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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	North Korea			South Korea
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.9	101.8	102	102.8	102.1	102.9
99	101	100.9	101	102	101.3	102.1
98	100.1	100	100.2	101.2	100.4	101.3
97	99.3	99.1	99.3	100.5	99.6	100.6
96	98.4	98.2	98.4	99.7	98.8	99.8
95	97.5	97.3	97.6	99	98	99.1
94	96.7	96.5	96.7	98.3	97.2	98.5
93	95.9	95.6	95.9	97.6	96.5	97.8
92	95.1	94.8	95.1	96.9	95.7	97.2
91	94.3	94	94.3	96.2	95	96.6
90	93.5	93.2	93.6	95.6	94.4	96
89	92.7	92.4	92.8	95	93.7	95.5
88	92	91.6	92.1	94.4	93.1	95
87	91.2	90.9	91.4	93.9	92.5	94.5
86	90.5	90.2	90.7	93.3	91.9	94
85	89.9	89.4	90	92.8	91.3	93.6
84	89.2	88.7	89.4	92.4	90.8	93.2
83	88.5	88.1	88.8	91.9	90.3	92.8
82	87.9	87.4	88.2	91.5	89.8	92.4
81	87.3	86.8	87.6	91.1	89.3	92.1
80	86.8	86.2	87.1	90.7	88.9	91.7
79	86.2	85.6	86.6	90.3	88.5	91.4
78	85.7	85	86.1	89.9	88.1	91.1
77	85.2	84.5	85.7	89.6	87.7	90.9
76	84.8	84	85.2	89.3	87.3	90.6
75	84.3	83.5	84.8	89	87	90.4
74	83.9	83.1	84.5	88.7	86.7	90.2
73	83.5	82.6	84.1	88.5	86.4	90
72	83.1	82.2	83.8	88.3	86.1	89.9
71	82.8	81.8	83.5	88	85.9	89.7
70	82.5	81.5	83.2	87.8	85.6	89.6
69	82.1	81.1	83	87.6	85.3	89.4
68	81.8	80.8	82.7	87.4	85.1	89.3
67	81.6	80.4	82.5	87.2	84.8	89.1
66	81.3	80.1	82.2	87	84.6	89
65	81	79.8	82	86.8	84.4	88.9
64	80.8	79.5	81.8	86.7	84.2	88.8
63	80.6	79.3	81.6	86.5	84	88.7
62	80.3	79	81.4	86.4	83.8	88.7
61	80.1	78.8	81.3	86.3	83.7	88.6
60	79.9	78.6	81.1	86.2	83.5	88.5
59	79.8	78.4	81	86.1	83.4	88.5
58	79.6	78.2	80.8	86	83.3	88.4
57	79.4	78	80.7	85.9	83.1	88.4
56	79.3	77.8	80.6	85.8	83	88.4
55	79.1	77.7	80.4	85.8	82.9	88.3
54	79	77.5	80.3	85.7	82.8	88.3
53	78.8	77.3	80.2	85.6	82.8	88.3
52	78.7	77.1	80.1	85.6	82.7	88.2
51	78.5	77	80	85.5	82.6	88.2
50	78.4	76.8	79.9	85.5	82.5	88.2
49	78.3	76.7	79.8	85.4	82.5	88.1
48	78.2	76.6	79.7	85.4	82.4	88.1
47	78.1	76.5	79.6	85.4	82.4	88.1
46	78	76.3	79.5	85.3	82.3	88.1
45	77.9	76.2	79.4	85.3	82.3	88.1
44	77.8	76.1	79.3	85.2	82.2	88
43	77.7	76	79.3	85.2	82.2	88
42	77.6	75.9	79.2	85.2	82.2	88
41	77.5	75.8	79.1	85.2	82.1	88
40	77.4	75.7	79	85.1	82.1	88
39	77.3	75.6	79	85.1	82.1	88
38	77.2	75.5	78.9	85.1	82.1	87.9
37	77.2	75.4	78.8	85.1	82	87.9
36	77.1	75.3	78.8	85.1	82	87.9
35	77	75.2	78.7	85.1	82	87.9
34	76.9	75.1	78.7	85	82	87.9
33	76.9	75	78.6	85	82	87.9
32	76.8	74.9	78.5	85	82	87.9
31	76.7	74.8	78.5	85	82	87.9
30	76.6	74.7	78.4	85	81.9	87.9
29	76.5	74.6	78.4	85	81.9	87.8
28	76.5	74.6	78.3	85	81.9	87.8
27	76.4	74.5	78.2	85	81.9	87.8
26	76.3	74.4	78.2	85	81.9	87.8
25	76.2	74.3	78.1	85	81.9	87.8
24	76.2	74.2	78.1	85	81.9	87.8
23	76.1	74.1	78	84.9	81.9	87.8
22	76	74	78	84.9	81.9	87.8
21	75.9	73.9	77.9	84.9	81.9	87.8
20	75.8	73.8	77.9	84.9	81.8	87.8
19	75.8	73.7	77.8	84.9	81.8	87.8
18	75.7	73.6	77.8	84.9	81.8	87.8
17	75.7	73.6	77.7	84.9	81.8	87.8
16	75.6	73.5	77.7	84.9	81.8	87.8
15	75.6	73.4	77.6	84.9	81.8	87.8
14	75.5	73.4	77.6	84.9	81.8	87.8
13	75.5	73.4	77.6	84.9	81.8	87.8
12	75.5	73.3	77.6	84.9	81.8	87.7
11	75.4	73.3	77.5	84.9	81.8	87.7
10	75.4	73.3	77.5	84.9	81.8	87.7
9	75.4	73.2	77.5	84.9	81.8	87.7
