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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

72.8 +0.4 from 2014 Global rank: 118th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 72.8 in 2015, increased +0.4 from 72.5 in 2014. This was the 118th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2015▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2015
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	85.3	0.3%
2nd	San Marino	84.6	0.2%
3rd	Andorra	84.5	0.1%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	84.3	0.4%
5th	Japan	83.8	0.2%
6th	Macao SAR, China	83.2	0.2%
7th	Switzerland	82.9	-0.4%
8th	Spain	82.8	-0.5%
9th	Singapore	82.7	0.3%
10th	Gibraltar	82.7	0.0%
11th	Liechtenstein	82.7	0.7%
12th	Italy	82.5	-0.7%
13th	Iceland	82.5	-0.5%
14th	Australia	82.4	0.1%
15th	French Polynesia	82.3	0.2%
16th	France	82.3	-0.5%
17th	Norway	82.3	0.2%
18th	Luxembourg	82.3	0.1%
19th	Sweden	82.2	-0.1%
20th	United Arab Emirates	82.1	0.1%
21st	Israel	82.1	-0.1%
22nd	Korea	82.0	0.4%
23rd	Malta	81.9	-0.2%
24th	Canada	81.8	0.1%
25th	Faroe Islands	81.8	0.2%
26th	Qatar	81.8	0.5%
27th	New Zealand	81.6	0.2%
28th	Netherlands	81.5	-0.2%
29th	Finland	81.5	0.4%
30th	Cyprus	81.5	0.2%
31st	Ireland	81.5	0.1%
32nd	Channel Islands	81.4	-0.2%
33rd	Austria	81.2	-0.4%
34th	Portugal	81.1	0.0%
35th	Greece	81.0	-0.4%
36th	Belgium	81.0	-0.4%
37th	United Kingdom	81.0	-0.4%
38th	Slovenia	80.8	-0.4%
39th	Denmark	80.7	0.0%
40th	Puerto Rico (US)	80.7	0.8%
41st	Germany	80.6	-0.6%
42nd	European Union	80.6	-0.4%
43rd	Costa Rica	80.4	0.2%
44th	Bahrain	80.3	0.2%
45th	Bermuda	80.3	0.2%
46th	Isle of Man	80.3	0.1%
47th	Chile	80.0	0.4%
48th	St. Martin (French part)	79.8	0.1%
49th	Kuwait	79.4	0.4%
50th	Oman	79.3	0.4%
51st	Virgin Islands (US)	79.0	0.2%
52nd	United States	78.7	-0.2%
53rd	Maldives	78.6	0.5%
54th	Czechia	78.6	-0.3%
55th	Albania	78.4	0.4%
56th	Lebanon	78.3	0.2%
57th	Cayman Islands	78.1	0.3%
58th	Saudi Arabia	77.8	0.9%
59th	Cuba	77.7	-0.1%
60th	Estonia	77.6	0.7%
61st	Panama	77.6	0.3%
62nd	Poland	77.5	-0.2%
63rd	Northern Mariana Islands	77.4	0.0%
64th	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.3	0.1%
65th	Uruguay	77.3	0.1%
66th	Croatia	77.3	-0.6%
67th	New Caledonia	77.2	0.2%
68th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.1	0.0%
69th	China	77.0	0.3%
70th	Antigua and Barbuda	76.9	0.0%
71st	Montenegro	76.6	0.3%
72nd	Argentina	76.6	0.4%
73rd	Slovak Republic	76.6	-0.3%
74th	Thailand	76.6	0.4%
75th	British Virgin Islands	76.6	0.0%
76th	Türkiye	76.5	0.1%
77th	Curaçao	76.5	0.1%
78th	Guam	76.4	0.0%
79th	Ecuador	76.2	0.1%
80th	Colombia	76.1	0.2%
81st	Barbados	76.1	0.2%
82nd	Kosovo	76.0	-0.2%
83rd	Sri Lanka	76.0	0.3%
84th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	75.9	0.4%
85th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	75.9	0.2%
86th	Peru	75.7	0.6%
87th	Hungary	75.6	-0.3%
88th	Aruba	75.4	0.2%
89th	North Macedonia	75.4	-0.1%
90th	Malaysia	75.3	-0.1%
91st	Serbia	75.3	-0.1%
92nd	Algeria	75.2	0.2%
93rd	Brazil	75.1	0.4%
94th	Jordan	75.1	0.6%
95th	Grenada	75.0	0.0%
96th	Romania	74.9	0.0%
97th	Brunei Darussalam	74.9	0.0%
98th	Tunisia	74.9	0.1%
99th	Armenia	74.9	0.0%
100th	Bulgaria	74.6	0.2%
101st	West Bank and Gaza	74.6	2.5%
102nd	Latvia	74.5	0.5%
103rd	Mexico	74.4	0.0%
104th	Mauritius	74.4	0.2%
105th	Lithuania	74.3	-0.3%
106th	Seychelles	74.3	1.5%
107th	Cabo Verde	74.1	0.4%
108th	Viet Nam	74.0	0.1%
109th	Bahamas, The	73.8	-0.3%
110th	Belarus	73.6	0.9%
111th	Paraguay	73.5	0.1%
112th	Georgia	73.2	0.2%
113th	Dominican Republic	73.0	-0.2%
114th	St. Lucia	72.9	0.4%
115th	Nicaragua	72.9	0.1%
116th	Morocco	72.9	0.5%
117th	Trinidad and Tobago	72.9	0.0%
