Data for 1967

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1967

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1967
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1967, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1967 covers 222 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 74.351; South Sudan is lowest, at 25.858. The middle country reads 60.297. Against 1966, 222 values changed (201 up, 21 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1967

HighestFaroe Islands

74.351

LowestSouth Sudan

25.858

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

222countries
1measure
1967the 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, 1967, 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, 1967: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	74.351
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.147
3	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	74.119
4	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.073
5	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	73.946
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.831
7	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.691
8	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	73.058
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	72.955
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.741
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	72.081
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.071
13	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	72.022
14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.957
15	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	71.866
16	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	71.540
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.498
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.438
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71.401
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.389
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.349
22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.201
23	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	71.115
24	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	71.047
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	71.034
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.984
27	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	70.968
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.958
29	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.913
30	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	70.896
31	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	70.895
32	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.867
33	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	70.699
34	United States`USA`Northern America	70.520
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	70.412
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.349
37	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.116
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.089
39	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	69.931
40	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	69.902
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.817
42	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	69.791
43	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	69.776
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.474
45	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.463
46	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	69.259
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	69.184
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	69.043
49	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	69.024
50	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.973
51	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.407
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	68.077
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	67.920
54	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	67.792
55	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	67.586
56	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	67.405
57	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	67.404
58	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.331
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.906
60	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	66.671
61	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	66.515
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	66.464
63	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	66.460
64	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	66.385
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.086
66	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	65.857
67	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	65.807
68	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	65.780
69	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.677
70	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.552
71	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.467
72	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	65.409
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.030
74	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	64.916
75	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	64.856
76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	64.471
77	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	64.451
78	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	63.772
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	63.758
80	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	63.741
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	63.734
82	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	63.711
83	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	63.556
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.550
85	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	63.449
86	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	63.205
87	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	63.161
88	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	63.058
89	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.976
90	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	62.909
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	62.887
92	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	62.884
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	62.541
94	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	62.223
95	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	62.072
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.044
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.025
98	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	61.889
99	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	61.781
100	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61.719
101	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	61.692
102	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	61.645
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.442
104	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.437
105	Chile`CHL`South America	61.054
106	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	61.039
107	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	61.036
108	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	60.871
109	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.804
110	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	60.648
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	60.445
112	Colombia`COL`South America	60.150
113	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.087
114	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.530
115	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	59.446
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	59.172
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.993
118	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	58.970
119	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	58.878
120	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.620
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	58.422
122	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	58.305
123	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.045
124	Mexico`MEX`Central America	57.959
125	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	57.764
126	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.689
127	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	57.648
128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.482
129	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.297
130	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.766
131	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	56.745
132	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	56.646
133	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	56.540
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.016
135	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	55.497
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.183
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	55.032
138	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.955
139	Peru`PER`South America	54.893
140	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.859
141	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	54.837
142	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	54.716
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	54.401
144	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.316
145	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.667
146	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	53.481
147	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	53.449
148	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	53.059
149	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	53.051
150	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	52.933
151	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.796
152	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	52.512
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	52.462
154	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	52.454
155	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.348
156	Honduras`HND`Central America	52.331
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	51.910
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	51.495
159	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	51.309
160	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	50.936
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.928
162	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	50.844
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50.763
164	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	50.513
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	50.247
166	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	50.157
167	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.128
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	49.994
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	49.526
170	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.006
171	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	48.893
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	48.860
173	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.130
174	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.066
175	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.987
176	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	47.803
177	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.734
178	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.727
179	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	47.099
180	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	46.457
181	India`IND`Southern Asia	46.184
182	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.135
183	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	46.103
184	Bolivia`BOL`South America	45.904
185	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	45.615
186	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	45.602
187	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.193
188	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	45.163
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.051
190	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.595
191	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	43.593
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	43.379
193	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.332
194	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	43.177
195	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	42.869
196	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.731
197	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	42.339
198	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	42.106
199	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	41.959
200	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	41.953
201	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41.941
202	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	41.759
203	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	41.710
204	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	40.393
205	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	40.151
206	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	39.993
207	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	39.359
208	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	39.262
209	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38.616
210	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	38.432
211	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.224
212	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	38.063
213	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	37.497
214	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	37.281
215	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	37.079
216	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.344
217	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.243
218	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.042
219	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	35.941
220	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	35.703
221	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.197
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	25.858

02In 1967

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Faroe Islands74.351
2Sweden74.147
3Andorra74.119
4Norway74.073
5San Marino73.946

Lowest

222South Sudan25.858
221Mali32.197
220Timor-Leste35.703
219Malawi35.941
218Afghanistan36.042

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 60.297. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031966 → 1967

Since 1966

What changed between 1966 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
201 · 21rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

American Samoa58.284 → 65.807+7.523
South Korea55.423 → 60.871+5.448
Indonesia48.406 → 51.309+2.902
Ethiopia39.343 → 41.941+2.598
Eritrea37.634 → 40.151+2.517

Fell most

Palestine52.803 → 50.936−1.867
Nigeria38.356 → 37.497−0.859
Bulgaria71.218 → 70.412−0.806
Greece71.859 → 71.389−0.470
Hungary69.897 → 69.463−0.434

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 (1967). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1967 [data set], describing 1967. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1967

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