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India – Life Expectancy 1977

Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank
51.8 +0.5 from 1976 Global rank: 172nd

India's life expectancy was 51.8 in 1977, increased +0.5 from 51.3 in 1976. This was the 172nd highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1977▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1977
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Iceland 76.4 -0.8%
2nd Andorra 76.2 0.4%
3rd San Marino 75.6 0.3%
4th Faroe Islands 75.6 0.2%
5th Norway 75.4 0.5%
6th Sweden 75.4 0.5%
7th Japan 75.3 0.8%
8th Switzerland 75.2 0.6%
9th Netherlands 75.2 0.8%
10th Liechtenstein 74.7 0.2%
11th Denmark 74.6 1.2%
12th Canada 74.2 0.5%
13th Monaco 74.2 0.5%
14th Spain 74.1 0.7%
15th Greece 73.7 0.0%
16th Gibraltar 73.5 0.0%
17th Italy 73.4 0.5%
18th France 73.4 0.3%
19th Hong Kong SAR, China 73.3 0.8%
20th Australia 73.3 0.5%
21st United States 73.3 0.5%
22nd United Kingdom 73.2 0.6%
23rd Israel 73.0 0.0%
24th Channel Islands 72.9 0.3%
25th Belgium 72.8 0.9%
26th Puerto Rico (US) 72.4 0.4%
27th European Union 72.4 0.4%
28th Finland 72.4 0.7%
29th Germany 72.3 0.8%
30th Malta 72.2 0.2%
31st St. Martin (French part) 72.2 0.1%
32nd New Zealand 72.2 -0.4%
33rd Antigua and Barbuda 72.1 0.5%
34th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.1 -0.2%
35th Ireland 72.0 0.2%
36th Austria 71.9 0.5%
37th Serbia 71.7 -0.1%
38th Bermuda 71.6 0.4%
39th Montenegro 71.6 -0.3%
40th Costa Rica 71.5 0.8%
41st Luxembourg 71.4 1.7%
42nd Cuba 71.4 0.8%
43rd Macao SAR, China 71.4 -0.1%
44th Cyprus 71.3 0.6%
45th Singapore 71.0 0.4%
46th Bulgaria 70.8 -0.8%
47th Lithuania 70.8 -0.2%
48th Croatia 70.7 0.4%
49th Barbados 70.6 0.8%
50th Czechia 70.6 0.1%
51st Slovenia 70.6 0.4%
52nd Kuwait 70.5 0.4%
53rd Slovak Republic 70.4 -0.1%
54th Poland 70.4 -0.4%
55th Belarus 70.3 -0.2%
56th Curaçao 70.2 0.4%
57th Uruguay 70.1 0.3%
58th Aruba 70.1 0.4%
59th Portugal 70.0 1.7%
60th Ukraine 70.0 -0.2%
61st Hungary 69.8 0.4%
62nd Romania 69.7 0.1%
63rd Dominica 69.7 0.4%
64th Estonia 69.4 0.1%
65th Bahrain 69.4 0.8%
66th Latvia 69.1 0.1%
67th Guam 69.0 1.1%
68th Albania 69.0 0.6%
69th Bosnia and Herzegovina 68.8 0.3%
70th Bahamas, The 68.8 0.3%
71st American Samoa 68.7 0.3%
72nd British Virgin Islands 68.7 0.4%
73rd Qatar 68.6 0.7%
74th Jamaica 68.6 0.3%
75th Panama 68.3 0.7%
76th North Macedonia 68.1 0.5%
77th Cayman Islands 68.1 0.8%
78th Virgin Islands (US) 68.1 0.3%
79th Grenada 67.9 -0.1%
80th Brunei Darussalam 67.8 0.6%
81st Seychelles 67.7 0.6%
82nd Northern Mariana Islands 67.7 0.6%
83rd Argentina 67.6 0.8%
84th Chile 67.5 1.1%
85th Russian Federation 67.4 -0.2%
86th Isle of Man 67.4 0.5%
87th Georgia 67.2 0.5%
88th St. Lucia 67.0 1.1%
89th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 66.9 0.6%
90th Malaysia 66.7 0.7%
91st United Arab Emirates 66.5 1.0%
92nd Sri Lanka 66.4 0.8%
93rd Trinidad and Tobago 66.2 0.2%
94th Belize 66.1 0.6%
95th Turks and Caicos Islands 66.0 0.6%
96th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 65.8 0.7%
97th Tonga 65.6 0.3%
98th Syrian Arab Republic 65.4 0.9%
99th French Polynesia 65.3 0.8%
100th Colombia 65.2 0.9%
101st Mauritius 65.1 1.2%
