Life Expectancy in China vs South Korea (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	China			South Korea
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102	101.7	102	102.8	102.1	102.9
99	101	100.6	101.1	102	101.3	102.1
98	100.1	99.6	100.2	101.2	100.4	101.3
97	99.3	98.7	99.4	100.5	99.6	100.6
96	98.4	97.9	98.6	99.7	98.8	99.8
95	97.6	97.1	97.8	99	98	99.1
94	96.8	96.3	97	98.3	97.2	98.5
93	96	95.5	96.2	97.6	96.5	97.8
92	95.3	94.7	95.5	96.9	95.7	97.2
91	94.6	94	94.9	96.2	95	96.6
90	93.9	93.3	94.2	95.6	94.4	96
89	93.2	92.6	93.6	95	93.7	95.5
88	92.6	91.9	93	94.4	93.1	95
87	92	91.3	92.4	93.9	92.5	94.5
86	91.4	90.6	91.8	93.3	91.9	94
85	90.8	90	91.3	92.8	91.3	93.6
84	90.2	89.4	90.7	92.4	90.8	93.2
83	89.6	88.8	90.2	91.9	90.3	92.8
82	89.1	88.2	89.8	91.5	89.8	92.4
81	88.6	87.7	89.3	91.1	89.3	92.1
80	88.1	87.2	88.9	90.7	88.9	91.7
79	87.7	86.7	88.5	90.3	88.5	91.4
78	87.3	86.2	88.2	89.9	88.1	91.1
77	86.9	85.8	87.8	89.6	87.7	90.9
76	86.5	85.3	87.5	89.3	87.3	90.6
75	86.2	84.9	87.2	89	87	90.4
74	85.8	84.5	86.9	88.7	86.7	90.2
73	85.5	84.1	86.7	88.5	86.4	90
72	85.2	83.7	86.4	88.3	86.1	89.9
71	84.9	83.4	86.1	88	85.9	89.7
70	84.6	83	85.9	87.8	85.6	89.6
69	84.3	82.7	85.7	87.6	85.3	89.4
68	84	82.4	85.5	87.4	85.1	89.3
67	83.8	82.1	85.4	87.2	84.8	89.1
66	83.6	81.8	85.2	87	84.6	89
65	83.3	81.5	85	86.8	84.4	88.9
64	83.1	81.3	84.9	86.7	84.2	88.8
63	82.9	81	84.7	86.5	84	88.7
62	82.7	80.8	84.6	86.4	83.8	88.7
61	82.5	80.6	84.5	86.3	83.7	88.6
60	82.4	80.4	84.3	86.2	83.5	88.5
59	82.2	80.2	84.2	86.1	83.4	88.5
58	82.1	80	84.2	86	83.3	88.4
57	82	79.8	84.1	85.9	83.1	88.4
56	81.8	79.7	84	85.8	83	88.4
55	81.7	79.5	83.9	85.8	82.9	88.3
54	81.6	79.4	83.8	85.7	82.8	88.3
53	81.5	79.2	83.7	85.6	82.8	88.3
52	81.4	79.1	83.7	85.6	82.7	88.2
51	81.3	79	83.6	85.5	82.6	88.2
50	81.2	78.9	83.5	85.5	82.5	88.2
49	81.1	78.8	83.5	85.4	82.5	88.1
48	81	78.7	83.4	85.4	82.4	88.1
47	81	78.6	83.4	85.4	82.4	88.1
46	80.9	78.5	83.3	85.3	82.3	88.1
45	80.8	78.4	83.3	85.3	82.3	88.1
44	80.8	78.3	83.2	85.2	82.2	88
43	80.7	78.3	83.2	85.2	82.2	88
42	80.6	78.2	83.1	85.2	82.2	88
41	80.6	78.1	83.1	85.2	82.1	88
40	80.5	78.1	83.1	85.1	82.1	88
39	80.5	78	83	85.1	82.1	88
38	80.5	78	83	85.1	82.1	87.9
37	80.4	77.9	83	85.1	82	87.9
36	80.4	77.9	83	85.1	82	87.9
35	80.4	77.8	82.9	85.1	82	87.9
34	80.3	77.8	82.9	85	82	87.9
33	80.3	77.8	82.9	85	82	87.9
32	80.2	77.7	82.8	85	82	87.9
31	80.2	77.7	82.8	85	82	87.9
30	80.2	77.6	82.8	85	81.9	87.9
29	80.1	77.6	82.8	85	81.9	87.8
28	80.1	77.6	82.7	85	81.9	87.8
27	80.1	77.5	82.7	85	81.9	87.8
26	80	77.5	82.7	85	81.9	87.8
25	80	77.4	82.7	85	81.9	87.8
24	80	77.4	82.6	85	81.9	87.8
23	79.9	77.4	82.6	84.9	81.9	87.8
22	79.9	77.3	82.6	84.9	81.9	87.8
21	79.9	77.3	82.6	84.9	81.9	87.8
20	79.8	77.3	82.5	84.9	81.8	87.8
19	79.8	77.2	82.5	84.9	81.8	87.8
18	79.8	77.2	82.5	84.9	81.8	87.8
17	79.8	77.2	82.5	84.9	81.8	87.8
16	79.8	77.2	82.5	84.9	81.8	87.8
15	79.7	77.1	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.8
14	79.7	77.1	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.8
13	79.7	77.1	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.8
12	79.7	77.1	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
11	79.7	77	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
10	79.6	77	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
9	79.6	77	82.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
8	79.6	77	82.3	84.9	81.8	87.7
7	79.6	77	82.3	84.9	81.8	87.7
6	79.6	76.9	82.3	84.9	81.8	87.7
5	79.6	76.9	82.3	84.8	81.8	87.7
4	79.5	76.9	82.3	84.8	81.8	87.7
3	79.5	76.9	82.2	84.8	81.7	87.7
2	79.5	76.9	82.2	84.8	81.7	87.7
1	79.5	76.8	82.2	84.8	81.7	87.7
0	79	76.4	81.8	84.6	81.6	87.5

