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China – Life Expectancy 1976

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
61.2 +0.3 from 1975 Global rank: 121st

China's life expectancy was 61.2 in 1976, increased +0.3 from 61.0 in 1975. This was the 121st highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1976▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1976
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Iceland 77.0 1.8%
2nd Andorra 75.9 0.4%
3rd Faroe Islands 75.5 0.1%
4th San Marino 75.4 0.2%
5th Norway 75.0 0.3%
6th Sweden 75.0 0.0%
7th Switzerland 74.8 0.2%
8th Japan 74.7 0.6%
9th Netherlands 74.6 0.2%
10th Liechtenstein 74.5 0.3%
11th Canada 73.9 0.5%
12th Monaco 73.8 0.4%
13th Denmark 73.7 -0.5%
14th Greece 73.7 0.4%
15th Spain 73.6 0.4%
16th Gibraltar 73.4 0.2%
17th France 73.1 0.3%
18th Australia 73.0 0.5%
19th Italy 73.0 0.5%
20th Israel 73.0 1.3%
21st United States 72.9 0.3%
22nd Hong Kong SAR, China 72.8 -0.8%
23rd United Kingdom 72.8 0.1%
24th Channel Islands 72.7 0.1%
25th New Zealand 72.4 0.3%
26th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.3 0.0%
27th Belgium 72.1 0.2%
28th St. Martin (French part) 72.1 0.1%
29th Malta 72.1 0.2%
30th Puerto Rico (US) 72.1 0.2%
31st European Union 72.1 0.4%
32nd Ireland 71.9 0.1%
33rd Montenegro 71.8 0.2%
34th Finland 71.8 0.2%
35th Antigua and Barbuda 71.8 0.5%
36th Serbia 71.7 0.4%
37th Germany 71.7 0.6%
38th Austria 71.6 0.6%
39th Macao SAR, China 71.5 1.1%
40th Bulgaria 71.4 0.5%
41st Bermuda 71.3 0.2%
42nd Lithuania 71.0 0.1%
43rd Costa Rica 70.9 1.0%
44th Cuba 70.9 0.7%
45th Cyprus 70.8 0.7%
46th Singapore 70.7 0.5%
47th Poland 70.7 0.1%
48th Czechia 70.5 0.2%
49th Slovak Republic 70.5 0.2%
50th Croatia 70.5 0.6%
51st Belarus 70.4 -0.1%
52nd Slovenia 70.3 -0.1%
53rd Luxembourg 70.2 -0.1%
54th Kuwait 70.2 0.4%
55th Ukraine 70.1 -0.3%
56th Barbados 70.1 0.5%
57th Curaçao 70.0 0.4%
58th Uruguay 69.9 0.3%
59th Aruba 69.8 0.4%
60th Romania 69.7 0.1%
61st Hungary 69.6 0.4%
62nd Dominica 69.4 0.5%
63rd Estonia 69.3 -0.5%
64th Latvia 69.0 0.2%
65th Portugal 68.9 0.8%
66th Bahrain 68.9 0.9%
67th Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.6 0.4%
68th Albania 68.6 0.7%
69th Bahamas, The 68.5 0.6%
70th American Samoa 68.5 0.3%
71st Jamaica 68.4 0.4%
72nd British Virgin Islands 68.4 0.5%
73rd Guam 68.3 0.4%
74th Qatar 68.2 0.7%
75th Grenada 67.9 -0.1%
76th Virgin Islands (US) 67.9 0.3%
77th Panama 67.8 0.8%
78th North Macedonia 67.8 0.9%
79th Cayman Islands 67.5 0.8%
80th Russian Federation 67.5 -0.3%
81st Brunei Darussalam 67.4 0.7%
82nd Seychelles 67.3 0.6%
83rd Northern Mariana Islands 67.3 0.6%
84th Isle of Man 67.1 0.4%
85th Argentina 67.0 0.1%
86th Georgia 66.9 0.6%
87th Chile 66.8 1.2%
88th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 66.5 0.9%
89th Malaysia 66.2 0.8%
90th St. Lucia 66.2 0.4%
91st Trinidad and Tobago 66.0 0.6%
92nd Sri Lanka 65.8 0.7%
93rd United Arab Emirates 65.8 1.1%
94th Belize 65.8 0.6%
95th Turks and Caicos Islands 65.6 0.6%
96th Tonga 65.4 0.5%
97th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 65.3 0.8%
98th Syrian Arab Republic 64.8 1.0%
99th French Polynesia 64.8 0.8%
100th Jordan 64.7 0.8%
