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Life Expectancy at Birth, 1950

Figures for 1950, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1950 covers 222 countries. San Marino is highest, at 71.590; North Korea is lowest, at 14.202. The middle country reads 48.548.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 1950

HighestSan Marino

71.590

LowestNorth Korea

14.202

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 Birth, 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 Birth, 1950: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe71.590
2NorwayNORNorthern Europe71.588
3NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe71.440
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe71.139
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe71.030
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe70.308
7IsraelISRWestern Asia69.861
8New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand69.253
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand69.000
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe68.913
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe68.631
12CanadaCANNorthern America68.215
13United StatesUSANorthern America68.067
14MonacoMCOWestern Europe68.000
15AndorraANDSouthern Europe67.159
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe66.811
17FranceFRAWestern Europe66.382
18EstoniaESTNorthern Europe66.362
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe66.307
20GreeceGRCSouthern Europe66.213
21LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe66.068
22Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe65.854
23ItalyITASouthern Europe65.725
24IrelandIRLNorthern Europe65.578
25UruguayURYSouth America65.574

02In 1950

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1San Marino71.590
  2. 2Norway71.588
  3. 3Netherlands71.440
  4. 4Sweden71.139
  5. 5Iceland71.030

Lowest

  1. 222North Korea14.202
  2. 221South Korea22.226
  3. 220Afghanistan28.156
  4. 219Mali28.731
  5. 218Yemen28.934

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 48.548. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

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

The site’s method

  • 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 Birth, 1950 [data set], describing 1950. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/1950

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06Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 1950: questions and answers

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

San Marino, at 71.590, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1950 describe?

1950.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 1950 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 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 Birth, 1950 the newest?

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

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