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Pakistan – Life Expectancy 1979

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
56.6 +0.5 from 1978 Global rank: 157th

Pakistan's life expectancy was 56.6 in 1979, increased +0.5 from 56.1 in 1978. This was the 157th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1979▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1979
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Andorra 76.8 0.4%
2nd Iceland 76.8 0.2%
3rd San Marino 76.1 0.3%
4th Japan 76.1 0.7%
5th Faroe Islands 75.8 0.1%
6th Netherlands 75.6 0.6%
7th Sweden 75.5 0.1%
8th Switzerland 75.5 0.4%
9th Norway 75.4 0.0%
10th Monaco 74.9 0.3%
11th Canada 74.9 0.5%
12th Spain 74.8 0.7%
13th Liechtenstein 74.6 0.0%
14th Greece 74.6 0.3%
15th Denmark 74.2 -0.2%
16th Australia 74.0 0.4%
17th Italy 74.0 0.4%
18th France 73.9 0.3%
19th United States 73.8 0.6%
20th Hong Kong SAR, China 73.7 0.2%
21st Gibraltar 73.6 0.1%
22nd Israel 73.5 0.4%
23rd United Kingdom 73.3 0.1%
24th Channel Islands 73.2 0.1%
25th Belgium 73.2 0.7%
26th Finland 73.2 0.4%
27th New Zealand 73.1 0.1%
28th Antigua and Barbuda 72.8 0.4%
29th European Union 72.8 0.4%
30th Puerto Rico (US) 72.7 0.3%
31st Germany 72.6 0.5%
32nd Costa Rica 72.5 0.7%
33rd Bermuda 72.4 0.6%
34th Malta 72.4 0.2%
35th Macao SAR, China 72.3 0.6%
36th Austria 72.3 0.4%
37th St. Martin (French part) 72.3 0.1%
38th Cuba 72.3 0.5%
39th Ireland 72.3 0.4%
40th Cyprus 72.2 0.6%
41st Luxembourg 72.2 1.1%
42nd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 71.8 -0.2%
43rd Barbados 71.5 0.6%
44th Singapore 71.5 0.2%
45th Bulgaria 71.3 0.2%
46th Montenegro 71.3 -0.6%
47th Portugal 71.2 1.2%
48th Kuwait 71.1 0.5%
49th Serbia 71.1 -0.4%
50th Slovenia 70.9 0.2%
51st Poland 70.8 0.6%
52nd Czechia 70.7 0.1%
53rd Slovak Republic 70.7 0.5%
54th Curaçao 70.7 0.4%
55th Aruba 70.5 0.3%
56th Lithuania 70.5 -0.2%
57th Croatia 70.4 -0.2%
58th Bahrain 70.3 0.6%
59th Uruguay 70.3 0.0%
60th Guam 70.1 0.8%
61st Belarus 69.9 -0.2%
62nd Ukraine 69.8 -0.1%
63rd Albania 69.6 0.4%
64th Hungary 69.6 0.3%
65th Qatar 69.5 0.6%
66th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 69.3 3.1%
67th British Virgin Islands 69.3 0.4%
68th Dominica 69.2 -1.3%
69th Romania 69.2 -0.5%
70th American Samoa 69.1 0.3%
71st Panama 69.1 0.6%
72nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 69.1 0.3%
73rd North Macedonia 69.1 0.2%
74th Estonia 69.1 -0.4%
75th Cayman Islands 69.0 0.7%
76th Bahamas, The 69.0 0.1%
77th Chile 68.9 1.2%
78th Jamaica 68.8 0.1%
79th Brunei Darussalam 68.6 0.6%
80th Latvia 68.5 -0.7%
81st Virgin Islands (US) 68.5 0.3%
82nd Argentina 68.4 0.6%
83rd Seychelles 68.3 0.5%
84th Northern Mariana Islands 68.1 0.3%
85th Isle of Man 68.1 0.6%
86th Georgia 67.9 0.5%
87th Grenada 67.9 0.1%
88th United Arab Emirates 67.6 0.8%
89th Malaysia 67.6 0.7%
90th Sri Lanka 67.5 1.0%
91st St. Lucia 67.4 0.0%
92nd Russian Federation 67.1 -0.4%
93rd Turks and Caicos Islands 66.8 0.5%
94th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 66.7 0.7%
95th Belize 66.7 0.5%
96th French Polynesia 66.6 1.1%
97th Trinidad and Tobago 66.4 0.3%
98th Mauritius 66.3 1.1%
99th Syrian Arab Republic 66.2 0.5%
