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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 73.9 years in North Korea vs 74.9 in Ukraine. North Korea is ranked 102/197 by life expectancy, and Ukraine is 92/197. In North Korea, the life expectancy is 71.7 years for males and 76 years for females. In Ukraine, it's 70 years for males and 79.5 years for females.

North Korea vs Ukraine life expectancy at birth by year chart

North Korea
Male

Female
Ukraine
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
North Korea Ukraine
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 14.2 11.4 21.1 61.2 58 63.6
1951 17.7 13.7 25.3 61.4 58.2 63.9
1952 32.8 26.3 39.6 62.1 59 64.5
1953 40.3 34.5 45.4 63 60 65.4
1954 50.6 48.5 52.5 64.1 61.1 66.5
1955 51.8 49.6 53.6 65.3 62.2 67.6
1956 52.8 50.6 54.6 66.3 63.1 68.7
1957 53.7 51.5 55.5 67.2 64 69.7
1958 54.5 52.3 56.2 67.7 64.4 70.3
1959 55.2 53 56.9 68.7 65.3 71.2
1960 55.8 53.6 57.6 69.4 65.9 72
1961 56.4 54.2 58.2 70 66.5 72.7
1962 57 54.8 58.8 70.4 66.8 73.1
1963 57.6 55.3 59.4 70.7 67 73.4
1964 58.2 55.9 60 71 67.2 73.8
1965 58.8 56.5 60.6 71.1 67.2 74.1
1966 59.4 57.1 61.3 71.2 67.1 74.3
1967 60.1 57.7 61.9 71.1 66.9 74.3
1968 60.8 58.4 62.6 71 66.6 74.4
1969 61.4 59 63.3 70.8 66.3 74.4
1970 62 59.6 63.9 70.8 66.2 74.5
1971 62.7 60.2 64.6 70.9 66.2 74.5
1972 63.3 60.8 65.2 71 66.3 74.7
1973 63.8 61.3 65.8 70.8 66.2 74.5
1974 64.3 61.8 66.3 70.6 65.9 74.4
1975 64.8 62.2 66.9 70.4 65.6 74.2
1976 65.3 62.7 67.4 70.1 65.2 74.2
1977 65.8 63.1 67.9 70 65 74.2
1978 66.3 63.6 68.4 69.8 64.7 74.2
1979 66.7 64 68.9 69.8 64.5 74.3
1980 67.2 64.4 69.4 69.8 64.5 74.3
1981 67.7 64.8 69.9 69.8 64.5 74.5
1982 68.1 65.2 70.3 69.9 64.6 74.6
1983 68.5 65.6 70.8 69.9 64.6 74.6
1984 68.9 66 71.2 70 64.8 74.5
1985 69.2 66.3 71.6 70.4 65.5 74.6
1986 69.5 66.6 71.9 70.8 66.2 74.8
1987 69.8 66.7 72.2 71.2 66.7 75
1988 70.1 67 72.5 71 66.4 75
1989 70.3 67.2 72.8 70.8 66.1 75
1990 70.5 67.4 73 70.4 65.4 74.8
1991 70.7 67.6 73.3 69.7 64.6 74.4
1992 71 67.5 73.8 68.9 63.8 73.9
1993 70.8 67 73.8 68.3 63 73.4
1994 70.5 66.5 73.7 67.5 62.2 72.9
1995 60.8 57.4 63.6 67.1 61.6 72.7
1996 60.8 57.5 63.7 67.1 61.5 72.8
1997 60.9 57.5 63.8 67.7 62.2 73.2
1998 60.9 57.6 63.8 68 62.6 73.5
1999 60.9 57.6 63.9 68 62.5 73.6
2000 60.9 57.6 63.9 67.8 62.2 73.5
2001 60.9 57.6 63.9 67.7 62 73.5
2002 60.9 57.6 63.9 67.7 62.1 73.5
2003 69.4 65.5 72.9 67.6 62 73.5
2004 69.3 65.4 72.9 67.5 61.8 73.4
2005 69.2 65.3 72.8 67.5 61.8 73.5
2006 69.1 65.2 72.7 67.5 61.7 73.5
2007 69 65.2 72.6 67.7 62 73.7
2008 69.3 65.6 72.8 68.3 62.7 74.1
2009 69.7 66.2 73 69.2 63.8 74.6
2010 70.2 67 73.3 70.2 65 75.3
2011 70.8 67.7 73.6 70.7 65.6 75.7
2012 71.3 68.5 73.9 71.1 66 76
2013 71.9 69.2 74.3 71.5 66.3 76.4
2014 72.5 70 74.7 71.8 66.6 76.8
2015 72.8 70.4 75 72.7 67.7 77.5
2016 73 70.5 75.2 73.4 68.5 78
2017 73 70.4 75.5 74 69.1 78.6
2018 73 70.3 75.6 73.6 68.6 78.3
2019 72.9 69.9 75.9 73.9 68.9 78.7
2020 72.8 69.9 75.7 73.3 68.3 78
2021 73.4 71.3 75.5 71.6 67.1 76
2022 73.6 71.5 75.7 72.7 66.2 79.4
2023 73.6 71.5 75.7 73.4 66.9 80.2
2024 73.7 71.6 75.9 74.7 69.8 79.4
2025 73.9 71.7 76 74.9 70 79.5

