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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 73.9 years in North Korea vs 80.9 in Taiwan. North Korea is ranked 102/197 by life expectancy, and Taiwan is 40/197. In North Korea, the life expectancy is 71.7 years for males and 76 years for females. In Taiwan, it's 78.1 years for males and 83.9 years for females.

North Korea vs Taiwan life expectancy at birth by year chart

North Korea
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
North Korea Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 14.2 11.4 21.1 56.6 54.4 58.8
1951 17.7 13.7 25.3 57.2 55 59.5
1952 32.8 26.3 39.6 57.9 55.7 60.3
1953 40.3 34.5 45.4 58.6 56.3 60.9
1954 50.6 48.5 52.5 58.9 56.5 61.5
1955 51.8 49.6 53.6 59.8 57.5 62.2
1956 52.8 50.6 54.6 60.3 58.1 62.7
1957 53.7 51.5 55.5 61 58.8 63.3
1958 54.5 52.3 56.2 61 58.6 63.8
1959 55.2 53 56.9 61.6 59.6 63.8
1960 55.8 53.6 57.6 62.5 60.3 65.1
1961 56.4 54.2 58.2 63 60.8 65.5
1962 57 54.8 58.8 63.8 61.6 66.2
1963 57.6 55.3 59.4 64.5 63.1 66
1964 58.2 55.9 60 64.9 62.3 67.9
1965 58.8 56.5 60.6 65.7 63.4 68.5
1966 59.4 57.1 61.3 66.1 63.9 68.7
1967 60.1 57.7 61.9 66.7 64.3 69.6
1968 60.8 58.4 62.6 66.8 64.3 70
1969 61.4 59 63.3 67.7 65.2 70.8
1970 62 59.6 63.9 69 66.8 71.7
1971 62.7 60.2 64.6 69.4 67.1 72
1972 63.3 60.8 65.2 69.6 67.4 72.2
1973 63.8 61.3 65.8 69.8 67.5 72.6
1974 64.3 61.8 66.3 70.3 68 73
1975 64.8 62.2 66.9 70.9 68.7 73.4
1976 65.3 62.7 67.4 71.2 68.9 73.8
1977 65.8 63.1 67.9 71.3 69 73.9
1978 66.3 63.6 68.4 71.7 69.4 74.5
1979 66.7 64 68.9 71.7 69.4 74.6
1980 67.2 64.4 69.4 72 69.7 74.7
1981 67.7 64.8 69.9 72 69.8 74.7
1982 68.1 65.2 70.3 72.4 70.2 75.2
1983 68.5 65.6 70.8 72.4 70.2 75.1
1984 68.9 66 71.2 73 70.7 75.8
1985 69.2 66.3 71.6 73.3 71.1 76
1986 69.5 66.6 71.9 73.3 71.1 76.1
1987 69.8 66.7 72.2 73.6 71.4 76.4
1988 70.1 67 72.5 73.4 71.1 76.2
1989 70.3 67.2 72.8 73.7 71.3 76.7
1990 70.5 67.4 73 73.9 71.6 76.9
1991 70.7 67.6 73.3 74.3 71.9 77.3
1992 71 67.5 73.8 74.3 71.9 77.3
1993 70.8 67 73.8 74.6 72 77.7
1994 70.5 66.5 73.7 74.7 72.1 78
1995 60.8 57.4 63.6 74.6 72 77.8
1996 60.8 57.5 63.7 74.9 72.3 78.1
1997 60.9 57.5 63.8 75.3 72.6 78.6
1998 60.9 57.6 63.8 75.5 72.8 78.8
1999 60.9 57.6 63.9 75.6 73 78.8
2000 60.9 57.6 63.9 76.1 73.4 79.5
2001 60.9 57.6 63.9 76.5 73.7 79.8
2002 60.9 57.6 63.9 76.9 74.1 80.1
2003 69.4 65.5 72.9 77 74.3 80.2
2004 69.3 65.4 72.9 77.2 74.3 80.6
2005 69.2 65.3 72.8 77.1 74.1 80.7
2006 69.1 65.2 72.7 77.8 74.8 81.5
2007 69 65.2 72.6 78 75.1 81.5
2008 69.3 65.6 72.8 78.3 75.2 81.9
2009 69.7 66.2 73 78.7 75.7 82.2
2010 70.2 67 73.3 79 76 82.5
2011 70.8 67.7 73.6 78.9 75.7 82.6
2012 71.3 68.5 73.9 79.2 76.1 82.6
2013 71.9 69.2 74.3 79.6 76.5 83.1
2014 72.5 70 74.7 79.5 76.4 83
2015 72.8 70.4 75 79.9 76.7 83.4
2016 73 70.5 75.2 79.7 76.5 83.3
2017 73 70.4 75.5 80.1 76.9 83.6
2018 73 70.3 75.6 80.4 77.2 83.9
2019 72.9 69.9 75.9 80.6 77.4 84.1
2020 72.8 69.9 75.7 81.1 77.9 84.5
2021 73.4 71.3 75.5 80.8 77.5 84.2
2022 73.6 71.5 75.7 80.2 77.3 83.2
2023 73.6 71.5 75.7 80.6 77.6 83.6
2024 73.7 71.6 75.9 80.7 77.9 83.7
2025 73.9 71.7 76 80.9 78.1 83.9

