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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of – Life Expectancy 1965

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
58.8 +0.6 from 1964 Global rank: 108th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 58.8 in 1965, increased +0.6 from 58.2 in 1964. This was the 108th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1965▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1965
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Faroe Islands 74.1 0.3%
2nd Iceland 73.9 0.4%
3rd Sweden 73.9 0.2%
4th Andorra 73.9 0.3%
5th Norway 73.7 0.2%
6th San Marino 73.7 0.1%
7th Netherlands 73.6 -0.2%
8th Monaco 72.9 0.2%
9th Denmark 72.4 -0.2%
10th Switzerland 72.2 0.2%
11th Canada 71.9 0.1%
12th United Kingdom 71.6 0.0%
13th Channel Islands 71.6 -0.6%
14th Greece 71.4 1.3%
15th Lithuania 71.3 -0.3%
16th Bulgaria 71.3 0.2%
17th New Zealand 71.2 -0.1%
18th Liechtenstein 71.2 0.2%
19th Ukraine 71.1 0.2%
20th Australia 70.9 0.0%
21st France 70.8 0.2%
22nd Spain 70.8 0.6%
23rd Gibraltar 70.8 0.5%
24th Latvia 70.7 -0.4%
25th Ireland 70.7 0.3%
26th Belgium 70.6 -0.2%
27th Belarus 70.6 0.0%
28th Germany 70.4 0.0%
29th European Union 70.3 0.2%
30th Japan 70.3 0.1%
31st Slovak Republic 70.2 -1.1%
32nd United States 70.2 0.1%
33rd Estonia 70.2 0.1%
34th Italy 70.2 -0.2%
35th Czechia 70.2 -0.4%
36th Austria 69.7 -0.3%
37th Poland 69.4 1.2%
38th Malta 69.4 0.2%
39th Puerto Rico (US) 69.3 1.5%
40th Luxembourg 69.2 0.5%
41st Hungary 69.1 -0.4%
42nd St. Martin (French part) 69.0 0.4%
43rd Finland 69.0 -0.4%
44th Hong Kong SAR, China 68.9 0.9%
45th Serbia 68.6 1.1%
46th Russian Federation 68.5 -0.3%
47th Slovenia 68.4 -0.4%
48th Croatia 68.3 0.6%
49th Uruguay 68.2 0.1%
50th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 68.0 0.4%
51st Montenegro 67.9 1.0%
52nd Romania 67.7 -0.2%
53rd Bermuda 67.6 0.1%
54th Barbados 67.2 0.8%
55th Singapore 67.2 0.3%
56th Curaçao 66.9 0.4%
57th Macao SAR, China 66.2 0.5%
58th Antigua and Barbuda 66.2 1.1%
59th Cyprus 66.1 6.2%
60th American Samoa 66.0 -0.2%
61st Portugal 66.0 1.5%
62nd Jamaica 65.7 0.5%
63rd Cuba 65.6 0.6%
64th Aruba 65.6 0.5%
65th Lebanon 65.3 0.3%
66th British Virgin Islands 65.1 0.6%
67th Argentina 65.1 0.4%
68th Isle of Man 64.9 0.4%
69th Virgin Islands (US) 64.8 1.0%
70th Grenada 64.8 0.9%
71st Costa Rica 64.8 0.4%
72nd Guam 64.4 0.4%
73rd Bahamas, The 64.3 0.6%
74th Kuwait 64.2 1.5%
75th Trinidad and Tobago 64.2 0.3%
76th Dominica 63.9 1.0%
77th Georgia 63.1 0.4%
78th Northern Mariana Islands 63.0 0.6%
79th Sri Lanka 62.8 0.7%
80th North Macedonia 62.6 1.7%
81st Panama 62.3 0.4%
82nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.2 1.1%
83rd Cayman Islands 62.2 1.2%
84th Mauritius 62.1 0.9%
85th St. Lucia 61.9 1.0%
86th Brunei Darussalam 61.7 0.7%
87th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 61.6 0.9%
88th Paraguay 61.6 0.4%
89th Seychelles 61.5 0.5%
90th Qatar 61.4 1.2%
91st Greenland 61.4 0.8%
92nd Fiji 61.4 1.2%
93rd Moldova 61.3 0.5%
94th Albania 61.3 1.4%
95th Malaysia 61.1 1.2%
96th Armenia 61.1 0.6%
97th French Polynesia 61.1 0.4%
98th Tonga 60.7 0.8%
99th Philippines 60.4 0.5%
100th Belize 60.4 0.9%
101st Turks and Caicos Islands 59.8 1.2%
