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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984

Figures for 1984, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 77.916; Afghanistan is lowest, at 31.473. The middle country reads 66.536. Against 1983, 222 values changed (203 up, 19 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1984

HighestAndorra

77.916

LowestAfghanistan

31.473

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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AndorraANDSouthern Europe77.916
2JapanJPNEastern Asia77.507
3IcelandISLNorthern Europe77.295
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe77.162
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe76.841
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe76.756
7SpainESPSouthern Europe76.482
8MonacoMCOWestern Europe76.394
9CanadaCANNorthern America76.355
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe76.327
11NorwayNORNorthern Europe76.247
12LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe76.188
13Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe75.976
14GreeceGRCSouthern Europe75.785
15Hong KongHKGEastern Asia75.674
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand75.510
17IsraelISRWestern Asia75.502
18ItalyITASouthern Europe75.499
19FranceFRAWestern Europe75.218
20Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe75.063
21GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe74.935
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe74.743
23United StatesUSANorthern America74.675
24United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe74.674
25DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe74.616

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Andorra77.916
  2. 2Japan77.507
  3. 3Iceland77.295
  4. 4San Marino77.162
  5. 5Sweden76.841

Lowest

  1. 222Afghanistan31.473
  2. 221South Sudan31.788
  3. 220Timor-Leste34.469
  4. 219Ethiopia36.737
  5. 218Eritrea37.679

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 66.536. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 203 · 19rose · 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 (1984). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1984

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984?

Andorra, at 77.916, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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