# Life expectancy at birth in South Korea

Life expectancy at birth in South Korea was 83.63 years in 2024. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `life_expectancy`
- Place id: `kr`
- Unit: years
- Definition: Average number of years a newborn would live at current age-specific mortality, both sexes.
- Note: United States: NCHS period life tables. National figures from 1900 to 1932 cover only the states then in the death registration area. State figures are available for 2018 to 2021.
- Source: World Bank, Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Life expectancy at birth, total, years (SP.DYN.LE00.IN). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.LE00.IN. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/life-expectancy/south-korea
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/life-expectancy/south-korea.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=life_expectancy&place=kr

| Period | years |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 83.63 |
| 2023 | 83.43 |
| 2022 | 82.68 |
| 2021 | 83.53 |
| 2020 | 83.43 |
| 2019 | 83.23 |
| 2018 | 82.63 |
| 2017 | 82.63 |
| 2016 | 82.28 |
| 2015 | 82.02 |
| 2014 | 81.72 |
| 2013 | 81.27 |
| 2012 | 80.82 |
| 2011 | 80.57 |
| 2010 | 80.12 |
| 2009 | 79.97 |
| 2008 | 79.52 |
| 2007 | 79.12 |
| 2006 | 78.67 |
| 2005 | 78.17 |
| 2004 | 77.67 |
| 2003 | 77.21 |
| 2002 | 76.77 |
| 2001 | 76.41 |
| 2000 | 75.91 |
| 1999 | 75.41 |
| 1998 | 75 |
| 1997 | 74.6 |
| 1996 | 74.15 |
| 1995 | 73.7 |
| 1994 | 73.4 |
| 1993 | 73 |
| 1992 | 72.5 |
| 1991 | 72.05 |
| 1990 | 71.6 |
| 1989 | 71.05 |
| 1988 | 70.55 |
| 1987 | 70 |
| 1986 | 69.45 |
| 1985 | 68.8 |
| 1984 | 68.2 |
| 1983 | 67.55 |
| 1982 | 67.1 |
| 1981 | 66.55 |
| 1980 | 66.05 |
| 1979 | 65.55 |
| 1978 | 65.2 |
| 1977 | 64.9 |
| 1976 | 64.5 |
| 1975 | 64.15 |
| 1974 | 63.8 |
| 1973 | 63.41 |
| 1972 | 63.01 |
| 1971 | 62.61 |
| 1970 | 62.16 |
| 1969 | 61.48 |
| 1968 | 60.94 |
| 1967 | 60.93 |
| 1966 | 55.52 |
| 1965 | 55.86 |
| 1964 | 55.39 |
| 1963 | 55.03 |
| 1962 | 55.05 |
| 1961 | 54.48 |
| 1960 | 53.8 |