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

Republic of Korea

1985

Life expectancy: 68.4

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

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-5 -1 1985 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea was 68.4 years in 1985: 73.2 for women and 63.9 for men, a gap of 9.3 years. 252,680 people died; 43.1% of them were 65 or older and 6.9% children under five. The most common age at death was 75-79. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Key indicators, 1985

Life expectancy at birth

68.4

Women

73.2

Men

63.9

Life expectancy at 65

13.7

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

19.3

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

24.6

Deaths

252,680

Deaths per 1,000 people

6.1

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

287

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

131

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 1985's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 1985

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	17.53	21.51	73.2	63.9
1-4	1.30	1.39	73.5	64.3
5-9	0.86	1.07	69.9	60.6
10-14	0.60	0.90	65.2	56.0
15-19	0.89	1.69	60.4	51.2
20-24	1.06	2.10	55.6	46.6
25-29	1.23	2.38	50.9	42.1
30-34	1.70	3.25	46.2	37.6
35-39	2.42	4.81	41.6	33.1
40-44	2.63	6.59	37.0	28.9
45-49	3.73	9.93	32.5	24.7
50-54	5.56	14.60	28.1	20.9
55-59	8.85	22.05	23.8	17.3
60-64	13.39	32.13	19.7	14.0
65-69	21.70	48.81	15.9	11.0
70-74	36.03	75.52	12.5	8.3
75-79	65.46	127.75	9.4	6.0
80-84	100.24	202.06	7.1	4.3
85-89	156.57	311.03	5.2	3.0
90-94	249.98	458.19	3.6	2.1
95-99	381.28	634.82	2.5	1.6
100+	535.22	778.39	1.9	1.3

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 1985

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