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United States - Life Expectancy 1970

Name: United States Life Expectancy 1970
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

70.8 +0.3 from 1969 Global rank: 32nd

United States's life expectancy was 70.8 in 1970, increased +0.3 from 70.5 in 1969. This was the 32nd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1970▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1970
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	75.0	0.2%
2nd	Sweden	74.6	0.8%
3rd	Andorra	74.5	0.2%
4th	San Marino	74.3	0.1%
5th	Norway	74.1	0.6%
6th	Iceland	73.9	0.2%
7th	Netherlands	73.6	0.1%
8th	Monaco	73.3	0.1%
9th	Denmark	73.3	0.2%
10th	Switzerland	73.0	0.6%
11th	Liechtenstein	72.9	0.4%
12th	Canada	72.7	0.3%
13th	Greece	72.7	1.0%
14th	Spain	72.0	1.4%
15th	United Kingdom	72.0	0.4%
16th	Japan	71.9	0.1%
17th	Gibraltar	71.9	0.1%
18th	Channel Islands	71.8	0.1%
19th	France	71.7	0.3%
20th	Italy	71.6	1.1%
21st	New Zealand	71.3	-0.3%
22nd	Bulgaria	71.3	1.2%
23rd	Israel	71.2	0.3%
24th	Australia	71.0	0.1%
25th	St. Martin (French part)	71.0	0.6%
26th	Belgium	71.0	0.3%
27th	Hong Kong SAR, China	70.9	0.4%
28th	Ireland	70.9	0.1%
29th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	70.9	0.9%
30th	Ukraine	70.8	0.0%
31st	European Union	70.8	0.6%
32nd	United States	70.8	0.4%
33rd	Lithuania	70.8	-0.2%
34th	Belarus	70.7	-0.3%
35th	Germany	70.4	0.3%
36th	Puerto Rico (US)	70.4	-0.2%
37th	Malta	70.3	0.4%
38th	Montenegro	70.2	0.3%
39th	Finland	70.2	1.0%
40th	Estonia	69.9	0.2%
41st	Austria	69.9	0.1%
42nd	Poland	69.9	0.2%
43rd	Latvia	69.8	0.1%
44th	Slovak Republic	69.7	-0.1%
45th	Serbia	69.6	-0.4%
46th	Czechia	69.4	0.1%
47th	Antigua and Barbuda	69.4	0.8%
48th	Luxembourg	69.2	-0.7%
49th	Hungary	69.2	-0.2%
50th	Croatia	69.0	0.3%
51st	Uruguay	68.7	0.2%
52nd	Singapore	68.7	0.6%
53rd	Macao SAR, China	68.7	0.7%
54th	Slovenia	68.6	0.4%
55th	Barbados	68.5	0.0%
56th	Bermuda	68.4	0.5%
57th	Curaçao	68.2	0.4%
58th	Kuwait	68.2	0.9%
59th	Russian Federation	68.1	0.3%
60th	Cyprus	68.1	0.7%
61st	Cuba	67.9	0.9%
62nd	Romania	67.5	1.2%
63rd	Aruba	67.4	0.5%
64th	Portugal	67.1	1.2%
65th	Grenada	66.9	-0.2%
66th	Costa Rica	66.8	0.6%
67th	Jamaica	66.7	0.3%
68th	Virgin Islands (US)	66.5	1.0%
69th	British Virgin Islands	66.4	0.2%
70th	American Samoa	66.4	0.5%
71st	Dominica	66.2	0.8%
72nd	Bahamas, The	66.2	0.6%
73rd	Lebanon	66.0	0.2%
74th	Guam	65.8	0.5%
75th	Isle of Man	65.7	0.1%
76th	Argentina	65.6	0.9%
77th	Albania	65.2	1.1%
78th	North Macedonia	64.9	1.5%
79th	Qatar	64.9	1.0%
80th	Georgia	64.9	0.6%
81st	Trinidad and Tobago	64.9	0.2%
82nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.8	0.6%
83rd	Northern Mariana Islands	64.8	0.6%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	64.5	0.8%
85th	Cayman Islands	64.4	0.7%
86th	Bahrain	64.4	1.6%
87th	Sri Lanka	64.4	0.3%
88th	St. Lucia	64.3	0.4%
89th	Panama	64.1	0.6%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.0	0.8%
91st	Seychelles	64.0	1.1%
92nd	Mauritius	63.7	1.6%
93rd	Malaysia	63.3	0.7%
94th	Tonga	63.2	0.8%
95th	Greenland	63.1	0.0%
96th	Belize	63.0	0.9%
97th	Turks and Caicos Islands	62.7	0.9%
98th	Armenia	62.6	0.4%
99th	Chile	62.6	0.5%
100th	Paraguay	62.6	0.3%
101st	French Polynesia	62.5	0.5%
102nd	Moldova	62.4	0.4%
103rd	Korea	62.2	1.1%
104th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	62.0	1.0%
105th	Fiji	61.7	0.4%
106th	Colombia	61.5	0.7%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	61.4	0.5%
108th	Philippines	60.8	-0.3%
109th	United Arab Emirates	60.8	1.7%
110th	Syrian Arab Republic	60.6	1.3%
111th	Iraq	60.5	1.5%
112th	Samoa	60.4	0.8%
113th	Uzbekistan	60.1	0.6%
114th	New Caledonia	60.1	1.3%