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. However, an adult has already survived the causes of early-age mortality and can expect to live longer than the figure calculated at birth.

A 30-year-old in China can expect to live to 80.2 years compared to 85 in South Korea, rising to 83.3 and 86.8 at 65, and to 88.1 and 90.7 at 80 — higher than the 79 and 84.6 years calculated at birth.

The chart above accounts for remaining lifespan and displays total life expectancy by age and gender in China and South Korea.

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	China			South Korea
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.82%	0.19%	1.45%	5.61%	1.7%	8.36%
99	1.33%	0.38%	2.27%	7.43%	2.54%	11%
98	2.06%	0.72%	3.42%	9.59%	3.68%	14%
97	3.08%	1.24%	4.95%	12.1%	5.15%	17.4%
96	4.43%	2%	6.91%	15%	6.99%	21.2%
95	6.17%	3.05%	9.37%	18.1%	9.22%	25.2%
94	8.32%	4.42%	12.3%	21.5%	11.8%	29.5%
93	10.9%	6.13%	15.8%	25.2%	14.8%	34%
92	13.7%	8.19%	19.4%	29.1%	18.2%	38.5%
91	16.8%	10.6%	23.3%	33%	21.7%	43%
90	20.2%	13.3%	27.4%	37.1%	25.6%	47.5%
89	23.8%	16.3%	31.6%	41.2%	29.5%	51.8%
88	27.5%	19.5%	35.8%	45.2%	33.6%	56%
87	31.4%	23%	40.2%	49.1%	37.6%	60%
86	35.4%	26.6%	44.5%	52.9%	41.7%	63.7%
85	39.4%	30.3%	48.8%	56.5%	45.6%	67.1%
84	43.3%	34.1%	52.9%	60%	49.4%	70.3%
83	47.2%	37.9%	56.8%	63.2%	53.1%	73.2%
82	51%	41.7%	60.5%	66.3%	56.7%	75.9%
81	54.5%	45.3%	64%	69.2%	60.1%	78.3%
80	57.8%	48.8%	67.1%	71.9%	63.3%	80.6%
79	60.9%	52.2%	70%	74.5%	66.4%	82.7%
78	63.8%	55.3%	72.5%	76.8%	69.2%	84.5%
77	66.5%	58.3%	74.9%	79%	71.8%	86.2%
76	69%	61.2%	77%	80.9%	74.2%	87.7%
75	71.3%	63.9%	79%	82.6%	76.4%	89%
74	73.5%	66.4%	80.8%	84.1%	78.3%	90.1%
73	75.6%	68.9%	82.5%	85.5%	80%	91.1%
72	77.5%	71.1%	84%	86.7%	81.6%	91.9%
71	79.3%	73.3%	85.5%	87.8%	83.1%	92.7%
70	80.9%	75.3%	86.7%	89%	84.6%	93.5%
69	82.4%	77.1%	87.8%	90%	86%	94.2%
68	83.7%	78.8%	88.8%	91%	87.3%	94.8%
67	84.9%	80.4%	89.6%	92%	88.6%	95.4%
66	86.1%	82%	90.5%	92.8%	89.8%	95.9%
65	87.2%	83.4%	91.2%	93.5%	90.8%	96.4%
64	88.3%	84.8%	91.9%	94.2%	91.7%	96.7%
63	89.2%	86%	92.6%	94.7%	92.5%	97%
62	90.1%	87.1%	93.1%	95.2%	93.3%	97.3%
61	90.8%	88.1%	93.6%	95.7%	93.9%	97.5%
60	91.5%	89%	94.1%	96.1%	94.5%	97.7%
59	92.1%	89.8%	94.5%	96.4%	95%	97.9%
58	92.6%	90.5%	94.8%	96.8%	95.5%	98.1%
57	93.1%	91.2%	95.1%	97%	95.9%	98.2%
56	93.5%	91.8%	95.4%	97.3%	96.3%	98.3%
55	94%	92.4%	95.7%	97.5%	96.7%	98.5%
54	94.4%	92.9%	95.9%	97.7%	97%	98.6%
53	94.8%	93.4%	96.2%	97.9%	97.3%	98.6%
52	95.1%	93.9%	96.4%	98.1%	97.5%	98.7%
51	95.4%	94.3%	96.6%	98.2%	97.7%	98.8%
50	95.7%	94.7%	96.8%	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%
49	96%	95.1%	97%	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%
48	96.2%	95.4%	97.1%	98.6%	98.3%	99%
47	96.4%	95.7%	97.3%	98.7%	98.4%	99.1%
46	96.6%	95.9%	97.4%	98.8%	98.6%	99.1%
45	96.8%	96.1%	97.5%	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%
44	97%	96.4%	97.6%	99%	98.8%	99.2%
43	97.1%	96.6%	97.7%	99.1%	98.9%	99.2%
42	97.3%	96.7%	97.8%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
