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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1962

Figures for 1962, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1962 covers 222 countries. Iceland is highest, at 73.6111; South Sudan is lowest, at 28.5055. The middle country reads 57.8254. Against 1961, 222 values changed (187 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1962

HighestIceland

73.6111

LowestSouth Sudan

28.5055

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, 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 Birth, 1962: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe73.6111
2San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe73.5309
3NorwayNORNorthern Europe73.4591
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe73.3506
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe73.2232
6Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe73.0670
7AndorraANDSouthern Europe72.9929
8MonacoMCOWestern Europe72.4374
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe72.3515
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe71.3027
11CanadaCANNorthern America71.2363
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand71.1997
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand70.9059
14LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe70.8757
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe70.8576
16FranceFRAWestern Europe70.4704
17BelarusBLREastern Europe70.4617
18UkraineUKREastern Europe70.4009
19SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe70.3259
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe70.3143
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe70.2272
22GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe70.1735
23United StatesUSANorthern America70.1162
24GermanyDEUWestern Europe69.9991
25IrelandIRLNorthern Europe69.9476

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Iceland73.6111
  2. 2San Marino73.5309
  3. 3Norway73.4591
  4. 4Sweden73.3506
  5. 5Netherlands73.2232

Lowest

  1. 222South Sudan28.5055
  2. 221Mali30.8327
  3. 220Timor-Leste33.2210
  4. 219Yemen33.6691
  5. 218Afghanistan33.7565

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 57.8254. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

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
  • 187 · 35rose · 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 (1962). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1962

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1962: questions and answers

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

Iceland, at 73.6111, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1962 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 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 Birth, 1962 the newest?

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

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