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Life Expectancy in North Korea vs Somalia (1950-2025)

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 73.9 years in North Korea vs 59.1 in Somalia. North Korea is ranked 102/197 by life expectancy, and Somalia is 192/197. In North Korea, the life expectancy is 71.7 years for males and 76 years for females. In Somalia, it's 56.6 years for males and 61.7 years for females.

North Korea vs Somalia life expectancy at birth by year chart

North Korea
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
North Korea Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 14.2 11.4 21.1 41.5 40 42.9
1951 17.7 13.7 25.3 41.7 40.2 43.1
1952 32.8 26.3 39.6 41.9 40.4 43.4
1953 40.3 34.5 45.4 42.1 40.6 43.6
1954 50.6 48.5 52.5 42.3 40.8 43.8
1955 51.8 49.6 53.6 42.5 41.1 44
1956 52.8 50.6 54.6 42.7 41.3 44.2
1957 53.7 51.5 55.5 42.9 41.5 44.4
1958 54.5 52.3 56.2 43.1 41.7 44.6
1959 55.2 53 56.9 43.3 41.9 44.8
1960 55.8 53.6 57.6 43.5 42.1 45
1961 56.4 54.2 58.2 43.7 42.2 45.2
1962 57 54.8 58.8 44 42.5 45.5
1963 57.6 55.3 59.4 44.2 42.7 45.7
1964 58.2 55.9 60 44.4 42.9 45.9
1965 58.8 56.5 60.6 44.6 43.2 46.1
1966 59.4 57.1 61.3 44.8 43.4 46.3
1967 60.1 57.7 61.9 45.1 43.6 46.5
1968 60.8 58.4 62.6 45.3 43.8 46.7
1969 61.4 59 63.3 45.5 44 46.9
1970 62 59.6 63.9 45.6 44.2 47.1
1971 62.7 60.2 64.6 45.8 44.4 47.3
1972 63.3 60.8 65.2 46 44.6 47.5
1973 63.8 61.3 65.8 46.2 44.8 47.7
1974 64.3 61.8 66.3 44.3 42.9 45.7
1975 64.8 62.2 66.9 44.5 43.1 45.9
1976 65.3 62.7 67.4 44.7 43.3 46.2
1977 65.8 63.1 67.9 47 45.6 48.5
1978 66.3 63.6 68.4 47 45.4 48.7
1979 66.7 64 68.9 47.4 46 48.9
1980 67.2 64.4 69.4 47.6 46.2 49.1
1981 67.7 64.8 69.9 47.8 46.4 49.3
1982 68.1 65.2 70.3 48 46.6 49.5
1983 68.5 65.6 70.8 48.2 46.8 49.7
1984 68.9 66 71.2 48.4 47 49.9
1985 69.2 66.3 71.6 48.3 46.9 49.7
1986 69.5 66.6 71.9 48.4 47 49.9
1987 69.8 66.7 72.2 49 47.6 50.5
1988 70.1 67 72.5 43.9 39.9 48.8
1989 70.3 67.2 72.8 46.6 42.9 50.9
1990 70.5 67.4 73 46.9 43.1 51.2
1991 70.7 67.6 73.3 25.4 23.7 27.3
1992 71 67.5 73.8 25 23.9 26.3
1993 70.8 67 73.8 50.6 49.1 52.1
1994 70.5 66.5 73.7 50.3 48.8 51.8
1995 60.8 57.4 63.6 50.6 49.1 52.2
1996 60.8 57.5 63.7 50.5 49 52.1
1997 60.9 57.5 63.8 50.3 48.8 51.8
1998 60.9 57.6 63.8 50.8 49.3 52.2
1999 60.9 57.6 63.9 50.6 49.1 52.1
2000 60.9 57.6 63.9 50.7 49.3 52.2
2001 60.9 57.6 63.9 50.8 49.4 52.3
2002 60.9 57.6 63.9 50.8 49.4 52.3
2003 69.4 65.5 72.9 50.7 49.2 52.2
2004 69.3 65.4 72.9 50.7 49.2 52.2
2005 69.2 65.3 72.8 50.9 49.4 52.4
2006 69.1 65.2 72.7 50.9 49.3 52.6
2007 69 65.2 72.6 50.9 49.2 52.6
2008 69.3 65.6 72.8 51.5 49.8 53.2
2009 69.7 66.2 73 52.1 50.5 53.7
2010 70.2 67 73.3 48.9 47.1 50.8
2011 70.8 67.7 73.6 32.5 31.3 33.7
2012 71.3 68.5 73.9 49.1 47.3 51
2013 71.9 69.2 74.3 54 52.1 56
2014 72.5 70 74.7 54.4 52.4 56.6
2015 72.8 70.4 75 55.1 53 57.1
2016 73 70.5 75.2 55.3 53.1 57.6
2017 73 70.4 75.5 52.2 50.2 54.3
2018 73 70.3 75.6 54.8 52.7 56.9
2019 72.9 69.9 75.9 57.2 55.2 59.3
2020 72.8 69.9 75.7 57.1 55.1 59.2
2021 73.4 71.3 75.5 55.7 53.7 57.8
2022 73.6 71.5 75.7 53.9 51.8 56.2
2023 73.6 71.5 75.7 58.8 56.3 61.4
2024 73.7 71.6 75.9 59 56.5 61.6
2025 73.9 71.7 76 59.1 56.6 61.7

