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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 84.6 years in South Korea vs 77.1 in Thailand. South Korea is ranked 4/197 by life expectancy, and Thailand is 75/197. In South Korea, the life expectancy is 81.6 years for males and 87.5 years for females. In Thailand, it's 72.9 years for males and 81.4 years for females.

South Korea vs Thailand life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Korea
Male

Female
Thailand
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Korea Thailand
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 22.2 17.5 34.6 45.2 44.3 46.1
1951 26.6 21 38.2 45.9 44.9 46.9
1952 36.6 31.7 42.9 46.5 45.5 47.6
1953 40.5 36.8 44.8 47.1 46 48.2
1954 46.1 43.9 48.4 47.6 46.5 48.8
1955 48.4 46.2 50.7 48.1 46.9 49.4
1956 50.2 48.1 52.5 48.6 47.4 49.9
1957 51.6 49.5 53.8 49.1 47.8 50.5
1958 51.8 49.5 54.3 49.5 48.2 50.9
1959 52.9 50.6 55.5 50.1 48.7 51.6
1960 53.8 51.4 56.3 50.6 49 52.3
1961 54.4 52 57 51.1 49.3 53
1962 55 52.7 57.6 51.4 49.6 53.5
1963 55 52.5 57.7 52 50.1 54
1964 55.3 52.7 58.3 52.5 50.6 54.7
1965 55.8 52.9 59 53.1 51.1 55.4
1966 55.4 52.5 58.7 53.7 51.6 56.1
1967 60.9 57.2 64.8 54.3 52.1 56.7
1968 60.9 57.2 64.9 55 52.6 57.5
1969 61.4 57.7 65.4 55.7 53.3 58.3
1970 62.2 58.5 66.1 56.5 54 59.1
1971 62.7 58.9 66.7 57.1 54.6 59.8
1972 63.2 59.3 67.4 57.7 55.2 60.5
1973 63.8 59.9 68 58.3 55.7 61.1
1974 64.2 60.2 68.6 59 56.3 61.9
1975 64.7 60.6 69.1 59.7 56.9 62.7
1976 65 60.9 69.5 60.4 57.4 63.5
1977 64.6 60.3 69.4 60.9 57.9 64.2
1978 65 60.5 70 61.3 58.1 64.7
1979 66.1 61.5 71.3 61.7 58.4 65.3
1980 64.8 60.5 69.7 62.2 58.8 65.9
1981 67.1 62.4 72.3 62.9 59.4 66.6
1982 67.1 62.5 72 63.6 60.2 67.2
1983 66.7 62.3 71.5 64.5 61.3 68
1984 68.1 63.7 72.8 65.5 62.4 68.9
1985 68.4 63.9 73.2 66.5 63.5 69.8
1986 69 64.5 73.8 67.3 64.3 70.5
1987 69.3 64.9 74 67.8 64.8 71
1988 70.2 65.7 74.9 68.2 65.1 71.5
1989 70.7 66.3 75.2 68.6 65.3 71.9
1990 71 66.8 75.4 68.9 65.6 72.4
1991 71.4 67.2 75.8 69.1 65.7 72.7
1992 72.2 68.1 76.4 69.4 65.9 73
1993 72.7 68.6 77 69.6 66.1 73.3
1994 72.9 68.8 77.1 69.7 66 73.6
1995 73.4 69.3 77.5 69.8 65.9 73.9
1996 74 70 78.1 69.9 65.9 74.3
1997 74.5 70.5 78.6 70.4 66.5 74.5
1998 75 71 79.1 70.7 66.9 74.7
1999 75.6 71.7 79.6 71 67.2 75
2000 76.2 72.3 80.1 71.2 67.4 75.2
2001 76.9 73 80.8 71.5 67.7 75.6
2002 77.2 73.4 81 71.8 68 75.7
2003 77.5 73.8 81.1 72.1 68.4 76
2004 78 74.3 81.6 72.1 68.5 75.8
2005 78.4 74.8 82 72.9 69.3 76.6
2006 79 75.4 82.5 73.3 69.9 77
2007 79.4 75.9 82.8 73.8 70.4 77.3
2008 80 76.3 83.5 74.2 70.9 77.7
2009 80.6 76.9 84 74.7 71.3 78.2
2010 80.7 77.1 84.2 75 71.4 78.7
2011 81.2 77.5 84.6 75.3 71.5 79.2
2012 81.3 77.7 84.7 75.6 71.7 79.7
2013 81.8 78.2 85.2 76 72 80.1
2014 82.4 78.7 85.7 76.3 72.3 80.5
2015 82.5 79 85.8 76.6 72.5 80.9
2016 82.9 79.4 86.1 76.8 72.6 81.1
2017 83.3 79.9 86.4 77 72.8 81.4
2018 83.3 79.9 86.4 77.2 73 81.6
2019 83.7 80.3 86.7 77.2 72.8 81.8
2020 83.7 80.3 86.8 77.3 73 81.9
2021 83.9 80.5 86.9 77.6 73.3 82.1
2022 82.7 79.6 85.8 75.3 71 79.8
2023 84.3 81.2 87.2 76.4 72.2 80.9
2024 84.4 81.3 87.3 76.6 72.3 81
2025 84.5 81.4 87.4 76.8 72.6 81.2
2026 84.6 81.6 87.5 77.1 72.9 81.4