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.

North Korea vs Taiwan 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 Taiwan, 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 51.7 years

Mean expected age of death:
76.5 vs 81.7 years

Median expected age of death:
79.0 vs 84.3 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
North Korea Taiwan
Male Female Male Female
40 97.7% 98.6% 98.7% 99.4%
50 94.1% 96.2% 95.4% 98.1%
60 86.8% 91.4% 89.1% 95.3%
65 80.6% 87.0% 84.4% 92.8%
70 71.0% 80.3% 78.1% 89.0%
75 57.4% 69.4% 69.0% 82.8%
80 39.6% 52.8% 56.2% 72.4%
85 21.0% 31.9% 38.7% 56.0%
90 7.6% 13.6% 20.6% 36.0%
95 1.6% 3.5% 7.2% 17.2%
100 0.2% 0.5% 1.4% 5.3%

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 Taiwan: 76.5 years vs 81.7 at 30, 81 vs 85.2 at 65, 86.7 vs 89.5 at 80 — significantly higher than the 73.9 vs 80.9 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 Taiwan.

North Korea
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
North Korea Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 73.9 71.7 76 80.9 78.1 83.9
1 74.8 72.7 77 81.2 78.3 84.1
2 74.9 72.7 77 81.2 78.4 84.2
3 75 72.8 77.1 81.3 78.4 84.2
4 75 72.8 77.2 81.3 78.4 84.2
5 75.1 72.9 77.2 81.3 78.4 84.2
6 75.1 73 77.3 81.3 78.4 84.2
7 75.2 73 77.3 81.3 78.4 84.3
8 75.2 73.1 77.3 81.3 78.4 84.3
9 75.3 73.1 77.4 81.3 78.4 84.3
10 75.3 73.2 77.4 81.3 78.5 84.3
11 75.3 73.2 77.4 81.3 78.5 84.3
12 75.4 73.2 77.4 81.3 78.5 84.3
13 75.4 73.3 77.5 81.3 78.5 84.3
14 75.4 73.3 77.5 81.3 78.5 84.3
15 75.5 73.4 77.5 81.4 78.5 84.3
16 75.5 73.4 77.6 81.4 78.5 84.3
17 75.6 73.5 77.6 81.4 78.5 84.3
18 75.6 73.5 77.7 81.4 78.6 84.3
19 75.7 73.6 77.7 81.4 78.6 84.4
20 75.8 73.7 77.7 81.5 78.6 84.4
21 75.8 73.8 77.8 81.5 78.7 84.4
22 75.9 73.9 77.9 81.5 78.7 84.4
23 76 74 77.9 81.5 78.7 84.4
24 76.1 74.1 78 81.6 78.7 84.4
25 76.1 74.2 78 81.6 78.8 84.5
26 76.2 74.3 78.1 81.6 78.8 84.5
27 76.3 74.4 78.1 81.6 78.8 84.5
28 76.4 74.5 78.2 81.7 78.9 84.5
29 76.5 74.6 78.3 81.7 78.9 84.5
30 76.5 74.7 78.3 81.7 78.9 84.5
31 76.6 74.8 78.4 81.7 79 84.6
32 76.7 74.9 78.4 81.8 79 84.6
33 76.8 74.9 78.5 81.8 79 84.6
34 76.9 75 78.6 81.8 79.1 84.6
