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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	North Korea			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	101.9	101.8	102	101.9	101.8	102
99	101	100.9	101	101	100.9	101
98	100.1	100	100.2	100.1	99.9	100.1
97	99.3	99.1	99.3	99.2	99	99.2
96	98.4	98.2	98.4	98.3	98.1	98.3
95	97.5	97.3	97.6	97.4	97.2	97.4
94	96.7	96.5	96.7	96.5	96.3	96.6
93	95.9	95.6	95.9	95.6	95.4	95.7
92	95.1	94.8	95.1	94.8	94.6	94.9
91	94.3	94	94.3	93.9	93.7	94
90	93.5	93.2	93.6	93.1	92.8	93.2
89	92.7	92.4	92.8	92.2	92	92.4
88	92	91.6	92.1	91.4	91.1	91.6
87	91.2	90.9	91.4	90.6	90.3	90.8
86	90.5	90.2	90.7	89.8	89.5	90
85	89.9	89.4	90	89	88.7	89.2
84	89.2	88.7	89.4	88.3	87.9	88.4
83	88.5	88.1	88.8	87.5	87.1	87.7
82	87.9	87.4	88.2	86.8	86.3	87
81	87.3	86.8	87.6	86	85.6	86.3
80	86.8	86.2	87.1	85.3	84.8	85.6
79	86.2	85.6	86.6	84.7	84.1	85
78	85.7	85	86.1	84	83.5	84.3
77	85.2	84.5	85.7	83.4	82.8	83.7
76	84.8	84	85.2	82.8	82.2	83.2
75	84.3	83.5	84.8	82.2	81.6	82.6
74	83.9	83.1	84.5	81.7	81	82.1
73	83.5	82.6	84.1	81.1	80.5	81.6
72	83.1	82.2	83.8	80.6	79.9	81.1
71	82.8	81.8	83.5	80.2	79.4	80.7
70	82.5	81.5	83.2	79.7	79	80.3
69	82.1	81.1	83	79.3	78.5	79.9
68	81.8	80.8	82.7	78.9	78.1	79.5
67	81.6	80.4	82.5	78.6	77.7	79.2
66	81.3	80.1	82.2	78.2	77.3	78.9
65	81	79.8	82	77.9	77	78.6
64	80.8	79.5	81.8	77.6	76.6	78.3
63	80.6	79.3	81.6	77.3	76.3	78.1
62	80.3	79	81.4	77	76	77.8
61	80.1	78.8	81.3	76.8	75.7	77.6
60	79.9	78.6	81.1	76.5	75.4	77.4
59	79.8	78.4	81	76.2	75.1	77.1
58	79.6	78.2	80.8	76	74.9	76.9
57	79.4	78	80.7	75.8	74.6	76.7
56	79.3	77.8	80.6	75.6	74.3	76.6
55	79.1	77.7	80.4	75.3	74.1	76.4
54	79	77.5	80.3	75.1	73.9	76.2
53	78.8	77.3	80.2	74.9	73.6	76
52	78.7	77.1	80.1	74.7	73.4	75.9
51	78.5	77	80	74.6	73.2	75.7
50	78.4	76.8	79.9	74.4	73	75.6
49	78.3	76.7	79.8	74.2	72.8	75.4
48	78.2	76.6	79.7	74	72.6	75.3
47	78.1	76.5	79.6	73.9	72.4	75.2
46	78	76.3	79.5	73.7	72.2	75.1
45	77.9	76.2	79.4	73.6	72.1	74.9
44	77.8	76.1	79.3	73.5	71.9	74.8
43	77.7	76	79.3	73.3	71.7	74.7
42	77.6	75.9	79.2	73.2	71.6	74.6
41	77.5	75.8	79.1	73.1	71.4	74.5
40	77.4	75.7	79	72.9	71.3	74.4
39	77.3	75.6	79	72.8	71.2	74.3
38	77.2	75.5	78.9	72.7	71	74.2
37	77.2	75.4	78.8	72.6	70.9	74.2
36	77.1	75.3	78.8	72.5	70.8	74.1
35	77	75.2	78.7	72.4	70.7	74
34	76.9	75.1	78.7	72.3	70.5	73.9
33	76.9	75	78.6	72.2	70.4	73.8
32	76.8	74.9	78.5	72.1	70.3	73.8
31	76.7	74.8	78.5	72	70.2	73.7
30	76.6	74.7	78.4	71.9	70.1	73.6
29	76.5	74.6	78.4	71.9	70	73.6
28	76.5	74.6	78.3	71.8	69.9	73.5
27	76.4	74.5	78.2	71.7	69.8	73.5
26	76.3	74.4	78.2	71.6	69.7	73.4
25	76.2	74.3	78.1	71.5	69.6	73.3
24	76.2	74.2	78.1	71.4	69.5	73.3
23	76.1	74.1	78	71.4	69.4	73.2
22	76	74	78	71.3	69.3	73.2
21	75.9	73.9	77.9	71.2	69.2	73.1
20	75.8	73.8	77.9	71.1	69.1	73
19	75.8	73.7	77.8	71	69	73
18	75.7	73.6	77.8	71	68.9	72.9
17	75.7	73.6	77.7	70.9	68.8	72.9
16	75.6	73.5	77.7	70.9	68.8	72.8
15	75.6	73.4	77.6	70.8	68.7	72.8
14	75.5	73.4	77.6	70.8	68.7	72.7
