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Germany
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
GERMANY VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Germany 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
Germany Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Germany GERMANY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Germany GERMANY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    66.9
    72.3
    69.5
    19
    21
    18
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    67.4
    73.7
    70.5
    23
    23
    23
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    69.4
    76.1
    72.6
    27
    20
    26
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    72.0
    78.6
    75.2
    25
    19
    22
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    74.8
    80.9
    78.0
    23
    16
    18
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    77.5
    82.6
    80.1
    21
    22
    22
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    78.7
    84.8
    81.7
    26
    10
    20
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Germany GERMANY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    78.7
    84.8
    26
    10
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    79.0
    85.1
    29
    10
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    79.1
    85.1
    29
    10
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    79.1
    85.1
    29
    10
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    79.2
    85.2
    29
    10
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    79.3
    85.2
    29
    10
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    79.4
    85.3
    32
    10
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    79.6
    85.4
    33
    10
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    79.8
    85.5
    33
    9
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    80.0
    85.7
    34
    9
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    80.4
    85.9
    33
    8
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    81.0
    86.3
    35
    7
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    81.9
    86.9
    35
    6
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    83.1
    87.7
    35
    6
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    84.6
    88.7
    35
    3
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    86.3
    90.0
    30
    2
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    88.3
    91.6
    25
    1
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    90.9
    94.1
    31
    1
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Germany GERMANY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    56.09
    155
    105.37
    99
    2. Lung Cancers
    24.77
    27
    37.70
    4
    3. Breast Cancer
    18.80
    66
    7.80
    177
    4. Stroke
    18.75
    173
    162.14
    15
    5. Lung Disease
    18.00
    116
    87.71
    5
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    15.54
    128
    16.26
    122
    7. Prostate Cancer
    14.89
    102
    2.38
    178
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.18
    48
    10.37
    70
    9. Liver Disease
    9.69
    128
    14.33
    111
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    8.75
    12
    4.85
    68
    11. Hypertension
    8.36
    139
    18.24
    92
    12. Suicide
    8.27
    93
    8.20
    95
    13. Kidney Disease
    7.81
    152
    12.98
    129
    14. Influenza and Pneumonia
    7.66
    170
    22.75
    104
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    6.48
    161
    11.82
    137
    16. Falls
    5.64
    93
    6.34
    79
    17. Lymphomas
    5.60
    60
    1.84
    175
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    5.15
    62
    1.60
    160
    19. Ovary Cancer
    5.13
    60
    2.96
    147
    20. Stomach Cancer
    4.80
    118
    11.99
    21
    21. Alcohol
    4.32
    25
    1.00
    116
    22. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.30
    99
    2.40
    153
    23. Parkinson's Disease
    4.25
    83
    3.78
    113
    24. Leukemia
    4.20
    59
    3.44
    99
    25. Other Injuries
    4.05
    151
    5.48
    125
    26. Liver Cancer
    4.03
    129
    16.66
    12
    27. Oral Cancer
    3.52
    69
    1.62
    152
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.39
    58
    3.80
    49
    29. Other Neoplasms
    3.28
    29
    0.14
    180
    30. Road Traffic Accidents
    2.98
    170
    22.21
    64
    31. Congenital Anomalies
    2.95
    157
    3.79
    139
    32. Cervical Cancer
    2.68
    155
    4.11
    136
    33. Bladder Cancer
    2.51
    70
    1.61
    120
    34. Skin Cancers
    2.02
    84
    0.55
    160
    35. Drug Use
    2.00
    45
    1.24
    89
    36. Uterin Cancer
    1.95
    110
    0.78
    168
    37. Epilepsy
    1.72
    86
    0.98
    137
    38. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1.39
    119
    1.70
    109
    39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.34
