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Korea - Life Expectancy 1999

Name: Korea Life Expectancy 1999
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Life expectancy at birth, total · World Bank

75.4 +0.4 from 1998 Global rank: 45th

Korea's life expectancy was 75.4 in 1999, increased +0.4 from 75.0 in 1998. This was the 45th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1999▾

Life Expectancy by Country - 1999
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Monaco	81.8	0.3%
2nd	Andorra	81.6	0.3%
3rd	Japan	80.5	-0.1%
4th	Hong Kong SAR, China	80.4	0.3%
5th	San Marino	80.2	0.4%
6th	Gibraltar	79.8	0.4%
7th	Switzerland	79.6	0.3%
8th	Sweden	79.4	0.1%
9th	Italy	79.4	0.6%
10th	Iceland	79.4	-0.3%
11th	Liechtenstein	79.1	1.8%
12th	Channel Islands	79.1	0.8%
13th	Macao SAR, China	79.0	1.0%
14th	Australia	78.9	0.4%
15th	Canada	78.8	0.3%
16th	France	78.8	0.2%
17th	Spain	78.7	0.1%
18th	Israel	78.7	0.7%
19th	French Polynesia	78.6	0.9%
20th	Norway	78.3	-0.1%
21st	Faroe Islands	78.2	0.3%
22nd	Greece	78.0	0.2%
23rd	New Zealand	77.9	-0.2%
24th	Austria	77.9	0.3%
25th	Bermuda	77.9	0.6%
26th	Netherlands	77.8	-0.1%
27th	Luxembourg	77.8	1.0%
28th	Germany	77.7	0.3%
29th	Belgium	77.6	0.2%
30th	Cyprus	77.6	0.5%
31st	Singapore	77.6	0.3%
32nd	Malta	77.5	-0.1%
33rd	United Kingdom	77.4	0.3%
34th	Finland	77.3	0.3%
35th	Costa Rica	77.1	0.2%
36th	European Union	76.7	0.3%
37th	Chile	76.7	0.5%
38th	United States	76.6	0.0%
39th	St. Martin (French part)	76.6	0.3%
40th	Denmark	76.3	0.3%
41st	Ireland	76.1	-0.1%
42nd	Kuwait	76.1	0.1%
43rd	Portugal	76.0	0.3%
44th	Cuba	75.7	0.4%
45th	Korea	75.4	0.5%
46th	Puerto Rico (US)	75.3	1.0%
47th	Qatar	75.0	0.2%
48th	Slovenia	75.0	0.3%
49th	United Arab Emirates	75.0	1.8%
50th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74.9	0.6%
51st	Guam	74.8	0.0%
52nd	Czechia	74.7	0.2%
53rd	British Virgin Islands	74.7	0.1%
54th	Barbados	74.6	0.2%
55th	Albania	74.6	0.3%
56th	Isle of Man	74.5	0.4%
57th	Antigua and Barbuda	74.5	0.4%
58th	Bahrain	74.4	0.4%
59th	Uruguay	74.3	0.4%
60th	Northern Mariana Islands	74.3	0.9%
61st	Cayman Islands	74.2	0.2%
62nd	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	74.2	0.4%
63rd	Brunei Darussalam	73.8	0.3%
64th	Argentina	73.7	0.4%
65th	Turks and Caicos Islands	73.5	0.6%
66th	Lebanon	73.5	0.4%
67th	Oman	73.3	0.5%
68th	Curaçao	73.2	0.1%
69th	Montenegro	73.1	-0.2%
70th	New Caledonia	73.1	0.6%
71st	Panama	73.1	0.5%
72nd	Poland	73.0	0.1%
73rd	Slovak Republic	72.9	0.5%
74th	Grenada	72.9	0.2%
75th	Aruba	72.9	-0.1%
76th	North Macedonia	72.8	0.7%
77th	Seychelles	72.7	1.3%
78th	Croatia	72.6	0.4%
79th	Viet Nam	72.6	0.4%
80th	Malaysia	72.4	0.1%
81st	Tunisia	72.3	0.4%
82nd	Saudi Arabia	72.3	0.5%
83rd	Mexico	72.2	0.6%
84th	Bahamas, The	72.1	0.4%
85th	China	72.0	0.5%
86th	Ecuador	71.9	0.0%
87th	Jordan	71.7	0.3%
88th	Lithuania	71.6	0.5%
89th	Dominica	71.5	0.2%
90th	American Samoa	71.5	-0.1%
91st	Bulgaria	71.4	0.5%
92nd	Jamaica	71.2	0.0%
93rd	Virgin Islands (US)	71.1	-0.2%
94th	Thailand	71.0	0.4%
95th	Mauritius	71.0	0.5%
96th	Colombia	70.9	0.0%
97th	West Bank and Gaza	70.8	0.3%
98th	Türkiye	70.8	-0.6%
99th	St. Lucia	70.7	0.0%
100th	Hungary	70.7	0.2%
101st	Libya	70.6	-0.1%
102nd	Samoa	70.6	0.4%
103rd	Romania	70.5	1.0%
104th	Syrian Arab Republic	70.5	0.4%
105th	Sri Lanka	70.4	0.4%
106th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.3	0.1%
107th	Armenia	70.2	0.6%
108th	Dominican Republic	70.2	0.4%
109th	Maldives	70.2	1.2%
110th	Algeria	70.1	1.1%
111th	Estonia	70.1	1.0%
112th	Georgia	70.0	0.3%
113th	Serbia	69.9	-3.1%
114th	Paraguay	69.8	0.4%
115th	Latvia	69.7	1.1%
116th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	69.7	0.7%
117th	Tonga	69.4	0.3%