118th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	72.8	0.5%
119th	Ukraine	72.7	1.2%
120th	American Samoa	72.7	0.0%
121st	Azerbaijan	72.3	0.6%
122nd	Jamaica	72.2	-0.2%
123rd	Kazakhstan	72.0	0.9%
124th	Tonga	71.9	0.2%
125th	Belize	71.6	0.3%
126th	Libya	71.6	0.5%
127th	Greenland	71.5	0.6%
128th	Uzbekistan	71.3	0.5%
129th	Honduras	71.3	0.4%
130th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.2	0.0%
131st	Russian Federation	71.2	0.6%
132nd	Samoa	71.1	-0.1%
133rd	El Salvador	71.0	-0.3%
134th	Guatemala	70.9	0.0%
135th	Mongolia	70.8	0.3%
136th	Bhutan	70.8	0.4%
137th	Kyrgyz Republic	70.7	0.4%
138th	Suriname	70.6	0.3%
139th	Bangladesh	70.5	0.8%
140th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.5	0.2%
141st	Vanuatu	70.2	0.2%
142nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	70.1	0.3%
143rd	Moldova	70.1	-0.2%
144th	Iraq	70.0	0.4%
145th	Dominica	70.0	-1.7%
146th	Tajikistan	69.7	0.0%
147th	Indonesia	69.5	0.3%
148th	Philippines	69.5	0.2%
149th	Cambodia	69.4	0.4%
150th	India	69.3	0.6%
151st	Solomon Islands	69.3	0.5%
152nd	Palau	69.1	0.0%
153rd	Turkmenistan	69.1	0.1%
154th	Guyana	67.7	0.6%
155th	Nepal	67.4	-0.6%
156th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.2	0.4%
157th	Yemen, Republic of	66.8	-1.8%
158th	Lao PDR	66.7	0.5%
159th	Mauritania	66.5	0.4%
160th	Fiji	66.5	-0.2%
161st	Senegal	66.5	0.7%
162nd	Gabon	66.3	0.4%
163rd	São Tomé and Principe	66.0	0.8%
164th	Eritrea	65.9	0.6%
165th	Kiribati	65.8	-0.1%
166th	Pakistan	65.6	0.4%
167th	Rwanda	65.4	0.5%
168th	Tuvalu	65.4	0.1%
169th	Timor-Leste	65.3	0.5%
170th	Micronesia, Federated States of	65.3	0.0%
171st	Marshall Islands	65.3	0.3%
172nd	Myanmar	65.3	0.5%
173rd	Comoros	64.5	0.5%
174th	Papua New Guinea	64.5	0.4%
175th	Sudan	64.4	0.6%
176th	South Africa	64.1	1.4%
177th	Tanzania	63.9	0.9%
178th	Uganda	63.8	1.2%
179th	Congo, Republic of	63.7	0.5%
180th	Madagascar	63.4	0.2%
181st	Syrian Arab Republic	63.3	-3.4%
182nd	Haiti	63.2	0.4%
183rd	Botswana	63.2	1.7%
184th	Ghana	63.2	0.5%
185th	Gambia, The	63.0	0.6%
186th	Djibouti	62.8	0.7%
187th	Malawi	62.3	1.1%
188th	Kenya	62.3	0.5%
189th	Afghanistan	62.3	0.0%
190th	Angola	61.0	1.1%
191st	Nauru	60.9	0.1%
192nd	Zambia	60.7	1.0%
193rd	Equatorial Guinea	60.6	0.7%
194th	Burundi	60.1	0.6%
195th	Guinea-Bissau	60.1	1.0%
196th	Namibia	60.0	1.2%
197th	Cameroon	59.7	0.9%
198th	Liberia	59.2	0.1%
199th	Togo	59.2	0.8%
200th	Benin	59.1	0.2%
201st	Zimbabwe	59.0	1.5%
202nd	Niger	58.9	0.3%
203rd	Burkina Faso	58.8	0.8%
204th	Mozambique	58.7	1.3%
205th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	58.7	0.7%
206th	Côte d'Ivoire	58.3	0.9%
207th	Guinea	57.9	0.6%
208th	Mali	57.9	0.6%
209th	Sierra Leone	55.5	2.2%
210th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	55.1	1.1%
211th	Eswatini	54.9	2.7%
212th	Nigeria	51.9	0.0%
213th	Central African Republic	51.9	29.0%
214th	Lesotho	51.8	2.1%
215th	Chad	51.3	0.4%
216th	South Sudan	39.8	-12.9%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2015?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2015 was 72.8. This ranked 118th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2015?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.5% in 2015 compared to 2014.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2015?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2015 at 85.3.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2015?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2015 was 72.8. This ranked 118th globally.

How does 2015 compare to 2014 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 72.5 in 2014 to 72.8 in 2015, a 0.5% increase.

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