41	97.4%	96.9%	97.9%	99.2%	99%	99.3%
40	97.5%	97%	98%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
39	97.6%	97.2%	98.1%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
38	97.7%	97.3%	98.1%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
37	97.8%	97.4%	98.2%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
36	97.9%	97.5%	98.3%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
35	97.9%	97.6%	98.3%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
34	98%	97.7%	98.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
33	98.1%	97.8%	98.4%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
32	98.2%	97.9%	98.5%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
31	98.2%	98%	98.5%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
30	98.3%	98%	98.6%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
29	98.4%	98.1%	98.6%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
28	98.4%	98.2%	98.7%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
27	98.5%	98.3%	98.7%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
26	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
25	98.6%	98.4%	98.8%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
24	98.7%	98.5%	98.9%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
23	98.7%	98.6%	98.9%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
22	98.8%	98.7%	99%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
21	98.8%	98.7%	99%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
20	98.9%	98.8%	99%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
19	98.9%	98.8%	99.1%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
18	99%	98.9%	99.1%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
17	99%	98.9%	99.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
16	99%	98.9%	99.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
15	99.1%	99%	99.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
14	99.1%	99%	99.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
13	99.1%	99%	99.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
12	99.1%	99.1%	99.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
11	99.2%	99.1%	99.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
10	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
9	99.2%	99.2%	99.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
8	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
7	99.3%	99.2%	99.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
6	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
5	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
4	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
3	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
2	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
1	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 91.5% of newborns in China and 96.1% in South Korea are expected to live past 60, 80.9% and 89% past 70, 57.8% and 71.9% past 80, and only 20.2% and 37.1% past 90.

For longevity rates starting from a different age, use the calculator provided above.