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 72.5 years in South Korea and 65.8 in Thailand. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 19.6 healthy years in South Korea and 17.1 in Thailand.

South Korea vs Thailand 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 South Korea and Thailand, also providing mean and median age of death. The calculations are based on the 2026 life tables (actuarial tables) from the UN World Population Prospects.


Mean remaining life expectancy:
55.0 vs 49.1 years

Mean expected age of death:
85.0 vs 79.1 years

Median expected age of death:
86.8 vs 82.4 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Korea Thailand
Male Female Male Female
40 99.6% 99.8% 96.7% 98.8%
50 98.5% 99.3% 90.6% 96.4%
60 95.0% 98.2% 82.0% 92.2%
65 91.3% 96.8% 76.2% 89.1%
70 85.0% 93.9% 68.7% 84.8%
75 76.8% 89.4% 58.7% 78.1%
80 63.7% 80.9% 46.2% 67.5%
85 45.9% 67.4% 31.9% 52.2%
90 25.7% 47.7% 18.1% 33.3%
95 9.3% 25.4% 7.7% 16.0%
100 1.7% 8.4% 2.1% 4.9%

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 South Korea vs Thailand: 85 years vs 79.1 at 30, 86.8 vs 84.8 at 65, 90.7 vs 89.8 at 80 — significantly higher than the 84.6 vs 77.1 years calculated at birth.

The chart and table below account for the remaining lifespan and display total life expectancy by age and gender in South Korea and Thailand.

