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

Life expectancy by current age

Chart Table

South Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Current age, years	Total life expectancy, years
	South Korea			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	102.8	102.1	102.9	101.9	101.8	102
99	102	101.3	102.1	101	100.9	101
98	101.2	100.4	101.3	100.1	99.9	100.1
97	100.5	99.6	100.6	99.2	99	99.2
96	99.7	98.8	99.8	98.3	98.1	98.3
95	99	98	99.1	97.4	97.2	97.4
94	98.3	97.2	98.5	96.5	96.3	96.6
93	97.6	96.5	97.8	95.6	95.4	95.7
92	96.9	95.7	97.2	94.8	94.6	94.9
91	96.2	95	96.6	93.9	93.7	94
90	95.6	94.4	96	93.1	92.8	93.2
89	95	93.7	95.5	92.2	92	92.4
88	94.4	93.1	95	91.4	91.1	91.6
87	93.9	92.5	94.5	90.6	90.3	90.8
86	93.3	91.9	94	89.8	89.5	90
85	92.8	91.3	93.6	89	88.7	89.2
84	92.4	90.8	93.2	88.3	87.9	88.4
83	91.9	90.3	92.8	87.5	87.1	87.7
82	91.5	89.8	92.4	86.8	86.3	87
81	91.1	89.3	92.1	86	85.6	86.3
80	90.7	88.9	91.7	85.3	84.8	85.6
79	90.3	88.5	91.4	84.7	84.1	85
78	89.9	88.1	91.1	84	83.5	84.3
77	89.6	87.7	90.9	83.4	82.8	83.7
76	89.3	87.3	90.6	82.8	82.2	83.2
75	89	87	90.4	82.2	81.6	82.6
74	88.7	86.7	90.2	81.7	81	82.1
73	88.5	86.4	90	81.1	80.5	81.6
72	88.3	86.1	89.9	80.6	79.9	81.1
71	88	85.9	89.7	80.2	79.4	80.7
70	87.8	85.6	89.6	79.7	79	80.3
69	87.6	85.3	89.4	79.3	78.5	79.9
68	87.4	85.1	89.3	78.9	78.1	79.5
67	87.2	84.8	89.1	78.6	77.7	79.2
66	87	84.6	89	78.2	77.3	78.9
65	86.8	84.4	88.9	77.9	77	78.6
64	86.7	84.2	88.8	77.6	76.6	78.3
63	86.5	84	88.7	77.3	76.3	78.1
62	86.4	83.8	88.7	77	76	77.8
61	86.3	83.7	88.6	76.8	75.7	77.6
60	86.2	83.5	88.5	76.5	75.4	77.4
59	86.1	83.4	88.5	76.2	75.1	77.1
58	86	83.3	88.4	76	74.9	76.9
57	85.9	83.1	88.4	75.8	74.6	76.7
56	85.8	83	88.4	75.6	74.3	76.6
55	85.8	82.9	88.3	75.3	74.1	76.4
54	85.7	82.8	88.3	75.1	73.9	76.2
53	85.6	82.8	88.3	74.9	73.6	76
52	85.6	82.7	88.2	74.7	73.4	75.9
51	85.5	82.6	88.2	74.6	73.2	75.7
50	85.5	82.5	88.2	74.4	73	75.6
49	85.4	82.5	88.1	74.2	72.8	75.4
48	85.4	82.4	88.1	74	72.6	75.3
47	85.4	82.4	88.1	73.9	72.4	75.2
46	85.3	82.3	88.1	73.7	72.2	75.1
45	85.3	82.3	88.1	73.6	72.1	74.9
44	85.2	82.2	88	73.5	71.9	74.8
43	85.2	82.2	88	73.3	71.7	74.7
42	85.2	82.2	88	73.2	71.6	74.6
41	85.2	82.1	88	73.1	71.4	74.5
40	85.1	82.1	88	72.9	71.3	74.4
39	85.1	82.1	88	72.8	71.2	74.3
38	85.1	82.1	87.9	72.7	71	74.2
37	85.1	82	87.9	72.6	70.9	74.2
36	85.1	82	87.9	72.5	70.8	74.1
35	85.1	82	87.9	72.4	70.7	74
34	85	82	87.9	72.3	70.5	73.9
33	85	82	87.9	72.2	70.4	73.8
32	85	82	87.9	72.1	70.3	73.8
31	85	82	87.9	72	70.2	73.7
30	85	81.9	87.9	71.9	70.1	73.6
29	85	81.9	87.8	71.9	70	73.6
28	85	81.9	87.8	71.8	69.9	73.5
27	85	81.9	87.8	71.7	69.8	73.5
26	85	81.9	87.8	71.6	69.7	73.4
25	85	81.9	87.8	71.5	69.6	73.3
24	85	81.9	87.8	71.4	69.5	73.3
23	84.9	81.9	87.8	71.4	69.4	73.2
22	84.9	81.9	87.8	71.3	69.3	73.2
21	84.9	81.9	87.8	71.2	69.2	73.1
20	84.9	81.8	87.8	71.1	69.1	73
19	84.9	81.8	87.8	71	69	73
18	84.9	81.8	87.8	71	68.9	72.9
17	84.9	81.8	87.8	70.9	68.8	72.9
16	84.9	81.8	87.8	70.9	68.8	72.8
15	84.9	81.8	87.8	70.8	68.7	72.8
14	84.9	81.8	87.8	70.8	68.7	72.7
13	84.9	81.8	87.8	70.7	68.6	72.7
12	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.7	68.6	72.7
11	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.6	68.5	72.6
10	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.6	68.5	72.6
9	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.5	68.4	72.6
8	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.5	68.4	72.5
7	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.4	68.3	72.5
6	84.9	81.8	87.7	70.3	68.2	72.4
5	84.8	81.8	87.7	70.3	68.1	72.3
4	84.8	81.8	87.7	70.1	68	72.2
3	84.8	81.7	87.7	70	67.8	72.1
2	84.8	81.7	87.7	69.7	67.5	71.9
1	84.8	81.7	87.7	69.4	67.1	71.5
0	84.6	81.6	87.5	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 South Korea can expect to live to 85 years compared to 71.9 in Zambia, rising to 86.8 and 77.9 at 65, and to 90.7 and 85.3 at 80 — higher than the 84.6 and 66.9 years calculated at birth.

