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Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950

1950, as UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950 covers 222 countries on 3 measures. Iceland is highest, at 15.4820; North Korea is lowest, at 4.9712. The middle country reads 11.3529.

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Life Expectancy at Age 65 · Data for 1950

HighestIceland

15.4820

LowestNorth Korea

4.9712

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950, 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 Age 65, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1IcelandISLNorthern Europe15.482016.317814.4748
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe14.950515.403914.4171
3IsraelISRWestern Asia14.881915.587714.1513
4GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe14.717415.347313.4520
5BulgariaBGREastern Europe14.487215.057513.8834
6San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe14.470315.906712.9592
7NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.319014.567614.0541
8Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe14.227515.072013.1120
9CanadaCANNorthern America14.091214.989913.3025
10TürkiyeTURWestern Asia14.021815.206012.4531
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe13.931014.303013.5233
12United StatesUSANorthern America13.927215.106812.7712
13New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand13.861914.989012.7861
14ItalyITASouthern Europe13.834014.310013.3005
15DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe13.821914.071213.5517
16MonacoMCOWestern Europe13.668414.533612.6068
17AndorraANDSouthern Europe13.598114.448212.4768
18FranceFRAWestern Europe13.571414.622812.2136
19SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe13.518114.263212.6206
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand13.497414.743812.2389
21UruguayURYSouth America13.484414.996612.0982
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe13.482414.451612.1793
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe13.390813.781812.8919
24Saint MartinMAFCaribbean13.390314.018412.2657
25SpainESPSouthern Europe13.380114.271912.2478

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

  1. 1Iceland15.4820
  2. 2Norway14.9505
  3. 3Israel14.8819
  4. 4Gibraltar14.7174
  5. 5Bulgaria14.4872

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea4.9712
  2. 221South Korea7.3665
  3. 220Suriname7.8449
  4. 219Afghanistan8.5572
  5. 218Malaysia8.6411

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 11.3529. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

  • Women (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland16.3178

    LowestNorth Korea5.8067

    Middle country: 11.9915

  • Men (further years at 65)

    HighestIceland14.4748

    LowestNorth Korea4.1060

    Middle country: 10.8025

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2024 release

    Every year in this series comes from UN DESA Population Division’s 2024 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1950.

  • 221 distinct values among 222

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 2 countries share 13.1876. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 222 countries has every column.

04The 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (1950). Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy-at-65/1950

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06Questions

Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy at 65 in Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950?

Iceland, at 15.4820, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Age 65, 1950?

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 Age 65, 1950 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Life Expectancy at Age 65, 2023.

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