South Korea
Male

Female
Thailand
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Korea Thailand
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 84.6 81.6 87.5 77.1 72.9 81.4
1 84.8 81.7 87.7 77.7 73.5 81.9
2 84.8 81.7 87.7 77.7 73.6 82
3 84.8 81.7 87.7 77.7 73.6 82
4 84.8 81.8 87.7 77.8 73.7 82
5 84.8 81.8 87.7 77.8 73.7 82.1
6 84.9 81.8 87.7 77.8 73.7 82.1
7 84.9 81.8 87.7 77.9 73.7 82.1
8 84.9 81.8 87.7 77.9 73.8 82.1
9 84.9 81.8 87.7 77.9 73.8 82.1
10 84.9 81.8 87.7 77.9 73.8 82.2
11 84.9 81.8 87.7 77.9 73.8 82.2
12 84.9 81.8 87.7 78 73.9 82.2
13 84.9 81.8 87.8 78 73.9 82.2
14 84.9 81.8 87.8 78 73.9 82.3
15 84.9 81.8 87.8 78.1 74 82.3
16 84.9 81.8 87.8 78.1 74.1 82.3
17 84.9 81.8 87.8 78.2 74.1 82.3
18 84.9 81.8 87.8 78.3 74.2 82.4
19 84.9 81.8 87.8 78.3 74.3 82.4
20 84.9 81.8 87.8 78.4 74.5 82.5
21 84.9 81.9 87.8 78.5 74.6 82.5
22 84.9 81.9 87.8 78.5 74.7 82.5
23 84.9 81.9 87.8 78.6 74.7 82.6
24 85 81.9 87.8 78.7 74.8 82.6
25 85 81.9 87.8 78.7 74.9 82.6
26 85 81.9 87.8 78.8 75 82.7
27 85 81.9 87.8 78.9 75.1 82.7
28 85 81.9 87.8 79 75.2 82.7
29 85 81.9 87.8 79 75.3 82.8
30 85 81.9 87.9 79.1 75.4 82.8
31 85 82 87.9 79.2 75.5 82.9
32 85 82 87.9 79.3 75.6 82.9
33 85 82 87.9 79.3 75.8 82.9
34 85 82 87.9 79.4 75.9 83
35 85.1 82 87.9 79.5 76 83.1
36 85.1 82 87.9 79.6 76.1 83.1
37 85.1 82 87.9 79.7 76.3 83.2
38 85.1 82.1 87.9 79.8 76.4 83.2
39 85.1 82.1 88 80 76.6 83.3
40 85.1 82.1 88 80.1 76.8 83.4
41 85.2 82.1 88 80.2 77 83.5
42 85.2 82.2 88 80.4 77.2 83.5
43 85.2 82.2 88 80.5 77.4 83.6
44 85.2 82.2 88 80.7 77.6 83.7
45 85.3 82.3 88.1 80.8 77.8 83.8
46 85.3 82.3 88.1 81 78 83.9
47 85.4 82.4 88.1 81.2 78.2 84
48 85.4 82.4 88.1 81.3 78.5 84.1
49 85.4 82.5 88.1 81.5 78.7 84.2
50 85.5 82.5 88.2 81.7 78.9 84.3
51 85.5 82.6 88.2 81.9 79.1 84.4
52 85.6 82.7 88.2 82 79.4 84.6
53 85.6 82.8 88.3 82.2 79.6 84.7
54 85.7 82.8 88.3 82.4 79.9 84.8
55 85.8 82.9 88.3 82.6 80.1 85
56 85.8 83 88.4 82.8 80.3 85.1
57 85.9 83.1 88.4 83 80.6 85.2
58 86 83.3 88.4 83.2 80.9 85.4
59 86.1 83.4 88.5 83.4 81.1 85.5
60 86.2 83.5 88.5 83.6 81.4 85.7
61 86.3 83.7 88.6 83.8 81.7 85.8
62 86.4 83.8 88.7 84.1 82 86
63 86.5 84 88.7 84.3 82.2 86.1
64 86.7 84.2 88.8 84.5 82.5 86.3
65 86.8 84.4 88.9 84.8 82.8 86.5
66 87 84.6 89 85 83.1 86.6
67 87.2 84.8 89.1 85.2 83.4 86.8
68 87.4 85.1 89.3 85.5 83.8 87
69 87.6 85.3 89.4 85.8 84.1 87.2
70 87.8 85.6 89.6 86.1 84.5 87.4
71 88 85.9 89.7 86.4 84.9 87.6
72 88.3 86.1 89.9 86.7 85.3 87.9
73 88.5 86.4 90 87 85.7 88.1
74 88.7 86.7 90.2 87.4 86.1 88.4
75 89 87 90.4 87.7 86.5 88.7
76 89.3 87.3 90.6 88.1 86.9 89
77 89.6 87.7 90.9 88.5 87.4 89.3
78 89.9 88.1 91.1 88.9 87.9 89.6
79 90.3 88.5 91.4 89.3 88.4 90
80 90.7 88.9 91.7 89.8 88.9 90.4
81 91.1 89.3 92.1 90.2 89.4 90.8
82 91.5 89.8 92.4 90.7 90 91.2
83 91.9 90.3 92.8 91.2 90.6 91.7
84 92.4 90.8 93.2 91.8 91.1 92.2
85 92.8 91.3 93.6 92.3 91.8 92.7
86 93.3 91.9 94 92.9 92.4 93.2
87 93.9 92.5 94.5 93.5 93 93.8
88 94.4 93.1 95 94.1 93.7 94.3
89 95 93.7 95.5 94.7 94.3 95
90 95.6 94.4 96 95.4 95 95.6
91 96.2 95 96.6 96.1 95.7 96.2
92 96.9 95.7 97.2 96.7 96.5 96.9
93 97.6 96.5 97.8 97.4 97.2 97.6
94 98.3 97.2 98.5 98.2 97.9 98.3
95 99 98 99.1 98.9 98.7 99
96 99.7 98.8 99.8 99.7 99.5 99.8
97 100.5 99.6 100.6 100.4 100.2 100.5
98 101.2 100.4 101.3 101.2 101 101.4
99 102 101.3 102.1 102.1 101.8 102.2
100 102.8 102.1 102.9 102.9 102.7 103.1

