Data for 1975

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1975

Name: Life Expectancy at Birth, 1975
Creator: UN DESA Population Division
License: https://population.un.org/wpp/downloads

Figures for 1975, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1975 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 75.568; Cambodia is lowest, at 12.785. The middle country reads 63.337. Against 1974, 222 values changed (194 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1975

HighestAndorra

75.568

LowestCambodia

12.785

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

222countries
1measure
1975the 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, 1975, 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, 1975: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
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1	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	75.568
2	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	75.323
3	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.269
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	75.251
5	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	74.978
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	74.817
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	74.791
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	74.555
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	74.357
10	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	74.330
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	74.100
12	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	73.523
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	73.492
14	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	73.473
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	73.449
16	Gibraltar`GIB`Southern Europe	73.322
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	72.900
18	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	72.820
19	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.783
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	72.728
21	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	72.650
22	Vatican City`VAT`Southern Europe	72.590
23	United States`USA`Northern America	72.543
24	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	72.308
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	72.200
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	72.067
27	Saint Martin`MAF`Caribbean	72.046
28	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	71.965
29	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	71.963
30	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	71.920
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	71.838
32	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	71.689
33	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	71.613
34	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	71.597
35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	71.516
36	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	71.447
37	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	71.418
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	71.326
39	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	71.190
40	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	71.171
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	71.108
42	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	71.083
43	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	71.041
44	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	71.006
45	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	70.876
46	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.631
47	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	70.485
48	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	70.375
49	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	70.361
50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	70.339
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	70.336
52	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	70.303
53	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	70.253
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	70.232
55	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	70.122
56	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	69.790
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.705
58	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	69.680
59	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	69.672
60	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	69.599
61	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	69.564
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	69.422
63	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	69.258
64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	69.060
65	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.843
66	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	68.329
67	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	68.276
68	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	68.264
69	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	68.256
70	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	68.168
71	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	68.140
72	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	68.120
73	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	68.069
74	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	68.011
75	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	68.004
76	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	67.850
77	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	67.679
78	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	67.637
79	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	67.253
80	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.243
81	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	67.056
82	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	67.044
83	Argentina`ARG`South America	66.965
84	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	66.950
85	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	66.850
86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	66.847
87	Isle of Man`IMN`Northern Europe	66.760
88	Venezuela`VEN`South America	66.686
89	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	66.512
90	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	66.116
91	Chile`CHL`South America	66.037
92	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	65.910
93	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	65.873
94	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	65.779
95	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65.697
96	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	65.647
97	Belize`BLZ`Central America	65.377
98	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	65.355
99	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	65.202
100	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	65.122
101	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	65.105
102	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	64.831
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.667
104	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	64.368
105	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	64.249
106	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	64.187
107	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	64.148
108	Colombia`COL`South America	64.012
109	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	63.907
110	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	63.700
111	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.435
112	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	63.239
113	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	63.192
114	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	62.839
115	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.883
116	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	61.865
117	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	61.746
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.689
119	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	61.632
120	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	61.621
121	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	61.617
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	61.435
123	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	61.254
124	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	61.110
125	Ecuador`ECU`South America	61.085
126	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	60.952
127	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	60.904
128	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.375
129	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	60.273
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.035
131	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	59.998
132	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	59.824
133	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.713
134	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.556
135	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.530
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59.513
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.306
138	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.976
139	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	58.687
140	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	58.663
141	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	58.561
142	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	58.404
143	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	58.253
144	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	58.251
145	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.250
146	Peru`PER`South America	58.205
147	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.133
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	57.880
149	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	57.780
150	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	57.744
151	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.591
152	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	57.551
153	Honduras`HND`Central America	57.523
154	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	57.311
155	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	57.241
156	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	56.621
157	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	56.358
158	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	55.998
159	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	55.774
160	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	55.742
161	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	55.455
162	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.402
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.984
164	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	54.819
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	54.722
166	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.399
167	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.335
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	53.454
169	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	53.422
170	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	53.310
171	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.832
172	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	52.511
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	52.493
174	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	51.734
175	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	51.571
176	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	51.356
177	India`IND`Southern Asia	50.762
178	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	50.627
179	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	49.923
180	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	49.891
181	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	49.645
182	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	49.596
183	Bolivia`BOL`South America	49.336
184	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	49.323
185	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	49.046
186	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.922
187	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	48.720
188	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	48.030
189	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	47.892
190	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46.921
191	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	46.866
192	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	46.518
193	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	46.150
194	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	45.500
195	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	45.475
196	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	45.405
197	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	45.324
198	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	44.530
199	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	44.513
200	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	44.490
201	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	43.938
202	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	43.821
203	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	43.445
204	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	43.054
205	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	42.736
206	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	42.486
207	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	42.463
208	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	42.192
209	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	41.934
210	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	40.990
211	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	40.817
212	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	40.607
213	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	40.079
214	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	39.994
215	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	39.031
216	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38.941
217	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	37.320
218	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	36.867
219	Niger`NER`Western Africa	36.568
220	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.484
221	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	24.314
222	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	12.785

02In 1975

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Andorra75.568
2Faroe Islands75.323
3Iceland75.269
4San Marino75.251
5Sweden74.978

Lowest

222Cambodia12.785
221Timor-Leste24.314
220Mali36.484
219Niger36.568
218South Sudan36.867

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.337. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031974 → 1975

Since 1974

What changed between 1974 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
222values changed, of 222 in both
194 · 28rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Cyprus54.551 → 70.336+15.785
Vietnam54.751 → 61.865+7.114
Honduras52.519 → 57.523+5.005
Oman51.229 → 52.511+1.282
Iceland74.125 → 75.269+1.143

Fell most

Cambodia39.296 → 12.785−26.511
Timor-Leste36.454 → 24.314−12.140
Lebanon66.410 → 57.744−8.666
Equatorial Guinea41.486 → 37.320−4.166
Solomon Islands59.611 → 58.404−1.207

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 (1975). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1975 [data set], describing 1975. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1975

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