35 76.9 75.1 78.6 81.9 79.1 84.7
36 77 75.2 78.7 81.9 79.2 84.7
37 77.1 75.3 78.7 82 79.3 84.7
38 77.2 75.4 78.8 82 79.3 84.8
39 77.2 75.5 78.9 82.1 79.4 84.8
40 77.3 75.6 78.9 82.1 79.5 84.8
41 77.4 75.7 79 82.2 79.6 84.9
42 77.5 75.8 79.1 82.3 79.7 84.9
43 77.6 75.9 79.2 82.3 79.8 85
44 77.7 76 79.2 82.4 79.9 85
45 77.8 76.2 79.3 82.5 80 85.1
46 77.9 76.3 79.4 82.6 80.1 85.1
47 78 76.4 79.5 82.7 80.2 85.2
48 78.1 76.5 79.6 82.8 80.4 85.2
49 78.2 76.6 79.7 82.9 80.5 85.3
50 78.3 76.8 79.8 83 80.7 85.4
51 78.5 76.9 79.9 83.1 80.8 85.4
52 78.6 77.1 80 83.2 81 85.5
53 78.7 77.2 80.1 83.4 81.1 85.6
54 78.9 77.4 80.2 83.5 81.3 85.7
55 79.1 77.6 80.3 83.6 81.5 85.7
56 79.2 77.8 80.5 83.8 81.7 85.8
57 79.4 78 80.6 83.9 81.8 85.9
58 79.5 78.2 80.7 84.1 82 86
59 79.7 78.3 80.9 84.2 82.2 86.1
60 79.9 78.5 81 84.4 82.4 86.2
61 80.1 78.8 81.2 84.5 82.6 86.3
62 80.3 79 81.4 84.7 82.9 86.5
63 80.5 79.2 81.6 84.9 83.1 86.6
64 80.7 79.5 81.7 85.1 83.3 86.7
65 81 79.8 82 85.2 83.5 86.9
66 81.2 80.1 82.2 85.4 83.8 87
67 81.5 80.4 82.4 85.6 84 87.2
68 81.8 80.7 82.6 85.9 84.3 87.3
69 82.1 81.1 82.9 86.1 84.6 87.5
70 82.4 81.4 83.2 86.3 84.8 87.7
71 82.7 81.8 83.4 86.6 85.1 87.9
72 83.1 82.2 83.7 86.8 85.4 88.1
73 83.5 82.6 84.1 87.1 85.7 88.3
74 83.9 83 84.4 87.4 86.1 88.6
75 84.3 83.5 84.8 87.7 86.4 88.8
76 84.7 84 85.2 88 86.8 89.1
77 85.2 84.5 85.6 88.4 87.2 89.4
78 85.7 85 86.1 88.7 87.6 89.7
79 86.2 85.6 86.5 89.1 88 90
80 86.7 86.1 87 89.5 88.4 90.4
81 87.3 86.7 87.6 90 88.9 90.8
82 87.9 87.4 88.1 90.4 89.4 91.2
83 88.5 88 88.7 90.9 89.9 91.7
84 89.2 88.7 89.4 91.5 90.5 92.2
85 89.8 89.4 90 92 91.1 92.7
86 90.5 90.1 90.7 92.6 91.7 93.2
87 91.2 90.9 91.4 93.2 92.3 93.8
88 92 91.6 92.1 93.8 93 94.3
89 92.7 92.4 92.8 94.4 93.6 94.9
90 93.5 93.2 93.5 95 94.3 95.5
91 94.3 94 94.3 95.7 95 96.2
92 95 94.8 95.1 96.4 95.7 96.8
93 95.9 95.6 95.9 97.1 96.5 97.5
94 96.7 96.5 96.7 97.8 97.2 98.2
95 97.5 97.3 97.6 98.6 98 98.9
96 98.4 98.2 98.4 99.4 98.8 99.7
97 99.2 99.1 99.3 100.2 99.7 100.4
98 100.1 100 100.1 101 100.5 101.2
99 101 100.9 101 101.8 101.4 102
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 102.6 102.2 102.8

