North Korea · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in North Korea
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
73.74years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.14% from 2023
years at birth · World Bank · Missing observations remain gaps.
Underlying data
Download CSV| Year | Value | Status & source note |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Not available | missing |
| 2024 | 73.743 | present |
| 2023 | 73.642 | present |
| 2022 | 73.641 | present |
| 2021 | 73.437 | present |
| 2020 | 72.783 | present |
| 2019 | 72.928 | present |
| 2018 | 73.02 | present |
| 2017 | 73.034 | present |
| 2016 | 72.971 | present |
| 2015 | 72.825 | present |
| 2014 | 72.451 | present |
| 2013 | 71.867 | present |
| 2012 | 71.317 | present |
| 2011 | 70.772 | present |
| 2010 | 70.246 | present |
| 2009 | 69.702 | present |
| 2008 | 69.303 | present |
| 2007 | 69.021 | present |
| 2006 | 69.061 | present |
| 2005 | 69.168 | present |
| 2004 | 69.294 | present |
| 2003 | 69.399 | present |
| 2002 | 60.877 | present |
| 2001 | 60.893 | present |
| 2000 | 60.911 | present |
Definition & method
WDI publishes period life expectancy from UN population data and national demographic sources, derived from life tables and age-specific mortality rates.
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
What to keep in mind
- This summarizes mortality conditions in a year; it does not predict how long a particular baby will live.
- It is a period life-table measure, rather than a measure of a completed birth cohort.
- Some underlying demographic estimates are interpolated and may not capture each annual event precisely.
- Missing years remain missing; the site does not extrapolate future life expectancy.