Odds of living to age in South Korea vs Thailand

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 96.1% in South Korea and 84.3% in Thailand are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 89% and 74.3% will live to 70 years or older, 71.9% and 55% to 80+ years, and 37.1% and 24.8% 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.

South Korea
Male

Female
Thailand
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Korea Thailand
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.2% 99.2% 99.3%
2 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.2% 99.1% 99.3%
3 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
4 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 99.1% 99% 99.2%
5 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 99% 98.9% 99.1%
6 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 99% 98.9% 99.1%
7 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 99% 98.9% 99.1%
8 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.9% 98.8% 99.1%
9 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.9% 98.8% 99%
10 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.9% 98.8% 99%
11 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.8% 98.7% 99%
12 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.8% 98.7% 98.9%
13 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.8% 98.6% 98.9%
14 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.7% 98.6% 98.9%
15 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.6% 98.5% 98.8%
16 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.6% 98.4% 98.8%
17 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 98.5% 98.2% 98.7%
18 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 98.4% 98.1% 98.7%
19 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 98.2% 97.9% 98.6%
20 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 98.1% 97.7% 98.6%
21 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 98% 97.5% 98.5%
22 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 97.9% 97.3% 98.5%
23 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 97.7% 97.1% 98.4%
24 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 97.6% 97% 98.3%
25 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97.5% 96.8% 98.3%
26 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97.4% 96.6% 98.2%
27 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 97.3% 96.4% 98.2%
28 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 97.1% 96.2% 98.1%
29 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 97% 96% 98%
30 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 96.8% 95.8% 97.9%
31 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.7% 95.6% 97.9%
32 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.5% 95.3% 97.8%
33 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 96.3% 95.1% 97.7%
34 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 96.2% 94.8% 97.6%
35 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 96% 94.5% 97.5%
