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

Republic of Korea

1982

Life expectancy: 67.1

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

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-5 -1 1982 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea was 67.1 years in 1982: 72.0 for women and 62.5 for men, a gap of 9.5 years. 253,202 people died; 39.1% of them were 65 or older and 10.6% children under five. The most common age at death was 0-4. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1982

Life expectancy at birth

67.1

Women

72.0

Men

62.5

Life expectancy at 65

13.4

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

24.4

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

31.3

Deaths

253,202

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.4

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

306

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

144

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1982's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1982

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	22.37	27.26	72.0	62.5
1-4	1.73	1.85	72.6	63.2
5-9	0.97	1.28	69.1	59.7
10-14	0.71	1.08	64.5	55.0
15-19	0.95	1.91	59.7	50.3
20-24	1.29	2.57	55.0	45.8
25-29	1.52	2.83	50.3	41.3
30-34	2.22	3.85	45.7	36.9
35-39	2.27	4.63	41.1	32.6
40-44	2.92	7.34	36.6	28.3
45-49	4.15	10.43	32.1	24.2
50-54	6.21	15.81	27.7	20.4
55-59	9.57	23.65	23.5	16.8
60-64	14.17	33.97	19.5	13.6
65-69	22.48	51.63	15.7	10.7
70-74	37.25	80.38	12.3	8.1
75-79	65.83	130.26	9.3	5.9
80-84	101.60	206.57	7.0	4.2
85-89	160.38	310.85	5.0	3.0
90-94	264.24	468.53	3.4	2.1
95-99	406.78	658.44	2.4	1.5
100+	570.29	804.89	1.8	1.2

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 1982

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