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Jordan
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
JORDAN VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Jordan 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
Jordan Population Pyramid
12,932,404
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Jordan JORDAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
46.0
48.5
47.2
105
106
104
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
53.0
56.3
54.6
101
99
100
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
60.9
64.7
62.7
90
91
90
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
65.5
69.0
67.2
86
98
93
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
70.4
73.3
71.7
52
88
69
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
71.9
75.1
73.4
61
93
80
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
77.0
78.8
77.9
35
66
45
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
77.0
78.8
35
66
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
77.0
78.8
35
66
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
78.4
80.0
35
61
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
78.5
80.1
35
61
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
78.7
80.2
35
59
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
78.8
80.3
35
59
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
79.0
80.3
36
59
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
79.1
80.4
37
61
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
79.3
80.5
37
62
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
79.5
80.7
38
62
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
79.8
80.9
38
63
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
80.2
81.1
38
67
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
80.8
81.5
38
69
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
81.6
82.1
38
72
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
82.7
83.0
38
74
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
84.2
84.2
38
74
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.0
85.8
37
77
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.4
87.9
23
79
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
91.0
90.4
24
89
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
98.90
111
105.37
99
2. Stroke
62.96
115
162.14
15
3. Diabetes Mellitus
34.57
77
11.82
137
4. Hypertension
33.16
37
18.24
92
5. Kidney Disease
30.36
58
12.98
129
6. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
7.80
177
7. Road Traffic Accidents
19.68
78
22.21
64
8. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
37.70
4
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.53
93
16.26
122
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
15.14
136
22.75
104
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
10.37
70
12. Lung Disease
9.42
169
87.71
5
13. Liver Disease
9.16
132
14.33
111
14. Congenital Anomalies
6.89
54
3.79
139
15. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
2.38
178
16. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
11.99
21
17. Leukemia
6.03
8
3.44
99
18. Low Birth Weight
5.49
85
4.39
98
19. Lymphomas
5.31
70
1.84
175
20. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
2.96
147
21. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
1.61
120
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
4.85
68
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.88
106
3.78
113
24. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
16.66
12
25. Other Injuries
3.30
165
5.48
125
26. Violence
2.89
114
3.97
101
27. Falls
2.84
155
6.34
79
28. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
0.78
168
29. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
138
1.60
160
30. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
1.62
152
31. Asthma
2.17
111
4.81
90
32. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
4.11
136
33. Suicide
1.98
179
8.20
95
34. Fires
1.91
77
0.90
118
35. Birth Trauma
1.77
97
2.66
86
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.66
110
1.70
109
37. Drug Use
1.64
64
1.24
89
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.46
135
5.64
51
39. Inflammatory/Heart
1.25
178
2.40
153
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
3.80
49
41. Skin Disease
0.95
113
0.58
138
42. Drownings
0.94
150
4.46
35
43. Meningitis
0.89
85
0.81
89
44. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
0.55
160
45. Epilepsy
0.55
174
0.98
137
46. Maternal Conditions
0.51
109
1.02
84
47. Poisonings
0.49
98
1.29
64
48. Pertussis
0.46
79
0.17
96
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
166
6.87
15
50. Syphilis
0.35
71
0.21
78
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Jordan JORDAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
4,856
18.60
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
2,908
11.14
49,648
23.17
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,717
6.58
6,210
2.90
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,684
6.45
3,671
1.71
5. Hypertension
1,532
5.87
5,368
2.51
6. Kidney Disease
1,494
5.72
3,959
1.85
7. Lung Cancers
1,059
4.06
11,893
5.55
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
937
3.59
6,231
2.91
9. Congenital Anomalies
934
3.58
991
0.46
10. Low Birth Weight
857
3.28
1,208
0.56
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
706
2.70
4,340
2.03
12. Breast Cancer
686
2.63
1,366
0.64
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
616
2.36
3,232
1.51
14. Liver Disease
494
1.89
4,506
2.10
15. Lung Disease
444
1.70
26,178
12.22
16. Leukemia
370
1.42
965
0.45
17. Stomach Cancer
365
1.40
3,771
1.76
18. Lymphomas
323
1.24
560
0.26
19. Other Injuries
294
1.13
1,531
0.71
20. Birth Trauma
271
1.04
736
0.34
21. Violence
269
1.03
1,082
0.50
22. Pancreas Cancer
245
0.94
1,525
0.71
23. Bladder Cancer
213
0.82
500
0.23
24. Falls
191
0.73
1,801
0.84
25. Liver Cancer
186
0.71
5,326
2.49
26. Endocrine Disorders
180
0.69
452
0.21
27. Parkinson's Disease
169
0.65
1,155
0.54
28. Suicide
165
0.63
2,407
1.12
29. Fires
153
0.59
253
0.12
30. Diarrhoeal diseases
152
0.58
374
0.17
31. Oral Cancer
143
0.55
513
0.24
32. Ovary Cancer
139
0.53
532
0.25
33. Prostate Cancer
131
0.50
219
0.10
34. Drug Use
115
0.44
356
0.17
35. Asthma
114
0.44
1,439
0.67
36. Drownings
107
0.41
1,126
0.53
37. Meningitis
78
0.30
207
0.10
38. Uterin Cancer
74
0.28
138
0.06
39. Inflammatory/Heart
74
0.28
684
0.32
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
67
0.26
1,712
0.80
41. Cervical Cancer
64
0.25
704
0.33
42. Oesophagus Cancer
63
0.24
1,222
0.57
43. Pertussis
55
0.21
34
0.02
44. Maternal Conditions
53
0.20
252
0.12
45. Syphilis
52
0.20
54
0.03
46. Epilepsy
49
0.19
266
0.12
47. Poisonings
47
0.18
366
0.17
48. Skin Disease
42
0.16
158
0.07
49. Skin Cancers
38
0.15
168
0.08
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
22
0.08
2,093
0.98
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Jordan JORDAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
21.02
43
7.80
177
2. Lung Cancers
19.34
55
37.70
4
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.85
63
10.37
70
4. Prostate Cancer
6.59
149
2.38
178
5. Stomach Cancer
6.24
89
11.99
21
6. Leukemia
6.03
8
3.44
99
7. Lymphomas
5.31
70
1.84
175
8. Ovary Cancer
4.47
90
2.96
147
9. Bladder Cancer
4.28
18
1.61
120
10. Pancreas Cancer
4.20
82
4.85
68
11. Liver Cancer
3.51
152
16.66
12
12. Uterin Cancer
2.66
74
0.78
168
13. Oral Cancer
2.26
118
1.62
152
14. Cervical Cancer
2.00
166
4.11
136
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.09
151
3.80
49
16. Skin Cancers
0.64
155
0.55
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.