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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952

Figures for 1952, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952 covers 222 countries. Norway is highest, at 72.6501; Afghanistan is lowest, at 29.0138. The middle country reads 50.2695. Against 1951, 222 values changed (216 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1952

HighestNorway

72.6501

LowestAfghanistan

29.0138

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 Birth, 1952, 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 Birth, 1952: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe72.6501
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe72.4098
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe72.1175
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe71.8922
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe71.8453
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe70.7599
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe69.5876
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe69.5267
9New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand69.3765
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand69.1125
11MonacoMCOWestern Europe68.9097
12CanadaCANNorthern America68.6817
13United StatesUSANorthern America68.3800
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe67.9672
15AndorraANDSouthern Europe67.9474
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe67.4591
17FranceFRAWestern Europe67.3912
18GreeceGRCSouthern Europe67.3232
19IsraelISRWestern Asia67.2194
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe67.1670
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe67.1535
22CzechiaCZEEastern Europe66.8633
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe66.7483
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe66.5243
25LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe66.2310

02In 1952

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Norway72.6501
  2. 2Iceland72.4098
  3. 3Netherlands72.1175
  4. 4San Marino71.8922
  5. 5Sweden71.8453

Lowest

  1. 222Afghanistan29.0138
  2. 221Mali29.1391
  3. 220Yemen29.6249
  4. 219Sierra Leone29.7381
  5. 218Timor-Leste29.7633

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.2695. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031951 → 1952

Since 1951

What changed between 1951 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 216 · 6rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. 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

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 65.7055. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 (1952). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952 [data set], describing 1952. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1952

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952?

Norway, at 72.6501, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952 describe?

1952.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1952?

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 Birth, 1952 the newest?

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

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