Life expectancy, 1950 to 2015

Country	Life expectancyyears
Country	1950	2015	Absolute Change	Relative Change
Afghanistan	27.6 years	63.4 years	+35.7 years	+129%
Africa	36.5 years	61.6 years	+25.2 years	+69%
Albania	54.2 years	78.0 years	+23.8 years	+44%
Algeria	42.1 years	76.1 years	+34.0 years	+81%
American Samoa	63.8 years	73.6 years	+9.8 years	+15%
Americas	59.3 years	76.4 years	+17.1 years	+29%
Andorra	62.2 years	83.1 years	+20.9 years	+34%
Angola	35.5 years	59.4 years	+23.9 years	+67%
Anguilla	54.8 years	81.3 years	+26.5 years	+48%
Antigua and Barbuda	56.1 years	76.5 years	+20.4 years	+36%
Argentina	61.4 years	76.1 years	+14.6 years	+24%
Armenia	62.0 years	74.5 years	+12.5 years	+20%
Aruba	58.4 years	75.7 years	+17.3 years	+30%
Asia	41.1 years	72.6 years	+31.5 years	+77%
Australia	68.8 years	82.8 years	+13.9 years	+20%
Austria	66.0 years	81.2 years	+15.1 years	+23%
Azerbaijan	57.4 years	72.3 years	+14.9 years	+26%
Bahamas	62.5 years	73.1 years	+10.5 years	+17%
Bahrain	41.2 years	76.8 years	+35.6 years	+86%
Bangladesh	39.1 years	71.5 years	+32.5 years	+83%
Barbados	52.3 years	78.8 years	+26.5 years	+51%
Belarus	57.7 years	73.7 years	+15.9 years	+28%
Belgium	67.0 years	81.0 years	+14.0 years	+21%
Belize	54.8 years	74.0 years	+19.2 years	+35%
Benin	32.7 years	60.6 years	+27.9 years	+85%
Bermuda	64.2 years	82.0 years	+17.8 years	+28%
Bhutan	31.7 years	70.4 years	+38.8 years	+122%
Bolivia	39.1 years	70.3 years	+31.2 years	+80%
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	59.0 years	77.0 years	+18.0 years	+31%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.4 years	76.9 years	+25.4 years	+49%
Botswana	43.6 years	67.3 years	+23.7 years	+54%
Brazil	50.1 years	75.0 years	+24.9 years	+50%
British Virgin Islands	56.6 years	78.4 years	+21.8 years	+38%
Brunei	51.3 years	75.3 years	+24.1 years	+47%
Bulgaria	60.4 years	74.6 years	+14.2 years	+24%
Burkina Faso	30.0 years	59.9 years	+29.9 years	+100%
Burundi	38.4 years	60.1 years	+21.7 years	+56%
Cambodia	39.9 years	68.6 years	+28.8 years	+72%
Cameroon	37.8 years	57.6 years	+19.8 years	+52%
Canada	68.5 years	82.0 years	+13.5 years	+20%
Cape Verde	47.2 years	72.1 years	+24.9 years	+53%
Cayman Islands	55.9 years	83.3 years	+27.4 years	+49%
Central African Republic	31.8 years	50.9 years	+19.1 years	+60%
Chad	35.5 years	53.1 years	+17.6 years	+49%
Channel Islands	68.5 years	82.4 years	+13.9 years	+20%
Chile	53.9 years	79.6 years	+25.7 years	+48%
China	43.0 years	75.9 years	+33.0 years	+77%
Colombia	50.0 years	76.5 years	+26.5 years	+53%
Comoros	38.1 years	63.5 years	+25.4 years	+67%
Congo	38.9 years	63.1 years	+24.2 years	+62%
Cook Islands	45.1 years	75.4 years	+30.3 years	+67%
Costa Rica	55.0 years	79.6 years	+24.5 years	+45%
Cote d'Ivoire	28.9 years	56.1 years	+27.2 years	+94%
Croatia	60.3 years	77.9 years	+17.6 years	+29%
Cuba	58.2 years	78.6 years	+20.3 years	+35%
Curacao	58.8 years	78.3 years	+19.5 years	+33%
Cyprus	65.8 years	80.3 years	+14.5 years	+22%
Czechia	65.3 years	78.7 years	+13.4 years	+20%
Democratic Republic of Congo	38.3 years	59.3 years	+20.9 years	+55%