Odds of living to age in North Korea vs Taiwan

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 85.4% in North Korea and 91.1% in Taiwan are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 72.5% and 82.6% will live to 70 years or older, 44.5% and 63.5% to 80+ years, and 10.5% and 28% 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
Taiwan
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
North Korea Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 99.7% 99.7% 99.7%
2 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 99.7% 99.6% 99.7%
3 98.5% 98.5% 98.6% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
4 98.4% 98.4% 98.5% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
5 98.4% 98.3% 98.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
6 98.3% 98.2% 98.4% 99.6% 99.6% 99.6%
7 98.2% 98.1% 98.3% 99.6% 99.5% 99.6%
8 98.1% 98% 98.3% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
9 98.1% 98% 98.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
10 98% 97.9% 98.2% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
11 98% 97.8% 98.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
12 97.9% 97.8% 98.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
13 97.9% 97.7% 98.1% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
14 97.8% 97.7% 98% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
15 97.8% 97.6% 98% 99.5% 99.5% 99.5%
16 97.7% 97.5% 97.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
17 97.6% 97.4% 97.9% 99.4% 99.4% 99.4%
18 97.5% 97.3% 97.8% 99.4% 99.4% 99.4%
19 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 99.4% 99.3% 99.4%
20 97.3% 97% 97.6% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
21 97.2% 96.8% 97.5% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
22 97% 96.6% 97.4% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
23 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
24 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
25 96.6% 96.1% 97.1% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
26 96.4% 95.9% 97% 99.1% 98.9% 99.2%
27 96.3% 95.7% 96.9% 99% 98.9% 99.2%
28 96.1% 95.5% 96.8% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
29 96% 95.3% 96.7% 98.9% 98.8% 99.1%
30 95.8% 95.1% 96.6% 98.9% 98.7% 99.1%
31 95.6% 94.9% 96.4% 98.8% 98.6% 99.1%
32 95.5% 94.7% 96.3% 98.8% 98.5% 99%
33 95.3% 94.5% 96.2% 98.7% 98.4% 99%
34 95.1% 94.3% 96.1% 98.6% 98.3% 98.9%
35 95% 94.1% 95.9% 98.5% 98.2% 98.9%
36 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 98.4% 98.1% 98.8%
37 94.6% 93.6% 95.7% 98.3% 98% 98.7%
