Data for 1963

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1963

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1963
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1963, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1963 covers 222 countries. San Marino is highest, at 73.586; South Sudan is lowest, at 28.249. The middle country reads 58.322. Against 1962, 222 values changed (199 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1963

HighestSan Marino

73.586

LowestSouth Sudan

28.249

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

222countries
1measure
1963the 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, 1963, 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, 1963: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	73.586
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	73.533
3	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	73.432
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.351
5	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	73.298
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73.097
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.943
8	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	72.476
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.419
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	71.292
11	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.267
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	71.266
13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.961
14	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	70.932
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	70.798
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	70.761
17	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	70.688
18	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.684
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.647
20	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	70.568
21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.391
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	70.339
23	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.337
24	France`FRA`Western Europe	70.320
25	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	70.249
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.190
27	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.117
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.042
29	United States`USA`Northern America	69.943
30	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	69.885
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	69.767
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	69.746
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	69.653
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	69.621
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.317
36	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	69.303
37	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	69.249
38	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.179
39	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	69.056
40	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	68.944
41	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	68.727
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	68.669
43	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.607
44	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	68.487
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	68.322
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.023
47	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	68.022
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	67.810
49	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	67.689
50	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	67.619
51	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	67.467
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.351
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	66.783
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.488
55	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	66.312
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	66.205
57	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	66.161
58	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	65.651
59	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	64.999
60	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	64.944
61	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.927
62	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	64.879
63	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.855
64	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	64.697
65	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	64.472
66	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64.458
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	64.347
68	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.326
69	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	64.313
70	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	63.833
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	63.783
72	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.633
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.532
74	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	62.612
75	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.457
76	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	62.308
77	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	62.031
78	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	61.986
79	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	61.909
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.814
81	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.779
82	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.522
83	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61.391
84	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61.148
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.101
86	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	61.026
87	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	61.007
88	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	60.909
89	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	60.780
90	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	60.625
91	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.616
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	60.538
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	60.521
94	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	60.514
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	60.511
96	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.502
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.412
98	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	60.281
99	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.155
100	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.018
101	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	59.960
102	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	59.770
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.667
104	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	59.479
105	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.316
106	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.644
107	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.613
108	Suriname`SUR`South America	58.496
109	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	58.430
110	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	58.427
111	Chile`CHL`South America	58.349
112	Colombia`COL`South America	58.296
113	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.099
114	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.579
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.564
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	56.897
117	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	56.861
118	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	56.594
119	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.034
120	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	56.004
121	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	55.739
122	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	55.567
123	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55.501
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	55.489
125	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	55.449
126	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	55.394
127	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.322
128	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	54.988
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.942
130	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	54.531
131	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.452
132	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	54.360
133	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.895
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	53.792
135	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	53.754
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	53.509
137	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.228
138	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.120
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	52.848
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.696
141	Peru`PER`South America	52.597
142	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.988
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.670
144	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.605
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	51.485
146	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	51.145
147	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	50.960
148	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.816
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	50.758
150	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	50.641
151	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	50.580
152	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.260
153	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	50.098
154	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	49.815
155	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	49.729
156	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	49.688
157	Honduras`HND`Central America	49.385
158	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.380
159	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	48.752
160	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	48.742
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.425
162	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	48.400
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.674
164	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.476
165	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.472
166	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47.378
167	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.135
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	47.086
169	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	46.761
170	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.622
171	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	46.493
172	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.458
173	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	46.412
174	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	45.951
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	45.794
176	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	45.722
177	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	45.585
178	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.105
179	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	44.768
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	44.626
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.442
182	Bolivia`BOL`South America	44.335
183	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.274
184	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.194
185	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.998
186	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	43.616
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	43.613
188	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.559
189	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43.540
190	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	43.143
191	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.074
192	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	42.724
193	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.958
194	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	41.909
195	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.544
196	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.090
197	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	40.967
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.604
199	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.081
200	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	39.893
201	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.745
202	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	39.608
203	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	39.594
204	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.315
205	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	38.833
206	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	38.498
207	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.309
208	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.806
209	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.419
210	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	37.370
211	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.196
212	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.093
213	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.437
214	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.086
215	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.644
216	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.643
217	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	34.705
218	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.201
219	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	33.665
220	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	33.431
221	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.020
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	28.249

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1San Marino73.586
2Sweden73.533
3Faroe Islands73.432
4Netherlands73.351
5Andorra73.298

Lowest

222South Sudan28.249
221Mali31.020
220Yemen33.431
219Timor-Leste33.665
218Afghanistan34.201

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.322. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
199 · 23rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Algeria39.527 → 43.143+3.616
North Macedonia59.299 → 61.391+2.092
Brunei58.824 → 60.625+1.801
Kosovo48.378 → 50.098+1.720
São Tomé and Príncipe46.843 → 48.400+1.556

Fell most

Rwanda47.802 → 43.998−3.804
Cyprus64.720 → 61.779−2.941
Guinea-Bissau38.032 → 35.644−2.388
Haiti44.196 → 42.724−1.472
Vietnam58.204 → 56.897−1.308

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 (1963). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1963

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