Life Expectancy in North Korea vs United States (1950-2026)

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

United States

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	North Korea			United States
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.9	101.8	102	102.2	102	102.3
99	101	100.9	101	101.4	101.2	101.4
98	100.1	100	100.2	100.5	100.3	100.6
97	99.3	99.1	99.3	99.7	99.5	99.8
96	98.4	98.2	98.4	98.9	98.7	99.1
95	97.5	97.3	97.6	98.2	97.9	98.3
94	96.7	96.5	96.7	97.4	97.1	97.6
93	95.9	95.6	95.9	96.7	96.4	96.9
92	95.1	94.8	95.1	96	95.6	96.2
91	94.3	94	94.3	95.3	94.9	95.6
90	93.5	93.2	93.6	94.7	94.3	94.9
89	92.7	92.4	92.8	94.1	93.6	94.3
88	92	91.6	92.1	93.5	93	93.8
87	91.2	90.9	91.4	92.9	92.4	93.2
86	90.5	90.2	90.7	92.4	91.8	92.7
85	89.9	89.4	90	91.9	91.3	92.3
84	89.2	88.7	89.4	91.4	90.8	91.8
83	88.5	88.1	88.8	90.9	90.3	91.4
82	87.9	87.4	88.2	90.5	89.8	91
81	87.3	86.8	87.6	90.1	89.4	90.6
80	86.8	86.2	87.1	89.7	88.9	90.2
79	86.2	85.6	86.6	89.3	88.5	89.9
78	85.7	85	86.1	88.9	88.1	89.6
77	85.2	84.5	85.7	88.5	87.7	89.2
76	84.8	84	85.2	88.2	87.3	88.9
75	84.3	83.5	84.8	87.9	86.9	88.6
74	83.9	83.1	84.5	87.5	86.6	88.4
73	83.5	82.6	84.1	87.2	86.2	88.1
72	83.1	82.2	83.8	86.9	85.9	87.9
71	82.8	81.8	83.5	86.7	85.6	87.6
70	82.5	81.5	83.2	86.4	85.3	87.4
69	82.1	81.1	83	86.1	85	87.2
68	81.8	80.8	82.7	85.9	84.7	87
67	81.6	80.4	82.5	85.7	84.4	86.8
66	81.3	80.1	82.2	85.4	84.1	86.6
65	81	79.8	82	85.2	83.9	86.4
64	80.8	79.5	81.8	85	83.6	86.2
63	80.6	79.3	81.6	84.7	83.4	86
62	80.3	79	81.4	84.5	83.1	85.9
61	80.1	78.8	81.3	84.3	82.9	85.7
60	79.9	78.6	81.1	84.1	82.6	85.5
59	79.8	78.4	81	83.9	82.4	85.4
58	79.6	78.2	80.8	83.7	82.2	85.2
57	79.4	78	80.7	83.6	82	85.1
56	79.3	77.8	80.6	83.4	81.8	85
55	79.1	77.7	80.4	83.2	81.6	84.8
