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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962

1962, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 15.9802; Mali is lowest, at 9.0621. The middle country reads 12.1833. Against 1961, 222 values changed (177 up, 45 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1962

HighestIceland

15.9802

LowestMali

9.0621

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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.980216.444115.4604
2GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe15.467715.888614.7100
3AndorraANDSouthern Europe15.232016.628013.4553
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe15.199716.135414.1753
5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe15.188616.887413.5263
6Puerto RicoPRICaribbean15.101215.786814.4553
7Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe14.975716.317013.6815
8CanadaCANNorthern America14.962316.407613.6376
9MonacoMCOWestern Europe14.919116.127413.3418
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.882215.794513.9317
11LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe14.784715.559113.6108
12GreeceGRCSouthern Europe14.675115.603813.5502
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe14.635015.510213.6972
14United StatesUSANorthern America14.555116.125312.9233
15BelarusBLREastern Europe14.528015.521512.9487
16Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.489015.436013.2010
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe14.417615.270113.5086
18LatviaLVANorthern Europe14.376515.243912.8315
19FranceFRAWestern Europe14.365915.678612.5427
20LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe14.362315.552513.0684
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe14.341615.367612.2994
22UkraineUKREastern Europe14.313815.310312.6428
23New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand14.236315.671112.7137
24UruguayURYSouth America14.214915.851212.5643
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand14.189215.787512.4470

02In 1962

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland15.9802
  2. 2Gibraltar15.4677
  3. 3Andorra15.2320
  4. 4Norway15.1997
  5. 5San Marino15.1886

Lowest

  1. 222Mali9.0621
  2. 221Niger9.1633
  3. 220South Sudan9.2329
  4. 219Afghanistan9.3727
  5. 218Timor-Leste9.3921

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 12.1833. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestSan Marino16.8874

    LowestNiger9.2632

    Middle country: 12.7784

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland15.4604

    LowestChina8.5630

    Middle country: 11.3882

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 177 · 45rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • China8.5596 → 9.7100+1.1504
  • Cameroon11.1222 → 11.8877+0.7655
  • Belize12.7032 → 13.3290+0.6258
  • Malta12.0953 → 12.5534+0.4581
  • Iceland15.6479 → 15.9802+0.3323

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 1962.

  • 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 (1962). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1962

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962?

Iceland, at 15.9802, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1962?

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, 1962 the newest?

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

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