Odds of dying at each age

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	China			South Korea
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	40.6%	55.2%	38.5%	26.2%	35.5%	25.5%
99	38.1%	51.3%	36.1%	24.5%	33.3%	23.7%
98	35.7%	46.6%	33.6%	22.6%	30.9%	21.6%
97	33.1%	42.1%	30.9%	20.8%	28.6%	19.7%
96	30.5%	38.1%	28.4%	19%	26.3%	17.8%
95	28.2%	34.3%	26.2%	17.4%	24.2%	16.1%
94	25.9%	31%	24.1%	15.9%	22.2%	14.5%
93	23.4%	27.9%	21.7%	14.6%	20.2%	13%
92	20.8%	25.2%	19%	13.3%	18.3%	11.7%
91	18.5%	22.6%	16.6%	12%	16.5%	10.5%
90	16.7%	20.4%	14.9%	10.9%	14.9%	9.42%
89	15.1%	18.4%	13.3%	9.87%	13.4%	8.4%
88	13.6%	16.6%	11.9%	8.91%	12.1%	7.47%
87	12.4%	15%	10.8%	8%	10.8%	6.61%
86	11.2%	13.6%	9.72%	7.17%	9.69%	5.83%
85	10.1%	12.3%	8.73%	6.42%	8.66%	5.13%
84	9.17%	11.2%	7.82%	5.75%	7.75%	4.52%
83	8.24%	10.1%	6.95%	5.15%	6.96%	3.98%
82	7.35%	9.03%	6.12%	4.63%	6.26%	3.52%
81	6.51%	8.06%	5.36%	4.18%	5.65%	3.13%
80	5.75%	7.17%	4.67%	3.79%	5.1%	2.8%
79	5.09%	6.39%	4.07%	3.42%	4.6%	2.5%
78	4.52%	5.71%	3.56%	3.07%	4.12%	2.22%
77	4.03%	5.14%	3.15%	2.72%	3.65%	1.95%
76	3.62%	4.65%	2.8%	2.38%	3.21%	1.69%
75	3.27%	4.23%	2.5%	2.07%	2.8%	1.44%
74	2.98%	3.86%	2.25%	1.8%	2.45%	1.23%
73	2.69%	3.5%	2.02%	1.58%	2.16%	1.06%
72	2.45%	3.19%	1.81%	1.41%	1.95%	0.94%
71	2.26%	2.96%	1.66%	1.31%	1.81%	0.86%
70	2.04%	2.7%	1.47%	1.25%	1.72%	0.81%
69	1.76%	2.36%	1.22%	1.19%	1.65%	0.76%
68	1.58%	2.14%	1.08%	1.11%	1.56%	0.69%
67	1.48%	2.01%	1%	1.02%	1.44%	0.62%
66	1.37%	1.86%	0.91%	0.9%	1.3%	0.53%
65	1.26%	1.72%	0.83%	0.78%	1.14%	0.44%
64	1.17%	1.59%	0.76%	0.68%	0.99%	0.37%
63	1.06%	1.45%	0.69%	0.59%	0.88%	0.31%
62	0.95%	1.3%	0.61%	0.53%	0.78%	0.27%
61	0.83%	1.14%	0.53%	0.46%	0.69%	0.24%
60	0.73%	1%	0.46%	0.41%	0.62%	0.21%
59	0.64%	0.88%	0.41%	0.37%	0.56%	0.19%
58	0.57%	0.78%	0.36%	0.33%	0.5%	0.17%
57	0.52%	0.71%	0.33%	0.3%	0.45%	0.15%
56	0.48%	0.66%	0.31%	0.27%	0.41%	0.13%
55	0.45%	0.62%	0.29%	0.24%	0.36%	0.11%
54	0.43%	0.59%	0.27%	0.21%	0.32%	0.1%
53	0.41%	0.55%	0.26%	0.19%	0.28%	0.09%
52	0.38%	0.51%	0.24%	0.17%	0.25%	0.08%
51	0.34%	0.46%	0.22%	0.15%	0.23%	0.08%
50	0.3%	0.41%	0.19%	0.14%	0.2%	0.07%
49	0.27%	0.36%	0.17%	0.13%	0.19%	0.07%
48	0.24%	0.32%	0.15%	0.12%	0.17%	0.06%
47	0.22%	0.29%	0.14%	0.11%	0.15%	0.06%
46	0.2%	0.26%	0.13%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
45	0.18%	0.24%	0.12%	0.09%	0.12%	0.05%
44	0.17%	0.22%	0.11%	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%
43	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%
42	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.06%	0.09%	0.04%
41	0.13%	0.17%	0.09%	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%
40	0.12%	0.15%	0.08%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
39	0.1%	0.13%	0.07%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
38	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
37	0.09%	0.11%	0.06%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
36	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
35	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
34	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
33	0.08%	0.09%	0.05%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
32	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
31	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
30	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
29	0.07%	0.09%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
28	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
27	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
26	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
25	0.06%	0.08%	0.05%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
24	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
23	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
22	0.05%	0.07%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
21	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
20	0.05%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
19	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
18	0.04%	0.04%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%
17	0.03%	0.04%	0.03%	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%
16	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.008%	0.009%	0.006%
15	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%
14	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%
13	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%
12	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%
11	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%
10	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%
9	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.006%	0.006%	0.006%
8	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%
7	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.007%	0.007%	0.007%
6	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.008%	0.008%	0.008%
5	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.009%	0.009%	0.009%
4	0.02%	0.02%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
3	0.03%	0.03%	0.03%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
2	0.04%	0.04%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%
1	0.05%	0.05%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
0	0.54%	0.59%	0.49%	0.19%	0.2%	0.17%

