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Norway - Life Expectancy 1961

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

73.6 +0.0 from 1960 Global rank: 2nd

Norway's life expectancy was 73.6 in 1961, increased +0.0 from 73.5 in 1960. This was the 2nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1961▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1961
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Netherlands	73.7	0.4%
2nd	Norway	73.6	0.0%
3rd	Iceland	73.5	-0.7%
4th	Sweden	73.5	0.6%
5th	San Marino	73.4	0.2%
6th	Faroe Islands	72.7	0.8%
7th	Andorra	72.6	0.7%
8th	Denmark	72.4	0.4%
9th	Monaco	72.2	0.4%
10th	Israel	72.0	-
11th	Switzerland	71.6	0.5%
12th	Channel Islands	71.6	-1.2%
13th	Canada	71.3	0.3%
14th	New Zealand	71.0	-0.4%
15th	Australia	71.0	0.2%
16th	Liechtenstein	71.0	0.1%
17th	United Kingdom	70.9	-0.3%
18th	Slovak Republic	70.7	0.6%
19th	Belgium	70.5	1.2%
20th	Czechia	70.5	0.2%
21st	Greece	70.3	-0.2%
22nd	United States	70.3	0.7%
23rd	Bulgaria	70.2	1.4%
24th	Gibraltar	70.2	-0.1%
25th	France	70.1	0.4%
26th	Lithuania	70.1	0.4%
27th	Ukraine	70.0	0.9%
28th	Latvia	70.0	0.4%
29th	Italy	69.8	0.9%
30th	Belarus	69.7	0.7%
31st	Ireland	69.7	-0.7%
32nd	Germany	69.6	0.8%
33rd	Austria	69.6	1.4%
34th	Spain	69.5	0.5%
35th	European Union	69.4	0.5%
36th	Luxembourg	69.2	0.5%
37th	Estonia	69.1	0.5%
38th	Slovenia	69.0	0.0%
39th	Hungary	68.9	1.4%
40th	Finland	68.8	0.0%
41st	Puerto Rico (US)	68.5	-0.1%
42nd	Japan	68.4	1.0%
43rd	Malta	68.3	0.0%
44th	St. Martin (French part)	67.9	0.4%
45th	Uruguay	67.8	0.2%
46th	Russian Federation	67.8	0.4%
47th	Poland	67.8	0.1%
48th	Bermuda	67.5	1.6%
49th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	66.7	0.5%
50th	Hong Kong SAR, China	66.4	1.1%
51st	Croatia	66.3	0.9%
52nd	Serbia	66.2	0.9%
53rd	Singapore	66.0	0.6%
54th	Montenegro	65.9	0.7%
55th	Romania	65.9	0.0%
56th	Curaçao	65.7	0.5%
57th	American Samoa	65.6	0.9%
58th	Barbados	65.0	1.4%
59th	Argentina	64.6	0.6%
60th	Isle of Man	64.4	-0.2%
61st	Macao SAR, China	64.3	0.8%
62nd	Lebanon	64.3	0.5%
63rd	Jamaica	64.3	0.7%
64th	Aruba	64.2	0.3%
65th	Cyprus	64.1	1.2%
66th	Costa Rica	63.9	0.6%
67th	Cuba	63.7	0.7%
68th	Grenada	63.6	0.6%
69th	Antigua and Barbuda	63.3	1.1%
70th	British Virgin Islands	63.3	0.9%
71st	Guam	63.2	0.5%
72nd	Virgin Islands (US)	63.1	0.6%
73rd	Trinidad and Tobago	63.0	0.7%
74th	Bahamas, The	62.8	0.6%
75th	Portugal	62.7	-2.1%
76th	North Macedonia	61.8	2.1%
77th	Georgia	61.7	0.6%
78th	Northern Mariana Islands	61.7	0.5%
79th	Sri Lanka	61.2	0.9%
80th	Dominica	61.0	1.6%
81st	Panama	60.9	1.1%
82nd	Seychelles	60.6	0.1%
83rd	Paraguay	60.5	0.5%
84th	Kuwait	60.2	1.7%
85th	Moldova	59.9	0.7%
86th	French Polynesia	59.9	0.7%
87th	Mauritius	59.6	1.9%
88th	Armenia	59.5	0.7%
89th	Philippines	59.5	0.5%
90th	Greenland	59.4	1.5%
91st	Cayman Islands	59.4	1.1%
92nd	Brunei Darussalam	59.4	1.1%
93rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.3	1.3%
94th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	59.3	1.2%
95th	Fiji	59.1	0.9%
96th	St. Lucia	59.1	2.1%
97th	Tonga	58.8	0.8%
98th	Qatar	58.5	1.3%
99th	Viet Nam	58.5	0.7%
100th	Kazakhstan	58.2	0.4%
101st	Malaysia	58.0	1.5%
102nd	Nauru	58.0	0.1%
103rd	Guyana	57.9	0.7%
104th	Albania	57.5	1.9%
105th	St. Kitts and Nevis	57.3	0.9%
106th	Chile	57.3	0.2%
107th	Suriname	57.3	1.2%
108th	Colombia	57.2	1.0%
109th	Turks and Caicos Islands	57.1	1.4%
110th	Uzbekistan	56.9	0.6%
111th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	56.4	1.1%
112th	Samoa	55.7	1.1%
113th	Kyrgyz Republic	55.3	0.6%
114th	Palau	55.1	0.4%
