What is life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea?

Life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea was 84.43 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.

What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in North Korea?

The highest recorded value was 84.43 years in 2100.

What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in North Korea?

The lowest recorded value was 29.84 years in 1950.

How does North Korea rank for life expectancy at age 15?

North Korea ranks 146th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.

Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in North Korea?

Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this North Korea data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea

Name: Life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

North Korea: Life expectancy at age 15 was 84.43 years in 2100. ▲ Rising

Latest (2100)

84.43 years

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

146th

of 236 countries

All-time high

84.43 years

in 2100

All-time low

29.84 years

in 1950

Years of data

151

1950–2100

Life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea, 1950–2100

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

In 2100, life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea stood at 84.43 years. That is the highest value across all 151 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea peaked at 84.43 years in 2100 and was at its lowest, 29.84 years, in 1950.

North Korea ranks 146th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 151 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	55.15 years	29.84 years	65.04 years	10
1960s	66.63 years	65.34 years	67.91 years	10
1970s	69.47 years	68.2 years	70.73 years	10
1980s	72.32 years	71.03 years	73.58 years	10
1990s	71.85 years	69.4 years	74.46 years	10
2000s	71.23 years	69.07 years	72.39 years	10
2010s	74.26 years	72.83 years	74.93 years	10
2020s	75.41 years	74.52 years	75.84 years	10
2030s	76.4 years	75.94 years	76.88 years	10
2040s	77.49 years	76.99 years	78 years	10
2050s	78.67 years	78.11 years	79.23 years	10
2060s	79.94 years	79.36 years	80.51 years	10
2070s	81.23 years	80.64 years	81.81 years	10
2080s	82.51 years	81.94 years	83.09 years	10
2090s	83.77 years	83.22 years	84.32 years	10
2100s	84.43 years	84.43 years	84.43 years	1

Countries ranked near North Korea

143 Seychelles 84.63 years compare
144 Venezuela 84.57 years compare
145 Trinidad and Tobago 84.53 years compare
147 Syria 84.4 years compare
148 Saint Lucia 84.17 years compare
149 Dominican Republic 84.08 years compare
149 Nepal 84.08 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea?: Life expectancy at age 15 in North Korea was 84.43 years in 2100, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in North Korea?: The highest recorded value was 84.43 years in 2100.
What is the lowest life expectancy at age 15 recorded in North Korea?: The lowest recorded value was 29.84 years in 1950.
How does North Korea rank for life expectancy at age 15?: North Korea ranks 146th out of 236 countries with data for 2100.
Is life expectancy at age 15 rising or falling in North Korea?: Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this North Korea data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy at age 15. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

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.