World Development Indicators

Life expectancy at birth, total (years): North Korea

Most recent: 73.74 (2024)
Earliest: 55.81 (1960)
Highest: 73.74 (2024)
Years reported: 65
Member state: North Korea at the United Nations

Life expectancy at birth, total (years), 1960–2024. Bars, not a line: a line drawn across a year the source does not report would invent an observation a reader could not tell from a measured one.

Every year reported

Year	Life expectancy at birth
2024	73.74
2023	73.64
2022	73.64
2021	73.44
2020	72.78
2019	72.93
2018	73.02
2017	73.03
2016	72.97
2015	72.83
2014	72.45
2013	71.87
2012	71.32
2011	70.77
2010	70.25
2009	69.7
2008	69.3
2007	69.02
2006	69.06
2005	69.17
2004	69.29
2003	69.4
2002	60.88
2001	60.89
2000	60.91
1999	60.91
1998	60.89
1997	60.87
1996	60.82
1995	60.77
1994	70.47
1993	70.79
1992	71.01
1991	70.72
1990	70.48
1989	70.27
1988	70.05
1987	69.77
1986	69.54
1985	69.23
1984	68.88
1983	68.5
1982	68.09
1981	67.66
1980	67.21
1979	66.75
1978	66.29
1977	65.81
1976	65.33
1975	64.83
1974	64.33
1973	63.82
1972	63.25
1971	62.66
1970	62.05
1969	61.41
1968	60.76
1967	60.09
1966	59.42
1965	58.78
1964	58.17
1963	57.58
1962	57
1961	56.41
1960	55.81

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