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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1970

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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

62.0 +0.6 from 1969 Global rank: 104th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 62.0 in 1970, increased +0.6 from 61.4 in 1969. This was the 104th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1970▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1970
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	75.0	0.2%
2nd	Sweden	74.6	0.8%
3rd	Andorra	74.5	0.2%
4th	San Marino	74.3	0.1%
5th	Norway	74.1	0.6%
6th	Iceland	73.9	0.2%
7th	Netherlands	73.6	0.1%
8th	Monaco	73.3	0.1%
9th	Denmark	73.3	0.2%
10th	Switzerland	73.0	0.6%
11th	Liechtenstein	72.9	0.4%
12th	Canada	72.7	0.3%
13th	Greece	72.7	1.0%
14th	Spain	72.0	1.4%
15th	United Kingdom	72.0	0.4%
16th	Japan	71.9	0.1%
17th	Gibraltar	71.9	0.1%
18th	Channel Islands	71.8	0.1%
19th	France	71.7	0.3%
20th	Italy	71.6	1.1%
21st	New Zealand	71.3	-0.3%
22nd	Bulgaria	71.3	1.2%
23rd	Israel	71.2	0.3%
24th	Australia	71.0	0.1%
25th	St. Martin (French part)	71.0	0.6%
26th	Belgium	71.0	0.3%
27th	Hong Kong SAR, China	70.9	0.4%
28th	Ireland	70.9	0.1%
29th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	70.9	0.9%
30th	Ukraine	70.8	0.0%
31st	European Union	70.8	0.6%
32nd	United States	70.8	0.4%
33rd	Lithuania	70.8	-0.2%
34th	Belarus	70.7	-0.3%
35th	Germany	70.4	0.3%
36th	Puerto Rico (US)	70.4	-0.2%
37th	Malta	70.3	0.4%
38th	Montenegro	70.2	0.3%
39th	Finland	70.2	1.0%
40th	Estonia	69.9	0.2%
41st	Austria	69.9	0.1%
42nd	Poland	69.9	0.2%
43rd	Latvia	69.8	0.1%
44th	Slovak Republic	69.7	-0.1%
45th	Serbia	69.6	-0.4%
46th	Czechia	69.4	0.1%
47th	Antigua and Barbuda	69.4	0.8%
48th	Luxembourg	69.2	-0.7%
49th	Hungary	69.2	-0.2%
50th	Croatia	69.0	0.3%
51st	Uruguay	68.7	0.2%
52nd	Singapore	68.7	0.6%
53rd	Macao SAR, China	68.7	0.7%
54th	Slovenia	68.6	0.4%
55th	Barbados	68.5	0.0%
56th	Bermuda	68.4	0.5%
57th	Curaçao	68.2	0.4%
58th	Kuwait	68.2	0.9%
59th	Russian Federation	68.1	0.3%
60th	Cyprus	68.1	0.7%
61st	Cuba	67.9	0.9%
62nd	Romania	67.5	1.2%
63rd	Aruba	67.4	0.5%
64th	Portugal	67.1	1.2%
65th	Grenada	66.9	-0.2%
66th	Costa Rica	66.8	0.6%
67th	Jamaica	66.7	0.3%
68th	Virgin Islands (US)	66.5	1.0%
69th	British Virgin Islands	66.4	0.2%
70th	American Samoa	66.4	0.5%
71st	Dominica	66.2	0.8%
72nd	Bahamas, The	66.2	0.6%
73rd	Lebanon	66.0	0.2%
74th	Guam	65.8	0.5%
75th	Isle of Man	65.7	0.1%
76th	Argentina	65.6	0.9%
77th	Albania	65.2	1.1%
78th	North Macedonia	64.9	1.5%
79th	Qatar	64.9	1.0%
80th	Georgia	64.9	0.6%
81st	Trinidad and Tobago	64.9	0.2%
82nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64.8	0.6%
83rd	Northern Mariana Islands	64.8	0.6%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	64.5	0.8%
85th	Cayman Islands	64.4	0.7%
86th	Bahrain	64.4	1.6%
87th	Sri Lanka	64.4	0.3%
88th	St. Lucia	64.3	0.4%
89th	Panama	64.1	0.6%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.0	0.8%
91st	Seychelles	64.0	1.1%
92nd	Mauritius	63.7	1.6%
93rd	Malaysia	63.3	0.7%
94th	Tonga	63.2	0.8%
95th	Greenland	63.1	0.0%
96th	Belize	63.0	0.9%
97th	Turks and Caicos Islands	62.7	0.9%
98th	Armenia	62.6	0.4%
99th	Chile	62.6	0.5%
100th	Paraguay	62.6	0.3%
101st	French Polynesia	62.5	0.5%
102nd	Moldova	62.4	0.4%
103rd	Korea	62.2	1.1%
104th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	62.0	1.0%
105th	Fiji	61.7	0.4%
106th	Colombia	61.5	0.7%
107th	St. Kitts and Nevis	61.4	0.5%
108th	Philippines	60.8	-0.3%
109th	United Arab Emirates	60.8	1.7%
110th	Syrian Arab Republic	60.6	1.3%
111th	Iraq	60.5	1.5%
112th	Samoa	60.4	0.8%
113th	Uzbekistan	60.1	0.6%