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

Probability of surviving to a given age

Chart Table

South Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Survival probability
	South Korea			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	5.61%	1.7%	8.36%	0.08%	0.04%	0.13%
99	7.43%	2.54%	11%	0.14%	0.06%	0.2%
98	9.59%	3.68%	14%	0.21%	0.1%	0.32%
97	12.1%	5.15%	17.4%	0.33%	0.16%	0.48%
96	15%	6.99%	21.2%	0.5%	0.25%	0.72%
95	18.1%	9.22%	25.2%	0.74%	0.39%	1.05%
94	21.5%	11.8%	29.5%	1.06%	0.57%	1.49%
93	25.2%	14.8%	34%	1.49%	0.84%	2.07%
92	29.1%	18.2%	38.5%	2.06%	1.19%	2.82%
91	33%	21.7%	43%	2.77%	1.66%	3.76%
90	37.1%	25.6%	47.5%	3.69%	2.28%	4.93%
89	41.2%	29.5%	51.8%	4.8%	3.06%	6.34%
88	45.2%	33.6%	56%	6.15%	4.04%	8.02%
87	49.1%	37.6%	60%	7.76%	5.24%	9.97%
86	52.9%	41.7%	63.7%	9.63%	6.69%	12.2%
85	56.5%	45.6%	67.1%	11.8%	8.4%	14.8%
84	60%	49.4%	70.3%	14.2%	10.4%	17.6%
83	63.2%	53.1%	73.2%	16.9%	12.7%	20.7%
82	66.3%	56.7%	75.9%	19.8%	15.2%	23.9%
81	69.2%	60.1%	78.3%	22.9%	17.9%	27.4%
80	71.9%	63.3%	80.6%	26.3%	21%	31%
79	74.5%	66.4%	82.7%	29.7%	24.2%	34.8%
78	76.8%	69.2%	84.5%	33.3%	27.5%	38.5%
77	79%	71.8%	86.2%	36.8%	30.8%	42.3%
76	80.9%	74.2%	87.7%	40.3%	34.2%	45.9%
75	82.6%	76.4%	89%	43.8%	37.7%	49.5%
74	84.1%	78.3%	90.1%	47.2%	41%	52.9%
73	85.5%	80%	91.1%	50.4%	44.2%	56.2%
72	86.7%	81.6%	91.9%	53.4%	47.4%	59.2%
71	87.8%	83.1%	92.7%	56.3%	50.3%	62%
70	89%	84.6%	93.5%	59%	53.1%	64.7%
69	90%	86%	94.2%	61.4%	55.7%	67%
68	91%	87.3%	94.8%	63.7%	58.2%	69.2%
67	92%	88.6%	95.4%	65.8%	60.4%	71.1%
66	92.8%	89.8%	95.9%	67.7%	62.5%	72.9%
65	93.5%	90.8%	96.4%	69.4%	64.4%	74.5%
64	94.2%	91.7%	96.7%	71.1%	66.2%	76%
63	94.7%	92.5%	97%	72.6%	67.9%	77.3%
62	95.2%	93.3%	97.3%	74%	69.5%	78.6%
61	95.7%	93.9%	97.5%	75.3%	70.9%	79.7%
60	96.1%	94.5%	97.7%	76.5%	72.3%	80.8%
59	96.4%	95%	97.9%	77.7%	73.6%	81.8%
58	96.8%	95.5%	98.1%	78.8%	74.9%	82.7%
57	97%	95.9%	98.2%	79.7%	76%	83.6%
56	97.3%	96.3%	98.3%	80.7%	77.1%	84.3%
55	97.5%	96.7%	98.5%	81.5%	78.1%	85.1%
54	97.7%	97%	98.6%	82.4%	79.1%	85.7%
53	97.9%	97.3%	98.6%	83.1%	80%	86.4%
52	98.1%	97.5%	98.7%	83.9%	80.8%	87%
51	98.2%	97.7%	98.8%	84.5%	81.6%	87.5%
50	98.4%	97.9%	98.9%	85.2%	82.4%	88%
49	98.5%	98.1%	98.9%	85.8%	83.1%	88.5%
48	98.6%	98.3%	99%	86.3%	83.8%	88.9%
47	98.7%	98.4%	99.1%	86.8%	84.4%	89.3%
46	98.8%	98.6%	99.1%	87.3%	84.9%	89.7%
45	98.9%	98.7%	99.2%	87.8%	85.5%	90.1%
44	99%	98.8%	99.2%	88.2%	86%	90.4%
43	99.1%	98.9%	99.2%	88.6%	86.5%	90.7%