This chart displays the probability of dying at any given age in China compared to South Korea, as mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime.

The annual chance of dying is 0.54% in the birth year in China and 0.19% in South Korea, 0.07% vs 0.02% at age 30, 0.73% vs 0.41% at 60, and 5.75% vs 3.79% at 80.

Death rate by age in China vs South Korea

Chart Table

China

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	China			South Korea
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	145	0	355	1,496	465	2,272
99	505	196.9	819	1,820	846	2,596
98	735	334	1,147	2,167	1,138	3,025
97	1,018	523	1,530	2,513	1,472	3,426
96	1,350	762	1,962	2,846	1,839	3,778
95	1,738	1,046	2,458	3,154	2,227	4,062
94	2,153	1,368	2,972	3,435	2,625	4,281
93	2,544	1,713	3,413	3,670	2,997	4,428
92	2,856	2,061	3,693	3,854	3,319	4,513
91	3,108	2,396	3,865	3,978	3,585	4,529
90	3,366	2,708	4,066	4,047	3,805	4,469
89	3,582	2,988	4,200	4,064	3,960	4,351
88	3,745	3,232	4,268	4,023	4,047	4,181
87	3,880	3,440	4,326	3,931	4,072	3,963
86	3,965	3,608	4,325	3,793	4,036	3,713
85	3,995	3,731	4,256	3,628	3,949	3,445
84	3,972	3,803	4,134	3,448	3,833	3,175
83	3,891	3,816	3,953	3,257	3,697	2,914
82	3,745	3,764	3,707	3,068	3,548	2,673
81	3,550	3,655	3,426	2,894	3,393	2,454
80	3,328	3,503	3,132	2,726	3,228	2,253
79	3,103	3,332	2,846	2,548	3,050	2,065
78	2,884	3,160	2,586	2,355	2,849	1,876
77	2,680	2,998	2,356	2,149	2,624	1,680
76	2,497	2,846	2,155	1,925	2,380	1,478
75	2,336	2,704	1,979	1,706	2,136	1,283
74	2,190	2,566	1,823	1,512	1,917	1,112
73	2,034	2,410	1,665	1,347	1,729	968
72	1,895	2,269	1,525	1,225	1,589	862
71	1,792	2,168	1,415	1,153	1,507	801
70	1,654	2,034	1,272	1,109	1,458	760
69	1,448	1,822	1,069	1,068	1,416	712
68	1,325	1,689	956	1,012	1,359	656
67	1,260	1,614	898	936	1,279	588
66	1,179	1,527	825	837	1,167	507
65	1,103	1,438	761	730	1,035	424
64	1,030	1,348	703	636	909	354
63	946	1,247	635	563	810	305
62	853	1,133	564	501	727	266.7
61	757	1,009	498	443	649	231.4
60	668	892	436	398	585	204.3
59	590	791	383	359	531	182.7
58	527	706	342	322	481	162.3
57	482	645	313	290	435	143.6
56	451	603	292	260.8	391	126.9
55	427	572	276.5	232.6	349	111.9
54	408	546	263.3	206.2	309	98.8
53	387	518	249.2	182.4	273	88.5
52	360	482	231.3	164.8	244.9	82.1
51	327	438	210	151	221.8	77.5
50	290.9	390	187.2	137.9	200.6	72.6
