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Life Expectancy in Denmark vs South Korea (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 82.2 years in Denmark vs 84.5 in South Korea. Denmark is ranked 29/197 by life expectancy, and South Korea is 4/197. In Denmark, the life expectancy is 80.4 years for males and 84.1 years for females. In South Korea, it's 81.4 years for males and 87.4 years for females.

Denmark vs South Korea life expectancy at birth by year chart

Denmark
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
Denmark South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 70.3 69.1 71.5 22.2 17.5 34.6
1951 70.9 69.7 72.2 26.6 21 38.2
1952 70.8 69.4 72.1 36.6 31.7 42.9
1953 71.2 69.9 72.5 40.5 36.8 44.8
1954 71.3 69.9 72.8 46.1 43.9 48.4
1955 71.9 70.4 73.5 48.4 46.2 50.7
1956 72 70.4 73.7 50.2 48.1 52.5
1957 71.8 70.2 73.5 51.6 49.5 53.8
1958 72.2 70.5 74 51.8 49.5 54.3
1959 72.2 70.6 73.9 52.9 50.6 55.5
1960 72.2 70.4 74 53.8 51.4 56.3
1961 72.5 70.6 74.4 54.4 52 57
1962 72.4 70.3 74.4 55 52.7 57.6
1963 72.4 70.4 74.5 55 52.5 57.7
1964 72.5 70.3 74.8 55.3 52.7 58.3
1965 72.4 70.2 74.6 55.8 52.9 59
1966 72.5 70.2 74.8 55.4 52.5 58.7
1967 73 70.6 75.4 60.9 57.2 64.8
1968 73.1 70.8 75.6 60.9 57.2 64.9
1969 73.2 70.9 75.7 61.4 57.7 65.4
1970 73.4 70.9 75.9 62.2 58.5 66.1
1971 73.4 70.8 76.2 62.7 58.9 66.7
1972 73.5 70.8 76.2 63.2 59.3 67.4
1973 73.7 71 76.5 63.8 59.9 68
1974 73.8 70.9 76.8 64.2 60.2 68.6
1975 74.1 71.3 77 64.7 60.6 69.1
1976 73.8 70.9 76.7 65 60.9 69.5
1977 74.7 71.7 77.7 64.6 60.3 69.4
1978 74.4 71.5 77.4 65 60.5 70
1979 74.2 71.2 77.4 66.1 61.5 71.3
1980 74.1 71.2 77.2 64.8 60.5 69.7
1981 74.3 71.2 77.4 67.1 62.4 72.3
1982 74.6 71.6 77.7 67.1 62.5 72
1983 74.5 71.4 77.5 66.7 62.3 71.5
1984 74.6 71.7 77.6 68.1 63.7 72.8
1985 74.5 71.5 77.5 68.4 63.9 73.2
1986 74.6 71.8 77.5 69 64.5 73.8
1987 74.7 71.7 77.8 69.3 64.9 74
1988 74.8 72 77.6 70.2 65.7 74.9
1989 74.9 72 77.8 70.7 66.3 75.2
1990 74.9 72 77.7 71 66.8 75.4
1991 75.2 72.5 78 71.4 67.2 75.8
1992 75.3 72.6 78 72.2 68.1 76.4
1993 75.2 72.6 77.8 72.7 68.6 77
1994 75.4 72.8 78.1 72.9 68.8 77.1
1995 75.3 72.7 77.8 73.4 69.3 77.5
1996 75.7 73.1 78.3 74 70 78.1
1997 76 73.6 78.5 74.5 70.5 78.6
1998 76.4 73.9 78.9 75 71 79.1
1999 76.6 74.2 78.9 75.6 71.7 79.6
2000 76.8 74.4 79.1 76.2 72.3 80.1
2001 77 74.7 79.2 76.9 73 80.8
2002 77.1 74.8 79.3 77.2 73.4 81
2003 77.4 75 79.7 77.5 73.8 81.1
2004 77.8 75.4 80.1 78 74.3 81.6
2005 78.2 75.9 80.4 78.4 74.8 82
2006 78.2 75.9 80.5 79 75.4 82.5
2007 78.3 76.1 80.5 79.4 75.9 82.8
2008 78.7 76.5 80.9 80 76.3 83.5
2009 79 76.8 81 80.6 76.9 84
2010 79.2 77.1 81.3 80.7 77.1 84.2
2011 79.8 77.7 81.8 81.2 77.5 84.6
2012 80.1 78.1 82 81.3 77.7 84.7
2013 80.3 78.3 82.3 81.8 78.2 85.2
2014 80.6 78.6 82.7 82.4 78.7 85.7
2015 80.7 78.8 82.7 82.5 79 85.8
2016 80.9 78.9 82.8 82.9 79.4 86.1
2017 81.1 79.1 83.1 83.3 79.9 86.4
2018 81 79 83 83.3 79.9 86.4
2019 81.4 79.4 83.4 83.7 80.3 86.7
2020 81.5 79.6 83.5 83.7 80.3 86.8
2021 81.4 79.6 83.3 83.9 80.5 86.9
2022 81.3 79.4 83.2 82.7 79.6 85.8
2023 81.9 80 83.9 84.3 81.2 87.2
2024 82.1 80.2 84 84.4 81.3 87.3
2025 82.2 80.4 84.1 84.5 81.4 87.4