8	75.3	73.2	77.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
7	75.3	73.1	77.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
6	75.2	73.1	77.4	84.9	81.8	87.7
5	75.2	73	77.3	84.8	81.8	87.7
4	75.1	72.9	77.3	84.8	81.8	87.7
3	75.1	72.9	77.2	84.8	81.7	87.7
2	75	72.8	77.2	84.8	81.7	87.7
1	74.9	72.8	77.1	84.8	81.7	87.7
0	74	71.8	76.2	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 North Korea can expect to live to 76.6 years compared to 85 in South Korea, rising to 81 and 86.8 at 65, and to 86.8 and 90.7 at 80 — higher than the 74 and 84.6 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	North Korea			South Korea
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.35%	0.16%	0.47%	5.61%	1.7%	8.36%
99	0.55%	0.27%	0.75%	7.43%	2.54%	11%
98	0.86%	0.44%	1.15%	9.59%	3.68%	14%
97	1.29%	0.7%	1.72%	12.1%	5.15%	17.4%
96	1.88%	1.07%	2.49%	15%	6.99%	21.2%
95	2.67%	1.58%	3.51%	18.1%	9.22%	25.2%
94	3.69%	2.26%	4.82%	21.5%	11.8%	29.5%
93	4.98%	3.15%	6.45%	25.2%	14.8%	34%
92	6.55%	4.28%	8.42%	29.1%	18.2%	38.5%
91	8.43%	5.68%	10.7%	33%	21.7%	43%
90	10.6%	7.37%	13.4%	37.1%	25.6%	47.5%
89	13.2%	9.36%	16.4%	41.2%	29.5%	51.8%
88	16%	11.7%	19.8%	45.2%	33.6%	56%
87	19.1%	14.2%	23.4%	49.1%	37.6%	60%
86	22.4%	17.1%	27.2%	52.9%	41.7%	63.7%
85	26%	20.2%	31.2%	56.5%	45.6%	67.1%
84	29.6%	23.5%	35.3%	60%	49.4%	70.3%
83	33.4%	27%	39.4%	63.2%	53.1%	73.2%
82	37.2%	30.6%	43.5%	66.3%	56.7%	75.9%
81	41%	34.3%	47.6%	69.2%	60.1%	78.3%
80	44.8%	38%	51.4%	71.9%	63.3%	80.6%
79	48.4%	41.6%	55.1%	74.5%	66.4%	82.7%
78	51.8%	45.1%	58.5%	76.8%	69.2%	84.5%
77	55.1%	48.5%	61.7%	79%	71.8%	86.2%
76	58.2%	51.8%	64.7%	80.9%	74.2%	87.7%
75	61.1%	54.9%	67.4%	82.6%	76.4%	89%
74	63.8%	57.8%	69.9%	84.1%	78.3%	90.1%
73	66.3%	60.6%	72.2%	85.5%	80%	91.1%
72	68.6%	63.1%	74.2%	86.7%	81.6%	91.9%
71	70.8%	65.5%	76.1%	87.8%	83.1%	92.7%
70	72.7%	67.8%	77.8%	89%	84.6%	93.5%
69	74.5%	69.8%	79.3%	90%	86%	94.2%
68	76.2%	71.7%	80.7%	91%	87.3%	94.8%
67	77.7%	73.6%	82%	92%	88.6%	95.4%
66	79.1%	75.2%	83.2%	92.8%	89.8%	95.9%
65	80.4%	76.8%	84.2%	93.5%	90.8%	96.4%
64	81.7%	78.2%	85.2%	94.2%	91.7%	96.7%
63	82.8%	79.5%	86.2%	94.7%	92.5%	97%
62	83.8%	80.7%	87%	95.2%	93.3%	97.3%
61	84.7%	81.7%	87.7%	95.7%	93.9%	97.5%
60	85.5%	82.7%	88.4%	96.1%	94.5%	97.7%
59	86.2%	83.6%	89%	96.4%	95%	97.9%
58	86.9%	84.4%	89.6%	96.8%	95.5%	98.1%
57	87.6%	85.1%	90.1%	97%	95.9%	98.2%
56	88.2%	85.8%	90.6%	97.3%	96.3%	98.3%
55	88.8%	86.6%	91.1%	97.5%	96.7%	98.5%
54	89.3%	87.2%	91.5%	97.7%	97%	98.6%
53	89.9%	87.9%	91.9%	97.9%	97.3%	98.6%
52	90.4%	88.5%	92.3%	98.1%	97.5%	98.7%
51	90.8%	89%	92.7%	98.2%	97.7%	98.8%
50	91.2%	89.5%	93%	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%
49	91.6%	90%	93.3%	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%
48	91.9%	90.4%	93.6%	98.6%	98.3%	99%
47	92.3%	90.8%	93.8%	98.7%	98.4%	99.1%
46	92.6%	91.1%	94.1%	98.8%	98.6%	99.1%
45	92.8%	91.4%	94.3%	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%
44	93.1%	91.8%	94.5%	99%	98.8%	99.2%
43	93.4%	92.1%	94.7%	99.1%	98.9%	99.2%
42	93.6%	92.4%	94.9%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
41	93.9%	92.7%	95.1%	99.2%	99%	99.3%
