Singapore vs South Korea: Life expectancy

Life expectancy in 2023: 83.7 years in Singapore and 84.3 years in South Korea, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in South Korea, by 0.6 years, or 1.01 times that in Singapore.

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What the numbers say

South Korea has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Singapore.
In 2023, Singapore ranked 11 and South Korea ranked 5 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Singapore at 92.7 years and South Korea at 93.1 years in 2100.
The world as a whole: 73.2 years in 2023.

Every year

years · UN

Year	Singapore	South Korea	World
2023	83.7	84.3	73.2
2022	82.9	82.7	72.6
2021	83.5	83.9	70.9
2020	83.7	83.7	71.9
2019	83.7	83.7	72.6
2018	83.4	83.3	72.4
2017	83.1	83.3	72.1
2016	82.9	82.9	71.9
2015	82.8	82.5	71.6
2014	82.6	82.4	71.4
2013	82.5	81.8	71.1
2012	82.2	81.3	70.8
2011	81.9	81.2	70.4
2010	81.7	80.7	70.1
2009	81.4	80.6	69.7
2008	81.1	80	69.3
2007	80.9	79.4	69
2006	80.6	79	68.6
2005	80.3	78.5	68.1
2004	79.7	78	67.7
2003	79.2	77.5	67.4
2002	78.7	77.2	67.1
2001	78.3	76.9	66.8
2000	77.8	76.2	66.4
1999	77.3	75.6	66
1998	76.9	75	65.7
1997	76.4	74.5	65.5
1996	76.1	74	65.2
1995	75.7	73.4	64.9
1994	75.6	72.9	64.3
1993	75.5	72.8	64.4
1992	75.3	72.2	64.3
1991	75.1	71.4	64.1
1990	74.6	71	64
1989	74.3	70.7	63.8
1988	74.1	70.2	63.4
1987	74	69.3	63.2
1986	73.6	69	62.7
1985	73.1	68.4	62.2
1984	72.6	68.1	61.9
1983	72.4	66.7	61.5
1982	72	67.1	61.3
1981	71.8	67.1	60.9
1980	71.5	64.9	60.5
1979	71.4	66.1	60.2
1978	71.2	65	59.5
1977	70.9	64.6	59.2
1976	70.6	65	58.6
1975	70.2	64.7	58.3
1974	69.7	64.2	58.1
1973	69.4	63.8	57.7
1972	69	63.2	57.2
1971	68.8	62.7	56
1970	68.5	62.2	56.3
1969	68.1	61.4	56
1968	67.7	60.9	55.6
1967	67.3	60.9	55.1
1966	67.2	55.4	54.6
1965	66.9	55.8	54
1964	66.7	55.3	54.3
1963	66.5	55	53.7
1962	66.1	55	53.2
1961	65.7	54.4	50.4
1960	65.3	53.8	47.8
1959	64.8	52.9	49.6
1958	64	51.8	51.6
1957	63.4	51.6	51.1
1956	62.6	50.2	50.7
1955	61.2	48.4	50.2
1954	59.4	46.1	49.7
1953	57.5	40.5	48.8
1952	56.4	36.6	48.2
1951	55.3	26.6	47.1
1950	54.1	22.2	46.4
1942	–	44.9	–
1938	–	42.6	–
1933	–	37.4	–
1928	–	33.6	–
1923	–	29.5	–
1918	–	27	–
1913	–	25	–
1908	–	23.5	–

