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Life Expectancy by Country in 1971

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In 1971, 🇫🇴Faroe Islands was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 74.8556 years. Closely followed by 🇸🇪Sweden with a life expectancy of 74.6009 years of age, and 🇳🇴Norway with 74.1754 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇧🇩Bangladesh with 25.996 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 71.26 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.11 years, and Oceania with 67.44 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 72.33 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.54 years, and Australia/New Zealand with 71.50 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 70.54 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 44.01 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1971

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 74.8556
2 🇸🇪 Sweden 74.6009
3 🇳🇴 Norway 74.1754
4 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.8716
5 🇸🇲 San Marino 73.8511
6 🇦🇩 Andorra 73.7187
7 🇩🇰 Denmark 73.4293
8 🇮🇸 Iceland 73.4118
9 🇲🇨 Monaco 73.4102
10 🇨🇭 Switzerland 73.2408
11 🇬🇷 Greece 73.0646
12 🇨🇦 Canada 72.9514
13 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 72.8595
14 🇬🇬 Guernsey 72.8362
15 🇯🇵 Japan 72.8085
16 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 72.236
17 🇫🇷 France 72.0746
18 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 71.9265
19 🇮🇹 Italy 71.8821
20 🇻🇦 Holy See 71.7388
21 🇪🇸 Spain 71.7373
22 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.7172
23 🇱🇹 Lithuania 71.668
24 🇮🇪 Ireland 71.6227
25 🇮🇱 Israel 71.502
26 🇧🇾 Belarus 71.4852
27 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 71.4528
28 🇦🇺 Australia 71.452
29 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.437
30 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 71.1977
31 🇺🇸 United States of America 71.0957
32 🇧🇪 Belgium 71.0848
33 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 71.0174
34 🇩🇪 Germany 70.9158
35 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 70.8838
36 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.8
37 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 70.6835
38 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.3318
39 🇦🇹 Austria 70.2909
40 🇪🇪 Estonia 70.2766
41 🇫🇮 Finland 70.1468
42 🇸🇰 Slovakia 69.8649
43 🇨🇿 Czechia 69.7371
44 🇲🇪 Montenegro 69.7168
45 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 69.5818
46 🇺🇦 Ukraine 69.553
47 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 69.4374
48 🇵🇱 Poland 69.3714
49 🇨🇾 Cyprus 69.3301
50 🇲🇹 Malta 69.302
51 🇭🇷 Croatia 69.2758
52 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 69.181
53 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.08
54 🇸🇬 Singapore 69.0385
55 🇺🇾 Uruguay 68.9686
56 🇨🇺 Cuba 68.9178
57 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.7325
58 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 68.6548
59 🇧🇧 Barbados 68.5981
60 🇨🇼 Curaçao 68.5603
61 🇧🇲 Bermuda 68.5019
62 🇸🇮 Slovenia 68.3055
63 🇦🇼 Aruba 67.9746
64 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 67.753
65 🇷🇴 Romania 67.733
66 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.1635
67 🇶🇦 Qatar 67.1332
68 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 67.09
69 🇦🇸 American Samoa 67.064
70 🇰🇼 Kuwait 67.0578
71 🇵🇹 Portugal 66.8501
72 🇱🇧 Lebanon 66.8229
73 🇯🇲 Jamaica 66.7954
74 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 66.6582
75 🇷🇸 Serbia 66.6467
76 🇲🇶 Martinique 66.5667
77 🇬🇩 Grenada 66.4791
78 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 66.301
79 🇧🇸 Bahamas 66.1507
80 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 66.0821
81 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 66.0316
82 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 65.9556
83 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 65.9222
84 🇵🇦 Panama 65.7868
85 🇦🇱 Albania 65.6179
86 🇧🇭 Bahrain 65.6068
87 🇦🇷 Argentina 65.5408
88 🇦🇮 Anguilla 65.5199
89 🇲🇸 Montserrat 65.3252
90 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 65.2961
91 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 65.2827
92 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 65.2504
93 🇬🇺 Guam 65.193
94 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 65.1567
95 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 64.9334
96 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 64.8741
97 🇬🇪 Georgia 64.7526
98 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 64.699
99 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 64.6357
100 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 64.5481
101 🇳🇺 Niue 64.3878
102 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 64.3686
103 🇩🇲 Dominica 64.3351
104 🇦🇲 Armenia 64.2077
105 🇧🇿 Belize 64.2044
106 🇬🇫 French Guiana 63.9936
107 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 63.799
108 🇬🇱 Greenland 63.7149
109 🇹🇴 Tonga 63.6608
110 🇲🇾 Malaysia 63.5836
111 🇾🇹 Mayotte 63.2544
112 🇷🇪 Réunion 63.2338
113 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 62.8704
114 🇵🇾 Paraguay 62.8033
115 🇨🇱 Chile 62.7319
116 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 62.6808
117 🇹🇰 Tokelau 62.1046
118 🇨🇴 Colombia 62.0514
119 🇵🇭 Philippines 61.9884
120 🇫🇯 Fiji 61.7964
121 🇯🇴 Jordan 61.6121
122 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 61.5911
123 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 61.5178
124 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 61.3704
