Life Expectancy by Country in 1977

In 1977, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 76.1506 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 75.7804 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ดNorway with 75.398 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste with 24.4266 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 73.30 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.87 years, and Oceania with 69.40 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 73.23 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 73.21 years, and Northern Europe with 73.14 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 72.32 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 45.82 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1977

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 76.1506
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 75.7804
3 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 75.398
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 75.393
5 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 75.386
6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 75.3674
7 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 75.3111
8 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 75.2642
9 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 75.0498
10 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 74.6589
11 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 74.3091
12 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 74.1557
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 74.0388
14 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 73.7307
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 73.7251
16 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 73.7024
17 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 73.6487
18 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 73.4736
19 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 73.4403
20 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 73.3604
21 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 73.2862
22 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 73.2152
23 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 73.1137
24 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 72.7887
25 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 72.7562
26 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 72.6161
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 72.592
28 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 72.5457
29 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 72.5133
30 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.269
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 72.2634
32 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 72.235
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 72.2274
34 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 72.1367
35 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 72.1359
36 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 72.083
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 71.9691
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 71.9423
39 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 71.8955
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 71.7761
41 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 71.5679
42 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 71.5294
43 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 71.4763
44 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 71.3732
45 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 71.3025
46 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 71.2882
47 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 71.277
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 70.8846
49 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 70.8403
50 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 70.8307
51 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 70.7979
52 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 70.7226
53 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 70.7185
54 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 70.6422
55 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 70.5841
56 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 70.4078
57 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 70.3455
58 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 70.3299
59 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 70.2645
60 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 70.2637
61 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.0408
62 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 69.9357
63 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 69.8912
64 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 69.8365
65 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 69.7463
66 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 69.7111
67 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.6759
68 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 69.604
69 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 69.4044
70 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 69.291
71 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 69.2129
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 69.1206
73 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 69.0698
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 69.0673
75 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 68.9893
76 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 68.8588
77 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 68.7586
78 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 68.6028
79 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 68.5845
80 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 68.5336
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 68.5114
82 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 68.5037
83 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 68.4678
84 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 68.2445
85 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 68.1631
86 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 68.075
87 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 68.0195
88 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 67.9568
89 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 67.9224
90 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 67.9033
91 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 67.8799
92 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 67.8708
93 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 67.8613
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 67.6581
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 67.4755
96 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 67.4023
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 67.2812
98 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 66.9355
99 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 66.8911
100 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 66.8869
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 66.8109
102 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 66.7892
103 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 66.7404
104 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 66.6411
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 66.5508
106 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 66.5179
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 66.5143
108 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 66.4966
109 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 66.4707
110 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 65.424
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 65.3638
112 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 65.3015
113 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 65.0814
114 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 65.0489
115 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 65.0003
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 64.9813
117 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 64.9364
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 64.6553
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 64.5058
120 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 64.4659
121 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 64.3453
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 64.2276
123 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 63.9408
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 63.781
125 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 63.7636
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 63.7332
127 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 63.6418
128 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 63.5832
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 63.454
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 63.4339
131 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 63.363
132 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 63.0015
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 62.7858
134 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 62.5379
135 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 62.3542
136 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 62.3292
137 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 62.2726
138 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 62.1489
139 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 61.9916
140 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 61.5592
141 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 61.5426
142 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 61.463
143 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 61.4534
144 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 60.9554
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 60.8636
146 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 60.7428
147 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 60.6326
148 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 60.627
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 60.3193
150 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 60.2403
151 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 60.2282
152 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 60.0006
153 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 59.9974
154 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 59.9465
155 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 59.8765
156 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 59.6723
157 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 59.5675
158 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 59.3774
159 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 59.2836
160 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 59.2229
161 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 59.169
162 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 58.8295
163 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 58.7456
164 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 58.6168
165 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 58.4924
166 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 57.5532
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 57.0813
168 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 56.8609
169 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56.5769
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 56.4861
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 56.2845
172 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 56.2567
173 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 56.2523
174 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 56.2432
175 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 56.1896
176 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 56.0893
177 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 56.0373
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 56.0319
179 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 55.8164
180 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 55.8057
181 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 55.5983
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 55.5014
183 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 54.7088
184 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 54.1338
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 54.0448
186 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 54.0239
187 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 53.6483
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 53.3701
189 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 53.3046
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 52.7043
191 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 52.6321
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 51.9086
193 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 51.1969
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 50.5679
195 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 50.1838
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 50.0849
197 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 49.9951
198 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 49.8421
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 49.7595
200 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 49.7572
201 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49.7344
202 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 49.2087
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 49.1913
204 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 49.0468
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 48.8377
206 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 47.2858
207 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 46.918
208 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 46.1763
209 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 46.1521
210 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 46.0047
211 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 45.9733
212 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 45.789
213 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 45.5584
214 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 45.5111
215 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 44.7966
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 44.7634
217 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 44.1466
218 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 43.6189
219 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 43.5132
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 43.4396
221 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 43.1753
222 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 42.7178
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 42.7002
224 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 42.2547
225 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 42.2326
226 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 42.0604
227 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 41.893
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 41.4365
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 41.4107
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 41.2278
231 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 40.5332
232 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 40.5011
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 38.1056
234 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 37.6439
235 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 37.3254
236 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 28.9102
237 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 24.4266

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1977

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 73.304
2 Europe 70.8735
3 Oceania 69.4049
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 62.2139
5 Asia 58.0184
6 Africa 48.1637

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1977

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 73.2251
2 Western Europe 73.2078
3 Northern Europe 73.1379
4 Southern Europe 72.6063
5 Eastern Europe 68.3593
6 Polynesia 64.5187
7 Eastern Asia 64.0358
8 Caribbean 63.4115
9 Micronesia 62.9607
10 Central America 62.0672
11 South America 62.062
12 Central Asia 61.3098
13 Western Asia 60.8672
14 South-Eastern Asia 58.428
15 Southern Africa 58.2189
16 Melanesia 57.5616
17 Northern Africa 53.5279
18 Southern Asia 52.201
19 Eastern Africa 46.6499
20 Middle Africa 45.4363
21 Western Africa 45.1911

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1977

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 72.3223
2 No income group available 67.7325
3 Upper-middle-income countries 62.7869
4 Middle-income countries 57.5921
5 Lower-middle-income countries 53.4342
6 Low-income countries 45.8213