102nd St. Kitts and Nevis 59.6 0.9%
103rd Chile 59.5 1.1%
104th Colombia 59.2 0.8%
105th Guyana 59.1 0.3%
106th Suriname 59.1 0.4%
107th Kazakhstan 59.0 0.4%
108th Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 58.8 1.1%
109th Bahrain 58.4 2.5%
110th Uzbekistan 58.3 0.6%
111th Nauru 58.3 0.2%
112th Samoa 57.9 7.1%
113th Jordan 57.3 1.5%
114th Micronesia, Federated States of 57.2 1.0%
115th Viet Nam 57.0 -0.9%
116th Syrian Arab Republic 56.9 1.3%
117th Marshall Islands 56.8 0.9%
118th Mexico 56.7 1.4%
119th Ecuador 56.5 1.0%
120th Kyrgyz Republic 56.5 0.5%
121st Iraq 56.4 2.1%
122nd New Caledonia 56.1 1.4%
123rd Palau 55.9 0.3%
124th Zimbabwe 55.9 0.9%
125th Korea 55.9 0.9%
126th United Arab Emirates 55.5 1.9%
127th Brazil 55.2 0.7%
128th Tajikistan 54.7 0.8%
129th South Africa 54.4 0.4%
130th Türkiye 54.1 0.9%
131st Turkmenistan 54.0 0.7%
132nd Azerbaijan 53.9 1.1%
133rd Peru 53.9 1.1%
134th Botswana 53.9 0.9%
135th Thailand 53.1 1.1%
136th Cabo Verde 53.0 1.8%
137th China 53.0 1.3%
138th Dominican Republic 52.8 -3.3%
139th Vanuatu 52.5 1.1%
140th Tuvalu 52.1 1.5%
141st Zambia 52.1 1.8%
142nd Kosovo 52.0 1.7%
143rd Namibia 52.0 1.3%
144th Kenya 51.9 1.1%
145th Solomon Islands 51.4 1.6%
146th São Tomé and Principe 51.1 2.7%
147th Sudan 51.0 0.3%
148th Kiribati 51.0 1.3%
149th Congo, Republic of 51.0 1.3%
150th Honduras 50.9 1.3%
151st Nicaragua 50.6 2.1%
152nd Lesotho 50.3 0.0%
153rd El Salvador 50.2 0.9%
154th Gabon 49.7 1.5%
155th Libya 49.3 3.4%
156th Papua New Guinea 48.9 1.3%
157th Mongolia 48.7 1.6%
158th Pakistan 48.5 1.4%
159th Saudi Arabia 48.4 1.5%
160th Eswatini 48.4 1.1%
161st Uganda 48.3 1.0%
162nd Tunisia 48.2 2.0%
163rd Rwanda 48.2 0.1%
164th Ghana 47.7 0.1%
165th Egypt, Arab Republic of 47.6 1.1%
166th Myanmar 47.4 1.6%
167th Mauritania 47.4 1.7%
168th Guatemala 47.2 0.3%
169th Iran, Islamic Republic of 46.4 1.4%
170th Bangladesh 46.0 -1.5%
171st Morocco 45.9 1.3%
172nd India 45.6 -2.5%
173rd Madagascar 45.4 0.9%
174th Haiti 45.4 1.0%
175th Djibouti 45.2 0.9%
176th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 45.1 0.9%
177th Togo 44.9 0.7%
178th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 44.6 0.5%
179th Tanzania 44.5 1.1%
180th Cambodia 44.5 1.0%
181st Cameroon 44.2 1.3%
182nd Equatorial Guinea 44.1 0.6%
183rd Algeria 42.8 -0.3%
184th Indonesia 42.8 -13.5%
185th Comoros 42.7 0.8%
186th Lao PDR 42.2 0.9%
187th Central African Republic 42.2 1.4%
188th Burundi 41.8 -4.0%
189th Mozambique 41.8 0.3%
190th Benin 41.0 1.2%
191st Oman 40.8 2.9%
192nd Congo, Democratic Republic of 40.8 1.7%
193rd Maldives 40.8 1.5%
194th Nepal 40.7 1.1%
195th Côte d'Ivoire 40.6 1.7%
196th Chad 40.1 -0.2%
197th Senegal 39.8 0.0%
198th Eritrea 39.6 1.0%
199th Liberia 38.7 0.6%
200th Bhutan 38.3 1.2%
201st Nigeria 38.2 0.6%
202nd Angola 38.0 0.7%
203rd Burkina Faso 37.8 1.0%
204th Guinea 37.7 0.6%
205th Gambia, The 37.1 1.5%
206th Niger 36.4 -0.2%
207th Sierra Leone 35.9 1.8%
208th Guinea-Bissau 35.9 0.3%
209th Malawi 35.7 0.2%
210th Yemen, Republic of 35.6 2.0%
211th Afghanistan 35.1 1.3%
212th Timor-Leste 34.7 1.5%
213th Mali 31.5 1.0%
214th South Sudan 28.8 -11.3%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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