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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 2012

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

71.3 +0.5 from 2011 Global rank: 125th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 71.3 in 2012, increased +0.5 from 70.8 in 2011. This was the 125th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2012▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2012
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	85.0	0.0%
2nd	Andorra	84.3	0.0%
3rd	San Marino	83.9	0.3%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	83.5	0.0%
5th	Japan	83.1	0.6%
6th	Iceland	82.9	0.7%
7th	Switzerland	82.7	0.0%
8th	Gibraltar	82.5	0.2%
9th	Macao SAR, China	82.5	0.0%
10th	Spain	82.4	-0.1%
11th	Liechtenstein	82.4	0.7%
12th	Italy	82.2	0.1%
13th	Australia	82.0	0.2%
14th	Singapore	82.0	0.3%
15th	France	82.0	-0.2%
16th	United Arab Emirates	81.9	0.0%
17th	Israel	81.7	0.1%
18th	Sweden	81.7	-0.1%
19th	French Polynesia	81.7	0.3%
20th	Canada	81.7	0.2%
21st	Norway	81.5	0.2%
22nd	New Zealand	81.4	0.3%
23rd	Luxembourg	81.4	0.5%
24th	Channel Islands	81.3	-0.1%
25th	Cyprus	81.1	0.3%
26th	Netherlands	81.1	-0.1%
27th	Faroe Islands	81.1	0.2%
28th	Austria	80.9	-0.1%
29th	United Kingdom	80.9	-0.1%
30th	Ireland	80.8	0.1%
31st	Korea	80.8	0.3%
32nd	Malta	80.7	0.0%
33rd	Greece	80.6	-0.1%
34th	Finland	80.6	0.2%
35th	Germany	80.5	0.1%
36th	Qatar	80.5	0.6%
37th	Belgium	80.4	-0.2%
38th	Portugal	80.4	-0.1%
39th	European Union	80.2	0.0%
40th	Slovenia	80.1	0.2%
41st	Denmark	80.1	0.3%
42nd	Isle of Man	80.0	0.2%
43rd	Costa Rica	79.9	0.4%
44th	Bermuda	79.8	0.2%
45th	Bahrain	79.6	0.6%
46th	St. Martin (French part)	79.3	0.4%
47th	Puerto Rico (US)	79.3	0.6%
48th	Chile	79.2	0.0%
49th	United States	78.7	0.1%
50th	Virgin Islands (US)	78.5	0.3%
51st	Kuwait	78.4	0.4%
52nd	Oman	78.2	0.6%
53rd	Cuba	78.2	0.1%
54th	Albania	78.1	-0.3%
55th	Czechia	78.1	0.3%
56th	Lebanon	77.9	0.2%
57th	Northern Mariana Islands	77.6	-0.2%
58th	Maldives	77.5	0.5%
59th	Croatia	77.2	0.5%
60th	Cayman Islands	77.1	0.7%
61st	Antigua and Barbuda	77.1	0.1%
62nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.0	0.1%
63rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.0	0.1%
64th	Panama	76.9	0.3%
65th	Poland	76.7	0.1%
66th	Uruguay	76.7	0.1%
67th	New Caledonia	76.6	0.4%
68th	British Virgin Islands	76.4	0.1%
69th	Estonia	76.3	0.1%
70th	Montenegro	76.3	0.3%
71st	Guam	76.2	0.1%
72nd	China	76.2	0.4%
73rd	Slovak Republic	76.1	0.2%
74th	Saudi Arabia	76.1	0.4%
75th	Curaçao	76.0	0.5%
76th	Argentina	75.8	-0.4%
77th	Kosovo	75.8	0.6%
78th	Barbados	75.7	0.2%
79th	Colombia	75.6	0.6%
80th	Thailand	75.6	0.4%
81st	Malaysia	75.6	0.1%
82nd	Türkiye	75.6	1.0%
83rd	Ecuador	75.5	0.4%
84th	Sri Lanka	75.2	0.6%
85th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	75.1	0.3%
86th	Hungary	75.1	0.3%
87th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	75.0	0.4%
88th	Grenada	75.0	0.1%
89th	North Macedonia	74.9	-0.3%
90th	Brunei Darussalam	74.8	0.0%
91st	Aruba	74.8	0.4%
92nd	Serbia	74.8	0.4%
93rd	Algeria	74.6	0.3%
94th	Tunisia	74.6	0.2%
95th	Romania	74.4	0.0%
96th	Brazil	74.3	0.4%
97th	Bulgaria	74.3	0.2%
98th	Seychelles	74.3	2.1%
99th	Mexico	74.1	0.3%
100th	Armenia	74.1	0.4%
101st	Jordan	74.1	0.2%
102nd	Peru	74.0	0.9%
103rd	Lithuania	73.9	0.4%
104th	Mauritius	73.9	0.8%
105th	Latvia	73.8	0.3%
106th	Viet Nam	73.8	0.1%
107th	West Bank and Gaza	73.7	0.2%
108th	Bahamas, The	73.7	0.2%
109th	Cabo Verde	73.3	0.6%
110th	Paraguay	73.1	0.4%
111th	St. Lucia	72.9	-0.1%
112th	Dominican Republic	72.8	0.4%
113th	American Samoa	72.7	0.1%
114th	Georgia	72.7	0.3%
115th	Trinidad and Tobago	72.5	0.4%
116th	Nicaragua	72.4	0.6%
