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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958

Figures for 1958, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958 covers 222 countries. Norway is highest, at 73.4246; South Sudan is lowest, at 27.6121. The middle country reads 55.3834. Against 1957, 222 values changed (214 up, 8 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1958

HighestNorway

73.4246

LowestSouth Sudan

27.6121

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, 1958, 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, 1958: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1NorwayNORNorthern Europe73.4246
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe73.3493
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe73.1526
4NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe73.1365
5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe72.8450
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe72.2381
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe71.2912
8AndorraANDSouthern Europe71.1759
9MonacoMCOWestern Europe71.0988
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand70.8768
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand70.8606
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe70.7048
13CanadaCANNorthern America70.5720
14Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe70.3641
15LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe70.1143
16FranceFRAWestern Europe70.1071
17CzechiaCZEEastern Europe69.9734
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe69.9086
19GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe69.7109
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe69.7066
21United StatesUSANorthern America69.6733
22SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe69.3571
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe69.2746
24GermanyDEUWestern Europe69.2328
25LatviaLVANorthern Europe68.8990

02In 1958

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Norway73.4246
  2. 2Iceland73.3493
  3. 3Sweden73.1526
  4. 4Netherlands73.1365
  5. 5San Marino72.8450

Lowest

  1. 222South Sudan27.6121
  2. 221Mali30.1933
  3. 220Eritrea30.9094
  4. 219Timor-Leste31.6561
  5. 218Afghanistan31.8400

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 55.3834. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031957 → 1958

Since 1957

What changed between 1957 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 214 · 8rose · 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 (1958). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958 [data set], describing 1958. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1958

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958?

Norway, at 73.4246, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958 describe?

1958.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1958?

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, 1958 the newest?

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

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