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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of – Life Expectancy 2005

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
69.2 −0.1 from 2004 Global rank: 128th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 69.2 in 2005, decreased +0.1 from 69.3 in 2004. This was the 128th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 2005▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 2005
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Monaco 84.3 0.2%
2nd Andorra 83.1 0.3%
3rd Japan 82.0 -0.1%
4th San Marino 81.9 0.4%
5th Hong Kong SAR, China 81.6 -0.2%
6th Iceland 81.5 0.6%
7th Macao SAR, China 81.3 0.4%
8th Switzerland 81.2 0.2%
9th Gibraltar 81.0 0.2%
10th Australia 80.8 0.4%
11th Italy 80.8 0.0%
12th United Arab Emirates 80.8 0.6%
13th Liechtenstein 80.7 -1.3%
14th Sweden 80.5 0.1%
15th Spain 80.2 0.4%
16th France 80.2 0.0%
17th Israel 80.2 0.0%
18th Canada 80.1 0.2%
19th Channel Islands 80.1 0.4%
20th Norway 80.0 0.3%
21st Singapore 80.0 0.6%
22nd French Polynesia 80.0 0.2%
23rd New Zealand 79.9 0.4%
24th Faroe Islands 79.4 0.3%
25th Luxembourg 79.4 0.4%
26th Netherlands 79.3 0.3%
27th Austria 79.3 0.2%
28th Malta 79.3 0.1%
29th Greece 79.2 0.3%
30th Cyprus 79.2 0.2%
31st United Kingdom 79.0 0.4%
32nd Belgium 79.0 0.1%
33rd Ireland 78.9 0.5%
34th Germany 78.9 0.3%
35th Costa Rica 78.9 0.5%
36th Bermuda 78.9 0.0%
37th Finland 78.8 0.1%
38th Chile 78.5 0.2%
39th European Union 78.3 0.2%
40th Korea 78.2 0.6%
41st Portugal 78.1 0.5%
42nd Denmark 77.8 0.5%
43rd St. Martin (French part) 77.8 0.2%
44th Slovenia 77.6 0.5%
45th Cuba 77.5 0.3%
46th United States 77.5 0.0%
47th Isle of Man 77.5 0.8%
48th Virgin Islands (US) 77.4 -0.5%
49th Northern Mariana Islands 77.3 0.7%
50th Qatar 76.9 0.6%
51st Kuwait 76.8 0.1%
52nd Puerto Rico (US) 76.7 -0.3%
53rd Albania 76.4 0.6%
54th Guam 76.4 0.4%
55th Bosnia and Herzegovina 76.4 -0.1%
56th Bahrain 76.1 0.4%
57th Lebanon 76.1 0.5%
58th Turks and Caicos Islands 76.0 0.4%
59th Czechia 75.9 0.3%
60th Uruguay 75.8 0.7%
61st British Virgin Islands 75.6 0.2%
62nd Antigua and Barbuda 75.4 0.0%
63rd Croatia 75.2 -0.4%
64th Argentina 75.2 0.5%
65th Panama 75.2 0.4%
66th Oman 75.1 0.3%
67th Poland 75.0 0.2%
68th Barbados 75.0 -0.3%
69th New Caledonia 74.9 0.2%
70th Cayman Islands 74.9 0.4%
71st Maldives 74.8 2.4%
72nd Brunei Darussalam 74.7 0.1%
73rd Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 74.7 0.1%
74th Saudi Arabia 74.4 0.5%
75th Malaysia 74.4 0.5%
76th China 74.1 0.5%
77th Montenegro 74.0 -0.3%
78th Ecuador 73.9 0.1%
79th Slovak Republic 73.9 -0.1%
80th Curaçao 73.9 0.2%
81st Tunisia 73.7 0.3%
82nd Grenada 73.7 1.7%
83rd North Macedonia 73.7 0.1%
84th Mexico 73.6 0.3%
85th Türkiye 73.5 0.4%
86th Kosovo 73.4 0.4%
87th Aruba 73.4 0.3%
88th Bahamas, The 73.4 0.2%
89th Viet Nam 73.2 0.2%
90th Colombia 73.2 0.5%
91st Armenia 73.1 0.1%
92nd Sri Lanka 73.1 7.4%
93rd Jordan 73.0 0.3%
94th Thailand 72.9 1.1%
95th Algeria 72.8 0.4%
96th Serbia 72.8 0.2%
97th Syrian Arab Republic 72.8 0.4%
98th Hungary 72.6 0.0%
99th Estonia 72.6 0.9%
100th Bulgaria 72.6 0.0%
101st St. Lucia 72.5 0.1%
102nd Iran, Islamic Republic of 72.4 0.6%
103rd Mauritius 72.4 0.2%
104th American Samoa 72.4 0.1%