Life expectancy is the average age of death for a hypothetical cohort of newborns if they experienced the age-specific mortality rates of one particular year throughout their entire life. It is a snapshot reflecting mortality rates at a given year that does not account for any future changes in these rates.

Healthy life expectancy at birth, defined by the World Health Organization as the average number of years a person can expect to live in full health, is 70.1 years in Denmark and 72.5 in South Korea. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 18 healthy years in Denmark and 19.6 in South Korea.

Denmark vs South Korea life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator assesses the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on the current age for both males and females in Denmark and South Korea, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2025 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
52.7 vs 54.9 years

Mean expected age of death:
82.7 vs 84.9 years

Median expected age of death:
85.1 vs 86.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Denmark South Korea
Male Female Male Female
40 99.4% 99.7% 99.6% 99.8%
50 98.0% 98.8% 98.4% 99.3%
60 93.6% 96.0% 94.9% 98.1%
65 89.2% 93.1% 91.2% 96.7%
70 83.0% 89.0% 84.8% 93.8%
75 74.3% 82.8% 76.5% 89.2%
80 61.9% 73.0% 63.3% 80.7%
85 44.0% 57.1% 45.4% 67.0%
90 23.0% 35.5% 25.3% 47.2%
95 6.9% 14.5% 9.1% 25.0%
100 0.9% 3.0% 1.7% 8.2%

Remaining life expectancy by current age

Life expectancy is often mistaken for the average lifespan of an adult. An adult has already survived early-age mortality causes and is expected to have a longer lifespan than calculated from birth.

The life expectancy from current ages in Denmark vs South Korea: 82.7 years vs 84.9 at 30, 85.3 vs 86.8 at 65, 89.3 vs 90.6 at 80 — significantly higher than the 82.2 vs 84.5 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in Denmark and South Korea.

