Sri Lanka - Life Expectancy 1961
61.2
+0.6 from 1960
Sri Lanka's life expectancy was 61.2 in 1961, increased +0.6 from 60.6 in 1960. This was the 79th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 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 Sri Lanka's life expectancy in 1961?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy in 1961 was 61.2. This ranked 79th globally.
How did Sri Lanka's life expectancy change in 1961?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy increased by 0.9% 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 Sri Lanka in 1961?▾
The life expectancy of Sri Lanka in 1961 was 61.2. This ranked 79th globally.
How does 1961 compare to 1960 for Sri Lanka's life expectancy?▾
Sri Lanka's life expectancy went from 60.6 in 1960 to 61.2 in 1961, a 0.9% increase.
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