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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1962

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

57.0 +0.6 from 1961 Global rank: 112th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 57.0 in 1962, increased +0.6 from 56.4 in 1961. This was the 112th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1962▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1962
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	73.7	0.3%
2nd	San Marino	73.5	0.2%
3rd	Norway	73.4	-0.1%
4th	Sweden	73.4	-0.2%
5th	Netherlands	73.3	-0.4%
6th	Faroe Islands	73.2	0.6%
7th	Andorra	73.0	0.6%
8th	Monaco	72.4	0.4%
9th	Denmark	72.3	-0.2%
10th	Israel	72.1	0.1%
11th	Channel Islands	72.0	0.6%
12th	Canada	71.4	0.0%
13th	New Zealand	71.2	0.3%
14th	Switzerland	71.2	-0.6%
15th	Australia	70.9	0.0%
16th	United Kingdom	70.9	0.1%
17th	Liechtenstein	70.8	-0.1%
18th	Ukraine	70.4	0.5%
19th	France	70.3	0.3%
20th	Slovak Republic	70.3	-0.6%
21st	Greece	70.2	-0.1%
22nd	Belgium	70.2	-0.4%
23rd	Gibraltar	70.2	0.0%
24th	United States	70.1	-0.2%
25th	Ireland	70.0	0.4%
26th	Germany	69.8	0.2%
27th	Czechia	69.8	-1.0%
28th	Spain	69.5	0.1%
29th	Bulgaria	69.5	-1.0%
30th	Belarus	69.5	-0.4%
31st	Latvia	69.4	-0.9%
32nd	Austria	69.3	-0.4%
33rd	Estonia	69.3	0.3%
34th	European Union	69.3	-0.2%
35th	Italy	69.1	-0.9%
36th	Lithuania	69.1	-1.4%
37th	Malta	69.1	1.1%
38th	Slovenia	69.0	0.0%
39th	Puerto Rico (US)	68.9	0.5%
40th	Japan	68.6	0.4%
41st	Finland	68.6	-0.4%
42nd	Luxembourg	68.4	-1.0%
43rd	St. Martin (French part)	68.2	0.4%
44th	Uruguay	67.9	0.1%
45th	Bermuda	67.9	0.5%
46th	Hungary	67.9	-1.6%
47th	Russian Federation	67.7	-0.1%
48th	Poland	67.4	-0.5%
49th	Croatia	67.1	1.1%
50th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	67.1	0.6%
51st	Serbia	66.9	1.1%
52nd	Hong Kong SAR, China	66.9	0.7%
53rd	Singapore	66.4	0.6%
54th	Montenegro	66.2	0.4%
55th	Curaçao	66.0	0.4%
56th	American Samoa	66.0	0.5%
57th	Barbados	65.7	1.0%
58th	Romania	65.3	-0.9%
59th	Macao SAR, China	64.9	0.9%
60th	Cyprus	64.7	1.0%
61st	Jamaica	64.6	0.6%
62nd	Argentina	64.6	0.0%
63rd	Aruba	64.6	0.6%
64th	Lebanon	64.6	0.5%
65th	Isle of Man	64.4	0.0%
66th	Cuba	64.4	1.0%
67th	Costa Rica	64.2	0.6%
68th	Portugal	64.2	2.4%
69th	Antigua and Barbuda	64.0	1.0%
70th	British Virgin Islands	63.8	0.9%
71st	Grenada	63.8	0.3%
72nd	Trinidad and Tobago	63.4	0.7%
73rd	Guam	63.3	0.2%
74th	Bahamas, The	63.2	0.6%
75th	Virgin Islands (US)	62.7	-0.7%
76th	Georgia	62.1	0.6%
77th	Northern Mariana Islands	62.0	0.5%
78th	Dominica	61.9	1.4%
79th	Sri Lanka	61.6	0.8%
80th	Panama	61.4	0.8%
81st	Kuwait	61.3	1.7%
82nd	Paraguay	60.8	0.5%
83rd	Seychelles	60.7	0.1%
84th	Mauritius	60.4	1.5%
85th	Moldova	60.3	0.7%
86th	French Polynesia	60.2	0.6%
87th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.1	1.4%
88th	Cayman Islands	60.1	1.1%
89th	Greenland	60.0	1.0%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	59.9	1.1%
91st	Armenia	59.9	0.7%
92nd	St. Lucia	59.9	1.3%
93rd	Philippines	59.8	0.5%
94th	Fiji	59.7	0.9%
95th	Tonga	59.3	0.9%
96th	North Macedonia	59.3	-4.0%
97th	Qatar	59.2	1.2%
98th	Malaysia	58.9	1.4%
99th	Brunei Darussalam	58.8	-0.9%
100th	Belize	58.7	10.9%
101st	Albania	58.5	1.7%
102nd	Kazakhstan	58.4	0.4%
103rd	Guyana	58.3	0.7%
104th	Viet Nam	58.2	-0.4%
105th	Nauru	58.0	0.0%
106th	Suriname	58.0	1.3%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	57.8	0.9%
108th	Chile	57.8	0.9%
109th	Turks and Caicos Islands	57.7	1.1%
110th	Colombia	57.7	0.9%
111th	Uzbekistan	57.2	0.6%
112th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	57.0	1.0%
113th	Samoa	56.3	1.0%
