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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

73.0 −0.0 from 2017 Global rank: 118th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 73.0 in 2018, decreased +0.0 from 73.0 in 2017. This was the 118th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2018▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2018
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	86.1	0.2%
2nd	San Marino	85.1	0.2%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	84.9	0.2%
4th	Andorra	84.2	-0.1%
5th	Japan	84.2	0.1%
6th	Switzerland	83.8	0.2%
7th	Macao SAR, China	83.7	0.2%
8th	Spain	83.4	0.2%
9th	Italy	83.3	0.5%
10th	Singapore	83.3	0.2%
11th	Liechtenstein	83.0	-0.8%
12th	Gibraltar	83.0	0.2%
13th	French Polynesia	83.0	0.3%
14th	Iceland	82.9	0.2%
15th	Israel	82.8	0.3%
16th	Norway	82.8	0.2%
17th	Australia	82.7	0.3%
18th	Qatar	82.7	0.3%
19th	France	82.7	0.1%
20th	Korea	82.6	0.0%
21st	Sweden	82.6	0.2%
22nd	United Arab Emirates	82.4	0.1%
23rd	Luxembourg	82.3	0.2%
24th	Faroe Islands	82.3	0.2%
25th	Malta	82.2	-0.1%
26th	Ireland	82.2	0.1%
27th	Netherlands	81.8	0.1%
28th	Canada	81.8	0.0%
29th	Greece	81.8	0.6%
30th	Finland	81.7	0.1%
31st	New Zealand	81.7	-0.2%
32nd	Austria	81.7	0.1%
33rd	Belgium	81.6	0.1%
34th	Cyprus	81.6	0.0%
35th	Slovenia	81.4	0.4%
36th	Portugal	81.3	-0.1%
37th	United Kingdom	81.3	0.0%
38th	Channel Islands	81.1	0.1%
39th	Puerto Rico (US)	81.1	2.5%
40th	European Union	81.0	0.1%
41st	Bermuda	81.0	0.4%
42nd	Denmark	81.0	-0.2%
43rd	Germany	80.9	-0.1%
44th	Isle of Man	80.6	0.1%
45th	Chile	80.6	-0.1%
46th	Bahrain	80.4	0.0%
47th	Kuwait	80.1	0.2%
48th	Costa Rica	80.1	0.1%
49th	St. Martin (French part)	80.0	1.6%
50th	Oman	79.9	0.1%
51st	Virgin Islands (US)	79.5	0.2%
52nd	Maldives	79.4	0.3%
53rd	Albania	79.2	0.4%
54th	Czechia	79.0	0.1%
55th	Cayman Islands	78.8	0.3%
56th	Saudi Arabia	78.8	0.0%
57th	United States	78.6	0.1%
58th	Panama	78.3	0.5%
59th	Lebanon	78.3	0.1%
60th	Estonia	78.2	0.2%
61st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.9	0.7%
62nd	Croatia	77.9	0.2%
63rd	Montenegro	77.9	1.6%
64th	China	77.7	0.6%
65th	Poland	77.6	-0.2%
66th	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.6	0.1%
67th	New Caledonia	77.6	0.1%
68th	Uruguay	77.5	-0.1%
69th	Northern Mariana Islands	77.5	0.1%
70th	Türkiye	77.5	0.5%
71st	Cuba	77.4	0.2%
72nd	Slovak Republic	77.3	0.1%
73rd	Ecuador	77.2	1.3%
74th	Thailand	77.2	0.3%
75th	Antigua and Barbuda	77.1	0.1%
76th	Kosovo	77.1	0.0%
77th	Argentina	76.8	0.3%
78th	British Virgin Islands	76.7	1.4%
79th	North Macedonia	76.6	0.9%
80th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	76.6	0.3%
81st	Colombia	76.6	0.2%
82nd	Guam	76.6	0.1%
83rd	Curaçao	76.5	0.1%
84th	Jordan	76.5	0.6%
85th	Sri Lanka	76.5	0.3%
86th	Barbados	76.4	0.2%
87th	Hungary	76.1	0.3%
88th	Peru	76.0	0.1%
89th	Serbia	75.9	0.5%
90th	Aruba	75.9	0.3%
91st	Malaysia	75.7	0.3%
92nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	75.7	0.3%
93rd	Lithuania	75.7	0.3%
94th	Brazil	75.6	0.3%
95th	Armenia	75.6	0.5%
96th	Algeria	75.6	0.2%
97th	West Bank and Gaza	75.4	0.2%
98th	Tunisia	75.4	0.3%
99th	Romania	75.4	0.2%
100th	Brunei Darussalam	75.0	0.1%
101st	Bulgaria	75.0	0.2%
102nd	Grenada	75.0	0.0%
103rd	Cabo Verde	74.8	0.2%
104th	Latvia	74.8	0.2%
105th	Mauritius	74.4	-0.1%
106th	Mexico	74.3	0.1%
107th	Belarus	74.2	0.1%
108th	Viet Nam	74.1	0.1%
109th	Bahamas, The	74.1	0.0%
110th	Georgia	74.0	0.7%
111th	Morocco	73.9	0.5%
112th	Nicaragua	73.9	0.7%
113th	Paraguay	73.6	0.2%
114th	Ukraine	73.6	-0.6%
115th	Dominican Republic	73.6	0.3%
116th	Kazakhstan	73.4	0.5%
117th	Libya	73.2	0.6%
