Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 2025
74.2
+0.6 from 2024
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 74.2 in 2025. This was the 110th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2025▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | San Marino | 86.2 | 0.5% |
| 2nd | Monaco | 85.9 | -0.5% |
| 3rd | Liechtenstein | 85.4 | 0.6% |
| 4th | Andorra | 84.6 | 0.6% |
| 5th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 84.4 | -1.0% |
| 6th | Switzerland | 84.0 | 0.0% |
| 7th | French Polynesia | 83.9 | -0.2% |
| 8th | Japan | 83.8 | -0.3% |
| 9th | Spain | 83.7 | -0.3% |
| 10th | Luxembourg | 83.6 | 0.3% |
| 11th | Faroe Islands | 83.5 | 0.4% |
| 12th | Sweden | 83.4 | 0.1% |
| 13th | Malta | 83.4 | -0.1% |
| 14th | Italy | 83.3 | -0.5% |
| 15th | Australia | 83.3 | 0.2% |
| 16th | Gibraltar | 83.2 | -0.4% |
| 17th | Korea | 83.1 | -0.4% |
| 18th | Israel | 83.1 | -0.1% |
| 19th | New Zealand | 82.9 | -0.1% |
| 20th | Bermuda | 82.9 | 0.7% |
| 21st | Norway | 82.8 | -0.3% |
| 22nd | Ireland | 82.7 | -0.2% |
| 23rd | Macao SAR, China | 82.6 | -0.7% |
| 24th | France | 82.5 | -0.5% |
| 25th | Belgium | 82.5 | 0.1% |
| 26th | Singapore | 82.4 | -0.6% |
| 27th | Kuwait | 82.4 | -1.0% |
| 28th | Portugal | 82.3 | 0.0% |
| 29th | Iceland | 82.0 | -0.7% |
| 30th | Slovenia | 81.9 | -0.1% |
| 31st | Qatar | 81.9 | -0.6% |
| 32nd | Denmark | 81.7 | -0.2% |
| 33rd | Netherlands | 81.6 | -0.4% |
| 34th | Maldives | 81.5 | 0.6% |
| 35th | Bahrain | 81.5 | 0.2% |
| 36th | Finland | 81.2 | -0.6% |
| 37th | Austria | 81.2 | -0.4% |
| 38th | Isle of Man | 81.1 | 0.1% |
| 39th | Canada | 81.1 | -0.7% |
| 40th | United Kingdom | 81.1 | -0.2% |
| 41st | United Arab Emirates | 81.1 | -2.2% |
| 42nd | European Union | 81.0 | -0.5% |
| 43rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 81.0 | 0.5% |
| 44th | Cayman Islands | 80.9 | 0.7% |
| 45th | Cyprus | 80.9 | -0.9% |
| 46th | Channel Islands | 80.9 | -0.3% |
| 47th | Greece | 80.8 | -0.9% |
| 48th | Puerto Rico (US) | 80.4 | -1.5% |
| 49th | Chile | 80.4 | -1.0% |
| 50th | St. Martin (French part) | 80.3 | 0.1% |
| 51st | Panama | 80.2 | 0.8% |
| 52nd | Germany | 80.1 | -0.6% |
| 53rd | Costa Rica | 79.9 | -1.1% |
| 54th | Czechia | 79.5 | -0.5% |
| 55th | Northern Mariana Islands | 79.2 | 0.6% |
| 56th | New Caledonia | 79.0 | 0.3% |
| 57th | Albania | 79.0 | -0.8% |
| 58th | Oman | 78.5 | -2.0% |
| 59th | Kosovo | 78.4 | 0.5% |
| 60th | China | 78.1 | 0.2% |
| 61st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 78.1 | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Saudi Arabia | 78.0 | -0.9% |
| 63rd | Croatia | 77.9 | -0.8% |
| 64th | Poland | 77.8 | -0.8% |
| 65th | Antigua and Barbuda | 77.8 | 0.3% |
| 66th | Sri Lanka | 77.7 | 0.3% |
| 67th | Estonia | 77.7 | -1.0% |
| 68th | Jordan | 77.7 | -0.2% |
| 69th | Peru | 77.6 | -0.1% |
| 70th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 77.5 | -0.1% |
| 71st | Guam | 77.5 | 0.3% |
| 72nd | United States | 77.4 | -1.2% |
| 73rd | Cuba | 77.4 | -0.9% |
| 74th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 77.2 | -0.9% |
| 75th | Lebanon | 77.2 | -0.8% |