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 64.7 years in North Korea and 47.4 in Somalia. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.9 healthy years in North Korea and 9.46 in Somalia.

North Korea vs Somalia 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 North Korea and Somalia, 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:
46.5 vs 40.2 years

Mean expected age of death:
76.5 vs 70.2 years

Median expected age of death:
79.0 vs 73.2 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
North Korea Somalia
Male Female Male Female
40 97.7% 98.6% 93.4% 95.7%
50 94.1% 96.2% 85.5% 89.9%
60 86.8% 91.4% 73.6% 80.6%
65 80.6% 87.0% 65.0% 73.3%
70 71.0% 80.3% 53.9% 62.9%
75 57.4% 69.4% 40.2% 49.1%
80 39.6% 52.8% 25.4% 32.8%
85 21.0% 31.9% 12.2% 17.0%
90 7.6% 13.6% 3.8% 6.2%
95 1.6% 3.5% 0.7% 1.4%
100 0.2% 0.5% 0.1% 0.2%

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 North Korea vs Somalia: 76.5 years vs 70.2 at 30, 81 vs 78.5 at 65, 86.7 vs 85.9 at 80 — significantly higher than the 73.9 vs 59.1 years calculated at birth.

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

North Korea
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
North Korea Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 73.9 71.7 76 59.1 56.6 61.7
1 74.8 72.7 77 63.2 60.9 65.6
2 74.9 72.7 77 64.1 61.7 66.5
3 75 72.8 77.1 64.7 62.4 67.2
4 75 72.8 77.2 65.2 62.9 67.7
5 75.1 72.9 77.2 65.6 63.3 68
6 75.1 73 77.3 65.9 63.6 68.3
7 75.2 73 77.3 66.2 63.9 68.6
8 75.2 73.1 77.3 66.4 64 68.8
9 75.3 73.1 77.4 66.5 64.2 68.9
10 75.3 73.2 77.4 66.7 64.3 69.1
11 75.3 73.2 77.4 66.8 64.5 69.2
12 75.4 73.2 77.4 66.9 64.6 69.3
13 75.4 73.3 77.5 67 64.7 69.4
14 75.4 73.3 77.5 67.1 64.8 69.5
15 75.5 73.4 77.5 67.2 64.9 69.6
16 75.5 73.4 77.6 67.4 65.1 69.7
17 75.6 73.5 77.6 67.5 65.2 69.9
18 75.6 73.5 77.7 67.7 65.4 70
19 75.7 73.6 77.7 67.8 65.6 70.1
20 75.8 73.7 77.7 68 65.8 70.3
21 75.8 73.8 77.8 68.2 66.1 70.4
22 75.9 73.9 77.9 68.4 66.4 70.6
23 76 74 77.9 68.7 66.6 70.7
24 76.1 74.1 78 68.9 66.9 70.8
25 76.1 74.2 78 69.1 67.2 71
26 76.2 74.3 78.1 69.3 67.5 71.2
27 76.3 74.4 78.1 69.5 67.7 71.3
28 76.4 74.5 78.2 69.7 68 71.5
29 76.5 74.6 78.3 69.9 68.3 71.6
30 76.5 74.7 78.3 70.2 68.5 71.8