40	94.1%	92.9%	95.3%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
39	94.3%	93.2%	95.5%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
38	94.5%	93.4%	95.6%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
37	94.7%	93.7%	95.7%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
36	94.9%	93.9%	95.9%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
35	95%	94.1%	96%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
34	95.2%	94.3%	96.1%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
33	95.4%	94.5%	96.3%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
32	95.5%	94.7%	96.4%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
31	95.7%	94.9%	96.5%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
30	95.9%	95.2%	96.6%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
29	96%	95.3%	96.7%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
28	96.2%	95.5%	96.9%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%
27	96.3%	95.7%	97%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
26	96.5%	95.9%	97.1%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
25	96.6%	96.1%	97.2%	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%
24	96.8%	96.3%	97.3%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
23	96.9%	96.5%	97.4%	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%
22	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
21	97.2%	96.8%	97.6%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
20	97.3%	97%	97.7%	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%
19	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
18	97.6%	97.3%	97.8%	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%
17	97.7%	97.4%	97.9%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
16	97.7%	97.5%	98%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
15	97.8%	97.6%	98%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
14	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
13	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
12	98%	97.8%	98.1%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
11	98%	97.9%	98.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
10	98.1%	97.9%	98.2%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
9	98.1%	98%	98.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
8	98.2%	98.1%	98.3%	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%
7	98.2%	98.1%	98.4%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
6	98.3%	98.2%	98.4%	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%
5	98.4%	98.3%	98.5%	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%
4	98.5%	98.4%	98.6%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
3	98.5%	98.5%	98.6%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
2	98.6%	98.6%	98.7%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%
1	98.7%	98.6%	98.8%	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 85.5% of newborns in North Korea and 96.1% in South Korea are expected to live past 60, 72.7% and 89% past 70, 44.8% and 71.9% past 80, and only 10.6% 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

North Korea

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	North Korea			South Korea