125 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 61.3255
126 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 61.2836
127 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 61.2109
128 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 61.176
129 🇲🇽 Mexico 61.1551
130 🇮🇶 Iraq 60.9092
131 🇲🇺 Mauritius 60.7877
132 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.747
133 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 60.7399
134 🇼🇸 Samoa 60.7041
135 🇬🇾 Guyana 60.5549
136 🇸🇷 Suriname 60.392
137 🇳🇷 Nauru 60.3413
138 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 59.3533
139 🇸🇨 Seychelles 59.1568
140 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 58.9336
141 🇹🇭 Thailand 58.5241
142 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 58.4858
143 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 58.0383
144 🇪🇨 Ecuador 57.6327
145 🇧🇷 Brazil 57.5858
146 🇨🇳 China 57.5653
147 🇹🇷 Türkiye 57.4092
148 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 57.2297
149 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 57.1962
150 🇵🇼 Palau 56.9796
151 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 56.9777
152 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 56.841
153 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 56.7825
154 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 56.7486
155 🇱🇾 Libya 56.3373
156 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 56.2798
157 🇵🇪 Peru 56.163
158 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 55.9943
159 🇿🇦 South Africa 55.955
160 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 55.7664
161 🇧🇼 Botswana 55.7448
162 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 55.7077
163 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 55.6489
164 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 55.322
165 🇰🇮 Kiribati 55.0968
166 🇭🇳 Honduras 54.966
167 🇹🇳 Tunisia 54.835
168 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 54.8134
169 🇰🇪 Kenya 54.258
170 🇳🇦 Namibia 54.2372
171 🇨🇬 Congo 54.0427
172 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 53.7729
173 🇮🇩 Indonesia 53.5762
174 🇲🇳 Mongolia 53.3452
175 🇬🇦 Gabon 53.0729
176 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 52.8146
177 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 52.5789
178 🇸🇻 El Salvador 52.2409
179 🇿🇲 Zambia 52.0225
180 🇲🇷 Mauritania 51.3869
181 🇸🇿 Eswatini 51.3098
182 🇱🇸 Lesotho 51.2928
183 🇲🇲 Myanmar 51.2152
184 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 51.1241
185 🇬🇹 Guatemala 50.4839
186 🇪🇬 Egypt 50.3859
187 🇵🇰 Pakistan 50.3502
188 🇸🇩 Sudan 49.6461
189 🇲🇦 Morocco 49.2434
190 🇴🇲 Oman 48.9341
191 🇮🇳 India 48.6324
192 🇨🇲 Cameroon 48.2505
193 🇲🇬 Madagascar 47.8889
194 🇬🇭 Ghana 47.7976
195 🇭🇹 Haiti 47.7195
196 🇩🇯 Djibouti 47.3578
197 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47.0612
198 🇺🇬 Uganda 46.9298
199 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 46.9174
200 🇷🇼 Rwanda 46.8291
201 🇹🇬 Togo 46.5873
202 🇲🇻 Maldives 46.125
203 🇸🇴 Somalia 45.7467
204 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 45.6879
205 🇰🇲 Comoros 45.581
206 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 44.9923
207 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 43.9827
208 🇩🇿 Algeria 43.6703
209 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.6555
210 🇳🇵 Nepal 43.3117
211 🇧🇮 Burundi 42.9655
212 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 42.8922
213 🇧🇯 Benin 42.5814
214 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 42.5736
215 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.739
216 🇾🇪 Yemen 41.5425
217 🇪🇷 Eritrea 41.4832
218 🇸🇳 Senegal 41.2189
219 🇱🇷 Liberia 40.9396
220 🇧🇹 Bhutan 40.7526
221 🇦🇴 Angola 40.5543
222 🇳🇬 Nigeria 40.4802
223 🇬🇲 Gambia 40.3466
224 🇹🇩 Chad 40.1901
225 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 39.5591
226 🇰🇭 Cambodia 39.5071
227 🇬🇳 Guinea 39.3079
228 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 39.2691
229 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 38.3681
230 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 37.9233
231 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 37.7224
232 🇲🇼 Malawi 37.2389
233 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 36.2633
234 🇳🇪 Niger 35.2933
235 🇲🇱 Mali 32.9369
236 🇸🇸 South Sudan 31.5822
237 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 25.996

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1971

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 71.2563
2 Europe 70.1067
3 Oceania 67.4401
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 59.5052
5 Asia 53.3624
6 Africa 45.322

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1971

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 72.3296
2 Western Europe 71.5423
3 Australia/New Zealand 71.5
4 Southern Europe 70.5987
5 Eastern Europe 68.475
6 Polynesia 62.2394
7 Caribbean 61.6644
8 Micronesia 60.905
9 Central Asia 59.91
10 Central America 59.3753
11 Eastern Asia 59.2617
12 South America 59.2513
13 Western Asia 57.5423
14 Southern Africa 55.6
15 South-Eastern Asia 55.3363
16 Melanesia 54.4163
17 Northern Africa 49.3415
18 Eastern Africa 45.6836
19 Southern Asia 45.613
20 Middle Africa 44.0135
21 Western Africa 40.7491

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1971

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 70.5412
2 No income group available 64.7169
3 Upper-middle-income countries 59.0327
4 Middle-income countries 53.4062
5 Lower-middle-income countries 48.1704
6 Low-income countries 44.0102