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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005

Figures for 2005, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 84.3396; Lesotho is lowest, at 43.6115. The middle country reads 71.8764. Against 2004, 222 values changed (197 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2005

HighestMonaco

84.3396

LowestLesotho

43.6115

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, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe84.3396
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe83.0860
3JapanJPNEastern Asia82.0073
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe81.9256
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia81.6752
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe81.2362
7IcelandISLNorthern Europe81.1691
8LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe81.1169
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand81.0923
10ItalyITASouthern Europe81.0201
11GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe80.9906
12United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia80.7790
13Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe80.6475
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe80.6213
15MacauMACEastern Asia80.5223
16IsraelISRWestern Asia80.3935
17FranceFRAWestern Europe80.3367
18SpainESPSouthern Europe80.3196
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia80.2706
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe80.1695
21CanadaCANNorthern America80.1310
22New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand80.0308
23French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia79.9511
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe79.6505
25AustriaAUTWestern Europe79.5202

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco84.3396
  2. 2Andorra83.0860
  3. 3Japan82.0073
  4. 4San Marino81.9256
  5. 5Hong Kong81.6752

Lowest

  1. 222Lesotho43.6115
  2. 221Eswatini43.9581
  3. 220Zimbabwe46.5701
  4. 219Central African Republic48.2070
  5. 218Sierra Leone48.3060

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 71.8764. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 197 · 25rose · 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 (2005). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2005

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005?

Monaco, at 84.3396, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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