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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978

1978, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 17.8866; Cambodia is lowest, at 6.0027. The middle country reads 13.1634. Against 1977, 222 values changed (181 up, 41 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1978

HighestIceland

17.8866

LowestCambodia

6.0027

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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe17.886619.244816.4403
2GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe16.715517.672415.2963
3AndorraANDSouthern Europe16.636519.228014.5293
4CanadaCANNorthern America16.515518.573614.3544
5Puerto RicoPRICaribbean16.463317.744215.2442
6United StatesUSANorthern America16.319418.294214.0007
7San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe16.191317.802114.4570
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe16.177117.882314.0979
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe16.083117.722814.2574
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe16.044817.790014.1944
11JapanJPNEastern Asia16.006517.356314.4155
12FranceFRAWestern Europe15.994117.897513.6441
13GreeceGRCSouthern Europe15.979117.270814.5091
14Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe15.976417.394914.6468
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe15.928917.897913.7272
16SpainESPSouthern Europe15.843717.235114.1338
17MonacoMCOWestern Europe15.822517.442713.8526
18DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe15.766017.578313.7840
19LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe15.762017.180614.0153
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand15.685417.658813.4808
21LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe15.633717.032613.7213
22Hong KongHKGEastern Asia15.502417.030113.2775
23Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe15.459216.930413.6336
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand15.423417.320313.3435
25ItalyITASouthern Europe15.367316.997313.4617

02In 1978

At either end

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

Highest

  1. 1Iceland17.8866
  2. 2Gibraltar16.7155
  3. 3Andorra16.6365
  4. 4Canada16.5155
  5. 5Puerto Rico16.4633

Lowest

  1. 222Cambodia6.0027
  2. 221Timor-Leste7.7905
  3. 220Mali9.9583
  4. 219Niger10.0831
  5. 218Afghanistan10.1747

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 13.1634. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland19.2448

    LowestCambodia6.7540

    Middle country: 14.1396

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland16.4403

    LowestCambodia5.1898

    Middle country: 12.0621

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 181 · 41rose · 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 1978.

  • 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 (1978). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1978

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978?

Iceland, at 17.8866, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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