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United States - Life Expectancy 1960

Name: United States Life Expectancy 1960
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

69.8 Global rank: 25th

United States's life expectancy was 69.8 in 1960. This was the 25th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1960▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1960
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	74.0	-
2nd	Norway	73.5	-
3rd	Netherlands	73.4	-
4th	San Marino	73.2	-
5th	Sweden	73.0	-
6th	Channel Islands	72.5	-
7th	Denmark	72.2	-
8th	Faroe Islands	72.1	-
9th	Andorra	72.1	-
10th	Monaco	71.9	-
11th	Switzerland	71.3	-
12th	New Zealand	71.2	-
13th	Canada	71.1	-
14th	United Kingdom	71.1	-
15th	Liechtenstein	70.9	-
16th	Australia	70.8	-
17th	Greece	70.4	-
18th	Czechia	70.3	-
19th	Slovak Republic	70.3	-
20th	Gibraltar	70.2	-
21st	Ireland	70.2	-
22nd	France	69.9	-
23rd	Lithuania	69.8	-
24th	Latvia	69.8	-
25th	United States	69.8	-
26th	Belgium	69.7	-
27th	Ukraine	69.4	-
28th	Belarus	69.3	-
29th	Bulgaria	69.2	-
30th	Italy	69.1	-
31st	Spain	69.1	-
32nd	European Union	69.1	-
33rd	Germany	69.1	-
34th	Slovenia	69.0	-
35th	Finland	68.8	-
36th	Luxembourg	68.8	-
37th	Estonia	68.7	-
38th	Puerto Rico (US)	68.6	-
39th	Austria	68.6	-
40th	Malta	68.3	-
41st	Hungary	68.0	-
42nd	Japan	67.7	-
43rd	Uruguay	67.7	-
44th	Poland	67.7	-
45th	St. Martin (French part)	67.6	-
46th	Russian Federation	67.5	-
47th	Bermuda	66.5	-
48th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	66.4	-
49th	Romania	65.9	-
50th	Croatia	65.7	-
51st	Hong Kong SAR, China	65.7	-
52nd	Serbia	65.6	-
53rd	Singapore	65.6	-
54th	Montenegro	65.5	-
55th	Curaçao	65.4	-
56th	American Samoa	65.1	-
57th	Isle of Man	64.6	-
58th	Argentina	64.2	-
59th	Barbados	64.1	-
60th	Aruba	64.0	-
61st	Portugal	64.0	-
62nd	Lebanon	63.9	-
63rd	Jamaica	63.8	-
64th	Macao SAR, China	63.8	-
65th	Costa Rica	63.5	-
66th	Cyprus	63.3	-
67th	Cuba	63.3	-
68th	Grenada	63.1	-
69th	Guam	62.9	-
70th	Virgin Islands (US)	62.7	-
71st	British Virgin Islands	62.7	-
72nd	Antigua and Barbuda	62.6	-
73rd	Trinidad and Tobago	62.5	-
74th	Bahamas, The	62.5	-
75th	Northern Mariana Islands	61.4	-
76th	Georgia	61.3	-
77th	Sri Lanka	60.6	-
78th	Seychelles	60.5	-
79th	North Macedonia	60.5	-
80th	Panama	60.3	-
81st	Paraguay	60.2	-
82nd	Dominica	60.1	-
83rd	French Polynesia	59.4	-
84th	Moldova	59.4	-
85th	Kuwait	59.2	-
86th	Philippines	59.2	-
87th	Armenia	59.1	-
88th	Cayman Islands	58.8	-
89th	Brunei Darussalam	58.7	-
90th	Fiji	58.6	-
91st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	58.6	-
92nd	Greenland	58.6	-
93rd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	58.5	-
94th	Mauritius	58.5	-
95th	Tonga	58.3	-
96th	Viet Nam	58.0	-
97th	Kazakhstan	57.9	-
98th	Nauru	57.9	-
99th	St. Lucia	57.9	-
100th	Qatar	57.8	-
101st	Guyana	57.5	-
102nd	Belize	57.4	-
103rd	Chile	57.2	-
104th	Malaysia	57.2	-
105th	St. Kitts and Nevis	56.8	-
106th	Colombia	56.6	-
107th	Suriname	56.6	-
108th	Uzbekistan	56.5	-
109th	Albania	56.4	-
110th	Turks and Caicos Islands	56.3	-
111th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	55.8	-