118th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	73.0	0.0%
119th	Azerbaijan	73.0	0.4%
120th	Seychelles	72.8	-2.0%
121st	American Samoa	72.8	0.0%
122nd	Russian Federation	72.7	0.3%
123rd	Trinidad and Tobago	72.7	-0.4%
124th	St. Lucia	72.7	0.2%
125th	Belize	72.3	0.4%
126th	Tonga	72.2	0.1%
127th	Bangladesh	72.1	0.7%
128th	Honduras	72.0	0.3%
129th	Uzbekistan	72.0	0.4%
130th	Greenland	72.0	0.0%
131st	Bhutan	71.7	0.4%
132nd	Jamaica	71.6	-0.4%
133rd	Guatemala	71.5	-0.1%
134th	Suriname	71.5	0.3%
135th	Kyrgyz Republic	71.4	0.3%
136th	El Salvador	71.4	0.5%
137th	Dominica	71.4	4.0%
138th	St. Kitts and Nevis	71.3	0.1%
139th	Iraq	71.1	1.9%
140th	Samoa	71.1	0.1%
141st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	71.0	0.0%
142nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	71.0	0.4%
143rd	Mongolia	70.8	0.4%
144th	Tajikistan	70.7	0.3%
145th	Vanuatu	70.6	0.2%
146th	India	70.4	0.5%
147th	Moldova	70.2	-0.2%
148th	Indonesia	70.1	0.2%
149th	Cambodia	70.0	0.2%
150th	Solomon Islands	69.8	0.2%
151st	Philippines	69.8	-0.3%
152nd	Turkmenistan	69.3	0.1%
153rd	Nepal	69.0	0.4%
154th	Palau	69.0	0.0%
155th	Guyana	68.8	0.4%
156th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.7	0.2%
157th	São Tomé and Principe	67.6	0.8%
158th	Lao PDR	67.6	0.4%
159th	Mauritania	67.4	0.5%
160th	Senegal	67.4	0.5%
161st	Syrian Arab Republic	67.4	2.6%
162nd	Gabon	67.0	0.3%
163rd	Eritrea	67.0	0.6%
164th	Fiji	67.0	-0.1%
165th	Pakistan	66.5	0.4%
166th	Botswana	66.4	1.5%
167th	Rwanda	66.4	0.3%
168th	Myanmar	66.2	0.5%
169th	Timor-Leste	66.2	0.5%
170th	Micronesia, Federated States of	65.9	0.3%
171st	Yemen, Republic of	65.9	-1.8%
172nd	Tuvalu	65.9	0.3%
173rd	Marshall Islands	65.9	0.3%
174th	Kiribati	65.8	0.0%
175th	Uganda	65.8	0.9%
176th	South Africa	65.7	0.5%
177th	Sudan	65.5	0.5%
178th	Tanzania	65.5	0.8%
179th	Comoros	65.4	0.4%
180th	Papua New Guinea	65.1	0.3%
181st	Congo, Republic of	64.5	0.4%
182nd	Malawi	64.5	0.9%
183rd	Ghana	64.1	0.5%
184th	Djibouti	64.1	0.6%
185th	Haiti	64.1	0.4%
186th	Gambia, The	64.0	0.5%
187th	Madagascar	63.5	0.1%
188th	Kenya	62.8	0.2%
189th	Angola	62.6	0.8%
190th	Namibia	62.6	1.5%
191st	Afghanistan	62.4	0.1%
192nd	Zambia	62.1	0.9%
193rd	Equatorial Guinea	61.9	0.7%
194th	Burundi	61.8	0.8%
195th	Guinea-Bissau	61.7	0.8%
196th	Nauru	61.2	0.2%
197th	Cameroon	61.2	0.6%
198th	Liberia	61.0	0.4%
199th	Zimbabwe	60.9	1.1%
200th	Mozambique	60.8	1.1%
201st	Togo	60.6	0.8%
202nd	Burkina Faso	60.0	0.7%
203rd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	59.9	0.7%
204th	Côte d'Ivoire	59.8	0.8%
205th	Niger	59.8	0.4%
206th	Benin	59.7	0.3%
207th	Sierra Leone	59.1	2.2%
208th	Guinea	59.0	0.6%
209th	Mali	58.9	0.5%
210th	Eswatini	58.7	2.0%
211th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	54.8	4.9%
212th	Lesotho	54.6	1.4%
213th	Nigeria	52.7	0.5%
214th	Chad	52.4	1.1%
215th	Central African Republic	52.3	15.6%
216th	South Sudan	51.9	46.8%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2018?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2018 was 73.0. This ranked 118th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2018?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy decreased by 0.0% in 2018 compared to 2017.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2018?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2018 at 86.1.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2018?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2018 was 73.0. This ranked 118th globally.

How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 73.0 in 2017 to 73.0 in 2018, a 0.0% decrease.

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