13	75.5	73.4	77.6	70.7	68.6	72.7
12	75.5	73.3	77.6	70.7	68.6	72.7
11	75.4	73.3	77.5	70.6	68.5	72.6
10	75.4	73.3	77.5	70.6	68.5	72.6
9	75.4	73.2	77.5	70.5	68.4	72.6
8	75.3	73.2	77.4	70.5	68.4	72.5
7	75.3	73.1	77.4	70.4	68.3	72.5
6	75.2	73.1	77.4	70.3	68.2	72.4
5	75.2	73	77.3	70.3	68.1	72.3
4	75.1	72.9	77.3	70.1	68	72.2
3	75.1	72.9	77.2	70	67.8	72.1
2	75	72.8	77.2	69.7	67.5	71.9
1	74.9	72.8	77.1	69.4	67.1	71.5
0	74	71.8	76.2	66.9	64.4	69.3

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 71.9 in Zambia, rising to 81 and 77.9 at 65, and to 86.8 and 85.3 at 80 — higher than the 74 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	North Korea			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	0.35%	0.16%	0.47%	0.08%	0.04%	0.13%
99	0.55%	0.27%	0.75%	0.14%	0.06%	0.2%
98	0.86%	0.44%	1.15%	0.21%	0.1%	0.32%
97	1.29%	0.7%	1.72%	0.33%	0.16%	0.48%
96	1.88%	1.07%	2.49%	0.5%	0.25%	0.72%
95	2.67%	1.58%	3.51%	0.74%	0.39%	1.05%
94	3.69%	2.26%	4.82%	1.06%	0.57%	1.49%
93	4.98%	3.15%	6.45%	1.49%	0.84%	2.07%
92	6.55%	4.28%	8.42%	2.06%	1.19%	2.82%
91	8.43%	5.68%	10.7%	2.77%	1.66%	3.76%
90	10.6%	7.37%	13.4%	3.69%	2.28%	4.93%
89	13.2%	9.36%	16.4%	4.8%	3.06%	6.34%
88	16%	11.7%	19.8%	6.15%	4.04%	8.02%
87	19.1%	14.2%	23.4%	7.76%	5.24%	9.97%
86	22.4%	17.1%	27.2%	9.63%	6.69%	12.2%
85	26%	20.2%	31.2%	11.8%	8.4%	14.8%
84	29.6%	23.5%	35.3%	14.2%	10.4%	17.6%
83	33.4%	27%	39.4%	16.9%	12.7%	20.7%
82	37.2%	30.6%	43.5%	19.8%	15.2%	23.9%
81	41%	34.3%	47.6%	22.9%	17.9%	27.4%
80	44.8%	38%	51.4%	26.3%	21%	31%
79	48.4%	41.6%	55.1%	29.7%	24.2%	34.8%
78	51.8%	45.1%	58.5%	33.3%	27.5%	38.5%
77	55.1%	48.5%	61.7%	36.8%	30.8%	42.3%
76	58.2%	51.8%	64.7%	40.3%	34.2%	45.9%
75	61.1%	54.9%	67.4%	43.8%	37.7%	49.5%
74	63.8%	57.8%	69.9%	47.2%	41%	52.9%
73	66.3%	60.6%	72.2%	50.4%	44.2%	56.2%
72	68.6%	63.1%	74.2%	53.4%	47.4%	59.2%
71	70.8%	65.5%	76.1%	56.3%	50.3%	62%
70	72.7%	67.8%	77.8%	59%	53.1%	64.7%
69	74.5%	69.8%	79.3%	61.4%	55.7%	67%
68	76.2%	71.7%	80.7%	63.7%	58.2%	69.2%
67	77.7%	73.6%	82%	65.8%	60.4%	71.1%
66	79.1%	75.2%	83.2%	67.7%	62.5%	72.9%
65	80.4%	76.8%	84.2%	69.4%	64.4%	74.5%
64	81.7%	78.2%	85.2%	71.1%	66.2%	76%
63	82.8%	79.5%	86.2%	72.6%	67.9%	77.3%
62	83.8%	80.7%	87%	74%	69.5%	78.6%
61	84.7%	81.7%	87.7%	75.3%	70.9%	79.7%
60	85.5%	82.7%	88.4%	76.5%	72.3%	80.8%
59	86.2%	83.6%	89%	77.7%	73.6%	81.8%
58	86.9%	84.4%	89.6%	78.8%	74.9%	82.7%
57	87.6%	85.1%	90.1%	79.7%	76%	83.6%
56	88.2%	85.8%	90.6%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
55	88.8%	86.6%	91.1%	81.5%	78.1%	85.1%
54	89.3%	87.2%	91.5%	82.4%	79.1%	85.7%
53	89.9%	87.9%	91.9%	83.1%	80%	86.4%
52	90.4%	88.5%	92.3%	83.9%	80.8%	87%
51	90.8%	89%	92.7%	84.5%	81.6%	87.5%
50	91.2%	89.5%	93%	85.2%	82.4%	88%
49	91.6%	90%	93.3%	85.8%	83.1%	88.5%
48	91.9%	90.4%	93.6%	86.3%	83.8%	88.9%
47	92.3%	90.8%	93.8%	86.8%	84.4%	89.3%
46	92.6%	91.1%	94.1%	87.3%	84.9%	89.7%
45	92.8%	91.4%	94.3%	87.8%	85.5%	90.1%
44	93.1%	91.8%	94.5%	88.2%	86%	90.4%
43	93.4%	92.1%	94.7%	88.6%	86.5%	90.7%
42	93.6%	92.4%	94.9%	88.9%	86.9%	91%