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 61.6 in Ukraine. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 14.9 healthy years in North Korea and 13.1 in Ukraine.

North Korea vs Ukraine 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 Ukraine, 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 46.0 years

Mean expected age of death:
76.5 vs 76.0 years

Median expected age of death:
79.0 vs 78.1 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
North Korea Ukraine
Male Female Male Female
40 97.7% 98.6% 96.6% 98.9%
50 94.1% 96.2% 89.9% 96.5%
60 86.8% 91.4% 78.0% 92.1%
65 80.6% 87.0% 68.7% 88.1%
70 71.0% 80.3% 57.4% 81.9%
75 57.4% 69.4% 43.9% 72.1%
80 39.6% 52.8% 31.6% 56.8%
85 21.0% 31.9% 19.4% 39.7%
90 7.6% 13.6% 9.4% 23.3%
95 1.6% 3.5% 3.4% 10.7%
100 0.2% 0.5% 0.8% 3.5%

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 Ukraine: 76.5 years vs 76 at 30, 81 vs 82.1 at 65, 86.7 vs 88.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 73.9 vs 74.9 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 Ukraine.

North Korea
Male

Female
Ukraine
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
North Korea Ukraine
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 73.9 71.7 76 74.9 70 79.5
1 74.8 72.7 77 75.2 70.4 79.9
2 74.9 72.7 77 75.3 70.4 79.9
3 75 72.8 77.1 75.3 70.4 79.9
4 75 72.8 77.2 75.3 70.4 79.9
5 75.1 72.9 77.2 75.3 70.5 79.9
6 75.1 73 77.3 75.3 70.5 79.9
7 75.2 73 77.3 75.3 70.5 80
8 75.2 73.1 77.3 75.3 70.5 80
9 75.3 73.1 77.4 75.3 70.5 80
10 75.3 73.2 77.4 75.3 70.5 80
11 75.3 73.2 77.4 75.3 70.5 80
12 75.4 73.2 77.4 75.4 70.5 80
13 75.4 73.3 77.5 75.4 70.5 80
14 75.4 73.3 77.5 75.4 70.5 80
15 75.5 73.4 77.5 75.4 70.6 80
16 75.5 73.4 77.6 75.4 70.6 80
17 75.6 73.5 77.6 75.4 70.6 80
18 75.6 73.5 77.7 75.4 70.6 80.1
19 75.7 73.6 77.7 75.5 70.7 80.1
20 75.8 73.7 77.7 75.5 70.7 80.1
21 75.8 73.8 77.8 75.5 70.7 80.1
22 75.9 73.9 77.9 75.6 70.8 80.1
23 76 74 77.9 75.6 70.8 80.1
24 76.1 74.1 78 75.6 70.9 80.2
25 76.1 74.2 78 75.7 71 80.2
26 76.2 74.3 78.1 75.7 71 80.2
27 76.3 74.4 78.1 75.8 71.1 80.2
28 76.4 74.5 78.2 75.8 71.2 80.2
29 76.5 74.6 78.3 75.9 71.2 80.3
30 76.5 74.7 78.3 76 71.3 80.3
31 76.6 74.8 78.4 76 71.4 80.3
