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Luxembourg - Life Expectancy 1978

Name: Luxembourg Life Expectancy 1978
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

71.4 −0.0 from 1977 Global rank: 43rd

Luxembourg's life expectancy was 71.4 in 1978, decreased +0.0 from 71.4 in 1977. This was the 43rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1978▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1978
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	76.6	0.4%
2nd	Andorra	76.5	0.4%
3rd	San Marino	75.9	0.3%
4th	Faroe Islands	75.7	0.1%
5th	Japan	75.6	0.4%
6th	Sweden	75.5	0.1%
7th	Norway	75.4	0.0%
8th	Switzerland	75.2	-0.1%
9th	Netherlands	75.1	-0.1%
10th	Monaco	74.7	0.6%
11th	Liechtenstein	74.6	-0.1%
12th	Canada	74.5	0.4%
13th	Denmark	74.4	-0.3%
14th	Greece	74.4	0.9%
15th	Spain	74.3	0.2%
16th	Italy	73.7	0.4%
17th	Australia	73.7	0.4%
18th	France	73.6	0.3%
19th	Hong Kong SAR, China	73.5	0.3%
20th	Gibraltar	73.5	0.0%
21st	United States	73.4	0.1%
22nd	Israel	73.2	0.3%
23rd	United Kingdom	73.2	-0.1%
24th	Channel Islands	73.1	0.3%
25th	New Zealand	73.0	1.2%
26th	Finland	72.9	0.8%
27th	Belgium	72.7	-0.1%
28th	Puerto Rico (US)	72.5	0.2%
29th	Antigua and Barbuda	72.5	0.5%
30th	European Union	72.5	0.1%
31st	Germany	72.3	0.0%
32nd	St. Martin (French part)	72.2	0.1%
33rd	Malta	72.2	0.0%
34th	Costa Rica	72.0	0.7%
35th	Austria	72.0	0.1%
36th	Ireland	72.0	0.0%
37th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.0	-0.2%
38th	Bermuda	72.0	0.5%
39th	Macao SAR, China	71.9	0.7%
40th	Cuba	71.9	0.7%
41st	Cyprus	71.7	0.7%
42nd	Montenegro	71.7	0.1%
43rd	Luxembourg	71.4	0.0%
44th	Serbia	71.3	-0.4%
45th	Singapore	71.3	0.4%
46th	Bulgaria	71.2	0.5%
47th	Barbados	71.1	0.7%
48th	Kuwait	70.8	0.4%
49th	Slovenia	70.7	0.2%
50th	Czechia	70.6	0.1%
51st	Lithuania	70.6	-0.3%
52nd	Croatia	70.5	-0.3%
53rd	Curaçao	70.4	0.3%
54th	Slovak Republic	70.4	0.0%
55th	Poland	70.4	-0.1%
56th	Portugal	70.3	0.4%
57th	Aruba	70.3	0.3%
58th	Uruguay	70.3	0.3%
59th	Dominica	70.1	0.6%
60th	Belarus	70.1	-0.3%
61st	Bahrain	69.9	0.7%
62nd	Ukraine	69.8	-0.2%
63rd	Guam	69.6	0.8%
64th	Romania	69.5	-0.4%
65th	Hungary	69.4	-0.7%
66th	Albania	69.4	0.5%
67th	Estonia	69.3	-0.2%
68th	Qatar	69.1	0.6%
69th	British Virgin Islands	69.0	0.5%
70th	Latvia	69.0	-0.2%
71st	North Macedonia	69.0	1.2%
72nd	American Samoa	68.9	0.3%
73rd	Bahamas, The	68.9	0.2%
74th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.8	0.1%
75th	Jamaica	68.7	0.2%
76th	Panama	68.7	0.6%
77th	Cayman Islands	68.5	0.7%
78th	Virgin Islands (US)	68.3	0.3%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	68.3	0.6%
80th	Chile	68.0	0.8%
81st	Seychelles	68.0	0.5%
82nd	Argentina	68.0	0.6%
83rd	Northern Mariana Islands	67.9	0.4%
84th	Grenada	67.9	0.0%
85th	Isle of Man	67.7	0.5%
86th	Georgia	67.6	0.5%
87th	Russian Federation	67.4	0.0%
88th	St. Lucia	67.4	0.6%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	67.3	0.6%
90th	Malaysia	67.2	0.7%
91st	United Arab Emirates	67.1	0.9%
92nd	Sri Lanka	66.8	0.7%
93rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	66.4	0.6%
94th	Belize	66.3	0.3%
95th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	66.3	0.7%
96th	Trinidad and Tobago	66.2	0.0%
97th	Syrian Arab Republic	65.9	0.8%
98th	French Polynesia	65.9	0.9%
99th	Tonga	65.9	0.3%
100th	Colombia	65.8	0.9%
101st	Jordan	65.6	0.7%
102nd	Mauritius	65.6	0.7%
103rd	Korea	65.2	0.5%
104th	New Caledonia	64.7	0.7%
105th	Viet Nam	64.5	0.7%
106th	Armenia	64.5	0.4%
107th	Moldova	64.5	0.4%
108th	Iraq	64.2	0.4%
109th	Samoa	64.1	0.6%
110th	Paraguay	64.1	0.3%
111th	St. Kitts and Nevis	64.0	0.4%
112th	Libya	63.8	1.1%
113th	Mexico	63.4	0.7%
114th	Greenland	63.4	2.5%
