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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1971

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Life Expectancy 1971
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

62.7 +0.6 from 1970 Global rank: 103rd

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 62.7 in 1971, increased +0.6 from 62.0 in 1970. This was the 103rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1971▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1971
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Faroe Islands	75.1	0.2%
2nd	Sweden	74.6	0.0%
3rd	Andorra	74.6	0.2%
4th	San Marino	74.4	0.2%
5th	Norway	74.2	0.1%
6th	Netherlands	73.8	0.3%
7th	Iceland	73.6	-0.5%
8th	Denmark	73.4	0.1%
9th	Monaco	73.4	0.0%
10th	Switzerland	73.1	0.2%
11th	Liechtenstein	73.1	0.3%
12th	Canada	73.0	0.5%
13th	Greece	72.9	0.3%
14th	Japan	72.8	1.2%
15th	United Kingdom	72.3	0.4%
16th	Gibraltar	72.1	0.3%
17th	Channel Islands	72.0	0.3%
18th	France	71.9	0.3%
19th	Italy	71.8	0.3%
20th	New Zealand	71.8	0.7%
21st	Lithuania	71.7	1.3%
22nd	Israel	71.7	0.7%
23rd	Ireland	71.7	1.1%
24th	Spain	71.6	-0.6%
25th	Hong Kong SAR, China	71.5	0.8%
26th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.3	0.6%
27th	St. Martin (French part)	71.3	0.5%
28th	United States	71.1	0.4%
29th	Puerto Rico (US)	71.1	1.0%
30th	Australia	71.1	0.1%
31st	Belgium	71.1	0.1%
32nd	Belarus	71.0	0.4%
33rd	European Union	71.0	0.2%
34th	Bulgaria	70.9	-0.5%
35th	Ukraine	70.9	0.0%
36th	Germany	70.7	0.3%
37th	Montenegro	70.6	0.6%
38th	Latvia	70.2	0.5%
39th	Estonia	70.1	0.3%
40th	Austria	70.1	0.3%
41st	Malta	70.1	-0.3%
42nd	Finland	70.0	-0.2%
43rd	Slovak Republic	69.9	0.2%
44th	Antigua and Barbuda	69.9	0.7%
45th	Czechia	69.7	0.3%
46th	Serbia	69.6	0.0%
47th	Poland	69.6	-0.4%
48th	Croatia	69.3	0.4%
49th	Luxembourg	69.2	0.0%
50th	Macao SAR, China	69.1	0.6%
51st	Hungary	69.1	-0.2%
52nd	Singapore	69.0	0.4%
53rd	Bermuda	69.0	0.8%
54th	Uruguay	68.9	0.3%
55th	Slovenia	68.8	0.3%
56th	Barbados	68.8	0.4%
57th	Kuwait	68.7	0.8%
58th	Curaçao	68.5	0.4%
59th	Romania	68.5	1.5%
60th	Cuba	68.4	0.7%
61st	Russian Federation	68.4	0.4%
62nd	Cyprus	68.4	0.4%
63rd	Aruba	67.8	0.5%
64th	Costa Rica	67.4	0.9%
65th	Virgin Islands (US)	67.1	0.9%
66th	Jamaica	67.0	0.4%
67th	Grenada	66.9	0.0%
68th	Portugal	66.8	-0.5%
69th	American Samoa	66.8	0.6%
70th	Dominica	66.8	0.8%
71st	British Virgin Islands	66.7	0.4%
72nd	Bahamas, The	66.5	0.5%
73rd	Lebanon	66.1	0.2%
74th	Guam	66.1	0.4%
75th	Albania	65.9	1.0%
76th	Isle of Man	65.8	0.2%
77th	Argentina	65.6	0.0%
78th	Qatar	65.5	0.9%
79th	Bahrain	65.3	1.4%
80th	Northern Mariana Islands	65.2	0.6%
81st	Georgia	65.2	0.5%
82nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	65.2	0.5%
83rd	North Macedonia	65.1	0.4%
84th	Brunei Darussalam	65.0	0.8%
85th	Trinidad and Tobago	64.9	0.1%
86th	Cayman Islands	64.8	0.7%
87th	Panama	64.7	0.9%
88th	Seychelles	64.7	1.0%
89th	St. Lucia	64.5	0.3%
90th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	64.4	0.6%
91st	Sri Lanka	64.2	-0.2%
92nd	Mauritius	63.9	0.3%
93rd	Malaysia	63.8	0.7%
94th	Tonga	63.6	0.7%
95th	Belize	63.5	0.8%
96th	Turks and Caicos Islands	63.3	0.9%
97th	Chile	63.1	0.7%
98th	Greenland	63.1	-0.1%
99th	Armenia	62.9	0.4%
100th	French Polynesia	62.8	0.5%
101st	Paraguay	62.7	0.3%
102nd	Moldova	62.7	0.4%
103rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	62.7	1.0%
104th	Korea	62.6	0.7%
105th	Colombia	62.0	0.9%
106th	Jordan	61.8	3.2%
107th	United Arab Emirates	61.8	1.6%
108th	Fiji	61.7	0.1%
109th	St. Kitts and Nevis	61.7	0.6%
110th	Syrian Arab Republic	61.3	1.2%
111th	Iraq	61.3	1.3%
112th	Philippines	61.1	0.4%
