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Life Expectancy in Eritrea vs North Korea (1950-2026)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 69.4 years in Eritrea vs 74 in North Korea. Eritrea is ranked 142/197 by life expectancy, and North Korea is 104/197. In Eritrea, the life expectancy is 67.2 years for males and 71.5 years for females. In North Korea, it's 71.8 years for males and 76.2 years for females.

Eritrea vs North Korea life expectancy at birth by year

Eritrea
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
1x
Year Life expectancy, years
Eritrea North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
2026 69.4 67.2 71.5 74 71.8 76.2
2025 69.2 67 71.2 73.9 71.7 76
2024 68.9 66.8 70.9 73.7 71.6 75.9
2023 68.6 66.5 70.7 73.6 71.5 75.7
2022 67.8 65.7 69.8 73.6 71.5 75.7
2021 66.9 64.8 69 73.4 71.3 75.5
2020 67 64.6 69.3 72.8 69.9 75.7
2019 67.3 65.2 69.4 72.9 69.9 75.9
2018 67 64.8 69 73 70.3 75.6
2017 66.6 64.5 68.7 73 70.4 75.5
2016 66.2 64.1 68.3 73 70.5 75.2
2015 65.9 63.9 67.9 72.8 70.4 75
2014 65.5 63.5 67.5 72.5 70 74.7
2013 65 63 67 71.9 69.2 74.3
2012 64.7 62.8 66.6 71.3 68.5 73.9
2011 64.2 62.3 66.1 70.8 67.7 73.6
2010 63.7 61.8 65.5 70.2 67 73.3
2009 63.2 61.4 65 69.7 66.2 73
2008 62.4 60.6 64.2 69.3 65.6 72.8
2007 62 60.2 63.7 69 65.2 72.6
2006 61.5 59.8 63.1 69.1 65.2 72.7
2005 60.6 58.9 62.3 69.2 65.3 72.8
2004 60.1 58.3 61.7 69.3 65.4 72.9
2003 59.5 57.7 61.2 69.4 65.5 72.9
2002 58.9 57.2 60.6 60.9 57.6 63.9
2001 58.4 56.7 60 60.9 57.6 63.9
2000 56.3 54.1 58.5 60.9 57.6 63.9
1999 44.5 37.1 54.6 60.9 57.6 63.9
1998 50 43.8 57.6 60.9 57.6 63.8
1997 56.2 54.6 57.7 60.9 57.5 63.8
1996 55.5 54.1 56.9 60.8 57.5 63.7
1995 54.8 53.4 56.2 60.8 57.4 63.6
1994 54 52.6 55.4 70.5 66.5 73.7
1993 53.2 51.8 54.6 70.8 67 73.8
1992 52.4 51 53.9 71 67.5 73.8
1991 50.5 48.2 52.8 70.7 67.6 73.3
1990 49.7 47.5 52 70.5 67.4 73
1989 47.8 45.1 50.6 70.3 67.2 72.8
1988 48.1 45.6 50.6 70.1 67 72.5
1987 47.4 44.8 50 69.8 66.7 72.2
1986 39.5 37.6 41.5 69.5 66.6 71.9
1985 38.6 36.4 40.9 69.2 66.3 71.6
1984 37.7 35.4 40 68.9 66 71.2
1983 37.2 35 39.5 68.5 65.6 70.8
1982 44.9 42.1 47.8 68.1 65.2 70.3
1981 45 42.5 47.5 67.7 64.8 69.9
1980 44.6 42.1 47.2 67.2 64.4 69.4
1979 43.8 41 46.7 66.7 64 68.9
1978 43.4 40.5 46.4 66.3 63.6 68.4
1977 43 40.1 46.1 65.8 63.1 67.9
1976 42.6 39.7 45.6 65.3 62.7 67.4
1975 39 36.4 41.8 64.8 62.2 66.9
1974 39 36.8 41.4 64.3 61.8 66.3
1973 41.1 39.2 43.2 63.8 61.3 65.8
1972 40.7 38.8 42.7 63.3 60.8 65.2
1971 41.5 39.5 43.6 62.7 60.2 64.6
1970 41.2 39.1 43.2 62 59.6 63.9
1969 40.8 38.8 42.9 61.4 59 63.3
1968 40.5 38.4 42.6 60.8 58.4 62.6
1967 40.2 38.1 42.3 60.1 57.7 61.9
1966 37.6 35.7 39.6 59.4 57.1 61.3
1965 39.6 37.5 41.7 58.8 56.5 60.6
1964 39.2 37.1 41.3 58.2 55.9 60
1963 38.8 36.8 40.9 57.6 55.3 59.4
1962 38.3 36.3 40.4 57 54.8 58.8
1961 37.9 35.9 40 56.4 54.2 58.2
1960 37.4 35.4 39.5 55.8 53.6 57.6
1959 37 34.9 39.1 55.2 53 56.9
1958 30.9 29.2 32.7 54.5 52.3 56.2
1957 30.4 28.7 32.2 53.7 51.5 55.5
1956 35.6 33.6 37.7 52.8 50.6 54.6
1955 35.2 33.2 37.2 51.8 49.6 53.6
1954 34.8 32.8 36.9 50.6 48.5 52.5
1953 34.4 32.4 36.4 40.3 34.5 45.4
1952 34 32 36 32.8 26.3 39.6
1951 33.6 31.7 35.7 17.7 13.7 25.3
1950 33.3 31.3 35.4 14.2 11.4 21.1