Denmark
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Denmark South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 82.2 80.4 84.1 84.5 81.4 87.4
1 82.5 80.6 84.3 84.7 81.6 87.6
2 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.7 81.6 87.6
3 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.7 81.6 87.6
4 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.7 81.6 87.6
5 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.7 81.7 87.6
6 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
7 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
8 82.5 80.7 84.3 84.8 81.7 87.6
9 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
10 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
11 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
12 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
13 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
14 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
15 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.6
16 82.5 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
17 82.6 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
18 82.6 80.7 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
19 82.6 80.8 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
20 82.6 80.8 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
21 82.6 80.8 84.4 84.8 81.7 87.7
22 82.6 80.8 84.4 84.8 81.8 87.7
23 82.6 80.8 84.4 84.8 81.8 87.7
24 82.6 80.8 84.4 84.9 81.8 87.7
25 82.7 80.9 84.4 84.9 81.8 87.7
26 82.7 80.9 84.4 84.9 81.8 87.7
27 82.7 80.9 84.5 84.9 81.8 87.7
28 82.7 80.9 84.5 84.9 81.8 87.7
29 82.7 80.9 84.5 84.9 81.8 87.7
30 82.7 81 84.5 84.9 81.8 87.7
31 82.8 81 84.5 84.9 81.8 87.8
32 82.8 81 84.5 84.9 81.8 87.8
33 82.8 81 84.5 84.9 81.9 87.8
34 82.8 81.1 84.5 85 81.9 87.8
35 82.8 81.1 84.5 85 81.9 87.8
36 82.8 81.1 84.6 85 81.9 87.8
37 82.9 81.1 84.6 85 81.9 87.8
38 82.9 81.2 84.6 85 81.9 87.8
39 82.9 81.2 84.6 85 82 87.8
40 82.9 81.2 84.6 85.1 82 87.9
41 83 81.3 84.7 85.1 82 87.9
42 83 81.3 84.7 85.1 82.1 87.9
43 83 81.3 84.7 85.1 82.1 87.9
44 83.1 81.4 84.7 85.2 82.1 87.9
45 83.1 81.4 84.8 85.2 82.2 87.9
46 83.2 81.5 84.8 85.2 82.2 88
47 83.2 81.5 84.8 85.3 82.3 88
48 83.3 81.6 84.9 85.3 82.3 88
49 83.3 81.7 84.9 85.3 82.4 88
50 83.4 81.8 85 85.4 82.4 88.1
51 83.5 81.8 85 85.4 82.5 88.1
52 83.5 81.9 85.1 85.5 82.6 88.1
53 83.6 82 85.2 85.5 82.6 88.2
54 83.7 82.1 85.2 85.6 82.7 88.2
55 83.8 82.2 85.3 85.7 82.8 88.2
56 83.9 82.4 85.4 85.7 82.9 88.3
57 84 82.5 85.5 85.8 83 88.3
58 84.1 82.6 85.6 85.9 83.2 88.3
59 84.3 82.8 85.7 86 83.3 88.4
60 84.4 83 85.8 86.1 83.4 88.4
61 84.6 83.1 86 86.2 83.6 88.5
62 84.7 83.3 86.1 86.3 83.7 88.6
63 84.9 83.5 86.2 86.5 83.9 88.6
64 85.1 83.7 86.4 86.6 84.1 88.7
65 85.3 84 86.5 86.8 84.3 88.8
66 85.5 84.2 86.7 86.9 84.5 88.9
67 85.7 84.4 86.9 87.1 84.7 89
68 85.9 84.7 87.1 87.3 85 89.2
69 86.1 84.9 87.2 87.5 85.2 89.3
70 86.4 85.2 87.4 87.8 85.5 89.5
71 86.6 85.4 87.6 88 85.8 89.6
72 86.8 85.7 87.8 88.2 86 89.8
73 87.1 86 88.1 88.4 86.3 90
74 87.4 86.3 88.3 88.7 86.6 90.1
75 87.7 86.6 88.5 88.9 86.9 90.3
76 88 87 88.8 89.2 87.2 90.6
77 88.3 87.3 89.1 89.5 87.6 90.8
78 88.6 87.7 89.4 89.9 88 91.1
79 88.9 88 89.7 90.2 88.4 91.4
80 89.3 88.4 90 90.6 88.8 91.7
81 89.7 88.9 90.3 91 89.3 92
82 90.1 89.3 90.7 91.4 89.8 92.3
83 90.6 89.8 91.1 91.9 90.3 92.7
84 91 90.3 91.6 92.3 90.8 93.1
85 91.5 90.8 92 92.8 91.3 93.5
86 92.1 91.4 92.5 93.3 91.9 94
87 92.6 92 93 93.9 92.4 94.4
88 93.2 92.6 93.6 94.4 93.1 94.9
89 93.8 93.2 94.1 95 93.7 95.4
90 94.4 93.9 94.7 95.6 94.3 96
91 95.1 94.6 95.4 96.2 95 96.6
92 95.8 95.3 96 96.9 95.7 97.2
93 96.5 96 96.7 97.6 96.4 97.8
94 97.2 96.8 97.4 98.2 97.2 98.4
95 98 97.6 98.1 99 98 99.1
96 98.8 98.4 98.9 99.7 98.8 99.8
97 99.6 99.2 99.7 100.4 99.6 100.5
98 100.4 100.1 100.5 101.2 100.4 101.3
99 101.2 100.9 101.3 102 101.3 102.1
100 102.1 101.8 102.2 102.8 102.1 102.9

