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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 2022

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

73.6 +0.2 from 2021 Global rank: 116th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 73.6 in 2022, increased +0.2 from 73.4 in 2021. This was the 116th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2022▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2022
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	85.7	0.7%
2nd	San Marino	85.7	2.6%
3rd	Liechtenstein	84.1	-0.3%
4th	Andorra	84.0	2.0%
5th	Japan	84.0	-0.5%
6th	French Polynesia	83.9	5.4%
7th	Hong Kong SAR, China	83.7	-2.2%
8th	Switzerland	83.6	-0.2%
9th	Gibraltar	83.5	4.0%
10th	Australia	83.2	-0.1%
11th	Spain	83.1	-0.1%
12th	Macao SAR, China	83.1	-0.8%
13th	Sweden	83.1	0.0%
14th	Luxembourg	82.9	0.4%
15th	Faroe Islands	82.9	0.1%
16th	Singapore	82.9	-0.2%
17th	Israel	82.7	0.2%
18th	Italy	82.7	0.1%
19th	Korea	82.7	-1.0%
20th	Ireland	82.5	0.3%
21st	Norway	82.5	-0.8%
22nd	Malta	82.4	0.2%
23rd	France	82.1	-0.2%
24th	Iceland	82.1	-1.3%
25th	Bermuda	82.1	0.4%
26th	New Zealand	82.0	-0.3%
27th	Qatar	81.9	1.0%
28th	Belgium	81.7	-0.1%
29th	Portugal	81.6	0.3%
30th	Netherlands	81.6	0.4%
31st	Denmark	81.3	-0.1%
32nd	Austria	81.3	0.1%
33rd	Slovenia	81.3	0.8%
34th	Canada	81.2	-0.3%
35th	Finland	81.2	-0.9%
36th	United Kingdom	81.0	0.5%
37th	Channel Islands	81.0	0.9%
38th	Bahrain	81.0	3.7%
39th	Isle of Man	81.0	0.7%
40th	Greece	80.8	0.9%
41st	Maldives	80.8	3.5%
42nd	European Union	80.7	0.5%
43rd	Germany	80.6	-0.2%
44th	Kuwait	80.6	2.4%
45th	United Arab Emirates	80.5	1.8%
46th	Cyprus	80.4	-0.2%
47th	Virgin Islands (US)	80.3	0.3%
48th	St. Martin (French part)	80.2	0.0%
49th	Cayman Islands	80.0	0.9%
50th	Puerto Rico (US)	79.4	-0.4%
51st	Panama	79.3	3.0%
52nd	Costa Rica	79.3	1.6%
53rd	Chile	79.2	0.4%
54th	Czechia	78.9	2.2%
55th	Albania	78.8	2.5%
56th	Northern Mariana Islands	78.5	0.5%
57th	China	78.2	0.1%
58th	Lebanon	78.0	5.9%
59th	Turks and Caicos Islands	77.9	0.9%
60th	Oman	77.9	2.6%
61st	Estonia	77.8	1.2%
62nd	New Caledonia	77.7	0.8%
63rd	Cuba	77.6	6.0%
64th	Kosovo	77.6	3.5%
65th	Türkiye	77.6	2.5%
66th	Croatia	77.6	1.5%
67th	Antigua and Barbuda	77.5	0.4%
68th	United States	77.4	1.4%
69th	Saudi Arabia	77.3	0.3%
70th	Sri Lanka	77.3	1.3%
71st	British Virgin Islands	77.2	2.5%
72nd	Poland	77.2	2.4%
73rd	Guam	77.1	2.2%
74th	Jordan	77.1	3.9%
75th	Slovak Republic	77.0	3.2%
76th	Peru	76.8	7.3%
77th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	76.8	4.1%
78th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76.8	3.0%
79th	Curaçao	76.7	1.4%
80th	West Bank and Gaza	76.7	3.8%
81st	Ecuador	76.6	5.3%
82nd	Colombia	76.5	5.2%
83rd	Uruguay	76.5	1.4%
84th	Aruba	76.2	3.5%
85th	Montenegro	76.2	3.2%
86th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.2	2.2%
87th	Algeria	76.1	1.2%
88th	Tunisia	76.1	4.3%
89th	Cabo Verde	75.9	2.0%
90th	Hungary	75.9	2.4%
91st	Argentina	75.8	2.5%
92nd	Barbados	75.7	-1.2%
93rd	Lithuania	75.6	2.2%
94th	Malaysia	75.4	2.1%
95th	Thailand	75.3	-3.0%
96th	Serbia	75.2	3.4%
97th	Morocco	75.2	2.4%
98th	Romania	75.2	3.2%
99th	Grenada	75.2	0.8%
100th	Brazil	74.9	2.5%
101st	Armenia	74.8	3.4%
102nd	Viet Nam	74.5	0.5%
103rd	Bahamas, The	74.5	5.3%
104th	Nicaragua	74.5	5.7%
105th	Libya	74.5	3.3%
106th	North Macedonia	74.4	1.6%
107th	Latvia	74.3	1.8%
108th	Bangladesh	74.3	4.4%
109th	Dominican Republic	74.2	3.4%
110th	Bulgaria	74.2	4.1%
111th	Georgia	74.1	3.5%
112th	Azerbaijan	74.1	4.4%
113th	Belarus	74.1	2.8%
114th	Mexico	74.0	6.1%
115th	Seychelles	73.7	0.4%
116th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	73.6	0.3%