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1950–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 lives. It's a snapshot reflecting mortality rates in a given year that does not account for any future changes in those 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 55.4 years in Eritrea and 64.7 in North Korea. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 11.2 healthy years in Eritrea and 14.9 in North Korea.

Eritrea vs North Korea life expectancy calculator

This life expectancy calculator shows the odds of living to 100, 95, 90, and below based on current age for both males and females in Eritrea and North Korea, along with mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
44.0 vs 46.6 years

Mean expected age of death:
74.0 vs 76.6 years

Median expected age of death:
76.7 vs 79.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
Eritrea North Korea
Male Female Male Female
40 96.5% 97.6% 97.7% 98.6%
50 91.5% 93.9% 94.1% 96.3%
60 82.3% 87.0% 86.9% 91.5%
65 74.9% 81.1% 80.7% 87.2%
70 64.5% 72.2% 71.2% 80.5%
75 50.8% 59.4% 57.7% 69.7%
80 34.5% 42.7% 39.9% 53.2%
85 18.3% 24.4% 21.2% 32.3%
90 6.6% 10.0% 7.7% 13.9%
95 1.3% 2.5% 1.7% 3.6%
100 0.1% 0.3% 0.2% 0.5%

Life expectancy by current age

Eritrea
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
1x
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
Eritrea North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.9 101.8 102
99 101 100.8 101 101 100.9 101
98 100 99.9 100.1 100.1 100 100.2
97 99.1 98.9 99.2 99.3 99.1 99.3
96 98.3 98 98.3 98.4 98.2 98.4
95 97.4 97.2 97.5 97.5 97.3 97.6
94 96.5 96.3 96.6 96.7 96.5 96.7
93 95.7 95.5 95.8 95.9 95.6 95.9
92 94.9 94.7 95 95.1 94.8 95.1
91 94.1 93.9 94.2 94.3 94 94.3
90 93.4 93.1 93.5 93.5 93.2 93.6
89 92.6 92.3 92.7 92.7 92.4 92.8
88 91.8 91.6 92 92 91.6 92.1
87 91.1 90.8 91.3 91.2 90.9 91.4
86 90.4 90.1 90.5 90.5 90.2 90.7
85 89.7 89.4 89.8 89.9 89.4 90
84 89 88.7 89.2 89.2 88.7 89.4
83 88.3 88 88.5 88.5 88.1 88.8
82 87.7 87.4 87.9 87.9 87.4 88.2
81 87 86.7 87.3 87.3 86.8 87.6
80 86.5 86.1 86.7 86.8 86.2 87.1
79 85.9 85.5 86.1 86.2 85.6 86.6
78 85.3 85 85.6 85.7 85 86.1
77 84.8 84.4 85.1 85.2 84.5 85.7
76 84.3 83.9 84.6 84.8 84 85.2
75 83.8 83.4 84.1 84.3 83.5 84.8
74 83.3 82.9 83.7 83.9 83.1 84.5
73 82.9 82.4 83.2 83.5 82.6 84.1
