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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959

1959, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 15.7657; China is lowest, at 8.5677. The middle country reads 11.9860. Against 1958, 222 values changed (196 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1959

HighestIceland

15.7657

LowestChina

8.5677

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, 1959, 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, 1959: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.765716.584014.8447
2GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.649916.306114.4562
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.421216.145914.6068
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe14.986616.595413.3612
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.984915.703614.2359
6LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe14.958515.742213.7080
7LatviaLVANorthern Europe14.816515.583013.4539
8Puerto RicoPRICaribbean14.815515.399414.2734
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe14.810915.498714.0662
10AndorraANDSouthern Europe14.678515.697913.2491
11CanadaCANNorthern America14.592115.881313.4342
12DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.559715.141313.9304
13ItalyITASouthern Europe14.545015.363713.5719
14MonacoMCOWestern Europe14.537115.577013.1590
15Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.535915.434913.3087
16United StatesUSANorthern America14.528515.981313.0374
17GreeceGRCSouthern Europe14.501515.473113.3274
18FranceFRAWestern Europe14.474415.683912.7832
19Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe14.416615.551013.3282
20LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe14.321315.589512.9680
21SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe14.315915.298313.1160
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe14.314115.280512.4068
23New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14.198115.528112.8182
24SpainESPSouthern Europe14.160015.109012.9611
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe14.143715.174412.9468

02In 1959

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland15.7657
  2. 2Gibraltar15.6499
  3. 3Norway15.4212
  4. 4San Marino14.9866
  5. 5Netherlands14.9849

Lowest

  1. 222China8.5677
  2. 221Mali9.0136
  3. 220Niger9.0955
  4. 219South Sudan9.1281
  5. 218Afghanistan9.1621

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11.9860. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestSan Marino16.5954

    LowestNiger9.1823

    Middle country: 12.5904

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland14.8447

    LowestChina7.6283

    Middle country: 11.2695

031958 → 1959

Since 1958

What changed between 1958 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 196 · 26rose · 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 1959.

  • 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 (1959). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959 [data set], describing 1959. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1959

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959?

Iceland, at 15.7657, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959 describe?

1959.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1959?

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, 1959 the newest?

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

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