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Afghanistan
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
AFGHANISTAN VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Afghanistan and North Korea health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

North Korea
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Afghanistan Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    31.6
    31.0
    31.3
    171
    172
    172
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    35.5
    35.0
    35.3
    171
    173
    172
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    39.5
    39.1
    39.3
    172
    175
    173
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    41.4
    41.3
    41.3
    178
    181
    180
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    53.7
    56.1
    54.8
    150
    150
    150
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    57.7
    60.1
    58.8
    154
    155
    154
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    63.3
    63.2
    63.2
    147
    174
    160
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    63.3
    63.2
    147
    174
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    67.5
    66.9
    146
    177
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    67.7
    67.0
    147
    178
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    67.8
    67.1
    150
    178
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    68.1
    67.4
    150
    179
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    68.6
    67.8
    149
    180
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    69.2
    68.3
    149
    180
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    69.7
    68.9
    149
    180
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    70.4
    69.6
    151
    180
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    71.3
    70.6
    156
    180
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    72.3
    71.8
    157
    180
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    73.7
    73.2
    157
    180
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    75.4
    75.1
    157
    181
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    77.5
    77.2
    160
    181
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    79.9
    79.6
    158
    181
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    82.7
    82.4
    156
    180
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    85.8
    85.6
    154
    174
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    89.2
    89.1
    156
    171
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    301.71
    6
    105.37
    99
    2. Stroke
    149.10
    25
    162.14
    15
    3. War
    121.55
    1
    0.06
    64
    4. Hypertension
    65.86
    4
    18.24
    92
    5. Influenza and Pneumonia
    49.80
    62
    22.75
    104
    6. Kidney Disease
    46.10
    15
    12.98
    129
    7. Tuberculosis
    41.14
    24
    57.14
    16
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    40.94
    58
    11.82
    137
    9. Lung Disease
    37.01
    32
    87.71
    5
    10. Liver Disease
    27.20
    67
    14.33
    111
    11. Maternal Conditions
    25.94
    4
    1.02
    84
    12. Asthma
    24.23
    13
    4.81
    90
    13. Alzheimers & Dementia
    22.34
    26
    16.26
    122
    14. Breast Cancer
    20.24
    48
    7.80
    177
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    19.81
    76
    22.21
    64
    16. Other Injuries
    13.02
    36
    5.48
    125
    17. Low Birth Weight
    12.07
    17
    4.39
    98
    18. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    10.64
    9
    5.64
    51
    19. Stomach Cancer
    10.39
    42
    11.99
    21
    20. Birth Trauma
    10.16
    24
    2.66
    86
    21. Violence
    9.87
    52
    3.97
    101
    22. Diarrhoeal diseases
    9.72
    68
    1.70
    109
    23. Oesophagus Cancer
    8.78
    13
    3.80
    49
    24. Oral Cancer
    8.18
    9
    1.62
    152
    25. Lung Cancers
    6.90
    122
    37.70
    4
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    6.42
    70
    3.79
    139
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    5.98
    24
    3.78
    113
    28. Suicide
    5.96
    129
    8.20
    95
    29. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    5.86
    17
    6.87
    15
    30. Cervical Cancer
    5.73
    117
    4.11
    136
    31. Meningitis
    5.20
    48
    0.81
    89
    32. Falls
    5.13
    99
    6.34
    79
    33. Hepatitis B
    4.96
    1
    0.23
    94
    34. Encephalitis
    4.57
    1
    0.51
    77
    35. Prostate Cancer
    4.49
    167
    2.38
    178
    36. Lymphomas
    4.32
    108
    1.84
    175
    37. Endocrine Disorders
    4.30
    80
    1.60
    160
    38. Liver Cancer
    4.22
    119
    16.66
    12