| 76th | British Virgin Islands | 77.2 | -0.2% |
| 77th | Slovak Republic | 77.1 | -1.1% |
| 78th | Colombia | 77.1 | -0.7% |
| 79th | Ecuador | 77.1 | -0.4% |
| 80th | Uruguay | 76.9 | -1.5% |
| 81st | Algeria | 76.9 | 0.9% |
| 82nd | Türkiye | 76.9 | -0.3% |
| 83rd | Montenegro | 76.9 | -0.9% |
| 84th | Curaçao | 76.8 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 76.6 | 0.3% |
| 86th | Cabo Verde | 76.5 | 0.5% |
| 87th | Lithuania | 76.4 | -0.8% |
| 88th | Argentina | 76.4 | -1.3% |
| 89th | Armenia | 76.4 | -1.4% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 76.4 | -0.2% |
| 91st | Hungary | 76.2 | -0.7% |
| 92nd | Aruba | 76.1 | -0.3% |
| 93rd | Romania | 76.0 | -0.7% |
| 94th | Malaysia | 76.0 | -0.9% |
| 95th | Bahamas, The | 76.0 | 1.9% |
| 96th | Morocco | 75.9 | 0.8% |
| 97th | Barbados | 75.7 | -0.7% |
| 98th | Bangladesh | 75.6 | 1.2% |
| 99th | Serbia | 75.5 | -1.0% |
| 100th | Thailand | 75.3 | -1.4% |
| 101st | Nicaragua | 75.3 | 0.5% |
| 102nd | Grenada | 75.2 | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Azerbaijan | 75.1 | 0.9% |
| 104th | Brazil | 75.0 | -1.1% |
| 105th | Bulgaria | 74.7 | -1.3% |
| 106th | Mexico | 74.6 | -0.6% |
| 107th | Latvia | 74.6 | -1.5% |
| 108th | Viet Nam | 74.5 | -0.1% |
| 109th | Dominican Republic | 74.2 | 0.7% |
| 110th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 74.2 | 0.8% |
| 111th | Georgia | 74.1 | -0.5% |
| 112th | Belarus | 74.1 | -0.1% |
| 113th | Kazakhstan | 74.1 | -0.4% |
| 114th | Brunei Darussalam | 74.0 | -1.8% |
| 115th | Seychelles | 74.0 | -1.3% |
| 116th | Suriname | 73.8 | 0.3% |
| 117th | North Macedonia | 73.8 | -2.0% |
| 118th | Trinidad and Tobago | 73.5 | 0.0% |
| 119th | Bhutan | 73.5 | 0.7% |
| 120th | Syrian Arab Republic | 73.3 | 1.6% |
| 121st | Belize | 73.2 | -0.5% |
| 122nd | Tonga | 73.1 | 0.2% |
| 123rd | Iraq | 73.0 | 0.9% |
| 124th | Honduras | 73.0 | 0.1% |
| 125th | Mauritius | 72.9 | -0.7% |
| 126th | American Samoa | 72.9 | 0.0% |
| 127th | Mongolia | 72.7 | 0.8% |
| 128th | Russian Federation | 72.6 | -0.8% |
| 129th | Samoa | 72.5 | 1.2% |
| 130th | Kyrgyz Republic | 72.5 | 0.4% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 72.5 | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Tajikistan | 72.3 | 0.8% |
| 133rd | Ukraine | 72.3 | -1.5% |
| 134th | St. Lucia | 72.3 | -0.5% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 72.2 | 0.1% |
| 136th | Paraguay | 72.1 | -2.3% |
| 137th | India | 72.0 | 0.0% |
| 138th | Guatemala | 71.9 | -0.9% |
| 139th | Moldova | 71.8 | 0.9% |
| 140th | Vanuatu | 71.7 | 0.3% |
| 141st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 71.3 | -0.4% |
| 142nd | Greenland | 71.3 | -0.3% |
| 143rd | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.3 | 0.0% |
| 144th | Indonesia | 71.2 | 0.1% |
| 145th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 71.0 | -1.5% |
| 146th | Jamaica | 71.0 | -0.7% |
| 147th | Cambodia | 70.8 | 0.1% |
| 148th | Solomon Islands | 70.7 | 0.3% |
| 149th | Dominica | 70.7 | -0.6% |
| 150th | Nepal | 70.7 | 0.5% |
| 151st | Turkmenistan | 70.5 | 0.6% |
| 152nd | São Tomé and Principe | 70.4 | 1.0% |
