Data for 1969

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1969

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1969
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1969, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1969 covers 222 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 74.710; South Sudan is lowest, at 25.396. The middle country reads 61.055. Against 1968, 222 values changed (182 up, 40 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1969

HighestFaroe Islands

74.710

LowestSouth Sudan

25.396

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

222countries
1measure
1969the 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, 1969, 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, 1969: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	74.710
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	74.296
3	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	74.172
4	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.114
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	73.666
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.657
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	73.560
8	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	73.249
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.245
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	72.718
11	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	72.554
12	Canada`CAN`Northern America	72.396
13	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	72.060
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	71.923
15	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	71.812
16	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	71.710
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	71.663
18	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.475
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.226
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	71.206
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	71.139
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	71.072
23	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	71.029
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.027
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	70.864
26	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.828
27	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	70.799
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	70.675
29	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	70.665
30	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	70.559
31	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	70.511
32	United States`USA`Northern America	70.476
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	70.468
34	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	70.458
35	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.273
36	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.217
37	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	70.208
38	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	70.154
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	70.062
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	70.041
41	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.026
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	69.840
43	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	69.804
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	69.717
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.648
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	69.418
47	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.380
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	68.956
49	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	68.827
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.628
51	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	68.591
52	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.581
53	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	68.504
54	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	68.268
55	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	68.088
56	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	68.076
57	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	67.929
58	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	67.717
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	67.599
60	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	67.358
61	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	67.348
62	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	67.236
63	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	67.098
64	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	66.975
65	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	66.516
66	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	66.394
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.363
68	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	66.245
69	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	66.050
70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	65.918
71	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	65.807
72	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.773
73	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	65.704
74	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	65.626
75	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	65.499
76	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.085
77	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	64.753
78	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	64.670
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	64.538
80	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	64.529
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	64.509
82	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	64.475
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	64.448
84	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	64.246
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	64.138
86	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.026
87	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	63.986
88	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	63.983
89	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	63.966
90	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	63.963
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.840
92	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.660
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	63.529
94	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	63.350
95	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	63.266
96	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	63.033
97	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	62.868
98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.702
99	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	62.696
100	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	62.534
101	Belize`BLZ`Central America	62.497
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	62.492
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.385
104	Chile`CHL`South America	62.341
105	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	62.214
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	62.184
107	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	62.135
108	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.426
109	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	61.411
110	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.397
111	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	61.079
112	Colombia`COL`South America	61.031
113	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.981
114	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60.504
115	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	59.881
116	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	59.844
117	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	59.843
118	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.835
119	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	59.764
120	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	59.715
121	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	59.640
122	Suriname`SUR`South America	59.394
123	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	59.309
124	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.300
125	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	58.504
126	Mexico`MEX`Central America	58.413
127	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.408
128	Ecuador`ECU`South America	58.267
129	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	57.912
130	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	57.886
131	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	57.481
132	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	57.253
133	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.898
134	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	56.262
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.179
136	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	56.080
137	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	56.038
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	55.988
139	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	55.903
140	Peru`PER`South America	55.816
141	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.705
142	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	55.690
143	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.440
144	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	55.400
145	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	55.173
146	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	55.099
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	54.791
148	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	54.761
149	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	54.730
150	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	54.728
151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	54.126
152	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	53.763
153	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.734
154	Honduras`HND`Central America	53.712
155	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	53.392
156	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	53.351
157	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.114
158	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.044
159	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	52.588
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	52.316
161	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	52.297
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	52.127
163	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	52.040
164	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.773
165	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.523
166	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	51.407
167	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	51.279
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	51.117
169	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.641
170	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	50.085
171	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	50.020
172	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	49.505
173	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	49.382
174	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	48.700
175	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	48.686
176	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.260
177	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	48.187
178	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	47.895
179	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.521
180	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.437
181	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	47.322
182	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	47.191
183	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	47.067
184	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	46.903
185	Bolivia`BOL`South America	46.705
186	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	46.354
187	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	46.043
188	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	45.935
189	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.625
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	45.453
191	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	44.643
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	44.580
193	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	43.654
194	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	43.460
195	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.345
196	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.000
197	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	42.991
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	42.959
199	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	42.722
200	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	42.591
201	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	42.267
202	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	42.131
203	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	41.019
204	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	40.792
205	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	40.567
206	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	40.398
207	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	39.991
208	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	39.610
209	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	39.329
210	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	39.023
211	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	39.004
212	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.946
213	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	38.824
214	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	38.230
215	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	36.979
216	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	36.959
217	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	36.802
218	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	36.301
219	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.003
220	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	32.871
221	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.000
222	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	25.396

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Faroe Islands74.710
2Andorra74.296
3San Marino74.172
4Sweden74.114
5Norway73.666

Lowest

222South Sudan25.396
221Equatorial Guinea31.000
220Mali32.871
219Niger36.003
218Malawi36.301

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 61.055. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
182 · 40rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Vietnam52.668 → 54.791+2.122
Yemen37.990 → 39.610+1.620
Iran47.946 → 49.382+1.436
Libya53.849 → 55.173+1.324
Oman44.395 → 45.625+1.230

Fell most

Equatorial Guinea44.852 → 31.000−13.852
Bulgaria71.200 → 70.468−0.732
Romania67.948 → 67.236−0.712
South Sudan26.103 → 25.396−0.707
Slovakia70.464 → 69.804−0.660

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 (1969). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1969

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