42	99.1%	99%	99.3%	88.9%	86.9%	91%
41	99.2%	99%	99.3%	89.3%	87.3%	91.3%
40	99.2%	99.1%	99.3%	89.6%	87.7%	91.5%
39	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%	89.9%	88.1%	91.8%
38	99.3%	99.2%	99.4%	90.2%	88.5%	92%
37	99.3%	99.3%	99.4%	90.5%	88.8%	92.2%
36	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	90.8%	89.1%	92.4%
35	99.4%	99.3%	99.5%	91%	89.4%	92.6%
34	99.4%	99.4%	99.5%	91.3%	89.7%	92.8%
33	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	91.5%	90%	93%
32	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	91.7%	90.3%	93.1%
31	99.5%	99.4%	99.5%	91.9%	90.5%	93.3%
30	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	92.1%	90.8%	93.4%
29	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	92.3%	91%	93.6%
28	99.5%	99.5%	99.6%	92.5%	91.2%	93.7%
27	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	92.6%	91.4%	93.8%
26	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	92.8%	91.7%	93.9%
25	99.6%	99.5%	99.6%	93%	91.9%	94.1%
24	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	93.1%	92.1%	94.2%
23	99.6%	99.6%	99.6%	93.3%	92.3%	94.3%
22	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	93.4%	92.5%	94.4%
21	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	93.6%	92.7%	94.5%
20	99.6%	99.6%	99.7%	93.7%	92.9%	94.6%
19	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	93.9%	93%	94.7%
18	99.7%	99.6%	99.7%	94%	93.2%	94.8%
17	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.1%	93.3%	94.9%
16	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.2%	93.4%	95%
15	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.3%	93.6%	95%
14	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.4%	93.6%	95.1%
13	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.4%	93.7%	95.2%
12	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.5%	93.8%	95.2%
11	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.6%	93.9%	95.3%
10	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.6%	94%	95.3%
9	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.7%	94.1%	95.4%
8	99.7%	99.7%	99.7%	94.8%	94.1%	95.5%
7	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	94.9%	94.2%	95.5%
6	99.7%	99.7%	99.8%	95%	94.4%	95.6%
5	99.8%	99.7%	99.8%	95.1%	94.5%	95.7%
4	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	95.3%	94.7%	95.9%
3	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	95.5%	95%	96.1%
2	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	95.9%	95.4%	96.4%
1	99.8%	99.8%	99.8%	96.4%	96%	96.9%

