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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006

Figures for 2006, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 84.1944; Lesotho is lowest, at 43.1820. The middle country reads 72.0273. Against 2005, 222 values changed (196 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2006

HighestMonaco

84.1944

LowestLesotho

43.1820

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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe84.1944
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe83.3745
3JapanJPNEastern Asia82.3699
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe82.2577
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia81.9469
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe81.5495
7ItalyITASouthern Europe81.4137
8LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe81.4029
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand81.2581
10Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe81.2237
11United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia81.1553
12GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe81.1033
13SpainESPSouthern Europe80.9627
14IcelandISLNorthern Europe80.9375
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe80.8318
16IsraelISRWestern Asia80.7857
17FranceFRAWestern Europe80.7449
18MacauMACEastern Asia80.7101
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia80.6404
20CanadaCANNorthern America80.5398
21NorwayNORNorthern Europe80.4404
22French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia80.0999
23New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand80.0152
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe79.9648
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe79.8466

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco84.1944
  2. 2Andorra83.3745
  3. 3Japan82.3699
  4. 4San Marino82.2577
  5. 5Hong Kong81.9469

Lowest

  1. 222Lesotho43.1820
  2. 221Eswatini44.5628
  3. 220Zimbabwe47.0559
  4. 219Central African Republic48.6867
  5. 218Chad48.7467

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.0273. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 196 · 26rose · 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 (2006). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2006

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006?

Monaco, at 84.1944, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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