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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1979

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Life Expectancy 1979
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

66.7 +0.5 from 1978 Global rank: 94th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 66.7 in 1979, increased +0.5 from 66.3 in 1978. This was the 94th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1979
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	76.8	0.4%
2nd	Iceland	76.8	0.2%
3rd	San Marino	76.1	0.3%
4th	Japan	76.1	0.7%
5th	Faroe Islands	75.8	0.1%
6th	Netherlands	75.6	0.6%
7th	Sweden	75.5	0.1%
8th	Switzerland	75.5	0.4%
9th	Norway	75.4	0.0%
10th	Monaco	74.9	0.3%
11th	Canada	74.9	0.5%
12th	Spain	74.8	0.7%
13th	Liechtenstein	74.6	0.0%
14th	Greece	74.6	0.3%
15th	Denmark	74.2	-0.2%
16th	Australia	74.0	0.4%
17th	Italy	74.0	0.4%
18th	France	73.9	0.3%
19th	United States	73.8	0.6%
20th	Hong Kong SAR, China	73.7	0.2%
21st	Gibraltar	73.6	0.1%
22nd	Israel	73.5	0.4%
23rd	United Kingdom	73.3	0.1%
24th	Channel Islands	73.2	0.1%
25th	Belgium	73.2	0.7%
26th	Finland	73.2	0.4%
27th	New Zealand	73.1	0.1%
28th	Antigua and Barbuda	72.8	0.4%
29th	European Union	72.8	0.4%
30th	Puerto Rico (US)	72.7	0.3%
31st	Germany	72.6	0.5%
32nd	Costa Rica	72.5	0.7%
33rd	Bermuda	72.4	0.6%
34th	Malta	72.4	0.2%
35th	Macao SAR, China	72.3	0.6%
36th	Austria	72.3	0.4%
37th	St. Martin (French part)	72.3	0.1%
38th	Cuba	72.3	0.5%
39th	Ireland	72.3	0.4%
40th	Cyprus	72.2	0.6%
41st	Luxembourg	72.2	1.1%
42nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.8	-0.2%
43rd	Barbados	71.5	0.6%
44th	Singapore	71.5	0.2%
45th	Bulgaria	71.3	0.2%
46th	Montenegro	71.3	-0.6%
47th	Portugal	71.2	1.2%
48th	Kuwait	71.1	0.5%
49th	Serbia	71.1	-0.4%
50th	Slovenia	70.9	0.2%
51st	Poland	70.8	0.6%
52nd	Czechia	70.7	0.1%
53rd	Slovak Republic	70.7	0.5%
54th	Curaçao	70.7	0.4%
55th	Aruba	70.5	0.3%
56th	Lithuania	70.5	-0.2%
57th	Croatia	70.4	-0.2%
58th	Bahrain	70.3	0.6%
59th	Uruguay	70.3	0.0%
60th	Guam	70.1	0.8%
61st	Belarus	69.9	-0.2%
62nd	Ukraine	69.8	-0.1%
63rd	Albania	69.6	0.4%
64th	Hungary	69.6	0.3%
65th	Qatar	69.5	0.6%
66th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	69.3	3.1%
67th	British Virgin Islands	69.3	0.4%
68th	Dominica	69.2	-1.3%
69th	Romania	69.2	-0.5%
70th	American Samoa	69.1	0.3%
71st	Panama	69.1	0.6%
72nd	Bosnia and Herzegovina	69.1	0.3%
73rd	North Macedonia	69.1	0.2%
74th	Estonia	69.1	-0.4%
75th	Cayman Islands	69.0	0.7%
76th	Bahamas, The	69.0	0.1%
77th	Chile	68.9	1.2%
78th	Jamaica	68.8	0.1%
79th	Brunei Darussalam	68.6	0.6%
80th	Latvia	68.5	-0.7%
81st	Virgin Islands (US)	68.5	0.3%
82nd	Argentina	68.4	0.6%
83rd	Seychelles	68.3	0.5%
84th	Northern Mariana Islands	68.1	0.3%
85th	Isle of Man	68.1	0.6%
86th	Georgia	67.9	0.5%
87th	Grenada	67.9	0.1%
88th	United Arab Emirates	67.6	0.8%
89th	Malaysia	67.6	0.7%
90th	Sri Lanka	67.5	1.0%
91st	St. Lucia	67.4	0.0%
92nd	Russian Federation	67.1	-0.4%
93rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	66.8	0.5%
94th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	66.7	0.7%
95th	Belize	66.7	0.5%
96th	French Polynesia	66.6	1.1%
97th	Trinidad and Tobago	66.4	0.3%
98th	Mauritius	66.3	1.1%
99th	Syrian Arab Republic	66.2	0.5%
100th	Colombia	66.2	0.5%
101st	Jordan	66.0	0.7%
102nd	Tonga	66.0	0.3%
103rd	Korea	65.5	0.5%
104th	New Caledonia	65.2	0.7%
105th	Viet Nam	65.0	0.7%
106th	Moldova	64.8	0.5%
107th	Armenia	64.8	0.5%
108th	Samoa	64.5	0.6%
109th	Iraq	64.4	0.4%
110th	Libya	64.3	0.8%
111th	Paraguay	64.3	0.3%
112th	St. Kitts and Nevis	64.2	0.3%
113th	Greenland	64.0	0.9%
114th	Mexico	63.9	0.7%