117th	Mauritius	73.5	-0.2%
118th	Kazakhstan	73.5	4.8%
119th	Trinidad and Tobago	73.3	3.1%
120th	Suriname	73.3	6.3%
121st	Brunei Darussalam	72.9	-2.6%
122nd	Syrian Arab Republic	72.8	0.5%
123rd	Bhutan	72.8	0.4%
124th	American Samoa	72.8	0.1%
125th	Honduras	72.7	4.6%
126th	St. Lucia	72.7	5.1%
127th	Ukraine	72.7	1.4%
128th	Tonga	72.6	0.7%
129th	Russian Federation	72.5	3.8%
130th	Paraguay	72.3	6.2%
131st	Belize	72.2	1.8%
132nd	Uzbekistan	72.1	0.7%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	72.0	0.2%
134th	Iraq	72.0	1.9%
135th	El Salvador	72.0	2.9%
136th	Mongolia	71.9	0.4%
137th	India	71.7	6.6%
138th	Tajikistan	71.6	2.8%
139th	Samoa	71.6	0.6%
140th	Moldova	71.5	3.7%
141st	Greenland	71.5	-0.4%
142nd	Jamaica	71.5	3.5%
143rd	Vanuatu	71.3	1.9%
144th	Guatemala	71.2	4.9%
145th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	71.2	3.0%
146th	Dominica	71.1	1.8%
147th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	71.0	2.9%
148th	Indonesia	70.9	5.1%
149th	Cambodia	70.5	1.8%
150th	Solomon Islands	70.4	2.2%
151st	St. Kitts and Nevis	70.3	1.5%
152nd	Nepal	70.1	2.5%
153rd	Turkmenistan	69.9	0.8%
154th	Guyana	69.9	8.7%
155th	Philippines	69.5	4.2%
156th	São Tomé and Principe	69.2	1.8%
157th	Palau	68.9	0.5%
158th	Botswana	68.7	8.6%
159th	Lao PDR	68.7	1.3%
160th	Mauritania	68.3	2.3%
161st	Yemen, Republic of	68.0	2.9%
162nd	Eritrea	67.8	1.3%
163rd	Senegal	67.8	1.4%
164th	Gabon	67.7	1.0%
165th	Uganda	67.7	1.8%
166th	Rwanda	67.5	1.0%
167th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	67.4	9.8%
168th	Pakistan	67.4	2.5%
169th	Timor-Leste	67.4	1.8%
170th	Fiji	67.1	3.5%
171st	Micronesia, Federated States of	67.0	1.2%
172nd	Tanzania	66.9	1.1%
173rd	Tuvalu	66.9	1.6%
174th	Marshall Islands	66.7	2.0%
175th	Myanmar	66.5	1.5%
176th	Comoros	66.5	2.0%
177th	Kiribati	66.3	3.3%
178th	Malawi	66.0	1.9%
179th	Sudan	65.7	1.9%
180th	Afghanistan	65.6	8.6%
181st	Djibouti	65.5	2.7%
182nd	South Africa	65.5	5.6%
183rd	Zambia	65.3	4.7%
184th	Papua New Guinea	65.3	1.4%
185th	Ghana	65.2	1.5%
186th	Congo, Republic of	65.0	1.3%
187th	Gambia, The	64.9	1.6%
188th	Angola	64.2	2.0%
189th	Namibia	64.2	5.5%
190th	Haiti	63.9	2.1%
191st	Guinea-Bissau	63.6	3.2%
192nd	Kenya	63.5	3.8%
193rd	Equatorial Guinea	63.4	1.5%
194th	Madagascar	63.1	0.9%
195th	Eswatini	63.0	8.2%
196th	Mozambique	63.0	4.6%
197th	Burundi	62.9	1.3%
198th	Cameroon	62.4	2.1%
199th	Zimbabwe	62.4	3.7%
200th	Togo	62.3	1.6%
201st	Liberia	61.9	1.3%
202nd	Nauru	61.9	1.0%
203rd	Côte d'Ivoire	61.6	2.1%
204th	Sierra Leone	61.3	1.7%
205th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.0	1.6%
206th	Burkina Faso	60.7	1.1%
207th	Benin	60.5	1.5%
208th	Guinea	60.4	1.8%
209th	Niger	60.4	1.4%
210th	Mali	60.0	1.6%
211th	South Sudan	57.2	0.3%
212th	Lesotho	56.8	4.8%
213th	Chad	54.5	2.6%
214th	Nigeria	54.1	1.2%
215th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	53.9	-3.2%
216th	Central African Republic	18.8	-53.3%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2022?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2022 was 73.6. This ranked 116th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2022?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.3% in 2022 compared to 2021.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2022?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2022 at 85.7.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2022?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2022 was 73.6. This ranked 116th globally.

How does 2022 compare to 2021 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 73.4 in 2021 to 73.6 in 2022, a 0.3% increase.

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