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Life Expectancy by Country in 1979

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In 1979, 🇦🇩Andorra was the country with the highest average life expectancy of 76.8187 years. Closely followed by 🇮🇸Iceland with a life expectancy of 76.5347 years of age, and 🇯🇵Japan with 76.1671 years of age. The country with the lowest average human lifespan was 🇹🇱Timor-Leste with 24.1718 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 71.28 years, and Oceania with 70.21 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 Northern Europe with 73.19 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 72.96 years. While the lowest average life expectancy is recorded by Low-income countries with a average life expectancy of only 46.35 years of age.

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Countries with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Country Life Expectancy (Age)
1 🇦🇩 Andorra 76.8187
2 🇮🇸 Iceland 76.5347
3 🇯🇵 Japan 76.1671
4 🇸🇲 San Marino 76.1223
5 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands 75.6673
6 🇳🇱 Netherlands 75.6466
7 🇨🇭 Switzerland 75.6078
8 🇸🇪 Sweden 75.523
9 🇳🇴 Norway 75.4155
10 🇪🇸 Spain 74.9895
11 🇲🇨 Monaco 74.87
12 🇨🇦 Canada 74.8362
13 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein 74.7396
14 🇬🇷 Greece 74.6714
15 🇧🇶 Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 74.329
16 🇦🇺 Australia 74.327
17 🇬🇬 Guernsey 74.3146
18 🇩🇰 Denmark 74.2409
19 🇫🇷 France 74.125
20 🇮🇹 Italy 74.106
21 🇻🇦 Holy See 73.9911
22 🇭🇰 China, Hong Kong SAR 73.9009
23 🇺🇸 United States of America 73.8331
24 🇬🇮 Gibraltar 73.5853
25 🇮🇱 Israel 73.3862
26 🇫🇮 Finland 73.36
27 🇧🇪 Belgium 73.1993
28 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 73.1607
29 🇳🇿 New Zealand 73.0509
30 🇩🇪 Germany 72.9181
31 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 72.8235
32 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico 72.7183
33 🇲🇴 China, Macao SAR 72.6253
34 🇦🇹 Austria 72.5428
35 🇨🇷 Costa Rica 72.5373
36 🇲🇹 Malta 72.4952
37 🇧🇲 Bermuda 72.4018
38 🇯🇪 Jersey 72.3394
39 🇲🇫 Saint Martin (French part) 72.2958
40 🇨🇺 Cuba 72.272
41 🇱🇺 Luxembourg 72.2532
42 🇨🇾 Cyprus 72.1792
43 🇮🇪 Ireland 72.1786
44 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.839
45 🇹🇼 China, Taiwan Province of China 71.7086
46 🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy 71.6961
47 🇸🇮 Slovenia 71.6255
48 🇵🇹 Portugal 71.6056
49 🇧🇧 Barbados 71.5491
50 🇲🇪 Montenegro 71.4901
51 🇲🇶 Martinique 71.3756
52 🇸🇬 Singapore 71.3566
53 🇧🇬 Bulgaria 71.2172
54 🇷🇸 Serbia 71.173
55 🇭🇷 Croatia 71.0947
56 🇨🇿 Czechia 70.8228
57 🇧🇾 Belarus 70.8118
58 🇰🇼 Kuwait 70.7754
59 🇸🇰 Slovakia 70.7419
60 🇨🇼 Curaçao 70.716
61 🇱🇹 Lithuania 70.7146
62 🇦🇼 Aruba 70.5072
63 🇧🇭 Bahrain 70.2955
64 🇺🇾 Uruguay 70.2554
65 🇵🇱 Poland 70.249
66 🇬🇺 Guam 70.116
67 🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 70.0409
68 🇺🇦 Ukraine 69.775
69 🇸🇭 Saint Helena 69.7159
70 🇭🇺 Hungary 69.6697
71 🇦🇱 Albania 69.6169
72 🇶🇦 Qatar 69.5073
73 🇷🇴 Romania 69.4605
74 🇬🇵 Guadeloupe 69.4315
75 🇪🇪 Estonia 69.4052
76 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 69.3447
77 🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands 69.315
78 🇾🇹 Mayotte 69.207
79 🇩🇲 Dominica 69.1948
80 🇲🇰 North Macedonia 69.1596
81 🇲🇸 Montserrat 69.1149
82 🇦🇸 American Samoa 69.1135
83 🇵🇦 Panama 69.0902
84 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 69.0833
85 🇰🇾 Cayman Islands 69.02
86 🇧🇸 Bahamas 68.9596
87 🇨🇱 Chile 68.8581
88 🇱🇻 Latvia 68.824
89 🇷🇪 Réunion 68.8194
90 🇯🇲 Jamaica 68.8126
91 🇧🇳 Brunei Darussalam 68.6417
92 🇦🇮 Anguilla 68.6017
93 🇻🇮 United States Virgin Islands 68.5062
94 🇦🇷 Argentina 68.4341
95 🇸🇨 Seychelles 68.2368
96 🇻🇪 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 68.2261
97 🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands 68.1226
98 🇮🇲 Isle of Man 68.0709
99 🇬🇪 Georgia 67.9425
100 🇬🇩 Grenada 67.9413
101 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates 67.6446
102 🇲🇾 Malaysia 67.607
103 🇷🇺 Russian Federation 67.5675
104 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka 67.5141
105 🇳🇺 Niue 67.3796
106 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia 67.3641
107 🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands 66.7721
108 🇰🇵 Dem. People's Republic of Korea 66.7482
109 🇧🇿 Belize 66.6769
110 🇵🇫 French Polynesia 66.6119
111 🇬🇫 French Guiana 66.5633
112 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago 66.4224