31 76.6 74.8 78.4 70.4 68.8 71.9
32 76.7 74.9 78.4 70.6 69 72.1
33 76.8 74.9 78.5 70.8 69.2 72.3
34 76.9 75 78.6 71 69.5 72.4
35 76.9 75.1 78.6 71.2 69.7 72.6
36 77 75.2 78.7 71.4 69.9 72.7
37 77.1 75.3 78.7 71.6 70.2 72.9
38 77.2 75.4 78.8 71.8 70.4 73.1
39 77.2 75.5 78.9 72 70.6 73.2
40 77.3 75.6 78.9 72.2 70.9 73.4
41 77.4 75.7 79 72.4 71.1 73.6
42 77.5 75.8 79.1 72.6 71.3 73.8
43 77.6 75.9 79.2 72.8 71.6 74
44 77.7 76 79.2 73 71.8 74.2
45 77.8 76.2 79.3 73.2 72 74.3
46 77.9 76.3 79.4 73.4 72.3 74.5
47 78 76.4 79.5 73.6 72.5 74.7
48 78.1 76.5 79.6 73.8 72.7 74.9
49 78.2 76.6 79.7 74.1 73 75.1
50 78.3 76.8 79.8 74.3 73.2 75.3
51 78.5 76.9 79.9 74.5 73.5 75.5
52 78.6 77.1 80 74.8 73.8 75.7
53 78.7 77.2 80.1 75 74 75.9
54 78.9 77.4 80.2 75.3 74.3 76.1
55 79.1 77.6 80.3 75.5 74.6 76.3
56 79.2 77.8 80.5 75.8 74.9 76.6
57 79.4 78 80.6 76 75.2 76.8
58 79.5 78.2 80.7 76.3 75.5 77
59 79.7 78.3 80.9 76.6 75.8 77.3
60 79.9 78.5 81 76.9 76.1 77.5
61 80.1 78.8 81.2 77.2 76.5 77.8
62 80.3 79 81.4 77.5 76.8 78.1
63 80.5 79.2 81.6 77.8 77.2 78.4
64 80.7 79.5 81.7 78.2 77.5 78.7
65 81 79.8 82 78.5 77.9 79
66 81.2 80.1 82.2 78.9 78.3 79.4
67 81.5 80.4 82.4 79.3 78.7 79.7
68 81.8 80.7 82.6 79.7 79.1 80.1
69 82.1 81.1 82.9 80.1 79.6 80.5
70 82.4 81.4 83.2 80.5 80 80.9
71 82.7 81.8 83.4 81 80.5 81.3
72 83.1 82.2 83.7 81.4 81 81.8
73 83.5 82.6 84.1 81.9 81.5 82.2
74 83.9 83 84.4 82.4 82 82.7
75 84.3 83.5 84.8 83 82.6 83.2
76 84.7 84 85.2 83.5 83.1 83.8
77 85.2 84.5 85.6 84.1 83.7 84.3
78 85.7 85 86.1 84.6 84.3 84.9
79 86.2 85.6 86.5 85.2 84.9 85.5
80 86.7 86.1 87 85.9 85.6 86.1
81 87.3 86.7 87.6 86.5 86.2 86.7
82 87.9 87.4 88.1 87.2 86.9 87.4
83 88.5 88 88.7 87.8 87.6 88
84 89.2 88.7 89.4 88.5 88.3 88.7
85 89.8 89.4 90 89.3 89 89.4
86 90.5 90.1 90.7 90 89.7 90.2
87 91.2 90.9 91.4 90.8 90.5 90.9
88 92 91.6 92.1 91.5 91.3 91.7
89 92.7 92.4 92.8 92.3 92.1 92.5
90 93.5 93.2 93.5 93.1 92.9 93.3
91 94.3 94 94.3 93.9 93.7 94.1
92 95 94.8 95.1 94.8 94.6 94.9
93 95.9 95.6 95.9 95.6 95.4 95.7
94 96.7 96.5 96.7 96.5 96.3 96.6
95 97.5 97.3 97.6 97.4 97.2 97.4
96 98.4 98.2 98.4 98.2 98.1 98.3
97 99.2 99.1 99.3 99.1 99 99.2
98 100.1 100 100.1 100 99.9 100.1
99 101 100.9 101 100.9 100.8 101
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 101.8 101.7 101.9