36 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 95.7% 94.2% 97.4%
37 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 95.5% 93.8% 97.2%
38 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 95.2% 93.5% 97.1%
39 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 95% 93.1% 97%
40 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 94.7% 92.6% 96.8%
41 99.2% 99% 99.3% 94.3% 92.1% 96.6%
42 99.1% 99% 99.3% 94% 91.6% 96.4%
43 99.1% 98.9% 99.2% 93.6% 91.1% 96.2%
44 99% 98.8% 99.2% 93.2% 90.5% 96%
45 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 92.8% 90% 95.8%
46 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 92.4% 89.4% 95.6%
47 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 91.9% 88.7% 95.3%
48 98.6% 98.3% 99% 91.5% 88.1% 95%
49 98.5% 98.1% 98.9% 91% 87.4% 94.7%
50 98.4% 97.9% 98.9% 90.5% 86.8% 94.4%
51 98.2% 97.7% 98.8% 90% 86.1% 94.1%
52 98.1% 97.5% 98.7% 89.5% 85.3% 93.8%
53 97.9% 97.3% 98.6% 88.9% 84.6% 93.4%
54 97.7% 97% 98.6% 88.3% 83.8% 93%
55 97.5% 96.7% 98.5% 87.7% 83% 92.6%
56 97.3% 96.3% 98.3% 87.1% 82.2% 92.2%
57 97% 95.9% 98.2% 86.5% 81.3% 91.7%
58 96.8% 95.5% 98.1% 85.8% 80.4% 91.3%
59 96.4% 95% 97.9% 85.1% 79.5% 90.8%
60 96.1% 94.5% 97.7% 84.3% 78.5% 90.3%
61 95.7% 93.9% 97.5% 83.5% 77.5% 89.7%
62 95.2% 93.3% 97.3% 82.7% 76.4% 89.1%
63 94.7% 92.5% 97% 81.9% 75.3% 88.6%
64 94.2% 91.7% 96.7% 81% 74.1% 87.9%
65 93.5% 90.8% 96.4% 80% 72.9% 87.3%
66 92.8% 89.8% 95.9% 79% 71.7% 86.6%
67 92% 88.6% 95.4% 78% 70.4% 85.8%
68 91% 87.3% 94.8% 76.9% 69% 85%
69 90% 86% 94.2% 75.6% 67.4% 84.1%
70 89% 84.6% 93.5% 74.3% 65.8% 83.1%
71 87.8% 83.1% 92.7% 72.9% 64% 81.9%
72 86.7% 81.6% 91.9% 71.3% 62.2% 80.7%
73 85.5% 80% 91.1% 69.7% 60.3% 79.4%
74 84.1% 78.3% 90.1% 68% 58.3% 78%
75 82.6% 76.4% 89% 66.2% 56.3% 76.5%
76 80.9% 74.2% 87.7% 64.3% 54.1% 74.8%
77 79% 71.8% 86.2% 62.2% 51.8% 72.9%
78 76.8% 69.2% 84.5% 59.9% 49.4% 70.8%
79 74.5% 66.4% 82.7% 57.5% 46.9% 68.6%
80 71.9% 63.3% 80.6% 55% 44.3% 66.1%
81 69.2% 60.1% 78.3% 52.4% 41.6% 63.5%
82 66.3% 56.7% 75.9% 49.6% 38.9% 60.7%
83 63.2% 53.1% 73.2% 46.7% 36.2% 57.6%
84 60% 49.4% 70.3% 43.7% 33.4% 54.5%
85 56.5% 45.6% 67.1% 40.6% 30.6% 51.1%
86 52.9% 41.7% 63.7% 37.5% 27.8% 47.6%
87 49.1% 37.6% 60% 34.3% 25.1% 43.9%
88 45.2% 33.6% 56% 31.1% 22.4% 40.2%
89 41.2% 29.5% 51.8% 28% 19.9% 36.4%
90 37.1% 25.6% 47.5% 24.8% 17.4% 32.7%
91 33% 21.7% 43% 21.8% 15% 29%
92 29.1% 18.2% 38.5% 19% 12.8% 25.4%
93 25.2% 14.8% 34% 16.3% 10.8% 21.9%
94 21.5% 11.8% 29.5% 13.8% 9.02% 18.7%
95 18.1% 9.22% 25.2% 11.5% 7.39% 15.7%
96 15% 6.99% 21.2% 9.37% 5.96% 13%
97 12.1% 5.15% 17.4% 7.52% 4.71% 10.5%
98 9.59% 3.68% 14% 5.9% 3.65% 8.27%
99 7.43% 2.54% 11% 4.53% 2.77% 6.38%
100 5.61% 1.7% 8.36% 3.38% 2.05% 4.79%

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Odds of dying by age chart

Mortality rates vary throughout a lifetime. The annual chance of dying is 0.19% in the birth year in South Korea and 0.76% in Thailand, 0.02% vs 0.16% at age 30, 0.41% vs 0.93% at 60, and 3.79% vs 4.83% at 80.

