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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

60.8 +0.1 from 1995 Global rank: 160th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 60.8 in 1996, increased +0.1 from 60.8 in 1995. This was the 160th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1996▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1996
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	81.1	0.3%
2nd	Andorra	81.0	0.3%
3rd	Japan	80.2	0.9%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	79.6	1.2%
5th	San Marino	79.3	0.4%
6th	Sweden	79.0	0.3%
7th	Switzerland	78.9	0.6%
8th	Iceland	78.8	1.0%
9th	Gibraltar	78.7	0.4%
10th	Italy	78.5	0.4%
11th	Canada	78.2	0.3%
12th	Norway	78.2	0.5%
13th	Spain	78.1	0.2%
14th	Israel	78.1	0.8%
15th	Australia	78.1	0.3%
16th	France	78.0	0.3%
17th	Channel Islands	77.8	0.1%
18th	Greece	77.7	0.1%
19th	Macao SAR, China	77.5	1.0%
20th	Faroe Islands	77.5	0.3%
21st	Netherlands	77.4	0.0%
22nd	Malta	77.3	0.1%
23rd	Belgium	77.2	0.5%
24th	United Kingdom	77.1	0.3%
25th	Cyprus	76.9	0.4%
26th	Austria	76.9	0.3%
27th	Liechtenstein	76.8	-0.7%
28th	French Polynesia	76.8	0.7%
29th	New Zealand	76.8	0.1%
30th	Finland	76.7	0.4%
31st	Germany	76.7	0.3%
32nd	Singapore	76.6	0.4%
33rd	Bermuda	76.5	0.8%
34th	Luxembourg	76.5	0.0%
35th	Costa Rica	76.4	0.0%
36th	United States	76.0	0.5%
37th	European Union	75.9	0.3%
38th	Kuwait	75.9	-0.1%
39th	St. Martin (French part)	75.9	0.2%
40th	Ireland	75.8	0.5%
41st	Denmark	75.6	0.5%
42nd	Chile	75.6	0.3%
43rd	Portugal	75.3	-0.1%
44th	Cuba	74.7	0.5%
45th	Guam	74.6	0.2%
46th	Qatar	74.6	0.2%
47th	Slovenia	74.5	0.7%
48th	British Virgin Islands	74.3	0.3%
49th	Korea	74.2	0.6%
50th	Albania	74.1	0.1%
51st	Barbados	74.1	0.3%
52nd	Puerto Rico (US)	74.0	0.6%
53rd	Antigua and Barbuda	73.8	0.4%
54th	Uruguay	73.8	0.4%
55th	Cayman Islands	73.7	0.2%
56th	Czechia	73.7	0.9%
57th	Isle of Man	73.6	0.4%
58th	Bahrain	73.6	0.3%
59th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	73.5	4.7%
60th	Montenegro	73.4	-0.2%
61st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	73.2	0.5%
62nd	Brunei Darussalam	73.1	0.3%
63rd	Argentina	73.1	0.3%
64th	Curaçao	72.9	0.2%
65th	Aruba	72.9	0.0%
66th	Serbia	72.8	0.2%
67th	Slovak Republic	72.7	0.6%
68th	Lebanon	72.6	0.3%
69th	North Macedonia	72.5	0.9%
70th	Northern Mariana Islands	72.4	0.7%
71st	Grenada	72.4	0.4%
72nd	Croatia	72.4	0.4%
73rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	72.3	0.5%
74th	Poland	72.2	0.5%
75th	Panama	72.2	0.3%
76th	Malaysia	72.1	0.2%
77th	Oman	72.0	0.6%
78th	United Arab Emirates	71.8	0.6%
79th	Ecuador	71.8	0.7%
80th	New Caledonia	71.8	0.6%
81st	American Samoa	71.6	0.0%
82nd	Virgin Islands (US)	71.6	0.6%
83rd	Seychelles	71.6	-1.3%
84th	Bahamas, The	71.5	0.1%
85th	Jamaica	71.3	-0.2%
86th	Viet Nam	71.3	0.6%
87th	Saudi Arabia	71.3	0.5%
88th	Tunisia	71.2	0.7%
89th	Jordan	71.1	0.3%
90th	Mexico	71.1	0.5%
91st	Dominica	71.0	0.3%
92nd	St. Lucia	71.0	-0.3%
93rd	Bulgaria	70.9	-0.2%
94th	China	70.8	0.7%
95th	Libya	70.7	0.1%
96th	Georgia	70.6	1.8%
97th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.5	-0.2%
98th	Hungary	70.3	0.8%
99th	Mauritius	70.3	0.0%
100th	Türkiye	70.2	0.7%
101st	Colombia	70.2	0.6%
102nd	Syrian Arab Republic	70.2	-0.1%
103rd	Lithuania	70.1	1.6%
104th	West Bank and Gaza	70.0	0.6%
105th	Thailand	69.9	0.3%
106th	Sri Lanka	69.8	0.1%
107th	Samoa	69.8	0.4%
108th	Estonia	69.6	3.1%
109th	Dominican Republic	69.6	0.3%
110th	Belize	69.4	-0.2%
111th	Kosovo	69.4	0.8%
112th	Romania	69.1	-0.5%
113th	Paraguay	69.1	0.4%
114th	Armenia	69.0	0.6%
115th	Tonga	68.8	0.3%
116th	Latvia	68.8	3.6%
117th	Belarus	68.5	0.1%