Denmark	70.5 years	80.5 years	+10.0 years	+14%
Djibouti	40.4 years	64.1 years	+23.8 years	+59%
Dominica	54.1 years	74.2 years	+20.1 years	+37%
Dominican Republic	44.4 years	73.2 years	+28.8 years	+65%
Ecuador	47.4 years	76.1 years	+28.7 years	+61%
Egypt	38.5 years	71.3 years	+32.8 years	+85%
El Salvador	43.2 years	72.4 years	+29.2 years	+67%
Equatorial Guinea	33.3 years	57.4 years	+24.1 years	+72%
Eritrea	33.3 years	64.7 years	+31.4 years	+94%
Estonia	59.1 years	77.8 years	+18.7 years	+32%
Eswatini	39.4 years	55.4 years	+16.0 years	+40%
Ethiopia	33.3 years	65.0 years	+31.7 years	+95%
Europe	62.0 years	77.8 years	+15.9 years	+26%
Faeroe Islands	67.3 years	80.1 years	+12.8 years	+19%
Falkland Islands	68.4 years	80.9 years	+12.5 years	+18%
Fiji	53.3 years	67.1 years	+13.8 years	+26%
Finland	65.5 years	81.2 years	+15.7 years	+24%
France	66.2 years	82.2 years	+16.0 years	+24%
French Guiana	52.3 years	79.6 years	+27.3 years	+52%
French Polynesia	45.6 years	76.8 years	+31.2 years	+68%
Gabon	35.7 years	64.9 years	+29.2 years	+82%
Gambia	29.7 years	60.9 years	+31.2 years	+105%
Georgia	59.8 years	73.0 years	+13.1 years	+22%
Germany	66.9 years	80.8 years	+13.9 years	+21%
Ghana	41.1 years	62.8 years	+21.7 years	+53%
Gibraltar	68.9 years	79.4 years	+10.5 years	+15%
Greece	65.4 years	81.5 years	+16.1 years	+25%
Greenland	50.8 years	71.4 years	+20.6 years	+40%
Grenada	57.5 years	72.4 years	+14.9 years	+26%
Guadeloupe	51.7 years	81.2 years	+29.6 years	+57%
Guam	56.1 years	79.1 years	+23.0 years	+41%
Guatemala	41.9 years	73.3 years	+31.4 years	+75%
Guinea	32.5 years	59.6 years	+27.1 years	+83%
Guinea-Bissau	35.1 years	57.0 years	+21.9 years	+62%
Guyana	58.4 years	69.3 years	+10.9 years	+19%
Haiti	36.0 years	62.5 years	+26.5 years	+74%
Honduras	40.8 years	74.5 years	+33.6 years	+82%
Hong Kong	62.1 years	84.0 years	+21.9 years	+35%
Hungary	62.6 years	76.0 years	+13.4 years	+21%
Iceland	71.7 years	82.5 years	+10.8 years	+15%
India	35.8 years	68.6 years	+32.8 years	+92%
Indonesia	40.4 years	70.8 years	+30.4 years	+75%
Iran	39.4 years	75.8 years	+36.4 years	+92%
Iraq	34.9 years	69.9 years	+35.1 years	+101%
Ireland	65.6 years	81.3 years	+15.7 years	+24%
Isle of Man	68.6 years	80.8 years	+12.2 years	+18%
Israel	68.3 years	82.3 years	+14.0 years	+20%
Italy	65.6 years	82.8 years	+17.3 years	+26%
Jamaica	57.3 years	74.1 years	+16.7 years	+29%
Japan	61.2 years	83.9 years	+22.7 years	+37%
Jordan	44.8 years	74.1 years	+29.3 years	+65%
Kazakhstan	54.2 years	71.3 years	+17.1 years	+32%
Kenya	41.8 years	64.8 years	+23.0 years	+55%
Kiribati	42.7 years	67.3 years	+24.5 years	+57%
Kuwait	52.0 years	75.1 years	+23.1 years	+44%
Kyrgyzstan	51.9 years	70.9 years	+19.0 years	+37%
Laos	40.3 years	66.5 years	+26.2 years	+65%
Latin America and the Caribbean	50.2 years	74.9 years	+24.6 years	+49%
Latvia	59.7 years	74.7 years	+15.0 years	+25%
Lebanon	59.6 years	78.8 years	+19.2 years	+32%
Lesotho	43.9 years	51.0 years	+7.1 years	+16%
Liberia	32.2 years	62.3 years	+30.1 years	+94%
Libya	37.3 years	72.1 years	+34.8 years	+94%
Liechtenstein	66.5 years	82.0 years	+15.6 years	+23%
