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Lesotho
COUNTRY #1
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LESOTHO VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Lesotho 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
Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Lesotho LESOTHO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
47.7
54.2
183
183
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
47.7
54.2
183
183
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
52.5
58.8
183
183
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
52.8
59.1
183
183
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
52.9
59.2
183
183
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
53.6
59.7
183
183
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
54.5
60.6
183
183
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
55.6
62.0
183
183
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
57.2
63.8
183
183
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
59.4
66.0
183
183
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
62.0
68.3
183
183
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
65.0
70.7
183
183
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
68.1
73.0
183
181
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
71.2
75.2
183
180
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
74.4
77.5
182
180
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
77.7
79.9
182
179
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
81.2
82.6
183
178
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
84.8
85.7
181
172
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
88.6
89.1
175
172
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
254.70
2
2.53
100
2. Stroke
211.66
3
162.14
15
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
192.07
1
22.75
104
4. Coronary Heart Disease
155.85
43
105.37
99
5. Diabetes Mellitus
147.55
5
11.82
137
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
142.10
2
1.70
109
7. Suicide
87.48
1
8.20
95
8. Lung Disease
83.85
6
87.71
5
9. Hypertension
74.75
1
18.24
92
10. Kidney Disease
69.87
4
12.98
129
11. Tuberculosis
68.85
13
57.14
16
12. Liver Disease
51.33
9
14.33
111
13. Asthma
45.32
3
4.81
90
14. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
4.11
136
15. Violence
43.38
5
3.97
101
16. Road Traffic Accidents
36.62
32
22.21
64
17. Other Injuries
28.67
2
5.48
125
18. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
2.38
178
19. Inflammatory/Heart
21.17
6
2.40
153
20. Low Birth Weight
18.96
1
4.39
98
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
18.88
3
5.64
51
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.24
99
16.26
122
23. Malnutrition
17.17
13
1.25
93
24. Meningitis
16.69
10
0.81
89
25. Fires
14.67
1
0.90
118
26. Endocrine Disorders
14.08
10
1.60
160
27. Maternal Conditions
13.99
19
1.02
84
28. Birth Trauma
13.70
7
2.66
86
29. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
7.80
177
30. Congenital Anomalies
11.28
4
3.79
139
31. Drownings
9.67
7
4.46
35
32. Falls
8.24
44
6.34
79
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
7.68
13
6.87
15
34. Epilepsy
7.57
1
0.98
137
35. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
3.80
49
36. Poisonings
5.26
2
1.29
64
37. Skin Disease
5.11
14
0.58
138
38. Lymphomas
4.86
86
1.84
175
39. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
16.66
12
40. Parkinson's Disease
4.56
67
3.78
113
41. Alcohol
4.54
21
1.00
116
42. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
37.70
4
43. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
1.62
152
44. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
0.55
160
45. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
2.96
147
46. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
0.78
168
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
10.37
70
48. Leukemia
2.43
144
3.44
99
49. Pertussis
1.81
46
0.17
96
50. Hepatitis B
1.71
15
0.23
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Lesotho LESOTHO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,767
14.31
753
0.35
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
3,214
9.65
6,231
2.91
3. Stroke
2,817
8.45
49,648
23.17
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,354
7.06
374
0.17
5. Coronary Heart Disease
2,101
6.31
31,342
14.63
6. Diabetes Mellitus
2,000
6.00
3,671
1.71
7. Suicide
1,539
4.62
2,407
1.12
8. Tuberculosis
1,208
3.63
17,417
8.13
9. Lung Disease
1,102
3.31
26,178
12.22
10. Kidney Disease
1,015
3.05
3,959
1.85
11. Hypertension
990
2.97
5,368
2.51
12. Low Birth Weight
957
2.87
1,208
0.56
13. Violence
924
2.77
1,082
0.50
14. Liver Disease
792
2.38
4,506
2.10
15. Birth Trauma
717
2.15
736
0.34
16. Asthma
678
2.03
1,439
0.67
17. Road Traffic Accidents
678
2.03
6,210
2.90
18. Other Injuries
533
1.60
1,531
0.71
19. Congenital Anomalies
389
1.17
991
0.46
20. Cervical Cancer
372
1.12
704
0.33
21. Malnutrition
357
1.07
317
0.15
22. Meningitis
318
0.95
207
0.10
23. Inflammatory/Heart
305
0.92
684
0.32
24. Maternal Conditions
292
0.88
252
0.12
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
279
0.84
1,712
0.80
26. Fires
269
0.81
253
0.12
27. Endocrine Disorders
235
0.71
452
0.21
28. Drownings
200
0.60
1,126
0.53
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
194
0.58
4,340
2.03
30. Epilepsy
143
0.43
266
0.12
31. Falls
128
0.38
1,801
0.84
32. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126
0.38
2,093
0.98
33. Poisonings
111
0.33
366
0.17
34. Breast Cancer
97
0.29
1,366
0.64
35. Prostate Cancer
81
0.24
219
0.10
36. Lymphomas
78
0.23
560
0.26
37. Oesophagus Cancer
73
0.22
1,222
0.57
38. Liver Cancer
71
0.21
5,326
2.49
39. Alcohol
71
0.21
304
0.14
40. Skin Disease
70
0.21
158
0.07
41. Parkinson's Disease
55
0.17
1,155
0.54
42. Oral Cancer
52
0.16
513
0.24
43. Pertussis
51
0.15
34
0.02
44. Lung Cancers
51
0.15
11,893
5.55
45. Syphilis
50
0.15
54
0.03
46. Skin Cancers
46
0.14
168
0.08
47. Tetanus
45
0.14
28
0.01
48. Colon-Rectum Cancers
40
0.12
3,232
1.51
49. Leukemia
39
0.12
965
0.45
50. Drug Use
32
0.10
356
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Lesotho LESOTHO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
44.59
9
4.11
136
2. Prostate Cancer
24.42
47
2.38
178
3. Breast Cancer
11.68
143
7.80
177
4. Oesophagus Cancer
5.57
33
3.80
49
5. Lymphomas
4.86
86
1.84
175
6. Liver Cancer
4.78
106
16.66
12
7. Lung Cancers
3.87
146
37.70
4
8. Oral Cancer
3.76
61
1.62
152
9. Skin Cancers
3.61
19
0.55
160
10. Ovary Cancer
3.01
145
2.96
147
11. Uterin Cancer
2.88
66
0.78
168
12. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.77
180
10.37
70
13. Leukemia
2.43
144
3.44
99
14. Pancreas Cancer
0.90
168
4.85
68
15. Stomach Cancer
0.76
181
11.99
21
16. Bladder Cancer
0.70
170
1.61
120
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.