South Korea - Life expectancy at birth 1989

Life expectancy of South Korea goes up to 71.2 years

In 1989 the life expectancy in South Korea increased to 71.2 years.

That year, the life expectancy for women was 75.3 years and for men 67 years.

South Korea’s position improvened with respect to the 189 countries we publish life expectancy, dropping from the 62th in 1988 to 53th in 1989.

If we look at the change in life expectancy in South Korea over the past several years, we find that it is higher than in 1988, when it was 70.7 years, which is the same of what happens compared to 1979, when it was 65.6 years.

In this page we show you the progression of the life expectancy in South Korea. You can see the life expectancy in other countries in life expectancy and see all the information about South Korea in South Korean economy.

South Korea - Life expectancy at birth

Date	Life expectancy - Women	Life expectancy - Men	Life expectancy
1989	75.30	67.00	71.20
1988	74.80	66.50	70.70
1987	74.30	65.90	70.10
1986	73.80	65.30	69.50
1985	73.20	64.60	68.90
1984	72.60	64.00	68.30
1983	71.90	63.40	67.70
1982	71.50	62.90	67.20
1981	70.90	62.40	66.70
1980	70.40	61.90	66.10
1979	69.90	61.40	65.60
1978	69.50	61.10	65.30
1977	69.10	60.90	65.00
1976	68.60	60.60	64.60
1975	68.20	60.30	64.20
1974	67.80	60.00	63.90
1973	67.30	59.70	63.50
1972	66.80	59.40	63.10
1971	66.30	59.10	62.70
1970	65.80	58.70	62.30
1969	66.10	58.19	62.05
1968	65.59	57.72	61.56
1967	65.13	57.63	61.29
1966	63.11	56.07	59.50
1965	61.60	55.04	58.24
1964	60.31	54.19	57.17
1963	58.84	53.25	55.97
1962	58.02	53.14	55.52
1961	57.42	52.54	54.92
1960	56.81	51.95	54.32

South Korea - Life expectancy at birth