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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956

1956, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 15.4763; Suriname is lowest, at 8.8925. The middle country reads 11.7727. Against 1955, 222 values changed (188 up, 34 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1956

HighestIceland

15.4763

LowestSuriname

8.8925

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, 1956, 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, 1956: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.476316.123514.6940
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.457816.147914.6683
3GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.366216.079414.0240
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe14.824016.336413.2048
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.593715.168613.9840
6CanadaCANNorthern America14.565215.779913.4976
7Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.555315.406713.3986
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe14.522615.096513.9017
9RussiaRUSEastern Europe14.461115.454212.5283
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.427014.900013.9314
11United StatesUSANorthern America14.413415.792813.0277
12MonacoMCOWestern Europe14.326215.322313.0407
13AndorraANDSouthern Europe14.245315.142312.9862
14New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14.194515.543812.8695
15Puerto RicoPRICaribbean14.113814.421813.8236
16UruguayURYSouth America13.885315.425412.3844
17TürkiyeTURWestern Asia13.876115.052012.3909
18EstoniaESTNorthern Europe13.838214.852111.8540
19LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe13.837614.894212.7047
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe13.820514.649112.8267
21FranceFRAWestern Europe13.658114.854212.0595
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.602715.010312.1457
23Saint MartinMAFCaribbean13.583514.297612.3922
24IrelandIRLNorthern Europe13.560514.383712.7679
25SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.559414.410712.5301

02In 1956

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland15.4763
  2. 2Norway15.4578
  3. 3Gibraltar15.3662
  4. 4San Marino14.8240
  5. 5Denmark14.5937

Lowest

  1. 222Suriname8.8925
  2. 221Afghanistan8.9358
  3. 220Mali8.9591
  4. 219Timor-Leste9.0561
  5. 218Niger9.0609

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11.7727. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestSan Marino16.3364

    LowestNiger9.1559

    Middle country: 12.3797

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland14.6940

    LowestSuriname7.9015

    Middle country: 11.1045

031955 → 1956

Since 1955

What changed between 1955 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 188 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Italy14.1167 → 13.2615−0.8552
  • Bulgaria14.2158 → 13.3739−0.8419
  • Portugal13.4204 → 12.5830−0.8374
  • Spain13.8049 → 13.2300−0.5749
  • Israel13.7025 → 13.1424−0.5601

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 1956.

  • 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 (1956). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956 [data set], describing 1956. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1956

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956?

Iceland, at 15.4763, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956 describe?

1956.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1956?

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, 1956 the newest?

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

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