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	39.3%	42%	39%	26.2%	35.5%	25.5%
99	37.3%	40%	37%	24.5%	33.3%	23.7%
98	35.4%	38.3%	35%	22.6%	30.9%	21.6%
97	33.5%	36.4%	33%	20.8%	28.6%	19.7%
96	31.5%	34.5%	31%	19%	26.3%	17.8%
95	29.6%	32.4%	29.1%	17.4%	24.2%	16.1%
94	27.7%	30.3%	27.1%	15.9%	22.2%	14.5%
93	25.8%	28.2%	25.2%	14.6%	20.2%	13%
92	24%	26.4%	23.4%	13.3%	18.3%	11.7%
91	22.3%	24.6%	21.6%	12%	16.5%	10.5%
90	20.7%	22.9%	20%	10.9%	14.9%	9.42%
89	19.2%	21.3%	18.4%	9.87%	13.4%	8.4%
88	17.7%	19.7%	16.9%	8.91%	12.1%	7.47%
87	16.2%	18.2%	15.4%	8%	10.8%	6.61%
86	14.9%	16.7%	14.1%	7.17%	9.69%	5.83%
85	13.6%	15.4%	12.8%	6.42%	8.66%	5.13%
84	12.4%	14.1%	11.6%	5.75%	7.75%	4.52%
83	11.3%	12.9%	10.4%	5.15%	6.96%	3.98%
82	10.3%	11.8%	9.42%	4.63%	6.26%	3.52%
81	9.31%	10.7%	8.45%	4.18%	5.65%	3.13%
80	8.35%	9.7%	7.51%	3.79%	5.1%	2.8%
79	7.45%	8.7%	6.63%	3.42%	4.6%	2.5%
78	6.65%	7.81%	5.86%	3.07%	4.12%	2.22%
77	5.94%	7.02%	5.19%	2.72%	3.65%	1.95%
76	5.31%	6.3%	4.58%	2.38%	3.21%	1.69%
75	4.74%	5.65%	4.04%	2.07%	2.8%	1.44%
74	4.24%	5.07%	3.58%	1.8%	2.45%	1.23%
73	3.79%	4.55%	3.16%	1.58%	2.16%	1.06%
72	3.38%	4.08%	2.79%	1.41%	1.95%	0.94%
71	3.01%	3.66%	2.46%	1.31%	1.81%	0.86%
70	2.69%	3.28%	2.17%	1.25%	1.72%	0.81%
69	2.4%	2.95%	1.92%	1.19%	1.65%	0.76%
68	2.18%	2.69%	1.72%	1.11%	1.56%	0.69%
67	1.99%	2.46%	1.56%	1.02%	1.44%	0.62%
66	1.81%	2.23%	1.42%	0.9%	1.3%	0.53%
65	1.64%	2.02%	1.29%	0.78%	1.14%	0.44%
64	1.49%	1.82%	1.18%	0.68%	0.99%	0.37%
63	1.34%	1.63%	1.07%	0.59%	0.88%	0.31%
62	1.2%	1.45%	0.96%	0.53%	0.78%	0.27%
61	1.07%	1.29%	0.86%	0.46%	0.69%	0.24%
60	0.96%	1.15%	0.77%	0.41%	0.62%	0.21%
59	0.86%	1.04%	0.69%	0.37%	0.56%	0.19%
58	0.79%	0.95%	0.63%	0.33%	0.5%	0.17%
57	0.73%	0.89%	0.58%	0.3%	0.45%	0.15%
56	0.69%	0.85%	0.54%	0.27%	0.41%	0.13%
55	0.66%	0.81%	0.51%	0.24%	0.36%	0.11%
54	0.63%	0.78%	0.48%	0.21%	0.32%	0.1%
53	0.59%	0.74%	0.45%	0.19%	0.28%	0.09%
52	0.55%	0.68%	0.42%	0.17%	0.25%	0.08%
51	0.5%	0.62%	0.38%	0.15%	0.23%	0.08%
50	0.45%	0.56%	0.35%	0.14%	0.2%	0.07%
49	0.41%	0.5%	0.32%	0.13%	0.19%	0.07%
48	0.37%	0.45%	0.29%	0.12%	0.17%	0.06%
47	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.11%	0.15%	0.06%
46	0.32%	0.38%	0.26%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
45	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%	0.09%	0.12%	0.05%
44	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%
43	0.28%	0.34%	0.22%	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%
42	0.27%	0.32%	0.21%	0.06%	0.09%	0.04%
41	0.25%	0.31%	0.2%	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%
40	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%
39	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%
38	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
37	0.2%	0.25%	0.15%	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%
36	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
35	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
34	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%
33	0.18%	0.22%	0.13%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
32	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
