Life expectancy to break 90 barrier

As the world’s population ages, women in South Korea will be the first to have an average life expectancy in excess of 90 years

AVERAGE LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH BY 2030 (in years)

Women 

Men

South Korea

France

Japan

Australia

Canada

Chile

UK

U.S.

70 75 80 85 90 95

Elderly South Korean woman holds her “dead mask” in preparation for “well dying” – process of accepting death as part of life

Sources: Imperial College London / WHO 

Picture: Getty Images 

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