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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1981

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Life Expectancy 1981
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

67.7 +0.4 from 1980 Global rank: 93rd

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 67.7 in 1981, increased +0.4 from 67.2 in 1980. This was the 93rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1981▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1981
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Andorra	77.4	0.3%
2nd	San Marino	76.6	0.3%
3rd	Iceland	76.5	-0.4%
4th	Japan	76.4	0.5%
5th	Sweden	76.0	0.4%
6th	Faroe Islands	75.9	0.1%
7th	Netherlands	75.9	0.3%
8th	Norway	75.9	0.3%
9th	Switzerland	75.7	0.3%
10th	Spain	75.5	0.2%
11th	Canada	75.5	0.5%
12th	Hong Kong SAR, China	75.3	0.9%
13th	Monaco	75.0	0.0%
14th	Greece	74.9	0.5%
15th	Liechtenstein	74.8	0.2%
16th	Australia	74.7	0.4%
17th	Italy	74.4	0.6%
18th	France	74.3	0.3%
19th	Israel	74.3	0.5%
20th	Denmark	74.2	0.2%
21st	United Kingdom	74.0	0.5%
22nd	United States	74.0	0.5%
23rd	Gibraltar	74.0	0.3%
24th	Channel Islands	73.8	-0.1%
25th	Finland	73.7	0.4%
26th	New Zealand	73.6	1.1%
27th	Belgium	73.6	0.6%
28th	Costa Rica	73.4	0.6%
29th	Antigua and Barbuda	73.3	0.3%
30th	Macao SAR, China	73.2	0.6%
31st	European Union	73.1	0.5%
32nd	Cyprus	73.1	0.3%
33rd	Germany	73.0	0.3%
34th	Cuba	73.0	0.5%
35th	Puerto Rico (US)	73.0	-0.2%
36th	Ireland	73.0	0.5%
37th	Bermuda	72.9	0.3%
38th	Austria	72.8	0.5%
39th	Barbados	72.6	0.7%
40th	Singapore	72.6	0.6%
41st	St. Martin (French part)	72.4	0.1%
42nd	Malta	72.3	0.1%
43rd	Luxembourg	72.0	-0.4%
44th	Montenegro	71.9	-0.2%
45th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	71.9	0.1%
46th	Kuwait	71.8	0.6%
47th	Portugal	71.6	0.6%
48th	Bulgaria	71.6	0.6%
49th	Dominica	71.5	0.6%
50th	Aruba	71.3	0.8%
51st	Slovenia	71.2	0.1%
52nd	Guam	71.2	0.7%
53rd	Curaçao	71.2	0.3%
54th	Poland	71.1	1.4%
55th	Serbia	71.0	0.1%
56th	Bahrain	71.0	0.5%
57th	Uruguay	71.0	0.6%
58th	Czechia	70.7	0.6%
59th	Slovak Republic	70.6	0.3%
60th	Lithuania	70.5	0.0%
61st	Croatia	70.3	0.2%
62nd	Qatar	70.3	0.6%
63rd	Seychelles	70.2	0.8%
64th	Albania	70.1	0.3%
65th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	70.1	0.6%
66th	Cayman Islands	70.0	0.7%
67th	Belarus	69.9	0.0%
68th	British Virgin Islands	69.9	0.4%
69th	Chile	69.8	0.5%
70th	Ukraine	69.8	0.1%
71st	Panama	69.8	0.5%
72nd	American Samoa	69.7	0.5%
73rd	Romania	69.4	0.4%
74th	Bahamas, The	69.4	0.4%
75th	Brunei Darussalam	69.3	0.5%
76th	North Macedonia	69.3	0.5%
77th	Hungary	69.1	0.1%
78th	Jamaica	69.1	0.2%
79th	Estonia	69.0	-0.2%
80th	Virgin Islands (US)	68.9	0.3%
81st	Argentina	68.9	0.4%
82nd	Isle of Man	68.8	0.5%
83rd	Latvia	68.8	0.0%
84th	Georgia	68.7	0.7%
85th	St. Lucia	68.7	1.3%
86th	United Arab Emirates	68.6	0.7%
87th	Northern Mariana Islands	68.5	0.3%
88th	Malaysia	68.5	0.6%
89th	Sri Lanka	68.4	0.5%
90th	Grenada	68.3	0.3%
91st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	68.3	0.5%
92nd	French Polynesia	68.2	1.1%
93rd	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	67.7	0.7%
94th	Turks and Caicos Islands	67.4	0.5%
95th	Mauritius	67.4	1.0%
96th	Russian Federation	67.3	0.3%
97th	Colombia	67.2	0.7%
98th	Belize	67.1	0.3%
99th	Jordan	66.9	0.6%
100th	Korea	66.5	0.8%
101st	Trinidad and Tobago	66.5	-0.1%
102nd	Tonga	66.4	0.3%
103rd	New Caledonia	66.0	0.6%
104th	Viet Nam	65.8	0.7%
105th	Moldova	65.6	0.6%
106th	Armenia	65.5	0.5%
107th	Samoa	65.3	0.5%
108th	Libya	65.3	0.7%
109th	Paraguay	64.8	0.4%
110th	China	64.8	0.8%
111th	Mexico	64.7	0.7%
112th	St. Kitts and Nevis	64.6	0.4%
