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

Updated on by Georank team

The average life expectancy at birth is 84.6 years in South Korea vs 63.6 in Zimbabwe. South Korea is ranked 4/197 by life expectancy, and Zimbabwe is 180/197. In South Korea, the life expectancy is 81.6 years for males and 87.5 years for females. In Zimbabwe, it's 61 years for males and 65.9 years for females.

South Korea vs Zimbabwe life expectancy at birth by year chart

South Korea
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Year Life expectancy, years
South Korea Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1950 22.2 17.5 34.6 49.4 47.2 51.7
1951 26.6 21 38.2 49.8 47.6 52.1
1952 36.6 31.7 42.9 50.2 48 52.5
1953 40.5 36.8 44.8 50.6 48.4 52.9
1954 46.1 43.9 48.4 51 48.8 53.3
1955 48.4 46.2 50.7 51.4 49.1 53.7
1956 50.2 48.1 52.5 51.8 49.5 54.2
1957 51.6 49.5 53.8 52.2 49.9 54.6
1958 51.8 49.5 54.3 52.6 50.2 55
1959 52.9 50.6 55.5 53 50.6 55.5
1960 53.8 51.4 56.3 53.5 51.1 56
1961 54.4 52 57 54 51.5 56.5
1962 55 52.7 57.6 54.5 52 57
1963 55 52.5 57.7 54.9 52.4 57.5
1964 55.3 52.7 58.3 55.4 52.9 58
1965 55.8 52.9 59 55.9 53.3 58.5
1966 55.4 52.5 58.7 56.4 53.7 59
1967 60.9 57.2 64.8 56.8 54.1 59.5
1968 60.9 57.2 64.9 57.1 54.4 59.9
1969 61.4 57.7 65.4 57.5 54.8 60.2
1970 62.2 58.5 66.1 57.8 55.1 60.5
1971 62.7 58.9 66.7 58 55.3 60.7
1972 63.2 59.3 67.4 58.2 55.5 60.9
1973 63.8 59.9 68 58.1 55.2 61
1974 64.2 60.2 68.6 58.2 55.3 61.1
1975 64.7 60.6 69.1 58.2 55.4 61.2
1976 65 60.9 69.5 57.6 54.2 61.3
1977 64.6 60.3 69.4 57 53 61.3
1978 65 60.5 70 54.7 49 61.2
1979 66.1 61.5 71.3 54.9 49.2 61.3
1980 64.8 60.5 69.7 59.1 56.2 62.2
1981 67.1 62.4 72.3 59.4 56.4 62.5
1982 67.1 62.5 72 59.9 56.8 63
1983 66.7 62.3 71.5 60 56.7 63.3
1984 68.1 63.7 72.8 60.6 57.3 63.9
1985 68.4 63.9 73.2 60.9 57.5 64.3
1986 69 64.5 73.8 61 57.5 64.5
1987 69.3 64.9 74 60.7 57.2 64.3
1988 70.2 65.7 74.9 60.2 56.8 63.8
1989 70.7 66.3 75.2 59.4 56.1 62.9
1990 71 66.8 75.4 58.3 55.2 61.6
1991 71.4 67.2 75.8 57 54.1 60.1
1992 72.2 68.1 76.4 55.6 52.9 58.4
1993 72.7 68.6 77 54 51.6 56.5
1994 72.9 68.8 77.1 52.5 50.4 54.8
1995 73.4 69.3 77.5 51.1 49.2 53.2
1996 74 70 78.1 49 46.9 51.1
1997 74.5 70.5 78.6 48.5 47 50.1
1998 75 71 79.1 47.6 46 49.2
1999 75.6 71.7 79.6 46.4 45 47.8
2000 76.2 72.3 80.1 46 44.8 47.3
2001 76.9 73 80.8 44.5 44 45.1
2002 77.2 73.4 81 45.9 45.1 46.8
2003 77.5 73.8 81.1 45.4 45 45.8
2004 78 74.3 81.6 46 45.7 46.5
2005 78.4 74.8 82 46.6 46.2 47
2006 79 75.4 82.5 47.1 46.9 47.4
2007 79.4 75.9 82.8 47.6 47.6 47.6
2008 80 76.3 83.5 48.5 48.2 48.7
2009 80.6 76.9 84 49.7 49.2 50.3
2010 80.7 77.1 84.2 51.9 51.2 52.7
2011 81.2 77.5 84.6 53.9 52.5 55.2
2012 81.3 77.7 84.7 55.4 54.1 56.6
2013 81.8 78.2 85.2 56.8 55.4 58.2
2014 82.4 78.7 85.7 58.1 56.6 59.5
2015 82.5 79 85.8 59 57.3 60.5
2016 82.9 79.4 86.1 59.8 57.9 61.4
2017 83.3 79.9 86.4 60.3 58.3 62
2018 83.3 79.9 86.4 60.9 58.9 62.7
2019 83.7 80.3 86.7 61.1 58.8 63
2020 83.7 80.3 86.8 61.5 59.1 63.7
2021 83.9 80.5 86.9 60.1 57.7 62.3
2022 82.7 79.6 85.8 62.4 59.9 64.5
2023 84.3 81.2 87.2 62.8 60.2 65
2024 84.4 81.3 87.3 63.1 60.5 65.3
2025 84.5 81.4 87.4 63.3 60.8 65.6
2026 84.6 81.6 87.5 63.6 61 65.9