    96
    6.87
    15
    40. Low Birth Weight
    1.30
    161
    4.39
    98
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.96
    11
    0.13
    135
    42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.90
    152
    5.64
    51
    43. Violence
    0.84
    161
    3.97
    101
    44. Skin Disease
    0.62
    130
    0.58
    138
    45. Asthma
    0.46
    165
    4.81
    90
    46. Drownings
    0.42
    177
    4.46
    35
    47. Birth Trauma
    0.40
    160
    2.66
    86
    48. Hepatitis C
    0.33
    33
    0.03
    126
    49. Anemia
    0.32
    39
    0.00
    91
    50. HIV/AIDS
    0.30
    135
    2.53
    100
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Germany GERMANY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    147,055
    20.98
    31,342
    14.63
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    51,168
    7.30
    4,340
    2.03
    3. Stroke
    49,794
    7.11
    49,648
    23.17
    4. Lung Cancers
    46,560
    6.64
    11,893
    5.55
    5. Lung Disease
    42,797
    6.11
    26,178
    12.22
    6. Hypertension
    26,796
    3.82
    5,368
    2.51
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    26,026
    3.71
    3,232
    1.51
    8. Kidney Disease
    22,770
    3.25
    3,959
    1.85
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    20,712
    2.96
    6,231
    2.91
    10. Breast Cancer
    18,842
    2.69
    1,366
    0.64
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    17,971
    2.56
    1,525
    0.71
    12. Prostate Cancer
    16,487
    2.35
    219
    0.10
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    15,560
    2.22
    3,671
    1.71
    14. Falls
    15,325
    2.19
    1,801
    0.84
    15. Liver Disease
    15,194
    2.17
    4,506
    2.10
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    12,594
    1.80
    1,155
    0.54
    17. Lymphomas
    12,249
    1.75
    560
    0.26
    18. Endocrine Disorders
    10,677
    1.52
    452
    0.21
    19. Suicide
    10,284
    1.47
    2,407
    1.12
    20. Stomach Cancer
    9,658
    1.38
    3,771
    1.76
    21. Inflammatory/Heart
    8,891
    1.27
    684
    0.32
    22. Leukemia
    8,737
    1.25
    965
    0.45
    23. Other Injuries
    8,248
    1.18
    1,531
    0.71
    24. Other Neoplasms
    8,161
    1.16
    44
    0.02
    25. Liver Cancer
    8,057
    1.15
    5,326
    2.49
    26. Alcohol
    6,257
    0.89
    304
    0.14
    27. Oesophagus Cancer
    6,212
    0.89
    1,222
    0.57
    28. Bladder Cancer
    6,193
    0.88
    500
    0.23
    29. Oral Cancer
    6,023
    0.86
    513
    0.24
    30. Ovary Cancer
    5,192
    0.74
    532
    0.25
    31. Skin Cancers
    4,055
    0.58
    168
    0.08
    32. Diarrhoeal diseases
    3,830
    0.55
    374
    0.17
    33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    3,615
    0.52
    2,093
    0.98
    34. Road Traffic Accidents
    3,160
    0.45
    6,210
    2.90
    35. Epilepsy
    3,091
    0.44
    266
    0.12
    36. Congenital Anomalies
    2,291
    0.33
    991
    0.46
    37. Uterin Cancer
    2,231
    0.32
    138
    0.06
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2,166
    0.31
    1,712
    0.80
    39. Cervical Cancer
    2,131
    0.30
    704
    0.33
    40. Drug Use
    1,930
    0.28
    356
    0.17
    41. Multiple Sclerosis
    1,571
    0.22
    40
    0.02
    42. Skin Disease
    1,543
    0.22
    158
    0.07
    43. Anemia
    994
    0.14
    0
    0.00
    44. Asthma
    924
    0.13
    1,439
    0.67
    45. Low Birth Weight
    770
    0.11
    1,208
    0.56
    46. Violence
    769
    0.11
    1,082
    0.50
    47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    543
    0.08
    198
    0.09
    48. Hepatitis C
    507
    0.07
    10
    0.00
    49. Drownings
    459
    0.07
    1,126
    0.53
    50. Malnutrition
    450
    0.06
    317
    0.15
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Germany GERMANY   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    24.77
    27
    37.70
    4
    2. Breast Cancer
    18.80
    66
    7.80
    177
    3. Prostate Cancer
    14.89
    102
    2.38
    178
    4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    12.18
    48
    10.37
    70
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    8.75
    12
    4.85
    68
    6. Lymphomas
    5.60
    60
    1.84
    175
    7. Ovary Cancer
    5.13
    60
    2.96
    147
    8. Stomach Cancer
    4.80
    118
    11.99
    21
    9. Leukemia
    4.20
    59
    3.44
    99
    10. Liver Cancer
    4.03
    129
    16.66
    12
    11. Oral Cancer
    3.52
    69
    1.62
    152
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.39
    58
    3.80
    49
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.68
    155
    4.11
    136
    14. Bladder Cancer
    2.51
    70
    1.61
    120
    15. Skin Cancers
    2.02
    84
    0.55
    160
    16. Uterin Cancer
    1.95
    110
    0.78
    168
    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.