Lithuania	57.6 years	74.9 years	+17.3 years	+30%
Luxembourg	65.4 years	81.6 years	+16.2 years	+25%
Macao	59.9 years	83.7 years	+23.8 years	+40%
Madagascar	35.3 years	65.5 years	+30.2 years	+85%
Malawi	34.5 years	62.0 years	+27.5 years	+80%
Malaysia	53.3 years	75.5 years	+22.2 years	+42%
Maldives	34.1 years	77.7 years	+43.6 years	+128%
Mali	26.4 years	57.5 years	+31.1 years	+118%
Malta	64.1 years	81.9 years	+17.8 years	+28%
Marshall Islands	54.4 years	72.8 years	+18.4 years	+34%
Martinique	54.2 years	81.8 years	+27.6 years	+51%
Mauritania	38.4 years	63.9 years	+25.5 years	+67%
Mauritius	48.1 years	74.5 years	+26.4 years	+55%
Mayotte	44.7 years	79.4 years	+34.7 years	+78%
Mexico	48.5 years	74.9 years	+26.4 years	+54%
Micronesia (country)	50.5 years	67.3 years	+16.8 years	+33%
Moldova	58.1 years	71.5 years	+13.3 years	+23%
Monaco	62.2 years	85.7 years	+23.5 years	+38%
Mongolia	42.5 years	69.1 years	+26.6 years	+63%
Montenegro	59.2 years	76.5 years	+17.3 years	+29%
Montserrat	55.9 years	74.3 years	+18.4 years	+33%
Morocco	45.0 years	75.7 years	+30.7 years	+68%
Mozambique	33.8 years	57.2 years	+23.5 years	+69%
Myanmar	34.0 years	65.8 years	+31.8 years	+93%
Namibia	39.2 years	62.1 years	+22.9 years	+59%
Nauru	43.7 years	59.8 years	+16.0 years	+37%
Nepal	34.6 years	69.5 years	+34.9 years	+101%
Netherlands	71.4 years	81.7 years	+10.3 years	+14%
New Caledonia	49.1 years	76.8 years	+27.7 years	+57%
New Zealand	69.3 years	81.7 years	+12.4 years	+18%
Nicaragua	41.1 years	73.6 years	+32.6 years	+79%
Niger	34.4 years	60.6 years	+26.2 years	+76%
Nigeria	33.1 years	53.1 years	+20.0 years	+60%
Niue	57.0 years	73.1 years	+16.2 years	+28%
North Korea	29.7 years	71.5 years	+41.8 years	+141%
North Macedonia	53.0 years	75.4 years	+22.4 years	+42%
Northern America	68.2 years	79.2 years	+11.0 years	+16%
Northern Mariana Islands	53.5 years	75.3 years	+21.8 years	+41%
Norway	72.3 years	81.9 years	+9.6 years	+13%
Oceania	57.7 years	77.9 years	+20.2 years	+35%
Oman	34.2 years	76.9 years	+42.7 years	+125%
Pakistan	35.1 years	66.6 years	+31.5 years	+90%
Palau	57.1 years	72.8 years	+15.8 years	+28%
Palestine	46.2 years	73.4 years	+27.3 years	+59%
Panama	55.7 years	77.8 years	+22.0 years	+40%
Papua New Guinea	32.5 years	63.5 years	+30.9 years	+95%
Paraguay	62.7 years	73.7 years	+11.0 years	+18%
Peru	43.5 years	75.8 years	+32.3 years	+74%
Philippines	54.9 years	70.6 years	+15.8 years	+29%
Poland	59.1 years	77.9 years	+18.7 years	+32%
Portugal	59.5 years	81.2 years	+21.7 years	+36%
Puerto Rico	60.9 years	79.5 years	+18.6 years	+31%
Qatar	53.6 years	79.8 years	+26.1 years	+49%
Reunion	45.3 years	79.8 years	+34.5 years	+76%
Romania	61.1 years	75.5 years	+14.4 years	+24%
Russia	55.2 years	71.5 years	+16.2 years	+29%
Rwanda	39.5 years	67.5 years	+27.9 years	+71%
Saint Barthlemy	51.6 years	81.1 years	+29.6 years	+57%
Saint Helena	57.2 years	80.2 years	+23.0 years	+40%
Saint Kitts and Nevis	51.0 years	75.5 years	+24.5 years	+48%
Saint Lucia	48.8 years	75.6 years	+26.8 years	+55%