Odds of living to age in Denmark vs South Korea

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 94.1% in Denmark and 96% in South Korea are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 85.4% and 88.8% will live to 70 years or older, 66.9% and 71.6% to 80+ years, and 29.1% and 36.7% will live past 90 years old.

For longevity rates starting from an age other than 0, use the probability of survival to an age calculator provided above.

Denmark
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
Denmark South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
2 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
3 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.8% 99.8% 99.8%
4 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.8% 99.7% 99.8%
5 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
6 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.8%
7 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
8 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
9 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
10 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
11 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
12 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
13 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
14 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
15 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
16 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
17 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
18 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
19 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
20 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
21 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.7%
22 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
23 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
24 99.5% 99.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
25 99.4% 99.3% 99.6% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
26 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
27 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
28 99.4% 99.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
29 99.3% 99.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
30 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
31 99.3% 99.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
32 99.2% 99.1% 99.4% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
33 99.2% 99% 99.4% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
34 99.2% 99% 99.4% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
35 99.1% 98.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
36 99.1% 98.8% 99.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
37 99% 98.8% 99.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
38 99% 98.7% 99.3% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
39 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
40 98.9% 98.6% 99.2% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
41 98.8% 98.5% 99.1% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
42 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
43 98.6% 98.3% 99% 99% 98.9% 99.2%
44 98.5% 98.2% 98.9% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
45 98.4% 98.1% 98.8% 98.9% 98.7% 99.1%
46 98.3% 97.9% 98.8% 98.8% 98.5% 99.1%
47 98.2% 97.8% 98.7% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
48 98.1% 97.6% 98.6% 98.6% 98.2% 99%
49 97.9% 97.4% 98.4% 98.5% 98.1% 98.9%
50 97.7% 97.1% 98.3% 98.4% 97.9% 98.9%
51 97.5% 96.9% 98.1% 98.2% 97.7% 98.8%
52 97.3% 96.6% 98% 98.1% 97.5% 98.7%
53 97% 96.3% 97.8% 97.9% 97.2% 98.6%
54 96.7% 96% 97.5% 97.7% 96.9% 98.5%
55 96.4% 95.6% 97.3% 97.5% 96.6% 98.4%
56 96% 95.1% 97% 97.3% 96.3% 98.3%
57 95.6% 94.6% 96.7% 97% 95.9% 98.2%
58 95.2% 94.1% 96.3% 96.7% 95.4% 98%
59 94.7% 93.5% 95.9% 96.4% 95% 97.9%
60 94.1% 92.8% 95.5% 96% 94.4% 97.7%
61 93.5% 92.1% 95% 95.6% 93.8% 97.5%
62 92.9% 91.3% 94.5% 95.2% 93.2% 97.2%
63 92.2% 90.4% 93.9% 94.7% 92.4% 97%
64 91.4% 89.5% 93.3% 94.1% 91.6% 96.7%
65 90.5% 88.5% 92.7% 93.4% 90.7% 96.3%
66 89.6% 87.4% 91.9% 92.7% 89.6% 95.9%
67 88.7% 86.2% 91.2% 91.9% 88.5% 95.4%
68 87.6% 85% 90.3% 90.9% 87.2% 94.8%
69 86.5% 83.7% 89.4% 89.9% 85.8% 94.1%
70 85.4% 82.3% 88.5% 88.8% 84.3% 93.4%
71 84.1% 80.8% 87.5% 87.7% 82.9% 92.6%
72 82.8% 79.2% 86.4% 86.5% 81.3% 91.8%
73 81.3% 77.5% 85.1% 85.3% 79.7% 90.9%
74 79.7% 75.7% 83.8% 83.9% 78% 89.9%
75 78% 73.7% 82.3% 82.4% 76.1% 88.8%
76 76.1% 71.6% 80.7% 80.6% 73.9% 87.5%
77 74.1% 69.3% 79% 78.7% 71.5% 86%
78 71.9% 66.9% 77.1% 76.5% 68.9% 84.3%
79 69.5% 64.2% 74.9% 74.2% 66% 82.4%
80 66.9% 61.4% 72.6% 71.6% 62.9% 80.3%
81 64.1% 58.3% 70% 68.9% 59.7% 78%
82 61% 54.9% 67.1% 66% 56.3% 75.6%
83 57.6% 51.3% 63.9% 62.9% 52.7% 72.9%
84 54% 47.6% 60.5% 59.6% 49% 69.9%
85 50.2% 43.6% 56.8% 56.2% 45.2% 66.7%
86 46.2% 39.5% 52.8% 52.5% 41.2% 63.3%
87 42% 35.3% 48.7% 48.7% 37.2% 59.5%
88 37.7% 31.1% 44.4% 44.8% 33.1% 55.5%
89 33.4% 26.9% 39.9% 40.8% 29.1% 51.4%
90 29.1% 22.8% 35.4% 36.7% 25.2% 47%
91 24.9% 18.9% 30.8% 32.7% 21.4% 42.5%
92 20.9% 15.3% 26.4% 28.8% 17.8% 38%
93 17.2% 12% 22.1% 24.9% 14.5% 33.5%
94 13.8% 9.22% 18.1% 21.3% 11.6% 29.1%
95 10.8% 6.84% 14.4% 17.9% 9% 24.9%
96 8.18% 4.92% 11.2% 14.8% 6.82% 20.8%
97 6.04% 3.42% 8.42% 11.9% 5.01% 17.1%
98 4.33% 2.29% 6.15% 9.46% 3.57% 13.7%
99 3% 1.48% 4.35% 7.32% 2.47% 10.7%
100 2.01% 0.92% 2.97% 5.52% 1.64% 8.17%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.27% in the birth year in Denmark and 0.19% in South Korea, 0.03% vs 0.02% at age 30, 0.64% vs 0.42% at 60, and 4.26% vs 3.82% at 80.

Below is a graph displaying the probabilities of dying in Denmark compared to South Korea at any given age.

