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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007

Figures for 2007, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 83.9034; Lesotho is lowest, at 43.6601. The middle country reads 72.1127. Against 2006, 222 values changed (207 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2007

HighestMonaco

83.9034

LowestLesotho

43.6601

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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe83.9034
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe83.6324
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe82.6049
4JapanJPNEastern Asia82.5488
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia82.1438
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe81.7028
7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe81.6389
8ItalyITASouthern Europe81.5002
9United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia81.4384
10Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe81.2977
11GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe81.2695
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand81.2324
13IcelandISLNorthern Europe81.0930
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe80.9700
15SpainESPSouthern Europe80.9696
16FranceFRAWestern Europe80.9602
17IsraelISRWestern Asia80.9532
18MacauMACEastern Asia80.9322
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia80.8845
20CanadaCANNorthern America80.5422
21NorwayNORNorthern Europe80.5024
22French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia80.3277
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe80.2550
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe80.1664
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand80.1220

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco83.9034
  2. 2Andorra83.6324
  3. 3San Marino82.6049
  4. 4Japan82.5488
  5. 5Hong Kong82.1438

Lowest

  1. 222Lesotho43.6601
  2. 221Eswatini45.1604
  3. 220Zimbabwe47.5756
  4. 219Chad49.2102
  5. 218Central African Republic49.3267

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.1127. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 207 · 15rose · 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 (2007). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2007

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007?

Monaco, at 83.9034, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007 describe?

2007.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2007?

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, 2007 the newest?

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

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