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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985

Figures for 1985, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985 covers 222 countries. Andorra is highest, at 78.0060; Afghanistan is lowest, at 32.1316. The middle country reads 66.8258. Against 1984, 222 values changed (191 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1985

HighestAndorra

78.0060

LowestAfghanistan

32.1316

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, 1985, 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, 1985: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1AndorraANDSouthern Europe78.0060
2JapanJPNEastern Asia77.7990
3IcelandISLNorthern Europe77.3897
4MonacoMCOWestern Europe77.3626
5San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe77.2696
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe76.8820
7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe76.7347
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe76.6911
9SpainESPSouthern Europe76.4105
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe76.3758
11CanadaCANNorthern America76.3479
12Hong KongHKGEastern Asia76.2494
13GreeceGRCSouthern Europe76.1400
14Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe76.0495
15IsraelISRWestern Asia75.9685
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe75.9327
17ItalyITASouthern Europe75.6068
18Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe75.4564
19AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand75.4303
20FranceFRAWestern Europe75.3090
21GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe75.2316
22Costa RicaCRICentral America74.7648
23MacauMACEastern Asia74.7020
24United StatesUSANorthern America74.6500
25CyprusCYPWestern Asia74.6401

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Andorra78.0060
  2. 2Japan77.7990
  3. 3Iceland77.3897
  4. 4Monaco77.3626
  5. 5San Marino77.2696

Lowest

  1. 222Afghanistan32.1316
  2. 221South Sudan32.3603
  3. 220Timor-Leste34.3419
  4. 219Ethiopia37.7473
  5. 218Eritrea38.5859

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 66.8258. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 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 73.3155. 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 (1985). Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1985

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985?

Andorra, at 78.0060, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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