Odds of living to age in North Korea vs Somalia

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 85.4% in North Korea and 63.2% in Somalia are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 72.5% and 47.9% will live to 70 years or older, 44.5% and 23.9% to 80+ years, and 10.5% and 4.11% 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.

North Korea
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
North Korea Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 93.5% 93% 94%
2 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 92.2% 91.7% 92.7%
3 98.5% 98.5% 98.6% 91.2% 90.7% 91.8%
4 98.4% 98.4% 98.5% 90.5% 89.9% 91.1%
5 98.4% 98.3% 98.4% 89.9% 89.3% 90.5%
6 98.3% 98.2% 98.4% 89.4% 88.8% 90.1%
7 98.2% 98.1% 98.3% 89.1% 88.4% 89.7%
8 98.1% 98% 98.3% 88.8% 88.1% 89.5%
9 98.1% 98% 98.2% 88.5% 87.9% 89.2%
10 98% 97.9% 98.2% 88.3% 87.6% 89%
11 98% 97.8% 98.1% 88.1% 87.4% 88.9%
12 97.9% 97.8% 98.1% 88% 87.3% 88.7%
13 97.9% 97.7% 98.1% 87.8% 87.1% 88.5%
14 97.8% 97.7% 98% 87.6% 86.9% 88.3%
15 97.8% 97.6% 98% 87.4% 86.7% 88.2%
16 97.7% 97.5% 97.9% 87.2% 86.4% 88%
17 97.6% 97.4% 97.9% 87% 86.2% 87.8%
18 97.5% 97.3% 97.8% 86.7% 85.9% 87.5%
19 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 86.4% 85.5% 87.3%
20 97.3% 97% 97.6% 86.1% 85.1% 87.1%
21 97.2% 96.8% 97.5% 85.7% 84.6% 86.8%
22 97% 96.6% 97.4% 85.3% 84.1% 86.6%
23 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 84.9% 83.5% 86.3%
24 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 84.5% 83% 86%
25 96.6% 96.1% 97.1% 84.1% 82.4% 85.8%
26 96.4% 95.9% 97% 83.6% 81.9% 85.5%
27 96.3% 95.7% 96.9% 83.2% 81.4% 85.2%
28 96.1% 95.5% 96.8% 82.8% 80.8% 84.9%
29 96% 95.3% 96.7% 82.4% 80.3% 84.6%
30 95.8% 95.1% 96.6% 82% 79.8% 84.2%
31 95.6% 94.9% 96.4% 81.5% 79.3% 83.9%
32 95.5% 94.7% 96.3% 81.1% 78.8% 83.6%
33 95.3% 94.5% 96.2% 80.7% 78.2% 83.2%
34 95.1% 94.3% 96.1% 80.3% 77.7% 82.9%
35 95% 94.1% 95.9% 79.8% 77.2% 82.5%
36 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 79.4% 76.7% 82.2%
37 94.6% 93.6% 95.7% 78.9% 76.2% 81.8%
38 94.4% 93.4% 95.5% 78.5% 75.6% 81.4%
39 94.2% 93.1% 95.4% 78% 75.1% 81%
40 94% 92.9% 95.2% 77.5% 74.6% 80.6%
41 93.8% 92.6% 95% 77% 74% 80.2%
42 93.6% 92.3% 94.9% 76.5% 73.4% 79.7%
43 93.3% 92% 94.7% 76% 72.8% 79.3%
44 93% 91.7% 94.4% 75.4% 72.2% 78.8%
