Who dies: share of all deaths, by age and sex

Republic of Korea

2074

Life expectancy: 90.1

Life expectancy at birth, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1 2074 +1 +5

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Life expectancy at birth in Republic of Korea is projected at 90.1 years in 2074: 93.0 for women and 87.2 for men, a gap of 5.8 years. 649,222 people are projected to die; 98.2% of them would be 65 or older and 0.0% children under five. The most common age at death is projected to be 90-94. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Key indicators, 2074

Life expectancy at birth

90.1

Women

93.0

Men

87.2

Life expectancy at 65

26.2

Infant deaths per 1,000 births

0.9

Under-5 deaths per 1,000 births

1.1

Deaths

649,222

Deaths per 1,000 people

20.0

Men dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

Women dying between 15 and 60 (per 1,000)

Life expectancy is a period measure: how long a newborn would live if 2074's death rates at each age stayed the same for their whole life.

Death rate by age, 2074

Deaths per 1,000 people per year in each age group. Logarithmic scale: each gridline is ten times the one below. Hover for exact values.

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Age	Death rate, women (‰)	Death rate, men (‰)	Years left, women	Years left, men
0	0.68	1.02	93.0	87.2
1-4	0.05	0.06	92.1	86.3
5-9	0.02	0.03	88.1	82.3
10-14	0.02	0.03	83.1	77.3
15-19	0.03	0.06	78.1	72.3
20-24	0.04	0.08	73.1	67.3
25-29	0.05	0.09	68.2	62.4
30-34	0.08	0.14	63.2	57.4
35-39	0.12	0.24	58.2	52.4
40-44	0.18	0.45	53.2	47.5
45-49	0.27	0.78	48.3	42.6
50-54	0.38	1.29	43.3	37.7
55-59	0.63	2.22	38.4	33.0
60-64	1.12	3.70	33.5	28.3
65-69	2.35	6.58	28.7	23.8
70-74	4.01	9.89	24.0	19.5
75-79	8.45	18.81	19.4	15.4
80-84	17.29	35.53	15.2	11.6
85-89	35.96	67.89	11.3	8.4
90-94	72.85	128.92	8.0	5.7
95-99	145.44	235.13	5.4	3.8
100+	270.27	391.96	3.7	2.6

Mortality in Republic of Korea by year

Mortality in Republic of Korea, 2074

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