Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Republic of Korea

1963

Life expectancy: 55.0

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 1963 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea was 55.0 years in 1963: 57.7 for women and 52.5 for men, a gap of 5.2 years. 338,798 people died; 21.8% of them were 65 or older and 30.5% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1963

Life expectancy at birth

55.0

Women

57.7

Men

52.5

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

68.2

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

96.9

Deaths

338,798

Deaths per 1,000 people

12.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

434

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

303

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1963's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1963

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.

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Show the life table data

Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	66.91	76.42	57.7	52.5
1-4	7.78	7.87	60.6	55.6
5-9	4.26	4.54	58.5	53.3
10-14	3.18	3.28	54.7	49.5
15-19	3.87	4.60	50.5	45.2
20-24	4.44	5.24	46.4	41.2
25-29	4.39	4.81	42.4	37.3
30-34	5.09	5.45	38.3	33.1
35-39	6.19	7.70	34.2	29.0
40-44	7.65	11.43	30.2	25.0
45-49	9.83	16.12	26.3	21.3
50-54	12.91	24.24	22.5	17.9
55-59	17.76	33.88	18.8	14.9
60-64	24.09	45.77	15.3	12.1
65-69	36.95	64.15	12.0	9.6
70-74	62.44	91.63	8.9	7.4
75-79	118.18	152.27	6.2	5.2
80-84	194.42	247.46	4.3	3.6
85-89	320.02	384.43	2.9	2.5
90-94	522.42	578.54	1.9	1.7
95-99	742.06	772.50	1.3	1.3
100+	882.30	892.30	1.1	1.1

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 1963

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