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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 84.1871; Central African Republic is lowest, at 14.6655. The middle country reads 72.4264. Against 2008, 222 values changed (204 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2009

HighestMonaco

84.1871

LowestCentral African Republic

14.6655

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe84.1871
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe84.0997
3San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe83.2239
4JapanJPNEastern Asia82.9699
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia82.5863
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe81.9891
7LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe81.9374
8IsraelISRWestern Asia81.8183
9GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe81.8073
10ItalyITASouthern Europe81.7619
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand81.7283
12United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia81.6794
13SpainESPSouthern Europe81.6270
14MacauMACEastern Asia81.4926
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia81.4282
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe81.4174
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe81.3633
18Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe81.3006
19FranceFRAWestern Europe81.1635
20CanadaCANNorthern America81.0648
21French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia80.8667
22NorwayNORNorthern Europe80.8655
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe80.6712
24South KoreaKOREastern Asia80.5504
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand80.5450

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco84.1871
  2. 2Andorra84.0997
  3. 3San Marino83.2239
  4. 4Japan82.9699
  5. 5Hong Kong82.5863

Lowest

  1. 222Central African Republic14.6655
  2. 221Lesotho45.0552
  3. 220Eswatini46.9126
  4. 219Zimbabwe49.7496
  5. 218Chad49.8275

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 72.4264. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 204 · 18rose · 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 (2009). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2009

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009?

Monaco, at 84.1871, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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