114th	Kyrgyz Republic	55.6	0.6%
115th	Micronesia, Federated States of	55.4	1.2%
116th	Palau	55.4	0.5%
117th	Marshall Islands	55.2	0.9%
118th	Mexico	55.1	1.2%
119th	Korea	55.1	1.1%
120th	Ecuador	54.7	1.2%
121st	Jordan	54.6	1.8%
122nd	Syrian Arab Republic	54.6	1.7%
123rd	Zimbabwe	54.5	0.9%
124th	Brazil	54.0	0.8%
125th	Bahrain	53.9	3.1%
126th	New Caledonia	53.8	1.4%
127th	South Africa	53.6	0.9%
128th	Iraq	53.5	2.2%
129th	Tajikistan	53.4	0.8%
130th	Dominican Republic	53.2	1.4%
131st	Turkmenistan	52.9	0.7%
132nd	United Arab Emirates	52.5	1.8%
133rd	Türkiye	52.3	1.5%
134th	Botswana	52.3	1.0%
135th	Azerbaijan	52.1	1.2%
136th	Peru	51.5	0.7%
137th	Thailand	51.4	0.7%
138th	Zambia	51.3	0.6%
139th	China	51.0	26.9%
140th	Vanuatu	50.9	1.1%
141st	Sudan	50.4	0.9%
142nd	Lesotho	50.3	0.1%
143rd	Cabo Verde	50.2	1.7%
144th	Kenya	50.1	1.6%
145th	Namibia	50.0	1.5%
146th	Tuvalu	49.8	1.5%
147th	Kiribati	49.0	1.2%
148th	Congo, Republic of	49.0	1.4%
149th	Solomon Islands	49.0	1.5%
150th	El Salvador	49.0	0.8%
151st	Honduras	48.6	2.0%
152nd	Kosovo	48.4	-3.0%
153rd	Indonesia	48.1	1.6%
154th	Nicaragua	48.0	1.5%
155th	Rwanda	47.8	0.7%
156th	Gabon	47.8	1.4%
157th	Ghana	47.3	0.4%
158th	Eswatini	47.1	0.8%
159th	São Tomé and Principe	46.8	3.7%
160th	Uganda	46.8	1.2%
161st	Papua New Guinea	46.7	0.6%
162nd	Guatemala	46.5	0.8%
163rd	Saudi Arabia	46.5	1.3%
164th	Mongolia	46.2	1.9%
165th	India	46.1	0.7%
166th	Pakistan	45.9	2.0%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	45.8	1.5%
168th	Bangladesh	45.8	2.0%
169th	Tunisia	45.6	2.9%
170th	Myanmar	45.3	1.5%
171st	Mauritania	45.0	1.7%
172nd	Morocco	44.2	1.2%
173rd	Haiti	44.2	0.8%
174th	Madagascar	44.2	0.9%
175th	Djibouti	44.1	0.7%
176th	Libya	44.1	4.0%
177th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	44.0	0.9%
178th	Togo	44.0	0.6%
179th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.0	0.7%
180th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	43.8	-0.3%
181st	Burundi	43.5	0.3%
182nd	Equatorial Guinea	43.3	0.6%
183rd	Tanzania	43.2	0.9%
184th	Cambodia	43.1	1.2%
185th	Cameroon	42.6	21.1%
186th	Lao PDR	42.3	2.2%
187th	Mozambique	41.8	0.6%
188th	Comoros	41.5	0.9%
189th	Central African Republic	40.6	1.3%
190th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	40.4	0.6%
191st	Senegal	39.7	0.1%
192nd	Benin	39.6	1.0%
193rd	Chad	39.6	0.5%
194th	Algeria	39.5	-3.1%
195th	Nepal	39.3	0.9%
196th	Maldives	39.1	1.2%
197th	Côte d'Ivoire	38.6	1.8%
198th	Eritrea	38.3	1.1%
199th	Liberia	38.2	0.2%
200th	Guinea-Bissau	38.0	0.6%
201st	Nigeria	37.6	0.5%
202nd	Oman	37.4	2.8%
203rd	Angola	37.2	0.7%
204th	Guinea	37.0	0.5%
205th	Bhutan	37.0	0.9%
206th	Burkina Faso	36.8	1.1%
207th	Niger	36.3	0.1%
208th	Gambia, The	35.6	1.5%
209th	Malawi	35.4	0.6%
210th	Sierra Leone	34.2	1.6%
211th	Afghanistan	33.8	1.4%
212th	Yemen, Republic of	33.7	-1.1%
213th	Timor-Leste	33.2	1.3%
214th	Mali	30.8	0.6%
215th	South Sudan	28.5	0.8%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1962?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1962 was 57.0. This ranked 112th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1962?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 1.0% in 1962 compared to 1961.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1962?▾

Iceland had the highest life expectancy in 1962 at 73.7.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1962?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1962 was 57.0. This ranked 112th globally.

How does 1962 compare to 1961 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 56.4 in 1961 to 57.0 in 1962, a 1.0% increase.

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