Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 2002
60.9
−0.0 from 2001
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 60.9 in 2002, decreased +0.0 from 60.9 in 2001. This was the 169th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2002▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Monaco | 83.1 | 0.7% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 82.4 | 0.3% |
| 3rd | Japan | 81.7 | 0.3% |
| 4th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 81.5 | 0.0% |
| 5th | San Marino | 81.1 | 0.3% |
| 6th | Macao SAR, China | 80.9 | 0.4% |
| 7th | Gibraltar | 80.6 | 0.2% |
| 8th | Iceland | 80.5 | -0.2% |
| 9th | Switzerland | 80.4 | 0.3% |
| 10th | Italy | 80.2 | 0.1% |
| 11th | Australia | 79.9 | 0.4% |
| 12th | Sweden | 79.8 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Liechtenstein | 79.6 | 0.5% |
| 14th | Spain | 79.6 | 0.3% |
| 15th | French Polynesia | 79.5 | 0.3% |
| 16th | Canada | 79.5 | 0.2% |
| 17th | Israel | 79.5 | 0.1% |
| 18th | France | 79.3 | 0.1% |
| 19th | Channel Islands | 79.1 | 0.1% |
| 20th | Norway | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 21st | New Zealand | 78.8 | 0.2% |
| 22nd | Bermuda | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 23rd | Faroe Islands | 78.8 | 0.3% |
| 24th | Cyprus | 78.8 | 0.7% |
| 25th | Malta | 78.7 | -0.1% |
| 26th | United Arab Emirates | 78.7 | 1.4% |
| 27th | Austria | 78.7 | 0.1% |
| 28th | Greece | 78.6 | 0.3% |
| 29th | Singapore | 78.6 | 0.4% |
| 30th | Netherlands | 78.3 | 0.1% |
| 31st | Germany | 78.2 | -0.1% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 33rd | Finland | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 34th | Belgium | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 35th | Luxembourg | 78.0 | 0.2% |
| 36th | Costa Rica | 77.9 | 0.4% |
| 37th | Chile | 77.8 | 0.3% |
| 38th | Ireland | 77.6 | 0.6% |
| 39th | European Union | 77.5 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Virgin Islands (US) | 77.5 | -0.1% |
| 41st | St. Martin (French part) | 77.2 | 0.3% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 77.1 | 0.3% |
| 43rd | United States | 76.9 | 0.1% |
| 44th | Denmark | 76.9 | 0.1% |
| 45th | Puerto Rico (US) | 76.8 | 1.1% |
| 46th | Cuba | 76.8 | 0.4% |
| 47th | Korea | 76.8 | 0.5% |
| 48th | Kuwait | 76.5 | 0.2% |
| 49th | Slovenia | 76.0 | 0.3% |
| 50th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.0 | 0.6% |
| 51st | Northern Mariana Islands | 75.9 | 0.7% |
| 52nd | Isle of Man | 75.8 | 0.7% |
| 53rd | Qatar | 75.8 | 0.4% |
| 54th | Guam | 75.5 | 0.4% |
| 55th | Albania | 75.3 | 0.3% |
| 56th | Antigua and Barbuda | 75.2 | 0.2% |
| 57th | Czechia | 75.2 | 0.1% |
| 58th | Bahrain | 75.2 | 0.4% |
| 59th | Uruguay | 75.0 | 0.0% |
| 60th | British Virgin Islands | 75.0 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 74.8 | 0.6% |
| 62nd | Lebanon | 74.8 | 0.6% |
| 63rd | Barbados | 74.8 | 0.2% |
| 64th | Croatia | 74.7 | 0.3% |
| 65th | Cayman Islands | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 66th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 74.6 | 0.1% |
| 67th | Poland | 74.5 | 0.4% |
| 68th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.4 | 0.2% |
| 69th | Argentina | 74.3 | 0.2% |
| 70th | New Caledonia | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 71st | Oman | 74.3 | 0.4% |