45 92.8% 91.4% 94.2% 74.9% 71.6% 78.3%
46 92.5% 91% 94% 74.3% 71% 77.8%
47 92.2% 90.7% 93.7% 73.7% 70.3% 77.3%
48 91.9% 90.3% 93.5% 73.2% 69.7% 76.8%
49 91.5% 89.9% 93.2% 72.5% 69% 76.3%
50 91.1% 89.4% 92.9% 71.9% 68.2% 75.7%
51 90.7% 88.9% 92.6% 71.2% 67.5% 75.1%
52 90.3% 88.4% 92.2% 70.4% 66.6% 74.4%
53 89.8% 87.8% 91.8% 69.7% 65.8% 73.8%
54 89.2% 87.1% 91.4% 68.9% 64.9% 73%
55 88.6% 86.4% 91% 68% 64% 72.3%
56 88.1% 85.7% 90.5% 67.1% 63% 71.5%
57 87.4% 85% 90% 66.2% 62% 70.7%
58 86.8% 84.2% 89.5% 65.3% 61% 69.8%
59 86.1% 83.4% 88.9% 64.3% 59.9% 68.9%
60 85.4% 82.6% 88.3% 63.2% 58.7% 67.9%
61 84.5% 81.6% 87.6% 62.1% 57.5% 66.9%
62 83.6% 80.5% 86.8% 60.9% 56.2% 65.7%
63 82.6% 79.4% 86% 59.6% 54.9% 64.5%
64 81.5% 78% 85.1% 58.2% 53.4% 63.2%
65 80.3% 76.6% 84% 56.7% 51.9% 61.7%
66 78.9% 75.1% 82.9% 55.1% 50.3% 60.2%
67 77.5% 73.4% 81.8% 53.5% 48.6% 58.6%
68 75.9% 71.5% 80.5% 51.7% 46.8% 56.9%
69 74.3% 69.6% 79.1% 49.9% 44.9% 55%
70 72.5% 67.5% 77.5% 47.9% 43% 53%
71 70.5% 65.3% 75.8% 45.8% 41% 50.9%
72 68.4% 62.9% 73.9% 43.7% 38.9% 48.7%
73 66% 60.3% 71.9% 41.4% 36.7% 46.3%
74 63.5% 57.5% 69.6% 39% 34.4% 43.9%
75 60.8% 54.6% 67% 36.6% 32.1% 41.3%
76 57.9% 51.5% 64.3% 34.1% 29.7% 38.7%
77 54.8% 48.2% 61.3% 31.6% 27.4% 36%
78 51.5% 44.8% 58.1% 29% 25% 33.3%
79 48.1% 41.3% 54.7% 26.5% 22.6% 30.5%
80 44.5% 37.7% 51% 23.9% 20.3% 27.6%
81 40.7% 34% 47.1% 21.3% 18% 24.8%
82 36.9% 30.3% 43.1% 18.8% 15.7% 22.1%
83 33.1% 26.7% 39% 16.4% 13.6% 19.4%
84 29.3% 23.2% 34.9% 14.1% 11.6% 16.8%
85 25.7% 20% 30.8% 12% 9.7% 14.4%
86 22.2% 16.9% 26.9% 10% 8% 12.1%
87 18.8% 14% 23% 8.24% 6.47% 10.1%
88 15.8% 11.5% 19.5% 6.66% 5.13% 8.22%
89 13% 9.2% 16.1% 5.28% 3.98% 6.61%
90 10.5% 7.23% 13.1% 4.11% 3.03% 5.21%
91 8.28% 5.57% 10.5% 3.13% 2.25% 4.03%
92 6.42% 4.19% 8.21% 2.33% 1.63% 3.05%
93 4.87% 3.08% 6.28% 1.7% 1.15% 2.26%
94 3.61% 2.21% 4.68% 1.21% 0.79% 1.63%
95 2.61% 1.54% 3.41% 0.84% 0.53% 1.16%
96 1.83% 1.04% 2.41% 0.57% 0.35% 0.8%
97 1.25% 0.68% 1.66% 0.38% 0.22% 0.54%
98 0.83% 0.43% 1.11% 0.24% 0.13% 0.35%
99 0.54% 0.27% 0.72% 0.15% 0.08% 0.23%
100 0.34% 0.16% 0.45% 0.09% 0.05% 0.14%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 1.3% in the birth year in North Korea and 6.5% in Somalia, 0.17% vs 0.52% at age 30, 0.97% vs 1.79% at 60, and 8.42% vs 10.7% at 80.

