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United Kingdom - Life Expectancy 1976

Name: United Kingdom Life Expectancy 1976
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

72.8 +0.1 from 1975 Global rank: 23rd

United Kingdom's life expectancy was 72.8 in 1976, increased +0.1 from 72.7 in 1975. This was the 23rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1976▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1976
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	77.0	1.8%
2nd	Andorra	75.9	0.4%
3rd	Faroe Islands	75.5	0.1%
4th	San Marino	75.4	0.2%
5th	Norway	75.0	0.3%
6th	Sweden	75.0	0.0%
7th	Switzerland	74.8	0.2%
8th	Japan	74.7	0.6%
9th	Netherlands	74.6	0.2%
10th	Liechtenstein	74.5	0.3%
11th	Canada	73.9	0.5%
12th	Monaco	73.8	0.4%
13th	Denmark	73.7	-0.5%
14th	Greece	73.7	0.4%
15th	Spain	73.6	0.4%
16th	Gibraltar	73.4	0.2%
17th	France	73.1	0.3%
18th	Australia	73.0	0.5%
19th	Italy	73.0	0.5%
20th	Israel	73.0	1.3%
21st	United States	72.9	0.3%
22nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	72.8	-0.8%
23rd	United Kingdom	72.8	0.1%
24th	Channel Islands	72.7	0.1%
25th	New Zealand	72.4	0.3%
26th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.3	0.0%
27th	Belgium	72.1	0.2%
28th	St. Martin (French part)	72.1	0.1%
29th	Malta	72.1	0.2%
30th	Puerto Rico (US)	72.1	0.2%
31st	European Union	72.1	0.4%
32nd	Ireland	71.9	0.1%
33rd	Montenegro	71.8	0.2%
34th	Finland	71.8	0.2%
35th	Antigua and Barbuda	71.8	0.5%
36th	Serbia	71.7	0.4%
37th	Germany	71.7	0.6%
38th	Austria	71.6	0.6%
39th	Macao SAR, China	71.5	1.1%
40th	Bulgaria	71.4	0.5%
41st	Bermuda	71.3	0.2%
42nd	Lithuania	71.0	0.1%
43rd	Costa Rica	70.9	1.0%
44th	Cuba	70.9	0.7%
45th	Cyprus	70.8	0.7%
46th	Singapore	70.7	0.5%
47th	Poland	70.7	0.1%
48th	Czechia	70.5	0.2%
49th	Slovak Republic	70.5	0.2%
50th	Croatia	70.5	0.6%
51st	Belarus	70.4	-0.1%
52nd	Slovenia	70.3	-0.1%
53rd	Luxembourg	70.2	-0.1%
54th	Kuwait	70.2	0.4%
55th	Ukraine	70.1	-0.3%
56th	Barbados	70.1	0.5%
57th	Curaçao	70.0	0.4%
58th	Uruguay	69.9	0.3%
59th	Aruba	69.8	0.4%
60th	Romania	69.7	0.1%
61st	Hungary	69.6	0.4%
62nd	Dominica	69.4	0.5%
63rd	Estonia	69.3	-0.5%
64th	Latvia	69.0	0.2%
65th	Portugal	68.9	0.8%
66th	Bahrain	68.9	0.9%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.6	0.4%
68th	Albania	68.6	0.7%
69th	Bahamas, The	68.5	0.6%
70th	American Samoa	68.5	0.3%
71st	Jamaica	68.4	0.4%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	68.4	0.5%
73rd	Guam	68.3	0.4%
74th	Qatar	68.2	0.7%
75th	Grenada	67.9	-0.1%
76th	Virgin Islands (US)	67.9	0.3%
77th	Panama	67.8	0.8%
78th	North Macedonia	67.8	0.9%
79th	Cayman Islands	67.5	0.8%
80th	Russian Federation	67.5	-0.3%
81st	Brunei Darussalam	67.4	0.7%
82nd	Seychelles	67.3	0.6%
83rd	Northern Mariana Islands	67.3	0.6%
84th	Isle of Man	67.1	0.4%
85th	Argentina	67.0	0.1%
86th	Georgia	66.9	0.6%
87th	Chile	66.8	1.2%
88th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.5	0.9%
89th	Malaysia	66.2	0.8%
90th	St. Lucia	66.2	0.4%
91st	Trinidad and Tobago	66.0	0.6%
92nd	Sri Lanka	65.8	0.7%
93rd	United Arab Emirates	65.8	1.1%
94th	Belize	65.8	0.6%
95th	Turks and Caicos Islands	65.6	0.6%
96th	Tonga	65.4	0.5%
97th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	65.3	0.8%
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	64.8	1.0%
99th	French Polynesia	64.8	0.8%
100th	Jordan	64.7	0.8%
101st	Colombia	64.6	1.0%
102nd	Korea	64.5	0.5%
103rd	Mauritius	64.4	-0.4%
104th	Armenia	64.0	0.4%
105th	Moldova	64.0	0.4%
106th	New Caledonia	63.8	0.8%
107th	Viet Nam	63.7	2.9%
108th	Paraguay	63.7	0.3%
109th	Iraq	63.6	3.5%
110th	St. Kitts and Nevis	63.5	0.5%
111th	Samoa	63.3	0.7%
112th	Mexico	62.5	1.0%
113th	Libya	62.4	1.3%
114th	Fiji	62.1	0.7%
