Korea Rep.'s Life Expectancy

LATEST ESTIMATE IN YEARS

Life expectancy is the average age of death in each country.
Korea Rep.'s life expectancy is years against a global average is 73.7 years.

Korea Rep.'s data is highlighted in the table below, use the filter and sort order options to allow easy comparison with other countries.

Data source: United Nations, Washington D.C.


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Country: 1980
(Years)		 1990
(Years)		 2000
(Years)		 2010
(Years)		 2025
(Years)		 2030
(Years)		 2050
(Years)
Hong Kong 74.2 77.4 80.7 82.9 85.8 86.4 89.1
Japan 76.1 79.0 81.2 82.9 85.0 85.7 88.4
Korea, Rep. 64.8 71.0 76.2 80.7 84.5 85.1 87.3
Australia 74.6 77.0 79.6 82.0 84.2 84.9 87.2
Switzerland 75.6 77.4 79.8 82.3 84.2 84.9 87.3
Italy 74.1 77.0 79.6 82.1 84.0 84.7 87.2
Singapore 71.5 74.6 77.8 81.6 84.0 84.7 87.1
Spain 75.5 77.0 79.4 82.0 84.0 84.6 87.1
France 74.2 76.8 79.0 81.4 83.6 84.2 86.6
Malta 72.3 76.2 77.9 81.4 83.6 84.3 86.8
Norway 75.7 76.6 78.7 81.0 83.6 84.3 86.8
Sweden 75.7 77.6 79.7 81.5 83.6 84.3 86.8
United Arab Emirates 68.2 71.1 76.3 81.9 83.2 84.0 86.6
Iceland 76.6 77.7 79.5 81.6 83.2 83.9 86.3
Canada 75.1 77.4 79.2 81.3 82.9 83.7 86.2
Israel 73.7 78.0 79.2 82.0 82.8 83.5 86.1
Ireland 72.5 74.8 76.5 80.6 82.7 83.6 86.2
Portugal 71.7 74.3 76.8 80.1 82.7 83.5 86.2
Qatar 69.9 73.4 75.3 79.4 82.7 83.4 85.9
Luxembourg 72.4 75.0 77.3 80.1 82.5 83.2 85.8
Belgium 73.2 76.1 77.8 80.0 82.4 83.2 85.9
Netherlands 75.8 77.0 78.1 80.8 82.4 83.2 85.9
New Zealand 72.9 75.4 78.7 81.1 82.4 83.1 85.7
Austria 72.7 75.7 78.2 80.5 82.3 83.1 85.9
Denmark 74.1 74.9 76.8 79.2 82.2 83.0 85.6
Finland 73.6 75.0 77.7 80.0 82.2 83.0 85.7
Greece 74.5 77.3 78.4 80.6 82.2 83.1 85.8
Cyprus 72.8 76.0 77.9 80.6 82.0 82.8 85.7
Slovenia 71.8 73.5 75.8 79.3 81.9 82.7 85.4
Germany 73.1 75.3 78.1 80.1 81.7 82.5 85.2
Bahrain 70.7 72.6 74.7 78.6 81.6 82.4 85.2
Chile 69.5 73.7 77.1 79.1 81.5 82.4 85.5
United Kingdom 73.6 75.7 77.8 80.4 81.6 82.4 85.1
Costa Rica 73.0 76.1 77.3 79.4 81.2 82.1 85.3
Taiwan 72.0 73.9 76.1 79.0 80.9 81.9 84.9
Kuwait 71.1 72.9 75.9 77.5 80.8 81.7 84.9
Oman 59.6 69.0 73.6 77.2 80.5 81.4 84.9
Czechia 70.3 71.4 75.0 77.6 80.1 80.8 83.6
Albania 69.9 72.7 74.8 78.4 80.0 80.8 84.1
Panama 69.5 71.3 73.4 76.4 80.0 80.9 84.1
United States 73.7 75.4 76.8 78.7 79.6 80.4 83.2
Estonia 69.5 69.9 71.0 75.9 79.5 80.3 83.2
Saudi Arabia 62.4 68.9 72.6 75.6 79.2 80.3 84.0
Croatia 71.0 72.2 74.0 76.7 78.9 79.8 82.9
Poland 70.5 70.6 73.6 76.3 79.0 79.8 83.0
