Canada - Life Expectancy 1971
73.0
+0.3 from 1970
Canada's life expectancy was 73.0 in 1971, increased +0.3 from 72.7 in 1970. This was the 12th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1971▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Faroe Islands | 75.1 | 0.2% |
| 2nd | Sweden | 74.6 | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 74.6 | 0.2% |
| 4th | San Marino | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 5th | Norway | 74.2 | 0.1% |
| 6th | Netherlands | 73.8 | 0.3% |
| 7th | Iceland | 73.6 | -0.5% |
| 8th | Denmark | 73.4 | 0.1% |
| 9th | Monaco | 73.4 | 0.0% |
| 10th | Switzerland | 73.1 | 0.2% |
| 11th | Liechtenstein | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 12th | Canada | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 13th | Greece | 72.9 | 0.3% |
| 14th | Japan | 72.8 | 1.2% |
| 15th | United Kingdom | 72.3 | 0.4% |
| 16th | Gibraltar | 72.1 | 0.3% |
| 17th | Channel Islands | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 18th | France | 71.9 | 0.3% |
| 19th | Italy | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 20th | New Zealand | 71.8 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Lithuania | 71.7 | 1.3% |
| 22nd | Israel | 71.7 | 0.7% |
| 23rd | Ireland | 71.7 | 1.1% |
| 24th | Spain | 71.6 | -0.6% |
| 25th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 71.5 | 0.8% |
| 26th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 71.3 | 0.6% |
| 27th | St. Martin (French part) | 71.3 | 0.5% |
| 28th | United States | 71.1 | 0.4% |
| 29th | Puerto Rico (US) | 71.1 | 1.0% |
| 30th | Australia | 71.1 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Belgium | 71.1 | 0.1% |
| 32nd | Belarus | 71.0 | 0.4% |
| 33rd | European Union | 71.0 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Bulgaria | 70.9 | -0.5% |
| 35th | Ukraine | 70.9 | 0.0% |
| 36th | Germany | 70.7 | 0.3% |
| 37th | Montenegro | 70.6 | 0.6% |
| 38th | Latvia | 70.2 | 0.5% |
| 39th | Estonia | 70.1 | 0.3% |
| 40th | Austria | 70.1 | 0.3% |
| 41st | Malta | 70.1 | -0.3% |
| 42nd | Finland | 70.0 | -0.2% |
| 43rd | Slovak Republic | 69.9 | 0.2% |
| 44th | Antigua and Barbuda | 69.9 | 0.7% |
| 45th | Czechia | 69.7 | 0.3% |
| 46th | Serbia | 69.6 | 0.0% |
| 47th | Poland | 69.6 | -0.4% |
| 48th | Croatia | 69.3 | 0.4% |
| 49th | Luxembourg | 69.2 | 0.0% |
| 50th | Macao SAR, China | 69.1 | 0.6% |
| 51st | Hungary | 69.1 | -0.2% |
| 52nd | Singapore | 69.0 | 0.4% |
| 53rd | Bermuda | 69.0 | 0.8% |
| 54th | Uruguay | 68.9 | 0.3% |
| 55th | Slovenia | 68.8 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Barbados | 68.8 | 0.4% |
| 57th | Kuwait | 68.7 | 0.8% |
| 58th | Curaçao | 68.5 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Romania | 68.5 | 1.5% |
| 60th | Cuba | 68.4 | 0.7% |
| 61st | Russian Federation | 68.4 | 0.4% |
| 62nd | Cyprus | 68.4 | 0.4% |
| 63rd | Aruba | 67.8 | 0.5% |
| 64th | Costa Rica | 67.4 | 0.9% |
| 65th | Virgin Islands (US) | 67.1 | 0.9% |
| 66th | Jamaica | 67.0 | 0.4% |
| 67th | Grenada | 66.9 | 0.0% |
| 68th | Portugal | 66.8 | -0.5% |
| 69th | American Samoa | 66.8 | 0.6% |
| 70th | Dominica | 66.8 | 0.8% |
