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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977

Figures for 1977, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 76.1538; Cambodia is lowest, at 11.2952. The middle country reads 64.1501. Against 1976, 222 values changed (197 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1977

HighestAndorra

76.1538

LowestCambodia

11.2952

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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AndorraANDSouthern Europe76.1538
2IcelandISLNorthern Europe76.0791
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe75.6426
4Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe75.5215
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe75.3976
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe75.3933
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe75.3673
8JapanJPNEastern Asia75.3257
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe75.2652
10LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe74.7716
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe74.6592
12SpainESPSouthern Europe74.3066
13MonacoMCOWestern Europe74.1934
14CanadaCANNorthern America74.1536
15GreeceGRCSouthern Europe73.7515
16FranceFRAWestern Europe73.7282
17GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe73.4790
18AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand73.4719
19ItalyITASouthern Europe73.4398
20Hong KongHKGEastern Asia73.3089
21Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe73.2952
22United StatesUSANorthern America73.2267
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe73.1111
24BelgiumBELWestern Europe72.7584
25IsraelISRWestern Asia72.6925

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Andorra76.1538
  2. 2Iceland76.0791
  3. 3San Marino75.6426
  4. 4Faroe Islands75.5215
  5. 5Norway75.3976

Lowest

  1. 222Cambodia11.2952
  2. 221Timor-Leste24.8750
  3. 220South Sudan37.3971
  4. 219Niger37.6893
  5. 218Mali37.9856

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 64.1501. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 197 · 25rose · 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 (1977). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1977

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977?

Andorra, at 76.1538, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977 describe?

1977.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1977?

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, 1977 the newest?

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

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