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 51.2 in Zimbabwe. People who reach age 60 can expect an additional 19.6 healthy years in South Korea and 10.4 in Zimbabwe.

South Korea vs Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe, 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 38.5 years

Mean expected age of death:
85.0 vs 68.5 years

Median expected age of death:
86.8 vs 70.7 years

Odds of living to

Target age Survival probability
South Korea Zimbabwe
Male Female Male Female
40 99.6% 99.8% 93.7% 95.2%
50 98.5% 99.3% 83.3% 87.7%
60 95.0% 98.2% 67.6% 76.0%
65 91.3% 96.8% 57.2% 67.5%
70 85.0% 93.9% 45.2% 57.0%
75 76.8% 89.4% 32.1% 44.6%
80 63.7% 80.9% 19.3% 31.3%
85 45.9% 67.4% 9.1% 18.2%
90 25.7% 47.7% 3.0% 7.8%
95 9.3% 25.4% 0.6% 2.2%
100 1.7% 8.4% 0.1% 0.4%

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 Zimbabwe: 85 years vs 68.5 at 30, 86.8 vs 78.3 at 65, 90.7 vs 86.4 at 80 — significantly higher than the 84.6 vs 63.6 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 Zimbabwe.

South Korea
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Current age, years Total life expectancy, years
South Korea Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 84.6 81.6 87.5 63.6 61 65.9
1 84.8 81.7 87.7 65.6 63.2 67.7
2 84.8 81.7 87.7 66 63.5 68.1
3 84.8 81.7 87.7 66.2 63.6 68.3
4 84.8 81.8 87.7 66.3 63.8 68.4
5 84.8 81.8 87.7 66.4 63.9 68.5
6 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.5 64 68.6
7 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.5 64 68.7
8 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.6 64.1 68.7
9 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.6 64.1 68.8
10 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.7 64.2 68.8
11 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.7 64.2 68.8
12 84.9 81.8 87.7 66.8 64.2 68.9
13 84.9 81.8 87.8 66.8 64.3 68.9
14 84.9 81.8 87.8 66.8 64.3 69
15 84.9 81.8 87.8 66.9 64.4 69
16 84.9 81.8 87.8 67 64.4 69.1
17 84.9 81.8 87.8 67 64.5 69.1
18 84.9 81.8 87.8 67.1 64.6 69.2
19 84.9 81.8 87.8 67.2 64.7 69.3
20 84.9 81.8 87.8 67.3 64.8 69.3
21 84.9 81.9 87.8 67.4 64.9 69.4
22 84.9 81.9 87.8 67.5 65 69.5
23 84.9 81.9 87.8 67.6 65.1 69.6
24 85 81.9 87.8 67.7 65.3 69.7
25 85 81.9 87.8 67.8 65.4 69.8
26 85 81.9 87.8 68 65.5 70
27 85 81.9 87.8 68.1 65.7 70.1