114th	New Caledonia	60.1	1.3%
115th	Kazakhstan	60.0	0.3%
116th	Guyana	60.0	0.2%
117th	Jordan	59.8	-1.1%
118th	Micronesia, Federated States of	59.8	0.8%
119th	Suriname	59.5	0.2%
120th	Mexico	58.9	0.8%
121st	Ecuador	58.9	1.0%
122nd	Marshall Islands	58.8	0.5%
123rd	Dominican Republic	58.5	1.0%
124th	Nauru	58.4	0.1%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.0	0.5%
126th	Zimbabwe	57.8	0.5%
127th	Palau	57.7	0.7%
128th	Brazil	57.3	0.8%
129th	China	56.8	1.5%
130th	Türkiye	56.7	0.9%
131st	Tajikistan	56.6	0.6%
132nd	Azerbaijan	56.6	0.9%
133rd	Cabo Verde	56.6	0.9%
134th	Thailand	56.5	1.4%
135th	Botswana	56.4	1.0%
136th	Libya	56.4	2.2%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	56.3	1.6%
138th	Solomon Islands	56.1	1.7%
139th	Turkmenistan	56.0	0.6%
140th	South Africa	55.7	0.4%
141st	Tuvalu	55.3	1.1%
142nd	Vanuatu	55.3	1.0%
143rd	Viet Nam	54.9	0.3%
144th	Namibia	54.7	1.0%
145th	Kiribati	54.4	1.1%
146th	Honduras	54.4	1.2%
147th	Kenya	54.1	0.8%
148th	Kosovo	54.0	1.1%
149th	Nicaragua	53.8	0.9%
150th	Tunisia	53.8	2.9%
151st	Congo, Republic of	53.6	0.8%
152nd	Zambia	53.4	0.7%
153rd	Indonesia	53.3	1.3%
154th	Pakistan	52.9	1.2%
155th	Saudi Arabia	52.7	1.8%
156th	Gabon	52.7	1.1%
157th	Sudan	52.3	0.5%
158th	Papua New Guinea	52.1	1.2%
159th	Mongolia	52.0	1.1%
160th	Lesotho	51.5	0.8%
161st	El Salvador	51.4	0.2%
162nd	Eswatini	51.2	1.1%
163rd	Mauritania	50.5	0.9%
164th	Myanmar	50.5	0.9%
165th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	50.2	1.7%
166th	Uganda	49.6	0.2%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	49.0	0.6%
168th	Morocco	48.7	1.0%
169th	India	48.6	0.7%
170th	Guatemala	48.5	2.1%
171st	Cameroon	48.0	1.6%
172nd	Madagascar	47.9	1.2%
173rd	Ghana	47.9	0.0%
174th	Peru	47.7	-14.5%
175th	Djibouti	47.5	1.0%
176th	Haiti	47.3	0.8%
177th	Rwanda	47.1	-0.7%
178th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	47.1	0.9%
179th	Togo	46.8	0.9%
180th	Oman	46.6	2.2%
181st	Tanzania	46.5	1.0%
182nd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.6	0.4%
183rd	Comoros	45.2	1.3%
184th	Central African Republic	45.2	1.3%
185th	Maldives	44.5	2.0%
186th	Côte d'Ivoire	44.0	1.6%
187th	Lao PDR	43.8	0.7%
188th	Algeria	43.3	0.8%
189th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.3	0.8%
190th	Burundi	43.2	0.5%
191st	Nepal	43.2	1.0%
192nd	Benin	43.0	1.0%
193rd	Bangladesh	42.7	-12.4%
194th	Mozambique	42.5	0.5%
195th	Chad	41.4	0.9%
196th	Bhutan	41.2	1.5%
197th	Eritrea	41.2	0.9%
198th	Senegal	40.8	1.0%
199th	Yemen, Republic of	40.6	2.4%
200th	Liberia	40.4	0.9%
201st	Nigeria	40.0	2.7%
202nd	Angola	39.7	0.9%
203rd	Burkina Faso	39.5	1.3%
204th	Gambia, The	39.5	1.4%
205th	Guinea	39.1	0.6%
206th	Cambodia	38.6	-15.9%
207th	Sierra Leone	38.6	1.0%
208th	Afghanistan	37.5	1.3%
209th	Timor-Leste	37.4	1.5%
210th	Guinea-Bissau	37.3	0.8%
211th	Malawi	36.6	0.9%
212th	Niger	35.9	-0.2%
213th	Mali	33.4	1.6%
214th	Equatorial Guinea	31.1	0.3%
215th	South Sudan	25.6	0.9%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1970?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1970 was 62.0. This ranked 104th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1970?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 1.0% in 1970 compared to 1969.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1970?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1970 at 75.0.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1970?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1970 was 62.0. This ranked 104th globally.

How does 1970 compare to 1969 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 61.4 in 1969 to 62.0 in 1970, a 1.0% increase.

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