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Gambia, The - Life Expectancy 2006

Name: Gambia, The Life Expectancy 2006
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

59.7 +0.6 from 2005 Global rank: 179th

Gambia, The's life expectancy was 59.7 in 2006, increased +0.6 from 59.1 in 2005. This was the 179th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2006▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2006
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	84.2	-0.2%
2nd	Andorra	83.4	0.3%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	82.4	1.0%
4th	Japan	82.3	0.4%
5th	San Marino	82.3	0.4%
6th	Macao SAR, China	81.7	0.5%
7th	Switzerland	81.5	0.3%
8th	Italy	81.3	0.6%
9th	Iceland	81.2	-0.4%
10th	United Arab Emirates	81.2	0.5%
11th	Gibraltar	81.1	0.1%
12th	Australia	81.0	0.2%
13th	Liechtenstein	80.9	0.3%
14th	Spain	80.8	0.8%
15th	France	80.8	0.8%
16th	Sweden	80.7	0.3%
17th	Israel	80.6	0.5%
18th	Canada	80.5	0.5%
19th	Channel Islands	80.4	0.4%
20th	Norway	80.3	0.4%
21st	Singapore	80.1	0.2%
22nd	French Polynesia	80.1	0.2%
23rd	New Zealand	80.0	0.2%
24th	Austria	79.9	0.7%
25th	Netherlands	79.7	0.4%
26th	Faroe Islands	79.7	0.3%
27th	Cyprus	79.5	0.3%
28th	Greece	79.4	0.3%
29th	Malta	79.4	0.2%
30th	Belgium	79.4	0.5%
31st	Luxembourg	79.3	-0.2%
32nd	United Kingdom	79.2	0.3%
33rd	Ireland	79.2	0.4%
34th	Finland	79.2	0.5%
35th	Germany	79.1	0.3%
36th	Costa Rica	79.0	0.2%
37th	Bermuda	78.9	0.0%
38th	European Union	78.7	0.5%
39th	Korea	78.7	0.6%
40th	Chile	78.5	0.1%
41st	Portugal	78.4	0.4%
42nd	Virgin Islands (US)	78.3	1.2%
43rd	Denmark	78.1	0.3%
44th	Slovenia	78.1	0.6%
45th	St. Martin (French part)	78.0	0.2%
46th	Isle of Man	78.0	0.7%
47th	Northern Mariana Islands	77.7	0.5%
48th	United States	77.7	0.3%
49th	Puerto Rico (US)	77.6	1.1%
50th	Cuba	77.4	-0.2%
51st	Qatar	77.3	0.5%
52nd	Albania	77.0	0.7%
53rd	Kuwait	76.9	0.1%
54th	Czechia	76.5	0.8%
55th	Bahrain	76.5	0.5%
56th	Guam	76.5	0.1%
57th	Turks and Caicos Islands	76.2	0.3%
58th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.0	-0.5%
59th	Uruguay	75.9	0.1%
60th	Croatia	75.8	0.8%
61st	British Virgin Islands	75.7	0.2%
62nd	Lebanon	75.7	-0.5%
63rd	Antigua and Barbuda	75.5	0.2%
64th	Panama	75.4	0.4%
65th	Oman	75.4	0.4%
66th	Argentina	75.3	0.1%
67th	Maldives	75.3	0.6%
68th	Poland	75.1	0.2%
69th	Barbados	75.0	0.1%
70th	New Caledonia	75.0	0.2%
71st	Cayman Islands	75.0	0.2%
72nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.8	0.1%
73rd	Saudi Arabia	74.8	0.5%
74th	Brunei Darussalam	74.8	0.1%
75th	Malaysia	74.7	0.4%
76th	China	74.4	0.4%
77th	Slovak Republic	74.2	0.4%
78th	Ecuador	74.0	0.1%
79th	Curaçao	74.0	0.1%
80th	Grenada	73.9	0.3%
81st	North Macedonia	73.9	0.3%
82nd	Tunisia	73.9	0.2%
83rd	Montenegro	73.8	-0.2%
84th	Türkiye	73.8	0.4%
85th	Mexico	73.7	0.2%
86th	Kosovo	73.6	0.3%
87th	Aruba	73.5	0.1%
88th	Colombia	73.5	0.5%
89th	Bahamas, The	73.5	0.1%
90th	Serbia	73.4	0.8%
91st	Thailand	73.3	0.6%
92nd	Viet Nam	73.3	0.1%
93rd	Jordan	73.2	0.3%
94th	Algeria	73.1	0.4%
95th	Hungary	73.1	0.6%
96th	Syrian Arab Republic	73.0	0.3%
97th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	72.9	0.6%
98th	Sri Lanka	72.8	-0.3%
99th	Armenia	72.8	-0.3%
100th	St. Lucia	72.8	0.3%
101st	Estonia	72.7	0.2%
102nd	Bulgaria	72.6	0.1%
103rd	Mauritius	72.4	0.0%
104th	American Samoa	72.4	0.0%
105th	Peru	72.3	0.5%
106th	Brazil	72.3	0.6%
107th	Seychelles	72.2	0.1%
108th	Romania	72.2	0.3%
109th	Dominica	72.0	0.0%
110th	West Bank and Gaza	71.8	-0.2%
111th	Libya	71.6	0.3%
112th	Samoa	71.6	0.2%
113th	Paraguay	71.6	0.4%
114th	Jamaica	71.4	-0.1%
115th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.4	0.3%
116th	Cabo Verde	71.3	0.6%
117th	Lithuania	71.1	-0.3%