This chart shows the odds of living to each age from birth. 96.1% of newborns in South Korea and 76.5% in Zambia are expected to live past 60, 89% and 59% past 70, 71.9% and 26.3% past 80, and only 37.1% 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

South Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

1x

Age	Probability of dying
	South Korea			Zambia
	Average	Male	Female	Average	Male	Female
100	26.2%	35.5%	25.5%	39.7%	41.8%	39.1%
99	24.5%	33.3%	23.7%	38.3%	40.4%	37.6%
98	22.6%	30.9%	21.6%	36.6%	38.7%	35.9%
97	20.8%	28.6%	19.7%	35.2%	37.4%	34.4%
96	19%	26.3%	17.8%	33.7%	36.1%	32.9%
95	17.4%	24.2%	16.1%	32.2%	34.6%	31.4%
94	15.9%	22.2%	14.5%	30.5%	32.8%	29.7%
93	14.6%	20.2%	13%	28.9%	31.3%	28.1%
92	13.3%	18.3%	11.7%	27.5%	29.8%	26.6%
91	12%	16.5%	10.5%	25.8%	28.2%	24.9%
90	10.9%	14.9%	9.42%	24.9%	27.2%	23.9%
89	9.87%	13.4%	8.4%	23.2%	25.6%	22.1%
88	8.91%	12.1%	7.47%	22%	24.3%	20.9%
87	8%	10.8%	6.61%	20.7%	22.9%	19.6%
86	7.17%	9.69%	5.83%	19.4%	21.6%	18.4%
85	6.42%	8.66%	5.13%	18.3%	20.4%	17.2%
84	5.75%	7.75%	4.52%	17.1%	19.2%	16.1%
83	5.15%	6.96%	3.98%	15.9%	17.8%	14.8%
82	4.63%	6.26%	3.52%	14.8%	16.7%	13.7%
81	4.18%	5.65%	3.13%	13.5%	15.3%	12.5%
80	3.79%	5.1%	2.8%	12.8%	14.5%	11.9%
79	3.42%	4.6%	2.5%	11.6%	13.2%	10.7%
78	3.07%	4.12%	2.22%	10.6%	12.1%	9.8%
77	2.72%	3.65%	1.95%	9.59%	10.9%	8.8%
76	2.38%	3.21%	1.69%	8.72%	9.95%	7.99%
75	2.07%	2.8%	1.44%	7.93%	9.05%	7.24%
74	1.8%	2.45%	1.23%	7.12%	8.15%	6.47%
73	1.58%	2.16%	1.06%	6.39%	7.34%	5.77%
72	1.41%	1.95%	0.94%	5.74%	6.61%	5.16%
71	1.31%	1.81%	0.86%	5.04%	5.84%	4.49%
70	1.25%	1.72%	0.81%	4.59%	5.31%	4.08%
69	1.19%	1.65%	0.76%	4%	4.67%	3.51%
68	1.11%	1.56%	0.69%	3.57%	4.18%	3.12%
67	1.02%	1.44%	0.62%	3.16%	3.71%	2.73%
66	0.9%	1.3%	0.53%	2.8%	3.3%	2.41%
65	0.78%	1.14%	0.44%	2.5%	2.94%	2.14%
64	0.68%	0.99%	0.37%	2.28%	2.7%	1.94%
63	0.59%	0.88%	0.31%	2.09%	2.49%	1.77%
62	0.53%	0.78%	0.27%	1.92%	2.29%	1.61%
61	0.46%	0.69%	0.24%	1.74%	2.08%	1.44%
60	0.41%	0.62%	0.21%	1.62%	1.95%	1.35%
59	0.37%	0.56%	0.19%	1.46%	1.77%	1.2%
58	0.33%	0.5%	0.17%	1.35%	1.64%	1.1%
57	0.3%	0.45%	0.15%	1.24%	1.51%	1%
56	0.27%	0.41%	0.13%	1.15%	1.4%	0.93%
55	0.24%	0.36%	0.11%	1.07%	1.31%	0.86%
54	0.21%	0.32%	0.1%	1%	1.22%	0.8%
53	0.19%	0.28%	0.09%	0.93%	1.14%	0.73%
52	0.17%	0.25%	0.08%	0.87%	1.06%	0.69%
51	0.15%	0.23%	0.08%	0.79%	0.97%	0.62%
50	0.14%	0.2%	0.07%	0.75%	0.92%	0.59%
49	0.13%	0.19%	0.07%	0.68%	0.84%	0.53%
48	0.12%	0.17%	0.06%	0.63%	0.78%	0.49%
