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Life expectancy and number of survivors 1971-2024

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4/2/2025
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1971-2024
Hagstofa Íslands
MAN05401
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Life expectancy for individual calender years is the mean of the reference year and the year before. Five year averages are calculated from the pooled data for each five year interval. The method for estimating the population was revised in March 2024 and the time series updated from 2011 onwards, see details in the working paper.