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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1999

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Life Expectancy 1999
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

60.9 +0.0 from 1998 Global rank: 165th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 60.9 in 1999, increased +0.0 from 60.9 in 1998. This was the 165th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	81.8	0.3%
2nd	Andorra	81.6	0.3%
3rd	Japan	80.5	-0.1%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	80.4	0.3%
5th	San Marino	80.2	0.4%
6th	Gibraltar	79.8	0.4%
7th	Switzerland	79.6	0.3%
8th	Sweden	79.4	0.1%
9th	Italy	79.4	0.6%
10th	Iceland	79.4	-0.3%
11th	Liechtenstein	79.1	1.8%
12th	Channel Islands	79.1	0.8%
13th	Macao SAR, China	79.0	1.0%
14th	Australia	78.9	0.4%
15th	Canada	78.8	0.3%
16th	France	78.8	0.2%
17th	Spain	78.7	0.1%
18th	Israel	78.7	0.7%
19th	French Polynesia	78.6	0.9%
20th	Norway	78.3	-0.1%
21st	Faroe Islands	78.2	0.3%
22nd	Greece	78.0	0.2%
23rd	New Zealand	77.9	-0.2%
24th	Austria	77.9	0.3%
25th	Bermuda	77.9	0.6%
26th	Netherlands	77.8	-0.1%
27th	Luxembourg	77.8	1.0%
28th	Germany	77.7	0.3%
29th	Belgium	77.6	0.2%
30th	Cyprus	77.6	0.5%
31st	Singapore	77.6	0.3%
32nd	Malta	77.5	-0.1%
33rd	United Kingdom	77.4	0.3%
34th	Finland	77.3	0.3%
35th	Costa Rica	77.1	0.2%
36th	European Union	76.7	0.3%
37th	Chile	76.7	0.5%
38th	United States	76.6	0.0%
39th	St. Martin (French part)	76.6	0.3%
40th	Denmark	76.3	0.3%
41st	Ireland	76.1	-0.1%
42nd	Kuwait	76.1	0.1%
43rd	Portugal	76.0	0.3%
44th	Cuba	75.7	0.4%
45th	Korea	75.4	0.5%
46th	Puerto Rico (US)	75.3	1.0%
47th	Qatar	75.0	0.2%
48th	Slovenia	75.0	0.3%
49th	United Arab Emirates	75.0	1.8%
50th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.9	0.6%
51st	Guam	74.8	0.0%
52nd	Czechia	74.7	0.2%
53rd	British Virgin Islands	74.7	0.1%
54th	Barbados	74.6	0.2%
55th	Albania	74.6	0.3%
56th	Isle of Man	74.5	0.4%
57th	Antigua and Barbuda	74.5	0.4%
58th	Bahrain	74.4	0.4%
59th	Uruguay	74.3	0.4%
60th	Northern Mariana Islands	74.3	0.9%
61st	Cayman Islands	74.2	0.2%
62nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.2	0.4%
63rd	Brunei Darussalam	73.8	0.3%
64th	Argentina	73.7	0.4%
65th	Turks and Caicos Islands	73.5	0.6%
66th	Lebanon	73.5	0.4%
67th	Oman	73.3	0.5%
68th	Curaçao	73.2	0.1%
69th	Montenegro	73.1	-0.2%
70th	New Caledonia	73.1	0.6%
71st	Panama	73.1	0.5%
72nd	Poland	73.0	0.1%
73rd	Slovak Republic	72.9	0.5%
74th	Grenada	72.9	0.2%
75th	Aruba	72.9	-0.1%
76th	North Macedonia	72.8	0.7%
77th	Seychelles	72.7	1.3%
78th	Croatia	72.6	0.4%
79th	Viet Nam	72.6	0.4%
80th	Malaysia	72.4	0.1%
81st	Tunisia	72.3	0.4%
82nd	Saudi Arabia	72.3	0.5%
83rd	Mexico	72.2	0.6%
84th	Bahamas, The	72.1	0.4%
85th	China	72.0	0.5%
86th	Ecuador	71.9	0.0%
87th	Jordan	71.7	0.3%
88th	Lithuania	71.6	0.5%
89th	Dominica	71.5	0.2%
90th	American Samoa	71.5	-0.1%
91st	Bulgaria	71.4	0.5%
92nd	Jamaica	71.2	0.0%
93rd	Virgin Islands (US)	71.1	-0.2%
94th	Thailand	71.0	0.4%
95th	Mauritius	71.0	0.5%
96th	Colombia	70.9	0.0%
97th	West Bank and Gaza	70.8	0.3%
98th	Türkiye	70.8	-0.6%
99th	St. Lucia	70.7	0.0%
100th	Hungary	70.7	0.2%
101st	Libya	70.6	-0.1%
102nd	Samoa	70.6	0.4%
103rd	Romania	70.5	1.0%
104th	Syrian Arab Republic	70.5	0.4%
105th	Sri Lanka	70.4	0.4%
106th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.3	0.1%
107th	Armenia	70.2	0.6%
108th	Dominican Republic	70.2	0.4%
109th	Maldives	70.2	1.2%
110th	Algeria	70.1	1.1%
111th	Estonia	70.1	1.0%
112th	Georgia	70.0	0.3%
113th	Serbia	69.9	-3.1%
114th	Paraguay	69.8	0.4%
115th	Latvia	69.7	1.1%
116th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	69.7	0.7%