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

South Korea
Male

Female
Thailand
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Korea Thailand
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 0.76% 0.84% 0.67%
1 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.06% 0.06% 0.07%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.05% 0.05% 0.04%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
5 0.009% 0.009% 0.009% 0.04% 0.04% 0.03%
6 0.008% 0.008% 0.008% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
7 0.007% 0.007% 0.007% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
8 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02%
9 0.006% 0.006% 0.006% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
10 0.005% 0.006% 0.005% 0.03% 0.04% 0.03%
11 0.005% 0.005% 0.004% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
12 0.005% 0.005% 0.004% 0.04% 0.05% 0.03%
13 0.005% 0.005% 0.005% 0.05% 0.07% 0.04%
14 0.006% 0.006% 0.005% 0.07% 0.09% 0.04%
15 0.007% 0.008% 0.006% 0.08% 0.11% 0.05%
16 0.008% 0.009% 0.006% 0.1% 0.14% 0.05%
17 0.009% 0.01% 0.007% 0.11% 0.17% 0.05%
18 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.12% 0.19% 0.06%
19 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.13% 0.2% 0.06%
20 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.13% 0.19% 0.06%
21 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.12% 0.19% 0.06%
22 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.12% 0.18% 0.06%
23 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.12% 0.18% 0.06%
24 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.12% 0.18% 0.06%
25 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.13% 0.19% 0.06%
26 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.13% 0.2% 0.07%
27 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.14% 0.21% 0.07%
28 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.15% 0.22% 0.07%
29 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.15% 0.23% 0.08%
30 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.16% 0.24% 0.08%
31 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.17% 0.25% 0.08%
32 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.18% 0.26% 0.09%
33 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.19% 0.28% 0.1%
34 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.21% 0.3% 0.11%
35 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.23% 0.33% 0.12%
36 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.25% 0.36% 0.13%
37 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.27% 0.4% 0.14%
38 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.3% 0.44% 0.16%