31	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
30	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
29	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
28	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
27	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
26	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
25	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
24	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
23	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
22	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
21	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
20	0.14%	0.18%	0.09%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
19	0.13%	0.16%	0.09%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
18	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%
17	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%
16	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.008%	0.009%	0.006%
15	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%
14	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%
13	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%
11	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%
10	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%
9	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.006%	0.006%	0.006%
8	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%
7	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.007%	0.007%	0.007%
6	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.008%	0.008%	0.008%
5	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.009%	0.009%	0.009%
4	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
3	0.08%	0.09%	0.08%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
2	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%
1	0.09%	0.08%	0.1%	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%
0	1.28%	1.37%	1.19%	0.19%	0.2%	0.17%

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

The annual chance of dying is 1.28% in the birth year in North Korea and 0.19% in South Korea, 0.17% vs 0.02% at age 30, 0.96% vs 0.41% at 60, and 8.35% vs 3.79% at 80.

Death rate by age in North Korea vs South Korea

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

South Korea

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	North Korea			South Korea
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	27.9	0	50.8	1,496	465	2,272
99	206.6	109.9	276.7	1,820	846	2,596
98	303	170.2	403	2,167	1,138	3,025
97	431	254.9	567	2,513	1,472	3,426
96	593	368	773	2,846	1,839	3,778
95	790	511	1,021	3,154	2,227	4,062
94	1,022	685	1,308	3,435	2,625	4,281
93	1,285	890	1,627	3,670	2,997	4,428
92	1,574	1,129	1,969	3,854	3,319	4,513
91	1,883	1,398	2,325	3,978	3,585	4,529
90	2,203	1,688	2,682	4,047	3,805	4,469
89	2,521	1,991	3,027	4,064	3,960	4,351
88	2,825	2,296	3,343	4,023	4,047	4,181
87	3,101	2,589	3,616	3,931	4,072	3,963
86	3,339	2,862	3,835	3,793	4,036	3,713
85	3,531	3,104	3,992	3,628	3,949	3,445
84	3,672	3,307	4,083	3,448	3,833	3,175
83	3,768	3,474	4,116	3,257	3,697	2,914
82	3,826	3,610	4,102	3,068	3,548	2,673
81	3,819	3,684	4,017	2,894	3,393	2,454
