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Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of - Life Expectancy 1988

Name: Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of Life Expectancy 1988
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

70.1 +0.3 from 1987 Global rank: 86th

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy was 70.1 in 1988, increased +0.3 from 69.8 in 1987. This was the 86th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1988▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1988
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	79.4	0.2%
2nd	Andorra	78.4	0.2%
3rd	Japan	78.3	-0.1%
4th	Liechtenstein	77.8	0.3%
5th	San Marino	77.5	0.1%
6th	Switzerland	77.2	0.0%
7th	Hong Kong SAR, China	77.1	0.2%
8th	Iceland	77.1	-0.3%
9th	Sweden	77.0	-0.1%
10th	Greece	76.9	1.2%
11th	Netherlands	76.9	0.2%
12th	Canada	76.9	0.1%
13th	Spain	76.7	0.0%
14th	Australia	76.4	0.4%
15th	Italy	76.4	0.2%
16th	Norway	76.2	0.2%
17th	Gibraltar	76.2	0.4%
18th	France	76.1	0.4%
19th	Channel Islands	76.0	0.4%
20th	Malta	75.8	0.7%
21st	Faroe Islands	75.7	0.4%
22nd	Belgium	75.6	0.3%
23rd	Costa Rica	75.5	0.4%
24th	Cyprus	75.4	0.2%
25th	United Kingdom	75.4	0.1%
26th	Macao SAR, China	75.4	0.5%
27th	Austria	75.2	0.6%
28th	Germany	75.0	0.3%
29th	Kuwait	74.9	0.6%
30th	Denmark	74.8	0.1%
31st	United States	74.8	0.0%
32nd	Singapore	74.7	0.2%
33rd	Finland	74.6	0.0%
34th	European Union	74.5	0.3%
35th	Ireland	74.4	0.0%
36th	Israel	74.4	-1.1%
37th	New Zealand	74.4	0.3%
38th	Luxembourg	74.1	0.5%
39th	St. Martin (French part)	73.9	0.5%
40th	Antigua and Barbuda	73.8	-0.1%
41st	Cuba	73.7	0.2%
42nd	Portugal	73.7	0.1%
43rd	Bermuda	73.6	0.1%
44th	Barbados	73.4	0.0%
45th	Guam	73.4	-0.1%
46th	Montenegro	73.2	0.3%
47th	Puerto Rico (US)	73.2	-0.3%
48th	French Polynesia	73.1	0.9%
49th	Qatar	72.8	0.4%
50th	Chile	72.8	0.4%
51st	Aruba	72.5	0.1%
52nd	Bahrain	72.5	0.1%
53rd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.5	0.0%
54th	Slovenia	72.4	0.6%
55th	Uruguay	72.4	0.3%
56th	Cayman Islands	72.4	0.3%
57th	Curaçao	72.2	0.1%
58th	Albania	72.2	0.3%
59th	Serbia	72.0	0.3%
60th	British Virgin Islands	71.8	0.4%
61st	Lithuania	71.8	-0.2%
62nd	Czechia	71.6	0.3%
63rd	Bulgaria	71.6	0.1%
64th	Croatia	71.5	0.0%
65th	Belarus	71.3	0.5%
66th	Poland	71.3	0.6%
67th	Slovak Republic	71.2	0.2%
68th	Brunei Darussalam	71.2	0.3%
69th	Jamaica	71.2	0.4%
70th	Argentina	71.1	0.6%
71st	Isle of Man	71.1	0.5%
72nd	Ukraine	71.0	-0.2%
73rd	Dominica	71.0	-0.6%
74th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71.0	0.1%
75th	Panama	70.9	0.2%
76th	American Samoa	70.9	0.1%
77th	United Arab Emirates	70.8	0.3%
78th	Estonia	70.7	0.1%
79th	Latvia	70.6	-0.1%
80th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.6	0.3%
81st	Malaysia	70.6	0.3%
82nd	Korea	70.5	0.8%
83rd	Bahamas, The	70.5	0.2%
84th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.4	0.3%
85th	North Macedonia	70.3	0.1%
86th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	70.1	0.4%
87th	Grenada	70.0	0.3%
88th	Hungary	70.0	0.5%
89th	St. Lucia	69.7	0.1%
90th	Turks and Caicos Islands	69.6	0.5%
91st	Northern Mariana Islands	69.6	0.2%
92nd	Jordan	69.6	0.4%
93rd	Mauritius	69.6	0.4%
94th	Russian Federation	69.5	0.0%
95th	Belize	69.4	0.4%
96th	Romania	69.4	0.2%
97th	Syrian Arab Republic	69.2	0.5%
98th	Sri Lanka	69.0	0.0%
99th	New Caledonia	68.9	0.5%
100th	Georgia	68.8	-0.6%
101st	Seychelles	68.7	0.7%
102nd	Libya	68.6	0.5%
103rd	Viet Nam	68.6	0.9%
104th	Tunisia	68.5	0.7%
105th	Colombia	68.3	0.2%
106th	Mexico	68.3	0.6%
107th	Thailand	68.2	0.5%
108th	Moldova	68.2	0.4%
109th	Saudi Arabia	67.8	0.9%
110th	Oman	67.7	1.1%
111th	China	67.6	0.5%
112th	Trinidad and Tobago	67.4	0.4%
113th	Samoa	67.3	0.4%
114th	Tonga	67.3	0.2%
115th	Ecuador	67.0	0.7%
116th	Dominican Republic	66.9	0.6%