| 71st | British Virgin Islands | 66.7 | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Bahamas, The | 66.5 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Lebanon | 66.1 | 0.2% |
| 74th | Guam | 66.1 | 0.4% |
| 75th | Albania | 65.9 | 1.0% |
| 76th | Isle of Man | 65.8 | 0.2% |
| 77th | Argentina | 65.6 | 0.0% |
| 78th | Qatar | 65.5 | 0.9% |
| 79th | Bahrain | 65.3 | 1.4% |
| 80th | Northern Mariana Islands | 65.2 | 0.6% |
| 81st | Georgia | 65.2 | 0.5% |
| 82nd | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.2 | 0.5% |
| 83rd | North Macedonia | 65.1 | 0.4% |
| 84th | Brunei Darussalam | 65.0 | 0.8% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | 64.9 | 0.1% |
| 86th | Cayman Islands | 64.8 | 0.7% |
| 87th | Panama | 64.7 | 0.9% |
| 88th | Seychelles | 64.7 | 1.0% |
| 89th | St. Lucia | 64.5 | 0.3% |
| 90th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 64.4 | 0.6% |
| 91st | Sri Lanka | 64.2 | -0.2% |
| 92nd | Mauritius | 63.9 | 0.3% |
| 93rd | Malaysia | 63.8 | 0.7% |
| 94th | Tonga | 63.6 | 0.7% |
| 95th | Belize | 63.5 | 0.8% |
| 96th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 63.3 | 0.9% |
| 97th | Chile | 63.1 | 0.7% |
| 98th | Greenland | 63.1 | -0.1% |
| 99th | Armenia | 62.9 | 0.4% |
| 100th | French Polynesia | 62.8 | 0.5% |
| 101st | Paraguay | 62.7 | 0.3% |
| 102nd | Moldova | 62.7 | 0.4% |
| 103rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 62.7 | 1.0% |
| 104th | Korea | 62.6 | 0.7% |
| 105th | Colombia | 62.0 | 0.9% |
| 106th | Jordan | 61.8 | 3.2% |
| 107th | United Arab Emirates | 61.8 | 1.6% |
| 108th | Fiji | 61.7 | 0.1% |
| 109th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 61.7 | 0.6% |
| 110th | Syrian Arab Republic | 61.3 | 1.2% |
| 111th | Iraq | 61.3 | 1.3% |
| 112th | Philippines | 61.1 | 0.4% |
| 113th | Samoa | 60.9 | 0.8% |
| 114th | New Caledonia | 60.8 | 1.2% |
| 115th | Uzbekistan | 60.4 | 0.6% |
| 116th | Kazakhstan | 60.3 | 0.4% |
| 117th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 60.2 | 0.7% |
| 118th | Guyana | 60.1 | 0.2% |
| 119th | Suriname | 59.6 | 0.2% |
| 120th | Mexico | 59.4 | 0.9% |
| 121st | Ecuador | 59.3 | 0.8% |
| 122nd | Marshall Islands | 59.1 | 0.6% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 59.1 | 1.0% |
| 124th | Nauru | 58.4 | 0.0% |
| 125th | Kyrgyz Republic | 58.3 | 0.5% |
| 126th | Palau | 58.1 | 0.8% |
| 127th | Zimbabwe | 58.0 | 0.4% |
| 128th | Brazil | 57.8 | 0.8% |
| 129th | China | 57.7 | 1.6% |
| 130th | Libya | 57.6 | 2.1% |
| 131st | Türkiye | 57.2 | 0.9% |
| 132nd | Thailand | 57.1 | 1.1% |
| 133rd | Botswana | 57.1 | 1.1% |
| 134th | Azerbaijan | 57.0 | 0.8% |
| 135th | Cabo Verde | 57.0 | 0.8% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | 57.0 | 1.7% |
| 137th | São Tomé and Principe | 57.0 | 1.2% |
| 138th | Tajikistan | 56.9 | 0.5% |
| 139th | Peru | 56.5 | 18.4% |
| 140th | Turkmenistan | 56.3 | 0.5% |
| 141st | South Africa | 56.0 | 0.6% |
| 142nd | Tuvalu | 56.0 | 1.1% |
| 143rd | Vanuatu | 55.9 | 1.0% |
| 144th | Viet Nam | 55.6 | 1.2% |
| 145th | Namibia | 55.3 | 1.1% |
| 146th | Kosovo | 55.1 | 2.1% |
| 147th | Honduras | 55.0 | 1.2% |
| 148th | Kiribati | 54.9 | 1.0% |
| 149th | Tunisia | 54.9 | 2.1% |
| 150th | Kenya | 54.5 | 0.7% |
| 151st | Nicaragua | 54.2 | 0.8% |
| 152nd | Congo, Republic of | 54.0 | 0.8% |