39 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.32% 0.48% 0.17%
40 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.35% 0.52% 0.18%
41 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.37% 0.55% 0.19%
42 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.39% 0.59% 0.21%
43 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.42% 0.62% 0.22%
44 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.44% 0.64% 0.23%
45 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.45% 0.67% 0.25%
46 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 0.47% 0.69% 0.27%
47 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 0.49% 0.72% 0.28%
48 0.12% 0.17% 0.06% 0.52% 0.74% 0.3%
49 0.13% 0.19% 0.07% 0.54% 0.78% 0.32%
50 0.14% 0.2% 0.07% 0.57% 0.81% 0.35%
51 0.15% 0.23% 0.08% 0.6% 0.84% 0.37%
52 0.17% 0.25% 0.08% 0.62% 0.88% 0.39%
53 0.19% 0.28% 0.09% 0.65% 0.91% 0.41%
54 0.21% 0.32% 0.1% 0.68% 0.95% 0.44%
55 0.24% 0.36% 0.11% 0.71% 1% 0.46%
56 0.27% 0.41% 0.13% 0.75% 1.05% 0.48%
57 0.3% 0.45% 0.15% 0.79% 1.11% 0.51%
58 0.33% 0.5% 0.17% 0.83% 1.17% 0.54%
59 0.37% 0.56% 0.19% 0.88% 1.23% 0.57%
60 0.41% 0.62% 0.21% 0.93% 1.3% 0.6%
61 0.46% 0.69% 0.24% 0.98% 1.37% 0.63%
62 0.53% 0.78% 0.27% 1.03% 1.45% 0.67%
63 0.59% 0.88% 0.31% 1.1% 1.54% 0.71%
64 0.68% 0.99% 0.37% 1.16% 1.62% 0.75%
65 0.78% 1.14% 0.44% 1.21% 1.7% 0.79%
66 0.9% 1.3% 0.53% 1.29% 1.82% 0.85%
67 1.02% 1.44% 0.62% 1.45% 2.03% 0.96%
68 1.11% 1.56% 0.69% 1.62% 2.26% 1.09%
69 1.19% 1.65% 0.76% 1.79% 2.47% 1.22%
70 1.25% 1.72% 0.81% 1.94% 2.66% 1.35%
71 1.31% 1.81% 0.86% 2.09% 2.84% 1.47%
72 1.41% 1.95% 0.94% 2.25% 3.04% 1.62%
73 1.58% 2.16% 1.06% 2.44% 3.27% 1.78%
74 1.8% 2.45% 1.23% 2.67% 3.54% 1.98%
75 2.07% 2.8% 1.44% 2.94% 3.86% 2.23%
76 2.38% 3.21% 1.69% 3.25% 4.23% 2.51%
77 2.72% 3.65% 1.95% 3.6% 4.64% 2.83%
78 3.07% 4.12% 2.22% 3.99% 5.07% 3.18%
79 3.42% 4.6% 2.5% 4.39% 5.53% 3.57%
80 3.79% 5.1% 2.8% 4.83% 6.02% 3.99%
81 4.18% 5.65% 3.13% 5.31% 6.53% 4.46%
82 4.63% 6.26% 3.52% 5.83% 7.08% 4.97%
83 5.15% 6.96% 3.98% 6.39% 7.67% 5.54%
84 5.75% 7.75% 4.52% 7.03% 8.32% 6.18%
85 6.42% 8.66% 5.13% 7.72% 9.03% 6.89%
86 7.17% 9.69% 5.83% 8.48% 9.79% 7.66%
87 8% 10.8% 6.61% 9.3% 10.6% 8.49%
88 8.91% 12.1% 7.47% 10.2% 11.5% 9.39%
89 9.87% 13.4% 8.4% 11.1% 12.5% 10.3%
90 10.9% 14.9% 9.42% 12.1% 13.5% 11.3%
91 12% 16.5% 10.5% 13.2% 14.6% 12.4%
92 13.3% 18.3% 11.7% 14.3% 15.7% 13.5%
93 14.6% 20.2% 13% 15.4% 16.8% 14.7%
94 15.9% 22.2% 14.5% 16.7% 18% 16%
95 17.4% 24.2% 16.1% 18.2% 19.4% 17.5%
96 19% 26.3% 17.8% 19.8% 20.9% 19.2%
97 20.8% 28.6% 19.7% 21.5% 22.5% 21%
98 22.6% 30.9% 21.6% 23.3% 24.2% 22.9%
99 24.5% 33.3% 23.7% 25.3% 26% 24.9%
100 26.2% 35.5% 25.5% 26.9% 27.5% 26.6%