41	93.9%	92.7%	95.1%	89.3%	87.3%	91.3%
40	94.1%	92.9%	95.3%	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%
39	94.3%	93.2%	95.5%	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%
38	94.5%	93.4%	95.6%	90.2%	88.5%	92%
37	94.7%	93.7%	95.7%	90.5%	88.8%	92.2%
36	94.9%	93.9%	95.9%	90.8%	89.1%	92.4%
35	95%	94.1%	96%	91%	89.4%	92.6%
34	95.2%	94.3%	96.1%	91.3%	89.7%	92.8%
33	95.4%	94.5%	96.3%	91.5%	90%	93%
32	95.5%	94.7%	96.4%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
31	95.7%	94.9%	96.5%	91.9%	90.5%	93.3%
30	95.9%	95.2%	96.6%	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%
29	96%	95.3%	96.7%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
28	96.2%	95.5%	96.9%	92.5%	91.2%	93.7%
27	96.3%	95.7%	97%	92.6%	91.4%	93.8%
26	96.5%	95.9%	97.1%	92.8%	91.7%	93.9%
25	96.6%	96.1%	97.2%	93%	91.9%	94.1%
24	96.8%	96.3%	97.3%	93.1%	92.1%	94.2%
23	96.9%	96.5%	97.4%	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%
22	97.1%	96.7%	97.5%	93.4%	92.5%	94.4%
21	97.2%	96.8%	97.6%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
20	97.3%	97%	97.7%	93.7%	92.9%	94.6%
19	97.5%	97.2%	97.8%	93.9%	93%	94.7%
18	97.6%	97.3%	97.8%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
17	97.7%	97.4%	97.9%	94.1%	93.3%	94.9%
16	97.7%	97.5%	98%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
15	97.8%	97.6%	98%	94.3%	93.6%	95%
14	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%
13	97.9%	97.7%	98.1%	94.4%	93.7%	95.2%
12	98%	97.8%	98.1%	94.5%	93.8%	95.2%
11	98%	97.9%	98.2%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
10	98.1%	97.9%	98.2%	94.6%	94%	95.3%
9	98.1%	98%	98.3%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
8	98.2%	98.1%	98.3%	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%
7	98.2%	98.1%	98.4%	94.9%	94.2%	95.5%
6	98.3%	98.2%	98.4%	95%	94.4%	95.6%
5	98.4%	98.3%	98.5%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
4	98.5%	98.4%	98.6%	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%
3	98.5%	98.5%	98.6%	95.5%	95%	96.1%
2	98.6%	98.6%	98.7%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
1	98.7%	98.6%	98.8%	96.4%	96%	96.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 85.5% of newborns in North Korea and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to live past 60, 72.7% and 59% past 70, 44.8% and 26.3% past 80, and only 10.6% and 3.69% 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

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	North Korea			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	39.3%	42%	39%	39.7%	41.8%	39.1%
99	37.3%	40%	37%	38.3%	40.4%	37.6%
98	35.4%	38.3%	35%	36.6%	38.7%	35.9%
97	33.5%	36.4%	33%	35.2%	37.4%	34.4%
96	31.5%	34.5%	31%	33.7%	36.1%	32.9%
95	29.6%	32.4%	29.1%	32.2%	34.6%	31.4%
94	27.7%	30.3%	27.1%	30.5%	32.8%	29.7%
93	25.8%	28.2%	25.2%	28.9%	31.3%	28.1%
92	24%	26.4%	23.4%	27.5%	29.8%	26.6%
91	22.3%	24.6%	21.6%	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%
90	20.7%	22.9%	20%	24.9%	27.2%	23.9%
