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Korea – Life Expectancy 1984

Average number of years a newborn is expected to live if current mortality rates continue throughout their lifetime. · World Bank
68.2 +0.6 from 1983 Global rank: 98th

Korea's life expectancy was 68.2 in 1984, increased +0.6 from 67.5 in 1983. This was the 98th highest globally.

Global Ranking – 1984▾
Life Expectancy by Country – 1984
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Andorra 77.9 0.2%
2nd Iceland 77.6 1.0%
3rd Japan 77.3 0.5%
4th San Marino 77.2 0.2%
5th Sweden 76.8 0.3%
6th Switzerland 76.6 0.8%
7th Monaco 76.4 0.9%
8th Canada 76.3 0.4%
9th Spain 76.3 0.5%
10th Netherlands 76.2 0.1%
11th Norway 76.2 0.2%
12th Faroe Islands 76.1 0.1%
13th Liechtenstein 76.1 0.6%
14th Hong Kong SAR, China 76.0 1.0%
15th Greece 75.8 0.4%
16th Italy 75.4 1.0%
17th Australia 75.4 0.3%
18th Channel Islands 75.2 0.4%
19th France 75.0 0.3%
20th Gibraltar 74.9 0.4%
21st Israel 74.8 0.5%
22nd United Kingdom 74.8 0.5%
23rd Costa Rica 74.6 0.5%
24th United States 74.6 0.1%
25th Denmark 74.6 0.2%
26th Finland 74.5 0.4%
27th Belgium 74.4 0.7%
28th New Zealand 74.4 0.8%
29th Germany 74.1 0.6%
30th Macao SAR, China 74.1 0.2%
31st Cyprus 74.0 0.4%
32nd Antigua and Barbuda 73.8 0.2%
33rd European Union 73.7 0.4%
34th Ireland 73.7 0.6%
35th Austria 73.6 0.8%
36th Cuba 73.6 0.0%
37th Puerto Rico (US) 73.4 0.1%
38th Bermuda 73.4 0.2%
39th Barbados 73.3 0.2%
40th Singapore 73.3 0.3%
41st Malta 73.2 0.3%
42nd Kuwait 73.2 0.6%
43rd St. Martin (French part) 72.7 0.3%
44th Guam 72.6 0.6%
45th Luxembourg 72.6 -0.4%
46th Portugal 72.5 0.3%
47th Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 72.3 0.2%
48th Montenegro 72.1 0.0%
49th Dominica 71.9 -0.1%
50th Bahrain 71.9 0.3%
51st Curaçao 71.7 0.3%
52nd Aruba 71.7 0.1%
53rd Uruguay 71.7 0.2%
54th Bulgaria 71.5 0.2%
55th Qatar 71.5 0.5%
56th Chile 71.2 0.5%
57th Cayman Islands 71.2 0.5%
58th Serbia 71.1 0.1%
59th Albania 71.0 0.4%
60th Slovenia 70.9 0.5%
61st Czechia 70.8 0.3%
62nd Poland 70.8 -0.3%
63rd Slovak Republic 70.8 0.4%
64th British Virgin Islands 70.7 0.5%
65th French Polynesia 70.6 1.2%
66th St. Lucia 70.5 0.8%
67th Panama 70.4 0.4%
68th American Samoa 70.3 0.2%
69th Lithuania 70.3 -0.6%
70th Brunei Darussalam 70.2 0.4%
71st Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.2 0.2%
72nd Croatia 70.2 -0.1%
73rd Bahamas, The 70.2 0.3%
74th North Macedonia 70.1 0.7%
75th Ukraine 70.0 0.1%
76th Jamaica 69.8 0.4%
77th United Arab Emirates 69.8 0.5%
78th Isle of Man 69.8 0.4%
79th Romania 69.7 -0.1%
80th Belarus 69.6 -0.3%
81st Seychelles 69.6 -1.2%
82nd Malaysia 69.6 0.5%
83rd Virgin Islands (US) 69.5 0.3%
84th Argentina 69.4 0.1%
85th Estonia 69.3 -0.1%
86th St. Vincent and the Grenadines 69.2 0.7%
87th Latvia 69.2 0.1%
88th Grenada 69.1 7.4%
89th Northern Mariana Islands 69.1 0.3%
90th Hungary 69.0 0.1%
91st Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 68.9 0.6%
92nd Georgia 68.8 -0.5%
93rd Mauritius 68.8 0.3%
94th Sri Lanka 68.8 0.1%
95th Turks and Caicos Islands 68.4 0.5%
96th Colombia 68.3 0.3%
97th Jordan 68.2 0.6%
98th Korea 68.2 1.0%
99th Belize 68.0 0.5%
100th Syrian Arab Republic 67.7 0.6%