32 76.7 74.9 78.4 76.1 71.5 80.4
33 76.8 74.9 78.5 76.2 71.6 80.4
34 76.9 75 78.6 76.3 71.7 80.5
35 76.9 75.1 78.6 76.3 71.8 80.5
36 77 75.2 78.7 76.4 72 80.6
37 77.1 75.3 78.7 76.6 72.1 80.6
38 77.2 75.4 78.8 76.7 72.3 80.7
39 77.2 75.5 78.9 76.8 72.4 80.8
40 77.3 75.6 78.9 76.9 72.6 80.8
41 77.4 75.7 79 77 72.8 80.9
42 77.5 75.8 79.1 77.2 72.9 81
43 77.6 75.9 79.2 77.3 73.1 81.1
44 77.7 76 79.2 77.5 73.3 81.1
45 77.8 76.2 79.3 77.6 73.5 81.2
46 77.9 76.3 79.4 77.8 73.7 81.3
47 78 76.4 79.5 77.9 73.9 81.4
48 78.1 76.5 79.6 78.1 74.1 81.5
49 78.2 76.6 79.7 78.3 74.4 81.6
50 78.3 76.8 79.8 78.4 74.6 81.7
51 78.5 76.9 79.9 78.6 74.8 81.8
52 78.6 77.1 80 78.8 75.1 81.9
53 78.7 77.2 80.1 79 75.4 82
54 78.9 77.4 80.2 79.2 75.6 82.1
55 79.1 77.6 80.3 79.4 75.9 82.3
56 79.2 77.8 80.5 79.6 76.2 82.4
57 79.4 78 80.6 79.9 76.5 82.5
58 79.5 78.2 80.7 80.1 76.8 82.6
59 79.7 78.3 80.9 80.3 77.2 82.8
60 79.9 78.5 81 80.6 77.5 82.9
61 80.1 78.8 81.2 80.9 77.9 83.1
62 80.3 79 81.4 81.2 78.3 83.3
63 80.5 79.2 81.6 81.5 78.7 83.5
64 80.7 79.5 81.7 81.8 79.1 83.7
65 81 79.8 82 82.1 79.5 83.9
66 81.2 80.1 82.2 82.5 80 84.1
67 81.5 80.4 82.4 82.8 80.4 84.3
68 81.8 80.7 82.6 83.2 80.9 84.5
69 82.1 81.1 82.9 83.5 81.4 84.8
70 82.4 81.4 83.2 83.9 81.9 85.1
71 82.7 81.8 83.4 84.3 82.4 85.4
72 83.1 82.2 83.7 84.8 83 85.7
73 83.5 82.6 84.1 85.2 83.6 86
74 83.9 83 84.4 85.7 84.2 86.4
75 84.3 83.5 84.8 86.1 84.8 86.8
76 84.7 84 85.2 86.6 85.3 87.2
77 85.2 84.5 85.6 87.1 85.8 87.7
78 85.7 85 86.1 87.7 86.4 88.2
79 86.2 85.6 86.5 88.2 87 88.7
80 86.7 86.1 87 88.8 87.6 89.3
81 87.3 86.7 87.6 89.3 88.2 89.8
82 87.9 87.4 88.1 89.9 88.8 90.4
83 88.5 88 88.7 90.5 89.5 90.9
84 89.2 88.7 89.4 91.2 90.1 91.5
85 89.8 89.4 90 91.8 90.8 92.2
86 90.5 90.1 90.7 92.5 91.5 92.8
87 91.2 90.9 91.4 93.1 92.2 93.4
88 92 91.6 92.1 93.8 92.9 94.1
89 92.7 92.4 92.8 94.5 93.7 94.8
90 93.5 93.2 93.5 95.2 94.4 95.5
91 94.3 94 94.3 96 95.2 96.2
92 95 94.8 95.1 96.7 96 96.9
93 95.9 95.6 95.9 97.5 96.8 97.6
94 96.7 96.5 96.7 98.3 97.6 98.4
95 97.5 97.3 97.6 99 98.4 99.2
96 98.4 98.2 98.4 99.8 99.2 99.9
97 99.2 99.1 99.3 100.7 100.1 100.7
98 100.1 100 100.1 101.5 100.9 101.6
99 101 100.9 101 102.3 101.8 102.4
100 101.9 101.8 101.9 103.2 102.6 103.2