113th	Syrian Arab Republic	64.6	-2.9%
114th	Tunisia	64.4	1.1%
115th	Solomon Islands	64.1	0.6%
116th	Ecuador	63.8	0.8%
117th	Dominican Republic	63.8	0.6%
118th	Saudi Arabia	63.3	1.3%
119th	Uzbekistan	63.2	0.4%
120th	Türkiye	63.2	0.7%
121st	Greenland	63.1	-0.6%
122nd	Botswana	63.0	0.8%
123rd	Kazakhstan	63.0	0.8%
124th	Thailand	62.9	1.1%
125th	Micronesia, Federated States of	62.7	0.2%
126th	Brazil	62.3	0.7%
127th	Fiji	62.3	-0.2%
128th	Palau	62.1	0.4%
129th	Vanuatu	62.0	1.0%
130th	Philippines	61.9	0.1%
131st	Azerbaijan	61.9	0.8%
132nd	Kyrgyz Republic	61.6	0.5%
133rd	Cabo Verde	61.3	0.4%
134th	Marshall Islands	61.1	0.2%
135th	Honduras	61.0	1.1%
136th	Turkmenistan	61.0	1.3%
137th	Guyana	60.9	0.2%
138th	Oman	60.8	2.0%
139th	Suriname	60.8	0.2%
140th	Tuvalu	60.5	0.5%
141st	South Africa	60.4	0.8%
142nd	Kosovo	60.4	0.1%
143rd	Peru	60.3	0.6%
144th	Lebanon	60.3	0.6%
145th	Kenya	59.6	0.7%
146th	Zimbabwe	59.4	0.7%
147th	São Tomé and Principe	59.4	0.1%
148th	Indonesia	59.1	0.7%
149th	Eswatini	58.8	1.0%
150th	Tajikistan	58.8	0.2%
151st	Iraq	58.7	-3.7%
152nd	Nauru	58.6	0.1%
153rd	Gabon	58.3	0.8%
154th	Nicaragua	58.3	0.6%
155th	Pakistan	57.8	1.0%
156th	Papua New Guinea	57.8	0.6%
157th	Kiribati	57.5	0.4%
158th	Algeria	57.4	5.3%
159th	Lesotho	57.3	1.4%
160th	Congo, Republic of	57.1	0.5%
161st	Namibia	56.9	0.6%
162nd	Iran, Islamic Republic of	56.6	-3.0%
163rd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	56.5	1.4%
164th	Morocco	56.0	1.5%
165th	Maldives	55.7	1.7%
166th	Mongolia	55.4	0.3%
167th	Zambia	55.0	-0.9%
168th	Guatemala	54.7	-1.1%
169th	Myanmar	54.7	0.6%
170th	Sudan	54.4	0.5%
171st	India	54.2	1.1%
172nd	Mauritania	53.7	0.9%
173rd	Togo	52.8	1.2%
174th	Bangladesh	52.6	0.7%
175th	Djibouti	52.4	0.6%
176th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	52.3	0.8%
177th	Côte d'Ivoire	51.8	0.7%
178th	Tanzania	51.7	0.8%
179th	Yemen, Republic of	51.7	2.1%
180th	Ghana	51.3	0.5%
181st	Cameroon	51.2	0.7%
182nd	Comoros	51.2	1.0%
183rd	El Salvador	50.9	4.7%
184th	Haiti	50.3	0.7%
185th	Central African Republic	50.0	0.5%
186th	Madagascar	49.8	-0.4%
187th	Lao PDR	49.2	1.4%
188th	Rwanda	49.2	2.3%
189th	Equatorial Guinea	49.1	0.7%
190th	Senegal	49.1	1.6%
191st	Bhutan	49.0	1.6%
192nd	Nepal	48.7	0.7%
193rd	Benin	48.1	0.8%
194th	Cambodia	48.0	1.1%
195th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	47.8	0.4%
196th	Burkina Faso	46.9	0.9%
197th	Burundi	46.4	1.5%
198th	Nigeria	46.3	0.8%
199th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	45.7	0.4%
200th	Eritrea	45.0	0.8%
201st	Malawi	44.7	0.9%
202nd	Gambia, The	44.5	-1.1%
203rd	Liberia	44.3	0.6%
204th	Guinea-Bissau	43.9	0.8%
205th	Chad	43.5	0.1%
206th	Uganda	43.5	0.0%
207th	Guinea	43.3	1.1%
208th	Sierra Leone	43.1	0.6%
209th	Angola	42.6	0.7%
210th	Mozambique	41.6	-5.3%
211th	Mali	41.0	1.8%
212th	Niger	39.6	0.7%
213th	Afghanistan	39.4	0.4%
214th	South Sudan	38.3	0.7%
215th	Timor-Leste	31.2	3.5%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1981?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1981 was 67.7. This ranked 93rd globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1981?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 1981 compared to 1980.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1981?▾

Andorra had the highest life expectancy in 1981 at 77.4.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1981?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1981 was 67.7. This ranked 93rd globally.

How does 1981 compare to 1980 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 67.2 in 1980 to 67.7 in 1981, a 0.7% increase.

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