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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983

Figures for 1983, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 77.7865; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 32.6944. The middle country reads 66.2046. Against 1982, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1983

HighestAndorra

77.7865

LowestTimor-Leste

32.6944

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, 1983, 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, 1983: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AndorraANDSouthern Europe77.7865
2JapanJPNEastern Asia77.1069
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe77.0110
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe76.5802
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe76.4252
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe76.2551
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe76.1574
8SpainESPSouthern Europe76.0966
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe76.0787
10CanadaCANNorthern America76.0662
11Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe75.9261
12LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe75.7126
13MonacoMCOWestern Europe75.6974
14GreeceGRCSouthern Europe75.4972
15AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand75.4402
16Hong KongHKGEastern Asia75.3009
17IsraelISRWestern Asia75.0854
18ItalyITASouthern Europe74.7351
19FranceFRAWestern Europe74.7344
20Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe74.6546
21GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe74.6130
22United StatesUSANorthern America74.5528
23DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe74.4556
24FinlandFINNorthern Europe74.4373
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe74.2927

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Andorra77.7865
  2. 2Japan77.1069
  3. 3San Marino77.0110
  4. 4Sweden76.5802
  5. 5Iceland76.4252

Lowest

  1. 222Timor-Leste32.6944
  2. 221South Sudan34.7333
  3. 220Ethiopia36.3188
  4. 219Afghanistan36.5174
  5. 218Eritrea37.1729

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 66.2046. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 191 · 31rose · 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 71.0888. 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 (1983). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1983

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983?

Andorra, at 77.7865, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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