Odds of living to age in North Korea vs Ukraine

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 85.4% in North Korea and 83.6% in Ukraine are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 72.5% and 68.5% will live to 70 years or older, 44.5% and 43.9% to 80+ years, and 10.5% and 16.6% 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
Ukraine
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
North Korea Ukraine
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 98.7% 98.6% 98.8% 99.5% 99.5% 99.6%
2 98.6% 98.5% 98.7% 99.5% 99.4% 99.6%
3 98.5% 98.5% 98.6% 99.5% 99.4% 99.5%
4 98.4% 98.4% 98.5% 99.4% 99.4% 99.5%
5 98.4% 98.3% 98.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
6 98.3% 98.2% 98.4% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
7 98.2% 98.1% 98.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
8 98.1% 98% 98.3% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
9 98.1% 98% 98.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
10 98% 97.9% 98.2% 99.4% 99.3% 99.5%
11 98% 97.8% 98.1% 99.3% 99.3% 99.4%
12 97.9% 97.8% 98.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
13 97.9% 97.7% 98.1% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
14 97.8% 97.7% 98% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
15 97.8% 97.6% 98% 99.3% 99.2% 99.4%
16 97.7% 97.5% 97.9% 99.3% 99.1% 99.4%
17 97.6% 97.4% 97.9% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
18 97.5% 97.3% 97.8% 99.2% 99% 99.3%
19 97.4% 97.1% 97.7% 99.1% 99% 99.3%
20 97.3% 97% 97.6% 99.1% 98.9% 99.3%
21 97.2% 96.8% 97.5% 99% 98.8% 99.2%
22 97% 96.6% 97.4% 99% 98.7% 99.2%
23 96.9% 96.4% 97.3% 98.9% 98.6% 99.2%
24 96.7% 96.3% 97.2% 98.8% 98.5% 99.2%
25 96.6% 96.1% 97.1% 98.7% 98.4% 99.1%
26 96.4% 95.9% 97% 98.7% 98.2% 99.1%
27 96.3% 95.7% 96.9% 98.6% 98.1% 99%
28 96.1% 95.5% 96.8% 98.4% 97.9% 99%
29 96% 95.3% 96.7% 98.3% 97.8% 98.9%
30 95.8% 95.1% 96.6% 98.2% 97.6% 98.9%
31 95.6% 94.9% 96.4% 98.1% 97.3% 98.8%
32 95.5% 94.7% 96.3% 97.9% 97.1% 98.7%
33 95.3% 94.5% 96.2% 97.7% 96.8% 98.6%
34 95.1% 94.3% 96.1% 97.5% 96.6% 98.5%
35 95% 94.1% 95.9% 97.3% 96.2% 98.4%
36 94.8% 93.8% 95.8% 97.1% 95.9% 98.3%
37 94.6% 93.6% 95.7% 96.8% 95.5% 98.2%
38 94.4% 93.4% 95.5% 96.5% 95.1% 98.1%
39 94.2% 93.1% 95.4% 96.2% 94.7% 97.9%