| 72nd | Panama | 74.2 | 0.5% |
| 73rd | Montenegro | 74.0 | 0.5% |
| 74th | Slovak Republic | 73.6 | 0.3% |
| 75th | Curaçao | 73.5 | 0.2% |
| 76th | Malaysia | 73.5 | 0.5% |
| 77th | Saudi Arabia | 73.3 | 0.5% |
| 78th | Ecuador | 73.2 | 0.8% |
| 79th | Grenada | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 80th | Viet Nam | 73.1 | 0.2% |
| 81st | Aruba | 73.1 | 0.1% |
| 82nd | Mexico | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 73.1 | 0.3% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | 73.0 | -0.5% |
| 85th | China | 73.0 | 0.5% |
| 86th | Bahamas, The | 73.0 | 0.4% |
| 87th | Armenia | 72.8 | -0.2% |
| 88th | Türkiye | 72.6 | 0.5% |
| 89th | Maldives | 72.4 | 1.0% |
| 90th | Jordan | 72.4 | 0.3% |
| 91st | Hungary | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Serbia | 72.3 | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 72.3 | 0.7% |
| 94th | Kosovo | 72.2 | 0.6% |
| 95th | Mauritius | 72.0 | 0.3% |
| 96th | Dominica | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 97th | Bulgaria | 71.9 | 0.1% |
| 98th | Thailand | 71.8 | 0.4% |
| 99th | Lithuania | 71.8 | 0.1% |
| 100th | American Samoa | 71.8 | 0.3% |
| 101st | Syrian Arab Republic | 71.7 | 0.6% |
| 102nd | St. Lucia | 71.7 | 0.5% |
| 103rd | Algeria | 71.6 | 0.9% |
| 104th | Colombia | 71.5 | 0.5% |
| 105th | Jamaica | 71.5 | 0.3% |
| 106th | Samoa | 71.2 | 0.3% |
| 107th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 71.1 | 0.7% |
| 108th | Seychelles | 71.1 | -3.0% |
| 109th | Romania | 71.0 | -0.2% |
| 110th | Latvia | 71.0 | 0.3% |
| 111th | Estonia | 70.9 | 0.9% |
| 112th | West Bank and Gaza | 70.9 | 1.6% |
| 113th | Peru | 70.8 | 0.7% |
| 114th | Libya | 70.8 | 0.2% |
| 115th | Dominican Republic | 70.7 | 0.2% |
| 116th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 70.7 | 0.4% |
| 117th | Paraguay | 70.5 | 0.4% |
| 118th | Georgia | 70.4 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Brazil | 70.4 | 0.6% |
| 120th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 70.2 | 0.6% |
| 121st | Tonga | 70.0 | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Belize | 69.5 | 0.8% |
| 123rd | Cabo Verde | 69.4 | 1.1% |
| 124th | Trinidad and Tobago | 69.2 | 0.5% |
| 125th | Vanuatu | 68.8 | 0.2% |
| 126th | Honduras | 68.7 | 0.3% |
| 127th | El Salvador | 68.5 | 0.8% |
| 128th | Kyrgyz Republic | 68.2 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Belarus | 68.1 | -0.7% |
| 130th | Nicaragua | 68.0 | 1.4% |
| 131st | Philippines | 67.9 | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 67.8 | 0.3% |
| 133rd | Guatemala | 67.8 | 0.6% |
| 134th | Moldova | 67.8 | 0.2% |
| 135th | Ukraine | 67.7 | 0.0% |
| 136th | Morocco | 67.6 | 0.6% |
| 137th | Solomon Islands | 67.4 | 0.2% |
| 138th | Indonesia | 67.0 | 0.6% |
| 139th | Azerbaijan | 66.8 | 1.1% |
| 140th | Greenland | 66.6 | 0.6% |
| 141st | Uzbekistan | 66.4 | 0.8% |
| 142nd | Iraq | 65.7 | 0.7% |
| 143rd | Turkmenistan | 65.6 | 0.4% |
| 144th | Fiji | 65.5 | -1.1% |
| 145th | Suriname | 65.3 | 0.7% |
| 146th | Russian Federation | 65.1 | -0.4% |
| 147th | Kiribati | 65.1 | 0.3% |
| 148th | Palau | 65.1 | 0.4% |
| 149th | Tajikistan | 64.9 | 1.1% |
| 150th | Kazakhstan | 64.4 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Guyana | 64.2 | -0.3% |