101st Colombia 64.6 1.0%
102nd Korea 64.5 0.5%
103rd Mauritius 64.4 -0.4%
104th Armenia 64.0 0.4%
105th Moldova 64.0 0.4%
106th New Caledonia 63.8 0.8%
107th Viet Nam 63.7 2.9%
108th Paraguay 63.7 0.3%
109th Iraq 63.6 3.5%
110th St. Kitts and Nevis 63.5 0.5%
111th Samoa 63.3 0.7%
112th Mexico 62.5 1.0%
113th Libya 62.4 1.3%
114th Fiji 62.1 0.7%
115th Uzbekistan 61.9 0.4%
116th Micronesia, Federated States of 61.9 0.4%
117th Greenland 61.8 0.0%
118th Dominican Republic 61.7 0.8%
119th Ecuador 61.4 0.6%
120th Kazakhstan 61.3 0.3%
121st China 61.2 0.4%
122nd Solomon Islands 61.2 4.7%
123rd Philippines 60.9 -0.1%
124th Palau 60.5 0.8%
125th Guyana 60.4 0.1%
126th Marshall Islands 60.4 0.2%
127th Thailand 60.4 1.1%
128th Tunisia 60.3 1.7%
129th Botswana 60.2 1.1%
130th Suriname 60.2 0.2%
131st Türkiye 60.0 0.8%
132nd Brazil 60.0 0.8%
133rd Kyrgyz Republic 59.9 0.4%
134th Azerbaijan 59.5 1.3%
135th Cabo Verde 59.4 0.7%
136th Saudi Arabia 58.8 1.7%
137th São Tomé and Principe 58.8 0.4%
138th Tuvalu 58.8 0.9%
139th Vanuatu 58.7 0.9%
140th Peru 58.6 0.6%
141st Nauru 58.2 -0.1%
142nd Honduras 58.2 1.1%
143rd Tajikistan 58.1 0.3%
144th Namibia 58.0 0.9%
145th South Africa 58.0 0.7%
146th Zimbabwe 57.6 -1.1%
147th Kosovo 57.5 0.4%
148th Turkmenistan 57.4 0.4%
149th Kenya 57.2 0.9%
150th Kiribati 56.6 0.4%
151st Indonesia 56.4 0.8%
152nd Nicaragua 56.1 0.6%
153rd Zambia 56.1 0.6%
154th Gabon 56.0 0.9%
155th Iran, Islamic Republic of 55.8 1.7%
156th Congo, Republic of 55.7 0.5%
157th Papua New Guinea 55.5 1.0%
158th Eswatini 55.2 1.4%
159th Pakistan 55.1 0.6%
160th Mongolia 54.5 0.5%
161st Oman 54.4 3.7%
162nd El Salvador 54.4 1.8%
163rd Lesotho 53.9 0.9%
164th Sudan 53.3 0.1%
165th Myanmar 52.9 0.8%
166th Egypt, Arab Republic of 52.5 1.4%
167th Morocco 52.0 1.3%
168th Mauritania 51.8 0.4%
169th India 51.3 1.1%
170th Bangladesh 51.0 0.6%
171st Maldives 50.8 2.2%
172nd Djibouti 50.3 0.8%
173rd Cameroon 50.0 0.3%
174th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 50.0 1.3%
175th Madagascar 49.8 0.4%
176th Ghana 49.7 0.8%
177th Togo 49.5 0.9%
178th Tanzania 49.5 1.1%
179th Haiti 49.0 0.5%
180th Côte d'Ivoire 48.9 1.7%
181st Comoros 48.6 3.8%
182nd Central African Republic 48.4 1.0%
183rd Algeria 48.0 2.4%
184th Guatemala 47.6 -9.9%
185th Yemen, Republic of 46.4 2.1%
186th Uganda 46.2 -0.7%
187th Lao PDR 46.0 -0.3%
188th Nepal 46.0 1.1%
189th Benin 46.0 1.2%
190th Rwanda 45.3 0.0%
191st Bhutan 45.2 1.6%
192nd Senegal 44.8 2.0%
193rd Somalia, Fed. Rep. 44.7 0.5%
194th Congo, Democratic Republic of 44.7 0.4%
195th Nigeria 44.2 2.6%
196th Mozambique 43.9 0.2%
197th Burundi 43.7 0.6%
198th Burkina Faso 43.3 2.0%
199th Gambia, The 42.9 1.6%
200th Liberia 42.9 0.9%
201st Chad 42.7 -0.1%
202nd Eritrea 42.6 9.1%
203rd Guinea-Bissau 42.3 0.8%
204th Sierra Leone 41.4 1.1%
205th Guinea 41.0 1.0%
206th Malawi 41.0 2.4%
207th Angola 40.8 0.0%
208th Afghanistan 40.5 1.3%
209th Mali 37.2 2.0%
210th Niger 37.1 1.5%
211th South Sudan 37.1 0.6%
212th Lebanon 36.4 -36.9%
213th Equatorial Guinea 30.5 -18.2%
214th Timor-Leste 25.9 6.4%
215th Cambodia 11.6 -9.0%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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