72 82.4 81.9 82.8 83.1 82.2 83.8
71 82 81.5 82.4 82.8 81.8 83.5
70 81.6 81.1 82.1 82.5 81.5 83.2
69 81.3 80.7 81.7 82.1 81.1 83
68 80.9 80.3 81.4 81.8 80.8 82.7
67 80.6 79.9 81.1 81.6 80.4 82.5
66 80.2 79.6 80.8 81.3 80.1 82.2
65 79.9 79.2 80.5 81 79.8 82
64 79.6 78.9 80.2 80.8 79.5 81.8
63 79.3 78.6 80 80.6 79.3 81.6
62 79.1 78.3 79.7 80.3 79 81.4
61 78.8 78 79.5 80.1 78.8 81.3
60 78.6 77.7 79.3 79.9 78.6 81.1
59 78.4 77.5 79.1 79.8 78.4 81
58 78.1 77.2 78.9 79.6 78.2 80.8
57 77.9 77 78.7 79.4 78 80.7
56 77.7 76.8 78.5 79.3 77.8 80.6
55 77.5 76.5 78.4 79.1 77.7 80.4
54 77.3 76.3 78.2 79 77.5 80.3
53 77.1 76.1 78 78.8 77.3 80.2
52 77 75.9 77.9 78.7 77.1 80.1
51 76.8 75.7 77.7 78.5 77 80
50 76.6 75.5 77.6 78.4 76.8 79.9
49 76.4 75.3 77.4 78.3 76.7 79.8
48 76.3 75.1 77.3 78.2 76.6 79.7
47 76.1 75 77.2 78.1 76.5 79.6
46 76 74.8 77 78 76.3 79.5
45 75.9 74.7 76.9 77.9 76.2 79.4
44 75.7 74.5 76.8 77.8 76.1 79.3
43 75.6 74.4 76.7 77.7 76 79.3
42 75.5 74.2 76.5 77.6 75.9 79.2
41 75.3 74.1 76.4 77.5 75.8 79.1
40 75.2 73.9 76.3 77.4 75.7 79
39 75.1 73.8 76.2 77.3 75.6 79
38 75 73.6 76.1 77.2 75.5 78.9
37 74.8 73.5 76 77.2 75.4 78.8
36 74.7 73.4 75.9 77.1 75.3 78.8
35 74.6 73.2 75.8 77 75.2 78.7
34 74.5 73.1 75.7 76.9 75.1 78.7
33 74.4 73 75.6 76.9 75 78.6
32 74.3 72.8 75.5 76.8 74.9 78.5
31 74.2 72.7 75.4 76.7 74.8 78.5
30 74 72.6 75.3 76.6 74.7 78.4
29 73.9 72.4 75.2 76.5 74.6 78.4
28 73.8 72.3 75.2 76.5 74.6 78.3
27 73.7 72.2 75.1 76.4 74.5 78.2
26 73.6 72 75 76.3 74.4 78.2
25 73.5 71.9 74.9 76.2 74.3 78.1
24 73.3 71.7 74.8 76.2 74.2 78.1
23 73.2 71.6 74.7 76.1 74.1 78
22 73.1 71.5 74.6 76 74 78
21 73 71.3 74.5 75.9 73.9 77.9
20 72.9 71.2 74.4 75.8 73.8 77.9
19 72.8 71 74.4 75.8 73.7 77.8
18 72.7 70.9 74.3 75.7 73.6 77.8
17 72.6 70.8 74.2 75.7 73.6 77.7
16 72.5 70.7 74.1 75.6 73.5 77.7
15 72.4 70.6 74.1 75.6 73.4 77.6
14 72.4 70.6 74 75.5 73.4 77.6
13 72.3 70.5 74 75.5 73.4 77.6
12 72.2 70.4 73.9 75.5 73.3 77.6
11 72.2 70.4 73.9 75.4 73.3 77.5
10 72.1 70.3 73.8 75.4 73.3 77.5
9 72 70.2 73.8 75.4 73.2 77.5
8 72 70.1 73.7 75.3 73.2 77.4
7 71.9 70 73.6 75.3 73.1 77.4
6 71.7 69.9 73.5 75.2 73.1 77.4
5 71.6 69.7 73.4 75.2 73 77.3
4 71.5 69.6 73.3 75.1 72.9 77.3
3 71.4 69.4 73.2 75.1 72.9 77.2
2 71.2 69.3 73.1 75 72.8 77.2
1 71.1 69.1 73 74.9 72.8 77.1
0 69.4 67.2 71.5 74 71.8 76.2