| 152nd | Bhutan | 64.0 | 1.0% |
| 153rd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 63.9 | -1.4% |
| 154th | Marshall Islands | 63.8 | 0.2% |
| 155th | Tuvalu | 63.8 | 0.2% |
| 156th | Yemen, Republic of | 63.8 | 0.8% |
| 157th | India | 63.6 | 0.8% |
| 158th | Bangladesh | 63.6 | 1.2% |
| 159th | Mongolia | 63.5 | 0.2% |
| 160th | Nepal | 63.5 | 0.3% |
| 161st | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 63.1 | 0.8% |
| 162nd | Pakistan | 62.6 | 0.5% |
| 163rd | Mauritania | 62.2 | 1.0% |
| 164th | Gabon | 62.2 | 0.3% |
| 165th | São Tomé and Principe | 61.8 | 0.5% |
| 166th | Papua New Guinea | 61.6 | 0.0% |
| 167th | Cambodia | 61.4 | 1.6% |
| 168th | Myanmar | 60.9 | 0.5% |
| 169th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 60.9 | 0.0% |
| 170th | Comoros | 59.7 | 0.2% |
| 171st | Timor-Leste | 59.5 | 1.2% |
| 172nd | Nauru | 59.4 | -0.1% |
| 173rd | Sudan | 59.3 | 0.1% |
| 174th | Lao PDR | 59.3 | 0.7% |
| 175th | Madagascar | 59.2 | 0.8% |
| 176th | Haiti | 59.0 | 0.8% |
| 177th | Eritrea | 58.9 | 1.0% |
| 178th | Senegal | 58.9 | 1.3% |
| 179th | Ghana | 58.7 | 0.5% |
| 180th | Djibouti | 57.8 | 0.6% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 57.7 | 0.8% |
| 182nd | Benin | 56.9 | 0.3% |
| 183rd | Kenya | 56.8 | 0.5% |
| 184th | Congo, Republic of | 56.4 | 0.9% |
| 185th | Afghanistan | 56.2 | 1.3% |
| 186th | South Africa | 55.6 | -2.8% |
| 187th | Togo | 55.0 | 0.5% |
| 188th | Tanzania | 54.9 | 1.5% |
| 189th | Equatorial Guinea | 54.3 | 0.9% |
| 190th | Liberia | 54.1 | 1.8% |
| 191st | Cameroon | 53.9 | 0.6% |
| 192nd | Guinea | 53.2 | 1.0% |
| 193rd | Botswana | 52.4 | 0.3% |
| 194th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 52.4 | 0.3% |
| 195th | Mali | 52.0 | 1.4% |
| 196th | Namibia | 52.0 | 0.0% |
| 197th | Guinea-Bissau | 51.6 | 1.1% |
| 198th | Côte d'Ivoire | 51.5 | 0.2% |
| 199th | Burkina Faso | 51.4 | 0.5% |
| 200th | Uganda | 51.4 | 1.7% |
| 201st | Rwanda | 51.3 | 3.6% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 50.9 | 1.2% |
| 203rd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.8 | 0.0% |
| 204th | Niger | 50.6 | 1.5% |
| 205th | Burundi | 49.9 | 2.9% |
| 206th | South Sudan | 49.4 | 1.7% |
| 207th | Zambia | 48.5 | 2.2% |
| 208th | Chad | 48.4 | 0.1% |
| 209th | Malawi | 48.2 | 2.1% |
| 210th | Nigeria | 48.0 | 1.0% |
| 211th | Angola | 47.9 | 1.8% |
| 212th | Central African Republic | 46.8 | 0.2% |
| 213th | Sierra Leone | 46.2 | 1.6% |
| 214th | Lesotho | 46.0 | -2.6% |
| 215th | Zimbabwe | 45.9 | 3.2% |
| 216th | Eswatini | 45.4 | -2.1% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2002?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2002 was 60.9. This ranked 169th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2002?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy decreased by 0.0% in 2002 compared to 2001.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2002?▾
Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2002 at 83.1.
What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2002?▾
The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2002 was 60.9. This ranked 169th globally.
How does 2002 compare to 2001 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 60.9 in 2001 to 60.9 in 2002, a 0.0% decrease.
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