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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954

1954, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Afghanistan is highest, at 615.91; Norway is lowest, at 118.11. The middle country reads 338.53. Against 1953, 222 values changed (6 up, 216 down), the same countries are covered.

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Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60) · Data for 1954

HighestAfghanistan

615.91

LowestNorway

118.11

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954, as published. UN DESA Population Division ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 222 countries · select a heading to sort

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia615.91587.343638.09
2Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia603.75567.914637.72
3BhutanBTNSouthern Asia541.84512.467568.26
4South SudanSSDEastern Africa533.25466.489590.28
5Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia533.21523.948541.27
6EritreaERIEastern Africa507.90477.809539.05
7Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa505.49472.706537.53
8OmanOMNWestern Asia503.09423.207571.96
9MaliMLIWestern Africa494.77460.558525.93
10AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa493.52396.132573.24
11Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa492.17456.096525.11
12GambiaGMBWestern Africa490.66481.857500.26
13Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia489.61426.597529.98
14CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia489.25477.997500.80
15MadagascarMDGEastern Africa486.66463.525508.48
16NigerNERWestern Africa483.88464.330510.19
17MoroccoMARNorthern Africa481.66453.909509.37
18Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia481.51407.448530.75
19TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa480.18446.486513.59
20GuatemalaGTMCentral America480.15476.122484.01
21Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa473.78446.067502.01
22EthiopiaETHEastern Africa471.86399.612540.63
23NigeriaNGAWestern Africa470.28438.600501.91
24Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa469.64441.297492.96
25ChadTCDMiddle Africa468.65435.492502.51

02In 1954

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Afghanistan615.91
  2. 2Timor-Leste603.75
  3. 3Bhutan541.84
  4. 4South Sudan533.25
  5. 5Cook Islands533.21

Lowest

  1. 222Norway118.11
  2. 221Netherlands123.16
  3. 220Iceland126.73
  4. 219Sweden126.87
  5. 218Denmark135.25

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 338.53. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)

    HighestAfghanistan587.343

    LowestSan Marino91.649

    Middle country: 295.513

  • Men (deaths between 15 and 60 per 1,000 alive at 15)

    HighestAfghanistan638.09

    LowestNorway142.45

    Middle country: 380.76

031953 → 1954

Since 1953

What changed between 1953 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 6 · 216rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1954.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1954). Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954 [data set], describing 1954. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/adult-mortality/1954

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07Questions

Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954: questions and answers

Which country has the highest adult mortality in Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954?

Afghanistan, at 615.91, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954 describe?

1954.

How many countries does Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954 cover?

222.

Where can I download Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 1954 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Adult Mortality (Probability of Dying Between 15 and 60), 2023.

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