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List of countries by past life expectancy

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This is a list of countries showing past life expectancy, ranging from 1950 to 2015 in five-year periods, as estimated by the 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects database by the United Nations Population Division. Life expectancy equals the average number of years a person born in a given country is expected to live if mortality rates at each age were to remain steady in the future. The life expectancy is shown as the average of males and females.

Life expectancy by world region, from 1770 to 2023

List of countries 1950 to 2015 (United Nations)

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Life expectancy at birth (both genders)[2]
Country 1543 1683 1771 1810 1830 1851 1860 1870 1882 1890 1895 1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1949
 
 Australia52.9557.0059.3263.1664.8965.0966.2969.13
 Austria34.4034.4041.7363.42
 Argentina33.1034.0033.3039.0039.7044.2046.2048.6550.6052.5554.4556.4564.36
 Bangladesh25.50
 Belarus36.20
 Belgium41.8845.0740.9044.0945.4346.5249.9251.3153.5957.0957.1059.9355.9465.43
 Bolivia28.0028.0031.0033.0033.0036.00
 Brazil29.0031.0032.0034.0037.00
 Bulgaria40.2043.3048.3057.94
 Canada41.0641.6042.5648.4252.1459.2358.9162.4063.9667.59
 China32.0041.00
 Chile29.0030.0035.0038.00
 Colombia29.0031.0032.0034.0038.00
 Costa Rica32.0033.0037.0042.0049.00
 Cuba32.0034.1636.0036.2939.0038.7642.0044.5745.00
 Cyprus38.5145.0047.4748.46
 Czech Republic40.2744.3155.55
 Denmark33.0044.4945.0545.9747.2450.8351.8754.3158.0358.3857.5661.9162.2762.8666.2570.13
 Egypt35.4033.2034.4036.70
 El Salvador28.0036.00
 Estonia43.1056.27
 Finland35.8035.1032.1041.5740.4044.4547.5841.7445.9948.4949.5047.5353.3955.1657.3646.6061.86
 France40.0539.5941.7743.3236.6943.0843.3245.1345.0148.3051.3336.2551.5354.3356.8358.2949.5564.89
 Germany42.3845.4540.5257.4261.5067.25
 Greece37.1038.5044.6551.5654.3461.54
 Guatemala24.0024.0025.0025.0029.00
 Guyana41.42
 Honduras29.0034.0036.00
 Hungary37.3439.7642.0650.2161.29
 Iceland30.0719.7738.3417.7636.5852.4846.6549.5052.6553.6454.5658.2960.2559.4765.7771.43
 India25.4424.2723.4923.9823.1524.0224.8627.6129.3130.9532.5935.84
 Italy29.7034.2938.5339.6441.6743.9046.7142.4945.4751.2755.1656.2056.9564.11
 Jamaica40.1034.3037.1037.8037.6036.7037.0035.4038.9045.3044.0047.6053.90
 Japan36.4336.5937.0437.6838.1038.6039.2239.9740.9042.0457.71
 Kazakhstan23.5823.5928.1030.6048.2442.4754.34
 Lithuania41.7050.50
 Luxembourg46.2149.6651.4754.6254.7956.8059.1061.9564.84
 Mexico29.5225.0026.8028.0034.0032.1034.0040.4039.0045.80
 New Zealand68.95
 Netherlands39.9936.9237.3243.7444.3646.6348.3852.0555.1057.2057.7963.1264.6766.5065.4070.28
 Nicaragua24.0028.0034.00
 Norway49.7249.9850.5847.3748.6152.7952.4755.1057.9958.1658.8662.5164.0065.8365.8871.53
 Portugal51.3955.34
 Paraguay25.0029.0033.0038.0042.00
 Peru37.00
 Panama36.0039.6042.00
 Russia30.5020.5035.2036.5041.2055.00
 Sri Lanka46.3045.2055.50
 Spain29.5031.8034.8040.7842.9739.2246.8849.2652.6448.4460.96
 Slovakia49.90
 Sweden31.9740.9643.5848.4444.9748.5350.4454.1352.2154.5057.7657.1758.7862.5563.1864.8566.7270.79
 Switzerland42.9844.9546.8547.4849.6652.9355.9054.3359.9261.4762.1063.5467.94
 Uruguay49.0052.0052.0050.0058.0061.00
 Ukraine36.6049.8060.60
 United States39.4145.2148.7050.3051.8055.1055.4058.5059.6060.8963.2367.63
 United Kingdom33.9431.2739.0940.5840.9541.9740.6043.9944.1245.4145.6249.9253.5651.2157.2658.4360.7861.9660.8868.11
 Venezuela28.0029.0031.0038.00
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