54	79	77.5	80.3	83.1	81.4	84.7
53	78.8	77.3	80.2	82.9	81.2	84.6
52	78.7	77.1	80.1	82.8	81.1	84.5
51	78.5	77	80	82.7	80.9	84.4
50	78.4	76.8	79.9	82.6	80.8	84.3
49	78.3	76.7	79.8	82.4	80.7	84.2
48	78.2	76.6	79.7	82.3	80.6	84.1
47	78.1	76.5	79.6	82.2	80.4	84
46	78	76.3	79.5	82.1	80.3	84
45	77.9	76.2	79.4	82.1	80.2	83.9
44	77.8	76.1	79.3	82	80.1	83.8
43	77.7	76	79.3	81.9	80	83.8
42	77.6	75.9	79.2	81.8	79.9	83.7
41	77.5	75.8	79.1	81.7	79.8	83.6
40	77.4	75.7	79	81.7	79.8	83.6
39	77.3	75.6	79	81.6	79.7	83.5
38	77.2	75.5	78.9	81.5	79.6	83.5
37	77.2	75.4	78.8	81.4	79.5	83.4
36	77.1	75.3	78.8	81.4	79.4	83.4
35	77	75.2	78.7	81.3	79.3	83.3
34	76.9	75.1	78.7	81.2	79.2	83.3
33	76.9	75	78.6	81.2	79.1	83.2
32	76.8	74.9	78.5	81.1	79.1	83.2
31	76.7	74.8	78.5	81	79	83.2
30	76.6	74.7	78.4	81	78.9	83.1
29	76.5	74.6	78.4	80.9	78.8	83.1
28	76.5	74.6	78.3	80.8	78.7	83
27	76.4	74.5	78.2	80.8	78.6	83
26	76.3	74.4	78.2	80.7	78.6	83
25	76.2	74.3	78.1	80.7	78.5	82.9
24	76.2	74.2	78.1	80.6	78.4	82.9
23	76.1	74.1	78	80.6	78.3	82.9
22	76	74	78	80.5	78.3	82.8
21	75.9	73.9	77.9	80.5	78.2	82.8
20	75.8	73.8	77.9	80.4	78.1	82.8
19	75.8	73.7	77.8	80.4	78.1	82.8
18	75.7	73.6	77.8	80.3	78	82.8
17	75.7	73.6	77.7	80.3	78	82.7
16	75.6	73.5	77.7	80.3	78	82.7
15	75.6	73.4	77.6	80.3	77.9	82.7
14	75.5	73.4	77.6	80.3	77.9	82.7
13	75.5	73.4	77.6	80.3	77.9	82.7
12	75.5	73.3	77.6	80.2	77.9	82.7
11	75.4	73.3	77.5	80.2	77.9	82.7
10	75.4	73.3	77.5	80.2	77.9	82.7
9	75.4	73.2	77.5	80.2	77.9	82.7
8	75.3	73.2	77.4	80.2	77.9	82.7
7	75.3	73.1	77.4	80.2	77.9	82.7
6	75.2	73.1	77.4	80.2	77.9	82.6
5	75.2	73	77.3	80.2	77.9	82.6
4	75.1	72.9	77.3	80.2	77.9	82.6
3	75.1	72.9	77.2	80.2	77.8	82.6
2	75	72.8	77.2	80.2	77.8	82.6
1	74.9	72.8	77.1	80.1	77.8	82.6
0	74	71.8	76.2	79.8	77.4	82.2

