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Korea - Life Expectancy 1989

Name: Korea Life Expectancy 1989
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

71.0 +0.5 from 1988 Global rank: 71st

Korea's life expectancy was 71.0 in 1989, increased +0.5 from 70.5 in 1988. This was the 71st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1989▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1989
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	79.4	0.0%
2nd	Japan	78.8	0.5%
3rd	Andorra	78.6	0.2%
4th	Iceland	78.1	1.4%
5th	Liechtenstein	78.1	0.4%
6th	Sweden	77.7	1.0%
7th	San Marino	77.6	0.1%
8th	Switzerland	77.4	0.3%
9th	Canada	77.1	0.3%
10th	Hong Kong SAR, China	77.0	-0.1%
11th	Italy	76.8	0.6%
12th	Spain	76.8	0.1%
13th	Netherlands	76.7	-0.2%
14th	Australia	76.7	0.4%
15th	Greece	76.7	-0.3%
16th	Norway	76.5	0.4%
17th	Channel Islands	76.5	0.7%
18th	Gibraltar	76.5	0.4%
19th	France	76.3	0.3%
20th	Israel	76.3	2.5%
21st	Malta	76.1	0.4%
22nd	Macao SAR, China	76.0	0.9%
23rd	Faroe Islands	75.9	0.3%
24th	Costa Rica	75.9	0.4%
25th	Cyprus	75.8	0.6%
26th	Belgium	75.6	0.1%
27th	United Kingdom	75.6	0.3%
28th	Kuwait	75.3	0.5%
29th	Austria	75.3	0.1%
30th	Germany	75.2	0.3%
31st	United States	75.0	0.3%
32nd	Singapore	74.9	0.3%
33rd	New Zealand	74.8	0.5%
34th	Denmark	74.8	0.0%
35th	Finland	74.8	0.3%
36th	European Union	74.7	0.2%
37th	Ireland	74.5	0.0%
38th	Portugal	74.3	0.7%
39th	St. Martin (French part)	74.2	0.5%
40th	Luxembourg	74.1	0.0%
41st	Bermuda	73.7	0.2%
42nd	Cuba	73.7	0.0%
43rd	Antigua and Barbuda	73.6	-0.2%
44th	Montenegro	73.6	0.6%
45th	Guam	73.5	0.1%
46th	French Polynesia	73.5	0.6%
47th	Barbados	73.4	-0.1%
48th	Chile	73.2	0.5%
49th	Qatar	73.1	0.4%
50th	Slovenia	72.7	0.4%
51st	Uruguay	72.6	0.3%
52nd	Cayman Islands	72.5	0.3%
53rd	Aruba	72.5	0.0%
54th	Bahrain	72.5	0.1%
55th	Puerto Rico (US)	72.5	-0.9%
56th	Albania	72.5	0.3%
57th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	72.4	0.0%
58th	Serbia	72.3	0.4%
59th	Curaçao	72.2	-0.1%
60th	British Virgin Islands	72.0	0.4%
61st	Croatia	71.8	0.5%
62nd	Bulgaria	71.7	0.2%
63rd	Czechia	71.7	0.0%
64th	Jamaica	71.5	0.5%
65th	Argentina	71.5	0.6%
66th	Belarus	71.5	0.2%
67th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	71.4	0.7%
68th	Lithuania	71.4	-0.5%
69th	Brunei Darussalam	71.4	0.3%
70th	Isle of Man	71.4	0.5%
71st	Korea	71.0	0.7%
72nd	Poland	71.0	-0.4%
73rd	Slovak Republic	71.0	-0.3%
74th	United Arab Emirates	71.0	0.2%
75th	North Macedonia	71.0	0.9%
76th	American Samoa	70.9	0.1%
77th	Ukraine	70.8	-0.3%
78th	Malaysia	70.8	0.3%
79th	Bahamas, The	70.7	0.3%
80th	Dominica	70.7	-0.4%
81st	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.6	0.1%
82nd	Virgin Islands (US)	70.5	0.2%
83rd	Grenada	70.3	0.3%
84th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	70.3	0.3%
85th	Latvia	70.2	-0.7%
86th	Panama	70.1	-1.1%
87th	Estonia	70.0	-0.9%
88th	St. Lucia	70.0	0.4%
89th	Turks and Caicos Islands	69.9	0.4%
90th	Jordan	69.9	0.4%
91st	Northern Mariana Islands	69.8	0.2%
92nd	Mauritius	69.7	0.2%
93rd	Belize	69.5	0.2%
94th	Romania	69.5	0.2%
95th	Syrian Arab Republic	69.5	0.5%
96th	Hungary	69.5	-0.8%
97th	New Caledonia	69.2	0.4%
98th	Russian Federation	69.2	-0.4%
99th	Libya	69.0	0.5%
100th	Tunisia	68.8	0.5%
101st	Viet Nam	68.8	0.3%
102nd	Georgia	68.6	-0.3%
103rd	Mexico	68.6	0.5%
104th	Colombia	68.6	0.5%
105th	Thailand	68.6	0.5%
106th	Oman	68.4	1.0%
107th	Saudi Arabia	68.4	0.8%
108th	Moldova	68.2	0.0%
109th	Seychelles	68.0	-1.1%
110th	China	67.9	0.5%
111th	Kyrgyz Republic	67.9	4.5%
112th	Ecuador	67.8	1.2%
113th	Samoa	67.6	0.4%
114th	Armenia	67.5	28.4%
115th	Trinidad and Tobago	67.5	0.2%
116th	Algeria	67.5	0.8%