49	257.4	344	166.1	126.7	182.6	68.3
48	229.6	306	149.2	116.1	166	63.9
47	208.9	276.7	137.2	104.4	148.4	58.3
46	192.8	253.9	128.1	93.1	131.9	52.6
45	178.6	234	119.7	84.3	118.5	48.1
44	165.2	215.7	111.4	76.2	106.4	44
43	152.2	198	103.3	68.6	95.3	40.2
42	139.1	180	95.4	61.9	85.1	37
41	126	161.9	87.5	55.8	75.6	34.2
40	113.4	144.6	79.7	50.2	66.9	31.8
39	102.3	129.3	72.9	44.8	58.7	29.5
38	93	116.7	67.2	40.1	51.5	27.4
37	86	107.2	62.7	36.1	45.3	25.6
36	81	100.6	59.2	32.3	39.8	23.6
35	77.6	96.3	56.7	28.9	35.1	21.7
34	75.4	93.5	55	26	31.3	20
33	73.9	91.7	53.8	23.6	28.1	18.4
32	72.9	90.3	53	21.5	25.4	16.9
31	71.6	88.7	51.9	19.7	23.3	15.6
30	70	86.7	50.7	18.2	21.5	14.5
29	68.3	84.6	49.4	16.8	19.9	13.4
28	67	82.9	48.7	15.6	18.5	12.5
27	65.8	81	48.1	14.6	17.3	11.8
26	64.1	78.3	47.4	13.8	16.2	11.2
25	62.2	75.4	46.7	13.2	15.4	10.8
24	60.3	72.7	45.8	12.8	14.9	10.5
23	57.6	69	44.1	12.6	14.8	10.3
22	53.9	64.4	41.5	12.5	14.7	10.1
21	49.4	59.1	38.1	12.4	14.7	9.89
20	44.8	53.7	34.3	12.1	14.4	9.53
19	40.4	48.5	30.8	11.5	13.8	9.02
18	36.6	44.2	27.6	10.5	12.6	8.27
17	33.6	40.9	25	9.2	10.9	7.37
16	31.4	38.5	23.1	7.83	9.14	6.44
15	30	36.9	21.9	6.59	7.52	5.6
14	29.2	35.9	21.3	5.61	6.25	4.94
13	28.7	35.2	21.2	5.01	5.45	4.54
12	28.2	34.1	21.3	4.72	5.06	4.37
11	27.5	32.7	21.6	4.77	5.05	4.47
10	27.6	32	22.6	5.33	5.63	5.02
9	27.6	31.1	23.5	6.1	6.42	5.75
8	26.3	28.8	23.3	6.71	7.03	6.38
7	24.2	25.8	22.4	7.2	7.46	6.92
6	22.5	23.1	21.8	7.76	7.93	7.57
5	22.3	22.3	22.4	8.61	8.68	8.54
4	24.6	24.2	25	9.92	9.86	9.98
3	29.6	29.3	29.9	11.9	11.7	12.1
2	36.1	35.9	36.3	14.9	14.5	15.2
1	45.9	46.8	44.9	19.6	19.2	20.2
0	540	585	490	189.5	203.7	174.6

This chart shows the number of deaths by age up to 100 for 3 cohorts of 100,000 newborns each — male, female, and both combined — illustrating how expected mortality is distributed throughout life.

In China, the most common age of death is 85, compared to 89 in South Korea. The median age of death is 82.3 in China and 86.8 in South Korea, meaning only half of each cohort is expected to live past that age.

Note that this chart does not show rates per 100,000 population, as those would be skewed by age structure differences and reflect the demographics of China and South Korea more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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