38 94.4% 93.4% 95.5% 98.2% 97.8% 98.7%
39 94.2% 93.1% 95.4% 98.1% 97.6% 98.6%
40 94% 92.9% 95.2% 98% 97.4% 98.5%
41 93.8% 92.6% 95% 97.8% 97.2% 98.4%
42 93.6% 92.3% 94.9% 97.6% 97% 98.3%
43 93.3% 92% 94.7% 97.5% 96.7% 98.2%
44 93% 91.7% 94.4% 97.3% 96.4% 98.1%
45 92.8% 91.4% 94.2% 97% 96.1% 98%
46 92.5% 91% 94% 96.8% 95.8% 97.9%
47 92.2% 90.7% 93.7% 96.6% 95.4% 97.7%
48 91.9% 90.3% 93.5% 96.3% 95% 97.6%
49 91.5% 89.9% 93.2% 96% 94.6% 97.4%
50 91.1% 89.4% 92.9% 95.7% 94.2% 97.2%
51 90.7% 88.9% 92.6% 95.3% 93.7% 97%
52 90.3% 88.4% 92.2% 95% 93.2% 96.8%
53 89.8% 87.8% 91.8% 94.6% 92.7% 96.6%
54 89.2% 87.1% 91.4% 94.2% 92.1% 96.3%
55 88.6% 86.4% 91% 93.8% 91.5% 96.1%
56 88.1% 85.7% 90.5% 93.3% 90.9% 95.8%
57 87.4% 85% 90% 92.8% 90.2% 95.5%
58 86.8% 84.2% 89.5% 92.3% 89.5% 95.1%
59 86.1% 83.4% 88.9% 91.7% 88.7% 94.8%
60 85.4% 82.6% 88.3% 91.1% 87.9% 94.4%
61 84.5% 81.6% 87.6% 90.5% 87.1% 94%
62 83.6% 80.5% 86.8% 89.9% 86.2% 93.6%
63 82.6% 79.4% 86% 89.2% 85.3% 93.1%
64 81.5% 78% 85.1% 88.4% 84.3% 92.6%
65 80.3% 76.6% 84% 87.6% 83.3% 92%
66 78.9% 75.1% 82.9% 86.8% 82.2% 91.4%
67 77.5% 73.4% 81.8% 85.8% 81.1% 90.7%
68 75.9% 71.5% 80.5% 84.9% 79.8% 90%
69 74.3% 69.6% 79.1% 83.8% 78.5% 89.2%
70 72.5% 67.5% 77.5% 82.6% 77.1% 88.2%
71 70.5% 65.3% 75.8% 81.3% 75.5% 87.2%
72 68.4% 62.9% 73.9% 79.9% 73.9% 86.1%
73 66% 60.3% 71.9% 78.4% 72.1% 84.9%
74 63.5% 57.5% 69.6% 76.8% 70.2% 83.5%
75 60.8% 54.6% 67% 75% 68.1% 82%
76 57.9% 51.5% 64.3% 73.1% 65.9% 80.4%
77 54.8% 48.2% 61.3% 71% 63.6% 78.5%
78 51.5% 44.8% 58.1% 68.7% 61.1% 76.5%
79 48.1% 41.3% 54.7% 66.2% 58.3% 74.2%
80 44.5% 37.7% 51% 63.5% 55.4% 71.7%
81 40.7% 34% 47.1% 60.5% 52.3% 69%
82 36.9% 30.3% 43.1% 57.4% 49% 65.9%
83 33.1% 26.7% 39% 54% 45.5% 62.6%
84 29.3% 23.2% 34.9% 50.4% 41.9% 59.1%
85 25.7% 20% 30.8% 46.7% 38.2% 55.5%
86 22.2% 16.9% 26.9% 43% 34.5% 51.6%
87 18.8% 14% 23% 39.2% 30.8% 47.7%
88 15.8% 11.5% 19.5% 35.4% 27.1% 43.8%
89 13% 9.2% 16.1% 31.7% 23.6% 39.7%
90 10.5% 7.23% 13.1% 28% 20.3% 35.7%
91 8.28% 5.57% 10.5% 24.4% 17.1% 31.7%
92 6.42% 4.19% 8.21% 21% 14.2% 27.8%
93 4.87% 3.08% 6.28% 17.7% 11.5% 24%
94 3.61% 2.21% 4.68% 14.7% 9.15% 20.4%
95 2.61% 1.54% 3.41% 12% 7.1% 17.1%
96 1.83% 1.04% 2.41% 9.54% 5.39% 14.1%
97 1.25% 0.68% 1.66% 7.47% 3.98% 11.3%
98 0.83% 0.43% 1.11% 5.72% 2.87% 8.97%
99 0.54% 0.27% 0.72% 4.28% 2% 6.93%
100 0.34% 0.16% 0.45% 3.13% 1.36% 5.24%

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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 0.3% in Taiwan, 0.17% vs 0.06% at age 30, 0.97% vs 0.68% at 60, and 8.42% vs 4.64% at 80.