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 81 in the United States, rising to 81 and 85.2 at 65, and to 86.8 and 89.7 at 80 — higher than the 74 and 79.8 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

United States

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	North Korea			United States
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.35%	0.16%	0.47%	2.37%	1.34%	3.35%
99	0.55%	0.27%	0.75%	3.44%	2.04%	4.78%
98	0.86%	0.44%	1.15%	4.84%	2.99%	6.61%
97	1.29%	0.7%	1.72%	6.59%	4.24%	8.86%
96	1.88%	1.07%	2.49%	8.73%	5.82%	11.5%
95	2.67%	1.58%	3.51%	11.2%	7.77%	14.6%
94	3.69%	2.26%	4.82%	14.1%	10.1%	18%
93	4.98%	3.15%	6.45%	17.3%	12.7%	21.8%
92	6.55%	4.28%	8.42%	20.7%	15.7%	25.7%
91	8.43%	5.68%	10.7%	24.4%	18.9%	29.9%
90	10.6%	7.37%	13.4%	28.1%	22.3%	34%
89	13.2%	9.36%	16.4%	31.9%	25.8%	38.2%
88	16%	11.7%	19.8%	35.8%	29.3%	42.3%
87	19.1%	14.2%	23.4%	39.5%	32.9%	46.2%
86	22.4%	17.1%	27.2%	43.1%	36.4%	50%
85	26%	20.2%	31.2%	46.5%	39.7%	53.5%
84	29.6%	23.5%	35.3%	49.8%	43%	56.8%
83	33.4%	27%	39.4%	52.8%	46.1%	59.8%
82	37.2%	30.6%	43.5%	55.8%	49.1%	62.7%
81	41%	34.3%	47.6%	58.5%	52%	65.3%
80	44.8%	38%	51.4%	61.1%	54.7%	67.8%
79	48.4%	41.6%	55.1%	63.5%	57.3%	70%
78	51.8%	45.1%	58.5%	65.8%	59.8%	72.1%
77	55.1%	48.5%	61.7%	67.9%	62.1%	74.1%
76	58.2%	51.8%	64.7%	69.9%	64.3%	75.9%
75	61.1%	54.9%	67.4%	71.8%	66.3%	77.6%
74	63.8%	57.8%	69.9%	73.6%	68.3%	79.1%
73	66.3%	60.6%	72.2%	75.2%	70.1%	80.6%
72	68.6%	63.1%	74.2%	76.7%	71.8%	81.9%
71	70.8%	65.5%	76.1%	78.1%	73.5%	83.1%
70	72.7%	67.8%	77.8%	79.5%	75%	84.2%
69	74.5%	69.8%	79.3%	80.7%	76.4%	85.3%
68	76.2%	71.7%	80.7%	81.8%	77.7%	86.2%
67	77.7%	73.6%	82%	82.9%	79%	87.1%
66	79.1%	75.2%	83.2%	84%	80.3%	87.9%
65	80.4%	76.8%	84.2%	84.9%	81.4%	88.7%
64	81.7%	78.2%	85.2%	85.9%	82.6%	89.4%
63	82.8%	79.5%	86.2%	86.8%	83.7%	90.1%
62	83.8%	80.7%	87%	87.6%	84.7%	90.8%
61	84.7%	81.7%	87.7%	88.4%	85.7%	91.4%
60	85.5%	82.7%	88.4%	89.2%	86.6%	92%
59	86.2%	83.6%	89%	89.9%	87.4%	92.5%
58	86.9%	84.4%	89.6%	90.5%	88.2%	93%
57	87.6%	85.1%	90.1%	91.1%	88.9%	93.5%
56	88.2%	85.8%	90.6%	91.7%	89.6%	93.9%
55	88.8%	86.6%	91.1%	92.2%	90.3%	94.3%
54	89.3%	87.2%	91.5%	92.7%	90.9%	94.7%
53	89.9%	87.9%	91.9%	93.2%	91.4%	95.1%
52	90.4%	88.5%	92.3%	93.6%	91.9%	95.4%
51	90.8%	89%	92.7%	94%	92.4%	95.7%
50	91.2%	89.5%	93%	94.3%	92.8%	96%
49	91.6%	90%	93.3%	94.6%	93.2%	96.2%
48	91.9%	90.4%	93.6%	94.9%	93.5%	96.4%
47	92.3%	90.8%	93.8%	95.2%	93.9%	96.6%
46	92.6%	91.1%	94.1%	95.5%	94.2%	96.8%
45	92.8%	91.4%	94.3%	95.7%	94.5%	97%
44	93.1%	91.8%	94.5%	95.9%	94.7%	97.2%