Denmark
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
Denmark South Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.27% 0.3% 0.24% 0.19% 0.21% 0.18%
1 0.03% 0.04% 0.03% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02%
3 0.006% 0.007% 0.005% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
4 0.005% 0.005% 0.004% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
5 0.004% 0.005% 0.004% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
6 0.004% 0.004% 0.004% 0.008% 0.008% 0.008%
7 0.004% 0.004% 0.004% 0.007% 0.008% 0.007%
8 0.004% 0.004% 0.004% 0.007% 0.007% 0.007%
9 0.004% 0.004% 0.003% 0.006% 0.007% 0.006%
10 0.004% 0.005% 0.003% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
11 0.004% 0.005% 0.003% 0.005% 0.005% 0.005%
12 0.004% 0.005% 0.003% 0.005% 0.005% 0.004%
13 0.005% 0.006% 0.004% 0.005% 0.006% 0.005%
14 0.006% 0.007% 0.006% 0.006% 0.006% 0.005%
15 0.008% 0.01% 0.007% 0.007% 0.008% 0.006%
16 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.008% 0.009% 0.007%
17 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.009% 0.01% 0.008%
18 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.008%
19 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
20 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
21 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
22 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
23 0.02% 0.03% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
24 0.02% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
25 0.03% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
26 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
27 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
28 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
29 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
30 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
31 0.03% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
32 0.04% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
33 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
34 0.04% 0.06% 0.03% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
35 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
36 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
37 0.05% 0.07% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
38 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
39 0.06% 0.08% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
40 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
41 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.06% 0.08% 0.03%