113th	Samoa	60.9	0.8%
114th	New Caledonia	60.8	1.2%
115th	Uzbekistan	60.4	0.6%
116th	Kazakhstan	60.3	0.4%
117th	Micronesia, Federated States of	60.2	0.7%
118th	Guyana	60.1	0.2%
119th	Suriname	59.6	0.2%
120th	Mexico	59.4	0.9%
121st	Ecuador	59.3	0.8%
122nd	Marshall Islands	59.1	0.6%
123rd	Dominican Republic	59.1	1.0%
124th	Nauru	58.4	0.0%
125th	Kyrgyz Republic	58.3	0.5%
126th	Palau	58.1	0.8%
127th	Zimbabwe	58.0	0.4%
128th	Brazil	57.8	0.8%
129th	China	57.7	1.6%
130th	Libya	57.6	2.1%
131st	Türkiye	57.2	0.9%
132nd	Thailand	57.1	1.1%
133rd	Botswana	57.1	1.1%
134th	Azerbaijan	57.0	0.8%
135th	Cabo Verde	57.0	0.8%
136th	Solomon Islands	57.0	1.7%
137th	São Tomé and Principe	57.0	1.2%
138th	Tajikistan	56.9	0.5%
139th	Peru	56.5	18.4%
140th	Turkmenistan	56.3	0.5%
141st	South Africa	56.0	0.6%
142nd	Tuvalu	56.0	1.1%
143rd	Vanuatu	55.9	1.0%
144th	Viet Nam	55.6	1.2%
145th	Namibia	55.3	1.1%
146th	Kosovo	55.1	2.1%
147th	Honduras	55.0	1.2%
148th	Kiribati	54.9	1.0%
149th	Tunisia	54.9	2.1%
150th	Kenya	54.5	0.7%
151st	Nicaragua	54.2	0.8%
152nd	Congo, Republic of	54.0	0.8%
153rd	Zambia	53.9	0.9%
154th	Indonesia	53.8	1.1%
155th	Saudi Arabia	53.7	1.9%
156th	Gabon	53.3	1.1%
157th	Papua New Guinea	52.6	0.9%
158th	Sudan	52.5	0.5%
159th	Mongolia	52.5	1.1%
160th	Lesotho	51.8	0.7%
161st	Eswatini	51.8	1.1%
162nd	El Salvador	51.7	0.6%
163rd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	51.1	1.8%
164th	Myanmar	51.0	1.1%
165th	Mauritania	50.8	0.4%
166th	Guatemala	50.3	3.6%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	49.5	1.0%
168th	Morocco	49.2	1.0%
169th	Pakistan	49.0	-7.4%
170th	India	48.9	0.7%
171st	Cameroon	48.6	1.3%
172nd	Madagascar	48.2	0.6%
173rd	Ghana	47.9	0.1%
174th	Oman	47.9	2.6%
175th	Haiti	47.6	0.7%
176th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	47.5	0.8%
177th	Djibouti	47.3	-0.6%
178th	Togo	47.2	1.0%
179th	Uganda	47.1	-5.0%
180th	Tanzania	47.0	1.0%
181st	Rwanda	46.8	-0.8%
182nd	Comoros	45.8	1.4%
183rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	45.8	0.4%
184th	Central African Republic	45.8	1.3%
185th	Maldives	45.5	2.1%
186th	Côte d'Ivoire	44.8	1.7%
187th	Lao PDR	44.1	0.8%
188th	Algeria	43.8	1.0%
189th	Nepal	43.6	1.1%
190th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	43.6	0.6%
191st	Benin	43.4	0.8%
192nd	Burundi	43.2	-0.1%
193rd	Mozambique	42.6	0.3%
194th	Bhutan	41.8	1.6%
195th	Yemen, Republic of	41.8	2.9%
196th	Eritrea	41.5	0.9%
197th	Senegal	41.2	1.1%
198th	Chad	40.9	-1.2%
199th	Liberia	40.7	0.9%
200th	Nigeria	40.6	1.5%
201st	Angola	40.1	1.0%
202nd	Gambia, The	40.0	1.3%
203rd	Burkina Faso	39.9	0.8%
204th	Guinea	39.4	0.8%
205th	Sierra Leone	39.1	1.3%
206th	Cambodia	38.7	0.2%
207th	Afghanistan	37.9	1.3%
208th	Timor-Leste	37.9	1.5%
209th	Guinea-Bissau	37.5	0.8%
210th	Equatorial Guinea	37.2	19.8%
211th	Malawi	37.1	1.2%
212th	Niger	35.3	-1.7%
213th	Mali	33.8	1.2%
214th	South Sudan	31.0	20.9%
215th	Bangladesh	26.5	-37.8%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1971?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1971 was 62.7. This ranked 103rd globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1971?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 1.0% in 1971 compared to 1970.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1971?▾

Faroe Islands had the highest life expectancy in 1971 at 75.1.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1971?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1971 was 62.7. This ranked 103rd globally.

How does 1971 compare to 1970 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 62.0 in 1970 to 62.7 in 1971, a 1.0% increase.

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