Death rate by age in South Korea compared to Thailand

In South Korea, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 87 in Thailand. The median age of death is 86.8 in South Korea and 81.8 in Thailand — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Korea
Male

Female
Thailand
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Korea Thailand
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 189.5 203.7 174.6 761 845 672
1 19.6 19.2 20.2 63.5 61.6 65.5
2 14.9 14.5 15.2 53.4 54.3 52.5
3 11.9 11.7 12.1 45.5 48.1 42.6
4 9.92 9.86 9.98 39.3 43.1 35.2
5 8.61 8.68 8.54 34.7 39.1 30
6 7.76 7.93 7.57 31.6 36.3 26.6
7 7.2 7.46 6.92 30.1 34.9 25
8 6.71 7.03 6.38 29.9 34.8 24.6
9 6.1 6.42 5.75 31 36.2 25.4
10 5.33 5.63 5.02 33.3 39.2 27.1
11 4.77 5.05 4.47 37.4 44.7 29.7
12 4.72 5.06 4.37 43.9 53.9 33.2
13 5.01 5.45 4.54 53.1 67.8 37.5
14 5.61 6.25 4.94 65.5 87.5 42.1
15 6.59 7.52 5.6 80.9 113.1 46.8
16 7.83 9.14 6.44 97.5 141.4 50.9
17 9.2 10.9 7.37 112.5 167.5 54.1
18 10.5 12.6 8.27 122.2 184.7 56
19 11.5 13.8 9.02 125.9 191.1 56.9
20 12.1 14.4 9.53 124.3 188 57.1
21 12.4 14.7 9.89 120.7 181.2 57
22 12.5 14.7 10.1 117.6 175 57.1
23 12.6 14.8 10.3 116.8 172.5 57.8
24 12.8 14.9 10.5 118.6 174.6 59.2
25 13.2 15.4 10.8 123.1 181 61.3
26 13.8 16.2 11.2 129.3 190.3 63.8
27 14.6 17.3 11.8 136 200.7 66.8
28 15.6 18.5 12.5 142.7 210.9 70.1
29 16.8 19.9 13.4 149.3 220.5 73.8
30 18.2 21.5 14.5 155.8 229.6 78
31 19.7 23.3 15.6 163.2 239.6 83.1
32 21.5 25.4 16.9 172.3 252 89.3
33 23.6 28.1 18.4 183.9 267.9 96.9
34 26 31.3 20 198.7 288.3 106
35 28.9 35.1 21.7 216.6 313 116.5
36 32.3 39.8 23.6 237.3 342 128
37 36.1 45.3 25.6 259.7 375 140.2
38 40.1 51.5 27.4 283 409 152.4
39 44.8 58.7 29.5 307 444 164.3
40 50.2 66.9 31.8 329 477 175.9
41 55.8 75.6 34.2 350 509 187.4
42 61.9 85.1 37 370 537 198.9
43 68.6 95.3 40.2 389 561 211
44 76.2 106.4 44 406 582 224
45 84.3 118.5 48.1 422 600 238
46 93.1 131.9 52.6 438 617 253.3
47 104.4 148.4 58.3 455 636 270.1
48 116.1 166 63.9 474 656 288.2
49 126.7 182.6 68.3 494 678 307
50 137.9 200.6 72.6 515 702 327
51 151 221.8 77.5 537 727 347
52 164.8 244.9 82.1 559 751 367
53 182.4 273 88.5 580 773 386
54 206.2 309 98.8 601 797 405
55 232.6 349 111.9 627 829 425
56 260.8 391 126.9 656 867 446
57 290 435 143.6 686 904 468
58 322 481 162.3 716 941 490
59 359 531 182.7 747 979 514
60 398 585 204.3 782 1,023 541
61 443 649 231.4 818 1,065 569
62 501 727 266.7 852 1,105 595
63 563 810 305 897 1,156 630
64 636 909 354 937 1,204 663
65 730 1,035 424 967 1,237 687
66 837 1,167 507 1,023 1,302 734
67 936 1,279 588 1,133 1,427 826
68 1,012 1,359 656 1,249 1,556 929
69 1,068 1,416 712 1,352 1,664 1,027
70 1,109 1,458 760 1,439 1,748 1,117
71 1,153 1,507 801 1,520 1,820 1,207
72 1,225 1,589 862 1,605 1,892 1,304
73 1,347 1,729 968 1,702 1,973 1,416
74 1,512 1,917 1,112 1,815 2,067 1,548
75 1,706 2,136 1,283 1,946 2,174 1,701
76 1,925 2,380 1,478 2,090 2,289 1,874
77 2,149 2,624 1,680 2,240 2,402 2,060
78 2,355 2,849 1,876 2,389 2,506 2,253
79 2,548 3,050 2,065 2,529 2,595 2,448
80 2,726 3,228 2,253 2,658 2,666 2,639
81 2,894 3,393 2,454 2,779 2,719 2,829
82 3,068 3,548 2,673 2,888 2,755 3,014
83 3,257 3,697 2,914 2,986 2,775 3,193
84 3,448 3,833 3,175 3,072 2,778 3,364
85 3,628 3,949 3,445 3,139 2,763 3,517
86 3,793 4,036 3,713 3,180 2,726 3,642
87 3,931 4,072 3,963 3,193 2,668 3,731
88 4,023 4,047 4,181 3,171 2,586 3,775
89 4,064 3,960 4,351 3,107 2,476 3,762
90 4,047 3,805 4,469 3,009 2,344 3,702
91 3,978 3,585 4,529 2,878 2,190 3,596
92 3,854 3,319 4,513 2,704 2,011 3,427
93 3,670 2,997 4,428 2,505 1,819 3,222
94 3,435 2,625 4,281 2,298 1,626 2,999
95 3,154 2,227 4,062 2,082 1,435 2,757
96 2,846 1,839 3,778 1,855 1,247 2,491
97 2,513 1,472 3,426 1,615 1,060 2,196
98 2,167 1,138 3,025 1,374 882 1,890
99 1,820 846 2,596 1,143 719 1,589
100 1,496 465 2,272 906 530 1,303

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 South Korea and Thailand 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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