42 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.06% 0.09% 0.04%
43 0.09% 0.11% 0.07% 0.07% 0.1% 0.04%
44 0.1% 0.13% 0.08% 0.08% 0.11% 0.04%
45 0.12% 0.14% 0.09% 0.09% 0.12% 0.05%
46 0.13% 0.17% 0.1% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
47 0.15% 0.19% 0.11% 0.11% 0.15% 0.06%
48 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.12% 0.17% 0.07%
49 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.13% 0.19% 0.07%
50 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.14% 0.21% 0.07%
51 0.24% 0.29% 0.18% 0.16% 0.23% 0.08%
52 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.17% 0.25% 0.08%
53 0.29% 0.35% 0.24% 0.19% 0.28% 0.09%
54 0.33% 0.4% 0.26% 0.21% 0.32% 0.1%
55 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.24% 0.37% 0.12%
56 0.42% 0.51% 0.32% 0.27% 0.41% 0.13%
57 0.47% 0.58% 0.36% 0.3% 0.46% 0.15%
58 0.52% 0.65% 0.4% 0.34% 0.51% 0.17%
59 0.58% 0.72% 0.44% 0.38% 0.57% 0.19%
60 0.64% 0.79% 0.5% 0.42% 0.63% 0.21%
61 0.71% 0.87% 0.55% 0.47% 0.7% 0.24%
62 0.78% 0.95% 0.6% 0.54% 0.79% 0.28%
63 0.85% 1.04% 0.66% 0.6% 0.89% 0.32%
64 0.92% 1.13% 0.72% 0.68% 1.01% 0.37%
65 1% 1.22% 0.78% 0.79% 1.16% 0.45%
66 1.08% 1.32% 0.84% 0.92% 1.32% 0.54%
67 1.16% 1.43% 0.91% 1.04% 1.46% 0.63%
68 1.25% 1.54% 0.98% 1.13% 1.58% 0.7%
69 1.35% 1.67% 1.06% 1.2% 1.67% 0.77%
70 1.47% 1.8% 1.15% 1.26% 1.75% 0.83%
71 1.61% 1.96% 1.28% 1.33% 1.84% 0.88%
72 1.77% 2.15% 1.42% 1.43% 1.97% 0.95%
73 1.95% 2.37% 1.57% 1.6% 2.19% 1.08%
74 2.16% 2.61% 1.75% 1.82% 2.48% 1.25%
75 2.39% 2.88% 1.94% 2.09% 2.84% 1.47%
76 2.64% 3.18% 2.17% 2.41% 3.25% 1.71%
77 2.95% 3.52% 2.44% 2.76% 3.7% 1.98%
78 3.32% 3.95% 2.76% 3.1% 4.17% 2.25%
79 3.75% 4.45% 3.14% 3.46% 4.65% 2.54%
80 4.26% 5.05% 3.59% 3.82% 5.16% 2.84%
81 4.85% 5.74% 4.12% 4.22% 5.71% 3.18%
82 5.52% 6.5% 4.72% 4.67% 6.33% 3.57%
83 6.26% 7.36% 5.38% 5.2% 7.03% 4.03%
84 7.08% 8.32% 6.12% 5.79% 7.83% 4.57%
85 7.99% 9.4% 6.94% 6.46% 8.75% 5.19%
86 9.01% 10.6% 7.85% 7.22% 9.78% 5.9%
87 10.2% 12% 8.9% 8.06% 10.9% 6.68%
88 11.4% 13.6% 10.1% 8.95% 12.2% 7.55%
89 12.8% 15.2% 11.4% 9.92% 13.5% 8.48%
90 14.4% 17.1% 12.8% 11% 15% 9.51%
91 16.1% 19.1% 14.5% 12.1% 16.6% 10.6%
92 17.9% 21.2% 16.2% 13.3% 18.4% 11.8%
93 19.8% 23.4% 18.2% 14.6% 20.3% 13.1%
94 21.9% 25.7% 20.3% 16% 22.3% 14.6%
95 24% 28.1% 22.4% 17.5% 24.3% 16.2%
96 26.1% 30.5% 24.7% 19.1% 26.4% 18%
97 28.4% 33% 27% 20.8% 28.7% 19.8%
98 30.7% 35.5% 29.4% 22.6% 31% 21.7%
99 33% 37.9% 31.8% 24.6% 33.4% 23.8%
100 35.2% 40.4% 34.1% 26.2% 35.6% 25.6%