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

North Korea
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
North Korea Taiwan
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.3% 1.39% 1.22% 0.3% 0.31% 0.29%
1 0.09% 0.08% 0.1% 0.05% 0.04% 0.05%
2 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.03% 0.03% 0.04%
3 0.08% 0.09% 0.08% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
4 0.08% 0.09% 0.07% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
5 0.08% 0.09% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
6 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.009% 0.009% 0.009%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.008% 0.009% 0.008%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.008% 0.008% 0.008%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.009% 0.009% 0.008%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
12 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
13 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
15 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
16 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
17 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
18 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
19 0.13% 0.16% 0.09% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.04% 0.05% 0.02%
21 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
23 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
24 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
25 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
26 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.04% 0.06% 0.03%
27 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
28 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.05% 0.06% 0.03%
29 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
30 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
31 0.17% 0.22% 0.13% 0.06% 0.08% 0.04%
32 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.07% 0.09% 0.05%
33 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.08% 0.1% 0.05%
34 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.09% 0.12% 0.06%
35 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.1% 0.13% 0.06%
36 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.11% 0.14% 0.06%
37 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.12% 0.16% 0.07%
38 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.13% 0.18% 0.07%
39 0.22% 0.28% 0.17% 0.14% 0.2% 0.08%
40 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.15% 0.22% 0.09%
41 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.17% 0.24% 0.1%
42 0.27% 0.33% 0.21% 0.19% 0.27% 0.1%
43 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.2% 0.3% 0.11%
44 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.22% 0.32% 0.12%
45 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.24% 0.35% 0.13%
46 0.32% 0.39% 0.26% 0.26% 0.38% 0.15%
47 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.28% 0.41% 0.16%
48 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.3% 0.44% 0.17%
49 0.41% 0.5% 0.32% 0.33% 0.47% 0.19%
50 0.46% 0.56% 0.35% 0.35% 0.5% 0.2%
51 0.51% 0.63% 0.39% 0.38% 0.54% 0.22%
52 0.56% 0.69% 0.42% 0.4% 0.57% 0.24%
53 0.6% 0.74% 0.46% 0.43% 0.61% 0.26%
54 0.63% 0.78% 0.49% 0.46% 0.65% 0.28%
55 0.66% 0.82% 0.51% 0.49% 0.7% 0.3%
56 0.7% 0.85% 0.55% 0.53% 0.74% 0.32%
57 0.74% 0.9% 0.59% 0.56% 0.79% 0.34%
58 0.8% 0.96% 0.64% 0.6% 0.84% 0.37%
59 0.87% 1.05% 0.7% 0.64% 0.89% 0.4%
60 0.97% 1.16% 0.78% 0.68% 0.94% 0.43%
61 1.08% 1.3% 0.87% 0.73% 1% 0.47%
62 1.21% 1.46% 0.97% 0.78% 1.07% 0.51%
63 1.35% 1.64% 1.08% 0.84% 1.14% 0.56%
64 1.5% 1.84% 1.19% 0.9% 1.22% 0.61%
65 1.66% 2.04% 1.31% 0.98% 1.31% 0.67%
66 1.82% 2.25% 1.43% 1.06% 1.41% 0.74%
67 2.01% 2.48% 1.58% 1.16% 1.53% 0.82%
68 2.2% 2.71% 1.74% 1.27% 1.67% 0.91%
69 2.42% 2.97% 1.94% 1.4% 1.82% 1.02%
70 2.71% 3.31% 2.2% 1.55% 2% 1.14%
71 3.04% 3.69% 2.49% 1.71% 2.2% 1.28%
72 3.41% 4.11% 2.82% 1.89% 2.41% 1.44%
73 3.82% 4.59% 3.19% 2.09% 2.65% 1.61%
74 4.27% 5.11% 3.62% 2.32% 2.92% 1.8%
75 4.77% 5.69% 4.09% 2.57% 3.22% 2.02%
76 5.34% 6.35% 4.63% 2.87% 3.56% 2.28%
77 5.99% 7.07% 5.24% 3.22% 3.97% 2.59%
78 6.7% 7.87% 5.92% 3.62% 4.45% 2.95%
79 7.51% 8.76% 6.7% 4.1% 5% 3.37%
80 8.42% 9.77% 7.58% 4.64% 5.63% 3.86%
81 9.37% 10.8% 8.53% 5.25% 6.34% 4.4%
82 10.3% 11.9% 9.51% 5.9% 7.12% 4.98%
83 11.4% 13% 10.5% 6.58% 7.95% 5.59%
84 12.5% 14.2% 11.7% 7.29% 8.82% 6.22%
85 13.7% 15.4% 12.9% 8.02% 9.74% 6.87%
86 15% 16.8% 14.2% 8.81% 10.7% 7.56%
87 16.3% 18.3% 15.6% 9.66% 11.8% 8.33%
88 17.8% 19.8% 17% 10.6% 12.9% 9.18%
89 19.3% 21.4% 18.5% 11.6% 14.2% 10.1%
90 20.8% 23% 20.1% 12.8% 15.6% 11.2%
91 22.4% 24.7% 21.8% 14.1% 17.1% 12.4%
92 24.1% 26.5% 23.6% 15.5% 18.8% 13.6%
93 25.9% 28.3% 25.4% 17.1% 20.6% 14.9%
94 27.8% 30.4% 27.3% 18.6% 22.4% 16.3%
95 29.7% 32.5% 29.2% 20.2% 24.2% 17.8%
96 31.6% 34.6% 31.2% 21.8% 26% 19.3%
97 33.6% 36.5% 33.2% 23.4% 28% 20.9%
98 35.5% 38.3% 35.2% 25.1% 30.1% 22.7%
99 37.4% 40.1% 37.1% 26.9% 32.2% 24.4%
100 39.4% 42.1% 39.1% 28.5% 34.1% 26%