105th Seychelles 72.1 -0.7%
106th Dominica 72.0 0.0%
107th West Bank and Gaza 72.0 1.3%
108th Peru 72.0 0.8%
109th Romania 71.9 0.5%
110th Brazil 71.8 0.7%
111th Jamaica 71.5 -0.1%
112th Samoa 71.5 0.0%
113th Libya 71.4 0.3%
114th Latvia 71.4 -0.9%
115th Paraguay 71.3 0.4%
116th Lithuania 71.3 -1.0%
117th St. Kitts and Nevis 71.2 0.3%
118th Dominican Republic 71.0 0.4%
119th Cabo Verde 70.9 0.6%
120th Georgia 70.7 -0.5%
121st Tonga 70.6 0.2%
122nd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 70.5 0.0%
123rd Nicaragua 70.4 1.2%
124th Belize 70.3 0.3%
125th Trinidad and Tobago 70.2 0.4%
126th El Salvador 69.3 0.1%
127th Honduras 69.2 0.2%
128th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 69.2 -0.2%
129th Vanuatu 69.2 0.3%
130th Belarus 68.9 -0.2%
131st Morocco 68.7 0.7%
132nd Philippines 68.4 0.2%
133rd Egypt, Arab Republic of 68.4 0.2%
134th Greenland 68.2 0.8%
135th Moldova 68.2 0.3%
136th Guatemala 68.2 -0.1%
137th Kyrgyz Republic 68.0 -0.3%
138th Solomon Islands 67.8 0.2%
139th Azerbaijan 67.7 0.3%
140th Indonesia 67.5 3.1%
141st Ukraine 67.5 0.1%
142nd Uzbekistan 67.5 0.4%
143rd Suriname 67.0 1.0%
144th Tajikistan 66.5 -0.1%
145th Turkmenistan 66.3 0.3%
146th Palau 66.2 0.6%
147th Fiji 66.0 0.2%
148th Bhutan 65.9 0.9%
149th Russian Federation 65.5 0.1%
150th Kiribati 65.5 0.2%
151st Bangladesh 65.5 0.9%
152nd Kazakhstan 65.4 0.5%
153rd Yemen, Republic of 65.4 0.7%
154th Mongolia 65.3 1.0%
155th Nepal 65.3 0.8%
156th India 64.9 0.7%
157th Micronesia, Federated States of 64.9 0.0%
158th Iraq 64.9 0.4%
159th Guyana 64.4 0.3%
160th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 64.2 0.6%
161st Cambodia 64.1 1.4%
162nd Marshall Islands 64.1 0.1%
163rd Tuvalu 64.1 0.2%
164th Mauritania 63.9 0.9%
165th Gabon 63.0 0.5%
166th São Tomé and Principe 62.4 -0.2%
167th Pakistan 62.4 -1.1%
168th Papua New Guinea 61.9 0.1%
169th Myanmar 61.7 0.5%
170th Timor-Leste 61.3 0.9%
171st Senegal 61.0 1.1%
172nd Comoros 60.9 0.5%
173rd Lao PDR 60.7 1.0%
174th Madagascar 60.7 0.8%
175th Eritrea 60.6 0.9%
176th Haiti 60.3 3.1%
177th Ghana 59.6 0.5%
178th Nauru 59.4 0.0%
179th Gambia, The 59.1 0.6%
180th Congo, Republic of 58.7 1.3%
181st Djibouti 58.5 0.8%
182nd Kenya 58.5 1.0%
183rd Afghanistan 58.2 0.8%
184th Benin 57.7 0.7%
185th Tanzania 57.7 1.5%
186th Sudan 57.2 0.8%
187th Rwanda 57.0 2.6%
188th Liberia 56.8 1.5%
189th Togo 55.9 0.6%
190th Equatorial Guinea 55.8 0.8%
191st Uganda 54.9 2.3%
192nd Cameroon 54.9 0.6%
193rd Guinea 54.4 0.8%
194th Botswana 54.4 1.5%
195th Congo, Democratic Republic of 54.0 0.9%
196th South Sudan 54.0 1.7%
197th South Africa 53.9 -0.1%
198th Mali 53.8 1.0%
199th Niger 53.3 1.8%
200th Burkina Faso 53.3 1.3%
201st Burundi 53.1 1.6%
202nd Guinea-Bissau 52.9 0.3%
203rd Namibia 52.6 0.7%
204th Malawi 52.5 2.7%
205th Côte d'Ivoire 52.4 0.9%
206th Mozambique 52.3 0.9%
207th Angola 52.1 2.0%
208th Zambia 51.6 2.1%
209th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 50.9 0.4%
210th Nigeria 49.5 0.8%
211th Chad 48.9 0.4%
212th Sierra Leone 48.3 1.7%
213th Central African Republic 48.2 1.1%
214th Zimbabwe 46.6 1.1%
215th Eswatini 44.0 0.1%
216th Lesotho 43.6 -1.0%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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