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Arab Emirates
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
ARAB EMIRATES VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Arab Emirates and South 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.

South 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
Arab Emirates Population Pyramid
10,425,284
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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
51.9
55.0
53.4
84
85
84
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
59.3
63.0
61.1
76
77
78
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
66.1
70.4
68.2
49
65
59
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
71.2
75.3
73.2
33
45
36
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
73.4
75.7
74.2
32
55
42
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
75.5
77.7
76.2
35
57
43
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
75.1
78.4
76.1
47
69
61
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.1
78.4
47
69
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
75.1
78.4
47
69
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
75.8
79.0
48
74
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
75.8
79.0
48
74
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
75.9
79.1
49
74
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
76.1
79.2
49
74
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
76.3
79.3
47
74
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
76.5
79.4
49
75
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
76.7
79.5
52
76
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
77.0
79.7
54
76
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
77.3
80.0
57
79
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
77.7
80.4
60
83
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
78.3
80.9
63
84
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
79.2
81.7
68
82
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
80.4
82.7
72
81
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
82.1
84.0
72
83
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
84.2
85.7
77
82
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
86.8
87.8
83
86
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.8
90.3
95
101
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
144.17
51
27.78
183
2. Stroke
74.74
99
25.48
155
3. Diabetes Mellitus
47.85
43
6.84
160
4. Kidney Disease
40.17
22
9.92
142
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
39.12
69
25.21
100
6. Hypertension
35.49
31
3.45
163
7. Lung Disease
25.54
77
8.14
175
8. Breast Cancer
19.37
56
6.59
180
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.96
107
11.04
154
10. Road Traffic Accidents
11.25
118
5.76
150
11. Liver Disease
10.88
121
7.50
148
12. Asthma
10.30
62
1.08
129
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.54
94
10.56
68
14. Parkinson's Disease
6.47
17
3.78
114
15. Lung Cancers
6.32
127
20.90
49
16. Prostate Cancer
5.69
161
6.10
155
17. Uterin Cancer
5.43
13
0.89
165
18. Congenital Anomalies
5.39
99
1.82
181
19. Falls
5.33
96
3.34
142
20. Other Injuries
5.26
129
3.88
154
21. Pancreas Cancer
5.24
62
7.34
34
22. Ovary Cancer
5.24
58
2.84
149
23. Suicide
5.24
138
21.16
12
24. Liver Cancer
5.05
98
12.57
21
25. Drug Use
4.99
9
0.20
181
26. Cervical Cancer
4.92
129
2.29
160
27. Stomach Cancer
4.81
116
9.13
50
28. Skin Cancers
4.56
10
0.60
157
29. Lymphomas
4.44
103
3.72
131
30. Endocrine Disorders
4.35
79
2.11
148
31. Bladder Cancer
3.48
42
1.74
111
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.21
38
0.23
175
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.13
90
0.91
139
34. Low Birth Weight
2.87
128
1.62
152
35. Fires
2.55
64
0.33
159
36. Leukemia
2.31
146
2.65
138
37. Inflammatory/Heart
2.27
158
1.55
172
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.04
108
0.54
171
39. Tuberculosis
2.00
109
1.93
110
40. Drownings
1.83
120
0.71
161
41. Oesophagus Cancer
1.72
118
1.84
115
42. Tetanus
1.54
11
0.00
135
43. Epilepsy
1.41
108
0.72
166
44. Oral Cancer
1.04
174
1.60
154
45. Birth Trauma
0.95
124
0.39
164
46. Meningitis
0.78
91
0.07
181
47. Violence
0.76
165
0.68
170
48. Hepatitis B
0.76
46
0.61
58
49. Alcohol
0.54
141
1.34
97
50. HIV/AIDS
0.41
128
0.11
155
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,164
21.40
28,043
11.19
2. Stroke
1,998
10.27
25,596
10.21
3. Kidney Disease
1,305
6.71
10,107
4.03
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,207
6.20
6,812
2.72
5. Hypertension
934
4.80
3,711
1.48
6. Lung Disease
912
4.69
8,526
3.40
7. Road Traffic Accidents
870
4.47
4,399
1.76
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
705
3.62
26,650
10.63
9. Suicide
628
3.23
14,636
5.84
10. Other Injuries
522
2.68
3,634
1.45
11. Falls
511
2.63
2,934
1.17
12. Asthma
458
2.35
1,150
0.46
13. Drug Use
431
2.21
154
0.06
14. Liver Disease
417
2.14
6,348
2.53
15. Congenital Anomalies
369
1.90
518
0.21
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
309
1.59
10,180
4.06
17. Breast Cancer
264
1.36
2,880
1.15
18. Endocrine Disorders
260
1.34
1,891
0.75
19. Low Birth Weight
195
1.00
370
0.15
20. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
1.00
12,145
4.85
21. Lung Cancers
185
0.95
20,293
8.10
22. Fires
178
0.91
263
0.10
23. Drownings
169
0.87
501
0.20
24. Leukemia
154
0.79
2,140
0.85
25. Epilepsy
140
0.72
524
0.21
26. Pancreas Cancer
135
0.69
6,994
2.79
27. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.65
224
0.09
28. Inflammatory/Heart
120
0.62
1,325
0.53
29. Lymphomas
117
0.60
3,477
1.39
30. Stomach Cancer
112
0.58
8,625
3.44
31. Parkinson's Disease
99
0.51
3,951
1.58
32. Liver Cancer
96
0.49
11,589
4.62
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.47
929
0.37
34. Skin Cancers
77
0.40
585
0.23
35. Violence
70
0.36
386
0.15
36. Tuberculosis
66
0.34
1,950
0.78
37. Birth Trauma
64
0.33
88
0.04
38. Ovary Cancer
63
0.32
1,330
0.53
39. Bladder Cancer
60
0.31
1,768
0.71
40. Alcohol
59
0.30
1,081
0.43
41. Cervical Cancer
57
0.29
1,065
0.42
42. Meningitis
52
0.27
51
0.02
43. Prostate Cancer
51
0.26
2,316
0.92
44. Hepatitis B
47
0.24
526
0.21
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
45
0.23
540
0.22
46. Uterin Cancer
44
0.23
420
0.17
47. Oesophagus Cancer
37
0.19
1,733
0.69
48. Poisonings
36
0.18
115
0.05
49. Multiple Sclerosis
35
0.18
11
0.00
50. HIV/AIDS
34
0.17
84
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Arab Emirates ARAB EMIRATES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
19.37
56
6.59
180
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.54
94
10.56
68
3. Lung Cancers
6.32
127
20.90
49
4. Prostate Cancer
5.69
161
6.10
155
5. Uterin Cancer
5.43
13
0.89
165
6. Pancreas Cancer
5.24
62
7.34
34
7. Ovary Cancer
5.24
58
2.84
149
8. Liver Cancer
5.05
98
12.57
21
9. Cervical Cancer
4.92
129
2.29
160
10. Stomach Cancer
4.81
116
9.13
50
11. Skin Cancers
4.56
10
0.60
157
12. Lymphomas
4.44
103
3.72
131
13. Bladder Cancer
3.48
42
1.74
111
14. Leukemia
2.31
146
2.65
138
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.72
118
1.84
115
16. Oral Cancer
1.04
174
1.60
154
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.