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Kenya - Life Expectancy 1973

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

55.5 +0.5 from 1972 Global rank: 150th

Kenya's life expectancy was 55.5 in 1973, increased +0.5 from 55.0 in 1972. This was the 150th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1973▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1973
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	75.3	0.2%
2nd	Andorra	75.1	0.3%
3rd	Sweden	74.9	0.2%
4th	San Marino	74.8	0.3%
5th	Iceland	74.5	0.0%
6th	Norway	74.4	0.1%
7th	Netherlands	74.1	0.6%
8th	Switzerland	73.9	0.4%
9th	Denmark	73.7	0.3%
10th	Liechtenstein	73.6	0.3%
11th	Monaco	73.4	0.0%
12th	Japan	73.3	0.2%
13th	Canada	73.2	0.3%
14th	Greece	72.9	0.3%
15th	Gibraltar	72.7	0.5%
16th	Channel Islands	72.7	1.0%
17th	Spain	72.6	-0.3%
18th	France	72.4	0.3%
19th	United Kingdom	72.3	0.3%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	72.1	0.9%
21st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.1	0.5%
22nd	Italy	72.0	-0.1%
23rd	Australia	71.8	0.5%
24th	St. Martin (French part)	71.8	0.3%
25th	Israel	71.7	0.9%
26th	New Zealand	71.7	-0.2%
27th	Belgium	71.6	0.3%
28th	European Union	71.5	0.2%
29th	Montenegro	71.4	0.5%
30th	United States	71.4	0.3%
31st	Bulgaria	71.3	0.6%
32nd	Lithuania	71.3	0.4%
33rd	Ireland	71.2	0.3%
34th	Finland	71.2	0.7%
35th	Malta	71.2	0.9%
36th	Germany	71.1	0.3%
37th	Austria	71.0	0.8%
38th	Belarus	71.0	0.2%
39th	Puerto Rico (US)	70.9	0.2%
40th	Ukraine	70.8	-0.2%
41st	Antigua and Barbuda	70.7	0.6%
42nd	Poland	70.7	0.0%
43rd	Serbia	70.4	0.7%
44th	Bermuda	70.4	1.0%
45th	Luxembourg	70.3	-0.2%
46th	Estonia	70.2	0.4%
47th	Macao SAR, China	70.2	0.7%
48th	Czechia	70.0	-0.2%
49th	Slovak Republic	70.0	-0.4%
50th	Croatia	69.9	0.5%
51st	Latvia	69.8	-0.1%
52nd	Singapore	69.5	0.5%
53rd	Hungary	69.5	-0.2%
54th	Kuwait	69.4	0.5%
55th	Slovenia	69.4	0.5%
56th	Uruguay	69.3	0.3%
57th	Cuba	69.3	0.6%
58th	Barbados	69.1	0.0%
59th	Curaçao	69.1	0.4%
60th	Romania	69.0	0.8%
61st	Cyprus	69.0	0.5%
62nd	Aruba	68.9	0.8%
63rd	Costa Rica	68.7	1.1%
64th	Russian Federation	68.3	0.0%
65th	Dominica	68.1	0.9%
66th	Jamaica	67.6	0.5%
67th	American Samoa	67.6	0.6%
68th	Grenada	67.6	0.6%
69th	Portugal	67.5	-1.2%
70th	British Virgin Islands	67.2	0.4%
71st	Bahamas, The	67.1	0.5%
72nd	Virgin Islands (US)	67.1	2.4%
73rd	Albania	67.1	0.9%
74th	North Macedonia	67.0	2.2%
75th	Guam	66.9	0.7%
76th	Bahrain	66.9	1.3%
77th	Qatar	66.6	0.8%
78th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	66.6	1.4%
79th	Lebanon	66.3	0.1%
80th	Isle of Man	66.2	0.4%
81st	Argentina	66.2	0.4%
82nd	Northern Mariana Islands	66.0	0.7%
83rd	Seychelles	66.0	0.9%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	66.0	0.8%
85th	Cayman Islands	65.9	0.8%
86th	Georgia	65.9	0.5%
87th	Panama	65.8	0.9%
88th	Trinidad and Tobago	65.4	0.4%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	65.1	0.5%
90th	Sri Lanka	64.8	0.2%
91st	Malaysia	64.7	0.8%
92nd	St. Lucia	64.6	-0.1%
93rd	Belize	64.5	0.7%
94th	Chile	64.4	1.1%
95th	Tonga	64.4	0.5%
96th	Mauritius	64.3	0.7%
97th	Turks and Caicos Islands	64.2	0.7%
98th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	63.8	0.9%
99th	United Arab Emirates	63.5	1.4%
100th	Korea	63.4	0.6%
101st	French Polynesia	63.4	0.5%
102nd	Armenia	63.3	0.3%
103rd	Moldova	63.2	0.4%
104th	Jordan	63.1	0.9%
105th	Paraguay	63.1	0.3%
106th	Colombia	63.0	0.7%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	62.5	0.6%
108th	Greenland	62.4	-0.6%
109th	Iraq	62.3	0.9%
110th	New Caledonia	62.1	1.1%
111th	Samoa	61.9	0.8%
112th	Uzbekistan	61.1	0.5%
113th	Micronesia, Federated States of	61.0	0.6%