115th	China	63.7	1.0%
116th	Solomon Islands	63.1	1.0%
117th	Tunisia	62.9	1.3%
118th	Ecuador	62.9	0.7%
119th	Uzbekistan	62.7	0.4%
120th	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.5	0.2%
121st	Dominican Republic	62.4	-0.3%
122nd	Fiji	62.3	-1.2%
123rd	Türkiye	62.2	0.9%
124th	Kazakhstan	62.1	0.5%
125th	Botswana	62.0	0.9%
126th	Philippines	61.7	0.3%
127th	Thailand	61.7	0.7%
128th	Palau	61.6	0.5%
129th	Saudi Arabia	61.5	1.4%
130th	Brazil	61.4	0.7%
131st	Azerbaijan	60.9	0.7%
132nd	Vanuatu	60.9	1.7%
133rd	Kyrgyz Republic	60.9	0.6%
134th	Marshall Islands	60.8	0.2%
135th	Guyana	60.7	0.1%
136th	Cabo Verde	60.7	0.6%
137th	Suriname	60.5	0.2%
138th	Tuvalu	59.9	0.5%
139th	Honduras	59.8	1.0%
140th	Peru	59.6	0.6%
141st	Lebanon	59.6	-0.7%
142nd	Namibia	59.5	0.7%
143rd	South Africa	59.5	0.8%
144th	São Tomé and Principe	59.3	0.2%
145th	Turkmenistan	59.1	1.4%
146th	Kosovo	59.1	0.5%
147th	Kenya	58.7	0.8%
148th	Tajikistan	58.5	0.2%
149th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	58.5	4.3%
150th	Nauru	58.4	0.1%
151st	Oman	58.3	2.3%
152nd	Indonesia	58.2	1.0%
153rd	Eswatini	57.5	1.3%
154th	Gabon	57.4	0.8%
155th	Kiribati	57.1	0.3%
156th	Papua New Guinea	57.0	0.8%
157th	Pakistan	56.6	1.0%
158th	Guatemala	56.6	0.3%
159th	Congo, Republic of	56.5	0.5%
160th	Zambia	56.1	-0.5%
161st	Lesotho	55.8	1.2%
162nd	Mongolia	55.0	0.3%
163rd	Zimbabwe	54.9	0.3%
164th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	54.9	1.5%
165th	Morocco	54.4	1.5%
166th	Myanmar	54.0	0.9%
167th	Maldives	53.9	6.8%
168th	El Salvador	53.8	-1.7%
169th	Sudan	53.4	0.2%
170th	India	53.0	1.1%
171st	Mauritania	52.8	0.8%
172nd	Algeria	52.4	3.5%
173rd	Bangladesh	52.0	0.7%
174th	Djibouti	51.6	0.8%
175th	Togo	51.5	1.2%
176th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	51.4	1.0%
177th	Côte d'Ivoire	51.0	1.2%
178th	Nicaragua	50.8	-5.1%
179th	Tanzania	50.8	0.9%
180th	Ghana	50.8	0.6%
181st	Cameroon	50.5	0.4%
182nd	Comoros	50.1	0.9%
183rd	Madagascar	50.1	0.1%
184th	Haiti	49.7	0.5%
185th	Yemen, Republic of	49.5	2.2%
186th	Central African Republic	49.5	0.7%
187th	Nepal	47.8	1.2%
188th	Senegal	47.5	1.9%
189th	Lao PDR	47.5	1.3%
190th	Bhutan	47.4	1.6%
191st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.4	0.8%
192nd	Benin	47.4	0.9%
193rd	Rwanda	47.1	2.0%
194th	Nigeria	45.7	0.9%
195th	Burkina Faso	45.7	1.6%
196th	Uganda	45.4	-0.5%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	45.3	1.5%
198th	Burundi	45.0	1.4%
199th	Gambia, The	44.5	2.2%
200th	Mozambique	43.9	-0.1%
201st	Liberia	43.9	0.7%
202nd	Eritrea	43.8	0.9%
203rd	Malawi	43.7	1.6%
204th	Guinea-Bissau	43.2	0.8%
205th	Chad	43.2	0.5%
206th	Equatorial Guinea	43.0	1.7%
207th	Sierra Leone	42.5	0.8%
208th	Guinea	42.3	1.1%
209th	Angola	41.9	0.8%
210th	Cambodia	41.1	254.9%
211th	Mali	39.5	1.9%
212th	Niger	38.9	1.6%
213th	Afghanistan	38.8	-3.1%
214th	South Sudan	37.8	0.6%
215th	Timor-Leste	24.2	5.4%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1979?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1979 was 66.7. This ranked 94th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1979?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 1979 compared to 1978.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1979?▾

Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1979 at 76.8.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1979?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1979 was 66.7. This ranked 94th globally.

How does 1979 compare to 1978 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 66.3 in 1978 to 66.7 in 1979, a 0.7% increase.

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