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Ghana
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 Ghana 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
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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%
North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Ghana GHANA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
 
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
 
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
 
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
 
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
 
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
 
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
 
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
162.14
15
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
105.37
99
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
22.75
104
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
2.53
100
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
68
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
11.82
137
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
57.14
16
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
14.33
111
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
22.21
64
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
1.70
109
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
12.98
129
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
87.71
5
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
4.11
136
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
2.38
178
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
7.80
177
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
16.26
122
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
18.24
92
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
16.66
12
19. Asthma
13.95
42
4.81
90
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
0.81
89
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
2.40
153
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
5.48
125
23. Suicide
10.54
64
8.20
95
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
4.39
98
25. Falls
8.85
34
6.34
79
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
2.66
86
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
1.25
93
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
2.96
147
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
3.79
139
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
1.60
160
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
1.02
84
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
10.37
70
33. Violence
6.73
72
3.97
101
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
11.99
21
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
1.84
175
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
3.78
113
37. Fires
3.31
41
0.90
118
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
1.24
89
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
1.62
152
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
0.78
168
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
3.80
49
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
4.85
68
43. Drownings
2.38
93
4.46
35
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
5.64
51
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
1.29
64
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.61
120
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
0.58
138
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
6.87
15
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
37.70
4
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.51
77
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
6,231
2.91
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
49,648
23.17
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
31,342
14.63
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
753
0.35
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
17,417
8.13
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
6,210
2.90
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
1,208
0.56
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
374
0.17
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
736
0.34
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
4,506
2.10
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
3,671
1.71
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
3,959
1.85
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
991
0.46
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
26,178
12.22
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
207
0.10
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
5,326
2.49
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
1,531
0.71
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
5,368
2.51
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
704
0.33
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
2,407
1.12
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
252
0.12
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
1,439
0.67
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
452
0.21
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
1,366
0.64
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
317
0.15
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
1,082
0.50
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
684
0.32
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
4,340
2.03
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
1,801
0.84
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
219
0.10
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
560
0.26
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
3,771
1.76
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
3,232
1.51
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
34
0.02
36. Drownings
740
0.42
1,126
0.53
37. Fires
729
0.42
253
0.12
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
532
0.25
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
356
0.17
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
366
0.17
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
54
0.03
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
513
0.24
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
1,155
0.54
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
117
0.05
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
965
0.45
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
1,525
0.71
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
266
0.12
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
1,712
0.80
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
1,222
0.57
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
158
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
4.11
136
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
2.38
178
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
7.80
177
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
16.66
12
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
2.96
147
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
10.37
70
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
11.99
21
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
1.84
175
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
1.62
152
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
0.78
168
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
3.80
49
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
4.85
68
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
1.61
120
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
37.70
4
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
0.55
160
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
3.44
99
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.