What is the difference in life expectancy between French Polynesia and Korea, Rep.?

0.26 years, with Korea, Rep. ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Korea, Rep.?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

French Polynesia vs Korea, Rep.: Life expectancy

French Polynesia

84.07 years

in 2023

Korea, Rep.

84.33 years

in 2023

French Polynesia rank

7th

Korea, Rep. rank

5th

Life expectancy over time

French Polynesia
Korea, Rep.

How they compare

Korea, Rep. currently reports 84.33 years against 84.07 years in French Polynesia, a difference of 0.26 years.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 7th and Korea, Rep. ranks 5th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, French Polynesia averaged higher in 6 and Korea, Rep. in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	French Polynesia	Korea, Rep.	Difference	Ahead
1950s	55.76 years	42.69 years	13.07 years	French Polynesia
1960s	60.9 years	56.79 years	4.11 years	French Polynesia
1970s	64.24 years	64.14 years	0.0915 years	French Polynesia
1980s	70.69 years	68.15 years	2.55 years	French Polynesia
1990s	76.06 years	73.28 years	2.79 years	French Polynesia
2000s	79.92 years	78.33 years	1.59 years	French Polynesia
2010s	82.22 years	82.32 years	0.0951 years	Korea, Rep.
2020s	82.49 years	83.65 years	1.16 years	Korea, Rep.

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher life expectancy, French Polynesia or Korea, Rep.?: Korea, Rep., at 84.33 years against 84.07 years in French Polynesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in life expectancy between French Polynesia and Korea, Rep.?: 0.26 years, with Korea, Rep. ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for French Polynesia and Korea, Rep.?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do French Polynesia and Korea, Rep. rank globally for life expectancy?: French Polynesia ranks 7th and Korea, Rep. ranks 5th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Life expectancy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Life expectancy
Unit: years
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.