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Kazakhstan
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 Kazakhstan 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
Kazakhstan Population Pyramid
24,024,036
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
  Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN   South Korea SOUTH 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
 
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
61.6
71.9
66.6
81
56
73
 
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
63.8
73.1
68.3
97
70
85
 
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
58.3
69.9
63.9
134
112
121
 
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
62.8
72.9
67.8
130
108
122
 
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
70.0
77.6
74.0
97
84
89
 
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.0
77.6
97
84
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
70.0
77.6
97
84
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
70.8
78.3
113
86
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
70.9
78.4
113
86
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
71.0
78.5
113
86
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
71.2
78.6
115
86
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
71.5
78.8
117
85
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
71.8
78.9
117
86
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
72.2
79.1
118
85
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
72.8
79.4
118
85
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
73.6
79.8
115
85
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
74.5
80.2
113
85
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
75.6
80.7
114
86
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
76.8
81.4
118
88
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
78.6
82.4
118
89
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
81.1
83.6
112
89
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
83.6
85.1
105
98
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
86.8
87.1
81
108
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
90.2
89.6
70
159
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
181.63
35
27.78
183
2. Stroke
124.19
34
25.48
155
3. Lung Disease
42.36
24
8.14
175
4. Liver Disease
29.46
58
7.50
148
5. Inflammatory/Heart
20.80
7
1.55
172
6. Lung Cancers
20.51
51
20.90
49
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
18.79
120
25.21
100
8. Suicide
18.05
17
21.16
12
9. Breast Cancer
15.56
109
6.59
180
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.39
130
11.04
154
11. Stomach Cancer
14.16
12
9.13
50
12. Road Traffic Accidents
12.85
112
5.76
150
13. Diabetes Mellitus
12.42
135
6.84
160
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.61
55
10.56
68
15. Hypertension
10.39
132
3.45
163
16. Kidney Disease
9.09
144
9.92
142
17. Prostate Cancer
8.54
137
6.10
155
18. Other Injuries
7.79
88
3.88
154
19. Cervical Cancer
7.73
98
2.29
160
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.03
23
1.84
115
21. Alcohol
6.90
12
1.34
97
22. Asthma
6.41
77
1.08
129
23. Pancreas Cancer
5.97
56
7.34
34
24. Ovary Cancer
5.87
37
2.84
149
25. Liver Cancer
5.46
88
12.57
21
26. Violence
5.20
85
0.68
170
27. Parkinson's Disease
4.21
86
3.78
114
28. Congenital Anomalies
4.11
134
1.82
181
29. Falls
3.84
131
3.34
142
30. Drownings
3.71
55
0.71
161
31. Drug Use
3.70
19
0.20
181
32. Oral Cancer
3.57
67
1.60
154
33. Uterin Cancer
3.30
40
0.89
165
34. Leukemia
3.26
111
2.65
138
35. Low Birth Weight
2.69
130
1.62
152
36. Lymphomas
2.34
165
3.72
131
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.04
107
0.54
171
38. Poisonings
1.92
47
0.15
158
39. Fires
1.91
78
0.33
159
40. Bladder Cancer
1.90
103
1.74
111
41. HIV/AIDS
1.79
108
0.11
155
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.63
159
2.11
148
43. Birth Trauma
1.62
100
0.39
164
44. Epilepsy
1.62
91
0.72
166
45. Skin Cancers
1.57
113
0.60
157
46. Tuberculosis
1.56
115
1.93
110
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.55
90
0.23
175
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.25
125
0.91
139
49. Encephalitis
0.74
47
0.05
137
50. Malnutrition
0.46
117
0.09
158
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
31,074
26.28
28,043
11.19
2. Stroke
21,553
18.23
25,596
10.21
3. Lung Disease
7,391
6.25
8,526
3.40
4. Liver Disease
5,474
4.63
6,348
2.53
5. Lung Cancers
3,888
3.29
20,293
8.10
6. Inflammatory/Heart
3,863
3.27
1,325
0.53
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,469
2.93
26,650
10.63
8. Suicide
3,259
2.76
14,636
5.84
9. Stomach Cancer
2,645
2.24
8,625
3.44
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,404
2.03
12,145
4.85
11. Road Traffic Accidents
2,352
1.99
4,399
1.76
12. Diabetes Mellitus
2,244
1.90
6,812
2.72
13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,128
1.80
10,180
4.06
14. Hypertension
1,836
1.55
3,711
1.48
15. Breast Cancer
1,696
1.43
2,880
1.15
16. Kidney Disease
1,640
1.39
10,107
4.03
17. Other Injuries
1,468
1.24
3,634
1.45
18. Alcohol
1,310
1.11
1,081
0.43
19. Oesophagus Cancer
1,298
1.10
1,733
0.69
20. Asthma
1,140
0.96
1,150
0.46
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,122
0.95
6,994
2.79
22. Liver Cancer
1,020
0.86
11,589
4.62
23. Violence
949
0.80
386
0.15
24. Congenital Anomalies
946
0.80
518
0.21
25. Cervical Cancer
806
0.68
1,065
0.42
26. Parkinson's Disease
723
0.61
3,951
1.58
27. Low Birth Weight
701
0.59
370
0.15
28. Falls
701
0.59
2,934
1.17
29. Drug Use
692
0.59
154
0.06
30. Drownings
680
0.58
501
0.20
31. Oral Cancer
679
0.57
1,457
0.58
32. Ovary Cancer
634
0.54
1,330
0.53
33. Leukemia
612
0.52
2,140
0.85
34. Prostate Cancer
532
0.45
2,316
0.92
35. Birth Trauma
438
0.37
88
0.04
36. Lymphomas
436
0.37
3,477
1.39
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
376
0.32
540
0.22
38. Uterin Cancer
366
0.31
420
0.17
39. Poisonings
358
0.30
115
0.05
40. Fires
354
0.30
263
0.10
41. Bladder Cancer
346
0.29
1,768
0.71
42. HIV/AIDS
340
0.29
84
0.03
43. Endocrine Disorders
303
0.26
1,891
0.75
44. Epilepsy
295
0.25
524
0.21
45. Tuberculosis
293
0.25
1,950
0.78
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.25
224
0.09
47. Skin Cancers
286
0.24
585
0.23
48. Diarrhoeal diseases
258
0.22
929
0.37
49. Encephalitis
142
0.12
19
0.01
50. Meningitis
89
0.08
51
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Kazakhstan KAZAKHSTAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.51
51
20.90
49
2. Breast Cancer
15.56
109
6.59
180
3. Stomach Cancer
14.16
12
9.13
50
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.61
55
10.56
68
5. Prostate Cancer
8.54
137
6.10
155
6. Cervical Cancer
7.73
98
2.29
160
7. Oesophagus Cancer
7.03
23
1.84
115
8. Pancreas Cancer
5.97
56
7.34
34
9. Ovary Cancer
5.87
37
2.84
149
10. Liver Cancer
5.46
88
12.57
21
11. Oral Cancer
3.57
67
1.60
154
12. Uterin Cancer
3.30
40
0.89
165
13. Leukemia
3.26
111
2.65
138
14. Lymphomas
2.34
165
3.72
131
15. Bladder Cancer
1.90
103
1.74
111
16. Skin Cancers
1.57
113
0.60
157
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.