115th	China	63.1	1.0%
116th	Fiji	63.1	0.6%
117th	Dominican Republic	62.6	0.7%
118th	Solomon Islands	62.5	1.6%
119th	Uzbekistan	62.4	0.4%
120th	Ecuador	62.4	0.7%
121st	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.3	0.3%
122nd	Tunisia	62.1	1.5%
123rd	Kazakhstan	61.8	0.4%
124th	Türkiye	61.6	1.3%
125th	Philippines	61.5	0.2%
126th	Botswana	61.5	1.0%
127th	Palau	61.3	0.6%
128th	Thailand	61.3	0.6%
129th	Brazil	60.9	0.8%
130th	Marshall Islands	60.7	0.2%
131st	Saudi Arabia	60.7	1.6%
132nd	Guyana	60.6	0.1%
133rd	Azerbaijan	60.5	0.9%
134th	Kyrgyz Republic	60.5	0.6%
135th	Suriname	60.4	0.2%
136th	Cabo Verde	60.4	0.7%
137th	Lebanon	60.0	-0.6%
138th	Vanuatu	59.9	1.1%
139th	Tuvalu	59.6	0.6%
140th	Peru	59.3	0.6%
141st	Honduras	59.2	0.9%
142nd	São Tomé and Principe	59.1	0.3%
143rd	Namibia	59.1	0.9%
144th	South Africa	59.0	0.9%
145th	Kosovo	58.8	0.7%
146th	Tajikistan	58.4	0.3%
147th	Nauru	58.3	0.2%
148th	Turkmenistan	58.3	1.0%
149th	Kenya	58.2	1.0%
150th	Indonesia	57.6	0.9%
151st	Oman	57.0	2.7%
152nd	Gabon	57.0	0.9%
153rd	Kiribati	56.9	1.5%
154th	Eswatini	56.8	1.5%
155th	Papua New Guinea	56.5	0.8%
156th	Guatemala	56.4	2.2%
157th	Zambia	56.3	0.1%
158th	Congo, Republic of	56.2	0.4%
159th	Pakistan	56.1	1.1%
160th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	56.0	-1.1%
161st	Lesotho	55.2	1.2%
162nd	Mongolia	54.9	0.3%
163rd	Zimbabwe	54.7	-4.0%
164th	El Salvador	54.7	1.2%
165th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	54.1	1.5%
166th	Morocco	53.6	1.4%
167th	Nicaragua	53.5	-4.6%
168th	Myanmar	53.5	0.5%
169th	Sudan	53.3	-0.4%
170th	India	52.4	1.2%
171st	Mauritania	52.3	0.7%
172nd	Bangladesh	51.6	0.6%
173rd	Djibouti	51.2	0.8%
174th	Togo	50.9	1.5%
175th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.8	0.9%
176th	Algeria	50.6	2.8%
177th	Ghana	50.5	0.8%
178th	Maldives	50.4	-2.7%
179th	Côte d'Ivoire	50.4	1.5%
180th	Tanzania	50.4	0.8%
181st	Cameroon	50.3	0.4%
182nd	Madagascar	50.0	0.1%
183rd	Comoros	49.7	1.1%
184th	Haiti	49.5	0.5%
185th	Central African Republic	49.2	0.8%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	48.5	2.2%
187th	Nepal	47.2	1.2%
188th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.0	0.0%
189th	Benin	46.9	0.9%
190th	Lao PDR	46.8	0.9%
191st	Bhutan	46.7	1.6%
192nd	Senegal	46.6	1.9%
193rd	Rwanda	46.2	1.3%
194th	Uganda	45.6	-0.5%
195th	Nigeria	45.3	1.1%
196th	Burkina Faso	45.0	1.9%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.6	-0.5%
198th	Burundi	44.4	1.0%
199th	Mozambique	44.0	0.1%
200th	Gambia, The	43.6	0.5%
201st	Liberia	43.6	0.8%
202nd	Eritrea	43.4	0.9%
203rd	Chad	43.0	0.3%
204th	Malawi	43.0	2.4%
205th	Guinea-Bissau	42.9	0.8%
206th	Equatorial Guinea	42.3	0.8%
207th	Sierra Leone	42.2	0.9%
208th	Guinea	41.9	1.1%
209th	Angola	41.6	0.9%
210th	Afghanistan	40.1	-2.4%
211th	Mali	38.8	2.0%
212th	Niger	38.3	1.5%
213th	South Sudan	37.6	0.5%
214th	Timor-Leste	22.9	-7.8%
215th	Cambodia	11.6	2.5%

FAQ

What was Luxembourg's life expectancy in 1978?▾

Luxembourg's life expectancy in 1978 was 71.4. This ranked 43rd globally.

How did Luxembourg's life expectancy change in 1978?▾

Luxembourg's life expectancy decreased by 0.0% in 1978 compared to 1977.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1978?▾

Iceland had the highest life expectancy in 1978 at 76.6.

What is the life expectancy of Luxembourg in 1978?▾

The life expectancy of Luxembourg in 1978 was 71.4. This ranked 43rd globally.

How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Luxembourg's life expectancy?▾

Luxembourg's life expectancy went from 71.4 in 1977 to 71.4 in 1978, a 0.0% decrease.

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