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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

59.4 +0.6 from 1965 Global rank: 106th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 59.4 in 1966, increased +0.6 from 58.8 in 1965. This was the 106th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1966▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1966
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	74.3	0.3%
2nd	Sweden	74.1	0.3%
3rd	Andorra	74.0	0.2%
4th	Norway	74.0	0.4%
5th	San Marino	73.8	0.2%
6th	Netherlands	73.5	-0.1%
7th	Iceland	73.3	-0.8%
8th	Monaco	73.0	0.2%
9th	Denmark	72.4	0.1%
10th	Switzerland	72.3	0.2%
11th	Channel Islands	72.3	1.0%
12th	Israel	72.3	0.2%
13th	Canada	72.0	0.2%
14th	Greece	71.8	0.6%
15th	Liechtenstein	71.6	0.6%
16th	United Kingdom	71.6	-0.1%
17th	Lithuania	71.5	0.3%
18th	Bulgaria	71.2	-0.1%
19th	Gibraltar	71.2	0.6%
20th	Ukraine	71.2	0.0%
21st	New Zealand	71.1	-0.1%
22nd	Spain	71.1	0.3%
23rd	France	71.0	0.2%
24th	Italy	70.9	1.1%
25th	Japan	70.9	0.9%
26th	Australia	70.8	0.0%
27th	Belarus	70.8	0.2%
28th	Latvia	70.7	0.0%
29th	Belgium	70.7	0.1%
30th	European Union	70.6	0.4%
31st	Germany	70.5	0.2%
32nd	Czechia	70.4	0.3%
33rd	Slovak Republic	70.4	0.2%
34th	Puerto Rico (US)	70.2	1.3%
35th	Ireland	70.2	-0.7%
36th	United States	70.2	0.0%
37th	Estonia	70.1	0.0%
38th	Austria	70.0	0.5%
39th	Poland	69.8	0.6%
40th	Hungary	69.8	1.1%
41st	Malta	69.7	0.4%
42nd	Finland	69.5	0.7%
43rd	St. Martin (French part)	69.4	0.5%
44th	Serbia	69.3	1.0%
45th	Hong Kong SAR, China	69.3	0.6%
46th	Slovenia	69.0	0.9%
47th	Luxembourg	68.9	-0.5%
48th	Romania	68.9	1.8%
49th	Croatia	68.7	0.6%
50th	Russian Federation	68.6	0.1%
51st	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	68.5	0.7%
52nd	Montenegro	68.4	0.8%
53rd	Uruguay	68.3	0.1%
54th	Bermuda	67.7	0.2%
55th	Barbados	67.7	0.7%
56th	Singapore	67.5	0.5%
57th	Curaçao	67.1	0.4%
58th	Antigua and Barbuda	66.9	1.1%
59th	Macao SAR, China	66.7	0.7%
60th	Cyprus	66.5	0.6%
61st	Aruba	66.1	0.8%
62nd	Cuba	66.1	0.7%
63rd	Jamaica	65.9	0.4%
64th	Grenada	65.6	1.3%
65th	Lebanon	65.5	0.3%
66th	British Virgin Islands	65.5	0.5%
67th	Portugal	65.5	-0.7%
68th	Argentina	65.4	0.5%
69th	Isle of Man	65.2	0.4%
70th	Kuwait	65.1	1.4%
71st	Costa Rica	65.1	0.5%
72nd	Guam	64.6	0.4%
73rd	Bahamas, The	64.6	0.5%
74th	Dominica	64.5	0.9%
75th	Trinidad and Tobago	64.3	0.2%
76th	Virgin Islands (US)	63.7	-1.7%
77th	North Macedonia	63.5	1.5%
78th	Georgia	63.4	0.5%
79th	Northern Mariana Islands	63.3	0.6%
80th	Sri Lanka	63.2	0.6%
81st	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.1	1.5%
82nd	Cayman Islands	62.8	1.1%
83rd	Panama	62.6	0.5%
84th	St. Lucia	62.5	1.0%
85th	Brunei Darussalam	62.4	1.1%
86th	Qatar	62.2	1.2%
87th	Albania	62.1	1.4%
88th	Mauritius	62.1	0.1%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	62.1	0.8%
90th	Paraguay	61.8	0.4%
91st	Greenland	61.8	0.6%
92nd	Seychelles	61.7	0.4%
93rd	Malaysia	61.7	0.9%
94th	Fiji	61.6	0.2%
95th	Moldova	61.6	0.5%
96th	Armenia	61.5	0.6%
97th	French Polynesia	61.4	0.5%
98th	Tonga	61.2	0.8%
99th	Belize	60.9	0.8%
100th	Philippines	60.6	0.4%
101st	Turks and Caicos Islands	60.4	1.1%
102nd	Chile	60.4	1.5%
103rd	St. Kitts and Nevis	60.1	0.8%
104th	Bahrain	59.7	2.3%
105th	Colombia	59.7	0.8%
106th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	59.4	1.1%
107th	Guyana	59.3	0.3%
108th	Kazakhstan	59.2	0.3%
109th	Suriname	59.2	0.2%
110th	Uzbekistan	58.6	0.6%
111th	Nauru	58.4	0.2%
112th	American Samoa	58.3	-11.7%
113th	Samoa	58.2	0.6%
114th	Jordan	57.8	0.8%
115th	Micronesia, Federated States of	57.8	1.0%
