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Life Expectancy by Country in 1972

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In 1972, 🇦🇩Andorra was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 74.8666 years. Closely followed by 🇫🇴Faroe Islands with a life expectancy of 74.8271 years of age, and 🇸🇪Sweden with 74.7046 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇧🇮Burundi with 25.6132 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 71.32 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.34 years, and Oceania with 67.80 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Northern Europe had the highest average life expectancy of 72.16 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 71.78 years, and Australia/New Zealand with 71.78 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 70.82 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 43.65 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1972

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇦🇩 Andorra 74.8666
2 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 74.8271
3 🇸🇪 Sweden 74.7046
4 🇳🇴 Norway 74.3497
5 🇮🇸 Iceland 74.2091
6 🇸🇲 San Marino 74.0899
7 🇬🇬 Guernsey 73.8733
8 🇳🇱 Netherlands 73.7834
9 🇨🇭 Switzerland 73.7594
10 🇲🇨 Monaco 73.4692
11 🇩🇰 Denmark 73.4689
12 🇯🇵 Japan 73.2413
13 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 73.1458
14 🇪🇸 Spain 72.9557
15 🇬🇷 Greece 72.8316
16 🇨🇦 Canada 72.828
17 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 72.3778
18 🇫🇷 France 72.3163
19 🇮🇹 Italy 72.1447
20 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 71.9897
21 🇻🇦 Holy See 71.9668
22 🇳🇿 New Zealand 71.8243
23 🇦🇺 Australia 71.7697
24 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.7358
25 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 71.6313
26 🇮🇱 Israel 71.5684
27 🇧🇪 Belgium 71.4104
28 🇧🇾 Belarus 71.3239
29 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 71.3019
30 🇺🇸 United States of America 71.172
31 🇩🇪 Germany 71.1537
32 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 71.0159
33 🇮🇪 Ireland 70.9563
34 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.9109
35 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 70.8879
36 🇫🇮 Finland 70.8673
37 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 70.8267
38 🇲🇹 Malta 70.8097
39 🇦🇹 Austria 70.6202
40 🇲🇪 Montenegro 70.5713
41 🇵🇱 Poland 70.5469
42 🇯🇪 Jersey 70.3474
43 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 70.3315
44 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.3014
45 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.2309
46 🇱🇻 Latvia 70.0767
47 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 70.0441
48 🇪🇪 Estonia 70.0401
49 🇧🇲 Bermuda 69.9614
50 🇨🇾 Cyprus 69.8113
51 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 69.7656
52 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.721
53 🇭🇷 Croatia 69.5753
54 🇨🇺 Cuba 69.4619
55 🇺🇦 Ukraine 69.4188
56 🇸🇬 Singapore 69.1998
57 🇵🇹 Portugal 69.1604
58 🇺🇾 Uruguay 68.9328
59 🇧🇧 Barbados 68.9291
60 🇨🇼 Curaçao 68.8926
61 🇸🇮 Slovenia 68.8298
62 🇦🇼 Aruba 68.5774
63 🇷🇴 Romania 68.518
64 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 68.4989
65 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 68.4725
66 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 68.086
67 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 67.6775
68 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67.672
69 🇶🇦 Qatar 67.6118
70 🇰🇼 Kuwait 67.4208
71 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 67.3914
72 🇦🇸 American Samoa 67.287
73 🇷🇸 Serbia 67.2321
74 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 67.1432
75 🇩🇲 Dominica 67.1103
76 🇯🇲 Jamaica 67.1024
77 🇱🇧 Lebanon 66.9066
78 🇲🇶 Martinique 66.8948
79 🇬🇩 Grenada 66.8223
80 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 66.7156
81 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 66.6114
82 🇵🇦 Panama 66.4574
83 🇦🇱 Albania 66.4221
84 🇧🇸 Bahamas 66.4133
85 🇧🇭 Bahrain 66.3726
86 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 66.3412
87 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 66.0866
88 🇲🇸 Montserrat 66.007
89 🇦🇮 Anguilla 65.9989
90 🇦🇷 Argentina 65.9233
91 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 65.8284
92 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 65.7701
93 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 65.617
94 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 65.5735
95 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 65.4198
96 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 65.3709
97 🇬🇺 Guam 65.3506
98 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 65.3505
99 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 65.1931
100 🇬🇪 Georgia 65.0715
101 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 64.9469
102 🇳🇺 Niue 64.7889
103 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 64.6482
104 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 64.5588
105 🇦🇲 Armenia 64.5348
106 🇬🇫 French Guiana 64.5063
107 🇧🇿 Belize 64.4527
108 🇲🇾 Malaysia 64.083
109 🇾🇹 Mayotte 64.0006
110 🇹🇴 Tonga 63.9833
111 🇷🇪 Réunion 63.9505
112 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 63.9491
113 🇬🇱 Greenland 63.7523
114 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 63.3184
115 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 62.9363
116 🇵🇾 Paraguay 62.9354
117 🇨🇴 Colombia 62.5686
118 🇹🇰 Tokelau 62.421
119 🇯🇴 Jordan 62.3487
120 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 62.304
121 🇨🇱 Chile 62.2807
122 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 62.1498