Slovak Republic 70.4 70.8 73.1 75.5 78.7 79.5 82.6
Uruguay 70.5 73.0 74.7 76.7 78.5 79.3 82.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina 69.6 71.5 75.3 76.8 78.2 79.1 82.5
China 64.2 68.2 72.3 75.7 78.4 79.8 83.4
Jordan 66.5 70.1 71.9 73.8 78.1 78.9 82.1
Colombia 66.7 68.7 70.9 74.9 78.1 79.0 82.4
Lebanon 59.9 65.5 73.9 77.5 78.1 78.8 81.6
Peru 60.0 64.0 69.8 72.9 78.1 79.0 82.3
Sri Lanka 68.0 69.2 71.2 74.5 77.9 78.7 82.1
Ecuador 63.3 68.4 72.1 75.2 77.8 78.7 81.9
Argentina 68.6 71.6 73.9 75.7 77.7 78.4 81.4
North Macedonia 69.1 71.3 72.6 75.0 77.7 78.4 81.3
Türkiye 62.7 67.8 71.9 75.0 77.8 79.1 82.5
Hungary 69.1 69.4 71.8 74.5 77.3 78.1 81.3
Serbia 71.1 72.2 72.3 74.4 77.1 78.1 81.5
Malaysia 68.1 71.0 72.7 75.4 77.0 77.8 81.1
Tunisia 63.7 69.1 72.6 74.4 76.9 77.9 81.5
Thailand 62.2 68.9 71.2 75.0 76.8 77.9 81.7
Algeria 54.5 67.7 70.6 74.1 76.7 77.7 81.3
Latvia 69.1 69.5 70.2 73.0 76.5 77.2 80.2
Cabo Verde 61.0 63.9 68.1 72.5 76.4 77.2 80.6
Lithuania 70.7 71.4 72.1 73.2 76.3 77.1 80.2
Romania 69.2 69.8 71.2 73.6 76.2 77.0 80.1
Brazil 61.8 65.9 69.6 73.8 76.2 77.1 80.3
Armenia 65.4 67.7 70.8 72.9 76.0 76.8 80.0
Bulgaria 71.1 71.3 71.6 73.8 76.0 76.7 79.9
Brunei 69.0 71.6 74.0 74.8 75.7 76.5 79.6
Morocco 55.2 62.4 66.8 70.8 75.7 76.5 79.8
Mexico 64.3 69.0 72.6 73.7 75.4 76.4 79.8
Mauritius 66.5 69.8 71.8 73.6 75.3 76.1 79.5
Nicaragua 58.0 62.5 66.4 71.8 75.3 76.1 79.2
Bangladesh 52.3 55.8 62.0 68.0 75.2 76.5 80.9
Bahamas, The 69.1 70.9 72.5 73.4 74.9 75.6 78.7
Georgia 68.3 68.7 70.1 71.7 74.8 75.6 78.8
Ukraine 69.8 70.4 67.8 70.2 74.9 75.7 78.8
Vietnam 65.3 69.0 72.7 73.6 74.9 75.7 78.9
Azerbaijan 61.4 62.8 65.4 70.3 74.7 75.5 78.6
Belarus 70.7 71.1 68.5 70.5 74.8 75.7 79.0
Kazakhstan 62.5 65.7 63.8 68.3 74.7 75.4 78.3
Paraguay 64.6 67.3 70.0 72.6 74.1 74.8 77.5
Dominican Republic 63.4 67.7 70.4 72.0 74.0 74.6 77.2
Suriname 60.7 62.1 64.4 69.6 73.9 74.6 77.5
Trinidad and Tobago 66.5 67.6 68.6 71.8 73.7 74.4 77.3
Bhutan 48.2 55.8 61.8 68.8 73.5 74.8 79.1
Russia 67.5 69.3 65.0 68.2 73.5 74.4 77.9
Honduras 60.4 65.2 68.3 69.8 73.2 74.1 77.3
Guatemala 55.3 61.8 67.1 69.9 72.9 73.6 76.4
Uzbekistan 63.0 65.8 65.5 69.8 72.7 73.3 76.0
El Salvador 48.6 62.0 67.7 70.9 72.5 73.6 77.5
India 53.6 58.6 62.7 67.2 72.5 73.6 77.5
Mongolia 55.2 58.8 63.5 67.1 72.2 73.4 77.7
Tajikistan 58.6 61.6 63.5 68.4 72.1 72.7 75.4
Egypt 55.7 62.5 67.3 69.1 72.0 72.9 76.1
Kyrgyzstan 61.5 64.8 65.2 67.5 72.0 72.7 75.7
Jamaica 69.0 71.7 71.3 72.0 71.7 72.4 75.0
