Life expectancy: North Korea

73.6418 years in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 82 years from 1908 to 2023 are below.

Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.

Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.

Every year

YearValue (years)
202373.6418
202273.6411
202173.4366
202072.7826
201972.9282
201873.0196
201773.0344
201672.9708
201572.8253
201472.4508
201371.8667
201271.3171
201170.7724
201070.2456
200969.7023
200869.3032
200769.0211
200669.0615
200569.1675
200469.2942
200369.3986
200260.8772
200160.8926
200060.9111
199960.9098
199860.887
199760.8694
199660.8204
199560.766
199470.4716
199370.7937
199271.0092
199170.7174
199070.4835
198970.2694
198870.0518
198769.7674
198669.5413
198569.2315
198468.8814
198368.5026
198268.0896
198167.6566
198067.2083
197966.7482
197866.2923
197765.8106
197665.3252
197564.8305
197464.3349
197363.8155
197263.2543
197162.6628
197062.0491
196961.4108
196860.7566
196760.0865
196659.4235
196558.7854
196458.1701
196357.5785
196256.9976
196156.4079
196055.8141
195955.172
195854.4781
195753.6785
195652.7829
195551.7663
195450.6336
195340.2559
195232.7909
195117.6635
195014.2015
194244.889
193842.571
193337.388
192833.605
192329.534
191826.977
191324.981
190823.508