South Korea: life expectancy at birth by gender 1950-2100

In 2021, the average life expectancy at birth for men and women in South Korea lay at 80.4 years and 86.8 years respectively. Life expectancy at birth was particular low for men at the start of 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 96.4 years, while their male counterparts are expected to reach 90.1 years old.

Life expectancy at birth in South Korea from 1950 to 2021 with forecasts up to 2100, by gender (in years)

Characteristic	Male	Female
2100*	90.1	96.4
2099*	90	96.2
2098*	89.8	96.1
2097*	89.7	96
2096*	89.6	95.9
2095*	89.5	95.8
2094*	89.4	95.7
2093*	89.3	95.6
2092*	89.2	95.5
2091*	89	95.3
2090*	88.9	95.2
2089*	88.8	95.1
2088*	88.7	95
2087*	88.6	94.9
2086*	88.5	94.8
2085*	88.3	94.7
2084*	88.2	94.6
2083*	88.1	94.4
2082*	88	94.3
2081*	87.9	94.2
2080*	87.8	94.1
2079*	87.7	94
2078*	87.5	93.9
2077*	87.4	93.7
2076*	87.3	93.6
2075*	87.2	93.5
2074*	87.1	93.4
2073*	87	93.3
2072*	86.9	93.2
2071*	86.7	93
2070*	86.6	92.9
2069*	86.5	92.8
2068*	86.4	92.7
2067*	86.3	92.6
2066*	86.2	92.5
2065*	86	92.3
2064*	85.9	92.2
2063*	85.8	92.1
2062*	85.7	92
2061*	85.6	91.9
2060*	85.4	91.8
2059*	85.3	91.6
2058*	85.2	91.5
2057*	85.1	91.4
2056*	85	91.3
2055*	84.8	91.2
2054*	84.7	91.1
2053*	84.6	90.9
2052*	84.5	90.8
2051*	84.4	90.7
2050*	84.2	90.6
2049*	84.1	90.5
2048*	84	90.3
2047*	83.9	90.2
2046*	83.8	90.1
2045*	83.6	90
2044*	83.5	89.9
2043*	83.4	89.7
2042*	83.3	89.6
2041*	83.1	89.5
2040*	83	89.4
2039*	82.9	89.2
2038*	82.8	89.1
2037*	82.6	89
2036*	82.5	88.9
2035*	82.4	88.7
2034*	82.3	88.6
2033*	82.1	88.5
2032*	82	88.4
2031*	81.9	88.3
2030*	81.7	88.1
2029*	81.6	88
2028*	81.5	87.9
2027*	81.4	87.7
2026*	81.2	87.6
2025*	81.1	87.5
2024*	81	87.4
2023*	80.8	87.2
2022*	80.7	87.1
2021	80.4	86.8
2020	80.2	86.7
2019	80.3	86.7
2018	79.9	86.5
2017	79.8	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	82.8
2006	75.4	82.5
2005	74.9	81.9
2004	74.3	81.5
2003	73.8	81.1
2002	73.8	81.1
2001	73.3	81
2000	72.5	80.2
1999	72	79.8
1998	71.4	79.4
1997	70.8	79
1996	70.1	78.4
1995	69.7	78.2
1994	69.3	77.9
1993	69	77.6
1992	68.5	77.4
1991	68	76.9
1990	67.5	76.4
1989	66.2	75.7
1988	65.7	75.1
1987	64.8	74.3
1986	64.6	74.2
1985	64	73.8
1984	63.9	73.5
1983	62.5	72
1982	62.8	72.7
1981	62.8	73.3
1980	60.8	70.4
1979	61.6	71.4
1978	60.5	70.1
1977	60.2	69.2
1976	60.6	69.7
1975	60.4	69.2
1974	60	68.9
1973	59.7	68.2
1972	59.3	67.6
1971	58.9	67.1
1970	58.4	66.4
1969	58.2	66.1
1968	57.7	65.6
1967	57.6	65.1
1966	56.1	63.1
1965	55	61.6
1964	54.2	60.3
1963	53.3	58.8
1962	53.1	58
1961	52.5	57.4
1960	52	56.8
1959	51.2	56.1
1958	50.3	55.2
1957	50	54.2
1956	48.7	52.9
1955	47.1	51.2
1954	44.9	49
1953	37.9	46
1952	32.1	43.2
1951	20.8	38.2
1950	16.8	33.6