List of South Korean regions by life expectancy

South Korea at the 1st level of administrative division is divided to 1 special city, 6 metropolitan cities, 1 special self-governing city, 8 provinces, and 1 special self-governing province. According to estimation of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT), life expectancy at birth in South Korea in 2023 was 83.5 years (80.6 years for male and 86.4 years for female). Difference in life expectancy between female and male is 5.9 years.

The leading causes of death are malignant neoplasms (19.1% of cases), heart diseases (10.0%), pneumonia (10.0%), cerebrovascular diseases (6.9%). COVID-19 in 2023 accounted for 2.4% of deaths.

The agency estimates that if an effective treatment or prevention of cancer is developed, then life expectancy in the country will additionally increase by 3.3 years. If an effective means of treating or prevention of heart diseases is created, life expectancy will increase by 1.2 years. And if pneumonia is excluded from the causes of death, life expectancy will increase by 1.0 year. These numbers are not cumulative, because these types of treatment do not affect the underlying cause of death - aging.

According to alternative estimation of life expectancy in South Korea from the department of the United Nations, in 2023 this indicator was 84.33 years (81.19 for male, 87.16 for female). — see file "Compact (most used: estimates and medium projections)"

Estimation of the World Bank Group for 2023: 83.43 years total (80.60 for male, 86.40 for female).

According to estimation of the WHO for 2019, at that year life expectancy in South Korea was 83.69 years (80.56 years for male and 86.56 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 72.50 years (70.62 years for male and 74.19 years for female).

Statistics Korea (2023)

province orprovincial-level cityLife expectancy for population in generalLife expectancy for maleLife expectancy for female at birth at 65 at 80 at 100at birth at 65 at 80 at 100at birth at 65 at 80 at 100 South Korea 83.5 3.0 21.5 3.2 9.7 12.5 2.2 80.6 19.2 8.3 1.8 86.4 23.6 10.7 2.3 5.8 4.4 2.4 0.5 Seoul 85.0 2.6 22.6 2.9 10.5 12.2 2.7 82.0 20.3 9.0 2.1 88.0 24.9 11.8 2.8 6.0 4.6 2.8 0.7 Gyeonggi Province 83.9 2.7 21.6 3.2 9.8 12.5 2.3 81.2 19.6 8.5 2.0 86.6 23.6 10.8 2.3 5.4 4.0 2.3 0.3 Jeju Province 83.7 3.5 22.2 3.4 10.6 12.4 3.0 79.7 19.1 8.2 1.8 87.7 25.2 12.4 3.1 8.0 6.1 4.2 1.3 Sejong 83.7 2.2 20.9 3.0 8.9 13.0 1.9 81.3 18.7 7.4 1.4 86.2 23.1 10.1 1.9 4.9 4.4 2.7 0.5 Daejeon 83.6 2.9 21.5 3.3 9.8 12.5 2.3 81.1 19.5 8.5 1.9 86.1 23.4 10.8 2.4 5.0 3.9 2.3 0.5 Daegu 83.2 3.1 21.3 3.1 9.4 12.7 2.1 80.2 19.1 8.1 1.8 86.2 23.3 10.5 2.2 6.0 4.2 2.4 0.4 Gwangju 83.1 3.2 21.3 3.1 9.4 12.7 2.1 80.3 19.1 8.3 1.8 86.0 23.2 10.3 2.2 5.7 4.1 2.0 0.4 Incheon 83.1 3.1 21.2 3.4 9.6 12.6 2.2 80.1 18.9 8.2 1.9 86.1 23.4 10.6 2.3 6.0 4.5 2.4 0.4 North Jeolla Province 83.1 3.1 21.2 3.4 9.6 12.6 2.2 80.0 18.9 8.2 1.8 86.2 23.4 10.6 2.3 6.2 4.5 2.4 0.5 South Chungcheong Province 83.0 3.3 21.3 3.4 9.7 12.6 2.3 80.0 19.0 8.2 1.8 86.1 23.5 10.9 2.4 6.1 4.5 2.7 0.6 Ulsan 82.9 3.0 20.9 3.1 9.0 12.9 1.9 80.4 19.1 8.0 1.8 85.5 22.7 9.8 1.9 5.1 3.6 1.8 0.1 Gangwon Province 82.8 3.5 21.3 3.2 9.5 12.8 2.3 79.5 18.9 7.9 1.7 86.2 23.5 10.8 2.3 6.7 4.6 2.9 0.6 South Gyeongsang Province 82.8 3.0 20.8 3.4 9.2 12.9 2.1 79.7 18.4 7.7 1.6 85.9 23.1 10.4 2.2 6.2 4.7 2.7 0.6 North Gyeongsang Province 82.7 3.4 21.1 3.3 9.4 12.8 2.2 79.5 18.7 7.9 1.7 85.9 23.2 10.6 2.2 6.4 4.5 2.7 0.5 Busan 82.6 3.2 20.8 3.3 9.1 12.8 1.9 79.7 18.7 8.0 1.7 85.6 22.8 10.0 2.0 5.9 4.1 2.0 0.3 South Jeolla Province 82.5 3.5 21.0 3.4 9.4 12.8 2.2 79.3 18.6 7.8 1.6 85.8 23.3 10.6 2.3 6.5 4.7 2.8 0.7 North Chungcheong Province 82.4 3.4 20.8 3.4 9.2 12.8 2.0 79.4 18.7 7.9 1.7 85.4 22.8 10.2 2.1 6.0 4.1 2.3 0.4

Data source: Statistics Korea. The calculations are based on rounded data, which in some cases leads to an error of 0.1 years.

