Life Expectancy by Country in 1979

In 1979, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธIceland was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 76.5909 years. Closely followed by ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉAndorra with a life expectancy of 76.3711 years of age, and ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ตJapan with 76.1525 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑTimor-Leste with 22.529 years of age.

The geographic region with the highest life expectancy was Northern America with an average of 73.92 years. Closely followed by Europe with an average life expectancy of 70.95 years, and Oceania with 70.30 years of average life expectancy.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Australia/New Zealand had the highest average life expectancy of 74.09 years. Closely followed by Western Europe with an average life expectancy of 73.57 years, and Southern Europe with 73.23 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 72.88 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 46.42 years of age.

Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland 76.5909
2 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra 76.3711
3 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan 76.1525
4 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino 75.8162
5 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands 75.6458
6 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland 75.6075
7 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden 75.5227
8 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway 75.4158
9 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ด Faroe Islands 75.3352
10 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain 74.9918
11 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada 74.8395
12 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece 74.6548
13 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Guernsey 74.4546
14 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia 74.3293
15 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark 74.2397
16 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France 74.1255
17 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy 74.1072
18 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ China, Hong Kong SAR 73.9955
19 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฆ Holy See 73.9802
20 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco 73.9249
21 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States of America 73.8202
22 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel 73.4284
23 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland 73.3599
24 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฒ Bermuda 73.2993
25 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium 73.1971
26 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom 73.1622
27 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด China, Macao SAR 73.07
28 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand 73.0532
29 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ท Puerto Rico 73.0404
30 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda 73.0348
31 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany 72.9206
32 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ถ Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 72.858
33 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Gibraltar 72.7099
34 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria 72.5441
35 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba 72.4465
36 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica 72.4234
37 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg 72.3936
38 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ซ Saint Martin (French part) 72.3869
39 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland 72.1829
40 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta 71.9769
41 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus 71.895
42 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ China, Taiwan Province of China 71.8248
43 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal 71.6075
44 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore 71.5712
45 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.5507
46 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados 71.5264
47 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria 71.2496
48 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ช Jersey 71.131
49 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica 70.9696
50 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ผ Curaรงao 70.8559
51 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia 70.8238
52 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia 70.8093
53 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ผ Aruba 70.7775
54 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia 70.7424
55 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro 70.641
56 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland 70.591
57 ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar 70.581
58 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania 70.5396
59 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain 70.4556
60 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia 70.3593
61 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus 70.3448
62 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.3403
63 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay 70.279
64 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ถ Martinique 70.0542
65 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฒ Saint Pierre and Miquelon 70.005
66 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein 70.0043
67 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฑ Saint Barthรฉlemy 69.8698
68 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.7521
69 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia 69.6773
70 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait 69.677
71 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary 69.6697
72 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania 69.5839
73 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡บ Guam 69.5789
74 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ต Guadeloupe 69.4857
75 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ธ Montserrat 69.4791
76 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ญ Saint Helena 69.4014
77 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡จ Turks and Caicos Islands 69.3698
78 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Cayman Islands 69.3344
79 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia 69.1314
80 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania 69.1313
81 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica 69.0483
82 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama 68.9887
83 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine 68.9062
84 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei Darussalam 68.8619
85 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia 68.8156
86 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ธ American Samoa 68.7347
87 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia 68.6962
88 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Anguilla 68.685
89 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68.5874
90 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ต Northern Mariana Islands 68.5579
91 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina 68.4914
92 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฎ United States Virgin Islands 68.2691
93 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile 68.1864
94 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka 68.1303
95 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada 67.9004
96 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Isle of Man 67.8819
97 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates 67.8462
98 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡น Mayotte 67.8173
99 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago 67.7676
100 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡บ Niue 67.7648
101 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia 67.7619
102 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช Rรฉunion 67.5155
103 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ฌ British Virgin Islands 67.4631
104 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize 67.399
105 ๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 67.3888
106 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas 67.3658
107 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia 67.3586
108 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia 67.0742
109 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russian Federation 66.4069
110 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia 66.3797
111 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท Republic of Korea 66.3253
112 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ซ French Polynesia 66.2349
113 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syrian Arab Republic 66.1379
114 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia 66.0406
115 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Viet Nam 66.0006
116 ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan 65.8506