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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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 Eritrea can expect to live to 74 years compared to 76.6 in North Korea, rising to 79.9 and 81 at 65, and to 86.5 and 86.8 at 80 — higher than the 69.4 and 74 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Eritrea
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
1x
Age Survival probability
Eritrea North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 0.21% 0.11% 0.28% 0.35% 0.16% 0.47%
99 0.34% 0.18% 0.46% 0.55% 0.27% 0.75%
98 0.54% 0.31% 0.72% 0.86% 0.44% 1.15%
97 0.83% 0.51% 1.11% 1.29% 0.7% 1.72%
96 1.25% 0.81% 1.64% 1.88% 1.07% 2.49%
95 1.82% 1.22% 2.36% 2.67% 1.58% 3.51%
94 2.57% 1.79% 3.28% 3.69% 2.26% 4.82%
93 3.52% 2.52% 4.43% 4.98% 3.15% 6.45%
92 4.7% 3.46% 5.82% 6.55% 4.28% 8.42%
91 6.11% 4.61% 7.48% 8.43% 5.68% 10.7%
90 7.77% 6% 9.4% 10.6% 7.37% 13.4%
89 9.7% 7.64% 11.6% 13.2% 9.36% 16.4%
88 11.9% 9.54% 14.1% 16% 11.7% 19.8%
87 14.4% 11.7% 16.8% 19.1% 14.2% 23.4%
86 17% 14.1% 19.8% 22.4% 17.1% 27.2%
85 19.9% 16.7% 22.9% 26% 20.2% 31.2%
84 23% 19.5% 26.3% 29.6% 23.5% 35.3%
83 26.2% 22.4% 29.7% 33.4% 27% 39.4%
82 29.4% 25.3% 33.2% 37.2% 30.6% 43.5%
81 32.7% 28.4% 36.7% 41% 34.3% 47.6%
80 36% 31.5% 40.1% 44.8% 38% 51.4%
79 39.2% 34.5% 43.5% 48.4% 41.6% 55.1%
78 42.4% 37.6% 46.8% 51.8% 45.1% 58.5%
77 45.5% 40.6% 49.9% 55.1% 48.5% 61.7%
76 48.4% 43.5% 52.9% 58.2% 51.8% 64.7%
75 51.3% 46.4% 55.8% 61.1% 54.9% 67.4%
74 54% 49.1% 58.5% 63.8% 57.8% 69.9%
73 56.6% 51.7% 61.1% 66.3% 60.6% 72.2%
72 59.1% 54.2% 63.5% 68.6% 63.1% 74.2%
71 61.4% 56.6% 65.8% 70.8% 65.5% 76.1%
70 63.5% 58.8% 67.9% 72.7% 67.8% 77.8%
69 65.5% 61% 69.8% 74.5% 69.8% 79.3%
68 67.4% 62.9% 71.6% 76.2% 71.7% 80.7%
67 69.2% 64.8% 73.3% 77.7% 73.6% 82%
66 70.8% 66.6% 74.8% 79.1% 75.2% 83.2%
65 72.4% 68.3% 76.3% 80.4% 76.8% 84.2%
64 73.8% 69.9% 77.6% 81.7% 78.2% 85.2%
63 75.1% 71.4% 78.8% 82.8% 79.5% 86.2%
62 76.4% 72.7% 79.9% 83.8% 80.7% 87%
61 77.5% 74% 80.9% 84.7% 81.7% 87.7%
60 78.5% 75.1% 81.8% 85.5% 82.7% 88.4%
59 79.4% 76.2% 82.6% 86.2% 83.6% 89%
58 80.3% 77.2% 83.4% 86.9% 84.4% 89.6%
57 81.1% 78.1% 84.1% 87.6% 85.1% 90.1%
56 81.9% 79% 84.8% 88.2% 85.8% 90.6%
55 82.7% 79.8% 85.5% 88.8% 86.6% 91.1%
