.8402