Data for 1973

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1973

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1973
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1973, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1973 covers 222 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 75.198; Mali is lowest, at 35.087. The middle country reads 62.754. Against 1972, 222 values changed (195 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1973

HighestFaroe Islands

75.198

LowestMali

35.087

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

222countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	75.198
2	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	75.096
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.866
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	74.787
5	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.440
6	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.277
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74.230
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	74.060
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	73.694
10	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	73.653
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73.422
12	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	73.374
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.069
14	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	72.976
15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	72.732
16	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	72.707
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	72.476
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	72.207
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.185
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.105
21	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	72.061
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.058
23	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	71.943
24	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	71.780
25	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	71.742
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	71.675
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	71.635
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.618
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.612
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	71.591
31	United States`USA`Northern America	71.397
32	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.367
33	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.362
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	71.322
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.302
36	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	71.195
37	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.170
38	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	70.949
39	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.822
40	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	70.752
41	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	70.710
42	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.699
43	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.693
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.497
45	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	70.374
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.316
47	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	70.189
48	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.106
49	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	70.093
50	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.088
51	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	70.029
52	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	69.802
53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.599
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	69.357
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.348
56	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	69.348
57	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69.191
58	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.108
59	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	69.092
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	69.005
61	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.949
62	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	68.862
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.731
64	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	68.701
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.601
66	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	68.097
67	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	67.607
68	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	67.604
69	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	67.557
70	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	67.191
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	67.147
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	67.107
73	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	67.063
74	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	67.039
75	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	66.947
76	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	66.930
77	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	66.922
78	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	66.629
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	66.586
80	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	66.298
81	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	66.247
82	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	66.238
83	Argentina`ARG`South America	66.186
84	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	65.988
85	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	65.950
86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	65.928
87	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	65.892
88	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	65.890
89	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	65.851
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.783
91	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.740
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	65.412
93	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	65.400
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65.095
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	64.786
96	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	64.726
97	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	64.573
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.487
99	Chile`CHL`South America	64.420
100	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	64.389
101	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	64.253
102	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	64.228
103	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	63.816
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	63.773
105	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	63.542
106	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	63.459
107	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	63.401
108	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	63.176
109	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	63.065
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.059
111	Colombia`COL`South America	62.991
112	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	62.517
113	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	62.394
114	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	62.344
115	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	62.100
116	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	61.863
117	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	61.058
118	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	60.955
119	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	60.826
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.741
121	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	60.697
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.649
123	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.518
124	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.306
125	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	60.228
126	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.211
127	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	59.833
128	Suriname`SUR`South America	59.793
129	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	59.710
130	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	59.496
131	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.179
132	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	59.024
133	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	58.777
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	58.681
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	58.455
136	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.363
137	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	58.323
138	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.286
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.087
140	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	57.979
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	57.926
142	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	57.896
143	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	57.625
144	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.418
145	Peru`PER`South America	57.333
146	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	57.197
147	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	57.115
148	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.001
149	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	56.836
150	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.720
151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	56.422
152	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	55.914
153	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	55.790
154	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	55.765
155	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	55.677
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.500
157	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.023
158	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	54.916
159	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	54.913
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.744
161	Honduras`HND`Central America	54.565
162	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	54.352
163	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.090
164	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.853
165	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.601
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	52.991
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	52.988
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.944
169	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.848
170	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	52.782
171	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	52.620
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.763
173	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.216
174	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	50.220
175	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	50.098
176	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	49.964
177	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	49.914
178	India`IND`Southern Asia	49.642
179	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	49.517
180	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	49.097
181	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.921
182	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	48.577
183	Bolivia`BOL`South America	48.282
184	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	48.194
185	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	48.138
186	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	47.912
187	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	47.459
188	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	47.045
189	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	46.992
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	46.884
191	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	46.372
192	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	46.224
193	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.944
194	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	45.102
195	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	44.728
196	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	44.658
197	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	44.485
198	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	44.435
199	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	44.091
200	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	43.603
201	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.136
202	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	42.724
203	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	42.429
204	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	42.399
205	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	41.831
206	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	41.619
207	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	41.131
208	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41.103
209	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	41.088
210	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	40.948
211	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.871
212	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	39.960
213	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	39.937
214	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	39.078
215	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	38.966
216	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	38.951
217	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	38.355
218	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	38.170
219	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	37.409
220	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.277
221	Niger`NER`Western Africa	35.938
222	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.087

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Faroe Islands75.198
2Andorra75.096
3Sweden74.866
4San Marino74.787
5Norway74.440

Lowest

222Mali35.087
221Niger35.938
220South Sudan36.277
219Burundi37.409
218Guinea-Bissau38.170

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 62.754. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
195 · 27rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Burundi25.777 → 37.409+11.632
Nicaragua47.957 → 55.023+7.066
South Sudan31.291 → 36.277+4.987
Vietnam51.913 → 55.677+3.763
Tuvalu54.694 → 57.197+2.503

Fell most

Syria61.969 → 60.826−1.143
Honduras55.689 → 54.565−1.124
Fiji61.630 → 60.649−0.981
Portugal69.157 → 68.601−0.556
Rwanda46.343 → 45.944−0.399

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 (1973). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1973

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