117th	Tonga	69.4	0.3%
118th	Peru	69.3	0.8%
119th	Brazil	69.2	0.5%
120th	Belize	69.0	0.1%
121st	St. Kitts and Nevis	68.7	1.2%
122nd	Kyrgyz Republic	68.7	2.4%
123rd	Trinidad and Tobago	68.5	0.3%
124th	Honduras	68.0	8.9%
125th	Ukraine	68.0	0.0%
126th	Vanuatu	67.9	-0.7%
127th	Belarus	67.9	-0.7%
128th	Philippines	67.5	0.4%
129th	Cabo Verde	67.4	1.0%
130th	El Salvador	67.3	0.9%
131st	Moldova	67.2	0.5%
132nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	67.0	0.6%
133rd	Solomon Islands	67.0	0.2%
134th	Fiji	66.7	0.3%
135th	Guatemala	66.6	1.0%
136th	Greenland	66.5	0.5%
137th	Morocco	66.4	0.6%
138th	Indonesia	66.0	0.1%
139th	Russian Federation	66.0	-1.6%
140th	Nicaragua	65.9	2.8%
141st	Uzbekistan	65.3	0.2%
142nd	Azerbaijan	64.7	1.5%
143rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.6	0.2%
144th	Iraq	64.5	0.2%
145th	Turkmenistan	64.5	0.8%
146th	Kiribati	64.4	0.5%
147th	Palau	64.2	0.4%
148th	Suriname	64.0	0.5%
149th	Guyana	63.8	0.5%
150th	Kazakhstan	63.5	0.3%
151st	Marshall Islands	63.4	0.3%
152nd	Tuvalu	63.3	0.3%
153rd	Tajikistan	63.1	1.1%
154th	Mongolia	62.8	1.1%
155th	India	62.3	0.7%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	62.3	0.8%
157th	Nepal	62.0	0.8%
158th	Bhutan	62.0	1.2%
159th	Gabon	61.7	0.2%
160th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.7	0.7%
161st	Pakistan	61.5	0.7%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	61.5	1.8%
163rd	Bangladesh	61.2	1.3%
164th	São Tomé and Principe	61.0	0.3%
165th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.9	0.0%
166th	Mauritania	60.4	0.9%
167th	Myanmar	60.1	0.4%
168th	Nauru	59.7	-0.3%
169th	South Africa	59.2	-1.2%
170th	Comoros	58.9	0.9%
171st	Cambodia	58.6	1.3%
172nd	Sudan	58.6	0.5%
173rd	Kosovo	58.3	-15.0%
174th	Lao PDR	57.9	0.6%
175th	Ghana	57.8	0.5%
176th	Haiti	57.7	1.0%
177th	Madagascar	57.4	1.1%
178th	Senegal	57.3	0.4%
179th	Djibouti	56.6	0.2%
180th	Gambia, The	56.5	0.8%
181st	Benin	56.3	0.3%
182nd	Kenya	55.9	0.5%
183rd	Afghanistan	54.5	3.9%
184th	Congo, Republic of	54.4	3.6%
185th	Togo	54.3	0.7%
186th	Namibia	54.0	-1.4%
187th	Cameroon	53.2	0.2%
188th	Equatorial Guinea	53.0	0.7%
189th	Botswana	52.5	-0.9%
190th	Tanzania	52.4	1.1%
191st	Guinea	52.0	0.7%
192nd	Côte d'Ivoire	51.3	0.1%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.6	-0.3%
194th	Burkina Faso	50.5	0.6%
195th	Liberia	50.4	2.1%
196th	Lesotho	50.4	-3.2%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	50.1	0.9%
198th	Mali	50.1	0.9%
199th	Uganda	49.0	1.5%
200th	Mozambique	48.8	1.3%
201st	Eswatini	48.8	-2.5%
202nd	Guinea-Bissau	48.5	0.8%
203rd	Niger	48.5	1.4%
204th	Chad	47.9	0.3%
205th	Burundi	47.6	2.0%
206th	Central African Republic	46.9	-0.4%
207th	Nigeria	46.6	1.0%
208th	Zimbabwe	46.4	-2.5%
209th	Zambia	45.9	0.5%
210th	Angola	45.8	0.8%
211th	Rwanda	45.7	6.1%
212th	Timor-Leste	45.2	-6.9%
213th	Malawi	45.1	1.7%
214th	South Sudan	44.5	133.8%
215th	Eritrea	44.5	-11.0%
216th	Sierra Leone	42.0	-1.8%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1999?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1999 was 60.9. This ranked 165th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1999?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.0% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1999?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1999 at 81.8.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1999?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1999 was 60.9. This ranked 165th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 60.9 in 1998 to 60.9 in 1999, a 0.0% increase.

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