101st New Caledonia 67.4 0.7%
102nd Russian Federation 67.2 -0.7%
103rd Viet Nam 66.9 0.6%
104th Tonga 66.8 0.2%
105th Libya 66.7 0.7%
106th Armenia 66.6 0.5%
107th Trinidad and Tobago 66.6 0.2%
108th Moldova 66.4 0.4%
109th Tunisia 66.3 0.9%
110th Samoa 66.3 0.4%
111th Mexico 66.2 0.7%
112th China 66.1 0.6%
113th Paraguay 65.6 0.5%
114th Thailand 65.6 1.6%
115th Saudi Arabia 65.4 1.0%
116th St. Kitts and Nevis 65.3 0.3%
117th Ecuador 65.2 0.8%
118th Dominican Republic 65.1 0.8%
119th Solomon Islands 65.0 0.4%
120th Kazakhstan 64.8 1.0%
121st Türkiye 64.8 0.8%
122nd Oman 64.3 1.7%
123rd Uzbekistan 64.1 0.6%
124th Botswana 63.7 0.2%
125th Brazil 63.6 0.7%
126th Vanuatu 63.5 0.7%
127th Greenland 63.5 0.3%
128th Fiji 63.2 0.5%
129th Micronesia, Federated States of 62.9 0.1%
130th Honduras 62.8 0.7%
131st Algeria 62.7 2.4%
132nd Palau 62.6 0.3%
133rd Kyrgyz Republic 62.6 0.8%
134th Philippines 62.4 0.1%
135th Turkmenistan 62.4 0.6%
136th Azerbaijan 62.1 -0.6%
137th South Africa 61.8 0.7%
138th Cabo Verde 61.8 0.1%
139th Marshall Islands 61.6 0.2%
140th Kosovo 61.5 0.7%
141st Guyana 61.3 0.2%
142nd Suriname 61.2 0.2%
143rd Lebanon 61.2 0.7%
144th Peru 61.1 0.5%
145th Tuvalu 61.1 0.2%
146th Indonesia 60.9 0.9%
147th Iran, Islamic Republic of 60.9 4.0%
148th Tajikistan 60.7 0.4%
149th Zimbabwe 60.6 1.1%
150th Kenya 60.6 0.4%
151st Eswatini 60.4 3.5%
152nd São Tomé and Principe 59.9 0.4%
153rd Iraq 59.5 0.4%
154th Gabon 59.3 0.6%
155th Guatemala 59.1 2.0%
156th Lesotho 59.0 0.8%
157th Pakistan 58.9 0.4%
158th Egypt, Arab Republic of 58.7 1.3%
159th Nauru 58.7 -0.1%
160th Papua New Guinea 58.6 0.5%
161st Morocco 58.4 1.3%
162nd Kiribati 58.4 0.5%
163rd Maldives 58.3 1.5%
164th Namibia 58.1 0.8%
165th Congo, Republic of 57.5 0.2%
166th El Salvador 56.6 4.0%
167th Nicaragua 56.1 -1.3%
168th Mongolia 56.1 0.5%
169th India 55.8 1.0%
170th Myanmar 55.6 0.5%
171st Mauritania 55.2 1.1%
172nd Yemen, Republic of 54.6 1.8%
173rd Togo 54.1 0.6%
174th Bangladesh 53.8 0.7%
175th Djibouti 53.7 0.8%
176th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 53.4 1.0%
177th Cameroon 52.9 0.8%
178th Zambia 52.9 -1.5%
179th Comoros 52.8 1.3%
180th Côte d'Ivoire 52.6 0.6%
181st Ghana 52.2 0.9%
182nd Tanzania 52.2 -0.1%
183rd Senegal 51.7 1.7%
184th Rwanda 51.4 1.0%
185th Bhutan 51.3 1.5%
186th Haiti 51.3 0.6%
187th Lao PDR 51.0 1.0%
188th Central African Republic 50.4 0.2%
189th Nepal 50.2 1.1%
190th Madagascar 50.2 0.2%
191st Equatorial Guinea 50.2 0.3%
192nd Cambodia 50.1 1.4%
193rd Sudan 49.8 0.5%
194th Benin 49.4 1.1%
195th Burkina Faso 48.5 0.8%
196th Somalia, Fed. Rep. 48.4 0.4%
197th Burundi 47.7 0.5%
198th Gambia, The 47.5 1.3%
199th Congo, Democratic Republic of 46.5 0.7%
200th Nigeria 46.3 -0.2%
201st Guinea-Bissau 44.9 0.8%
202nd Guinea 44.9 1.4%
203rd Malawi 44.8 -0.4%
204th Chad 44.7 0.6%
205th Liberia 44.7 0.2%
206th Uganda 43.7 0.5%
207th Sierra Leone 43.6 0.2%
208th Mali 43.4 1.5%
209th Angola 42.2 0.7%
210th Niger 40.0 0.0%
211th Mozambique 38.9 -6.5%
212th Eritrea 37.7 1.4%
213th Timor-Leste 34.5 5.4%
214th South Sudan 31.8 -8.5%
215th Afghanistan 31.5 -13.8%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
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