47	0.11%	0.15%	0.06%	0.59%	0.72%	0.45%
46	0.09%	0.13%	0.05%	0.55%	0.67%	0.42%
45	0.09%	0.12%	0.05%	0.51%	0.63%	0.39%
44	0.08%	0.11%	0.04%	0.48%	0.59%	0.37%
43	0.07%	0.1%	0.04%	0.45%	0.55%	0.34%
42	0.06%	0.09%	0.04%	0.42%	0.52%	0.32%
41	0.06%	0.08%	0.03%	0.39%	0.48%	0.3%
40	0.05%	0.07%	0.03%	0.37%	0.46%	0.28%
39	0.05%	0.06%	0.03%	0.35%	0.43%	0.26%
38	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.33%	0.41%	0.25%
37	0.04%	0.05%	0.03%	0.3%	0.38%	0.23%
36	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.29%	0.36%	0.22%
35	0.03%	0.04%	0.02%	0.27%	0.34%	0.2%
34	0.03%	0.03%	0.02%	0.26%	0.32%	0.19%
33	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.24%	0.31%	0.18%
32	0.02%	0.03%	0.02%	0.23%	0.29%	0.17%
31	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.22%	0.28%	0.16%
30	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.21%	0.27%	0.16%
29	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.2%	0.26%	0.15%
28	0.02%	0.02%	0.01%	0.2%	0.25%	0.14%
27	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.19%	0.24%	0.14%
26	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.18%	0.24%	0.13%
25	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.18%	0.23%	0.13%
24	0.01%	0.02%	0.01%	0.18%	0.23%	0.12%
23	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
22	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.17%	0.22%	0.12%
21	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.16%	0.21%	0.11%
20	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.15%	0.2%	0.11%
19	0.01%	0.01%	0.009%	0.14%	0.18%	0.1%
18	0.01%	0.01%	0.008%	0.13%	0.17%	0.1%
17	0.009%	0.01%	0.007%	0.12%	0.15%	0.09%
16	0.008%	0.009%	0.006%	0.11%	0.13%	0.08%
15	0.007%	0.008%	0.006%	0.09%	0.11%	0.08%
14	0.006%	0.006%	0.005%	0.08%	0.1%	0.07%
13	0.005%	0.005%	0.005%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
12	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
11	0.005%	0.005%	0.004%	0.07%	0.08%	0.06%
10	0.005%	0.006%	0.005%	0.07%	0.09%	0.06%
9	0.006%	0.006%	0.006%	0.08%	0.09%	0.06%
8	0.007%	0.007%	0.006%	0.09%	0.1%	0.07%
7	0.007%	0.007%	0.007%	0.1%	0.11%	0.08%
6	0.008%	0.008%	0.008%	0.11%	0.13%	0.1%
5	0.009%	0.009%	0.009%	0.14%	0.16%	0.12%
4	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.18%	0.2%	0.15%
3	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.24%	0.28%	0.21%
2	0.01%	0.01%	0.02%	0.35%	0.41%	0.3%
1	0.02%	0.02%	0.02%	0.58%	0.66%	0.49%
0	0.19%	0.2%	0.17%	3.57%	4%	3.15%