113 🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic 66.2441
114 🇨🇴 Colombia 66.1616
115 🇰🇷 Republic of Korea 66.1067
116 🇯🇴 Jordan 66.049
117 🇹🇴 Tonga 66.0391
118 🇲🇺 Mauritius 66.0173
119 🇨🇰 Cook Islands 65.6843
120 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 65.1539
121 🇦🇲 Armenia 65.043
122 🇻🇳 Viet Nam 64.9864
123 🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova 64.8234
124 🇹🇰 Tokelau 64.7353
125 🇼🇸 Samoa 64.5429
126 🇮🇶 Iraq 64.4166
127 🇱🇾 Libya 64.3275
128 🇵🇾 Paraguay 64.2977
129 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis 64.1978
130 🇲🇽 Mexico 63.8618
131 🇨🇳 China 63.7043
132 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands 63.1341
133 🇹🇳 Tunisia 62.9291
134 🇪🇨 Ecuador 62.8541
135 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan 62.707
136 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Fed. States of) 62.4598
137 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 62.4251
138 🇫🇯 Fiji 62.3053
139 🇹🇷 Türkiye 62.1609
140 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan 62.0721
141 🇧🇼 Botswana 62.0346
142 🇬🇱 Greenland 61.9804
143 🇵🇭 Philippines 61.7273
144 🇹🇭 Thailand 61.696
145 🇵🇼 Palau 61.6156
146 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 61.5183
147 🇵🇸 State of Palestine 61.4988
148 🇧🇷 Brazil 61.3654
149 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan 61.0889
150 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan 60.9307
151 🇻🇺 Vanuatu 60.8931
152 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 60.8447
153 🇬🇾 Guyana 60.7349
154 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 60.7259
155 🇸🇷 Suriname 60.5267
156 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 59.8794
157 🇭🇳 Honduras 59.8287
158 🇵🇪 Peru 59.6245
159 🇱🇧 Lebanon 59.5573
160 🇳🇦 Namibia 59.5191
161 🇿🇦 South Africa 59.4725
162 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 59.2735
163 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan 59.1199
164 🇽🇰 Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244) 59.0949
165 🇰🇪 Kenya 58.6905
166 🇹🇯 Tajikistan 58.523
167 🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna Islands 58.4732
168 🇮🇷 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 58.4528
169 🇳🇷 Nauru 58.3742
170 🇴🇲 Oman 58.3275
171 🇮🇩 Indonesia 58.1798
172 🇸🇿 Eswatini 57.536
173 🇬🇦 Gabon 57.438
174 🇰🇮 Kiribati 57.1065
175 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea 56.9674
176 🇵🇰 Pakistan 56.6142
177 🇬🇹 Guatemala 56.5996
178 🇨🇬 Congo 56.5242
179 🇿🇲 Zambia 56.0499
180 🇱🇸 Lesotho 55.8426
181 🇲🇳 Mongolia 55.0687
182 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe 54.9184
183 🇪🇬 Egypt 54.8755
184 🇫🇰 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 54.7322
185 🇲🇦 Morocco 54.3758
186 🇲🇲 Myanmar 54.0256
187 🇲🇻 Maldives 53.8706
188 🇸🇻 El Salvador 53.8047
189 🇸🇩 Sudan 53.3738
190 🇮🇳 India 53.0143
191 🇲🇷 Mauritania 52.7629
192 🇩🇿 Algeria 52.409
193 🇧🇩 Bangladesh 51.9585
194 🇩🇯 Djibouti 51.5968
195 🇹🇬 Togo 51.5153
196 🇧🇴 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 51.3527
197 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire 50.9835
198 🇳🇮 Nicaragua 50.8285
199 🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania 50.791
200 🇬🇭 Ghana 50.7869
201 🇨🇲 Cameroon 50.5352
202 🇰🇲 Comoros 50.126
203 🇲🇬 Madagascar 50.0591
204 🇭🇹 Haiti 49.7492
205 🇾🇪 Yemen 49.5308
206 🇨🇫 Central African Republic 49.4997
207 🇳🇵 Nepal 47.7664
208 🇸🇳 Senegal 47.478
209 🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic 47.4598
210 🇧🇹 Bhutan 47.4455
211 🇸🇴 Somalia 47.4051
212 🇧🇯 Benin 47.3624
213 🇷🇼 Rwanda 47.0868
214 🇳🇬 Nigeria 45.7379
215 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso 45.7017
216 🇺🇬 Uganda 45.3846
217 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.2779
218 🇧🇮 Burundi 45.0381
219 🇬🇲 Gambia 44.5174
220 🇲🇿 Mozambique 43.914
221 🇱🇷 Liberia 43.8898
222 🇪🇷 Eritrea 43.7802
223 🇲🇼 Malawi 43.7031
224 🇹🇩 Chad 43.2392
225 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau 43.2385
226 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 43.0332
227 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone 42.53
228 🇪🇹 Ethiopia 42.3762
229 🇬🇳 Guinea 42.3433
230 🇦🇴 Angola 41.9129
231 🇰🇭 Cambodia 41.0717
232 🇲🇱 Mali 39.5061
233 🇳🇪 Niger 38.8893
234 🇦🇫 Afghanistan 38.8441
235 🇸🇸 South Sudan 37.8051
236 🇪🇭 Western Sahara 37.5455
237 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste 24.1718

Regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Northern America 73.9227
2 Europe 71.2803
3 Oceania 70.2129
4 Americas 67.0668
5 Latin America and the Caribbean 62.9687
6 Asia 58.9967
7 Africa 48.9562

Sub-regions with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Sub-region Life Expectancy (Age)
1 Australia/New Zealand 74.0928
2 Western Europe 73.5688
3 Northern Europe 73.1876
4 Southern Europe 73.1812
5 Eastern Europe 68.7518
6 Polynesia 65.6189
7 Eastern Asia 65.1964
8 Caribbean 63.8604
9 Micronesia 63.5436
10 South America 63.0599
11 Central America 62.2157
12 Western Asia 62.1968
13 Central Asia 61.4378
14 South-Eastern Asia 59.465
15 Southern Africa 59.3257
16 Melanesia 58.4921
17 Northern Africa 54.7875
18 Southern Asia 53.196
19 Eastern Africa 47.4343
20 Middle Africa 46.0322
21 Western Africa 45.8037

Income Groups with the Highest Life Expectancy in 1979

Rank Income Group Life Expectancy (Age)
1 High-income countries 72.9644
2 No income group available 67.8619
3 High-and-upper-middle-income countries 66.3364
4 Upper-middle-income countries 63.1002
5 Middle-income countries 58.4178
6 Low-and-middle-income countries 57.403
7 Lower-middle-income countries 54.0136
8 Low-and-Lower-middle-income countries 52.837
9 Low-income countries 46.3478