117th	Algeria	66.9	1.2%
118th	Türkiye	66.9	0.8%
119th	Paraguay	66.7	0.4%
120th	Kazakhstan	66.0	0.1%
121st	Solomon Islands	65.9	0.3%
122nd	Uzbekistan	65.8	0.4%
123rd	Vanuatu	65.7	2.0%
124th	St. Kitts and Nevis	65.5	-0.1%
125th	Brazil	65.2	0.6%
126th	Kyrgyz Republic	65.0	-0.2%
127th	Fiji	65.0	1.0%
128th	Greenland	64.6	-0.1%
129th	Honduras	64.4	0.5%
130th	Kosovo	64.2	1.0%
131st	Philippines	63.7	0.7%
132nd	Turkmenistan	63.7	0.3%
133rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	63.5	0.4%
134th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	63.3	0.9%
135th	Cabo Verde	63.2	0.5%
136th	Peru	63.0	0.7%
137th	Lebanon	62.9	0.6%
138th	South Africa	62.9	0.3%
139th	Palau	62.8	0.0%
140th	Azerbaijan	62.7	-0.2%
141st	Indonesia	62.4	0.5%
142nd	Eswatini	61.9	0.1%
143rd	Guyana	61.8	0.2%
144th	Tajikistan	61.8	0.4%
145th	Marshall Islands	61.8	0.0%
146th	Botswana	61.7	-1.8%
147th	Maldives	61.6	1.3%
148th	Guatemala	61.5	0.9%
149th	Suriname	61.5	0.3%
150th	Tuvalu	61.4	0.1%
151st	Egypt, Arab Republic of	61.4	1.0%
152nd	Morocco	61.2	1.0%
153rd	São Tomé and Principe	60.8	0.2%
154th	Gabon	60.4	0.3%
155th	Kenya	60.3	-0.7%
156th	Zimbabwe	60.2	-0.8%
157th	Kiribati	60.1	0.8%
158th	El Salvador	60.0	1.0%
159th	Nicaragua	59.8	4.4%
160th	Lesotho	59.6	0.0%
161st	Papua New Guinea	59.4	0.3%
162nd	Pakistan	59.4	0.2%
163rd	Namibia	59.0	-0.2%
164th	Nauru	58.7	0.2%
165th	India	57.7	0.8%
166th	Congo, Republic of	57.5	-0.2%
167th	Mauritania	57.5	0.9%
168th	Mongolia	57.5	0.7%
169th	Yemen, Republic of	57.4	1.1%
170th	Iraq	56.7	-5.9%
171st	Myanmar	56.6	0.4%
172nd	Senegal	55.5	1.7%
173rd	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	55.5	1.1%
174th	Bangladesh	55.2	0.5%
175th	Djibouti	55.1	0.5%
176th	Sudan	55.0	0.4%
177th	Togo	54.9	0.1%
178th	Comoros	54.7	1.0%
179th	Cambodia	54.4	1.4%
180th	Ghana	54.4	1.1%
181st	Bhutan	54.4	1.4%
182nd	Cameroon	54.4	0.3%
183rd	Nepal	53.1	1.4%
184th	Lao PDR	53.1	0.9%
185th	Côte d'Ivoire	53.1	-0.1%
186th	Armenia	52.6	-21.9%
187th	Haiti	52.6	0.6%
188th	Tanzania	52.2	0.1%
189th	Benin	52.0	1.5%
190th	Madagascar	51.4	0.6%
191st	Equatorial Guinea	51.2	0.4%
192nd	Rwanda	50.9	-1.1%
193rd	Central African Republic	50.2	-0.3%
194th	Gambia, The	50.1	1.5%
195th	Zambia	49.7	-1.5%
196th	Burkina Faso	49.2	0.2%
197th	Eritrea	48.1	1.5%
198th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	47.8	0.8%
199th	Uganda	47.5	0.2%
200th	Guinea	46.5	0.8%
201st	Chad	46.4	7.6%
202nd	Guinea-Bissau	46.3	0.9%
203rd	Nigeria	45.8	-0.1%
204th	Mali	45.7	1.1%
205th	Liberia	44.1	-0.5%
206th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	43.9	-10.3%
207th	Sierra Leone	43.8	0.0%
208th	Mozambique	43.7	6.6%
209th	Malawi	43.6	-0.8%
210th	Afghanistan	43.2	11.3%
211th	Burundi	42.9	-8.9%
212th	Angola	41.5	1.7%
213th	Niger	40.8	0.8%
214th	Timor-Leste	36.0	0.2%
215th	South Sudan	11.0	-47.0%

FAQ

What was Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1988?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy in 1988 was 70.1. This ranked 86th globally.

How did Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy change in 1988?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy increased by 0.4% in 1988 compared to 1987.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1988?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1988 at 79.4.

What is the life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1988?▾

The life expectancy of Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of in 1988 was 70.1. This ranked 86th globally.

How does 1988 compare to 1987 for Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy?▾

Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of's life expectancy went from 69.8 in 1987 to 70.1 in 1988, a 0.4% increase.

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