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Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UN DESA Population Division published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004 covers 222 countries. Monaco is highest, at 84.1511; Eswatini is lowest, at 43.9064. The middle country reads 71.4772. Against 2003, 222 values changed (192 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Life Expectancy at Birth · Data for 2004

HighestMonaco

84.1511

LowestEswatini

43.9064

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by UN DESA Population Division.
derived
1MonacoMCOWestern Europe84.1511
2AndorraANDSouthern Europe82.8153
3JapanJPNEastern Asia82.1275
4San MarinoSMRSouthern Europe81.5921
5Hong KongHKGEastern Asia81.4549
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe81.0549
7ItalyITASouthern Europe81.0175
8GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe80.8559
9AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand80.7334
10LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe80.7331
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe80.7209
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe80.5465
13MacauMACEastern Asia80.4057
14FranceFRAWestern Europe80.3363
15SpainESPSouthern Europe80.3283
16IsraelISRWestern Asia80.3052
17United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia80.2724
18Vatican CityVATSouthern Europe80.1907
19CanadaCANNorthern America80.0290
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe79.9645
21French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia79.8290
22SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia79.6584
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe79.3624
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand79.3548
25GreeceGRCSouthern Europe79.3503

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Monaco84.1511
  2. 2Andorra82.8153
  3. 3Japan82.1275
  4. 4San Marino81.5921
  5. 5Hong Kong81.4549

Lowest

  1. 222Eswatini43.9064
  2. 221Lesotho44.0388
  3. 220Zimbabwe46.0426
  4. 219Sierra Leone47.4853
  5. 218Central African Republic47.6964

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 71.4772. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 222values changed, of 222 in both
  • 192 · 30rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Sri Lanka72.4417 → 68.0218−4.4199
  • Indonesia67.1340 → 65.5208−1.6132
  • Sudan58.3193 → 56.7731−1.5462
  • Niue66.7746 → 65.6006−1.1740
  • Haiti59.4398 → 58.5165−0.9233

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.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    UN DESA Population Division publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • 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. The version of CC BY written for intergovernmental organisations. Credit the publisher and say what you changed.

Cite this edition

UN DESA Population Division (2004). Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/life-expectancy/2004

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07Questions

Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest life expectancy in Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004?

Monaco, at 84.1511, of the 222 countries in the file.

What year does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004 cover?

222.

Where can I download Life Expectancy at Birth, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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