    39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.09
    169
    10.37
    70
    40. Ovary Cancer
    4.07
    106
    2.96
    147
    41. Uterin Cancer
    3.66
    32
    0.78
    168
    42. Pertussis
    3.38
    22
    0.17
    96
    43. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.32
    130
    2.40
    153
    44. Drownings
    2.78
    78
    4.46
    35
    45. Epilepsy
    2.70
    37
    0.98
    137
    46. Tetanus
    2.49
    6
    0.09
    86
    47. Bladder Cancer
    1.95
    98
    1.61
    120
    48. Leukemia
    1.95
    154
    3.44
    99
    49. HIV/AIDS
    1.72
    110
    2.53
    100
    50. Fires
    1.60
    89
    0.90
    118
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    40,195
    17.35
    31,342
    14.63
    2. War
    25,620
    11.06
    16
    0.01
    3. Stroke
    19,060
    8.23
    49,648
    23.17
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    14,649
    6.32
    6,231
    2.91
    5. Low Birth Weight
    12,631
    5.45
    1,208
    0.56
    6. Birth Trauma
    10,723
    4.63
    736
    0.34
    7. Tuberculosis
    9,839
    4.25
    17,417
    8.13
    8. Hypertension
    7,995
    3.45
    5,368
    2.51
    9. Maternal Conditions
    7,807
    3.37
    252
    0.12
    10. Kidney Disease
    6,590
    2.85
    3,959
    1.85
    11. Road Traffic Accidents
    6,033
    2.60
    6,210
    2.90
    12. Diabetes Mellitus
    5,750
    2.48
    3,671
    1.71
    13. Diarrhoeal diseases
    5,555
    2.40
    374
    0.17
    14. Congenital Anomalies
    5,001
    2.16
    991
    0.46
    15. Lung Disease
    4,650
    2.01
    26,178
    12.22
    16. Liver Disease
    4,600
    1.99
    4,506
    2.10
    17. Asthma
    3,403
    1.47
    1,439
    0.67
    18. Other Injuries
    3,241
    1.40
    1,531
    0.71
    19. Violence
    3,217
    1.39
    1,082
    0.50
    20. Meningitis
    2,626
    1.13
    207
    0.10
    21. Pertussis
    2,107
    0.91
    34
    0.02
    22. Breast Cancer
    1,822
    0.79
    1,366
    0.64
    23. Alzheimers & Dementia
    1,765
    0.76
    4,340
    2.03
    24. Suicide
    1,573
    0.68
    2,407
    1.12
    25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1,505
    0.65
    1,712
    0.80
    26. Stomach Cancer
    1,501
    0.65
    3,771
    1.76
    27. Oral Cancer
    1,467
    0.63
    513
    0.24
    28. Endocrine Disorders
    1,364
    0.59
    452
    0.21
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,314
    0.57
    1,222
    0.57
    30. Tetanus
    1,254
    0.54
    28
    0.01
    31. Encephalitis
    1,190
    0.51
    117
    0.05
    32. Lung Cancers
    1,076
    0.46
    11,893
    5.55
    33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1,041
    0.45
    2,093
    0.98
    34. Drownings
    996
    0.43
    1,126
    0.53
    35. Epilepsy
    993
    0.43
    266
    0.12
    36. Lymphomas
    946
    0.41
    560
    0.26
    37. Falls
    905
    0.39
    1,801
    0.84
    38. Hepatitis B
    863
    0.37
    68
    0.03
    39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    741
    0.32
    3,232
    1.51
    40. Liver Cancer
    657
    0.28
    5,326
    2.49
    41. Parkinson's Disease
    628
    0.27
    1,155
    0.54
    42. Leukemia
    610
    0.26
    965
    0.45
    43. Malnutrition
    589
    0.25
    317
    0.15
    44. Cervical Cancer
    541
    0.23
    704
    0.33
    45. Inflammatory/Heart
    527
    0.23
    684
    0.32
    46. HIV/AIDS
    464
    0.20
    753
    0.35
    47. Poisonings
    384
    0.17
    366
    0.17
    48. Ovary Cancer
    369
    0.16
    532
    0.25
    49. Measles
    350
    0.15
    4
    0.00
    50. Fires
    348
    0.15
    253
    0.12
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    20.24
    48
    7.80
    177
    2. Stomach Cancer
    10.39
    42
    11.99
    21
    3. Oesophagus Cancer
    8.78
    13
    3.80
    49
    4. Oral Cancer
    8.18
    9
    1.62
    152
    5. Lung Cancers
    6.90
    122
    37.70
    4
    6. Cervical Cancer
    5.73
    117
    4.11
    136
    7. Prostate Cancer
    4.49
    167
    2.38
    178
    8. Lymphomas
    4.32
    108
    1.84
    175
    9. Liver Cancer
    4.22
    119
    16.66
    12
    10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4.09
    169
    10.37
    70
    11. Ovary Cancer
    4.07
    106
    2.96
    147
    12. Uterin Cancer
    3.66
    32
    0.78
    168
    13. Leukemia
    1.95
    154
    3.44
    99
    14. Bladder Cancer
    1.95
    98
    1.61
    120
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    1.54
    153
    4.85
    68
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.03
    138
    0.55
    160
    Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
    Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
    Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
    WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.