Japan vs South Korea: Life expectancy at age 15

Japan

94.45 years

in 2100

South Korea

93.22 years

in 2100

Japan rank

3rd

South Korea rank

5th

Life expectancy at age 15 over time

Japan currently reports 94.45 years against 93.22 years in South Korea, a difference of 1.23 years.

Across all 151 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Globally, Japan ranks 3rd and South Korea ranks 5th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Life expectancy at age 15
Unit: years
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 36,894 data points, 1751–2100
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total period life expectancy at age 15, in a given year.