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The men of Hong Kong have the longest life spans in the world, and Japanese women outlive South Korean women by five years.

North Korea sees its men live just 61.4 years and women 67.3 years, lower than the global average of 64.2 years for men and 68.6 years for women. Those figures ranked North Korea 100th and 98th.

Meanwhile, South Korea's fertility rate -- the average number of babies that a woman aged 15-49 gives birth to during her lifetime ? is 1.19. That's far below the U.N. average of 2.56.

The country's fertility rate was the fourth-lowest on the list, ahead of Hong Kong, Ukraine and Slovakia whose rates were 0.95, 1.14 and 1.18, respectively.

The Planned Population Federation of Korea revealed the figures in the State of World Population 2007 report by the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA).

South Korea's infant mortality rate is three in 1,000, the world's lowest along with Japan, Singapore, Norway and Sweden. The country with the highest infant mortality rate is Sierra Leone with 160. North Korea took 93rd place with 42.

The global population increased 1.16 percent to 6.615 billion from 6.54 billion last year. China has the largest population with 1.33 billion people, followed by India with 1.13 billion. The two countries account for 37.3 percent of the world's population.

South Korea ranked 25th with 48.1 million, while North Korea came in 48th with 22.7 million.