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

North Korea
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
North Korea Somalia
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.3% 1.39% 1.22% 6.5% 7.02% 5.97%
1 0.09% 0.08% 0.1% 1.39% 1.41% 1.37%
2 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 1.07% 1.1% 1.04%
3 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.82% 0.86% 0.79%
4 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.64% 0.68% 0.6%
5 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.5% 0.54% 0.47%
6 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.4% 0.43% 0.38%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.33% 0.35% 0.31%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.28% 0.29% 0.26%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.24% 0.25% 0.23%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.22% 0.22% 0.21%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.2% 0.21% 0.2%
12 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.2% 0.2% 0.19%
13 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.2% 0.21% 0.19%
14 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.22% 0.24% 0.2%
15 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.24% 0.27% 0.21%
16 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.27% 0.32% 0.23%
17 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.31% 0.37% 0.24%
18 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.35% 0.43% 0.26%
19 0.13% 0.16% 0.09% 0.39% 0.5% 0.27%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.43% 0.56% 0.28%
21 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.46% 0.62% 0.3%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.48% 0.64% 0.31%
23 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.48% 0.65% 0.32%
24 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.49% 0.65% 0.33%
25 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.49% 0.65% 0.34%
26 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.5% 0.65% 0.35%
27 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.5% 0.65% 0.36%
28 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.51% 0.65% 0.37%
29 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.51% 0.65% 0.38%
30 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.52% 0.65% 0.39%
31 0.17% 0.22% 0.13% 0.52% 0.65% 0.4%
32 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.53% 0.66% 0.4%
33 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.54% 0.66% 0.41%
34 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.54% 0.67% 0.42%
35 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.55% 0.67% 0.43%
36 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.56% 0.68% 0.45%