114th	Syrian Arab Republic	60.8	-1.8%
115th	Philippines	60.7	-0.3%
116th	Kazakhstan	60.7	0.4%
117th	Fiji	60.6	-1.6%
118th	Mexico	60.5	0.8%
119th	Ecuador	60.3	0.8%
120th	Dominican Republic	60.2	1.0%
121st	Guyana	60.2	0.1%
122nd	Marshall Islands	59.8	0.6%
123rd	Suriname	59.8	0.2%
124th	Libya	59.7	1.7%
125th	China	59.5	1.6%
126th	Palau	59.0	0.8%
127th	Kyrgyz Republic	59.0	0.6%
128th	Solomon Islands	58.8	1.5%
129th	Brazil	58.7	0.7%
130th	Türkiye	58.5	0.8%
131st	Nauru	58.4	-0.1%
132nd	Thailand	58.3	1.0%
133rd	Botswana	58.3	1.1%
134th	Zimbabwe	58.1	-0.2%
135th	Cabo Verde	58.0	0.9%
136th	Azerbaijan	57.9	0.7%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	57.9	0.8%
138th	Tajikistan	57.4	0.5%
139th	Peru	57.3	0.6%
140th	Tuvalu	57.2	4.6%
141st	Tunisia	57.1	1.8%
142nd	Vanuatu	57.0	1.1%
143rd	Turkmenistan	56.8	0.4%
144th	South Africa	56.7	0.6%
145th	Namibia	56.4	1.0%
146th	Kosovo	55.9	1.4%
147th	Kiribati	55.8	0.9%
148th	Saudi Arabia	55.8	1.9%
149th	Viet Nam	55.7	7.3%
150th	Kenya	55.5	0.9%
151st	Nicaragua	55.0	14.7%
152nd	Indonesia	54.9	1.0%
153rd	Zambia	54.9	1.0%
154th	Congo, Republic of	54.7	0.7%
155th	Honduras	54.6	-2.0%
156th	Gabon	54.4	1.0%
157th	Pakistan	54.1	0.5%
158th	Papua New Guinea	53.9	1.1%
159th	Mongolia	53.6	0.9%
160th	Eswatini	53.0	1.2%
161st	Sudan	53.0	0.4%
162nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	52.9	2.3%
163rd	Guatemala	52.8	2.0%
164th	El Salvador	52.8	1.6%
165th	Lesotho	52.6	0.7%
166th	Myanmar	51.8	0.7%
167th	Mauritania	51.2	0.4%
168th	Morocco	50.2	1.0%
169th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	50.1	0.4%
170th	Oman	50.0	2.6%
171st	Bangladesh	49.9	0.5%
172nd	India	49.6	0.9%
173rd	Cameroon	49.5	0.8%
174th	Djibouti	49.1	1.2%
175th	Madagascar	48.9	0.9%
176th	Ghana	48.6	0.6%
177th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	48.3	0.9%
178th	Haiti	48.2	0.6%
179th	Togo	48.1	0.9%
180th	Tanzania	47.9	1.0%
181st	Maldives	47.5	2.2%
182nd	Comoros	47.0	1.3%
183rd	Uganda	47.0	-0.4%
184th	Central African Republic	46.9	1.2%
185th	Côte d'Ivoire	46.4	1.7%
186th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	46.2	0.4%
187th	Rwanda	45.9	-0.9%
188th	Algeria	45.1	1.6%
189th	Lao PDR	44.7	0.7%
190th	Equatorial Guinea	44.7	0.5%
191st	Nepal	44.5	0.9%
192nd	Benin	44.4	1.2%
193rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.1	0.5%
194th	Yemen, Republic of	43.6	2.1%
195th	Bhutan	43.1	1.5%
196th	Mozambique	42.7	0.5%
197th	Senegal	42.4	1.6%
198th	Chad	42.4	1.1%
199th	Nigeria	41.8	1.4%
200th	Liberia	41.6	1.0%
201st	Eritrea	41.1	1.0%
202nd	Gambia, The	41.1	1.3%
203rd	Burkina Faso	40.9	1.4%
204th	Angola	40.9	1.0%
205th	Sierra Leone	40.0	1.2%
206th	Guinea	39.9	0.6%
207th	Cambodia	39.1	0.4%
208th	Timor-Leste	39.0	1.4%
209th	Afghanistan	39.0	1.4%
210th	Malawi	38.4	2.0%
211th	Guinea-Bissau	38.2	0.9%
212th	Burundi	37.4	45.1%
213th	South Sudan	36.3	15.9%
214th	Niger	35.9	0.3%
215th	Mali	35.1	1.7%

FAQ

What was Kenya's life expectancy in 1973?▾

Kenya's life expectancy in 1973 was 55.5. This ranked 150th globally.

How did Kenya's life expectancy change in 1973?▾

Kenya's life expectancy increased by 0.9% in 1973 compared to 1972.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1973?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1973 at 75.3.

What is the life expectancy of Kenya in 1973?▾

The life expectancy of Kenya in 1973 was 55.5. This ranked 150th globally.

How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Kenya's life expectancy?▾

Kenya's life expectancy went from 55.0 in 1972 to 55.5 in 1973, a 0.9% increase.

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