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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

73.6 +0.0 from 2022 Global rank: 117th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 73.6 in 2023, increased +0.0 from 73.6 in 2022. This was the 117th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 2023▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 2023
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	86.4	0.7%
2nd	San Marino	85.7	0.0%
3rd	Hong Kong SAR, China	85.2	1.9%
4th	Liechtenstein	84.8	0.9%
5th	French Polynesia	84.1	0.3%
6th	Switzerland	84.1	0.5%
7th	Japan	84.0	0.1%
8th	Andorra	84.0	0.0%
9th	Spain	83.9	0.9%
10th	Italy	83.7	1.2%
11th	Gibraltar	83.6	0.0%
12th	Malta	83.5	1.3%
13th	Korea	83.4	0.9%
14th	Luxembourg	83.4	0.5%
15th	Sweden	83.3	0.3%
16th	Israel	83.2	0.6%
17th	Kuwait	83.2	3.2%
18th	Macao SAR, China	83.2	0.1%
19th	Faroe Islands	83.1	0.2%
20th	Norway	83.1	0.7%
21st	Australia	83.1	-0.2%
22nd	New Zealand	83.0	1.3%
23rd	France	82.9	1.0%
24th	United Arab Emirates	82.9	3.0%
25th	Singapore	82.9	0.0%
26th	Ireland	82.9	0.4%
27th	Iceland	82.6	0.6%
28th	Belgium	82.4	0.8%
29th	Qatar	82.4	0.6%
30th	Bermuda	82.3	0.3%
31st	Portugal	82.3	0.8%
32nd	Slovenia	82.0	0.9%
33rd	Netherlands	81.9	0.4%
34th	Denmark	81.9	0.7%
35th	Puerto Rico (US)	81.7	2.8%
36th	Finland	81.7	0.6%
37th	Cyprus	81.6	1.5%
38th	Canada	81.6	0.5%
39th	Austria	81.5	0.3%
40th	Greece	81.5	0.9%
41st	European Union	81.4	0.9%
42nd	Bahrain	81.3	0.4%
43rd	United Kingdom	81.2	0.3%
44th	Chile	81.2	2.5%
45th	Channel Islands	81.1	0.1%
46th	Maldives	81.0	0.3%
47th	Isle of Man	81.0	0.1%
48th	Costa Rica	80.8	1.9%
49th	Germany	80.5	-0.1%
50th	Virgin Islands (US)	80.5	0.2%
51st	Cayman Islands	80.4	0.5%
52nd	St. Martin (French part)	80.2	0.0%
53rd	Oman	80.0	2.7%
54th	Czechia	79.9	1.2%
55th	Albania	79.6	1.1%
56th	Panama	79.6	0.3%
57th	Northern Mariana Islands	78.8	0.4%
58th	New Caledonia	78.8	1.4%
59th	Saudi Arabia	78.7	1.8%
60th	Poland	78.5	1.8%
61st	Estonia	78.5	0.8%
62nd	Croatia	78.5	1.2%
63rd	United States	78.4	1.2%
64th	Uruguay	78.1	2.2%
65th	Cuba	78.1	0.6%
66th	Kosovo	78.0	0.5%
67th	Slovak Republic	78.0	1.4%
68th	Turks and Caicos Islands	78.0	0.1%
69th	China	78.0	-0.3%
70th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	77.9	1.4%
71st	Lebanon	77.8	-0.2%
72nd	Jordan	77.8	0.9%
73rd	Peru	77.7	1.2%
74th	Colombia	77.7	1.6%
75th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	77.7	1.1%
76th	Antigua and Barbuda	77.6	0.1%
77th	Montenegro	77.6	1.8%
78th	Sri Lanka	77.5	0.2%
79th	Armenia	77.5	3.6%
80th	Argentina	77.4	2.1%
81st	Ecuador	77.4	1.1%
82nd	British Virgin Islands	77.3	0.1%
83rd	Guam	77.2	0.1%
84th	Türkiye	77.2	-0.6%
85th	Lithuania	77.0	1.8%
86th	Curaçao	76.8	0.1%
87th	Hungary	76.8	1.2%
88th	Malaysia	76.7	1.6%
89th	Romania	76.6	1.9%
90th	Tunisia	76.5	0.6%
91st	Thailand	76.4	1.5%
92nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	76.4	0.3%
93rd	Aruba	76.4	0.2%
94th	Algeria	76.3	0.2%
95th	Serbia	76.2	1.3%
96th	Barbados	76.2	0.7%
97th	Cabo Verde	76.1	0.2%
98th	Brazil	75.8	1.3%
99th	Bulgaria	75.7	2.1%
100th	Latvia	75.7	1.9%
101st	Brunei Darussalam	75.3	3.3%
102nd	North Macedonia	75.3	1.2%
103rd	Morocco	75.3	0.2%
104th	Grenada	75.2	0.1%
105th	Mexico	75.1	1.5%
106th	Seychelles	75.0	1.7%
107th	Nicaragua	74.9	0.6%
108th	Bangladesh	74.7	0.5%
109th	Viet Nam	74.6	0.1%
110th	Bahamas, The	74.6	0.1%
111th	Georgia	74.5	0.5%
112th	Azerbaijan	74.4	0.4%
113th	Kazakhstan	74.4	1.2%
114th	Belarus	74.2	0.1%
115th	Paraguay	73.8	2.1%
116th	Dominican Republic	73.7	-0.7%
117th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	73.6	0.0%
118th	Suriname	73.6	0.5%
119th	Belize	73.6	1.9%