28 85 81.9 87.8 68.2 65.8 70.2
29 85 81.9 87.8 68.4 66 70.4
30 85 81.9 87.9 68.5 66.2 70.5
31 85 82 87.9 68.7 66.3 70.6
32 85 82 87.9 68.9 66.5 70.8
33 85 82 87.9 69 66.7 71
34 85 82 87.9 69.2 66.9 71.1
35 85.1 82 87.9 69.4 67.1 71.3
36 85.1 82 87.9 69.6 67.3 71.5
37 85.1 82 87.9 69.8 67.5 71.7
38 85.1 82.1 87.9 70 67.8 71.9
39 85.1 82.1 88 70.2 68 72
40 85.1 82.1 88 70.5 68.2 72.2
41 85.2 82.1 88 70.7 68.5 72.5
42 85.2 82.2 88 70.9 68.7 72.7
43 85.2 82.2 88 71.2 69 72.9
44 85.2 82.2 88 71.4 69.3 73.1
45 85.3 82.3 88.1 71.7 69.6 73.3
46 85.3 82.3 88.1 71.9 69.9 73.6
47 85.4 82.4 88.1 72.2 70.2 73.8
48 85.4 82.4 88.1 72.5 70.5 74
49 85.4 82.5 88.1 72.7 70.8 74.3
50 85.5 82.5 88.2 73 71.1 74.6
51 85.5 82.6 88.2 73.3 71.4 74.8
52 85.6 82.7 88.2 73.6 71.8 75.1
53 85.6 82.8 88.3 73.9 72.1 75.4
54 85.7 82.8 88.3 74.2 72.5 75.7
55 85.8 82.9 88.3 74.6 72.8 76
56 85.8 83 88.4 74.9 73.2 76.3
57 85.9 83.1 88.4 75.2 73.6 76.6
58 86 83.3 88.4 75.6 74 76.9
59 86.1 83.4 88.5 75.9 74.4 77.2
60 86.2 83.5 88.5 76.3 74.8 77.5
61 86.3 83.7 88.6 76.7 75.2 77.9
62 86.4 83.8 88.7 77.1 75.6 78.2
63 86.5 84 88.7 77.5 76.1 78.6
64 86.7 84.2 88.8 77.9 76.5 79
65 86.8 84.4 88.9 78.3 77 79.4
66 87 84.6 89 78.8 77.5 79.8
67 87.2 84.8 89.1 79.2 77.9 80.2
68 87.4 85.1 89.3 79.7 78.4 80.7
69 87.6 85.3 89.4 80.2 79 81.1
70 87.8 85.6 89.6 80.7 79.5 81.6
71 88 85.9 89.7 81.2 80 82.1
72 88.3 86.1 89.9 81.7 80.6 82.5
73 88.5 86.4 90 82.2 81.2 83
74 88.7 86.7 90.2 82.8 81.7 83.5
75 89 87 90.4 83.4 82.3 84.1
76 89.3 87.3 90.6 83.9 83 84.6
77 89.6 87.7 90.9 84.5 83.6 85.2
78 89.9 88.1 91.1 85.1 84.2 85.7
79 90.3 88.5 91.4 85.8 84.9 86.3
80 90.7 88.9 91.7 86.4 85.6 86.9
81 91.1 89.3 92.1 87 86.3 87.5
82 91.5 89.8 92.4 87.7 87 88.1
83 91.9 90.3 92.8 88.4 87.7 88.7
84 92.4 90.8 93.2 89 88.4 89.4
85 92.8 91.3 93.6 89.8 89.2 90.1
86 93.3 91.9 94 90.5 90 90.8
87 93.9 92.5 94.5 91.2 90.8 91.5
88 94.4 93.1 95 92 91.6 92.2
89 95 93.7 95.5 92.8 92.4 93
90 95.6 94.4 96 93.6 93.2 93.8
91 96.2 95 96.6 94.4 94 94.5
92 96.9 95.7 97.2 95.2 94.9 95.3
93 97.6 96.5 97.8 96 95.7 96.1
94 98.3 97.2 98.5 96.9 96.6 97
95 99 98 99.1 97.7 97.5 97.8
96 99.7 98.8 99.8 98.6 98.4 98.7
97 100.5 99.6 100.6 99.5 99.2 99.5
98 101.2 100.4 101.3 100.4 100.1 100.4
99 102 101.3 102.1 101.2 101 101.3
100 102.8 102.1 102.9 102.2 101.9 102.2

