Faroe Islands vs Norway: Life expectancy at birth, total

Faroe Islands
83.08 years
in 2024
Norway
83.16 years
in 2024
Faroe Islands rank
20th
Norway rank
19th

Life expectancy at birth, total over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 83.16 years against 83.08 years in Faroe Islands, a difference of 0.0778 years.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Faroe Islands ranks 20th and Norway ranks 19th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)
Unit
years
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,126 data points, 1960–2024
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Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.