100th Colombia 66.2 0.5%
101st Jordan 66.0 0.7%
102nd Tonga 66.0 0.3%
103rd Korea 65.5 0.5%
104th New Caledonia 65.2 0.7%
105th Viet Nam 65.0 0.7%
106th Moldova 64.8 0.5%
107th Armenia 64.8 0.5%
108th Samoa 64.5 0.6%
109th Iraq 64.4 0.4%
110th Libya 64.3 0.8%
111th Paraguay 64.3 0.3%
112th St. Kitts and Nevis 64.2 0.3%
113th Greenland 64.0 0.9%
114th Mexico 63.9 0.7%
115th China 63.7 1.0%
116th Solomon Islands 63.1 1.0%
117th Tunisia 62.9 1.3%
118th Ecuador 62.9 0.7%
119th Uzbekistan 62.7 0.4%
120th Micronesia, Federated States of 62.5 0.2%
121st Dominican Republic 62.4 -0.3%
122nd Fiji 62.3 -1.2%
123rd Türkiye 62.2 0.9%
124th Kazakhstan 62.1 0.5%
125th Botswana 62.0 0.9%
126th Philippines 61.7 0.3%
127th Thailand 61.7 0.7%
128th Palau 61.6 0.5%
129th Saudi Arabia 61.5 1.4%
130th Brazil 61.4 0.7%
131st Azerbaijan 60.9 0.7%
132nd Vanuatu 60.9 1.7%
133rd Kyrgyz Republic 60.9 0.6%
134th Marshall Islands 60.8 0.2%
135th Guyana 60.7 0.1%
136th Cabo Verde 60.7 0.6%
137th Suriname 60.5 0.2%
138th Tuvalu 59.9 0.5%
139th Honduras 59.8 1.0%
140th Peru 59.6 0.6%
141st Lebanon 59.6 -0.7%
142nd Namibia 59.5 0.7%
143rd South Africa 59.5 0.8%
144th São Tomé and Principe 59.3 0.2%
145th Turkmenistan 59.1 1.4%
146th Kosovo 59.1 0.5%
147th Kenya 58.7 0.8%
148th Tajikistan 58.5 0.2%
149th Iran, Islamic Republic of 58.5 4.3%
150th Nauru 58.4 0.1%
151st Oman 58.3 2.3%
152nd Indonesia 58.2 1.0%
153rd Eswatini 57.5 1.3%
154th Gabon 57.4 0.8%
155th Kiribati 57.1 0.3%
156th Papua New Guinea 57.0 0.8%
157th Pakistan 56.6 1.0%
158th Guatemala 56.6 0.3%
159th Congo, Republic of 56.5 0.5%
160th Zambia 56.1 -0.5%
161st Lesotho 55.8 1.2%
162nd Mongolia 55.0 0.3%
163rd Zimbabwe 54.9 0.3%
164th Egypt, Arab Republic of 54.9 1.5%
165th Morocco 54.4 1.5%
166th Myanmar 54.0 0.9%
167th Maldives 53.9 6.8%
168th El Salvador 53.8 -1.7%
169th Sudan 53.4 0.2%
170th India 53.0 1.1%
171st Mauritania 52.8 0.8%
172nd Algeria 52.4 3.5%
173rd Bangladesh 52.0 0.7%
174th Djibouti 51.6 0.8%
175th Togo 51.5 1.2%
176th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 51.4 1.0%
177th Côte d'Ivoire 51.0 1.2%
178th Nicaragua 50.8 -5.1%
179th Tanzania 50.8 0.9%
180th Ghana 50.8 0.6%
181st Cameroon 50.5 0.4%
182nd Comoros 50.1 0.9%
183rd Madagascar 50.1 0.1%
184th Haiti 49.7 0.5%
185th Yemen, Republic of 49.5 2.2%
186th Central African Republic 49.5 0.7%
187th Nepal 47.8 1.2%
188th Senegal 47.5 1.9%
189th Lao PDR 47.5 1.3%
190th Bhutan 47.4 1.6%
191st Somalia, Fed. Rep. 47.4 0.8%
192nd Benin 47.4 0.9%
193rd Rwanda 47.1 2.0%
194th Nigeria 45.7 0.9%
195th Burkina Faso 45.7 1.6%
196th Uganda 45.4 -0.5%
197th Congo, Democratic Republic of 45.3 1.5%
198th Burundi 45.0 1.4%
199th Gambia, The 44.5 2.2%
200th Mozambique 43.9 -0.1%
201st Liberia 43.9 0.7%
202nd Eritrea 43.8 0.9%
203rd Malawi 43.7 1.6%
204th Guinea-Bissau 43.2 0.8%
205th Chad 43.2 0.5%
206th Equatorial Guinea 43.0 1.7%
207th Sierra Leone 42.5 0.8%
208th Guinea 42.3 1.1%
209th Angola 41.9 0.8%
210th Cambodia 41.1 254.9%
211th Mali 39.5 1.9%
212th Niger 38.9 1.6%
213th Afghanistan 38.8 -3.1%
214th South Sudan 37.8 0.6%
215th Timor-Leste 24.2 5.4%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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