Death rate by age in Denmark compared to South Korea

In Denmark, the most common age of death is 88, compared to 89 in South Korea. The median age of death is 85 in Denmark and 86.7 in South Korea — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

Denmark
Male

Female
South Korea
Male

Female
Age Death rate
Denmark South Korea
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 273.2 303 241.4 193.1 207 178.4
1 31.6 35 28.1 20.1 19.6 20.6
2 11.5 12.9 10 15.2 14.8 15.6
3 6 6.82 5.14 12.1 11.9 12.4
4 4.52 5.09 3.92 10.1 10 10.2
5 4.16 4.54 3.77 8.78 8.83 8.73
6 3.99 4.14 3.84 7.91 8.07 7.74
7 3.87 3.92 3.82 7.34 7.59 7.07
8 3.83 4.06 3.58 6.84 7.15 6.52
9 3.78 4.32 3.21 6.21 6.53 5.87
10 3.82 4.6 3 5.43 5.72 5.12
11 3.85 4.65 3 4.86 5.13 4.56
12 4.18 4.91 3.41 4.8 5.14 4.45
13 4.93 5.6 4.22 5.09 5.53 4.62
14 6.29 7.07 5.49 5.71 6.34 5.03
15 8.3 9.57 6.96 6.69 7.62 5.7
16 10.6 12.8 8.26 7.95 9.26 6.56
17 13.6 17.2 9.66 9.34 11.1 7.5
18 16.2 21.4 10.7 10.6 12.7 8.42
19 18.9 25.7 11.8 11.6 13.9 9.17
20 21.3 29.5 12.7 12.2 14.6 9.69
21 22.3 31.5 12.8 12.5 14.8 10.1
22 22.9 32.7 12.7 12.7 14.9 10.3
23 23.6 34.1 12.8 12.8 14.9 10.5
24 24.3 35.2 13.1 13 15.1 10.7
25 25.4 36.5 13.9 13.4 15.6 11
26 26.6 37.6 15.1 14 16.4 11.4
27 27.5 38.2 16.4 14.8 17.5 11.9
28 28.9 39.6 17.8 15.8 18.7 12.6
29 30.3 40.9 19.1 17.1 20.1 13.5
30 32 42.9 20.7 18.5 21.8 14.7
31 33.7 44.7 22.3 20 23.6 15.8
32 35.9 47.5 23.9 21.7 25.7 17.1
33 38.6 50.9 25.8 23.9 28.5 18.7
34 41.8 54.9 28.2 26.4 31.7 20.3
35 45.1 58.4 31.2 29.2 35.6 22
36 48.9 62.2 35.1 32.7 40.4 24
37 52.7 65.6 39.2 36.4 45.9 26
38 57 69.9 43.5 40.6 52.2 27.8
39 62.1 76 47.7 45.4 59.5 29.9
40 67.9 83.4 51.8 50.8 67.8 32.3
41 74.2 91.4 56.5 56.4 76.6 34.7
42 80.8 99.6 61.6 62.6 86.2 37.5
43 89.5 110.5 68.2 69.5 96.5 40.8
44 100.3 124.7 75.7 77.1 107.8 44.6
45 113.4 142.1 84.5 85.2 120 48.7
46 129.2 162.6 95.5 94.4 133.6 53.3
47 146.8 184.7 108.6 105.7 150.3 59.1
48 165.6 207.4 123.3 117.6 168.1 64.8
49 185.9 231.3 140.3 128.3 185 69.3
50 207.1 255.2 159 139.6 203.2 73.6
51 230.3 280.4 180 152.8 224.6 78.6
52 256.1 308 203.9 167.1 248.1 83.3
53 285.9 341 229.8 185.2 276.6 89.8
54 321 384 257 208.6 313 100.2