Global Data Lab (2022)

region201920212021→202220222019→2022malefemale overalloverallmalefemale South Korea on average 83.66 80.30 86.71 6.41 0.04 83.70 0.32 84.02 80.70 87.10 6.40 0.36 Jeju 85.20 78.88 86.20 7.32 0.04 85.24 0.33 85.57 79.27 86.59 7.32 0.37 Capital Region (Seoul and Gyeonggi Province) 84.68 81.02 86.86 5.84 0.05 84.73 0.33 85.06 81.41 87.25 5.84 0.38 Chungcheong Region 83.96 79.90 86.47 6.57 0.05 84.01 0.32 84.33 80.29 86.86 6.57 0.37 Jeolla Region 83.45 79.19 86.81 7.62 0.04 83.49 0.33 83.82 79.57 87.20 7.63 0.37 Gyeongnam Region 83.14 79.84 86.30 6.46 0.04 83.18 0.33 83.51 80.23 86.69 6.46 0.37 Gyeongbuk Region 83.14 79.54 85.59 6.05 0.04 83.18 0.33 83.51 79.93 85.98 6.05 0.37 Gangwon Region 82.63 80.05 86.86 6.81 0.04 82.67 0.32 82.99 80.44 87.25 6.81 0.36

Data source: Global Data Lab

Probability of survival to certain ages (2023)

The probability of survival show a probability for an abstracted average person to reach certain age if the life conditions in a given year and location will be exprapolated to the whole life. Expressed as a percentage, this indicator is also called "percentage surviving".

AgeSouth Korea on averageGyeonggi ProvinceSeoulPercentage survivingPercentage survivingF Δ MF / MPercentage survivingF Δ MF / Mmalefemalemalefemalemalefemale 1 99.7 99.8 0.1 1.00 99.8 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.8 99.8 0.1 1.00 5 99.7 99.7 0.1 1.00 99.7 99.8 0.0 1.00 99.7 99.8 0.0 1.00 10 99.6 99.7 0.1 1.00 99.7 99.7 0.0 1.00 99.7 99.8 0.0 1.00 15 99.6 99.6 0.1 1.00 99.6 99.7 0.0 1.00 99.7 99.7 0.0 1.00 20 99.4 99.5 0.1 1.00 99.5 99.6 0.1 1.00 99.5 99.6 0.1 1.00 25 99.2 99.4 0.2 1.00 99.3 99.5 0.2 1.00 99.4 99.5 0.2 1.00 30 98.9 99.2 0.3 1.00 99.0 99.3 0.3 1.00 99.1 99.4 0.3 1.00 35 98.6 99.0 0.4 1.00 98.7 99.1 0.4 1.00 98.8 99.2 0.4 1.00 40 98.1 98.7 0.6 1.01 98.3 98.9 0.6 1.01 98.5 99.0 0.5 1.01 45 97.5 98.3 0.9 1.01 97.7 98.5 0.8 1.01 97.9 98.6 0.7 1.01 50 96.5 97.8 1.4 1.01 96.9 98.0 1.1 1.01 97.1 98.2 1.1 1.01 55 94.9 97.1 2.2 1.02 95.5 97.3 1.9 1.02 95.7 97.5 1.8 1.02 60 92.5 96.1 3.7 1.04 93.3 96.4 3.1 1.03 93.5 96.7 3.1 1.03 65 89.0 94.8 5.8 1.07 90.1 95.1 5.0 1.06 90.4 95.5 5.1 1.06 70 83.9 92.8 8.9 1.11 85.2 93.1 7.9 1.09 85.9 93.7 7.8 1.09 75 75.9 89.0 13.1 1.17 77.4 89.4 12.0 1.16 78.9 90.7 11.8 1.15 80 63.6 81.8 18.2 1.29 65.3 82.1 16.9 1.26 67.8 84.5 16.8 1.25 85 44.3 67.2 22.8 1.52 46.3 67.3 21.0 1.45 49.5 71.9 22.4 1.45 90 22.4 44.0 21.6 1.96 24.3 44.2 19.9 1.82 27.4 50.8 23.3 1.85 95 6.8 19.4 12.6 2.86 7.9 19.6 11.7 2.48 9.8 26.0 16.2 2.66 100 1.0 4.6 3.7 4.78 1.3 4.7 3.4 3.71 1.9 8.1 6.3 4.39

Data source: Statistics Korea

Charts

See also

List of countries by life expectancy List of Asian countries by life expectancy Demographics of South Korea

References