40 94% 92.9% 95.2% 95.9% 94.2% 97.7%
41 93.8% 92.6% 95% 95.6% 93.7% 97.6%
42 93.6% 92.3% 94.9% 95.2% 93.2% 97.4%
43 93.3% 92% 94.7% 94.8% 92.6% 97.2%
44 93% 91.7% 94.4% 94.4% 92% 97%
45 92.8% 91.4% 94.2% 94% 91.4% 96.7%
46 92.5% 91% 94% 93.5% 90.7% 96.5%
47 92.2% 90.7% 93.7% 93.1% 90% 96.2%
48 91.9% 90.3% 93.5% 92.6% 89.3% 96%
49 91.5% 89.9% 93.2% 92% 88.5% 95.7%
50 91.1% 89.4% 92.9% 91.5% 87.7% 95.4%
51 90.7% 88.9% 92.6% 90.9% 86.8% 95.1%
52 90.3% 88.4% 92.2% 90.3% 85.9% 94.7%
53 89.8% 87.8% 91.8% 89.6% 84.9% 94.4%
54 89.2% 87.1% 91.4% 88.9% 83.9% 94%
55 88.6% 86.4% 91% 88.2% 82.8% 93.6%
56 88.1% 85.7% 90.5% 87.3% 81.6% 93.1%
57 87.4% 85% 90% 86.5% 80.4% 92.7%
58 86.8% 84.2% 89.5% 85.6% 79% 92.2%
59 86.1% 83.4% 88.9% 84.6% 77.6% 91.6%
60 85.4% 82.6% 88.3% 83.6% 76.1% 91%
61 84.5% 81.6% 87.6% 82.4% 74.5% 90.4%
62 83.6% 80.5% 86.8% 81.2% 72.8% 89.7%
63 82.6% 79.4% 86% 79.9% 70.9% 88.9%
64 81.5% 78% 85.1% 78.5% 69% 88%
65 80.3% 76.6% 84% 77% 67% 87.1%
66 78.9% 75.1% 82.9% 75.5% 65% 86.1%
67 77.5% 73.4% 81.8% 73.9% 62.9% 85%
68 75.9% 71.5% 80.5% 72.2% 60.7% 83.8%
69 74.3% 69.6% 79.1% 70.4% 58.4% 82.4%
70 72.5% 67.5% 77.5% 68.5% 56% 81%
71 70.5% 65.3% 75.8% 66.5% 53.5% 79.4%
72 68.4% 62.9% 73.9% 64.4% 50.9% 77.6%
73 66% 60.3% 71.9% 62.2% 48.2% 75.6%
74 63.5% 57.5% 69.6% 59.8% 45.5% 73.6%
75 60.8% 54.6% 67% 57.4% 42.9% 71.3%
76 57.9% 51.5% 64.3% 54.8% 40.5% 68.5%
77 54.8% 48.2% 61.3% 52.2% 38.2% 65.5%
78 51.5% 44.8% 58.1% 49.5% 35.7% 62.5%
79 48.1% 41.3% 54.7% 46.7% 33.3% 59.4%
80 44.5% 37.7% 51% 43.9% 30.8% 56.1%
81 40.7% 34% 47.1% 41% 28.4% 52.8%
82 36.9% 30.3% 43.1% 38.2% 25.9% 49.5%
83 33.1% 26.7% 39% 35.3% 23.5% 46.1%
84 29.3% 23.2% 34.9% 32.4% 21.2% 42.7%
85 25.7% 20% 30.8% 29.6% 18.9% 39.2%
86 22.2% 16.9% 26.9% 26.8% 16.7% 35.8%
87 18.8% 14% 23% 24.1% 14.6% 32.5%
88 15.8% 11.5% 19.5% 21.5% 12.7% 29.2%
89 13% 9.2% 16.1% 19% 10.9% 26.1%
90 10.5% 7.23% 13.1% 16.6% 9.22% 23%
91 8.28% 5.57% 10.5% 14.4% 7.72% 20.1%
92 6.42% 4.19% 8.21% 12.3% 6.38% 17.4%
93 4.87% 3.08% 6.28% 10.4% 5.2% 14.9%
94 3.61% 2.21% 4.68% 8.74% 4.17% 12.6%
95 2.61% 1.54% 3.41% 7.23% 3.3% 10.6%
96 1.83% 1.04% 2.41% 5.9% 2.57% 8.71%
97 1.25% 0.68% 1.66% 4.74% 1.96% 7.08%
98 0.83% 0.43% 1.11% 3.76% 1.47% 5.66%
99 0.54% 0.27% 0.72% 2.94% 1.09% 4.46%
100 0.34% 0.16% 0.45% 2.26% 0.79% 3.45%