| 153rd | Libya | 70.2 | 1.2% |
| 154th | Yemen, Republic of | 70.0 | 1.1% |
| 155th | Guyana | 70.0 | -0.3% |
| 156th | Lao PDR | 69.3 | 0.5% |
| 157th | Botswana | 69.2 | 0.1% |
| 158th | Palau | 69.2 | -0.1% |
| 159th | Uganda | 69.1 | 1.2% |
| 160th | Philippines | 69.0 | -1.2% |
| 161st | Eritrea | 68.9 | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Mauritania | 68.9 | 0.6% |
| 163rd | Senegal | 68.6 | -0.1% |
| 164th | Gabon | 68.6 | 0.3% |
| 165th | Rwanda | 68.3 | 0.7% |
| 166th | Pakistan | 68.1 | 0.6% |
| 167th | Timor-Leste | 68.1 | 0.6% |
| 168th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 68.1 | -0.8% |
| 169th | Malawi | 67.9 | 0.8% |
| 170th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 67.7 | 0.8% |
| 171st | Zambia | 67.6 | 1.8% |
| 172nd | Tuvalu | 67.4 | 0.5% |
| 173rd | Afghanistan | 67.4 | 2.1% |
| 174th | Tanzania | 67.4 | 0.6% |
| 175th | Marshall Islands | 67.4 | 0.6% |
| 176th | Comoros | 67.2 | 0.6% |
| 177th | Namibia | 67.1 | -0.4% |
| 178th | Fiji | 67.0 | -0.5% |
| 179th | Congo, Republic of | 66.8 | 1.6% |
| 180th | Myanmar | 66.7 | -0.3% |
| 181st | Djibouti | 66.6 | 0.9% |
| 182nd | Kiribati | 66.5 | 0.0% |
| 183rd | Sudan | 66.1 | -0.3% |
| 184th | Gambia, The | 66.0 | 0.2% |
| 185th | Ghana | 66.0 | 0.7% |
| 186th | Papua New Guinea | 66.0 | -0.3% |
| 187th | Eswatini | 65.7 | 2.5% |
| 188th | West Bank and Gaza | 65.5 | 0.4% |
| 189th | Angola | 65.3 | 1.1% |
| 190th | South Africa | 65.1 | -1.5% |
| 191st | Guinea-Bissau | 65.0 | 1.4% |
| 192nd | Haiti | 64.5 | -0.7% |
| 193rd | Mozambique | 64.4 | 1.3% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 64.4 | 1.1% |
| 195th | Cameroon | 64.0 | 0.5% |
| 196th | Burundi | 64.0 | 0.5% |
| 197th | Kenya | 63.9 | 0.5% |
| 198th | Togo | 63.5 | 1.2% |
| 199th | Madagascar | 63.3 | -0.5% |
| 200th | Zimbabwe | 63.3 | 0.8% |
| 201st | Sierra Leone | 62.9 | 1.8% |
| 202nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 62.7 | 1.3% |
| 203rd | Liberia | 62.6 | 0.6% |
| 204th | Nauru | 62.4 | 0.5% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 62.3 | 0.6% |
| 206th | Guinea | 61.4 | 1.0% |
| 207th | Niger | 61.3 | 0.2% |
| 208th | Burkina Faso | 61.3 | 0.4% |
| 209th | Benin | 61.0 | 0.4% |
| 210th | Mali | 61.0 | 0.9% |
| 211th | Lesotho | 58.1 | 1.3% |
| 212th | South Sudan | 56.9 | -1.2% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 56.5 | -3.9% |
| 214th | Chad | 56.0 | 1.7% |
| 215th | Nigeria | 55.2 | 1.3% |
| 216th | Central African Republic | 47.7 | -16.9% |
FAQ
What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2025?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 2025 was 74.2. This ranked 110th globally.
How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 2025?▾
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.8% in 2025 compared to 2024.
Which country had the highest life expectancy in 2025?▾
San Marino had the highest life expectancy in 2025 at 86.2.
What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2025?▾
The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 2025 was 74.2. This ranked 110th globally.
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