Odds of living to age in South Korea vs Zimbabwe

The chart below shows the odds of living to all ages starting from birth. Of the newborn cohort, 96.1% in South Korea and 66.2% in Zimbabwe are expected to survive till at least 60 years old, 89% and 47.3% will live to 70 years or older, 71.9% and 23.5% to 80+ years, and 37.1% and 4.99% 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
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Survival probability
South Korea Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
1 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.9% 96.6% 97.3%
2 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.5% 96.1% 96.8%
3 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 96.2% 95.8% 96.5%
4 99.8% 99.8% 99.8% 95.9% 95.6% 96.3%
5 99.8% 99.7% 99.8% 95.8% 95.5% 96.1%
6 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 95.7% 95.3% 96%
7 99.7% 99.7% 99.8% 95.6% 95.2% 95.9%
8 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95.5% 95.1% 95.8%
9 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95.4% 95.1% 95.8%
10 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95.3% 95% 95.7%
11 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95.3% 94.9% 95.6%
12 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95.2% 94.8% 95.6%
13 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95.1% 94.8% 95.5%
14 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 95% 94.7% 95.4%
15 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 94.9% 94.6% 95.3%
16 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 94.8% 94.5% 95.2%
17 99.7% 99.7% 99.7% 94.7% 94.3% 95.1%
18 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 94.6% 94.2% 95%
19 99.7% 99.6% 99.7% 94.4% 94% 94.9%
20 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 94.2% 93.8% 94.7%
21 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 94% 93.5% 94.5%
22 99.6% 99.6% 99.7% 93.8% 93.3% 94.4%
23 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 93.6% 93% 94.2%
24 99.6% 99.6% 99.6% 93.3% 92.7% 93.9%
25 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 93.1% 92.4% 93.7%
26 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 92.8% 92.1% 93.5%
27 99.6% 99.5% 99.6% 92.5% 91.7% 93.2%
28 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 92.1% 91.4% 92.9%
29 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 91.8% 91% 92.6%
30 99.5% 99.5% 99.6% 91.4% 90.6% 92.3%
31 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 91.1% 90.1% 91.9%
32 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 90.7% 89.7% 91.6%
33 99.5% 99.4% 99.5% 90.2% 89.2% 91.2%