120th	Trinidad and Tobago	73.5	0.2%
121st	Ukraine	73.4	1.1%
122nd	Mauritius	73.4	-0.1%
123rd	Russian Federation	73.3	1.0%
124th	Bhutan	73.0	0.3%
125th	Tonga	72.9	0.4%
126th	Honduras	72.9	0.2%
127th	American Samoa	72.9	0.1%
128th	St. Lucia	72.7	0.0%
129th	Guatemala	72.6	2.0%
130th	Uzbekistan	72.4	0.3%
131st	Iraq	72.3	0.4%
132nd	Kyrgyz Republic	72.2	0.3%
133rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	72.1	2.6%
134th	Mongolia	72.1	0.3%
135th	Syrian Arab Republic	72.1	-0.9%
136th	El Salvador	72.1	0.2%
137th	India	72.0	0.4%
138th	Tajikistan	71.8	0.3%
139th	Samoa	71.7	0.2%
140th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	71.6	0.9%
141st	Greenland	71.5	0.0%
142nd	Jamaica	71.5	0.0%
143rd	Vanuatu	71.5	0.2%
144th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	71.2	0.1%
145th	Moldova	71.2	-0.5%
146th	Indonesia	71.1	0.3%
147th	Dominica	71.1	0.1%
148th	Cambodia	70.7	0.2%
149th	Solomon Islands	70.5	0.2%
150th	Nepal	70.4	0.4%
151st	Guyana	70.2	0.4%
152nd	Turkmenistan	70.1	0.2%
153rd	Philippines	69.8	0.5%
154th	São Tomé and Principe	69.7	0.7%
155th	Libya	69.3	-6.9%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	69.3	2.0%
157th	Palau	69.3	0.5%
158th	Botswana	69.2	0.6%
159th	Lao PDR	69.0	0.4%
160th	Senegal	68.7	1.3%
161st	Eritrea	68.6	1.2%
162nd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	68.6	1.7%
163rd	Mauritania	68.5	0.3%
164th	Gabon	68.3	0.9%
165th	Uganda	68.3	0.9%
166th	Rwanda	67.8	0.4%
167th	Timor-Leste	67.7	0.5%
168th	Pakistan	67.6	0.3%
169th	Namibia	67.4	5.0%
170th	Malawi	67.4	2.0%
171st	Fiji	67.3	0.3%
172nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	67.2	0.4%
173rd	Tuvalu	67.1	0.4%
174th	Tanzania	67.0	0.2%
175th	Marshall Islands	66.9	0.3%
176th	Myanmar	66.9	0.6%
177th	Comoros	66.8	0.4%
178th	Kiribati	66.5	0.3%
179th	Zambia	66.3	1.6%
180th	Sudan	66.3	1.0%
181st	South Africa	66.1	1.0%
182nd	Papua New Guinea	66.1	1.3%
183rd	Afghanistan	66.0	0.6%
184th	Djibouti	66.0	0.7%
185th	Gambia, The	65.9	1.5%
186th	Congo, Republic of	65.8	1.2%
187th	Ghana	65.5	0.4%
188th	West Bank and Gaza	65.2	-15.0%
189th	Haiti	64.9	1.5%
190th	Angola	64.6	0.6%
191st	Eswatini	64.1	1.7%
192nd	Guinea-Bissau	64.1	0.8%
193rd	Equatorial Guinea	63.7	0.6%
194th	Cameroon	63.7	2.0%
195th	Burundi	63.7	1.2%
196th	Kenya	63.6	0.2%
197th	Madagascar	63.6	0.9%
198th	Mozambique	63.6	1.0%
199th	Zimbabwe	62.8	0.7%
200th	Togo	62.7	0.7%
201st	Liberia	62.2	0.4%
202nd	Nauru	62.1	0.3%
203rd	Côte d'Ivoire	61.9	0.6%
204th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	61.9	1.5%
205th	Sierra Leone	61.8	0.8%
206th	Niger	61.2	1.3%
207th	Burkina Faso	61.1	0.6%
208th	Benin	60.8	0.5%
209th	Guinea	60.7	0.5%
210th	Mali	60.4	0.7%
211th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	58.8	9.1%
212th	South Sudan	57.6	0.7%
213th	Central African Republic	57.4	205.1%
214th	Lesotho	57.4	1.0%
215th	Chad	55.1	1.0%
216th	Nigeria	54.5	0.7%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2023?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2023 was 73.6. This ranked 117th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2023?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.0% in 2023 compared to 2022.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2023?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 2023 at 86.4.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2023?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2023 was 73.6. This ranked 117th globally.

How does 2023 compare to 2022 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 73.6 in 2022 to 73.6 in 2023, a 0.0% increase.

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