Indonesia 58.7 63.2 66.3 68.4 71.4 72.2 74.9
Moldova 65.2 67.9 67.5 69.9 71.5 72.2 75.0
Libya 64.8 69.3 70.5 72.2 73.2 75.9 79.3
Cambodia 47.5 55.2 59.5 67.3 71.0 71.8 74.5
Nepal 48.3 54.8 62.6 66.8 70.9 72.1 76.0
Guyana 60.8 62.3 64.1 66.2 70.4 71.1 73.7
Turkmenistan 60.2 63.9 64.9 68.6 70.3 71.0 73.6
Philippines 61.9 64.4 67.8 68.9 70.1 70.7 73.2
Yemen, Rep. 50.6 58.5 62.8 67.2 69.6 70.3 72.7
Botswana 62.5 60.1 52.3 59.1 69.4 70.1 72.6
Laos 48.6 54.0 58.3 63.7 69.5 70.6 74.2
Senegal 48.3 56.7 57.6 64.2 69.2 70.3 73.8
Bolivia 51.8 56.8 62.1 66.0 68.9 69.7 72.6
Mauritania 53.2 58.1 61.0 65.7 68.9 70.0 73.5
Gabon 57.9 60.7 61.8 64.7 68.7 69.5 72.5
Uganda 43.5 47.6 49.6 60.0 68.7 69.8 73.4
Rwanda 48.1 47.8 47.8 62.8 68.2 69.3 72.8
Pakistan 57.2 59.7 61.9 64.4 67.9 68.6 71.3
Ethiopia 42.8 45.1 50.9 59.7 67.9 69.2 73.3
Malawi 44.3 43.6 46.2 57.8 67.7 68.6 71.7
Namibia 56.6 61.4 52.9 56.1 67.7 68.4 70.9
Tanzania 51.3 52.0 53.2 61.1 67.4 68.4 71.8
Myanmar 54.4 57.2 60.4 63.5 67.3 68.3 71.6
Comoros 50.7 55.6 58.9 62.7 67.2 68.4 72.1
Sudan 54.1 55.5 58.9 63.0 66.7 67.6 70.9
Zambia 55.5 48.2 46.6 56.9 66.7 67.5 70.5
Afghanistan 39.3 45.1 55.0 60.7 66.5 67.6 70.9
Papua New Guinea 57.4 59.8 61.6 63.1 66.4 67.0 69.2
South Africa 60.0 62.9 58.4 58.9 66.5 67.3 70.3
Gambia 45.0 51.3 56.9 61.2 66.3 67.2 70.2
Congo, Rep. 56.8 57.1 55.4 61.7 66.2 67.2 70.5
Ghana 51.1 55.4 58.1 61.3 65.9 66.8 70.0
Haiti 50.0 53.2 58.2 45.6 65.3 66.1 69.0
Angola 42.2 41.9 46.5 57.2 65.0 65.9 68.8
Eswatini 58.2 61.2 47.6 48.3 64.4 65.1 67.5
Guinea-Bissau 43.6 46.9 50.6 57.0 64.4 65.2 68.0
Cameroon 50.9 54.3 53.3 57.0 64.2 65.5 69.5
Burundi 45.7 45.2 47.6 57.1 64.0 64.8 67.6
Kenya 59.2 58.3 56.1 60.9 64.0 64.9 67.9
Madagascar 50.0 52.1 58.0 62.6 64.0 65.0 68.3
Mozambique 44.0 44.3 49.5 55.0 64.0 64.8 67.8
Zimbabwe 59.1 58.3 46.0 51.9 63.3 64.7 69.1
Togo 52.1 54.6 54.6 57.2 63.1 64.1 67.4
Liberia 44.1 37.6 51.9 59.4 62.5 63.2 65.8
Congo, Dem. Rep 45.5 48.5 51.9 56.4 62.2 63.0 66.0
Cote d'Ivoire 51.4 52.8 51.4 55.3 62.3 63.1 65.9
Sierra Leone 42.8 43.7 44.8 51.9 62.2 63.0 66.0
Niger 39.3 41.7 49.2 57.1 61.7 62.8 66.5
Burkina Faso 46.5 49.3 50.8 56.3 61.5 62.4 65.5
Benin 47.7 53.0 56.6 58.4 61.1 62.0 64.9
Guinea 42.8 47.3 52.4 56.4 61.1 61.9 64.7
Mali 40.3 46.5 50.6 56.0 60.9 61.9 65.4
Lesotho 56.5 59.3 48.8 46.0 58.2 60.2 66.0
Central African Republic 49.8 49.9 46.6 46.9 57.9 59.1 63.4
Chad 43.5 45.1 47.9 50.1 55.4 56.2 59.2
Nigeria 46.0 45.7 47.1 51.3 54.8 55.6 58.5


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