34 99.4% 99.4% 99.5% 89.8% 88.7% 90.8%
35 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 89.3% 88.1% 90.4%
36 99.4% 99.3% 99.5% 88.8% 87.5% 89.9%
37 99.3% 99.3% 99.4% 88.2% 86.9% 89.5%
38 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 87.7% 86.3% 89%
39 99.3% 99.2% 99.4% 87.1% 85.6% 88.4%
40 99.2% 99.1% 99.3% 86.4% 84.9% 87.9%
41 99.2% 99% 99.3% 85.8% 84.1% 87.3%
42 99.1% 99% 99.3% 85.1% 83.3% 86.7%
43 99.1% 98.9% 99.2% 84.4% 82.5% 86.1%
44 99% 98.8% 99.2% 83.6% 81.6% 85.5%
45 98.9% 98.7% 99.2% 82.9% 80.7% 84.8%
46 98.8% 98.6% 99.1% 82% 79.7% 84.1%
47 98.7% 98.4% 99.1% 81.2% 78.7% 83.4%
48 98.6% 98.3% 99% 80.3% 77.7% 82.6%
49 98.5% 98.1% 98.9% 79.4% 76.6% 81.8%
50 98.4% 97.9% 98.9% 78.4% 75.4% 81%
51 98.2% 97.7% 98.8% 77.4% 74.2% 80.1%
52 98.1% 97.5% 98.7% 76.3% 73% 79.1%
53 97.9% 97.3% 98.6% 75.2% 71.7% 78.2%
54 97.7% 97% 98.6% 74.1% 70.3% 77.2%
55 97.5% 96.7% 98.5% 72.9% 69% 76.1%
56 97.3% 96.3% 98.3% 71.7% 67.5% 75%
57 97% 95.9% 98.2% 70.4% 66% 73.9%
58 96.8% 95.5% 98.1% 69.1% 64.5% 72.7%
59 96.4% 95% 97.9% 67.6% 62.9% 71.4%
60 96.1% 94.5% 97.7% 66.2% 61.2% 70.1%
61 95.7% 93.9% 97.5% 64.6% 59.5% 68.7%
62 95.2% 93.3% 97.3% 63% 57.7% 67.2%
63 94.7% 92.5% 97% 61.2% 55.8% 65.7%
64 94.2% 91.7% 96.7% 59.5% 53.8% 64%
65 93.5% 90.8% 96.4% 57.6% 51.8% 62.3%
66 92.8% 89.8% 95.9% 55.6% 49.7% 60.5%
67 92% 88.6% 95.4% 53.6% 47.6% 58.6%
68 91% 87.3% 94.8% 51.6% 45.4% 56.7%
69 90% 86% 94.2% 49.5% 43.2% 54.7%
70 89% 84.6% 93.5% 47.3% 40.9% 52.6%
71 87.8% 83.1% 92.7% 45.1% 38.6% 50.4%
72 86.7% 81.6% 91.9% 42.8% 36.3% 48.2%
73 85.5% 80% 91.1% 40.4% 33.9% 45.9%
74 84.1% 78.3% 90.1% 38% 31.4% 43.6%
75 82.6% 76.4% 89% 35.6% 29% 41.2%
76 80.9% 74.2% 87.7% 33.2% 26.6% 38.7%
77 79% 71.8% 86.2% 30.7% 24.3% 36.3%
78 76.8% 69.2% 84.5% 28.3% 21.9% 33.8%
79 74.5% 66.4% 82.7% 25.9% 19.7% 31.3%
80 71.9% 63.3% 80.6% 23.5% 17.5% 28.8%
81 69.2% 60.1% 78.3% 21.2% 15.4% 26.4%
82 66.3% 56.7% 75.9% 19% 13.4% 24%
83 63.2% 53.1% 73.2% 16.8% 11.5% 21.5%
84 60% 49.4% 70.3% 14.7% 9.78% 19.1%
85 56.5% 45.6% 67.1% 12.7% 8.2% 16.8%
86 52.9% 41.7% 63.7% 10.8% 6.78% 14.5%
87 49.1% 37.6% 60% 9.1% 5.53% 12.4%
88 45.2% 33.6% 56% 7.56% 4.44% 10.5%
89 41.2% 29.5% 51.8% 6.18% 3.51% 8.72%
90 37.1% 25.6% 47.5% 4.99% 2.73% 7.15%
91 33% 21.7% 43% 3.95% 2.09% 5.75%
92 29.1% 18.2% 38.5% 3.08% 1.57% 4.57%
93 25.2% 14.8% 34% 2.36% 1.15% 3.55%
94 21.5% 11.8% 29.5% 1.77% 0.83% 2.71%
95 18.1% 9.22% 25.2% 1.3% 0.59% 2.02%
96 15% 6.99% 21.2% 0.94% 0.4% 1.47%
97 12.1% 5.15% 17.4% 0.66% 0.27% 1.05%
98 9.59% 3.68% 14% 0.46% 0.18% 0.73%
99 7.43% 2.54% 11% 0.31% 0.12% 0.5%
100 5.61% 1.7% 8.36% 0.2% 0.07% 0.33%

