Korea - Life expectancy at birth

Life expectancy at birth, female (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, female (years) in Korea was 86.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 59.51 in 1960.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 59.51
1961 60.07
1962 60.53
1963 60.96
1964 61.39
1965 61.88
1966 62.45
1967 63.09
1968 63.76
1969 64.48
1970 65.80
1971 66.30
1972 66.80
1973 67.30
1974 67.80
1975 68.20
1976 68.60
1977 69.10
1978 69.50
1979 69.90
1980 70.40
1981 70.90
1982 71.50
1983 71.90
1984 72.60
1985 73.20
1986 73.80
1987 74.30
1988 74.80
1989 75.30
1990 75.90
1991 76.40
1992 76.80
1993 77.30
1994 77.70
1995 77.90
1996 78.30
1997 78.70
1998 79.00
1999 79.20
2000 79.70
2001 80.10
2002 80.30
2003 80.80
2004 81.20
2005 81.60
2006 82.10
2007 82.50
2008 83.00
2009 83.40
2010 83.60
2011 84.00
2012 84.20
2013 84.60
2014 85.00
2015 85.20
2016 85.40
2017 85.70
2018 85.70
2019 86.30
2020 86.50

Life expectancy at birth, total (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, total (years) in Korea was 83.43 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 83.43 in 2020 and a minimum value of 55.42 in 1960.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision, or derived from male and female life expectancy at birth from sources such as: (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3)

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Year Value
1960 55.42
1961 56.01
1962 56.51
1963 56.97
1964 57.44
1965 57.97
1966 58.58
1967 59.24
1968 59.94
1969 60.68
1970 62.16
1971 62.61
1972 63.01
1973 63.41
1974 63.80
1975 64.15
1976 64.50
1977 64.90
1978 65.20
1979 65.55
1980 66.05
1981 66.55
1982 67.10
1983 67.55
1984 68.20
1985 68.80
1986 69.45
1987 70.00
1988 70.55
1989 71.05
1990 71.60
1991 72.05
1992 72.50
1993 73.00
1994 73.40
1995 73.70
1996 74.15
1997 74.60
1998 75.00
1999 75.41
2000 75.91
2001 76.41
2002 76.77
2003 77.21
2004 77.67
2005 78.17
2006 78.67
2007 79.12
2008 79.52
2009 79.97
2010 80.12
2011 80.57
2012 80.82
2013 81.27
2014 81.72
2015 82.02
2016 82.28
2017 82.63
2018 82.63
2019 83.23
2020 83.43

Life expectancy at birth, male (years)

The value for Life expectancy at birth, male (years) in Korea was 80.50 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 80.50 in 2020 and a minimum value of 51.52 in 1960.

Definition: Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 51.52
1961 52.15
1962 52.69
1963 53.18
1964 53.68
1965 54.24
1966 54.88
1967 55.58
1968 56.31
1969 57.06
1970 58.70
1971 59.10
1972 59.40
1973 59.70
1974 60.00
1975 60.30
1976 60.60
1977 60.90
1978 61.10
1979 61.40
1980 61.90
1981 62.40
1982 62.90
1983 63.40
1984 64.00
1985 64.60
1986 65.30
1987 65.90
1988 66.50
1989 67.00
1990 67.50
1991 67.90
1992 68.40
1993 68.90
1994 69.30
1995 69.70
1996 70.20
1997 70.70
1998 71.20
1999 71.80
2000 72.30
2001 72.90
2002 73.40
2003 73.80
2004 74.30
2005 74.90
2006 75.40
2007 75.90
2008 76.20
2009 76.70
2010 76.80
2011 77.30
2012 77.60
2013 78.10
2014 78.60
2015 79.00
2016 79.30
2017 79.70
2018 79.70
2019 80.30
2020 80.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Mortality