43	93.4%	92.1%	94.7%	96.1%	95%	97.3%
42	93.6%	92.4%	94.9%	96.3%	95.2%	97.5%
41	93.9%	92.7%	95.1%	96.5%	95.4%	97.6%
40	94.1%	92.9%	95.3%	96.7%	95.7%	97.7%
39	94.3%	93.2%	95.5%	96.8%	95.9%	97.9%
38	94.5%	93.4%	95.6%	97%	96.1%	98%
37	94.7%	93.7%	95.7%	97.2%	96.3%	98.1%
36	94.9%	93.9%	95.9%	97.3%	96.5%	98.2%
35	95%	94.1%	96%	97.5%	96.7%	98.3%
34	95.2%	94.3%	96.1%	97.6%	96.9%	98.4%
33	95.4%	94.5%	96.3%	97.7%	97%	98.5%
32	95.5%	94.7%	96.4%	97.9%	97.2%	98.6%
31	95.7%	94.9%	96.5%	98%	97.4%	98.7%
30	95.9%	95.2%	96.6%	98.1%	97.6%	98.7%
29	96%	95.3%	96.7%	98.2%	97.7%	98.8%
28	96.2%	95.5%	96.9%	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%
27	96.3%	95.7%	97%	98.5%	98%	98.9%
26	96.5%	95.9%	97.1%	98.6%	98.2%	99%
25	96.6%	96.1%	97.2%	98.7%	98.3%	99%
24	96.8%	96.3%	97.3%	98.8%	98.5%	99.1%
23	96.9%	96.5%	97.4%	98.9%	98.6%	99.1%
22	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	99%	98.7%	99.2%
21	97.2%	96.8%	97.6%	99%	98.8%	99.2%
20	97.3%	97%	97.7%	99.1%	99%	99.3%
19	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
18	97.6%	97.3%	97.8%	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%
17	97.7%	97.4%	97.9%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
16	97.7%	97.5%	98%	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%
15	97.8%	97.6%	98%	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%
14	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
13	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
12	98%	97.8%	98.1%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
11	98%	97.9%	98.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.4%
10	98.1%	97.9%	98.2%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
9	98.1%	98%	98.3%	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%
8	98.2%	98.1%	98.3%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
7	98.2%	98.1%	98.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
6	98.3%	98.2%	98.4%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
5	98.4%	98.3%	98.5%	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%
4	98.5%	98.4%	98.6%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
3	98.5%	98.5%	98.6%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
2	98.6%	98.6%	98.7%	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%
1	98.7%	98.6%	98.8%	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 85.5% of newborns in North Korea and 89.2% in the United States are expected to live past 60, 72.7% and 79.5% past 70, 44.8% and 61.1% past 80, and only 10.6% and 28.1% 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