116th	Syrian Arab Republic	57.6	1.1%
117th	Mexico	57.4	1.2%
118th	Iraq	57.3	1.7%
119th	Marshall Islands	57.3	0.9%
120th	Ecuador	57.0	0.9%
121st	Viet Nam	56.9	-0.1%
122nd	New Caledonia	56.9	1.4%
123rd	Kyrgyz Republic	56.8	0.5%
124th	United Arab Emirates	56.6	1.9%
125th	Zimbabwe	56.4	0.8%
126th	Palau	56.2	0.5%
127th	Dominican Republic	56.0	5.9%
128th	Brazil	55.6	0.7%
129th	Korea	55.5	-0.6%
130th	Tajikistan	55.1	0.8%
131st	South Africa	54.7	0.6%
132nd	Türkiye	54.6	0.9%
133rd	Azerbaijan	54.5	1.1%
134th	Turkmenistan	54.4	0.8%
135th	Peru	54.4	1.0%
136th	Botswana	54.4	0.9%
137th	Cabo Verde	53.9	1.7%
138th	Thailand	53.7	1.1%
139th	China	53.7	1.2%
140th	Vanuatu	53.1	1.1%
141st	Tuvalu	52.8	1.4%
142nd	Kosovo	52.5	0.9%
143rd	Kenya	52.4	1.0%
144th	São Tomé and Principe	52.3	2.4%
145th	Namibia	52.3	0.6%
146th	Zambia	52.3	0.4%
147th	Solomon Islands	52.3	1.7%
148th	Kiribati	51.7	1.4%
149th	Honduras	51.6	1.4%
150th	Nicaragua	51.6	1.8%
151st	Congo, Republic of	51.6	1.1%
152nd	Sudan	51.3	0.4%
153rd	Libya	50.9	3.4%
154th	El Salvador	50.7	0.9%
155th	Lesotho	50.4	0.1%
156th	Gabon	50.3	1.2%
157th	Pakistan	49.8	2.7%
158th	Papua New Guinea	49.6	1.3%
159th	Mongolia	49.3	1.3%
160th	Saudi Arabia	49.2	1.6%
161st	Tunisia	49.2	2.0%
162nd	Eswatini	49.0	1.2%
163rd	Uganda	48.5	0.3%
164th	Indonesia	48.4	13.2%
165th	Myanmar	48.2	1.6%
166th	Mauritania	48.1	1.6%
167th	Rwanda	48.1	-0.2%
168th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	48.0	0.9%
169th	Ghana	47.7	0.0%
170th	Bangladesh	47.6	3.5%
171st	Guatemala	47.5	0.7%
172nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	47.1	1.5%
173rd	Morocco	46.5	1.2%
174th	Madagascar	46.0	1.2%
175th	India	45.9	0.7%
176th	Djibouti	45.6	0.9%
177th	Haiti	45.6	0.4%
178th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	45.5	0.9%
179th	Togo	45.2	0.7%
180th	Cambodia	44.9	1.0%
181st	Tanzania	44.9	0.9%
182nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	44.8	0.5%
183rd	Cameroon	44.8	1.5%
184th	Equatorial Guinea	44.3	0.6%
185th	Burundi	43.5	4.0%
186th	Comoros	43.2	1.1%
187th	Central African Republic	42.8	1.4%
188th	Algeria	42.7	-0.2%
189th	Lao PDR	42.3	0.3%
190th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	42.2	3.4%
191st	Oman	42.0	2.9%
192nd	Mozambique	41.8	0.1%
193rd	Maldives	41.4	1.6%
194th	Côte d'Ivoire	41.3	1.6%
195th	Benin	41.3	0.7%
196th	Nepal	41.2	1.4%
197th	Chad	40.1	0.1%
198th	Senegal	39.8	0.2%
199th	Liberia	39.0	0.7%
200th	Bhutan	38.8	1.4%
201st	Nigeria	38.4	0.4%
202nd	Angola	38.3	0.8%
203rd	Burkina Faso	38.1	0.9%
204th	Guinea	38.0	0.8%
205th	Eritrea	37.6	-4.9%
206th	Gambia, The	37.6	1.2%
207th	Sierra Leone	36.6	2.0%
208th	Niger	36.3	-0.2%
209th	Yemen, Republic of	36.3	1.9%
210th	Guinea-Bissau	36.1	0.5%
211th	Malawi	35.8	0.3%
212th	Afghanistan	35.6	1.3%
213th	Timor-Leste	35.2	1.5%
214th	Mali	31.8	0.8%
215th	South Sudan	25.6	-10.9%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1966?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1966 was 59.4. This ranked 106th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1966?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 1.1% in 1966 compared to 1965.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1966?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1966 at 74.3.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1966?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1966 was 59.4. This ranked 106th globally.

How does 1966 compare to 1965 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 58.8 in 1965 to 59.4 in 1966, a 1.1% increase.

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