102nd Jordan 65.1 0.7%
103rd Korea 64.9 0.6%
104th Armenia 64.3 0.4%
105th New Caledonia 64.2 0.8%
106th Moldova 64.2 0.4%
107th Viet Nam 64.1 0.6%
108th Iraq 63.9 0.5%
109th Paraguay 63.9 0.3%
110th Samoa 63.7 0.7%
111th St. Kitts and Nevis 63.7 0.4%
112th Libya 63.1 1.1%
113th Mexico 63.0 0.8%
114th Fiji 62.7 1.0%
115th China 62.5 2.0%
116th Dominican Republic 62.2 0.7%
117th Uzbekistan 62.2 0.4%
118th Micronesia, Federated States of 62.1 0.4%
119th Ecuador 61.9 0.8%
120th Greenland 61.8 0.1%
121st Solomon Islands 61.5 0.6%
122nd Kazakhstan 61.5 0.4%
123rd Philippines 61.4 0.9%
124th Tunisia 61.3 1.6%
125th Thailand 60.9 0.9%
126th Palau 60.9 0.7%
127th Botswana 60.9 1.1%
128th Türkiye 60.8 1.4%
129th Marshall Islands 60.6 0.3%
130th Guyana 60.6 0.2%
131st Brazil 60.5 0.8%
132nd Lebanon 60.3 65.6%
133rd Suriname 60.3 0.2%
134th Kyrgyz Republic 60.1 0.4%
135th Cabo Verde 60.0 1.0%
136th Azerbaijan 60.0 0.8%
137th Saudi Arabia 59.7 1.6%
138th Vanuatu 59.2 1.0%
139th Tuvalu 59.2 0.7%
140th São Tomé and Principe 59.0 0.3%
141st Peru 58.9 0.6%
142nd Honduras 58.7 1.0%
143rd Namibia 58.6 0.9%
144th South Africa 58.5 0.8%
145th Kosovo 58.4 1.5%
146th Tajikistan 58.2 0.3%
147th Nauru 58.1 -0.1%
148th Turkmenistan 57.7 0.4%
149th Kenya 57.7 0.9%
150th Indonesia 57.1 1.1%
151st Zimbabwe 57.0 -1.1%
152nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 56.7 1.6%
153rd Gabon 56.5 0.9%
154th Zambia 56.3 0.3%
155th Nicaragua 56.1 0.0%
156th Kiribati 56.1 -0.9%
157th Papua New Guinea 56.1 0.9%
158th Congo, Republic of 56.0 0.6%
159th Eswatini 56.0 1.5%
160th Oman 55.5 2.0%
161st Pakistan 55.5 0.7%
162nd Guatemala 55.2 15.9%
163rd Mongolia 54.7 0.3%
164th Lesotho 54.5 1.1%
165th El Salvador 54.0 -0.6%
166th Sudan 53.5 0.3%
167th Egypt, Arab Republic of 53.3 1.5%
168th Myanmar 53.3 0.7%
169th Morocco 52.8 1.4%
170th Mauritania 52.0 0.4%
171st Maldives 51.8 2.1%
172nd India 51.8 1.0%
173rd Bangladesh 51.3 0.6%
174th Djibouti 50.8 0.8%
175th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 50.4 0.8%
176th Togo 50.2 1.3%
177th Cameroon 50.1 0.2%
178th Ghana 50.1 0.7%
179th Tanzania 50.0 1.0%
180th Madagascar 49.9 0.3%
181st Côte d'Ivoire 49.6 1.6%
182nd Algeria 49.2 2.5%
183rd Haiti 49.2 0.5%
184th Comoros 49.2 1.1%
185th Central African Republic 48.8 0.9%
186th Yemen, Republic of 47.4 2.2%
187th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 47.0 5.1%
188th Nepal 46.6 1.4%
189th Benin 46.5 1.2%
190th Lao PDR 46.4 0.9%
191st Bhutan 46.0 1.6%
192nd Uganda 45.8 -0.7%
193rd Senegal 45.7 2.0%
194th Rwanda 45.6 0.6%
195th Congo, Democratic Republic of 44.9 0.4%
196th Nigeria 44.8 1.5%
197th Burkina Faso 44.2 1.9%
198th Burundi 44.0 0.6%
199th Mozambique 43.9 0.0%
200th Gambia, The 43.4 1.1%
201st Liberia 43.2 0.9%
202nd Eritrea 43.0 0.9%
203rd Chad 42.9 0.5%
204th Guinea-Bissau 42.6 0.8%
205th Equatorial Guinea 42.0 37.6%
206th Malawi 42.0 2.3%
207th Sierra Leone 41.8 1.0%
208th Guinea 41.4 0.9%
209th Angola 41.2 1.0%
210th Afghanistan 41.1 1.4%
211th Mali 38.0 2.1%
212th Niger 37.7 1.6%
213th South Sudan 37.4 0.8%
214th Timor-Leste 24.9 -3.8%
215th Cambodia 11.3 -2.9%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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