Life Expectancy by Country in 1978

In 1978, 🇮🇸Iceland was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 76.6224 years. Closely followed by 🇦🇩Andorra with a life expectancy of 75.9075 years of age, and 🇸🇲San Marino with 75.72 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇹🇱Timor-Leste with 21.8373 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 73.50 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.89 years, and Oceania with 69.82 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 73.61 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 73.23 years, and Northern Europe with 73.10 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 72.51 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 46.00 years of age.