118th	Peru	69.3	0.8%
119th	Brazil	69.2	0.5%
120th	Belize	69.0	0.1%
121st	St. Kitts and Nevis	68.7	1.2%
122nd	Kyrgyz Republic	68.7	2.4%
123rd	Trinidad and Tobago	68.5	0.3%
124th	Honduras	68.0	8.9%
125th	Ukraine	68.0	0.0%
126th	Vanuatu	67.9	-0.7%
127th	Belarus	67.9	-0.7%
128th	Philippines	67.5	0.4%
129th	Cabo Verde	67.4	1.0%
130th	El Salvador	67.3	0.9%
131st	Moldova	67.2	0.5%
132nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	67.0	0.6%
133rd	Solomon Islands	67.0	0.2%
134th	Fiji	66.7	0.3%
135th	Guatemala	66.6	1.0%
136th	Greenland	66.5	0.5%
137th	Morocco	66.4	0.6%
138th	Indonesia	66.0	0.1%
139th	Russian Federation	66.0	-1.6%
140th	Nicaragua	65.9	2.8%
141st	Uzbekistan	65.3	0.2%
142nd	Azerbaijan	64.7	1.5%
143rd	Micronesia, Federated States of	64.6	0.2%
144th	Iraq	64.5	0.2%
145th	Turkmenistan	64.5	0.8%
146th	Kiribati	64.4	0.5%
147th	Palau	64.2	0.4%
148th	Suriname	64.0	0.5%
149th	Guyana	63.8	0.5%
150th	Kazakhstan	63.5	0.3%
151st	Marshall Islands	63.4	0.3%
152nd	Tuvalu	63.3	0.3%
153rd	Tajikistan	63.1	1.1%
154th	Mongolia	62.8	1.1%
155th	India	62.3	0.7%
156th	Yemen, Republic of	62.3	0.8%
157th	Nepal	62.0	0.8%
158th	Bhutan	62.0	1.2%
159th	Gabon	61.7	0.2%
160th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	61.7	0.7%
161st	Pakistan	61.5	0.7%
162nd	Papua New Guinea	61.5	1.8%
163rd	Bangladesh	61.2	1.3%
164th	São Tomé and Principe	61.0	0.3%
165th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	60.9	0.0%
166th	Mauritania	60.4	0.9%
167th	Myanmar	60.1	0.4%
168th	Nauru	59.7	-0.3%
169th	South Africa	59.2	-1.2%
170th	Comoros	58.9	0.9%
171st	Cambodia	58.6	1.3%
172nd	Sudan	58.6	0.5%
173rd	Kosovo	58.3	-15.0%
174th	Lao PDR	57.9	0.6%
175th	Ghana	57.8	0.5%
176th	Haiti	57.7	1.0%
177th	Madagascar	57.4	1.1%
178th	Senegal	57.3	0.4%
179th	Djibouti	56.6	0.2%
180th	Gambia, The	56.5	0.8%
181st	Benin	56.3	0.3%
182nd	Kenya	55.9	0.5%
183rd	Afghanistan	54.5	3.9%
184th	Congo, Republic of	54.4	3.6%
185th	Togo	54.3	0.7%
186th	Namibia	54.0	-1.4%
187th	Cameroon	53.2	0.2%
188th	Equatorial Guinea	53.0	0.7%
189th	Botswana	52.5	-0.9%
190th	Tanzania	52.4	1.1%
191st	Guinea	52.0	0.7%
192nd	Côte d'Ivoire	51.3	0.1%
193rd	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	50.6	-0.3%
194th	Burkina Faso	50.5	0.6%
195th	Liberia	50.4	2.1%
196th	Lesotho	50.4	-3.2%
197th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	50.1	0.9%
198th	Mali	50.1	0.9%
199th	Uganda	49.0	1.5%
200th	Mozambique	48.8	1.3%
201st	Eswatini	48.8	-2.5%
202nd	Guinea-Bissau	48.5	0.8%
203rd	Niger	48.5	1.4%
204th	Chad	47.9	0.3%
205th	Burundi	47.6	2.0%
206th	Central African Republic	46.9	-0.4%
207th	Nigeria	46.6	1.0%
208th	Zimbabwe	46.4	-2.5%
209th	Zambia	45.9	0.5%
210th	Angola	45.8	0.8%
211th	Rwanda	45.7	6.1%
212th	Timor-Leste	45.2	-6.9%
213th	Malawi	45.1	1.7%
214th	South Sudan	44.5	133.8%
215th	Eritrea	44.5	-11.0%
216th	Sierra Leone	42.0	-1.8%

FAQ

What was Korea's life expectancy in 1999?▾

Korea's life expectancy in 1999 was 75.4. This ranked 45th globally.

How did Korea's life expectancy change in 1999?▾

Korea's life expectancy increased by 0.5% in 1999 compared to 1998.

Which country had the highest life expectancy in 1999?▾

Monaco had the highest life expectancy in 1999 at 81.8.

What is the life expectancy of Korea in 1999?▾

The life expectancy of Korea in 1999 was 75.4. This ranked 45th globally.

How does 1999 compare to 1998 for Korea's life expectancy?▾

Korea's life expectancy went from 75.0 in 1998 to 75.4 in 1999, a 0.5% increase.

HistorySaid - pattern alert

Korea matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 1999. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: 4.7%. View full analysis →

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