Death rate by age in North Korea compared to Taiwan

In North Korea, the most common age of death is 82, compared to 86 in Taiwan. The median age of death is 78.4 in North Korea and 84.1 in Taiwan — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

North Korea
Male

Female
Taiwan
Male

Female
Age Death rate
North Korea Taiwan
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,305 1,385 1,219 302 311 291.1
1 88.8 79.7 98.4 48.2 43.9 52.7
2 84.4 81.9 86.9 33.7 32 35.5
3 81.6 85.3 77.8 23.8 23.4 24.3
4 79.2 88 69.9 17.3 17.3 17.2
5 75.6 87.7 62.7 13.1 13.3 12.8
6 70.8 84.5 56.4 10.5 10.8 10.1
7 65.5 79.3 51 8.94 9.23 8.62
8 60.1 73 46.5 8.21 8.46 7.93
9 55 66.2 43.2 8.11 8.35 7.85
10 50.9 60.3 41.1 8.58 8.86 8.27
11 48.8 56.7 40.4 9.64 10.1 9.16
12 49.4 56.8 41.5 11.3 12.2 10.4
13 52.8 60.9 44.3 13.7 15.3 12.1
14 59.5 69.5 48.9 17 19.7 14
15 69.5 83 55.2 21.1 25.7 16
16 82.2 100.7 62.6 25.8 32.8 18.1
17 96.6 121.4 70.6 30.8 40.5 20.1
18 110.9 142 78.1 35.1 47.2 21.8
19 123.3 160 84.7 38.2 52 23.3
20 132.6 173.2 90 39.9 54.2 24.3
21 138.7 181.1 94.1 40.6 54.6 25.1
22 142.5 185.3 97.6 40.6 54.1 25.8
23 145 187.1 100.8 40.5 53.6 26.3
24 147 187.8 104.2 40.8 53.5 27
25 149.1 188.6 107.6 41.5 54.3 27.8
26 151.4 189.7 111.1 43 56.2 29.1
27 154.1 191.8 114.4 45.5 59.1 30.8
28 157.1 194.9 117.3 48.7 63.2 33.1
29 160.4 198.8 119.9 52.8 68.6 35.9
30 163.5 203.1 121.8 57.9 75.2 39.3
31 166.1 206.9 123.2 63.8 83 43.1
32 168.3 210.3 124.2 70.4 92 47.2
33 170.3 213.2 125.2 77.8 102.1 51.3
34 172.4 216 126.7 85.8 113.4 55.5
35 175.6 219.6 129.4 94.4 125.9 59.7
36 180.6 225 134 103.5 139.9 64
37 188 232.9 140.9 113.6 155.5 68.6
38 198.3 243.9 150.5 124.7 173.1 73.8
39 211.2 257.6 162.7 136.9 192.7 79.6
40 225.8 272.8 176.5 150.7 214.2 86.3
41 240.5 288 190.7 165.7 237.3 93.8
42 253.8 302 203.7 181.6 261.6 102
43 265.2 313 214.8 198.6 286.5 111.1
44 275 324 223.9 215.8 312 120.9
45 285.4 336 232.5 233.6 337 131.6
46 298.6 352 242.6 252.5 363 143.1
47 318 376 256.3 271.7 389 155.6
