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Canada
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

Compare Canada 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
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Canada CANADA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
 
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
 
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
 
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
 
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
 
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
 
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
 
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
27.78
183
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
11.04
154
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
20.90
49
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
8.14
175
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
6.59
180
6. Stroke
15.12
182
25.48
155
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
10.56
68
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
6.10
155
9. Suicide
10.34
67
21.16
12
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
0.20
181
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
25.21
100
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
6.84
160
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
7.34
34
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
3.72
131
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
7.50
148
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
2.84
149
17. Falls
5.07
101
3.34
142
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
9.92
142
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
5.76
150
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
2.11
148
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
12.57
21
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
2.65
138
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
3.78
114
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
3.88
154
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
1.84
115
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
1.82
181
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
1.55
172
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
0.89
165
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
1.74
111
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
9.13
50
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
3.45
163
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
1.34
97
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
0.60
157
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
1.60
154
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
1.89
55
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
2.29
160
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
1.62
152
38. Violence
1.60
139
0.68
170
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.01
178
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
0.91
139
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
0.72
166
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
0.67
126
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
0.23
175
44. Drownings
0.71
160
0.71
161
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
0.39
164
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.17
65
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
0.54
171
48. Fires
0.41
153
0.33
159
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.16
141
50. Asthma
0.37
173
1.08
129
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
28,043
11.19
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
12,145
4.85
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
20,293
8.10
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
8,526
3.40
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
25,596
10.21
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
10,180
4.06
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
26,650
10.63
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
2,880
1.15
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
6,812
2.72
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
3,477
1.39
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
6,994
2.79
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
2,934
1.17
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
2,316
0.92
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
10,107
4.03
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
14,636
5.84
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
154
0.06
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
6,348
2.53
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
3,951
1.58
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
1,891
0.75
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
11,589
4.62
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
2,140
0.85
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
3,711
1.48
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
1,768
0.71
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
3,634
1.45
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
1,733
0.69
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
8,625
3.44
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
1,325
0.53
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
4,399
1.76
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
1,330
0.53
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
585
0.23
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
1,807
0.72
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
1,457
0.58
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
1,081
0.43
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
420
0.17
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
518
0.21
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
929
0.37
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
11
0.00
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
704
0.28
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
224
0.09
40. Violence
605
0.26
386
0.15
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
1,065
0.42
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
370
0.15
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
540
0.22
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
524
0.21
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
168
0.07
46. Anemia
343
0.15
329
0.13
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
150
0.06
48. Drownings
283
0.12
501
0.20
49. Asthma
262
0.11
1,150
0.46
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
88
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
20.90
49
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
6.59
180
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
10.56
68
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
6.10
155
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
7.34
34
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
3.72
131
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
2.84
149
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
12.57
21
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
2.65
138
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
1.84
115
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
0.89
165
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
1.74
111
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
9.13
50
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
0.60
157
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
1.60
154
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
2.29
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.