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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952

1952, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 15.8899; Suriname is lowest, at 8.0194. The middle country reads 11.4886. Against 1951, 222 values changed (200 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1952

HighestIceland

15.8899

LowestSuriname

8.0194

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952, 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

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.889916.606215.0177
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.474415.956114.9086
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.819815.460213.5220
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.637614.953114.3037
5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe14.586016.042413.0343
6CanadaCANNorthern America14.432815.468813.5252
7Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.320115.159113.2090
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe14.291414.708213.8351
9United StatesUSANorthern America14.148015.369612.9378
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.099614.473713.7004
11New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13.983715.014112.9702
12TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13.932815.080512.4056
13SpainESPSouthern Europe13.870914.743012.7415
14MonacoMCOWestern Europe13.840814.689012.7733
15GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.754814.626712.7579
16AndorraANDSouthern Europe13.742314.598412.5789
17FranceFRAWestern Europe13.739014.834312.3046
18SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.658114.482612.6699
19UruguayURYSouth America13.621115.163012.1801
20PortugalPRTSouthern Europe13.602514.519112.3541
21AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.565714.890212.2128
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe13.508214.472311.6727
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe13.499414.367312.5389
24United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.468414.739111.9416
25Saint MartinMAFCaribbean13.444214.072312.2838

02In 1952

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland15.8899
  2. 2Norway15.4744
  3. 3Gibraltar14.8198
  4. 4Netherlands14.6376
  5. 5San Marino14.5860

Lowest

  1. 222Suriname8.0194
  2. 221Afghanistan8.6812
  3. 220Malaysia8.8648
  4. 219Timor-Leste8.8809
  5. 218Mali8.9009

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11.4886. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland16.6062

    LowestAfghanistan9.0284

    Middle country: 12.1146

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland15.0177

    LowestSuriname7.0051

    Middle country: 10.8799

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 200 · 22rose · 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.

How values are stored

  • 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 1952.

  • 220 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 11.1793. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • 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 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1952). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1952

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952?

Iceland, at 15.8899, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952?

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

Is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1952 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023.

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