Mortality from 1950 to 2100

Mortality in Dem. People's Republic of Korea, 1980

Dem. People's Republic of Korea
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1980
Life expectancy: 67.2
Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex
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Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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Life expectancy at birth in Dem. People's Republic of Korea was 67.2 years in 1980: 69.4 for women and 64.4 for men, a gap of 5.0 years. 111,334 people died; 40.2% of them were 65 or older and 13.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1980
Life expectancy at birth
67.2
Women
69.4
Men
64.4
Life expectancy at 65
13.3
Infant deaths per 1,000 births
33.0
Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births
42.3
Deaths
111,334
Deaths per 1,000 people
6.1
Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
227
Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)
146
Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1980's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.
Death rate by age, 1980
Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.
WomenMen
Show the life table data
AgeDeath rate, women (‰)Death rate, men (‰)Years left, womenYears left, men
029.9337.8169.464.4
1-42.262.5670.565.9
5-91.572.1767.162.5
10-140.841.1562.658.2
15-191.151.6257.953.5
20-241.452.3353.248.9
25-291.792.7548.644.4
30-342.053.0644.040.0
35-392.253.4639.435.6
40-443.085.0134.831.2
45-493.996.7530.326.9
50-545.869.9725.922.7
55-5910.0216.3621.618.8
60-6418.7028.5617.515.1
65-6930.9043.8414.012.1
70-7449.6466.8110.99.4
75-7978.55100.898.37.2
80-84124.65152.546.15.4
85-89196.49230.044.43.9
90-94290.79328.043.22.9
95-99408.05444.662.42.2
100+542.18572.151.81.8