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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 0.48% in Ukraine, 0.17% vs 0.15% at age 30, 0.97% vs 1.37% at 60, and 8.42% vs 6.5% at 80.

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

North Korea
Male

Female
Ukraine
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
North Korea Ukraine
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 1.3% 1.39% 1.22% 0.48% 0.55% 0.41%
1 0.09% 0.08% 0.1% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
2 0.09% 0.08% 0.09% 0.03% 0.03% 0.02%
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% 0.02% 0.01%
6 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
7 0.07% 0.08% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
8 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
9 0.06% 0.07% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.009%
10 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
11 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.01% 0.01% 0.01%
12 0.05% 0.06% 0.04% 0.01% 0.02% 0.01%
13 0.05% 0.06% 0.05% 0.02% 0.02% 0.01%
14 0.06% 0.07% 0.05% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02%
15 0.07% 0.09% 0.06% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
16 0.08% 0.1% 0.06% 0.03% 0.05% 0.02%
17 0.1% 0.12% 0.07% 0.04% 0.06% 0.02%
18 0.11% 0.15% 0.08% 0.05% 0.07% 0.03%
19 0.13% 0.16% 0.09% 0.05% 0.08% 0.03%
20 0.14% 0.18% 0.09% 0.06% 0.09% 0.03%
21 0.14% 0.19% 0.1% 0.06% 0.1% 0.03%
22 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.07% 0.11% 0.03%
23 0.15% 0.19% 0.1% 0.07% 0.11% 0.03%
24 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.08% 0.12% 0.03%
25 0.15% 0.2% 0.11% 0.09% 0.13% 0.04%
26 0.16% 0.2% 0.11% 0.1% 0.15% 0.05%
27 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.11% 0.16% 0.05%
28 0.16% 0.2% 0.12% 0.12% 0.18% 0.06%
29 0.17% 0.21% 0.12% 0.13% 0.2% 0.07%
30 0.17% 0.21% 0.13% 0.15% 0.22% 0.07%
31 0.17% 0.22% 0.13% 0.16% 0.24% 0.08%
32 0.18% 0.22% 0.13% 0.18% 0.27% 0.09%
33 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.2% 0.3% 0.09%
34 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.22% 0.33% 0.1%
35 0.18% 0.23% 0.13% 0.24% 0.36% 0.12%
36 0.19% 0.24% 0.14% 0.26% 0.39% 0.13%
37 0.2% 0.25% 0.15% 0.29% 0.43% 0.14%
38 0.21% 0.26% 0.16% 0.31% 0.46% 0.16%
39 0.22% 0.28% 0.17% 0.33% 0.5% 0.17%