117 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga 65.7818
118 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต Dem. People's Republic of Korea 65.6725
119 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ซ French Guiana 65.5129
120 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡จ New Caledonia 65.4523
121 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Cook Islands 65.1336
122 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius 65.0511
123 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles 64.9253
124 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Republic of Moldova 64.8074
125 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq 64.7906
126 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฐ Tokelau 64.6978
127 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay 64.448
128 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa 64.3898
129 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya 64.2601
130 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico 64.1886
131 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China 63.8649
132 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia (Fed. States of) 63.7801
133 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Greenland 63.3623
134 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis 63.2331
135 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia 63.2106
136 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand 63.2094
137 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji 62.9409
138 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador 62.6957
139 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan 62.688
140 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan 62.391
141 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands 62.3878
142 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines 62.3485
143 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Tรผrkiye 61.9121
144 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname 61.8782
145 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia 61.6975
146 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru 61.5383
147 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ State of Palestine 61.3853
148 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil 61.2533
149 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana 61.1328
150 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan 60.9809
151 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde 60.9172
152 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands 60.8737
153 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan 60.867
154 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic 60.7528
155 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau 60.6108
156 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan 60.6007
157 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu 60.5064
158 ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu 60.4464
159 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana 60.1762
160 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras 59.9077
161 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe 59.714
162 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan 59.5968
163 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon 59.4672
164 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa 59.3945
165 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru 59.3028
166 ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman 59.1514
167 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran (Islamic Republic of) 58.5504
168 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia 58.4394
169 ๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ซ Wallis and Futuna Islands 58.4055
170 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia 58.153
171 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya 57.722
172 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini 57.2676
173 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan 57.1462
174 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati 57.0829
175 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon 57.0529
176 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea 57.0033
177 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Congo 56.3137
178 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala 56.185
179 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt 55.8017
180 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia 55.573
181 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho 55.3382
182 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe 55.0385
183 ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.8069
184 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives 54.6756
185 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania 54.4743
186 ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia 54.4387
187 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco 54.3508
188 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar 53.9444
189 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan 53.5586
190 ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India 53.0601
191 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador 52.1999
192 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria 51.7549
193 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire 51.6818
194 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti 51.5181
195 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh 51.464
196 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana 50.9325
197 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ United Republic of Tanzania 50.9074
198 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua 50.8132
199 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo 50.7647
200 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 50.6652
201 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon 50.575
202 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros 50.2508
203 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar 49.8509
204 ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti 49.6752
205 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic 49.5967
206 ๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen 49.3935
207 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal 48.1964
208 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan 47.4108
209 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin 47.3625
210 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia 47.305
211 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal 47.2659
212 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Lao People's Democratic Republic 46.9656
213 ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda 46.6592
214 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria 46.2155
215 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso 45.9029
216 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.2069
217 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda 44.9808
218 ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi 44.5896
219 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia 44.5584
220 ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia 44.3489
221 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi 44.268
222 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea 43.9721
223 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau 43.3904
224 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone 42.8727
225 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad 42.8104
226 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia 42.8075
227 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique 42.7443
228 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea 42.3928
229 ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia 42.2788
230 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola 42.1755
231 ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea 41.6533
232 ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ญ Western Sahara 40.1047
233 ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali 39.9534
234 ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger 39.202
235 ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan 39.0861
236 ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan 37.9192
237 ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste 22.529

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 73.9161
2 Europe 70.9521
3 Oceania 70.2951
4 Latin America and the Caribbean 62.9213
5 Asia 59.1162
6 Africa 49.0955

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 74.0948
2 Western Europe 73.5698
3 Southern Europe 73.2349
4 Northern Europe 73.1673
5 Eastern Europe 68.0869
6 Polynesia 65.3749
7 Eastern Asia 65.3258
8 Micronesia 63.8645
9 Caribbean 63.6852
10 South America 62.9512
11 Central America 62.3675
12 Western Asia 62.1193
13 Central Asia 61.7367
14 South-Eastern Asia 59.7878
15 Southern Africa 59.1587
16 Melanesia 58.5878
17 Northern Africa 55.0714
18 Southern Asia 53.236
19 Eastern Africa 47.3261
20 Western Africa 46.2085
21 Middle Africa 45.9725

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 72.8797
2 No income group available 68.2738
3 Upper-middle-income countries 63.769
4 Middle-income countries 58.5612
5 Lower-middle-income countries 54.515
6 Low-income countries 46.4197