115th	Uzbekistan	61.9	0.4%
116th	Micronesia, Federated States of	61.9	0.4%
117th	Greenland	61.8	0.0%
118th	Dominican Republic	61.7	0.8%
119th	Ecuador	61.4	0.6%
120th	Kazakhstan	61.3	0.3%
121st	China	61.2	0.4%
122nd	Solomon Islands	61.2	4.7%
123rd	Philippines	60.9	-0.1%
124th	Palau	60.5	0.8%
125th	Guyana	60.4	0.1%
126th	Marshall Islands	60.4	0.2%
127th	Thailand	60.4	1.1%
128th	Tunisia	60.3	1.7%
129th	Botswana	60.2	1.1%
130th	Suriname	60.2	0.2%
131st	Türkiye	60.0	0.8%
132nd	Brazil	60.0	0.8%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	59.9	0.4%
134th	Azerbaijan	59.5	1.3%
135th	Cabo Verde	59.4	0.7%
136th	Saudi Arabia	58.8	1.7%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	58.8	0.4%
138th	Tuvalu	58.8	0.9%
139th	Vanuatu	58.7	0.9%
140th	Peru	58.6	0.6%
141st	Nauru	58.2	-0.1%
142nd	Honduras	58.2	1.1%
143rd	Tajikistan	58.1	0.3%
144th	Namibia	58.0	0.9%
145th	South Africa	58.0	0.7%
146th	Zimbabwe	57.6	-1.1%
147th	Kosovo	57.5	0.4%
148th	Turkmenistan	57.4	0.4%
149th	Kenya	57.2	0.9%
150th	Kiribati	56.6	0.4%
151st	Indonesia	56.4	0.8%
152nd	Nicaragua	56.1	0.6%
153rd	Zambia	56.1	0.6%
154th	Gabon	56.0	0.9%
155th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	55.8	1.7%
156th	Congo, Republic of	55.7	0.5%
157th	Papua New Guinea	55.5	1.0%
158th	Eswatini	55.2	1.4%
159th	Pakistan	55.1	0.6%
160th	Mongolia	54.5	0.5%
161st	Oman	54.4	3.7%
162nd	El Salvador	54.4	1.8%
163rd	Lesotho	53.9	0.9%
164th	Sudan	53.3	0.1%
165th	Myanmar	52.9	0.8%
166th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	52.5	1.4%
167th	Morocco	52.0	1.3%
168th	Mauritania	51.8	0.4%
169th	India	51.3	1.1%
170th	Bangladesh	51.0	0.6%
171st	Maldives	50.8	2.2%
172nd	Djibouti	50.3	0.8%
173rd	Cameroon	50.0	0.3%
174th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.0	1.3%
175th	Madagascar	49.8	0.4%
176th	Ghana	49.7	0.8%
177th	Togo	49.5	0.9%
178th	Tanzania	49.5	1.1%
179th	Haiti	49.0	0.5%
180th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.9	1.7%
181st	Comoros	48.6	3.8%
182nd	Central African Republic	48.4	1.0%
183rd	Algeria	48.0	2.4%
184th	Guatemala	47.6	-9.9%
185th	Yemen, Republic of	46.4	2.1%
186th	Uganda	46.2	-0.7%
187th	Lao PDR	46.0	-0.3%
188th	Nepal	46.0	1.1%
189th	Benin	46.0	1.2%
190th	Rwanda	45.3	0.0%
191st	Bhutan	45.2	1.6%
192nd	Senegal	44.8	2.0%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.7	0.5%
194th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.7	0.4%
195th	Nigeria	44.2	2.6%
196th	Mozambique	43.9	0.2%
197th	Burundi	43.7	0.6%
198th	Burkina Faso	43.3	2.0%
199th	Gambia, The	42.9	1.6%
200th	Liberia	42.9	0.9%
201st	Chad	42.7	-0.1%
202nd	Eritrea	42.6	9.1%
203rd	Guinea-Bissau	42.3	0.8%
204th	Sierra Leone	41.4	1.1%
205th	Guinea	41.0	1.0%
206th	Malawi	41.0	2.4%
207th	Angola	40.8	0.0%
208th	Afghanistan	40.5	1.3%
209th	Mali	37.2	2.0%
210th	Niger	37.1	1.5%
211th	South Sudan	37.1	0.6%
212th	Lebanon	36.4	-36.9%
213th	Equatorial Guinea	30.5	-18.2%
214th	Timor-Leste	25.9	6.4%
215th	Cambodia	11.6	-9.0%

FAQ

What was United Kingdom's life expectancy in 1976?▾

United Kingdom's life expectancy in 1976 was 72.8. This ranked 23rd globally.

How did United Kingdom's life expectancy change in 1976?▾

United Kingdom's life expectancy increased by 0.1% in 1976 compared to 1975.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1976?▾

Iceland had the highest life expectancy in 1976 at 77.0.

What is the life expectancy of United Kingdom in 1976?▾

The life expectancy of United Kingdom in 1976 was 72.8. This ranked 23rd globally.

How does 1976 compare to 1975 for United Kingdom's life expectancy?▾

United Kingdom's life expectancy went from 72.7 in 1975 to 72.8 in 1976, a 0.1% increase.

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