Saint Martin (French part)	51.7 years	81.1 years	+29.4 years	+57%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	59.4 years	80.5 years	+21.1 years	+36%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.7 years	72.1 years	+20.4 years	+39%
Samoa	53.7 years	72.7 years	+19.0 years	+35%
San Marino	62.6 years	84.4 years	+21.8 years	+35%
Sao Tome and Principe	45.9 years	69.4 years	+23.4 years	+51%
Saudi Arabia	41.0 years	74.7 years	+33.7 years	+82%
Senegal	34.5 years	66.7 years	+32.2 years	+93%
Serbia	58.2 years	75.3 years	+17.1 years	+29%
Seychelles	61.5 years	73.2 years	+11.7 years	+19%
Sierra Leone	27.9 years	52.9 years	+25.0 years	+90%
Singapore	58.4 years	82.9 years	+24.5 years	+42%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	59.0 years	78.4 years	+19.3 years	+33%
Slovakia	62.2 years	76.8 years	+14.6 years	+23%
Slovenia	64.5 years	80.7 years	+16.2 years	+25%
Solomon Islands	40.3 years	72.2 years	+31.9 years	+79%
Somalia	33.2 years	55.9 years	+22.7 years	+69%
South Africa	43.6 years	62.6 years	+19.0 years	+44%
South Korea	35.6 years	82.1 years	+46.5 years	+131%
South Sudan	26.7 years	56.9 years	+30.1 years	+113%
Spain	63.1 years	83.0 years	+19.9 years	+32%
Sri Lanka	52.5 years	76.3 years	+23.8 years	+45%
Sudan	43.4 years	64.4 years	+21.0 years	+48%
Suriname	54.7 years	71.2 years	+16.6 years	+30%
Sweden	71.3 years	82.3 years	+10.9 years	+15%
Switzerland	68.7 years	83.1 years	+14.5 years	+21%
Syria	46.4 years	69.9 years	+23.5 years	+51%
Taiwan	55.6 years	79.7 years	+24.2 years	+44%
Tajikistan	47.6 years	70.1 years	+22.6 years	+47%
Tanzania	40.1 years	63.1 years	+23.0 years	+58%
Thailand	49.9 years	76.1 years	+26.2 years	+52%
Timor	29.0 years	68.5 years	+39.5 years	+136%
Togo	33.9 years	59.9 years	+26.0 years	+77%
Tokelau	57.4 years	81.1 years	+23.7 years	+41%
Tonga	56.1 years	70.5 years	+14.4 years	+26%
Trinidad and Tobago	56.8 years	72.9 years	+16.2 years	+28%
Tunisia	38.3 years	75.9 years	+37.6 years	+98%
Turkey	40.2 years	76.5 years	+36.4 years	+90%
Turkmenistan	50.4 years	67.7 years	+17.3 years	+34%
Turks and Caicos Islands	53.7 years	79.6 years	+25.8 years	+48%
Tuvalu	44.6 years	66.5 years	+21.8 years	+49%
Uganda	39.0 years	61.4 years	+22.3 years	+57%
Ukraine	59.1 years	71.5 years	+12.5 years	+21%
United Arab Emirates	41.9 years	77.3 years	+35.4 years	+85%
United Kingdom	68.7 years	81.1 years	+12.3 years	+18%
United States	68.2 years	78.9 years	+10.7 years	+16%
United States Virgin Islands	61.5 years	79.9 years	+18.4 years	+30%
Uruguay	65.8 years	77.4 years	+11.6 years	+18%
Uzbekistan	55.3 years	70.9 years	+15.6 years	+28%
Vanuatu	43.9 years	69.9 years	+25.9 years	+59%
Vatican	50.0 years	74.3 years	+24.3 years	+49%
Venezuela	54.3 years	72.6 years	+18.3 years	+34%
Vietnam	51.8 years	75.1 years	+23.3 years	+45%
Wallis and Futuna	51.1 years	79.3 years	+28.2 years	+55%
Western Sahara	34.8 years	69.2 years	+34.5 years	+99%
World	45.7 years	71.7 years	+25.9 years	+57%
Yemen	29.1 years	66.1 years	+37.0 years	+127%
Zambia	42.3 years	61.7 years	+19.4 years	+46%
Zimbabwe	48.8 years	59.5 years	+10.7 years	+22%

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