54 83.4% 80.6% 86.1% 89.3% 87.2% 91.5%
53 84.1% 81.4% 86.7% 89.9% 87.9% 91.9%
52 84.7% 82.2% 87.3% 90.4% 88.5% 92.3%
51 85.3% 82.9% 87.8% 90.8% 89% 92.7%
50 85.9% 83.5% 88.3% 91.2% 89.5% 93%
49 86.4% 84.1% 88.7% 91.6% 90% 93.3%
48 86.8% 84.6% 89.1% 91.9% 90.4% 93.6%
47 87.3% 85.1% 89.5% 92.3% 90.8% 93.8%
46 87.7% 85.6% 89.8% 92.6% 91.1% 94.1%
45 88.1% 86% 90.2% 92.8% 91.4% 94.3%
44 88.5% 86.5% 90.5% 93.1% 91.8% 94.5%
43 88.9% 86.9% 90.9% 93.4% 92.1% 94.7%
42 89.2% 87.3% 91.2% 93.6% 92.4% 94.9%
41 89.6% 87.7% 91.5% 93.9% 92.7% 95.1%
40 89.9% 88.1% 91.8% 94.1% 92.9% 95.3%
39 90.2% 88.4% 92.1% 94.3% 93.2% 95.5%
38 90.5% 88.8% 92.3% 94.5% 93.4% 95.6%
37 90.8% 89.1% 92.5% 94.7% 93.7% 95.7%
36 91.1% 89.4% 92.8% 94.9% 93.9% 95.9%
35 91.3% 89.7% 93% 95% 94.1% 96%
34 91.6% 90% 93.2% 95.2% 94.3% 96.1%
33 91.8% 90.3% 93.4% 95.4% 94.5% 96.3%
32 92.1% 90.6% 93.6% 95.5% 94.7% 96.4%
31 92.3% 90.9% 93.8% 95.7% 94.9% 96.5%
30 92.6% 91.2% 94% 95.9% 95.2% 96.6%
29 92.8% 91.5% 94.2% 96% 95.3% 96.7%
28 93.1% 91.8% 94.4% 96.2% 95.5% 96.9%
27 93.3% 92.1% 94.6% 96.3% 95.7% 97%
26 93.5% 92.4% 94.8% 96.5% 95.9% 97.1%
25 93.8% 92.6% 94.9% 96.6% 96.1% 97.2%
24 94% 92.9% 95.1% 96.8% 96.3% 97.3%
23 94.2% 93.2% 95.3% 96.9% 96.5% 97.4%
22 94.4% 93.5% 95.4% 97.1% 96.7% 97.5%
21 94.7% 93.7% 95.6% 97.2% 96.8% 97.6%
20 94.9% 94% 95.7% 97.3% 97% 97.7%
19 95.1% 94.3% 95.9% 97.5% 97.2% 97.8%
18 95.2% 94.5% 96% 97.6% 97.3% 97.8%
17 95.4% 94.7% 96.1% 97.7% 97.4% 97.9%
16 95.5% 94.8% 96.2% 97.7% 97.5% 98%
15 95.6% 95% 96.3% 97.8% 97.6% 98%
14 95.7% 95.1% 96.4% 97.9% 97.7% 98.1%
13 95.8% 95.2% 96.5% 97.9% 97.7% 98.1%
12 95.9% 95.3% 96.6% 98% 97.8% 98.1%
11 96% 95.4% 96.6% 98% 97.9% 98.2%
10 96.1% 95.5% 96.7% 98.1% 97.9% 98.2%
9 96.2% 95.7% 96.8% 98.1% 98% 98.3%
8 96.4% 95.8% 96.9% 98.2% 98.1% 98.3%
7 96.5% 96% 97.1% 98.2% 98.1% 98.4%
6 96.7% 96.2% 97.2% 98.3% 98.2% 98.4%
5 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 98.4% 98.3% 98.5%
4 97% 96.6% 97.5% 98.5% 98.4% 98.6%
3 97.2% 96.8% 97.6% 98.5% 98.5% 98.6%
2 97.4% 97% 97.8% 98.6% 98.6% 98.7%
1 97.6% 97.2% 98% 98.7% 98.6% 98.8%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 78.5% of newborns in Eritrea and 85.5% in North Korea are expected to live past 60, 63.5% and 72.7% past 70, 36% and 44.8% past 80, and only 7.77% and 10.6% past 90.