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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 3.05% in Zimbabwe, 0.02% vs 0.42% at age 30, 0.41% vs 2.37% at 60, and 3.79% vs 9.89% at 80.

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

South Korea
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Probability of dying
South Korea Zimbabwe
Average Male Female Average Male Female
0 0.19% 0.2% 0.17% 3.05% 3.4% 2.7%
1 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.5% 0.48% 0.52%
2 0.01% 0.01% 0.02% 0.32% 0.32% 0.32%
3 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.22% 0.22% 0.22%
4 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.16% 0.17% 0.16%
5 0.009% 0.009% 0.009% 0.12% 0.13% 0.12%
6 0.008% 0.008% 0.008% 0.1% 0.11% 0.1%
7 0.007% 0.007% 0.007% 0.09% 0.1% 0.09%
8 0.007% 0.007% 0.006% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
9 0.006% 0.006% 0.006% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
10 0.005% 0.006% 0.005% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
11 0.005% 0.005% 0.004% 0.07% 0.08% 0.07%
12 0.005% 0.005% 0.004% 0.08% 0.08% 0.07%
13 0.005% 0.005% 0.005% 0.08% 0.09% 0.08%
14 0.006% 0.006% 0.005% 0.1% 0.1% 0.09%
15 0.007% 0.008% 0.006% 0.11% 0.12% 0.1%
16 0.008% 0.009% 0.006% 0.13% 0.14% 0.12%
17 0.009% 0.01% 0.007% 0.15% 0.17% 0.13%
18 0.01% 0.01% 0.008% 0.17% 0.2% 0.15%
19 0.01% 0.01% 0.009% 0.19% 0.22% 0.16%
20 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.21% 0.25% 0.18%
21 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.23% 0.27% 0.19%
22 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.25% 0.29% 0.21%
23 0.01% 0.01% 0.01% 0.27% 0.31% 0.23%
24 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.29% 0.33% 0.25%
25 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.31% 0.35% 0.26%
26 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.33% 0.37% 0.29%
27 0.01% 0.02% 0.01% 0.35% 0.4% 0.31%
28 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.37% 0.42% 0.33%
29 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.4% 0.45% 0.35%
30 0.02% 0.02% 0.01% 0.42% 0.48% 0.37%
31 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.44% 0.51% 0.39%
32 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.47% 0.54% 0.41%
33 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.5% 0.58% 0.44%
34 0.03% 0.03% 0.02% 0.54% 0.62% 0.47%
35 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.57% 0.66% 0.5%
36 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.61% 0.71% 0.53%
