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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953

Figures for 1953, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953 covers 222 countries. Norway is highest, at 73.1485; Mali is lowest, at 29.3921. The middle country reads 51.1150. Against 1952, 222 values changed (211 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1953

HighestNorway

73.1485

LowestMali

29.3921

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, 1953, 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, 1953: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe73.1485
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe72.2826
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe72.0392
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe71.9037
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe71.6981
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe71.1723
7New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand70.2136
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe69.8047
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand69.6911
10MonacoMCOWestern Europe69.5604
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe69.5183
12CanadaCANNorthern America69.0670
13United StatesUSANorthern America68.7112
14AndorraANDSouthern Europe68.6070
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe68.3562
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe67.9102
17GermanyDEUWestern Europe67.7647
18CzechiaCZEEastern Europe67.5532
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe67.4981
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe67.4679
21FranceFRAWestern Europe67.3191
22AustriaAUTWestern Europe67.2543
23LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe66.8870
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe66.6003
25ItalyITASouthern Europe66.5789

02In 1953

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Norway73.1485
  2. 2Iceland72.2826
  3. 3San Marino72.0392
  4. 4Sweden71.9037
  5. 5Netherlands71.6981

Lowest

  1. 222Mali29.3921
  2. 221Afghanistan29.4521
  3. 220Yemen30.0261
  4. 219Timor-Leste30.0653
  5. 218Sierra Leone30.1252

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 51.1150. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031952 → 1953

Since 1952

What changed between 1952 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 211 · 11rose · 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

  • 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 (1953). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953 [data set], describing 1953. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1953

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953?

Norway, at 73.1485, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953 describe?

1953.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1953?

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, 1953 the newest?

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

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