South Korea · Annual SERIES
Life expectancy in South Korea
Years a newborn would be expected to live if the age-specific mortality rates in the observation year continued throughout life.
83.63years at birth
2024Observation year
+0.24% 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 | 83.6292682926829 | present |
| 2023 | 83.4292682926829 | present |
| 2022 | 82.6804878048781 | present |
| 2021 | 83.5268292682927 | present |
| 2020 | 83.4268292682927 | present |
| 2019 | 83.2268292682927 | present |
| 2018 | 82.6268292682927 | present |
| 2017 | 82.6268292682927 | present |
| 2016 | 82.2756097560976 | present |
| 2015 | 82.0243902439024 | present |
| 2014 | 81.7219512195122 | present |
| 2013 | 81.2707317073171 | present |
| 2012 | 80.819512195122 | present |
| 2011 | 80.5682926829269 | present |
| 2010 | 80.1170731707317 | present |
| 2009 | 79.9682926829268 | present |
| 2008 | 79.5170731707317 | present |
| 2007 | 79.119512195122 | present |
| 2006 | 78.6682926829268 | present |
| 2005 | 78.1682926829268 | present |
| 2004 | 77.6658536585366 | present |
| 2003 | 77.2146341463415 | present |
| 2002 | 76.7658536585366 | present |
| 2001 | 76.4121951219512 | present |
| 2000 | 75.909756097561 | 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.