37 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.58% 0.69% 0.46%
38 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.6% 0.71% 0.49%
39 0.22% 0.28% 0.17% 0.62% 0.73% 0.51%
40 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.65% 0.75% 0.54%
41 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.67% 0.78% 0.57%
42 0.27% 0.33% 0.21% 0.69% 0.8% 0.59%
43 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.71% 0.83% 0.6%
44 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.73% 0.85% 0.62%
45 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.75% 0.88% 0.63%
46 0.32% 0.39% 0.26% 0.77% 0.91% 0.64%
47 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.81% 0.95% 0.67%
48 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.85% 1% 0.7%
49 0.41% 0.5% 0.32% 0.9% 1.07% 0.75%
50 0.46% 0.56% 0.35% 0.97% 1.14% 0.8%
51 0.51% 0.63% 0.39% 1.03% 1.22% 0.86%
52 0.56% 0.69% 0.42% 1.1% 1.29% 0.92%
53 0.6% 0.74% 0.46% 1.17% 1.37% 0.98%
54 0.63% 0.78% 0.49% 1.23% 1.43% 1.03%
55 0.66% 0.82% 0.51% 1.29% 1.5% 1.09%
56 0.7% 0.85% 0.55% 1.35% 1.58% 1.15%
57 0.74% 0.9% 0.59% 1.43% 1.66% 1.22%
58 0.8% 0.96% 0.64% 1.53% 1.77% 1.31%
59 0.87% 1.05% 0.7% 1.65% 1.9% 1.42%
60 0.97% 1.16% 0.78% 1.79% 2.06% 1.55%
61 1.08% 1.3% 0.87% 1.96% 2.25% 1.7%
62 1.21% 1.46% 0.97% 2.14% 2.45% 1.87%
63 1.35% 1.64% 1.08% 2.34% 2.66% 2.06%
64 1.5% 1.84% 1.19% 2.55% 2.88% 2.26%
65 1.66% 2.04% 1.31% 2.77% 3.12% 2.47%
66 1.82% 2.25% 1.43% 3.01% 3.37% 2.71%
67 2.01% 2.48% 1.58% 3.28% 3.65% 2.97%
68 2.2% 2.71% 1.74% 3.59% 3.96% 3.27%
69 2.42% 2.97% 1.94% 3.93% 4.31% 3.6%
70 2.71% 3.31% 2.2% 4.31% 4.71% 3.98%
71 3.04% 3.69% 2.49% 4.73% 5.15% 4.39%
72 3.41% 4.11% 2.82% 5.19% 5.64% 4.83%
73 3.82% 4.59% 3.19% 5.69% 6.16% 5.3%
74 4.27% 5.11% 3.62% 6.22% 6.72% 5.81%
75 4.77% 5.69% 4.09% 6.79% 7.33% 6.36%
76 5.34% 6.35% 4.63% 7.42% 8% 6.96%
77 5.99% 7.07% 5.24% 8.11% 8.72% 7.64%
78 6.7% 7.87% 5.92% 8.88% 9.52% 8.39%
79 7.51% 8.76% 6.7% 9.74% 10.4% 9.24%
80 8.42% 9.77% 7.58% 10.7% 11.4% 10.2%
81 9.37% 10.8% 8.53% 11.7% 12.4% 11.2%
82 10.3% 11.9% 9.51% 12.8% 13.6% 12.2%
83 11.4% 13% 10.5% 13.9% 14.8% 13.3%
84 12.5% 14.2% 11.7% 15.2% 16.2% 14.5%
85 13.7% 15.4% 12.9% 16.4% 17.6% 15.7%
86 15% 16.8% 14.2% 17.8% 19.1% 16.9%
87 16.3% 18.3% 15.6% 19.2% 20.7% 18.2%
88 17.8% 19.8% 17% 20.7% 22.3% 19.6%
89 19.3% 21.4% 18.5% 22.2% 24% 21.1%
90 20.8% 23% 20.1% 23.8% 25.8% 22.7%
91 22.4% 24.7% 21.8% 25.5% 27.5% 24.3%
92 24.1% 26.5% 23.6% 27.1% 29.3% 26%
93 25.9% 28.3% 25.4% 28.8% 31.1% 27.6%
94 27.8% 30.4% 27.3% 30.5% 33% 29.3%
95 29.7% 32.5% 29.2% 32.2% 34.8% 31%
96 31.6% 34.6% 31.2% 33.9% 36.7% 32.7%
97 33.6% 36.5% 33.2% 35.6% 38.6% 34.4%
98 35.5% 38.3% 35.2% 37.2% 40.4% 36.1%
99 37.4% 40.1% 37.1% 38.9% 42.2% 37.8%
100 39.4% 42.1% 39.1% 40.6% 44.1% 39.5%

