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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1977

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Life Expectancy 1977
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

65.8 +0.5 from 1976 Global rank: 96th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 65.8 in 1977, increased +0.5 from 65.3 in 1976. This was the 96th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1977▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1977
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Iceland	76.4	-0.8%
2nd	Andorra	76.2	0.4%
3rd	San Marino	75.6	0.3%
4th	Faroe Islands	75.6	0.2%
5th	Norway	75.4	0.5%
6th	Sweden	75.4	0.5%
7th	Japan	75.3	0.8%
8th	Switzerland	75.2	0.6%
9th	Netherlands	75.2	0.8%
10th	Liechtenstein	74.7	0.2%
11th	Denmark	74.6	1.2%
12th	Canada	74.2	0.5%
13th	Monaco	74.2	0.5%
14th	Spain	74.1	0.7%
15th	Greece	73.7	0.0%
16th	Gibraltar	73.5	0.0%
17th	Italy	73.4	0.5%
18th	France	73.4	0.3%
19th	Hong Kong SAR, China	73.3	0.8%
20th	Australia	73.3	0.5%
21st	United States	73.3	0.5%
22nd	United Kingdom	73.2	0.6%
23rd	Israel	73.0	0.0%
24th	Channel Islands	72.9	0.3%
25th	Belgium	72.8	0.9%
26th	Puerto Rico (US)	72.4	0.4%
27th	European Union	72.4	0.4%
28th	Finland	72.4	0.7%
29th	Germany	72.3	0.8%
30th	Malta	72.2	0.2%
31st	St. Martin (French part)	72.2	0.1%
32nd	New Zealand	72.2	-0.4%
33rd	Antigua and Barbuda	72.1	0.5%
34th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.1	-0.2%
35th	Ireland	72.0	0.2%
36th	Austria	71.9	0.5%
37th	Serbia	71.7	-0.1%
38th	Bermuda	71.6	0.4%
39th	Montenegro	71.6	-0.3%
40th	Costa Rica	71.5	0.8%
41st	Luxembourg	71.4	1.7%
42nd	Cuba	71.4	0.8%
43rd	Macao SAR, China	71.4	-0.1%
44th	Cyprus	71.3	0.6%
45th	Singapore	71.0	0.4%
46th	Bulgaria	70.8	-0.8%
47th	Lithuania	70.8	-0.2%
48th	Croatia	70.7	0.4%
49th	Barbados	70.6	0.8%
50th	Czechia	70.6	0.1%
51st	Slovenia	70.6	0.4%
52nd	Kuwait	70.5	0.4%
53rd	Slovak Republic	70.4	-0.1%
54th	Poland	70.4	-0.4%
55th	Belarus	70.3	-0.2%
56th	Curaçao	70.2	0.4%
57th	Uruguay	70.1	0.3%
58th	Aruba	70.1	0.4%
59th	Portugal	70.0	1.7%
60th	Ukraine	70.0	-0.2%
61st	Hungary	69.8	0.4%
62nd	Romania	69.7	0.1%
63rd	Dominica	69.7	0.4%
64th	Estonia	69.4	0.1%
65th	Bahrain	69.4	0.8%
66th	Latvia	69.1	0.1%
67th	Guam	69.0	1.1%
68th	Albania	69.0	0.6%
69th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	68.8	0.3%
70th	Bahamas, The	68.8	0.3%
71st	American Samoa	68.7	0.3%
72nd	British Virgin Islands	68.7	0.4%
73rd	Qatar	68.6	0.7%
74th	Jamaica	68.6	0.3%
75th	Panama	68.3	0.7%
76th	North Macedonia	68.1	0.5%
77th	Cayman Islands	68.1	0.8%
78th	Virgin Islands (US)	68.1	0.3%
79th	Grenada	67.9	-0.1%
80th	Brunei Darussalam	67.8	0.6%
81st	Seychelles	67.7	0.6%
82nd	Northern Mariana Islands	67.7	0.6%
83rd	Argentina	67.6	0.8%
84th	Chile	67.5	1.1%
85th	Russian Federation	67.4	-0.2%
86th	Isle of Man	67.4	0.5%
87th	Georgia	67.2	0.5%
88th	St. Lucia	67.0	1.1%
89th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	66.9	0.6%
90th	Malaysia	66.7	0.7%
91st	United Arab Emirates	66.5	1.0%
92nd	Sri Lanka	66.4	0.8%
93rd	Trinidad and Tobago	66.2	0.2%
94th	Belize	66.1	0.6%
95th	Turks and Caicos Islands	66.0	0.6%
96th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	65.8	0.7%
97th	Tonga	65.6	0.3%
98th	Syrian Arab Republic	65.4	0.9%
99th	French Polynesia	65.3	0.8%
100th	Colombia	65.2	0.9%
101st	Mauritius	65.1	1.2%
102nd	Jordan	65.1	0.7%
103rd	Korea	64.9	0.6%
104th	Armenia	64.3	0.4%
105th	New Caledonia	64.2	0.8%
106th	Moldova	64.2	0.4%
107th	Viet Nam	64.1	0.6%
108th	Iraq	63.9	0.5%
109th	Paraguay	63.9	0.3%
110th	Samoa	63.7	0.7%
111th	St. Kitts and Nevis	63.7	0.4%
112th	Libya	63.1	1.1%