United States

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	North Korea			United States
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	39.3%	42%	39%	33.3%	36.5%	32.2%
99	37.3%	40%	37%	31.1%	34.2%	30%
98	35.4%	38.3%	35%	28.8%	31.9%	27.7%
97	33.5%	36.4%	33%	26.6%	29.5%	25.4%
96	31.5%	34.5%	31%	24.4%	27.2%	23.2%
95	29.6%	32.4%	29.1%	22.3%	25%	21.1%
94	27.7%	30.3%	27.1%	20.3%	22.9%	19%
93	25.8%	28.2%	25.2%	18.4%	20.9%	17.1%
92	24%	26.4%	23.4%	16.6%	18.9%	15.4%
91	22.3%	24.6%	21.6%	15%	17%	13.9%
90	20.7%	22.9%	20%	13.3%	15.1%	12.3%
89	19.2%	21.3%	18.4%	11.9%	13.6%	10.9%
88	17.7%	19.7%	16.9%	10.7%	12.1%	9.68%
87	16.2%	18.2%	15.4%	9.44%	10.8%	8.54%
86	14.9%	16.7%	14.1%	8.32%	9.57%	7.48%
85	13.6%	15.4%	12.8%	7.36%	8.51%	6.56%
84	12.4%	14.1%	11.6%	6.55%	7.59%	5.77%
83	11.3%	12.9%	10.4%	5.84%	6.79%	5.1%
82	10.3%	11.8%	9.42%	5.23%	6.1%	4.53%
81	9.31%	10.7%	8.45%	4.72%	5.52%	4.06%
80	8.35%	9.7%	7.51%	4.23%	4.98%	3.62%
79	7.45%	8.7%	6.63%	3.82%	4.51%	3.25%
78	6.65%	7.81%	5.86%	3.45%	4.08%	2.91%
77	5.94%	7.02%	5.19%	3.14%	3.73%	2.63%
76	5.31%	6.3%	4.58%	2.86%	3.42%	2.38%
75	4.74%	5.65%	4.04%	2.61%	3.13%	2.16%
74	4.24%	5.07%	3.58%	2.38%	2.86%	1.97%
73	3.79%	4.55%	3.16%	2.17%	2.61%	1.78%
72	3.38%	4.08%	2.79%	1.98%	2.39%	1.61%
71	3.01%	3.66%	2.46%	1.82%	2.2%	1.47%
70	2.69%	3.28%	2.17%	1.65%	2.01%	1.33%
69	2.4%	2.95%	1.92%	1.53%	1.87%	1.21%
68	2.18%	2.69%	1.72%	1.41%	1.73%	1.1%
67	1.99%	2.46%	1.56%	1.31%	1.63%	1.01%
66	1.81%	2.23%	1.42%	1.23%	1.54%	0.94%
65	1.64%	2.02%	1.29%	1.16%	1.45%	0.87%
64	1.49%	1.82%	1.18%	1.09%	1.38%	0.82%
63	1.34%	1.63%	1.07%	1.03%	1.29%	0.77%
62	1.2%	1.45%	0.96%	0.96%	1.2%	0.71%
61	1.07%	1.29%	0.86%	0.9%	1.13%	0.67%
60	0.96%	1.15%	0.77%	0.83%	1.04%	0.62%
59	0.86%	1.04%	0.69%	0.78%	0.97%	0.59%
58	0.79%	0.95%	0.63%	0.73%	0.91%	0.55%
57	0.73%	0.89%	0.58%	0.68%	0.84%	0.51%
56	0.69%	0.85%	0.54%	0.63%	0.78%	0.47%
55	0.66%	0.81%	0.51%	0.58%	0.72%	0.44%
54	0.63%	0.78%	0.48%	0.53%	0.66%	0.4%
53	0.59%	0.74%	0.45%	0.48%	0.6%	0.37%
52	0.55%	0.68%	0.42%	0.44%	0.54%	0.34%
51	0.5%	0.62%	0.38%	0.41%	0.5%	0.31%
50	0.45%	0.56%	0.35%	0.37%	0.45%	0.28%
49	0.41%	0.5%	0.32%	0.34%	0.41%	0.26%
48	0.37%	0.45%	0.29%	0.31%	0.38%	0.24%
47	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.28%	0.35%	0.22%
46	0.32%	0.38%	0.26%	0.26%	0.32%	0.2%
45	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%	0.25%	0.3%	0.19%
44	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	0.23%	0.28%	0.17%
43	0.28%	0.34%	0.22%	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%
42	0.27%	0.32%	0.21%	0.2%	0.25%	0.15%
41	0.25%	0.31%	0.2%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
40	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
39	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	0.18%	0.22%	0.13%
38	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
37	0.2%	0.25%	0.15%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
36	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%
35	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.15%	0.2%	0.1%
34	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%
33	0.18%	0.22%	0.13%	0.14%	0.19%	0.09%
32	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.14%	0.18%	0.09%
31	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.13%	0.18%	0.08%
30	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.13%	0.17%	0.08%
29	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.12%	0.17%	0.07%
28	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.12%	0.16%	0.07%
27	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.11%	0.16%	0.06%
26	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%	0.11%	0.15%	0.06%
25	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.1%	0.15%	0.06%
24	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.1%	0.14%	0.05%
23	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
22	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%
21	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.08%	0.12%	0.04%
20	0.14%	0.18%	0.09%	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%
19	0.13%	0.16%	0.09%	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%
18	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%
17	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.04%	0.06%	0.03%
16	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%
15	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%
14	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
13	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
11	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
10	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%
9	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%
8	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.009%	0.01%	0.008%
7	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.009%	0.01%	0.009%
6	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
5	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%
4	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%
3	0.08%	0.09%	0.08%	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%
2	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%
1	0.09%	0.08%	0.1%	0.05%	0.05%	0.04%
0	1.28%	1.37%	1.19%	0.47%	0.51%	0.42%