112th	Samoa	55.2	-
113th	Kyrgyz Republic	55.0	-
114th	Palau	54.9	-
115th	Marshall Islands	54.4	-
116th	Micronesia, Federated States of	54.2	-
117th	Korea	53.8	-
118th	Mexico	53.6	-
119th	Zimbabwe	53.5	-
120th	Ecuador	53.4	-
121st	Brazil	53.2	-
122nd	Syrian Arab Republic	52.7	-
123rd	Jordan	52.7	-
124th	South Africa	52.6	-
125th	Tajikistan	52.5	-
126th	New Caledonia	52.3	-
127th	Turkmenistan	52.1	-
128th	Dominican Republic	51.7	-
129th	Iraq	51.5	-
130th	Botswana	51.2	-
131st	Azerbaijan	50.9	-
132nd	Türkiye	50.8	-
133rd	United Arab Emirates	50.7	-
134th	Zambia	50.6	-
135th	Bahrain	50.6	-
136th	Thailand	50.6	-
137th	Peru	50.6	-
138th	Lesotho	50.2	-
139th	Vanuatu	49.8	-
140th	Sudan	49.6	-
141st	Cabo Verde	48.7	-
142nd	Kosovo	48.7	-
143rd	Namibia	48.5	-
144th	Kenya	48.5	-
145th	El Salvador	48.3	-
146th	Tuvalu	48.3	-
147th	Kiribati	48.0	-
148th	Solomon Islands	47.7	-
149th	Congo, Republic of	47.6	-
150th	Honduras	47.1	-
151st	Rwanda	47.0	-
152nd	Ghana	46.9	-
153rd	Indonesia	46.8	-
154th	Gabon	46.4	-
155th	Nicaragua	46.4	-
156th	Eswatini	46.4	-
157th	Papua New Guinea	45.8	-
158th	Guatemala	45.8	-
159th	Uganda	45.6	-
160th	India	45.6	-
161st	Saudi Arabia	45.3	-
162nd	Mongolia	44.5	-
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	44.4	-
164th	Pakistan	44.1	-
165th	Myanmar	44.1	-
166th	Tunisia	44.0	-
167th	Bangladesh	44.0	-
168th	Mauritania	43.6	-
169th	São Tomé and Principe	43.6	-
170th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.5	-
171st	Togo	43.5	-
172nd	Haiti	43.4	-
173rd	Djibouti	43.4	-
174th	Madagascar	43.3	-
175th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	43.3	-
176th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.3	-
177th	Burundi	43.3	-
178th	Equatorial Guinea	42.7	-
179th	Tanzania	42.6	-
180th	Cambodia	42.1	-
181st	Morocco	41.7	-
182nd	Mozambique	41.2	-
183rd	Lao PDR	41.0	-
184th	Algeria	40.8	-
185th	Comoros	40.8	-
186th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	40.8	-
187th	Libya	40.8	-
188th	Senegal	39.7	-
189th	Central African Republic	39.6	-
190th	Chad	39.2	-
191st	Benin	38.8	-
192nd	Nepal	38.7	-
193rd	Maldives	38.2	-
194th	Liberia	38.1	-
195th	Angola	37.9	-
196th	Guinea-Bissau	37.6	-
197th	Eritrea	37.4	-
198th	Côte d'Ivoire	37.2	-
199th	Nigeria	37.2	-
200th	Guinea	36.6	-
201st	Bhutan	36.4	-
202nd	Niger	36.2	-
203rd	Burkina Faso	36.1	-
204th	Oman	35.4	-
205th	Malawi	35.0	-
206th	Cameroon	34.7	-
207th	Gambia, The	34.6	-
208th	Yemen, Republic of	33.5	-
209th	China	33.4	-
210th	Sierra Leone	33.1	-
211th	Afghanistan	32.8	-
212th	Timor-Leste	32.4	-
213th	Mali	30.5	-
214th	South Sudan	28.1	-

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What was United States's life expectancy in 1960?▾

United States's life expectancy in 1960 was 69.8. This ranked 25th globally.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1960?▾

Iceland had the highest life expectancy in 1960 at 74.0.

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The life expectancy of United States in 1960 was 69.8. This ranked 25th globally.

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