89	19.2%	21.3%	18.4%	23.2%	25.6%	22.1%
88	17.7%	19.7%	16.9%	22%	24.3%	20.9%
87	16.2%	18.2%	15.4%	20.7%	22.9%	19.6%
86	14.9%	16.7%	14.1%	19.4%	21.6%	18.4%
85	13.6%	15.4%	12.8%	18.3%	20.4%	17.2%
84	12.4%	14.1%	11.6%	17.1%	19.2%	16.1%
83	11.3%	12.9%	10.4%	15.9%	17.8%	14.8%
82	10.3%	11.8%	9.42%	14.8%	16.7%	13.7%
81	9.31%	10.7%	8.45%	13.5%	15.3%	12.5%
80	8.35%	9.7%	7.51%	12.8%	14.5%	11.9%
79	7.45%	8.7%	6.63%	11.6%	13.2%	10.7%
78	6.65%	7.81%	5.86%	10.6%	12.1%	9.8%
77	5.94%	7.02%	5.19%	9.59%	10.9%	8.8%
76	5.31%	6.3%	4.58%	8.72%	9.95%	7.99%
75	4.74%	5.65%	4.04%	7.93%	9.05%	7.24%
74	4.24%	5.07%	3.58%	7.12%	8.15%	6.47%
73	3.79%	4.55%	3.16%	6.39%	7.34%	5.77%
72	3.38%	4.08%	2.79%	5.74%	6.61%	5.16%
71	3.01%	3.66%	2.46%	5.04%	5.84%	4.49%
70	2.69%	3.28%	2.17%	4.59%	5.31%	4.08%
69	2.4%	2.95%	1.92%	4%	4.67%	3.51%
68	2.18%	2.69%	1.72%	3.57%	4.18%	3.12%
67	1.99%	2.46%	1.56%	3.16%	3.71%	2.73%
66	1.81%	2.23%	1.42%	2.8%	3.3%	2.41%
65	1.64%	2.02%	1.29%	2.5%	2.94%	2.14%
64	1.49%	1.82%	1.18%	2.28%	2.7%	1.94%
63	1.34%	1.63%	1.07%	2.09%	2.49%	1.77%
62	1.2%	1.45%	0.96%	1.92%	2.29%	1.61%
61	1.07%	1.29%	0.86%	1.74%	2.08%	1.44%
60	0.96%	1.15%	0.77%	1.62%	1.95%	1.35%
59	0.86%	1.04%	0.69%	1.46%	1.77%	1.2%
58	0.79%	0.95%	0.63%	1.35%	1.64%	1.1%
57	0.73%	0.89%	0.58%	1.24%	1.51%	1%
56	0.69%	0.85%	0.54%	1.15%	1.4%	0.93%
55	0.66%	0.81%	0.51%	1.07%	1.31%	0.86%
54	0.63%	0.78%	0.48%	1%	1.22%	0.8%
53	0.59%	0.74%	0.45%	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%
52	0.55%	0.68%	0.42%	0.87%	1.06%	0.69%
51	0.5%	0.62%	0.38%	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%
50	0.45%	0.56%	0.35%	0.75%	0.92%	0.59%
49	0.41%	0.5%	0.32%	0.68%	0.84%	0.53%
48	0.37%	0.45%	0.29%	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%
47	0.34%	0.41%	0.27%	0.59%	0.72%	0.45%
46	0.32%	0.38%	0.26%	0.55%	0.67%	0.42%
45	0.3%	0.36%	0.24%	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%
44	0.29%	0.35%	0.23%	0.48%	0.59%	0.37%
43	0.28%	0.34%	0.22%	0.45%	0.55%	0.34%
42	0.27%	0.32%	0.21%	0.42%	0.52%	0.32%
41	0.25%	0.31%	0.2%	0.39%	0.48%	0.3%
40	0.24%	0.29%	0.18%	0.37%	0.46%	0.28%
39	0.22%	0.27%	0.17%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
38	0.21%	0.26%	0.16%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
37	0.2%	0.25%	0.15%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
36	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
35	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
34	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
33	0.18%	0.22%	0.13%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
32	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
31	0.17%	0.22%	0.13%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
30	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.21%	0.27%	0.16%
29	0.17%	0.21%	0.12%	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%
28	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%
27	0.16%	0.2%	0.12%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