48 344 410 275.1 291.9 416 169.1
49 378 453 299.6 313 444 183.5
50 418 505 329 335 473 198.7
51 462 559 360 359 504 214.6
52 502 609 391 383 536 231
53 537 651 420 408 569 247.9
54 566 682 445 435 603 265.4
55 589 707 468 463 638 283.9
56 615 731 494 491 674 304
57 647 764 527 521 711 325
58 691 810 569 551 748 350
59 750 875 622 584 787 377
60 825 960 688 620 828 407
61 914 1,062 764 659 872 441
62 1,012 1,178 845 701 919 478
63 1,117 1,304 928 748 970 519
64 1,224 1,433 1,013 799 1,026 565
65 1,330 1,561 1,097 855 1,090 617
66 1,440 1,691 1,188 921 1,161 676
67 1,555 1,820 1,290 995 1,242 743
68 1,669 1,937 1,401 1,079 1,333 820
69 1,801 2,069 1,535 1,174 1,432 908
70 1,966 2,234 1,703 1,277 1,541 1,007
71 2,145 2,410 1,888 1,391 1,658 1,117
72 2,330 2,588 2,085 1,513 1,781 1,236
73 2,521 2,767 2,295 1,641 1,910 1,365
74 2,713 2,941 2,515 1,780 2,046 1,505
75 2,902 3,108 2,742 1,931 2,190 1,659
76 3,094 3,269 2,979 2,096 2,350 1,833
77 3,284 3,411 3,215 2,283 2,524 2,031
78 3,454 3,526 3,441 2,489 2,715 2,255
79 3,608 3,618 3,662 2,712 2,917 2,504
80 3,741 3,680 3,869 2,946 3,122 2,770
81 3,816 3,677 4,022 3,176 3,318 3,037
82 3,819 3,599 4,102 3,382 3,487 3,286
83 3,758 3,460 4,111 3,554 3,616 3,503
84 3,658 3,290 4,072 3,678 3,694 3,677
85 3,514 3,083 3,975 3,751 3,721 3,810
86 3,319 2,839 3,813 3,787 3,698 3,907
87 3,078 2,565 3,589 3,787 3,625 3,975
88 2,800 2,271 3,312 3,753 3,508 4,017
89 2,495 1,967 2,993 3,689 3,356 4,030
90 2,177 1,665 2,647 3,584 3,161 4,002
91 1,857 1,376 2,289 3,438 2,926 3,921
92 1,550 1,109 1,935 3,256 2,669 3,785
93 1,263 873 1,595 3,019 2,376 3,587
94 1,004 671 1,279 2,731 2,048 3,332
95 775 500 995 2,409 1,716 3,036
96 580 359 752 2,076 1,402 2,714
97 421 248.3 550 1,750 1,117 2,376
98 295.5 165.5 390 1,437 863 2,032
99 200.8 106.6 267 1,150 644 1,695
100 24.8 0 45.2 817 344 1,361

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 Taiwan 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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