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Iceland
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
ICELAND VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Iceland 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
Iceland Population Pyramid
376,683
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  Iceland ICELAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Iceland ICELAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
72.1
75.7
73.9
10
22
14
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
74.9
78.4
76.6
2
20
11
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
77.7
81.7
79.7
1
9
3
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
80.2
83.5
81.8
1
10
6
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
80.8
83.9
82.3
9
20
14
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
80.8
83.9
9
20
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
81.0
84.0
10
23
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
81.0
84.1
10
22
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
81.1
84.1
10
23
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
81.2
84.1
9
23
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
81.4
84.2
10
23
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
81.6
84.3
9
23
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
81.9
84.4
4
23
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
82.1
84.5
4
22
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
82.4
84.6
4
25
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
82.7
84.8
5
26
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
83.1
85.1
7
26
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
83.7
85.5
7
27
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
84.4
86.1
11
28
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
85.4
86.7
12
34
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.7
87.7
15
36
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.4
89.2
24
39
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.7
91.3
39
42
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
54.46
157
105.37
99
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
35.59
5
16.26
122
3. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
37.70
4
4. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
2.38
178
5. Stroke
18.39
176
162.14
15
6. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
7.80
177
7. Lung Disease
17.98
117
87.71
5
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
10.37
70
9. Suicide
11.15
59
8.20
95
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
9.67
161
22.75
104
11. Other Injuries
7.88
87
5.48
125
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.85
68
13. Parkinson's Disease
7.15
12
3.78
113
14. Lymphomas
5.87
49
1.84
175
15. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
2.96
147
16. Drug Use
4.41
12
1.24
89
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.22
176
11.82
137
18. Kidney Disease
4.00
177
12.98
129
19. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
16.66
12
20. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
3.80
49
21. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
124
2.40
153
22. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
4.11
136
23. Falls
3.23
143
6.34
79
24. Alcohol
3.14
32
1.00
116
25. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
11.99
21
26. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.61
120
27. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.44
99
28. Hypertension
2.87
168
18.24
92
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.31
139
1.60
160
30. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.78
168
31. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.55
160
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.96
177
3.79
139
33. Road Traffic Accidents
1.78
178
22.21
64
34. Liver Disease
1.72
183
14.33
111
35. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.62
152
36. Other Neoplasms
1.53
57
0.14
180
37. Epilepsy
1.27
116
0.98
137
38. Low Birth Weight
1.13
164
4.39
98
39. Violence
1.08
149
3.97
101
40. Birth Trauma
1.05
121
2.66
86
41. Poisonings
0.64
86
1.29
64
42. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.61
35
0.65
30
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.51
34
0.13
135
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.47
178
5.64
51
45. Anemia
0.42
30
0.00
91
46. Skin Disease
0.39
150
0.58
138
47. Drownings
0.36
179
4.46
35
48. Schizophrenia
0.31
16
0.00
88
49. Meningitis
0.30
140
0.81
89
50. Asthma
0.26
178
4.81
90
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Iceland ICELAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
403
20.10
31,342
14.63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
295
14.71
4,340
2.03
3. Stroke
141
7.03
49,648
23.17
4. Lung Cancers
134
6.68
11,893
5.55
5. Lung Disease
129
6.43
26,178
12.22
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
82
4.09
6,231
2.91
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
73
3.64
3,232
1.51
8. Prostate Cancer
61
3.04
219
0.10
9. Breast Cancer
53
2.64
1,366
0.64
10. Parkinson's Disease
53
2.64
1,155
0.54
11. Other Injuries
50
2.49
1,531
0.71
12. Pancreas Cancer
43
2.14
1,525
0.71
13. Suicide
40
2.00
2,407
1.12
14. Lymphomas
37
1.85
560
0.26
15. Kidney Disease
33
1.65
3,959
1.85
16. Diabetes Mellitus
30
1.50
3,671
1.71
17. Hypertension
24
1.20
5,368
2.51
18. Falls
24
1.20
1,801
0.84
19. Oesophagus Cancer
23
1.15
1,222
0.57
20. Liver Cancer
22
1.10
5,326
2.49
21. Bladder Cancer
20
1.00
500
0.23
22. Leukemia
19
0.95
965
0.45
23. Stomach Cancer
18
0.90
3,771
1.76
24. Drug Use
17
0.85
356
0.17
25. Ovary Cancer
16
0.80
532
0.25
26. Endocrine Disorders
16
0.80
452
0.21
27. Inflammatory/Heart
16
0.80
684
0.32
28. Alcohol
14
0.70
304
0.14
29. Skin Cancers
13
0.65
168
0.08
30. Other Neoplasms
10
0.50
44
0.02
31. Oral Cancer
9
0.45
513
0.24
32. Cervical Cancer
9
0.45
704
0.33
33. Liver Disease
9
0.45
4,506
2.10
34. Uterin Cancer
7
0.35
138
0.06
35. Congenital Anomalies
7
0.35
991
0.46
36. Road Traffic Accidents
7
0.35
6,210
2.90
37. Epilepsy
5
0.25
266
0.12
38. Anemia
4
0.20
0
0.00
39. Rheumatoid Arthritis
4
0.20
198
0.09
40. Violence
4
0.20
1,082
0.50
41. Low Birth Weight
3
0.15
1,208
0.56
42. Multiple Sclerosis
3
0.15
40
0.02
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3
0.15
1,712
0.80
44. Skin Disease
3
0.15
158
0.07
45. Poisonings
3
0.15
366
0.17
46. Birth Trauma
2
0.10
736
0.34
47. Asthma
2
0.10
1,439
0.67
48. Osteoarthritis
2
0.10
0
0.00
49. Diarrhoeal diseases
1
0.05
374
0.17
50. Meningitis
1
0.05
207
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Iceland ICELAND   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
21.77
41
37.70
4
2. Prostate Cancer
18.78
71
2.38
178
3. Breast Cancer
18.02
78
7.80
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.15
49
10.37
70
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.25
37
4.85
68
6. Lymphomas
5.87
49
1.84
175
7. Ovary Cancer
5.09
62
2.96
147
8. Liver Cancer
3.82
140
16.66
12
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.70
50
3.80
49
10. Cervical Cancer
3.29
142
4.11
136
11. Stomach Cancer
3.12
154
11.99
21
12. Bladder Cancer
3.04
53
1.61
120
13. Leukemia
2.88
125
3.44
99
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
102
0.78
168
15. Skin Cancers
2.01
85
0.55
160
16. Oral Cancer
1.55
158
1.62
152
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.