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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974

Figures for 1974, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 75.3398; Mali is lowest, at 35.7492. The middle country reads 63.0595. Against 1973, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1974

HighestAndorra

75.3398

LowestMali

35.7492

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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AndorraANDSouthern Europe75.3398
2Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe75.2428
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe75.0525
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe74.9693
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe74.7635
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe74.6073
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe74.4013
8IcelandISLNorthern Europe74.1253
9LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe74.0246
10JapanJPNEastern Asia73.8494
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe73.8216
12GreeceGRCSouthern Europe73.4724
13MonacoMCOWestern Europe73.4215
14CanadaCANNorthern America73.1423
15SpainESPSouthern Europe73.0928
16GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe73.0526
=17FranceFRAWestern Europe72.8037
=17ItalyITASouthern Europe72.8037
19Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe72.6509
20Hong KongHKGEastern Asia72.5370
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe72.3760
22Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean72.2434
23BelgiumBELWestern Europe71.9713
24United StatesUSANorthern America71.9592
25MaltaMLTSouthern Europe71.9465

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Andorra75.3398
  2. 2Faroe Islands75.2428
  3. 3San Marino75.0525
  4. 4Sweden74.9693
  5. 5Norway74.7635

Lowest

  1. 222Mali35.7492
  2. 221Niger36.1946
  3. 220Timor-Leste36.4539
  4. 219South Sudan36.5893
  5. 218Eritrea39.0005

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 63.0595. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 192 · 30rose · 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 72.8037. 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 (1974). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1974

0674 held

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974?

Andorra, at 75.3398, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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