113th	Mexico	63.0	0.8%
114th	Fiji	62.7	1.0%
115th	China	62.5	2.0%
116th	Dominican Republic	62.2	0.7%
117th	Uzbekistan	62.2	0.4%
118th	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.1	0.4%
119th	Ecuador	61.9	0.8%
120th	Greenland	61.8	0.1%
121st	Solomon Islands	61.5	0.6%
122nd	Kazakhstan	61.5	0.4%
123rd	Philippines	61.4	0.9%
124th	Tunisia	61.3	1.6%
125th	Thailand	60.9	0.9%
126th	Palau	60.9	0.7%
127th	Botswana	60.9	1.1%
128th	Türkiye	60.8	1.4%
129th	Marshall Islands	60.6	0.3%
130th	Guyana	60.6	0.2%
131st	Brazil	60.5	0.8%
132nd	Lebanon	60.3	65.6%
133rd	Suriname	60.3	0.2%
134th	Kyrgyz Republic	60.1	0.4%
135th	Cabo Verde	60.0	1.0%
136th	Azerbaijan	60.0	0.8%
137th	Saudi Arabia	59.7	1.6%
138th	Vanuatu	59.2	1.0%
139th	Tuvalu	59.2	0.7%
140th	São Tomé and Principe	59.0	0.3%
141st	Peru	58.9	0.6%
142nd	Honduras	58.7	1.0%
143rd	Namibia	58.6	0.9%
144th	South Africa	58.5	0.8%
145th	Kosovo	58.4	1.5%
146th	Tajikistan	58.2	0.3%
147th	Nauru	58.1	-0.1%
148th	Turkmenistan	57.7	0.4%
149th	Kenya	57.7	0.9%
150th	Indonesia	57.1	1.1%
151st	Zimbabwe	57.0	-1.1%
152nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	56.7	1.6%
153rd	Gabon	56.5	0.9%
154th	Zambia	56.3	0.3%
155th	Nicaragua	56.1	0.0%
156th	Kiribati	56.1	-0.9%
157th	Papua New Guinea	56.1	0.9%
158th	Congo, Republic of	56.0	0.6%
159th	Eswatini	56.0	1.5%
160th	Oman	55.5	2.0%
161st	Pakistan	55.5	0.7%
162nd	Guatemala	55.2	15.9%
163rd	Mongolia	54.7	0.3%
164th	Lesotho	54.5	1.1%
165th	El Salvador	54.0	-0.6%
166th	Sudan	53.5	0.3%
167th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	53.3	1.5%
168th	Myanmar	53.3	0.7%
169th	Morocco	52.8	1.4%
170th	Mauritania	52.0	0.4%
171st	Maldives	51.8	2.1%
172nd	India	51.8	1.0%
173rd	Bangladesh	51.3	0.6%
174th	Djibouti	50.8	0.8%
175th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	50.4	0.8%
176th	Togo	50.2	1.3%
177th	Cameroon	50.1	0.2%
178th	Ghana	50.1	0.7%
179th	Tanzania	50.0	1.0%
180th	Madagascar	49.9	0.3%
181st	Côte d'Ivoire	49.6	1.6%
182nd	Algeria	49.2	2.5%
183rd	Haiti	49.2	0.5%
184th	Comoros	49.2	1.1%
185th	Central African Republic	48.8	0.9%
186th	Yemen, Republic of	47.4	2.2%
187th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.0	5.1%
188th	Nepal	46.6	1.4%
189th	Benin	46.5	1.2%
190th	Lao PDR	46.4	0.9%
191st	Bhutan	46.0	1.6%
192nd	Uganda	45.8	-0.7%
193rd	Senegal	45.7	2.0%
194th	Rwanda	45.6	0.6%
195th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	44.9	0.4%
196th	Nigeria	44.8	1.5%
197th	Burkina Faso	44.2	1.9%
198th	Burundi	44.0	0.6%
199th	Mozambique	43.9	0.0%
200th	Gambia, The	43.4	1.1%
201st	Liberia	43.2	0.9%
202nd	Eritrea	43.0	0.9%
203rd	Chad	42.9	0.5%
204th	Guinea-Bissau	42.6	0.8%
205th	Equatorial Guinea	42.0	37.6%
206th	Malawi	42.0	2.3%
207th	Sierra Leone	41.8	1.0%
208th	Guinea	41.4	0.9%
209th	Angola	41.2	1.0%
210th	Afghanistan	41.1	1.4%
211th	Mali	38.0	2.1%
212th	Niger	37.7	1.6%
213th	South Sudan	37.4	0.8%
214th	Timor-Leste	24.9	-3.8%
215th	Cambodia	11.3	-2.9%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1977?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1977 was 65.8. This ranked 96th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1977?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 1977 compared to 1976.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1977?▾

Iceland had the highest life expectancy in 1977 at 76.4.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1977?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1977 was 65.8. This ranked 96th globally.

How does 1977 compare to 1976 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 65.3 in 1976 to 65.8 in 1977, a 0.7% increase.

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