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

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Odds of dying at each age

Eritrea
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
1x
Age Probability of dying
Eritrea North Korea
Average Male Female Average Male Female
100 40.7% 45.3% 40.8% 39.3% 42% 39%
99 38.8% 42.9% 38.6% 37.3% 40% 37%
98 37.1% 41% 36.7% 35.4% 38.3% 35%
97 35.4% 38.8% 34.7% 33.5% 36.4% 33%
96 33.5% 36.5% 32.5% 31.5% 34.5% 31%
95 31.4% 34.1% 30.3% 29.6% 32.4% 29.1%
94 29.2% 31.6% 28.1% 27.7% 30.3% 27.1%
93 27% 29.2% 26% 25.8% 28.2% 25.2%
92 25% 27% 23.9% 24% 26.4% 23.4%
91 23.1% 25% 22.1% 22.3% 24.6% 21.6%
90 21.4% 23.2% 20.4% 20.7% 22.9% 20%
89 19.9% 21.5% 18.9% 19.2% 21.3% 18.4%
88 18.5% 19.9% 17.6% 17.7% 19.7% 16.9%
87 17.1% 18.4% 16.3% 16.2% 18.2% 15.4%
86 15.8% 17% 15% 14.9% 16.7% 14.1%
85 14.5% 15.6% 13.8% 13.6% 15.4% 12.8%
84 13.3% 14.2% 12.7% 12.4% 14.1% 11.6%
83 12.1% 13% 11.6% 11.3% 12.9% 10.4%
82 11% 11.8% 10.5% 10.3% 11.8% 9.42%
81 10% 10.7% 9.52% 9.31% 10.7% 8.45%
80 9.09% 9.77% 8.59% 8.35% 9.7% 7.51%
79 8.24% 8.91% 7.75% 7.45% 8.7% 6.63%
78 7.47% 8.12% 6.99% 6.65% 7.81% 5.86%
77 6.77% 7.4% 6.31% 5.94% 7.02% 5.19%
76 6.14% 6.75% 5.7% 5.31% 6.3% 4.58%
75 5.57% 6.14% 5.16% 4.74% 5.65% 4.04%
74 5.05% 5.58% 4.68% 4.24% 5.07% 3.58%
73 4.58% 5.07% 4.23% 3.79% 4.55% 3.16%
72 4.15% 4.6% 3.82% 3.38% 4.08% 2.79%
71 3.75% 4.18% 3.44% 3.01% 3.66% 2.46%
70 3.4% 3.8% 3.09% 2.69% 3.28% 2.17%
69 3.08% 3.47% 2.78% 2.4% 2.95% 1.92%
68 2.8% 3.17% 2.51% 2.18% 2.69% 1.72%
67 2.55% 2.91% 2.27% 1.99% 2.46% 1.56%
66 2.33% 2.68% 2.06% 1.81% 2.23% 1.42%
65 2.13% 2.46% 1.87% 1.64% 2.02% 1.29%
64 1.94% 2.26% 1.69% 1.49% 1.82% 1.18%
63 1.77% 2.06% 1.53% 1.34% 1.63% 1.07%
62 1.6% 1.87% 1.38% 1.2% 1.45% 0.96%
61 1.44% 1.69% 1.24% 1.07% 1.29% 0.86%
60 1.3% 1.53% 1.11% 0.96% 1.15% 0.77%
59 1.18% 1.39% 1.01% 0.86% 1.04% 0.69%
58 1.08% 1.27% 0.92% 0.79% 0.95% 0.63%
57 1.01% 1.19% 0.86% 0.73% 0.89% 0.58%
56 0.95% 1.12% 0.81% 0.69% 0.85% 0.54%
55 0.91% 1.07% 0.77% 0.66% 0.81% 0.51%
54 0.86% 1.02% 0.73% 0.63% 0.78% 0.48%
53 0.82% 0.96% 0.69% 0.59% 0.74% 0.45%
52 0.76% 0.9% 0.64% 0.55% 0.68% 0.42%
51 0.7% 0.83% 0.59% 0.5% 0.62% 0.38%
50 0.64% 0.76% 0.54% 0.45% 0.56% 0.35%
49 0.59% 0.69% 0.49% 0.41% 0.5% 0.32%
48 0.54% 0.63% 0.46% 0.37% 0.45% 0.29%
47 0.5% 0.58% 0.43% 0.34% 0.41% 0.27%