117th	Jamaica	72.4	0.2%
118th	Libya	72.2	3.2%
119th	Belarus	72.0	2.0%
120th	Morocco	71.7	0.6%
121st	Tonga	71.5	0.2%
122nd	El Salvador	71.4	0.3%
123rd	Dominica	71.4	-0.2%
124th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.4	-0.1%
125th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	71.3	0.8%
126th	Samoa	71.2	-0.3%
127th	Belize	71.1	0.2%
128th	Ukraine	71.1	0.5%
129th	Azerbaijan	71.1	0.7%
130th	Guatemala	70.7	0.6%
131st	Greenland	70.5	0.4%
132nd	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.5	-0.1%
133rd	Honduras	70.5	0.5%
134th	Uzbekistan	70.4	0.4%
135th	Moldova	70.3	0.2%
136th	Russian Federation	70.1	0.6%
137th	Kyrgyz Republic	70.0	0.6%
138th	Suriname	70.0	0.2%
139th	Kazakhstan	69.9	1.2%
140th	Vanuatu	69.9	0.2%
141st	Bhutan	69.8	0.7%
142nd	Mongolia	69.5	0.6%
143rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	69.5	0.3%
144th	Philippines	69.2	0.2%
145th	Tajikistan	69.1	0.6%
146th	Bangladesh	69.0	0.7%
147th	Solomon Islands	69.0	0.2%
148th	Turkmenistan	69.0	0.1%
149th	Palau	68.9	0.3%
150th	Indonesia	68.9	0.3%
151st	Iraq	68.8	0.6%
152nd	Cambodia	68.4	0.7%
153rd	India	68.1	0.7%
154th	Yemen, Republic of	67.6	0.2%
155th	Nepal	67.4	0.4%
156th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	66.6	0.5%
157th	Guyana	66.4	0.0%
158th	Syrian Arab Republic	66.2	-8.4%
159th	Kiribati	65.9	0.0%
160th	Fiji	65.8	-1.6%
161st	Mauritania	65.8	0.1%
162nd	Gabon	65.4	0.5%
163rd	Senegal	65.2	0.7%
164th	Lao PDR	65.1	1.0%
165th	Micronesia, Federated States of	65.1	0.2%
166th	Tuvalu	65.1	0.2%
167th	Pakistan	64.9	0.3%
168th	Marshall Islands	64.8	0.2%
169th	Eritrea	64.7	0.7%
170th	São Tomé and Principe	64.5	0.6%
171st	Timor-Leste	64.4	0.6%
172nd	Myanmar	64.3	0.6%
173rd	Rwanda	64.2	1.1%
174th	Papua New Guinea	63.6	0.4%
175th	Comoros	63.5	0.6%
176th	Sudan	63.4	0.4%
177th	Madagascar	63.0	0.2%
178th	Congo, Republic of	62.7	0.6%
179th	Tanzania	62.3	1.1%
180th	Haiti	62.3	1.1%
181st	Ghana	62.0	0.6%
182nd	Gambia, The	61.9	0.6%
183rd	South Africa	61.7	1.9%
184th	Afghanistan	61.7	0.8%
185th	Djibouti	61.7	0.6%
186th	Uganda	61.6	1.3%
187th	Kenya	61.5	0.4%
188th	Nauru	60.5	0.4%
189th	Botswana	60.4	1.1%
190th	Malawi	59.9	1.7%
191st	Liberia	59.8	0.5%
192nd	Equatorial Guinea	59.3	0.8%
193rd	Angola	58.9	1.4%
194th	Zambia	58.7	1.5%
195th	Benin	58.6	0.2%
196th	Burundi	58.5	1.2%
197th	Guinea-Bissau	58.3	1.1%
198th	South Sudan	58.2	1.0%
199th	Cameroon	58.2	1.2%
200th	Niger	58.0	0.7%
201st	Togo	57.9	0.6%
202nd	Namibia	57.7	1.9%
203rd	Burkina Faso	57.5	0.8%
204th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	57.4	0.8%
205th	Guinea	57.1	0.6%
206th	Mali	56.7	0.6%
207th	Côte d'Ivoire	56.6	1.1%
208th	Mozambique	56.5	1.3%
209th	Zimbabwe	55.4	2.7%
210th	Sierra Leone	53.2	1.1%
211th	Nigeria	51.7	0.4%
212th	Central African Republic	51.3	2.5%
213th	Chad	50.8	0.7%
214th	Eswatini	50.7	3.4%
215th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	49.1	51.4%
216th	Lesotho	48.2	2.8%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2012?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2012 was 71.3. This ranked 125th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2012?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.8% in 2012 compared to 2011.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2012?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2012 at 85.0.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2012?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2012 was 71.3. This ranked 125th globally.

How does 2012 compare to 2011 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 70.8 in 2011 to 71.3 in 2012, a 0.8% increase.

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