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

The annual chance of dying is 0.19% in the birth year in South Korea and 3.57% in Zambia, 0.02% vs 0.21% at age 30, 0.41% vs 1.62% at 60, and 3.79% vs 12.8% at 80.

Death rate by age in South Korea vs Zambia

Chart Table

South Korea

Male

Female

Zambia

Male

Female

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Age	Death rate
	South Korea			Zambia
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
100	1,496	465	2,272	0	0	0
99	1,820	846	2,596	52.1	25	76.3
98	2,167	1,138	3,025	78.4	39.1	113.5
97	2,513	1,472	3,426	116.4	60.5	166.2
96	2,846	1,839	3,778	168.4	91.1	236.9
95	3,154	2,227	4,062	237.3	133.6	329
94	3,435	2,625	4,281	323	188.7	442
93	3,670	2,997	4,428	431	261.6	581
92	3,854	3,319	4,513	565	355	750
91	3,978	3,585	4,529	715	468	933
90	4,047	3,805	4,469	917	619	1,180
89	4,064	3,960	4,351	1,113	782	1,403
88	4,023	4,047	4,181	1,353	982	1,679
87	3,931	4,072	3,963	1,602	1,201	1,955
86	3,793	4,036	3,713	1,873	1,448	2,249
85	3,628	3,949	3,445	2,151	1,711	2,544
84	3,448	3,833	3,175	2,432	1,993	2,828
83	3,257	3,697	2,914	2,677	2,256	3,061
82	3,068	3,548	2,673	2,926	2,529	3,293
81	2,894	3,393	2,454	3,095	2,752	3,419
80	2,726	3,228	2,253	3,368	3,043	3,680
79	2,548	3,050	2,065	3,452	3,177	3,724
78	2,355	2,849	1,876	3,543	3,315	3,780
77	2,149	2,624	1,680	3,530	3,372	3,721
76	1,925	2,380	1,478	3,518	3,408	3,670
75	1,706	2,136	1,283	3,474	3,408	3,586
74	1,512	1,917	1,112	3,359	3,344	3,423
73	1,347	1,729	968	3,219	3,248	3,241
72	1,225	1,589	862	3,069	3,132	3,057
71	1,153	1,507	801	2,837	2,940	2,783
70	1,109	1,458	760	2,709	2,822	2,641
69	1,068	1,416	712	2,458	2,605	2,352
68	1,012	1,359	656	2,277	2,432	2,158
67	936	1,279	588	2,079	2,244	1,945
66	837	1,167	507	1,894	2,059	1,755
65	730	1,035	424	1,736	1,896	1,598
64	636	909	354	1,623	1,790	1,476
63	563	810	305	1,520	1,690	1,367
62	501	727	266.7	1,424	1,593	1,268
61	443	649	231.4	1,307	1,479	1,148
60	398	585	204.3	1,243	1,409	1,088
59	359	531	182.7	1,137	1,304	978
58	322	481	162.3	1,064	1,225	909
57	290	435	143.6	989	1,145	835
56	260.8	391	126.9	932	1,083	782
55	232.6	349	111.9	874	1,020	728