37 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.64% 0.75% 0.55%
38 0.04% 0.05% 0.03% 0.68% 0.8% 0.59%
39 0.05% 0.06% 0.03% 0.72% 0.85% 0.62%
40 0.05% 0.07% 0.03% 0.76% 0.9% 0.65%
41 0.06% 0.08% 0.03% 0.8% 0.95% 0.68%
42 0.06% 0.09% 0.04% 0.84% 1% 0.71%
43 0.07% 0.1% 0.04% 0.89% 1.06% 0.75%
44 0.08% 0.11% 0.04% 0.93% 1.12% 0.78%
45 0.09% 0.12% 0.05% 0.99% 1.19% 0.83%
46 0.09% 0.13% 0.05% 1.04% 1.25% 0.87%
47 0.11% 0.15% 0.06% 1.09% 1.33% 0.92%
48 0.12% 0.17% 0.06% 1.16% 1.41% 0.98%
49 0.13% 0.19% 0.07% 1.22% 1.5% 1.03%
50 0.14% 0.2% 0.07% 1.3% 1.6% 1.1%
51 0.15% 0.23% 0.08% 1.36% 1.68% 1.15%
52 0.17% 0.25% 0.08% 1.44% 1.78% 1.23%
53 0.19% 0.28% 0.09% 1.52% 1.87% 1.29%
54 0.21% 0.32% 0.1% 1.6% 1.97% 1.36%
55 0.24% 0.36% 0.11% 1.69% 2.09% 1.44%
56 0.27% 0.41% 0.13% 1.79% 2.2% 1.53%
57 0.3% 0.45% 0.15% 1.91% 2.33% 1.62%
58 0.33% 0.5% 0.17% 2.04% 2.48% 1.73%
59 0.37% 0.56% 0.19% 2.19% 2.65% 1.85%
60 0.41% 0.62% 0.21% 2.37% 2.87% 1.99%
61 0.46% 0.69% 0.24% 2.53% 3.04% 2.13%
62 0.53% 0.78% 0.27% 2.73% 3.28% 2.31%
63 0.59% 0.88% 0.31% 2.92% 3.5% 2.49%
64 0.68% 0.99% 0.37% 3.14% 3.74% 2.7%
65 0.78% 1.14% 0.44% 3.38% 4.01% 2.93%
66 0.9% 1.3% 0.53% 3.58% 4.26% 3.1%
67 1.02% 1.44% 0.62% 3.82% 4.56% 3.31%
68 1.11% 1.56% 0.69% 4.09% 4.9% 3.54%
69 1.19% 1.65% 0.76% 4.38% 5.25% 3.78%
70 1.25% 1.72% 0.81% 4.75% 5.7% 4.11%
71 1.31% 1.81% 0.86% 5.06% 6.09% 4.37%
72 1.41% 1.95% 0.94% 5.51% 6.62% 4.76%
73 1.58% 2.16% 1.06% 5.92% 7.12% 5.11%
74 1.8% 2.45% 1.23% 6.38% 7.68% 5.51%
75 2.07% 2.8% 1.44% 6.87% 8.28% 5.94%
76 2.38% 3.21% 1.69% 7.37% 8.9% 6.37%
77 2.72% 3.65% 1.95% 7.89% 9.57% 6.81%
78 3.07% 4.12% 2.22% 8.54% 10.4% 7.38%
79 3.42% 4.6% 2.5% 9.11% 11.1% 7.87%
80 3.79% 5.1% 2.8% 9.89% 12.1% 8.58%
81 4.18% 5.65% 3.13% 10.5% 12.9% 9.17%
82 4.63% 6.26% 3.52% 11.6% 14% 10.2%
83 5.15% 6.96% 3.98% 12.5% 15% 11.2%
84 5.75% 7.75% 4.52% 13.6% 16.2% 12.3%
85 6.42% 8.66% 5.13% 14.7% 17.3% 13.3%
86 7.17% 9.69% 5.83% 15.8% 18.5% 14.5%
87 8% 10.8% 6.61% 16.9% 19.7% 15.6%
88 8.91% 12.1% 7.47% 18.2% 20.9% 16.8%
89 9.87% 13.4% 8.4% 19.3% 22.2% 18%
90 10.9% 14.9% 9.42% 20.9% 23.7% 19.6%
91 12% 16.5% 10.5% 21.9% 24.9% 20.6%
92 13.3% 18.3% 11.7% 23.5% 26.4% 22.2%
93 14.6% 20.2% 13% 24.9% 27.9% 23.7%
94 15.9% 22.2% 14.5% 26.4% 29.5% 25.4%
95 17.4% 24.2% 16.1% 28.1% 31% 27.1%
96 19% 26.3% 17.8% 29.6% 32.5% 28.7%
97 20.8% 28.6% 19.7% 31.1% 33.9% 30.2%
98 22.6% 30.9% 21.6% 32.4% 35.2% 31.7%
99 24.5% 33.3% 23.7% 34.3% 36.9% 33.6%
100 26.2% 35.5% 25.5% 35.7% 38.2% 35%

