South Korea: life expectancy by gender 1950-2100

In 2023, the average life expectancy at birth for men and women in South Korea was estimated to stand at 81.2 years and 87.2 years, respectively. Life expectancy at birth was particular low for men at the start of the 1950s due to the Korean War (1950-1953), and lagged 10 to 15 years behind women for decades. While women still have a longer life expectancy, the gap has been increasingly getting smaller, down to a difference of around six years in the 2020s. By the year 2100, it is estimated that life expectancy at birth for Korean women will have risen to 96 years, while their male counterparts are expected to reach 90.2 years old.

Estimated life expectancy at birth in South Korea from 1950 to 2023 with forecasts up to 2100, by gender (in years)

Characteristic	Male	Female
2100*	90.2	96
2099*	90.1	95.9
2098*	90	95.8
2097*	89.8	95.7
2096*	89.7	95.6
2095*	89.6	95.5
2094*	89.5	95.3
2093*	89.4	95.2
2092*	89.2	95.1
2091*	89.1	95
2090*	89	94.9
2089*	88.9	94.8
2088*	88.8	94.6
2087*	88.7	94.5
2086*	88.5	94.4
2085*	88.4	94.3
2084*	88.3	94.2
2083*	88.2	94.1
2082*	88.1	93.9
2081*	88	93.8
2080*	87.9	93.7
2079*	87.7	93.6
2078*	87.6	93.5
2077*	87.5	93.4
2076*	87.4	93.3
2075*	87.3	93.1
2074*	87.2	93
2073*	87.1	92.9
2072*	87	92.8
2071*	86.8	92.7
2070*	86.7	92.6
2069*	86.6	92.5
2068*	86.5	92.3
2067*	86.4	92.2
2066*	86.3	92.1
2065*	86.2	92
2064*	86	91.9
2063*	85.9	91.8
2062*	85.8	91.7
2061*	85.7	91.5
2060*	85.6	91.4
2059*	85.5	91.3
2058*	85.4	91.2
2057*	85.3	91.1
2056*	85.1	91
2055*	85	90.9
2054*	84.9	90.7
2053*	84.8	90.6
2052*	84.7	90.5
2051*	84.6	90.4
2050*	84.4	90.3
2049*	84.3	90.2
2048*	84.2	90.1
2047*	84.1	89.9
2046*	84	89.8
2045*	83.8	89.7
2044*	83.7	89.6
2043*	83.6	89.5
2042*	83.5	89.4
2041*	83.4	89.2
2040*	83.2	89.1
2039*	83.1	89
2038*	83	88.9
2037*	82.9	88.8
2036*	82.7	88.7
2035*	82.6	88.6
2034*	82.5	88.4
2033*	82.4	88.3
2032*	82.3	88.2
2031*	82.1	88.1
2030*	82	88
2029*	81.9	87.9
2028*	81.8	87.8
2027*	81.7	87.6
2026*	81.6	87.5
2025*	81.4	87.4
2024*	81.3	87.3
2023	81.2	87.2
2022	79.6	85.8
2021	80.5	86.9
2020	80.3	86.8
2019	80.3	86.7
2018	79.9	86.4
2017	79.9	86.4
2016	79.4	86.1
2015	79	85.8
2014	78.7	85.7
2013	78.2	85.2
2012	77.7	84.7
2011	77.5	84.6
2010	77.1	84.2
2009	76.9	84
2008	76.3	83.5
2007	75.9	82.9
2006	75.4	82.5
2005	74.8	82
2004	74.3	81.6
2003	73.8	81.1
2002	73.4	81
2001	73	80.8
2000	72.3	80.1
1999	71.7	79.6
1998	71	79.1
1997	70.5	78.6
1996	70	78.1
1995	69.3	77.5
1994	68.8	77.1
1993	68.6	77
1992	68.1	76.4
1991	67.2	75.8
1990	66.8	75.4
1989	66.3	75.3
1988	65.7	74.9
1987	64.9	74
1986	64.5	73.8
1985	63.9	73.2
1984	63.7	72.8
1983	62.3	71.5
1982	62.5	72
1981	62.4	72.3
1980	60.5	69.7
1979	61.5	71.3
1978	60.5	70
1977	60.3	69.4
1976	60.9	69.5
1975	60.6	69.1
1974	60.2	68.6
1973	59.9	68
1972	59.3	67.4
1971	58.9	66.7
1970	58.5	66.1
1969	57.7	65.4
1968	57.2	64.9
1967	57.2	64.8
1966	52.5	58.7
1965	52.9	59
1964	52.7	58.3
1963	52.5	57.7
1962	52.7	57.6
1961	52	57
1960	51.4	56.3
1959	50.6	55.5
1958	49.5	54.4
1957	49.5	53.8
1956	48.1	52.5
1955	46.2	50.7
1954	43.9	48.4
1953	36.8	44.8
1952	31.7	42.9
1951	21	38.2
1950	17.5	34.6