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

The annual chance of dying is 1.28% in the birth year in North Korea and 0.47% in the United States, 0.17% vs 0.13% at age 30, 0.96% vs 0.83% at 60, and 8.35% vs 4.23% at 80.

Death rate by age in North Korea vs United States

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

United States

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	North Korea			United States
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	27.9	0	50.8	690	348	1,015
99	206.6	109.9	276.7	1,072	697	1,435
98	303	170.2	403	1,396	952	1,829
97	431	254.9	567	1,754	1,251	2,248
96	593	368	773	2,132	1,585	2,672
95	790	511	1,021	2,509	1,943	3,075
94	1,022	685	1,308	2,862	2,310	3,428
93	1,285	890	1,627	3,181	2,660	3,725
92	1,574	1,129	1,969	3,448	2,960	3,966
91	1,883	1,398	2,325	3,654	3,205	4,138
90	2,203	1,688	2,682	3,753	3,367	4,174
89	2,521	1,991	3,027	3,817	3,497	4,165
88	2,825	2,296	3,343	3,816	3,564	4,096
87	3,101	2,589	3,616	3,729	3,550	3,948
86	3,339	2,862	3,835	3,583	3,478	3,737
85	3,531	3,104	3,992	3,424	3,380	3,508
84	3,672	3,307	4,083	3,257	3,263	3,277
83	3,768	3,474	4,116	3,084	3,133	3,053
82	3,826	3,610	4,102	2,915	2,999	2,841
81	3,819	3,684	4,017	2,759	2,873	2,650
80	3,741	3,684	3,860	2,587	2,726	2,452
79	3,605	3,618	3,650	2,427	2,582	2,274
78	3,446	3,523	3,427	2,269	2,439	2,102
77	3,273	3,406	3,199	2,132	2,317	1,949
76	3,088	3,262	2,962	2,003	2,199	1,808
75	2,896	3,099	2,725	1,876	2,076	1,678
74	2,704	2,932	2,498	1,754	1,953	1,557
73	2,510	2,756	2,279	1,634	1,831	1,438
72	2,318	2,577	2,069	1,520	1,715	1,322
71	2,133	2,399	1,873	1,421	1,618	1,222
70	1,955	2,223	1,689	1,314	1,510	1,118
69	1,790	2,058	1,522	1,231	1,425	1,032
68	1,657	1,927	1,389	1,153	1,348	951
67	1,544	1,809	1,278	1,089	1,287	882
66	1,429	1,681	1,177	1,035	1,235	824
65	1,320	1,552	1,086	982	1,181	772
64	1,214	1,425	1,003	940	1,136	732
63	1,108	1,296	919	892	1,081	691
62	1,004	1,170	836	840	1,020	649
61	907	1,055	755	793	964	612
60	819	953	681	743	902	574
59	744	869	616	702	851	542
58	685	805	562	658	798	509
57	642	759	521	617	748	477
56	609	726	489	575	696	445
55	584	702	463	533	647	412
54	561	677	440	492	596	379
53	533	646	415	450	544	349
52	498	605	387	414	499	322
51	458	555	357	381	460	296.9
50	415	501	325	348	419	271.3
49	375	450	296.5	319	384	248.7
48	341	407	272.2	292.9	353	227.9
47	315	373	253.7	271.3	328	210.3
46	296.1	350	240.1	252.4	306	194.8
45	283	334	230.1	234.5	284.7	180.1
44	272.8	322	221.6	217.3	264.5	166.3
43	263	311	212.6	201.9	246.6	153.5
42	251.7	299.4	201.7	190.6	234.1	143.3
41	238.5	285.9	188.8	183.1	226.7	135.5
40	223.9	270.8	174.8	176.3	220.2	128.4
39	209.5	255.8	161.1	170.3	214.2	122.4
38	196.7	242.2	149	163.8	207.3	116.3
37	186.5	231.3	139.5	158.4	201.9	111
36	179.1	223.4	132.6	152.7	196.2	105.4
35	174.2	218.1	128.2	147.7	191.6	100.1
34	171.1	214.5	125.5	143.5	187.5	95.7
33	168.9	211.7	124	138.7	182	91.5
32	167	208.9	123	133.7	176.4	87.2
31	164.8	205.5	122	128.5	171.4	81.8
30	162.2	201.7	120.6	124.4	168.4	76.7
29	159.1	197.5	118.7	120.4	165.3	71.8
28	155.8	193.5	116.1	115.9	160.6	67.4
27	152.8	190.4	113.2	111.6	156	63.6
26	150.1	188.3	109.9	106.5	150.3	59.2
25	147.9	187.2	106.5	101.3	144.4	55.1
24	145.8	186.4	103	96.7	138.7	51.7
23	143.8	185.7	99.7	92.2	132.8	48.7
22	141.3	183.9	96.4	87.7	127	45.8
21	137.5	179.7	93	81.9	118.8	42.6
20	131.4	171.8	88.9	74.4	107.5	39.1
19	122.1	158.6	83.6	66.1	94.7	35.6
18	109.8	140.8	77.1	55.6	78.6	31.2
17	95.6	120.3	69.6	43	59.7	25.4
16	81.3	99.8	61.8	31.7	42.5	20.1
15	68.7	82.2	54.4	23.9	30.6	16.8
14	58.8	68.8	48.2	18.3	22.2	14.3
13	52.2	60.3	43.6	14.2	16.4	11.8
12	48.7	56.2	40.8	11.5	13	9.85
11	48.1	56	39.8	10.2	11.5	8.68
10	50.2	59.5	40.4	9.47	10.8	8.1
9	54.2	65.3	42.4	9	10	7.92
8	59.2	72	45.6	9.07	9.94	8.16
7	64.5	78.2	50	9.37	10.2	8.51
6	69.7	83.3	55.3	9.54	10.4	8.68
5	74.4	86.5	61.5	10.4	11.4	9.33
4	77.9	86.8	68.5	12.7	14.2	11.1
3	80.4	84.3	76.3	14.9	16.9	12.8
2	83.2	81.1	85.3	17	19.2	14.8
1	87.6	79	96.8	45.6	50.6	40.5
0	1,281	1,366	1,190	466	510	421

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 the United States. The median age of death is 78.5 in North Korea and 83.9 in the United States, 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 the United States more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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