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

Republic of Korea

1964

Life expectancy: 55.3

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

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-5 -1 1964 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea was 55.3 years in 1964: 58.3 for women and 52.7 for men, a gap of 5.6 years. 337,758 people died; 23.0% of them were 65 or older and 28.3% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1964

Life expectancy at birth

55.3

Women

58.3

Men

52.7

Life expectancy at 65

10.9

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

65.0

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

91.7

Deaths

337,758

Deaths per 1,000 people

11.8

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

439

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

301

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1964's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1964

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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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	63.62	72.88	58.3	52.7
1-4	7.19	7.30	61.0	55.6
5-9	3.98	4.38	58.7	53.2
10-14	2.84	3.14	54.9	49.3
15-19	4.05	4.87	50.6	45.0
20-24	4.30	5.20	46.6	41.1
25-29	4.25	4.88	42.6	37.1
30-34	4.92	5.47	38.4	32.9
35-39	6.05	7.75	34.3	28.8
40-44	7.53	11.56	30.3	24.8
45-49	9.76	16.31	26.4	21.1
50-54	12.81	24.46	22.6	17.7
55-59	17.80	34.72	18.9	14.7
60-64	24.06	46.82	15.4	12.0
65-69	36.78	66.16	12.0	9.5
70-74	61.42	93.44	9.0	7.3
75-79	116.61	154.62	6.3	5.2
80-84	191.64	251.82	4.4	3.6
85-89	315.09	392.89	2.9	2.4
90-94	515.71	593.27	1.9	1.7
95-99	736.35	790.77	1.4	1.3
100+	878.89	905.63	1.1	1.1

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 1964

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