Death rate by age in North Korea compared to Somalia

In North Korea, the most common age of death is 82, compared to 0 in Somalia. The median age of death is 78.4 in North Korea and 68.9 in Somalia — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

North Korea
Male

Female
Somalia
Male

Female
Age Death rate
North Korea Somalia
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,305 1,385 1,219 6,499 7,017 5,965
1 88.8 79.7 98.4 1,300 1,309 1,291
2 84.4 81.9 86.9 983 1,005 960
3 81.6 85.3 77.8 751 779 722
4 79.2 88 69.9 579 608 550
5 75.6 87.7 62.7 453 479 426
6 70.8 84.5 56.4 360 382 338
7 65.5 79.3 51 293.5 310 276.1
8 60.1 73 46.5 245.7 257.8 233
9 55 66.2 43.2 212.5 220.9 203.7
10 50.9 60.3 41.1 190.8 196.6 184.8
11 48.8 56.7 40.4 178.7 182.8 174.3
12 49.4 56.8 41.5 174.5 178.2 170.6
13 52.8 60.9 44.3 179.1 185.3 172.6
14 59.5 69.5 48.9 192.6 205.5 179.1
15 69.5 83 55.2 213.4 236.6 189.1
16 82.2 100.7 62.6 239.2 275.4 201.3
17 96.6 121.4 70.6 267.4 318 214.2
18 110.9 142 78.1 299.4 369 226.7
19 123.3 160 84.7 334 426 238.1
20 132.6 173.2 90 366 480 248.2
21 138.7 181.1 94.1 391 520 257
22 142.5 185.3 97.6 406 540 265
23 145 187.1 100.8 411 544 272.7
24 147 187.8 104.2 414 542 280.6
25 149.1 188.6 107.6 416 537 288.7
26 151.4 189.7 111.1 417 531 296.9
27 154.1 191.8 114.4 419 527 305
28 157.1 194.9 117.3 421 523 313
29 160.4 198.8 119.9 423 520 320
30 163.5 203.1 121.8 425 519 327
31 166.1 206.9 123.2 428 518 333
32 168.3 210.3 124.2 430 518 338
33 170.3 213.2 125.2 433 517 343
34 172.4 216 126.7 436 517 349
35 175.6 219.6 129.4 440 518 357
36 180.6 225 134 446 520 367
37 188 232.9 140.9 455 526 380
38 198.3 243.9 150.5 468 535 397
39 211.2 257.6 162.7 483 547 416
40 225.8 272.8 176.5 500 561 436
41 240.5 288 190.7 516 575 454
42 253.8 302 203.7 531 590 468
43 265.2 313 214.8 542 603 478
44 275 324 223.9 552 615 485
45 285.4 336 232.5 562 628 491
46 298.6 352 242.6 575 645 501
47 318 376 256.3 595 668 516
48 344 410 275.1 621 698 539
49 378 453 299.6 655 735 570
50 418 505 329 694 777 606
51 462 559 360 735 820 646
52 502 609 391 776 861 685
53 537 651 420 812 898 721
54 566 682 445 844 931 754
55 589 707 468 875 961 786
56 615 731 494 908 993 821
57 647 764 527 947 1,031 862
58 691 810 569 997 1,080 913
59 750 875 622 1,059 1,140 977
60 825 960 688 1,133 1,212 1,053
61 914 1,062 764 1,215 1,292 1,138
62 1,012 1,178 845 1,303 1,375 1,230
63 1,117 1,304 928 1,392 1,458 1,327
64 1,224 1,433 1,013 1,482 1,539 1,425
65 1,330 1,561 1,097 1,571 1,617 1,527
66 1,440 1,691 1,188 1,662 1,694 1,631
67 1,555 1,820 1,290 1,756 1,772 1,742
68 1,669 1,937 1,401 1,855 1,853 1,859
69 1,801 2,069 1,535 1,958 1,938 1,982
70 1,966 2,234 1,703 2,065 2,026 2,108
71 2,145 2,410 1,888 2,169 2,111 2,232
72 2,330 2,588 2,085 2,267 2,190 2,349
73 2,521 2,767 2,295 2,354 2,259 2,455
74 2,713 2,941 2,515 2,427 2,314 2,547
75 2,902 3,108 2,742 2,487 2,354 2,626
76 3,094 3,269 2,979 2,532 2,379 2,693
77 3,284 3,411 3,215 2,563 2,386 2,749
78 3,454 3,526 3,441 2,579 2,377 2,791
79 3,608 3,618 3,662 2,577 2,350 2,815
80 3,741 3,680 3,869 2,551 2,302 2,812
81 3,816 3,677 4,022 2,496 2,230 2,775
82 3,819 3,599 4,102 2,409 2,134 2,698
83 3,758 3,460 4,111 2,290 2,013 2,581
84 3,658 3,290 4,072 2,143 1,871 2,429
85 3,514 3,083 3,975 1,971 1,708 2,248
86 3,319 2,839 3,813 1,782 1,528 2,047
87 3,078 2,565 3,589 1,581 1,339 1,834
88 2,800 2,271 3,312 1,376 1,146 1,615
89 2,495 1,967 2,993 1,174 957 1,396
90 2,177 1,665 2,647 979 780 1,183
91 1,857 1,376 2,289 797 618 979
92 1,550 1,109 1,935 633 477 791
93 1,263 873 1,595 490 358 624
94 1,004 671 1,279 369 261.4 479
95 775 500 995 270.7 185 358
96 580 359 752 193.2 127 260.7
97 421 248.3 550 134.1 84.5 184.7
98 295.5 165.5 390 90.5 54.4 127.3
99 200.8 106.6 267 59.3 33.9 85.2
100 24.8 0 45.2 0 0 0

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 North Korea and Somalia 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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