118th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	68.3	0.6%
119th	Algeria	68.2	0.8%
120th	Vanuatu	68.2	0.1%
121st	Brazil	68.1	0.6%
122nd	Trinidad and Tobago	68.0	0.1%
123rd	Peru	67.9	0.9%
124th	Maldives	67.7	1.2%
125th	St. Kitts and Nevis	67.5	0.4%
126th	Honduras	67.3	0.5%
127th	Ukraine	67.1	0.0%
128th	Solomon Islands	66.7	0.0%
129th	Philippines	66.7	0.6%
130th	Kyrgyz Republic	66.5	1.1%
131st	Moldova	66.2	0.0%
132nd	Fiji	66.2	0.3%
133rd	Russian Federation	65.9	1.8%
134th	Greenland	65.8	0.2%
135th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	65.7	0.8%
136th	Cabo Verde	65.5	2.9%
137th	El Salvador	65.5	0.9%
138th	Indonesia	65.5	0.3%
139th	Morocco	65.2	0.8%
140th	Nicaragua	65.2	0.5%
141st	Uzbekistan	64.8	0.2%
142nd	Iraq	64.6	-0.2%
143rd	Guatemala	64.5	1.4%
144th	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.3	0.2%
145th	Turkmenistan	63.5	0.0%
146th	Kiribati	63.5	0.5%
147th	Kazakhstan	63.5	-0.4%
148th	Palau	63.5	0.3%
149th	Suriname	63.1	0.5%
150th	Marshall Islands	62.8	0.4%
151st	Tuvalu	62.7	0.3%
152nd	Guyana	62.7	0.0%
153rd	Azerbaijan	62.7	1.2%
154th	Gabon	61.3	0.0%
155th	South Africa	61.1	-0.9%
156th	Papua New Guinea	61.1	0.2%
157th	India	61.0	0.7%
158th	Mongolia	61.0	0.2%
159th	Yemen, Republic of	60.9	0.6%
160th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.8	0.1%
161st	Tajikistan	60.8	-0.9%
162nd	São Tomé and Principe	60.6	0.1%
163rd	Pakistan	60.5	0.3%
164th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	60.3	0.8%
165th	Nauru	60.1	0.0%
166th	Nepal	60.0	1.2%
167th	Bhutan	60.0	1.2%
168th	Myanmar	59.2	0.8%
169th	Bangladesh	58.9	1.2%
170th	Mauritania	58.9	0.1%
171st	Comoros	58.2	0.6%
172nd	Sudan	57.6	0.3%
173rd	Senegal	57.1	-0.4%
174th	Ghana	57.0	0.5%
175th	Cambodia	56.8	0.5%
176th	Lao PDR	56.8	0.8%
177th	Namibia	56.6	-1.5%
178th	Djibouti	56.3	0.2%
179th	Haiti	56.1	1.0%
180th	Benin	55.6	0.5%
181st	Kenya	55.6	-0.5%
182nd	Eritrea	55.5	1.2%
183rd	Madagascar	55.5	1.2%
184th	Congo, Republic of	55.2	-0.4%
185th	Lesotho	55.1	-2.2%
186th	Gambia, The	54.8	1.0%
187th	Botswana	54.3	-0.8%
188th	Togo	53.8	0.2%
189th	Eswatini	53.3	-3.2%
190th	Cameroon	53.2	-0.3%
191st	Afghanistan	52.8	1.4%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	52.1	0.4%
193rd	Côte d'Ivoire	51.6	-0.2%
194th	Tanzania	51.1	0.2%
195th	Guinea	50.5	1.4%
196th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.5	-0.2%
197th	Burkina Faso	49.7	0.3%
198th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	49.4	-2.0%
199th	Zimbabwe	49.0	-4.2%
200th	Guinea-Bissau	48.8	0.5%
201st	Mali	48.5	0.4%
202nd	Timor-Leste	48.3	1.5%
203rd	Uganda	47.8	0.1%
204th	Central African Republic	47.7	-0.9%
205th	Chad	47.6	0.2%
206th	Mozambique	47.1	1.2%
207th	Angola	46.4	0.6%
208th	Niger	46.3	1.8%
209th	Nigeria	45.8	-0.1%
210th	Zambia	45.8	-0.6%
211th	Liberia	44.9	0.8%
212th	Burundi	44.8	0.5%
213th	Malawi	44.0	0.5%
214th	Sierra Leone	43.5	2.2%
215th	Rwanda	42.5	2.3%
216th	South Sudan	32.1	1.9%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1996?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1996 was 60.8. This ranked 160th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1996?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.1% in 1996 compared to 1995.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1996?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1996 at 81.1.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1996?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1996 was 60.8. This ranked 160th globally.

How does 1996 compare to 1995 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 60.8 in 1995 to 60.8 in 1996, a 0.1% increase.

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