12.3Estimates, Our World in Data

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Singapore	South Korea	World
2024	83.983–84.8	84.483.5–85.3	73.3
2025	8482.8–85.3	84.583.2–85.9	73.5
2026	84.182.7–85.7	84.683.1–86.2	73.8
2027	84.382.6–86.1	84.783–86.6	73.9
2028	84.482.5–86.4	84.982.9–86.9	74.1
2029	84.582.5–86.7	8582.8–87.2	74.2
2030	84.782.5–87	85.182.8–87.5	74.4
2031	84.882.4–87.3	85.282.8–87.8	74.5
2032	84.982.5–87.6	85.382.8–88.1	74.7
2033	8582.5–87.9	85.482.7–88.4	74.8
2034	85.282.5–88.2	85.582.8–88.6	75
2035	85.382.5–88.4	85.682.8–88.9	75.1
2036	85.482.5–88.7	85.782.7–88.9	75.3
2037	85.682.7–88.9	85.882.8–89.2	75.4
2038	85.782.7–88.9	8682.8–89.5	75.5
2039	85.882.7–89.3	86.182.8–89.7	75.7
2040	85.982.8–89.6	86.282.8–90	75.8
2041	8682.7–89.8	86.382.8–90.2	75.9
2042	86.182.8–90	86.482.8–90.3	76.1
2043	86.382.7–90.3	86.582.9–90.5	76.2
2044	86.482.8–90.4	86.682.9–90.8	76.3
2045	86.582.9–90.7	86.882.8–90.8	76.5
2046	86.683–91	86.983–91	76.6
2047	86.782.8–91	8782.9–91.3	76.7
2048	86.982.8–91.2	87.182.9–91.5	76.8
2049	8783–91.5	87.282.8–91.9	76.9
2050	87.183–91.6	87.382.8–91.9	77
2051	87.283.1–91.7	87.582.9–92.1	77.1
2052	87.383–92	87.682.9–92.3	77.2
2053	87.483.1–92.2	87.783–92.5	77.3
2054	87.683.2–92.5	87.882.9–92.5	77.4
2055	87.783.2–92.6	87.983–92.9	77.6
2056	87.883.4–92.9	8883.1–93.1	77.7
2057	87.983.4–93.1	88.183.1–93.2	77.8
2058	8883.4–93.4	88.383.3–93.7	77.9
2059	88.183.4–93.5	88.483.3–93.7	78
2060	88.283.5–93.7	88.583.3–93.9	78.1
2061	88.383.6–93.8	88.683.3–94.1	78.2
2062	88.583.6–94.2	88.783.2–94.3	78.3
2063	88.683.7–94.3	88.883.4–94.3	78.4
2064	88.783.6–94.3	88.983.5–94.7	78.5
2065	88.883.6–94.5	8983.5–94.8	78.6
2066	88.983.6–94.7	89.283.7–95.2	78.7
2067	8983.5–94.9	89.383.7–95.4	78.8
2068	89.183.8–95.1	89.483.9–95.4	78.9
2069	89.283.7–95.1	89.583.8–95.7	79
2070	89.384–95.4	89.683.8–95.9	79.1
2071	89.583.8–95.4	89.783.8–96	79.2
2072	89.684–95.6	89.883.9–96.4	79.3
2073	89.783.9–95.9	9084–96.5	79.4
2074	89.884.1–96.2	90.183.8–96.7	79.4
2075	89.984.1–96.3	90.283.7–96.9	79.5
2076	9084.1–96.3	90.383.9–97.2	79.6
2077	90.184.3–96.7	90.483.9–97.2	79.7
2078	90.284.2–96.8	90.583.8–97.3	79.8
2079	90.384.3–97	90.683.8–97.5	79.9
2080	90.484.4–97.3	90.783.9–97.7	80
2081	90.584.6–97.3	90.984–97.9	80.1
2082	90.684.5–97.5	9183.8–98.1	80.2
2083	90.884.3–97.5	91.184–98.3	80.3
2084	90.984.6–97.8	91.284–98.5	80.3
2085	9184.5–98	91.384–98.6	80.4
2086	91.184.5–98.1	91.484.2–98.7	80.5
2087	91.284.5–98.3	91.684.4–98.9	80.6
2088	91.384.4–98.4	91.784.3–99	80.7
2089	91.484.6–98.7	91.884.4–99.4	80.8
2090	91.584.6–98.9	91.984.4–99.5	80.9
2091	91.684.7–99.1	92.184.5–99.8	81
2092	91.884.8–99.2	92.284.8–99.8	81
2093	91.984.6–99.2	92.384.9–100.1	81.1
2094	9284.5–99.5	92.484.9–100.4	81.2
2095	92.184.8–99.5	92.584.9–100.8	81.3
2096	92.285–99.7	92.785.1–100.9	81.4
2097	92.385–99.9	92.885.2–101.1	81.5
2098	92.585.1–100.1	92.985.3–101.4	81.6
2099	92.685–100.4	9385.3–101.5	81.7
2100	92.785.2–100.5	93.185.4–101.6	81.7

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How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
Before 1950: Our World in Data, long-run life expectancy.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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