115th	Kazakhstan	60.0	0.3%
116th	Guyana	60.0	0.2%
117th	Jordan	59.8	-1.1%
118th	Micronesia, Federated States of	59.8	0.8%
119th	Suriname	59.5	0.2%
120th	Mexico	58.9	0.8%
121st	Ecuador	58.9	1.0%
122nd	Marshall Islands	58.8	0.5%
123rd	Dominican Republic	58.5	1.0%
124th	Nauru	58.4	0.1%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.0	0.5%
126th	Zimbabwe	57.8	0.5%
127th	Palau	57.7	0.7%
128th	Brazil	57.3	0.8%
129th	China	56.8	1.5%
130th	Türkiye	56.7	0.9%
131st	Tajikistan	56.6	0.6%
132nd	Azerbaijan	56.6	0.9%
133rd	Cabo Verde	56.6	0.9%
134th	Thailand	56.5	1.4%
135th	Botswana	56.4	1.0%
136th	Libya	56.4	2.2%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	56.3	1.6%
138th	Solomon Islands	56.1	1.7%
139th	Turkmenistan	56.0	0.6%
140th	South Africa	55.7	0.4%
141st	Tuvalu	55.3	1.1%
142nd	Vanuatu	55.3	1.0%
143rd	Viet Nam	54.9	0.3%
144th	Namibia	54.7	1.0%
145th	Kiribati	54.4	1.1%
146th	Honduras	54.4	1.2%
147th	Kenya	54.1	0.8%
148th	Kosovo	54.0	1.1%
149th	Nicaragua	53.8	0.9%
150th	Tunisia	53.8	2.9%
151st	Congo, Republic of	53.6	0.8%
152nd	Zambia	53.4	0.7%
153rd	Indonesia	53.3	1.3%
154th	Pakistan	52.9	1.2%
155th	Saudi Arabia	52.7	1.8%
156th	Gabon	52.7	1.1%
157th	Sudan	52.3	0.5%
158th	Papua New Guinea	52.1	1.2%
159th	Mongolia	52.0	1.1%
160th	Lesotho	51.5	0.8%
161st	El Salvador	51.4	0.2%
162nd	Eswatini	51.2	1.1%
163rd	Mauritania	50.5	0.9%
164th	Myanmar	50.5	0.9%
165th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.2	1.7%
166th	Uganda	49.6	0.2%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	49.0	0.6%
168th	Morocco	48.7	1.0%
169th	India	48.6	0.7%
170th	Guatemala	48.5	2.1%
171st	Cameroon	48.0	1.6%
172nd	Madagascar	47.9	1.2%
173rd	Ghana	47.9	0.0%
174th	Peru	47.7	-14.5%
175th	Djibouti	47.5	1.0%
176th	Haiti	47.3	0.8%
177th	Rwanda	47.1	-0.7%
178th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	47.1	0.9%
179th	Togo	46.8	0.9%
180th	Oman	46.6	2.2%
181st	Tanzania	46.5	1.0%
182nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.6	0.4%
183rd	Comoros	45.2	1.3%
184th	Central African Republic	45.2	1.3%
185th	Maldives	44.5	2.0%
186th	Côte d'Ivoire	44.0	1.6%
187th	Lao PDR	43.8	0.7%
188th	Algeria	43.3	0.8%
189th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.3	0.8%
190th	Burundi	43.2	0.5%
191st	Nepal	43.2	1.0%
192nd	Benin	43.0	1.0%
193rd	Bangladesh	42.7	-12.4%
194th	Mozambique	42.5	0.5%
195th	Chad	41.4	0.9%
196th	Bhutan	41.2	1.5%
197th	Eritrea	41.2	0.9%
198th	Senegal	40.8	1.0%
199th	Yemen, Republic of	40.6	2.4%
200th	Liberia	40.4	0.9%
201st	Nigeria	40.0	2.7%
202nd	Angola	39.7	0.9%
203rd	Burkina Faso	39.5	1.3%
204th	Gambia, The	39.5	1.4%
205th	Guinea	39.1	0.6%
206th	Cambodia	38.6	-15.9%
207th	Sierra Leone	38.6	1.0%
208th	Afghanistan	37.5	1.3%
209th	Timor-Leste	37.4	1.5%
210th	Guinea-Bissau	37.3	0.8%
211th	Malawi	36.6	0.9%
212th	Niger	35.9	-0.2%
213th	Mali	33.4	1.6%
214th	Equatorial Guinea	31.1	0.3%
215th	South Sudan	25.6	0.9%

FAQ

What was United States's life expectancy in 1970?▾

United States's life expectancy in 1970 was 70.8. This ranked 32nd globally.

How did United States's life expectancy change in 1970?▾

United States's life expectancy increased by 0.4% in 1970 compared to 1969.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1970?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1970 at 75.0.

What is the life expectancy of United States in 1970?▾

The life expectancy of United States in 1970 was 70.8. This ranked 32nd globally.

How does 1970 compare to 1969 for United States's life expectancy?▾

United States's life expectancy went from 70.5 in 1969 to 70.8 in 1970, a 0.4% increase.

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