Data for 1964

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1964

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1964
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1964, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1964 covers 222 countries. Netherlands is highest, at 73.736; Mali is lowest, at 31.231. The middle country reads 58.791. Against 1963, 222 values changed (209 up, 13 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1964

HighestNetherlands

73.736

LowestMali

31.231

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

222countries
1measure
1964the 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, 1964, 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, 1964: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.736
2	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	73.721
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	73.705
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	73.658
5	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	73.624
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73.608
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.525
8	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	72.706
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.508
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.179
11	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.935
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	71.638
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.541
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	71.532
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	71.303
16	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.295
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.280
18	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.137
19	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	71.077
20	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	71.075
21	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.972
22	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.706
23	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.649
24	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.648
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.589
26	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.572
27	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	70.531
28	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	70.494
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.447
30	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	70.438
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.384
32	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	70.269
33	United States`USA`Northern America	70.199
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	70.197
35	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.119
36	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	69.608
37	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	69.497
38	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.468
39	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.379
40	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	69.341
41	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	68.943
42	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	68.828
43	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	68.757
44	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	68.576
45	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.487
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	68.351
47	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	68.242
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.112
49	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68.044
50	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.998
51	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	67.782
52	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	67.500
53	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	67.387
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	66.712
55	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	66.678
56	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	66.590
57	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	66.135
58	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	66.034
59	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	65.428
60	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.347
61	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	65.303
62	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	65.264
63	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	65.125
64	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.103
65	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	64.876
66	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.816
67	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	64.757
68	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	64.666
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	64.493
70	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	64.220
71	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.199
72	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	64.104
73	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	63.978
74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.897
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	63.278
76	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.974
77	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.818
78	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	62.592
79	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	62.390
80	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	62.376
81	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62.240
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.101
83	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	61.671
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61.538
85	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	61.533
86	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61.522
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	61.512
88	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	61.436
89	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.369
90	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	61.339
91	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	61.267
92	Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.168
93	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	61.153
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	61.071
95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	60.962
96	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.813
97	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	60.797
98	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.714
99	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	60.700
100	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	60.694
101	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.448
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	60.404
103	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	60.251
104	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.130
105	Belize`BLZ`Central America	59.840
106	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	59.119
107	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	59.040
108	Guyana`GUY`South America	58.958
109	Suriname`SUR`South America	58.908
110	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	58.830
111	Chile`CHL`South America	58.812
112	Colombia`COL`South America	58.770
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	58.170
114	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.167
115	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	57.922
116	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	57.774
117	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	57.473
118	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	56.946
119	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	56.655
120	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	56.456
121	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	56.333
122	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	56.265
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	56.170
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.950
125	Mexico`MEX`Central America	55.916
126	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	55.795
127	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.431
128	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	55.336
129	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	55.287
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	55.245
131	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.848
132	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.653
133	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	54.495
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	54.224
135	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.215
136	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.043
137	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	53.600
138	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.595
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53.358
140	Peru`PER`South America	53.302
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	53.292
142	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	52.539
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.343
144	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	52.089
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	51.969
146	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	51.552
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	51.349
148	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	51.336
149	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	51.323
150	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	51.171
151	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	51.119
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	50.879
153	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	50.583
154	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	50.363
155	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	50.356
156	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.307
157	Honduras`HND`Central America	50.198
158	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	49.750
159	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	49.740
160	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	49.586
161	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	49.440
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.994
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	48.295
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.131
165	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.948
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	47.922
167	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	47.846
168	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	47.831
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	47.732
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.652
171	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.637
172	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.272
173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	47.076
174	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.055
175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	46.752
176	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.742
177	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.653
178	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	46.581
179	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	45.735
180	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	45.346
181	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	45.037
182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	44.928
183	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	44.812
184	Bolivia`BOL`South America	44.674
185	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	44.600
186	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.393
187	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	44.075
188	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.044
189	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	43.805
190	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.601
191	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	43.596
192	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.987
193	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	42.328
194	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	41.859
195	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.656
196	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	41.640
197	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41.261
198	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	40.503
199	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.229
200	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	40.152
201	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.120
202	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	40.099
203	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	39.966
204	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.755
205	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	39.628
206	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.184
207	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	38.451
208	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.980
209	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	37.796
210	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	37.704
211	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	37.415
212	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	37.399
213	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	36.579
214	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.464
215	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	35.807
216	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.681
217	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	35.298
218	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	34.907
219	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	34.673
220	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	34.147
221	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	32.458
222	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.231

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Netherlands73.736
2Faroe Islands73.721
3Sweden73.705
4San Marino73.658
5Andorra73.624

Lowest

222Mali31.231
221South Sudan32.458
220Timor-Leste34.147
219Afghanistan34.673
218Yemen34.907

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 58.791. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
209 · 13rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

South Sudan28.249 → 32.458+4.209
Rwanda43.998 → 48.131+4.133
United States Virgin Islands61.522 → 64.220+2.698
Haiti42.724 → 44.928+2.204
Libya45.585 → 47.652+2.068

Fell most

Samoa56.861 → 54.043−2.817
DR Congo40.604 → 40.099−0.505
Puerto Rico68.727 → 68.242−0.485
Zambia51.605 → 51.171−0.434
Australia70.961 → 70.572−0.389

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 (1964). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1964

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