26	0.16%	0.2%	0.11%	0.18%	0.24%	0.13%
25	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
24	0.15%	0.19%	0.11%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
23	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
22	0.15%	0.19%	0.1%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
21	0.14%	0.19%	0.1%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
20	0.14%	0.18%	0.09%	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%
19	0.13%	0.16%	0.09%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
18	0.11%	0.14%	0.08%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
17	0.1%	0.12%	0.07%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
16	0.08%	0.1%	0.06%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
15	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
14	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
13	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
12	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
11	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
10	0.05%	0.06%	0.04%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
9	0.06%	0.07%	0.04%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
8	0.06%	0.07%	0.05%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
7	0.07%	0.08%	0.05%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
6	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
5	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%
4	0.08%	0.09%	0.07%	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%
3	0.08%	0.09%	0.08%	0.24%	0.28%	0.21%
2	0.08%	0.08%	0.09%	0.35%	0.41%	0.3%
1	0.09%	0.08%	0.1%	0.58%	0.66%	0.49%
0	1.28%	1.37%	1.19%	3.57%	4%	3.15%

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

The annual chance of dying is 1.28% in the birth year in North Korea and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.17% vs 0.21% at age 30, 0.96% vs 1.62% at 60, and 8.35% vs 12.8% at 80.

Death rate by age in North Korea vs Zambia

Chart Table

North Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Death rate
	North Korea			Zambia
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	27.9	0	50.8	0	0	0
99	206.6	109.9	276.7	52.1	25	76.3
98	303	170.2	403	78.4	39.1	113.5
97	431	254.9	567	116.4	60.5	166.2
96	593	368	773	168.4	91.1	236.9
95	790	511	1,021	237.3	133.6	329
94	1,022	685	1,308	323	188.7	442
93	1,285	890	1,627	431	261.6	581
92	1,574	1,129	1,969	565	355	750
91	1,883	1,398	2,325	715	468	933
90	2,203	1,688	2,682	917	619	1,180
89	2,521	1,991	3,027	1,113	782	1,403
88	2,825	2,296	3,343	1,353	982	1,679
87	3,101	2,589	3,616	1,602	1,201	1,955
86	3,339	2,862	3,835	1,873	1,448	2,249
85	3,531	3,104	3,992	2,151	1,711	2,544
84	3,672	3,307	4,083	2,432	1,993	2,828
83	3,768	3,474	4,116	2,677	2,256	3,061
82	3,826	3,610	4,102	2,926	2,529	3,293
81	3,819	3,684	4,017	3,095	2,752	3,419
80	3,741	3,684	3,860	3,368	3,043	3,680
79	3,605	3,618	3,650	3,452	3,177	3,724
78	3,446	3,523	3,427	3,543	3,315	3,780
77	3,273	3,406	3,199	3,530	3,372	3,721