54	206.2	309	98.8	824	966	682
53	182.4	273	88.5	773	909	635
52	164.8	244.9	82.1	729	858	597
51	151	221.8	77.5	672	796	543
50	137.9	200.6	72.6	639	756	516
49	126.7	182.6	68.3	587	699	470
48	116.1	166	63.9	548	654	437
47	104.4	148.4	58.3	509	609	403
46	93.1	131.9	52.6	476	570	377
45	84.3	118.5	48.1	450	540	355
44	76.2	106.4	44	421	505	331
43	68.6	95.3	40.2	396	476	312
42	61.9	85.1	37	376	452	295.7
41	55.8	75.6	34.2	348	421	271.8
40	50.2	66.9	31.8	334	404	260
39	44.8	58.7	29.5	311	378	240.8
38	40.1	51.5	27.4	294.2	359	227
37	36.1	45.3	25.6	275.8	339	211.1
36	32.3	39.8	23.6	261.5	322	199.7
35	28.9	35.1	21.7	248	306	188.3
34	26	31.3	20	234.4	290	177.5
33	23.6	28.1	18.4	223	276.8	168.3
32	21.5	25.4	16.9	212.8	265	159.9
31	19.7	23.3	15.6	201.3	251.6	150.3
30	18.2	21.5	14.5	195.5	244.5	146
29	16.8	19.9	13.4	186.9	234.8	138.4
28	15.6	18.5	12.5	180.9	228	133.4
27	14.6	17.3	11.8	175.1	221.9	128
26	13.8	16.2	11.2	170.6	217.3	123.5
25	13.2	15.4	10.8	166.5	213.3	119.4
24	12.8	14.9	10.5	163.1	209.9	116
23	12.6	14.8	10.3	159	205.5	112.3
22	12.5	14.7	10.1	154.4	199.7	108.8
21	12.4	14.7	9.89	148.7	191.6	105.5
20	12.1	14.4	9.53	141.8	181.3	102
19	11.5	13.8	9.02	133.6	168.9	97.9
18	10.5	12.6	8.27	124	154.6	93.1
17	9.2	10.9	7.37	111.9	136.8	86.8
16	7.83	9.14	6.44	100.4	120	80.7
15	6.59	7.52	5.6	88.5	103.9	72.8
14	5.61	6.25	4.94	79.5	92.7	66.2
13	5.01	5.45	4.54	72.9	84.4	61.3
12	4.72	5.06	4.37	69.1	79.8	58.4
11	4.77	5.05	4.47	67.9	78.3	57.4
10	5.33	5.63	5.02	69.5	80.4	58.5
9	6.1	6.42	5.75	73.6	85.2	61.8
8	6.71	7.03	6.38	80.8	93.2	68.2
7	7.2	7.46	6.92	91.9	105.4	78.2
6	7.76	7.93	7.57	107.4	122.3	92.3
5	8.61	8.68	8.54	129.5	146.6	112.1
4	9.92	9.86	9.98	168.3	191.1	145.2
3	11.9	11.7	12.1	233.1	267.5	198.2
2	14.9	14.5	15.2	337	387	285.6
1	19.6	19.2	20.2	555	635	473
0	189.5	203.7	174.6	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 South Korea, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 0 in Zambia. The median age of death is 86.8 in South 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 South Korea and Zambia more than their death rates.

Life expectancy in other countries

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