55 359 433 283.7 235.2 354 113.5
56 403 490 313 263.5 396 128.8
57 448 548 346 293.3 440 145.8
58 498 608 384 328 487 164.8
59 551 671 427 365 538 185.6
60 606 735 473 403 593 207.5
61 664 802 522 451 658 235.2
62 723 871 572 510 737 271.1
63 782 941 621 569 821 310
64 843 1,011 671 642 922 360
65 904 1,080 724 741 1,049 431
66 966 1,154 776 852 1,183 515
67 1,031 1,231 828 952 1,296 598
68 1,097 1,310 882 1,026 1,377 667
69 1,172 1,395 945 1,079 1,433 724
70 1,253 1,482 1,022 1,123 1,476 772
71 1,350 1,584 1,116 1,168 1,524 814
72 1,463 1,703 1,223 1,239 1,606 875
73 1,587 1,835 1,338 1,363 1,747 982
74 1,722 1,978 1,465 1,529 1,936 1,128
75 1,860 2,124 1,600 1,726 2,156 1,301
76 2,012 2,273 1,752 1,947 2,402 1,498
77 2,184 2,441 1,926 2,168 2,646 1,702
78 2,387 2,640 2,129 2,376 2,871 1,899
79 2,609 2,858 2,352 2,567 3,071 2,089
80 2,854 3,100 2,606 2,735 3,246 2,278
81 3,111 3,346 2,885 2,904 3,409 2,479
82 3,363 3,573 3,165 3,083 3,561 2,697
83 3,606 3,780 3,441 3,267 3,705 2,937
84 3,821 3,958 3,701 3,449 3,838 3,197
85 4,009 4,100 3,940 3,627 3,949 3,466
86 4,160 4,196 4,148 3,793 4,030 3,732
87 4,274 4,249 4,333 3,925 4,060 3,979
88 4,321 4,214 4,465 4,012 4,029 4,192
89 4,291 4,087 4,531 4,046 3,936 4,356
90 4,192 3,887 4,538 4,030 3,775 4,468
91 4,009 3,601 4,458 3,960 3,550 4,521
92 3,739 3,236 4,278 3,829 3,281 4,498
93 3,408 2,823 4,017 3,641 2,957 4,406
94 3,013 2,372 3,661 3,402 2,584 4,253
95 2,579 1,921 3,231 3,122 2,188 4,027
96 2,139 1,501 2,756 2,817 1,802 3,738
97 1,715 1,128 2,271 2,486 1,439 3,382
98 1,328 813 1,806 2,141 1,109 2,979
99 989 561 1,382 1,797 823 2,552
100 553 162.6 895 1,475 445 2,223

The chart above shows the number of deaths by age and gender per a 100,000 cohort of newborns, illustrating the distribution of expected mortality throughout life.

Note that the graph above does not represent rates per 100,000 population, as this would be skewed by age distribution and reveal more about Denmark and South Korea demographics than the death rate. It also does not represent rates per 100,000 people in an age group, as this would be just the probability of death.

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