40 0.24% 0.29% 0.19% 0.36% 0.53% 0.18%
41 0.26% 0.31% 0.2% 0.38% 0.57% 0.19%
42 0.27% 0.33% 0.21% 0.41% 0.6% 0.2%
43 0.28% 0.34% 0.23% 0.43% 0.64% 0.22%
44 0.3% 0.35% 0.24% 0.45% 0.68% 0.23%
45 0.31% 0.37% 0.25% 0.48% 0.72% 0.25%
46 0.32% 0.39% 0.26% 0.51% 0.76% 0.26%
47 0.34% 0.41% 0.27% 0.54% 0.81% 0.28%
48 0.37% 0.45% 0.29% 0.57% 0.87% 0.3%
49 0.41% 0.5% 0.32% 0.61% 0.93% 0.32%
50 0.46% 0.56% 0.35% 0.65% 1% 0.34%
51 0.51% 0.63% 0.39% 0.69% 1.08% 0.36%
52 0.56% 0.69% 0.42% 0.73% 1.15% 0.38%
53 0.6% 0.74% 0.46% 0.77% 1.23% 0.4%
54 0.63% 0.78% 0.49% 0.84% 1.32% 0.43%
55 0.66% 0.82% 0.51% 0.92% 1.41% 0.46%
56 0.7% 0.85% 0.55% 0.96% 1.51% 0.5%
57 0.74% 0.9% 0.59% 1.04% 1.64% 0.54%
58 0.8% 0.96% 0.64% 1.14% 1.78% 0.59%
59 0.87% 1.05% 0.7% 1.24% 1.95% 0.65%
60 0.97% 1.16% 0.78% 1.37% 2.14% 0.72%
61 1.08% 1.3% 0.87% 1.5% 2.33% 0.79%
62 1.21% 1.46% 0.97% 1.64% 2.52% 0.88%
63 1.35% 1.64% 1.08% 1.74% 2.71% 0.96%
64 1.5% 1.84% 1.19% 1.85% 2.88% 1.06%
65 1.66% 2.04% 1.31% 1.99% 3.06% 1.17%
66 1.82% 2.25% 1.43% 2.12% 3.26% 1.29%
67 2.01% 2.48% 1.58% 2.28% 3.5% 1.42%
68 2.2% 2.71% 1.74% 2.46% 3.76% 1.59%
69 2.42% 2.97% 1.94% 2.67% 4.09% 1.78%
70 2.71% 3.31% 2.2% 2.93% 4.49% 1.98%
71 3.04% 3.69% 2.49% 3.2% 4.82% 2.25%
72 3.41% 4.11% 2.82% 3.48% 5.19% 2.52%
73 3.82% 4.59% 3.19% 3.76% 5.67% 2.71%
74 4.27% 5.11% 3.62% 4.06% 5.83% 3.12%
75 4.77% 5.69% 4.09% 4.44% 5.52% 3.88%
76 5.34% 6.35% 4.63% 4.82% 5.77% 4.33%
77 5.99% 7.07% 5.24% 5.19% 6.38% 4.61%
78 6.7% 7.87% 5.92% 5.6% 6.88% 5%
79 7.51% 8.76% 6.7% 6.04% 7.37% 5.46%
80 8.42% 9.77% 7.58% 6.5% 7.99% 5.88%
81 9.37% 10.8% 8.53% 6.99% 8.62% 6.36%
82 10.3% 11.9% 9.51% 7.55% 9.27% 6.89%
83 11.4% 13% 10.5% 8.13% 10% 7.44%
84 12.5% 14.2% 11.7% 8.76% 10.8% 8.03%
85 13.7% 15.4% 12.9% 9.41% 11.6% 8.66%
86 15% 16.8% 14.2% 10.1% 12.4% 9.34%
87 16.3% 18.3% 15.6% 10.9% 13.3% 10.1%
88 17.8% 19.8% 17% 11.7% 14.2% 10.8%
89 19.3% 21.4% 18.5% 12.5% 15.2% 11.6%
90 20.8% 23% 20.1% 13.4% 16.3% 12.5%
91 22.4% 24.7% 21.8% 14.3% 17.4% 13.4%
92 24.1% 26.5% 23.6% 15.2% 18.5% 14.4%
93 25.9% 28.3% 25.4% 16.3% 19.7% 15.4%
94 27.8% 30.4% 27.3% 17.3% 20.9% 16.4%
95 29.7% 32.5% 29.2% 18.4% 22.2% 17.5%
96 31.6% 34.6% 31.2% 19.5% 23.5% 18.7%
97 33.6% 36.5% 33.2% 20.7% 24.9% 20%
98 35.5% 38.3% 35.2% 21.9% 26.3% 21.2%
99 37.4% 40.1% 37.1% 23.2% 27.7% 22.6%
100 39.4% 42.1% 39.1% 24.3% 29.1% 23.8%