46 0.47% 0.55% 0.41% 0.32% 0.38% 0.26%
45 0.46% 0.52% 0.39% 0.3% 0.36% 0.24%
44 0.44% 0.5% 0.38% 0.29% 0.35% 0.23%
43 0.43% 0.49% 0.37% 0.28% 0.34% 0.22%
42 0.41% 0.47% 0.35% 0.27% 0.32% 0.21%
41 0.39% 0.45% 0.33% 0.25% 0.31% 0.2%
40 0.37% 0.42% 0.31% 0.24% 0.29% 0.18%
39 0.35% 0.4% 0.29% 0.22% 0.27% 0.17%
38 0.33% 0.38% 0.27% 0.21% 0.26% 0.16%
37 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.2% 0.25% 0.15%
36 0.3% 0.36% 0.24% 0.19% 0.24% 0.14%
35 0.29% 0.35% 0.23% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
34 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.18% 0.23% 0.13%
33 0.28% 0.34% 0.22% 0.18% 0.22% 0.13%
32 0.28% 0.33% 0.22% 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
31 0.27% 0.33% 0.22% 0.17% 0.22% 0.13%
30 0.27% 0.32% 0.21% 0.17% 0.21% 0.12%
29 0.26% 0.32% 0.21% 0.17% 0.21% 0.12%
28 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.16% 0.2% 0.12%
27 0.25% 0.31% 0.2% 0.16% 0.2% 0.12%
26 0.25% 0.3% 0.19% 0.16% 0.2% 0.11%
25 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
24 0.24% 0.3% 0.18% 0.15% 0.19% 0.11%
23 0.24% 0.3% 0.17% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
22 0.23% 0.3% 0.17% 0.15% 0.19% 0.1%
21 0.23% 0.29% 0.16% 0.14% 0.19% 0.1%
20 0.22% 0.28% 0.15% 0.14% 0.18% 0.09%
19 0.2% 0.26% 0.15% 0.13% 0.16% 0.09%
18 0.19% 0.23% 0.14% 0.11% 0.14% 0.08%
17 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.1% 0.12% 0.07%
16 0.14% 0.17% 0.11% 0.08% 0.1% 0.06%
15 0.12% 0.15% 0.1% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
14 0.11% 0.13% 0.09% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
13 0.1% 0.12% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
12 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
11 0.1% 0.11% 0.08% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
10 0.11% 0.12% 0.09% 0.05% 0.06% 0.04%
9 0.12% 0.14% 0.1% 0.06% 0.07% 0.04%
8 0.14% 0.16% 0.11% 0.06% 0.07% 0.05%
7 0.15% 0.18% 0.13% 0.07% 0.08% 0.05%
6 0.17% 0.2% 0.14% 0.07% 0.08% 0.06%
5 0.18% 0.21% 0.15% 0.08% 0.09% 0.06%
4 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.08% 0.09% 0.07%
3 0.19% 0.22% 0.16% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
2 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.08% 0.08% 0.09%
1 0.19% 0.21% 0.17% 0.09% 0.08% 0.1%
0 2.4% 2.77% 2.02% 1.28% 1.37% 1.19%