| 153rd | Zambia | 53.9 | 0.9% |
| 154th | Indonesia | 53.8 | 1.1% |
| 155th | Saudi Arabia | 53.7 | 1.9% |
| 156th | Gabon | 53.3 | 1.1% |
| 157th | Papua New Guinea | 52.6 | 0.9% |
| 158th | Sudan | 52.5 | 0.5% |
| 159th | Mongolia | 52.5 | 1.1% |
| 160th | Lesotho | 51.8 | 0.7% |
| 161st | Eswatini | 51.8 | 1.1% |
| 162nd | El Salvador | 51.7 | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.1 | 1.8% |
| 164th | Myanmar | 51.0 | 1.1% |
| 165th | Mauritania | 50.8 | 0.4% |
| 166th | Guatemala | 50.3 | 3.6% |
| 167th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 49.5 | 1.0% |
| 168th | Morocco | 49.2 | 1.0% |
| 169th | Pakistan | 49.0 | -7.4% |
| 170th | India | 48.9 | 0.7% |
| 171st | Cameroon | 48.6 | 1.3% |
| 172nd | Madagascar | 48.2 | 0.6% |
| 173rd | Ghana | 47.9 | 0.1% |
| 174th | Oman | 47.9 | 2.6% |
| 175th | Haiti | 47.6 | 0.7% |
| 176th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 47.5 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Djibouti | 47.3 | -0.6% |
| 178th | Togo | 47.2 | 1.0% |
| 179th | Uganda | 47.1 | -5.0% |
| 180th | Tanzania | 47.0 | 1.0% |
| 181st | Rwanda | 46.8 | -0.8% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 45.8 | 1.4% |
| 183rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 45.8 | 0.4% |
| 184th | Central African Republic | 45.8 | 1.3% |
| 185th | Maldives | 45.5 | 2.1% |
| 186th | Côte d'Ivoire | 44.8 | 1.7% |
| 187th | Lao PDR | 44.1 | 0.8% |
| 188th | Algeria | 43.8 | 1.0% |
| 189th | Nepal | 43.6 | 1.1% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 43.6 | 0.6% |
| 191st | Benin | 43.4 | 0.8% |
| 192nd | Burundi | 43.2 | -0.1% |
| 193rd | Mozambique | 42.6 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Bhutan | 41.8 | 1.6% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 41.8 | 2.9% |
| 196th | Eritrea | 41.5 | 0.9% |
| 197th | Senegal | 41.2 | 1.1% |
| 198th | Chad | 40.9 | -1.2% |
| 199th | Liberia | 40.7 | 0.9% |
| 200th | Nigeria | 40.6 | 1.5% |
| 201st | Angola | 40.1 | 1.0% |
| 202nd | Gambia, The | 40.0 | 1.3% |
| 203rd | Burkina Faso | 39.9 | 0.8% |
| 204th | Guinea | 39.4 | 0.8% |
| 205th | Sierra Leone | 39.1 | 1.3% |
| 206th | Cambodia | 38.7 | 0.2% |
| 207th | Afghanistan | 37.9 | 1.3% |
| 208th | Timor-Leste | 37.9 | 1.5% |
| 209th | Guinea-Bissau | 37.5 | 0.8% |
| 210th | Equatorial Guinea | 37.2 | 19.8% |
| 211th | Malawi | 37.1 | 1.2% |
| 212th | Niger | 35.3 | -1.7% |
| 213th | Mali | 33.8 | 1.2% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 31.0 | 20.9% |
| 215th | Bangladesh | 26.5 | -37.8% |
FAQ
What was Canada's life expectancy in 1971?▾
Canada's life expectancy in 1971 was 73.0. This ranked 12th globally.
How did Canada's life expectancy change in 1971?▾
Canada's life expectancy increased by 0.5% in 1971 compared to 1970.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1971?▾
Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1971 at 75.1.
What is the life expectancy of Canada in 1971?▾
The life expectancy of Canada in 1971 was 73.0. This ranked 12th globally.
How does 1971 compare to 1970 for Canada's life expectancy?▾
Canada's life expectancy went from 72.7 in 1970 to 73.0 in 1971, a 0.5% increase.
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