Death rate by age in North Korea compared to Ukraine

In North Korea, the most common age of death is 82, compared to 82 in Ukraine. The median age of death is 78.4 in North Korea and 77.8 in Ukraine — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

North Korea
Male

Female
Ukraine
Male

Female
Age Death rate
North Korea Ukraine
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 1,305 1,385 1,219 484 550 413
1 88.8 79.7 98.4 31.3 35.6 26.8
2 84.4 81.9 86.9 25.4 28.8 21.9
3 81.6 85.3 77.8 20.9 23.5 18
4 79.2 88 69.9 17.4 19.5 15.1
5 75.6 87.7 62.7 14.7 16.6 12.8
6 70.8 84.5 56.4 12.9 14.4 11.2
7 65.5 79.3 51 11.7 13.1 10.1
8 60.1 73 46.5 11.1 12.5 9.55
9 55 66.2 43.2 11 12.5 9.41
10 50.9 60.3 41.1 11.6 13.3 9.72
11 48.8 56.7 40.4 12.7 14.9 10.5
12 49.4 56.8 41.5 14.7 17.5 11.8
13 52.8 60.9 44.3 17.7 21.6 13.6
14 59.5 69.5 48.9 21.9 27.5 16
15 69.5 83 55.2 27.4 35.5 18.8
16 82.2 100.7 62.6 33.9 45.4 21.7
17 96.6 121.4 70.6 40.8 56.5 24.1
18 110.9 142 78.1 47.4 67.9 25.8
19 123.3 160 84.7 53.4 78.7 26.8
20 132.6 173.2 90 58.5 88.2 27.4
21 138.7 181.1 94.1 62.8 96.2 27.9
22 142.5 185.3 97.6 67.2 103.8 29.1
23 145 187.1 100.8 72.4 111.8 31.3
24 147 187.8 104.2 78.8 121.2 34.6
25 149.1 188.6 107.6 86.8 132.5 39.3
26 151.4 189.7 111.1 96.2 145.7 45.1
27 154.1 191.8 114.4 107 160.7 51.5
28 157.1 194.9 117.3 118.9 177.6 58.1
29 160.4 198.8 119.9 131.7 196.1 64.6
30 163.5 203.1 121.8 145.3 216.3 70.9
31 166.1 206.9 123.2 159.9 238.3 77.4
32 168.3 210.3 124.2 175.6 262.3 84.5
33 170.3 213.2 125.2 193 288.3 92.9
34 172.4 216 126.7 212.1 316 102.8
35 175.6 219.6 129.4 232.3 346 114.1
36 180.6 225 134 256.1 376 126.6
37 188 232.9 140.9 279 408 139.7
38 198.3 243.9 150.5 299.2 440 152.5
39 211.2 257.6 162.7 321 471 164.7
40 225.8 272.8 176.5 343 502 176.3
41 240.5 288 190.7 366 533 187.6
42 253.8 302 203.7 389 563 199
43 265.2 313 214.8 408 593 211.1
44 275 324 223.9 427 623 224.1
45 285.4 336 232.5 448 655 238.1
46 298.6 352 242.6 473 690 253.2
47 318 376 256.3 499 730 269.3
48 344 410 275.1 529 775 286.1
49 378 453 299.6 562 825 303
50 418 505 329 597 878 322
51 462 559 360 629 934 340
52 502 609 391 660 991 360
53 537 651 420 690 1,047 381
54 566 682 445 749 1,105 405
55 589 707 468 814 1,166 432
56 615 731 494 842 1,234 464
57 647 764 527 896 1,315 501
58 691 810 569 978 1,408 545
59 750 875 622 1,053 1,513 596
60 825 960 688 1,146 1,625 654
61 914 1,062 764 1,236 1,735 718
62 1,012 1,178 845 1,333 1,834 787
63 1,117 1,304 928 1,393 1,919 857
64 1,224 1,433 1,013 1,453 1,990 933
65 1,330 1,561 1,097 1,529 2,050 1,017
66 1,440 1,691 1,188 1,598 2,116 1,107
67 1,555 1,820 1,290 1,686 2,198 1,207
68 1,669 1,937 1,401 1,774 2,281 1,336
69 1,801 2,069 1,535 1,881 2,388 1,469
70 1,966 2,234 1,703 2,008 2,516 1,600
71 2,145 2,410 1,888 2,130 2,579 1,788
72 2,330 2,588 2,085 2,241 2,642 1,952
73 2,521 2,767 2,295 2,340 2,735 2,049
74 2,713 2,941 2,515 2,431 2,652 2,299
75 2,902 3,108 2,742 2,548 2,367 2,765
76 3,094 3,269 2,979 2,641 2,337 2,969
77 3,284 3,411 3,215 2,708 2,433 3,023
78 3,454 3,526 3,441 2,770 2,457 3,129
79 3,608 3,618 3,662 2,820 2,451 3,240
80 3,741 3,680 3,869 2,854 2,462 3,301
81 3,816 3,677 4,022 2,871 2,445 3,360
82 3,819 3,599 4,102 2,882 2,403 3,408
83 3,758 3,460 4,111 2,870 2,349 3,426
84 3,658 3,290 4,072 2,840 2,275 3,423
85 3,514 3,083 3,975 2,785 2,181 3,397
86 3,319 2,839 3,813 2,711 2,071 3,346
87 3,078 2,565 3,589 2,620 1,946 3,268
88 2,800 2,271 3,312 2,505 1,807 3,163
89 2,495 1,967 2,993 2,374 1,658 3,032
90 2,177 1,665 2,647 2,222 1,501 2,877
91 1,857 1,376 2,289 2,054 1,341 2,701
92 1,550 1,109 1,935 1,877 1,180 2,507
93 1,263 873 1,595 1,697 1,023 2,297
94 1,004 671 1,279 1,515 873 2,077
95 775 500 995 1,330 732 1,853
96 580 359 752 1,151 604 1,631
97 421 248.3 550 982 489 1,413
98 295.5 165.5 390 825 388 1,203
99 200.8 106.6 267 681 301 1,007
100 24.8 0 45.2 507 179.5 785

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 Ukraine 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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