115th	Micronesia, Federated States of	54.7	1.0%
116th	Marshall Islands	54.7	0.7%
117th	Korea	54.5	1.3%
118th	Mexico	54.4	1.6%
119th	Ecuador	54.1	1.2%
120th	Zimbabwe	54.0	0.9%
121st	Jordan	53.7	1.9%
122nd	Syrian Arab Republic	53.7	1.8%
123rd	Brazil	53.6	0.8%
124th	New Caledonia	53.1	1.4%
125th	South Africa	53.1	0.9%
126th	Belize	52.9	-7.7%
127th	Tajikistan	52.9	0.8%
128th	Turkmenistan	52.5	0.7%
129th	Dominican Republic	52.4	1.4%
130th	Iraq	52.3	1.7%
131st	Bahrain	52.3	3.2%
132nd	Botswana	51.8	1.1%
133rd	United Arab Emirates	51.6	1.9%
134th	Türkiye	51.6	1.5%
135th	Azerbaijan	51.4	1.1%
136th	Peru	51.2	1.2%
137th	Thailand	51.1	0.9%
138th	Zambia	51.0	0.8%
139th	Vanuatu	50.4	1.1%
140th	Lesotho	50.3	0.2%
141st	Sudan	50.0	0.8%
142nd	Kosovo	49.9	2.4%
143rd	Cabo Verde	49.4	1.4%
144th	Kenya	49.3	1.8%
145th	Namibia	49.2	1.5%
146th	Tuvalu	49.0	1.6%
147th	El Salvador	48.6	0.7%
148th	Kiribati	48.5	1.1%
149th	Congo, Republic of	48.4	1.6%
150th	Solomon Islands	48.3	1.4%
151st	Honduras	47.7	1.2%
152nd	Rwanda	47.5	0.9%
153rd	Indonesia	47.4	1.2%
154th	Nicaragua	47.3	1.9%
155th	Ghana	47.1	0.4%
156th	Gabon	47.1	1.4%
157th	Eswatini	46.8	0.8%
158th	Papua New Guinea	46.4	1.4%
159th	Uganda	46.3	1.4%
160th	Guatemala	46.1	0.8%
161st	Saudi Arabia	45.9	1.3%
162nd	India	45.8	0.5%
163rd	Mongolia	45.4	1.9%
164th	São Tomé and Principe	45.2	3.7%
165th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	45.1	1.6%
166th	Pakistan	45.0	1.9%
167th	Bangladesh	44.9	2.1%
168th	Myanmar	44.6	1.2%
169th	Mauritania	44.3	1.6%
170th	Tunisia	44.3	0.5%
171st	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.9	1.4%
172nd	Haiti	43.8	0.9%
173rd	Madagascar	43.8	1.0%
174th	Djibouti	43.8	0.8%
175th	Togo	43.7	0.5%
176th	Morocco	43.7	4.7%
177th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.7	0.3%
178th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	43.6	0.7%
179th	Burundi	43.4	0.2%
180th	Equatorial Guinea	43.0	0.6%
181st	Tanzania	42.8	0.6%
182nd	Cambodia	42.6	1.1%
183rd	Libya	42.4	4.0%
184th	Mozambique	41.5	0.7%
185th	Lao PDR	41.3	0.8%
186th	Comoros	41.2	0.9%
187th	Algeria	40.8	-0.1%
188th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	40.2	-1.5%
189th	China	40.2	20.2%
190th	Central African Republic	40.1	1.2%
191st	Senegal	39.7	0.1%
192nd	Chad	39.4	0.5%
193rd	Benin	39.2	1.2%
194th	Nepal	39.0	0.8%
195th	Maldives	38.6	1.0%
196th	Liberia	38.1	0.1%
197th	Côte d'Ivoire	37.9	1.8%
198th	Eritrea	37.9	1.3%
199th	Guinea-Bissau	37.8	0.6%
200th	Nigeria	37.4	0.6%
201st	Angola	36.9	-2.7%
202nd	Guinea	36.8	0.5%
203rd	Bhutan	36.7	0.8%
204th	Oman	36.4	2.7%
205th	Burkina Faso	36.4	0.8%
206th	Niger	36.3	0.3%
207th	Malawi	35.2	0.7%
208th	Cameroon	35.2	1.5%
209th	Gambia, The	35.1	1.4%
210th	Yemen, Republic of	34.1	1.8%
211th	Sierra Leone	33.6	1.6%
212th	Afghanistan	33.3	1.5%
213th	Timor-Leste	32.8	1.2%
214th	Mali	30.6	0.6%
215th	South Sudan	28.3	0.8%

FAQ

What was Norway's life expectancy in 1961?▾

Norway's life expectancy in 1961 was 73.6. This ranked 2nd globally.

How did Norway's life expectancy change in 1961?▾

Norway's life expectancy increased by 0.0% in 1961 compared to 1960.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1961?▾

Netherlands had the highest life expectancy in 1961 at 73.7.

What is the life expectancy of Norway in 1961?▾

The life expectancy of Norway in 1961 was 73.6. This ranked 2nd globally.

How does 1961 compare to 1960 for Norway's life expectancy?▾

Norway's life expectancy went from 73.5 in 1960 to 73.6 in 1961, a 0.0% increase.

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