80	3,741	3,684	3,860	2,726	3,228	2,253
79	3,605	3,618	3,650	2,548	3,050	2,065
78	3,446	3,523	3,427	2,355	2,849	1,876
77	3,273	3,406	3,199	2,149	2,624	1,680
76	3,088	3,262	2,962	1,925	2,380	1,478
75	2,896	3,099	2,725	1,706	2,136	1,283
74	2,704	2,932	2,498	1,512	1,917	1,112
73	2,510	2,756	2,279	1,347	1,729	968
72	2,318	2,577	2,069	1,225	1,589	862
71	2,133	2,399	1,873	1,153	1,507	801
70	1,955	2,223	1,689	1,109	1,458	760
69	1,790	2,058	1,522	1,068	1,416	712
68	1,657	1,927	1,389	1,012	1,359	656
67	1,544	1,809	1,278	936	1,279	588
66	1,429	1,681	1,177	837	1,167	507
65	1,320	1,552	1,086	730	1,035	424
64	1,214	1,425	1,003	636	909	354
63	1,108	1,296	919	563	810	305
62	1,004	1,170	836	501	727	266.7
61	907	1,055	755	443	649	231.4
60	819	953	681	398	585	204.3
59	744	869	616	359	531	182.7
58	685	805	562	322	481	162.3
57	642	759	521	290	435	143.6
56	609	726	489	260.8	391	126.9
55	584	702	463	232.6	349	111.9
54	561	677	440	206.2	309	98.8
53	533	646	415	182.4	273	88.5
52	498	605	387	164.8	244.9	82.1
51	458	555	357	151	221.8	77.5
50	415	501	325	137.9	200.6	72.6
49	375	450	296.5	126.7	182.6	68.3
48	341	407	272.2	116.1	166	63.9
47	315	373	253.7	104.4	148.4	58.3
46	296.1	350	240.1	93.1	131.9	52.6
45	283	334	230.1	84.3	118.5	48.1
44	272.8	322	221.6	76.2	106.4	44
43	263	311	212.6	68.6	95.3	40.2
42	251.7	299.4	201.7	61.9	85.1	37
41	238.5	285.9	188.8	55.8	75.6	34.2
40	223.9	270.8	174.8	50.2	66.9	31.8
39	209.5	255.8	161.1	44.8	58.7	29.5
38	196.7	242.2	149	40.1	51.5	27.4
37	186.5	231.3	139.5	36.1	45.3	25.6
36	179.1	223.4	132.6	32.3	39.8	23.6
35	174.2	218.1	128.2	28.9	35.1	21.7
34	171.1	214.5	125.5	26	31.3	20
33	168.9	211.7	124	23.6	28.1	18.4
32	167	208.9	123	21.5	25.4	16.9
31	164.8	205.5	122	19.7	23.3	15.6
30	162.2	201.7	120.6	18.2	21.5	14.5
29	159.1	197.5	118.7	16.8	19.9	13.4
28	155.8	193.5	116.1	15.6	18.5	12.5
27	152.8	190.4	113.2	14.6	17.3	11.8
26	150.1	188.3	109.9	13.8	16.2	11.2
25	147.9	187.2	106.5	13.2	15.4	10.8
24	145.8	186.4	103	12.8	14.9	10.5
23	143.8	185.7	99.7	12.6	14.8	10.3
22	141.3	183.9	96.4	12.5	14.7	10.1
21	137.5	179.7	93	12.4	14.7	9.89
20	131.4	171.8	88.9	12.1	14.4	9.53
19	122.1	158.6	83.6	11.5	13.8	9.02
18	109.8	140.8	77.1	10.5	12.6	8.27
17	95.6	120.3	69.6	9.2	10.9	7.37
16	81.3	99.8	61.8	7.83	9.14	6.44
15	68.7	82.2	54.4	6.59	7.52	5.6
14	58.8	68.8	48.2	5.61	6.25	4.94
13	52.2	60.3	43.6	5.01	5.45	4.54
12	48.7	56.2	40.8	4.72	5.06	4.37
11	48.1	56	39.8	4.77	5.05	4.47
10	50.2	59.5	40.4	5.33	5.63	5.02
9	54.2	65.3	42.4	6.1	6.42	5.75
8	59.2	72	45.6	6.71	7.03	6.38
7	64.5	78.2	50	7.2	7.46	6.92
6	69.7	83.3	55.3	7.76	7.93	7.57
5	74.4	86.5	61.5	8.61	8.68	8.54
4	77.9	86.8	68.5	9.92	9.86	9.98
3	80.4	84.3	76.3	11.9	11.7	12.1
2	83.2	81.1	85.3	14.9	14.5	15.2
1	87.6	79	96.8	19.6	19.2	20.2
0	1,281	1,366	1,190	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 North Korea, the most common age of death is 82, compared to 89 in South Korea. The median age of death is 78.5 in North Korea 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 North Korea and South Korea more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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