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/eritrea/north-korea | CC BY

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

The annual chance of dying is 2.4% in the birth year in Eritrea and 1.28% in North Korea, 0.27% vs 0.17% at age 30, 1.3% vs 0.96% at 60, and 9.09% vs 8.35% at 80.

Death rate by age in Eritrea vs North Korea

Eritrea
Male

Female
North Korea
Male

Female
1x
Age Death rate
Eritrea North Korea
Total Male Female Total Male Female
100 0 0 11.5 27.9 0 50.8
99 131.1 79.3 176.8 206.6 109.9 276.7
98 198.9 128.1 265.5 303 170.2 403
97 294.6 198.5 384 431 254.9 567
96 419 294 535 593 368 773
95 572 416 715 790 511 1,021
94 750 565 922 1,022 685 1,308
93 952 738 1,150 1,285 890 1,627
92 1,173 933 1,394 1,574 1,129 1,969
91 1,411 1,151 1,652 1,883 1,398 2,325
90 1,665 1,388 1,921 2,203 1,688 2,682
89 1,930 1,641 2,195 2,521 1,991 3,027
88 2,197 1,902 2,468 2,825 2,296 3,343
87 2,455 2,157 2,729 3,101 2,589 3,616
86 2,693 2,393 2,967 3,339 2,862 3,835
85 2,898 2,599 3,170 3,531 3,104 3,992
84 3,061 2,767 3,329 3,672 3,307 4,083
83 3,179 2,896 3,435 3,768 3,474 4,116
82 3,250 2,987 3,488 3,826 3,610 4,102
81 3,279 3,045 3,490 3,819 3,684 4,017
80 3,271 3,074 3,446 3,741 3,684 3,860
79 3,231 3,076 3,368 3,605 3,618 3,650
78 3,166 3,053 3,266 3,446 3,523 3,427
77 3,079 3,006 3,147 3,273 3,406 3,199
76 2,973 2,936 3,018 3,088 3,262 2,962
75 2,854 2,847 2,881 2,896 3,099 2,725
74 2,729 2,741 2,737 2,704 2,932 2,498
73 2,593 2,623 2,584 2,510 2,756 2,279
72 2,450 2,496 2,425 2,318 2,577 2,069
71 2,303 2,366 2,262 2,133 2,399 1,873
70 2,157 2,237 2,100 1,955 2,223 1,689
69 2,016 2,113 1,944 1,790 2,058 1,522
68 1,885 1,996 1,798 1,657 1,927 1,389
67 1,763 1,887 1,663 1,544 1,809 1,278
66 1,650 1,784 1,540 1,429 1,681 1,177
65 1,542 1,683 1,424 1,320 1,552 1,086
64 1,435 1,580 1,313 1,214 1,425 1,003
63 1,328 1,473 1,205 1,108 1,296 919
62 1,221 1,362 1,100 1,004 1,170 836
61 1,117 1,252 1,000 907 1,055 755
60 1,021 1,148 910 819 953 681
59 937 1,057 832 744 869 616
58 869 983 769 685 805 562
57 817 926 721 642 759 521
56 778 884 685 609 726 489
55 748 852 656 584 702 463
54 719 821 629 561 677 440
53 687 786 599 533 646 415
52 647 742 562 498 605 387
51 601 690 521 458 555 357
50 553 635 479 415 501 325
49 506 581 439 375 450 296.5
48 467 535 406 341 407 272.2
47 437 498 382 315 373 253.7
46 416 470 365 296.1 350 240.1
45 401 450 354 283 334 230.1
44 390 435 346 272.8 322 221.6
43 378 422 336 263 311 212.6
42 365 407 323 251.7 299.4 201.7
41 349 391 307 238.5 285.9 188.8
40 330 374 287 223.9 270.8 174.8
39 312 357 266.7 209.5 255.8 161.1
38 295.1 341 248.3 196.7 242.2 149
37 281.6 329 233.3 186.5 231.3 139.5
36 271.6 320 222 179.1 223.4 132.6
35 265 314 214.5 174.2 218.1 128.2
34 260.7 310 209.7 171.1 214.5 125.5
33 257.6 306 206.9 168.9 211.7 124
32 254.8 303 204.9 167 208.9 123
31 251.6 298.4 202.9 164.8 205.5 122
30 247.8 293.4 200.3 162.2 201.7 120.6
29 243.5 288.3 196.8 159.1 197.5 118.7
28 239 284 192.2 155.8 193.5 116.1
27 234.7 281 186.6 152.8 190.4 113.2
26 230.8 279.5 180.4 150.1 188.3 109.9
25 227.6 279.4 174 147.9 187.2 106.5
24 224.9 280 168 145.8 186.4 103
23 222.4 280.2 162.8 143.8 185.7 99.7
22 219.1 278.4 158.1 141.3 183.9 96.4
21 214.1 272.8 153.7 137.5 179.7 93
20 205.9 261.7 148.4 131.4 171.8 88.9
19 193.2 243.8 141.2 122.1 158.6 83.6
18 176.3 219.8 131.4 109.8 140.8 77.1
17 156.1 191.9 119.4 95.6 120.3 69.6
16 135.7 164.1 106.5 81.3 99.8 61.8
15 117.4 139.8 94.4 68.7 82.2 54.4
14 103.4 121.5 84.7 58.8 68.8 48.2
13 94.8 110.4 78.7 52.2 60.3 43.6
12 91.7 106.4 76.7 48.7 56.2 40.8
11 94.4 109.5 78.8 48.1 56 39.8
10 102.4 119.2 85 50.2 59.5 40.4
9 115.2 134.8 94.9 54.2 65.3 42.4
8 131.5 154.6 107.6 59.2 72 45.6
7 148.6 175 121.5 64.5 78.2 50
6 164.2 192.7 134.8 69.7 83.3 55.3
5 175.6 204.6 145.8 74.4 86.5 61.5
4 182.4 209.9 154 77.9 86.8 68.5
3 185.3 210.1 159.8 80.4 84.3 76.3
2 185.9 207 164.1 83.2 81.1 85.3
1 185.4 202.6 167.7 87.6 79 96.8
0 2,403 2,771 2,024 1,281 1,366 1,190

Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

GeoRank.org/life-expectancy/eritrea/north-korea | CC BY

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 Eritrea, the most common age of death is 81, compared to 82 in North Korea. The median age of death is 75.5 in Eritrea and 78.5 in North 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 Eritrea and North Korea more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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Data sources: United Nations | World Population Prospects (1960–2026, retrieved 2026-03-10).

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