117th	Tonga	67.4	0.2%
118th	Türkiye	67.4	0.7%
119th	Dominican Republic	67.3	0.6%
120th	Sri Lanka	67.3	-2.5%
121st	Paraguay	66.9	0.3%
122nd	Solomon Islands	66.1	0.3%
123rd	Vanuatu	66.0	0.5%
124th	Kazakhstan	65.9	-0.2%
125th	Uzbekistan	65.8	0.1%
126th	Brazil	65.5	0.5%
127th	St. Kitts and Nevis	65.5	0.0%
128th	Fiji	65.4	0.7%
129th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	65.3	3.3%
130th	Kosovo	65.2	1.6%
131st	Lebanon	65.1	3.5%
132nd	Honduras	64.8	0.6%
133rd	Greenland	64.7	0.1%
134th	Philippines	64.1	0.6%
135th	Turkmenistan	63.8	0.1%
136th	Micronesia, Federated States of	63.6	0.2%
137th	Cabo Verde	63.6	0.5%
138th	Peru	63.4	0.7%
139th	South Africa	63.0	0.2%
140th	Azerbaijan	62.9	0.4%
141st	Indonesia	62.9	0.8%
142nd	Palau	62.8	0.0%
143rd	Maldives	62.4	1.3%
144th	Guyana	62.1	0.3%
145th	Suriname	62.0	0.8%
146th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	61.9	1.0%
147th	Nicaragua	61.9	3.4%
148th	Morocco	61.8	1.0%
149th	Guatemala	61.7	0.3%
150th	Tajikistan	61.7	-0.2%
151st	Marshall Islands	61.7	-0.1%
152nd	Eswatini	61.7	-0.4%
153rd	Tuvalu	61.5	0.2%
154th	El Salvador	61.3	2.1%
155th	Botswana	61.2	-0.8%
156th	Namibia	60.8	2.9%
157th	Gabon	60.6	0.3%
158th	Kiribati	60.5	0.8%
159th	Kenya	60.0	-0.5%
160th	São Tomé and Principe	59.7	-1.8%
161st	Papua New Guinea	59.6	0.4%
162nd	Pakistan	59.5	0.3%
163rd	Lesotho	59.5	-0.1%
164th	Zimbabwe	59.4	-1.3%
165th	Nauru	58.9	0.3%
166th	India	58.2	0.8%
167th	Mongolia	58.1	1.1%
168th	Yemen, Republic of	58.0	1.0%
169th	Mauritania	57.7	0.4%
170th	Iraq	57.5	1.4%
171st	Congo, Republic of	57.3	-0.3%
172nd	Myanmar	56.9	0.6%
173rd	Senegal	56.2	1.2%
174th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	56.1	1.2%
175th	Bangladesh	55.5	0.6%
176th	Djibouti	55.4	0.4%
177th	Bhutan	55.1	1.4%
178th	Comoros	55.0	0.6%
179th	Ghana	54.9	1.0%
180th	Sudan	54.9	-0.2%
181st	Cambodia	54.8	0.6%
182nd	Togo	54.7	-0.3%
183rd	Cameroon	54.4	0.1%
184th	Nepal	54.0	1.7%
185th	Lao PDR	53.6	1.0%
186th	Côte d'Ivoire	53.0	-0.2%
187th	Haiti	52.9	0.6%
188th	Benin	52.5	0.8%
189th	Tanzania	52.1	-0.3%
190th	Madagascar	51.8	0.8%
191st	Equatorial Guinea	51.3	0.2%
192nd	Gambia, The	50.7	1.2%
193rd	Central African Republic	50.1	-0.3%
194th	Rwanda	49.5	-2.8%
195th	Burkina Faso	49.3	0.1%
196th	Zambia	48.9	-1.6%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	48.1	0.8%
198th	Eritrea	47.8	-0.6%
199th	Uganda	47.5	0.0%
200th	Guinea	46.9	0.8%
201st	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	46.6	6.2%
202nd	Guinea-Bissau	46.6	0.7%
203rd	Chad	46.4	0.2%
204th	Mali	46.2	1.1%
205th	Nigeria	45.8	0.0%
206th	Burundi	45.7	6.7%
207th	Timor-Leste	44.8	24.3%
208th	Afghanistan	44.5	2.9%
209th	Mozambique	43.9	0.5%
210th	Liberia	43.9	-0.5%
211th	Sierra Leone	43.7	-0.1%
212th	Malawi	43.5	-0.1%
213th	Angola	41.7	0.5%
214th	Niger	41.2	1.0%
215th	South Sudan	28.2	156.8%

FAQ

What was Korea's life expectancy in 1989?▾

Korea's life expectancy in 1989 was 71.0. This ranked 71st globally.

How did Korea's life expectancy change in 1989?▾

Korea's life expectancy increased by 0.7% in 1989 compared to 1988.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1989?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1989 at 79.4.

What is the life expectancy of Korea in 1989?▾

The life expectancy of Korea in 1989 was 71.0. This ranked 71st globally.

How does 1989 compare to 1988 for Korea's life expectancy?▾

Korea's life expectancy went from 70.5 in 1988 to 71.0 in 1989, a 0.7% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1989. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 10.9%. View full analysis →

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