Data for 1957

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1957

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1957
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1957, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1957 covers 222 countries. Norway is highest, at 73.434; Mali is lowest, at 30.063. The middle country reads 54.335. Against 1956, 222 values changed (194 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1957

HighestNorway

73.434

LowestMali

30.063

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

222countries
1measure
1957the year it describes
222distinct values4 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 1957, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1957: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73.434
2	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.390
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	72.972
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	72.680
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	72.491
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	71.807
7	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	70.867
8	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	70.642
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	70.539
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.525
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.317
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	70.255
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	69.915
14	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	69.583
15	United States`USA`Northern America	69.418
16	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	69.282
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	69.198
18	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	69.114
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	69.033
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.002
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	68.897
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	68.775
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	68.499
24	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	68.397
25	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	68.262
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	67.778
27	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	67.707
28	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	67.543
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	67.468
30	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	67.463
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	67.452
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	67.445
33	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	67.171
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	67.118
35	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	67.109
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	67.039
37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	66.890
38	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	66.812
39	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	66.591
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	66.570
41	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	66.495
42	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	66.347
43	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	66.045
44	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	65.484
45	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	65.441
46	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	65.439
47	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64.948
48	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	64.777
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	64.436
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	64.412
51	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	64.247
52	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	64.048
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.992
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	63.394
55	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	63.244
56	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.220
57	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.001
58	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	62.884
59	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	62.813
60	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	62.600
61	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	62.465
62	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	61.948
63	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.904
64	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	61.887
65	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.843
66	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	61.656
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.582
68	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	61.391
69	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	61.371
70	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	61.107
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.986
72	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	60.950
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	60.748
74	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	60.518
75	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	60.394
76	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	60.263
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	60.244
78	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	60.171
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	59.275
80	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	58.716
81	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	58.535
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	58.279
83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	58.002
84	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	57.855
85	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	57.804
86	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	57.789
87	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	57.739
88	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	57.719
89	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	57.280
90	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	57.261
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.069
92	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	56.539
93	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	56.510
94	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	56.506
95	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	56.377
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.219
97	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	56.167
98	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.098
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	55.909
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	55.893
101	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	55.875
102	Chile`CHL`South America	55.773
103	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	55.745
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	55.678
105	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.613
106	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	55.594
107	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	55.515
108	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	55.089
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.785
110	Suriname`SUR`South America	54.743
111	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	54.509
112	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	54.161
113	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	54.139
114	Colombia`COL`South America	54.081
115	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	54.056
116	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.679
117	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	53.531
118	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	53.370
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	53.363
120	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	52.310
121	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	52.257
122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	52.196
123	Brazil`BRA`South America	51.806
124	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	51.554
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	51.455
126	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	51.440
127	Mexico`MEX`Central America	51.115
128	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	50.970
129	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50.196
130	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	50.120
131	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	49.575
132	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.530
133	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	49.470
134	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	49.467
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	49.232
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	49.225
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	49.195
138	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.162
139	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	49.128
140	Peru`PER`South America	48.922
141	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	48.573
142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	48.483
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	48.378
144	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	48.202
145	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	47.955
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	47.831
147	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	47.731
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	47.376
149	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	47.117
150	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	46.777
151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	46.376
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	46.330
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	46.131
154	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	45.847
155	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	45.657
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	45.652
157	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.608
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	45.432
159	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.336
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.128
161	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	44.992
162	Honduras`HND`Central America	44.932
163	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	44.876
164	India`IND`Southern Asia	44.415
165	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	44.363
166	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	43.913
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	43.660
168	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	43.653
169	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.943
170	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	42.921
171	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	42.643
172	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	42.575
173	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	42.570
174	Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.428
175	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.147
176	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	42.145
177	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	42.113
178	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	42.077
179	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	42.050
180	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.021
181	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41.939
182	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.916
183	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.736
184	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.687
185	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	41.554
186	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.309
187	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	40.919
188	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	40.873
189	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.871
190	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	40.399
191	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.228
192	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	40.101
193	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	40.058
194	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	39.739
195	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.125
196	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	38.333
197	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	38.276
198	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	38.250
199	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.078
200	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	38.008
201	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	37.640
202	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	37.337
203	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.270
204	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.965
205	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	36.876
206	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.618
207	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	36.229
208	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.080
209	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	35.749
210	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	35.156
211	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	35.101
212	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	34.107
213	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	33.115
214	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.963
215	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	32.173
216	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	31.779
217	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	31.768
218	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	31.345
219	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	31.305
220	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	30.893
221	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	30.398
222	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.063

02In 1957

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Norway73.434
2Iceland73.390
3Netherlands72.972
4San Marino72.680
5Sweden72.491

Lowest

222Mali30.063
221Eritrea30.398
220South Sudan30.893
219Timor-Leste31.305
218Afghanistan31.345

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 54.335. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031956 → 1957

Since 1956

What changed between 1956 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
194 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Solomon Islands42.833 → 45.657+2.825
Greenland51.104 → 53.531+2.427
Kenya43.530 → 45.336+1.806
Colombia52.525 → 54.081+1.556
Bahrain44.127 → 45.652+1.525

Fell most

Ethiopia37.785 → 32.173−5.612
Eritrea35.632 → 30.398−5.233
North Macedonia58.472 → 55.745−2.727
Mongolia41.353 → 40.399−0.954
Slovakia68.374 → 67.463−0.911

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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UN DESA Population Division (1957). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1957 [data set], describing 1957. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1957

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