Life expectancy of S. Koreans inches up to 83.5 yrs in 2023: data

Life expectancy of S. Koreans inches up to 83.5 yrs in 2023: data

Im Young-il, a senior official at Statistics Korea, presents South Korea's 2023 life expectancy data at the government complex in Sejong, 112 kilometers south of Seoul, on Dec. 4, 2024. The agency reported that the average life expectancy at birth in 2023 reached 83.5 years, an increase of 0.8 year from 82.7 in 2022. (Yonhap)

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