118th	Dominican Republic	71.1	0.0%
119th	Georgia	71.0	0.4%
120th	Nicaragua	71.0	0.8%
121st	Latvia	70.9	-0.7%
122nd	Tonga	70.7	0.2%
123rd	Belize	70.5	0.3%
124th	Trinidad and Tobago	70.4	0.4%
125th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.4	0.0%
126th	El Salvador	69.6	0.4%
127th	Belarus	69.4	0.8%
128th	Honduras	69.4	0.2%
129th	Morocco	69.2	0.6%
130th	Vanuatu	69.1	-0.1%
131st	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	69.1	-0.2%
132nd	Guatemala	68.8	0.9%
133rd	Greenland	68.6	0.6%
134th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	68.5	0.2%
135th	Azerbaijan	68.5	1.2%
136th	Moldova	68.4	0.3%
137th	Philippines	68.2	-0.4%
138th	Solomon Islands	68.0	0.3%
139th	Uzbekistan	67.9	0.6%
140th	Kyrgyz Republic	67.7	-0.4%
141st	Indonesia	67.7	0.2%
142nd	Suriname	67.6	1.0%
143rd	Ukraine	67.5	0.0%
144th	Tajikistan	67.0	0.7%
145th	Russian Federation	66.7	1.8%
146th	Palau	66.6	0.6%
147th	Turkmenistan	66.6	0.5%
148th	Bhutan	66.5	0.9%
149th	Fiji	66.1	0.2%
150th	Bangladesh	66.0	0.8%
151st	Mongolia	65.9	1.0%
152nd	Nepal	65.9	0.9%
153rd	Yemen, Republic of	65.8	0.7%
154th	Kazakhstan	65.7	0.6%
155th	Kiribati	65.6	0.1%
156th	India	65.4	0.7%
157th	Cambodia	64.9	1.2%
158th	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.9	-0.1%
159th	Guyana	64.8	0.7%
160th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	64.5	0.5%
161st	Mauritania	64.5	0.9%
162nd	Tuvalu	64.2	0.2%
163rd	Marshall Islands	64.2	0.1%
164th	Iraq	64.0	-1.3%
165th	Pakistan	63.6	1.9%
166th	Gabon	63.3	0.4%
167th	São Tomé and Principe	63.0	1.0%
168th	Myanmar	62.0	0.5%
169th	Papua New Guinea	62.0	0.2%
170th	Timor-Leste	61.9	1.0%
171st	Senegal	61.8	1.3%
172nd	Eritrea	61.5	1.4%
173rd	Comoros	61.2	0.6%
174th	Madagascar	61.1	0.8%
175th	Lao PDR	61.1	0.6%
176th	Haiti	60.7	0.7%
177th	Sudan	60.4	5.5%
178th	Ghana	60.0	0.6%
179th	Gambia, The	59.7	0.9%
180th	Congo, Republic of	59.5	1.3%
181st	Nauru	59.4	0.1%
182nd	Kenya	59.1	0.9%
183rd	Djibouti	59.0	0.7%
184th	Afghanistan	58.6	0.5%
185th	Tanzania	58.5	1.5%
186th	Rwanda	58.3	2.4%
187th	Benin	58.0	0.4%
188th	Liberia	57.5	1.3%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	56.4	1.1%
190th	Togo	56.1	0.4%
191st	Uganda	56.1	2.2%
192nd	Cameroon	55.3	0.7%
193rd	Botswana	55.1	1.3%
194th	Guinea	54.9	0.8%
195th	South Sudan	54.7	1.3%
196th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	54.5	0.9%
197th	Mali	54.3	1.0%
198th	Niger	54.2	1.7%
199th	South Africa	54.2	0.6%
200th	Guinea-Bissau	54.1	2.2%
201st	Burundi	54.0	1.7%
202nd	Burkina Faso	53.8	1.0%
203rd	Malawi	53.7	2.3%
204th	Namibia	53.2	1.2%
205th	Angola	53.0	1.6%
206th	Côte d'Ivoire	52.9	0.9%
207th	Mozambique	52.7	0.8%
208th	Zambia	52.7	2.1%
209th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.9	0.0%
210th	Nigeria	49.9	0.7%
211th	Sierra Leone	49.5	2.6%
212th	Chad	48.7	-0.2%
213th	Central African Republic	48.7	1.0%
214th	Zimbabwe	47.1	1.0%
215th	Eswatini	44.6	1.4%
216th	Lesotho	43.2	-1.0%

FAQ

What was Gambia, The's life expectancy in 2006?▾

Gambia, The's life expectancy in 2006 was 59.7. This ranked 179th globally.

How did Gambia, The's life expectancy change in 2006?▾

Gambia, The's life expectancy increased by 0.9% in 2006 compared to 2005.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2006?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2006 at 84.2.

What is the life expectancy of Gambia, The in 2006?▾

The life expectancy of Gambia, The in 2006 was 59.7. This ranked 179th globally.

How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Gambia, The's life expectancy?▾

Gambia, The's life expectancy went from 59.1 in 2005 to 59.7 in 2006, a 0.9% increase.

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