123 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 61.9004
124 🇵🇭 Philippines 61.8306
125 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 61.8068
126 🇫🇯 Fiji 61.7842
127 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 61.7811
128 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 61.6271
129 🇲🇽 Mexico 61.6143
130 🇮🇶 Iraq 61.388
131 🇼🇸 Samoa 61.2298
132 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 61.1012
133 🇬🇾 Guyana 60.6362
134 🇸🇷 Suriname 60.5073
135 🇲🇺 Mauritius 60.5062
136 🇳🇷 Nauru 60.4491
137 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 60.1866
138 🇸🇨 Seychelles 59.8962
139 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 59.8027
140 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 59.3519
141 🇹🇭 Thailand 59.0515
142 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 58.7962
143 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 58.4252
144 🇨🇳 China 58.4184
145 🇪🇨 Ecuador 58.2052
146 🇹🇷 Türkiye 58.0686
147 🇧🇷 Brazil 58.0321
148 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 57.7966
149 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 57.6373
150 🇵🇼 Palau 57.523
151 🇱🇾 Libya 57.49
152 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 57.4174
153 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 57.4007
154 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 57.391
155 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 57.3492
156 🇵🇪 Peru 56.7372
157 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 56.6482
158 🇧🇼 Botswana 56.3001
159 🇿🇦 South Africa 56.2722
160 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 56.2707
161 🇹🇳 Tunisia 56.1073
162 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 55.7462
163 🇭🇳 Honduras 55.6072
164 🇰🇮 Kiribati 55.4764
165 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 55.309
166 🇵🇰 Pakistan 55.239
167 🇰🇪 Kenya 55.0124
168 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 54.7919
169 🇳🇦 Namibia 54.781
170 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 54.3639
171 🇨🇬 Congo 54.3598
172 🇮🇩 Indonesia 54.2425
173 🇲🇳 Mongolia 54.0161
174 🇬🇦 Gabon 53.6051
175 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 53.4232
176 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 53.2155
177 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 53.1029
178 🇸🇻 El Salvador 53.0192
179 🇿🇲 Zambia 52.6285
180 🇸🇿 Eswatini 51.8212
181 🇱🇸 Lesotho 51.7217
182 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 51.6588
183 🇲🇷 Mauritania 51.6557
184 🇬🇹 Guatemala 51.6381
185 🇲🇲 Myanmar 51.4975
186 🇪🇬 Egypt 50.7654
187 🇸🇩 Sudan 49.9251
188 🇲🇦 Morocco 49.7195
189 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 49.5906
190 🇴🇲 Oman 49.5709
191 🇮🇳 India 49.025
192 🇨🇲 Cameroon 48.8999
193 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 48.6264
194 🇩🇯 Djibouti 48.5279
195 🇲🇬 Madagascar 48.3374
196 🇬🇭 Ghana 48.0255
197 🇭🇹 Haiti 47.9448
198 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 47.4967
199 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 47.3244
200 🇲🇻 Maldives 47.1125
201 🇹🇬 Togo 47.0894
202 🇺🇬 Uganda 46.9667
203 🇷🇼 Rwanda 46.4977
204 🇰🇲 Comoros 46.3049
205 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 46.2945
206 🇸🇴 Somalia 45.94
207 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 45.724
208 🇩🇿 Algeria 44.3465
209 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 44.2493
210 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 43.9332
211 🇳🇵 Nepal 43.6891
212 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 43.284
213 🇧🇯 Benin 43.1584
214 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 43.1455
215 🇾🇪 Yemen 42.46
216 🇪🇷 Eritrea 41.8482
217 🇸🇳 Senegal 41.7529
218 🇲🇿 Mozambique 41.5902
219 🇧🇹 Bhutan 41.5856
220 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 41.5503
221 🇱🇷 Liberia 41.482
222 🇹🇩 Chad 41.3994
223 🇳🇬 Nigeria 41.273
224 🇬🇲 Gambia 40.9146
225 🇦🇴 Angola 40.9052
226 🇰🇭 Cambodia 40.2237
227 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 40.0533
228 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 39.7669
229 🇬🇳 Guinea 39.6735
230 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 38.6976
231 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 38.4439
232 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 38.3178
233 🇲🇼 Malawi 37.9041
234 🇳🇪 Niger 35.6324
235 🇲🇱 Mali 33.8597
236 🇸🇸 South Sudan 31.9074
237 🇧🇮 Burundi 25.6132

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1972

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 71.3165
2 Europe 70.3388
3 Oceania 67.7967
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 59.8733
5 Asia 55.2811
6 Africa 45.4068

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1972

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern Europe 72.16
2 Western Europe 71.7836
3 Australia/New Zealand 71.7767
4 Southern Europe 71.2786
5 Eastern Europe 68.6802
6 Polynesia 62.6091
7 Caribbean 61.9989
8 Micronesia 61.2292
9 Central Asia 60.268
10 Eastern Asia 60.0947
11 South America 59.661
12 Central America 59.6407
13 Western Asia 58.1768
14 Southern Africa 55.9387
15 South-Eastern Asia 55.1883
16 Melanesia 54.9776
17 Northern Africa 49.8472
18 Southern Asia 49.5142
19 Eastern Africa 44.6569
20 Middle Africa 44.5366
21 Western Africa 41.4189

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1972

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 70.8229
2 No income group available 65.2098
3 Upper-middle-income countries 59.7078
4 Middle-income countries 55.0333
5 Lower-middle-income countries 50.688
6 Low-income countries 43.645