Death rate by age in South Korea compared to Zimbabwe

In South Korea, the most common age of death is 89, compared to 0 in Zimbabwe. The median age of death is 86.8 in South Korea and 68.8 in Zimbabwe — only half of the newborns in both countries are expected to live past these ages.

South Korea
Male

Female
Zimbabwe
Male

Female
Age Death rate
South Korea Zimbabwe
Total Male Female Total Male Female
0 189.5 203.7 174.6 3,053 3,402 2,699
1 19.6 19.2 20.2 484 463 505
2 14.9 14.5 15.2 308 305 311
3 11.9 11.7 12.1 211.7 213.4 209.9
4 9.92 9.86 9.98 153.9 157.9 149.8
5 8.61 8.68 8.54 116.6 119.9 113.1
6 7.76 7.93 7.57 98.5 103 94
7 7.2 7.46 6.92 87.5 92.4 82.5
8 6.71 7.03 6.38 78.6 83.3 73.8
9 6.1 6.42 5.75 72.9 76.9 68.8
10 5.33 5.63 5.02 70.4 74.5 66.2
11 4.77 5.05 4.47 70.9 76.1 65.5
12 4.72 5.06 4.37 73.9 79.4 68.4
13 5.01 5.45 4.54 80.4 85.9 74.8
14 5.61 6.25 4.94 90.9 97.8 83.9
15 6.59 7.52 5.6 106.1 114.9 97.1
16 7.83 9.14 6.44 122.8 135.4 110
17 9.2 10.9 7.37 143.2 161.3 124.9
18 10.5 12.6 8.27 164.9 188.9 140.6
19 11.5 13.8 9.02 182.4 209.2 155.3
20 12.1 14.4 9.53 200.4 229.9 170.6
21 12.4 14.7 9.89 216.1 249.9 182.2
22 12.5 14.7 10.1 234.1 270.1 198.3
23 12.6 14.8 10.3 251.5 289 214.4
24 12.8 14.9 10.5 268.5 307 231.1
25 13.2 15.4 10.8 286.4 326 248.2
26 13.8 16.2 11.2 304 344 267.1
27 14.6 17.3 11.8 324 365 286.2
28 15.6 18.5 12.5 343 387 303
29 16.8 19.9 13.4 363 409 323
30 18.2 21.5 14.5 385 436 341
31 19.7 23.3 15.6 403 458 356
32 21.5 25.4 16.9 428 487 379
33 23.6 28.1 18.4 453 517 400
34 26 31.3 20 481 550 423
35 28.9 35.1 21.7 512 586 450
36 32.3 39.8 23.6 539 619 473
37 36.1 45.3 25.6 568 655 496
38 40.1 51.5 27.4 599 691 522
39 44.8 58.7 29.5 627 725 545
40 50.2 66.9 31.8 659 766 571
41 55.8 75.6 34.2 685 795 592
42 61.9 85.1 37 717 834 617
43 68.6 95.3 40.2 747 871 642
44 76.2 106.4 44 779 911 669
45 84.3 118.5 48.1 816 958 702
46 93.1 131.9 52.6 850 1,000 731
47 104.4 148.4 58.3 888 1,046 766
48 116.1 166 63.9 929 1,096 806
49 126.7 182.6 68.3 969 1,146 846
50 137.9 200.6 72.6 1,018 1,207 892
51 151 221.8 77.5 1,050 1,245 925
52 164.8 244.9 82.1 1,100 1,298 971
53 182.4 273 88.5 1,140 1,342 1,009
54 206.2 309 98.8 1,184 1,389 1,052
55 232.6 349 111.9 1,233 1,440 1,097
56 260.8 391 126.9 1,284 1,485 1,146
57 290 435 143.6 1,341 1,537 1,197
58 322 481 162.3 1,411 1,599 1,257
59 359 531 182.7 1,481 1,664 1,318
60 398 585 204.3 1,571 1,756 1,398
61 443 649 231.4 1,632 1,809 1,463
62 501 727 266.7 1,718 1,890 1,553
63 563 810 305 1,790 1,952 1,636
64 636 909 354 1,866 2,014 1,726
65 730 1,035 424 1,945 2,075 1,824
66 837 1,167 507 1,993 2,121 1,875
67 936 1,279 588 2,050 2,172 1,938
68 1,012 1,359 656 2,111 2,224 2,007
69 1,068 1,416 712 2,166 2,269 2,069
70 1,109 1,458 760 2,250 2,336 2,164
71 1,153 1,507 801 2,281 2,352 2,203
72 1,225 1,589 862 2,356 2,400 2,294
73 1,347 1,729 968 2,393 2,412 2,346
74 1,512 1,917 1,112 2,427 2,414 2,401
75 1,706 2,136 1,283 2,448 2,404 2,446
76 1,925 2,380 1,478 2,444 2,370 2,468
77 2,149 2,624 1,680 2,424 2,321 2,470
78 2,355 2,849 1,876 2,416 2,272 2,497
79 2,548 3,050 2,065 2,358 2,186 2,465
80 2,726 3,228 2,253 2,328 2,113 2,474
81 2,894 3,393 2,454 2,235 1,982 2,419
82 3,068 3,548 2,673 2,197 1,873 2,450
83 3,257 3,697 2,914 2,102 1,730 2,403
84 3,448 3,833 3,175 1,999 1,583 2,345
85 3,628 3,949 3,445 1,858 1,418 2,232
86 3,793 4,036 3,713 1,709 1,253 2,102
87 3,931 4,072 3,963 1,540 1,088 1,934
88 4,023 4,047 4,181 1,372 930 1,762
89 4,064 3,960 4,351 1,196 779 1,570
90 4,047 3,805 4,469 1,040 647 1,401
91 3,978 3,585 4,529 863 518 1,184
92 3,854 3,319 4,513 724 414 1,016
93 3,670 2,997 4,428 588 322 843
94 3,435 2,625 4,281 469 244.7 687
95 3,154 2,227 4,062 366 181.8 548
96 2,846 1,839 3,778 277.6 131.3 423
97 2,513 1,472 3,426 205 92.4 318
98 2,167 1,138 3,025 147.6 63.5 232.4
99 1,820 846 2,596 105.4 43.2 168.4
100 1,496 465 2,272 24.9 0 53

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 Zimbabwe 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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