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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953

1953, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 15.6188; Suriname is lowest, at 8.2412. The middle country reads 11.5650. Against 1952, 222 values changed (194 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1953

HighestIceland

15.6188

LowestSuriname

8.2412

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953, 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, 1953: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.618816.217714.8804
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.511716.103714.8298
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.908215.559513.6185
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe14.641616.110513.0714
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.449214.836814.0437
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14.415115.592013.2626
7CanadaCANNorthern America14.406315.414313.5179
8Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.399115.236013.2858
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe14.231914.622913.8024
10BulgariaBGREastern Europe14.197214.740013.6054
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.168414.427713.8848
12United StatesUSANorthern America14.156315.420412.9031
13TürkiyeTURWestern Asia14.006915.149812.4940
14MonacoMCOWestern Europe13.970714.814312.8975
15AndorraANDSouthern Europe13.860614.720812.6797
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.818615.121212.4703
17GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.810714.935812.5633
18UruguayURYSouth America13.680915.215612.2294
19PortugalPRTSouthern Europe13.637114.579612.3657
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe13.574814.544311.7163
21SpainESPSouthern Europe13.553314.384112.4846
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.511014.792411.9539
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe13.495814.186012.8323
24Saint MartinMAFCaribbean13.480614.128512.3047
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.462114.276512.4861

02In 1953

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland15.6188
  2. 2Norway15.5117
  3. 3Gibraltar14.9082
  4. 4San Marino14.6416
  5. 5Netherlands14.4492

Lowest

  1. 222Suriname8.2412
  2. 221Afghanistan8.7431
  3. 220Timor-Leste8.9243
  4. 219Mali8.9306
  5. 218Malaysia9.0023

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11.5650. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland16.2177

    LowestAfghanistan9.1008

    Middle country: 12.1726

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland14.8804

    LowestSuriname7.2263

    Middle country: 10.8944

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 194 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • France13.7390 → 13.2455−0.4935
  • Japan12.6102 → 12.2088−0.4014
  • Hungary12.5256 → 12.1862−0.3394
  • Israel13.3337 → 13.0072−0.3265
  • Spain13.8709 → 13.5533−0.3176

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 1953.

  • 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 better 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 (1953). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1953

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953?

Iceland, at 15.6188, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1953?

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, 1953 the newest?

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

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