76	3,088	3,262	2,962	3,518	3,408	3,670
75	2,896	3,099	2,725	3,474	3,408	3,586
74	2,704	2,932	2,498	3,359	3,344	3,423
73	2,510	2,756	2,279	3,219	3,248	3,241
72	2,318	2,577	2,069	3,069	3,132	3,057
71	2,133	2,399	1,873	2,837	2,940	2,783
70	1,955	2,223	1,689	2,709	2,822	2,641
69	1,790	2,058	1,522	2,458	2,605	2,352
68	1,657	1,927	1,389	2,277	2,432	2,158
67	1,544	1,809	1,278	2,079	2,244	1,945
66	1,429	1,681	1,177	1,894	2,059	1,755
65	1,320	1,552	1,086	1,736	1,896	1,598
64	1,214	1,425	1,003	1,623	1,790	1,476
63	1,108	1,296	919	1,520	1,690	1,367
62	1,004	1,170	836	1,424	1,593	1,268
61	907	1,055	755	1,307	1,479	1,148
60	819	953	681	1,243	1,409	1,088
59	744	869	616	1,137	1,304	978
58	685	805	562	1,064	1,225	909
57	642	759	521	989	1,145	835
56	609	726	489	932	1,083	782
55	584	702	463	874	1,020	728
54	561	677	440	824	966	682
53	533	646	415	773	909	635
52	498	605	387	729	858	597
51	458	555	357	672	796	543
50	415	501	325	639	756	516
49	375	450	296.5	587	699	470
48	341	407	272.2	548	654	437
47	315	373	253.7	509	609	403
46	296.1	350	240.1	476	570	377
45	283	334	230.1	450	540	355
44	272.8	322	221.6	421	505	331
43	263	311	212.6	396	476	312
42	251.7	299.4	201.7	376	452	295.7
41	238.5	285.9	188.8	348	421	271.8
40	223.9	270.8	174.8	334	404	260
39	209.5	255.8	161.1	311	378	240.8
38	196.7	242.2	149	294.2	359	227
37	186.5	231.3	139.5	275.8	339	211.1
36	179.1	223.4	132.6	261.5	322	199.7
35	174.2	218.1	128.2	248	306	188.3
34	171.1	214.5	125.5	234.4	290	177.5
33	168.9	211.7	124	223	276.8	168.3
32	167	208.9	123	212.8	265	159.9
31	164.8	205.5	122	201.3	251.6	150.3
30	162.2	201.7	120.6	195.5	244.5	146
29	159.1	197.5	118.7	186.9	234.8	138.4
28	155.8	193.5	116.1	180.9	228	133.4
27	152.8	190.4	113.2	175.1	221.9	128
26	150.1	188.3	109.9	170.6	217.3	123.5
25	147.9	187.2	106.5	166.5	213.3	119.4
24	145.8	186.4	103	163.1	209.9	116
23	143.8	185.7	99.7	159	205.5	112.3
22	141.3	183.9	96.4	154.4	199.7	108.8
21	137.5	179.7	93	148.7	191.6	105.5
20	131.4	171.8	88.9	141.8	181.3	102
19	122.1	158.6	83.6	133.6	168.9	97.9
18	109.8	140.8	77.1	124	154.6	93.1
17	95.6	120.3	69.6	111.9	136.8	86.8
16	81.3	99.8	61.8	100.4	120	80.7
15	68.7	82.2	54.4	88.5	103.9	72.8
14	58.8	68.8	48.2	79.5	92.7	66.2
13	52.2	60.3	43.6	72.9	84.4	61.3
12	48.7	56.2	40.8	69.1	79.8	58.4
11	48.1	56	39.8	67.9	78.3	57.4
10	50.2	59.5	40.4	69.5	80.4	58.5
9	54.2	65.3	42.4	73.6	85.2	61.8
8	59.2	72	45.6	80.8	93.2	68.2
7	64.5	78.2	50	91.9	105.4	78.2
6	69.7	83.3	55.3	107.4	122.3	92.3
5	74.4	86.5	61.5	129.5	146.6	112.1
4	77.9	86.8	68.5	168.3	191.1	145.2
3	80.4	84.3	76.3	233.1	267.5	198.2
2	83.2	81.1	85.3	337	387	285.6
1	87.6	79	96.8	555	635	473
0	1,281	1,366	1,190	3,575	4,001	3,149

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 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 78.5 in North Korea and 73.1 in Zambia, 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 Zambia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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