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Libya
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
LIBYA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Libya 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
Libya Population Pyramid
8,525,412
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%
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
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
 
 
 
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  Libya LIBYA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Libya LIBYA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.7
48.2
46.9
107
112
108
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
115
116
115
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
58.8
62.2
60.5
100
104
102
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
65.9
70.6
68.2
77
87
88
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
69.3
72.7
70.9
68
96
84
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
70.6
75.3
72.8
79
90
87
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
74.2
77.3
75.8
59
85
72
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
74.2
77.3
59
85
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
74.2
77.3
59
85
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
75.2
78.2
56
88
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
75.3
78.3
56
87
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
75.5
78.4
54
87
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
75.8
78.6
52
87
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
76.3
78.8
52
83
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
76.7
79.0
47
82
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
77.1
79.2
47
83
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
77.6
79.5
46
82
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
78.1
79.9
46
83
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
78.8
80.4
45
82
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
79.5
81.1
44
79
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
80.6
81.9
44
77
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
81.9
83.1
44
71
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
83.6
84.8
44
61
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
85.7
86.6
41
57
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.3
89.0
29
50
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.9
91.2
29
47
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
158.90
40
105.37
99
2. Stroke
64.09
114
162.14
15
3. Kidney Disease
28.70
66
12.98
129
4. Hypertension
23.41
66
18.24
92
5. Road Traffic Accidents
22.90
59
22.21
64
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.36
25
16.26
122
7. Diabetes Mellitus
19.17
111
11.82
137
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
16.90
127
22.75
104
9. Lung Disease
15.44
138
87.71
5
10. War
15.38
4
0.06
64
11. Liver Disease
13.95
112
14.33
111
12. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
37.70
4
13. Tuberculosis
13.26
59
57.14
16
14. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
10.37
70
15. Asthma
7.09
75
4.81
90
16. Other Injuries
6.89
100
5.48
125
17. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
7.80
177
18. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
2.38
178
19. Congenital Anomalies
6.46
69
3.79
139
20. Drug Use
6.17
4
1.24
89
21. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
4.11
136
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
4.85
68
23. Suicide
4.50
148
8.20
95
24. Leukemia
4.41
51
3.44
99
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.34
79
3.78
113
26. Lymphomas
4.24
109
1.84
175
27. Low Birth Weight
4.09
102
4.39
98
28. Falls
4.06
124
6.34
79
29. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
16.66
12
30. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
1.61
120
31. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
2.96
147
32. Endocrine Disorders
3.04
109
1.60
160
33. HIV/AIDS
3.03
92
2.53
100
34. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
11.99
21
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.45
95
5.64
51
36. Inflammatory/Heart
2.16
161
2.40
153
37. Violence
2.11
132
3.97
101
38. Fires
1.98
75
0.90
118
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.78
108
1.70
109
40. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
1.62
152
41. Maternal Conditions
1.57
76
1.02
84
42. Birth Trauma
1.48
106
2.66
86
43. Drownings
1.11
144
4.46
35
44. Epilepsy
1.06
132
0.98
137
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.99
120
6.87
15
46. Poisonings
0.86
73
1.29
64
47. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
3.80
49
48. Meningitis
0.76
93
0.81
89
49. Hepatitis B
0.68
53
0.23
94
50. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
0.55
160
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Libya LIBYA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
6,610
26.30
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
2,603
10.36
49,648
23.17
3. Road Traffic Accidents
1,444
5.75
6,210
2.90
4. Kidney Disease
1,186
4.72
3,959
1.85
5. War
1,055
4.20
16
0.01
6. Hypertension
915
3.64
5,368
2.51
7. Tuberculosis
812
3.23
17,417
8.13
8. Diabetes Mellitus
803
3.20
3,671
1.71
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
744
2.96
6,231
2.91
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
743
2.96
4,340
2.03
11. Liver Disease
630
2.51
4,506
2.10
12. Lung Disease
607
2.42
26,178
12.22
13. Lung Cancers
592
2.36
11,893
5.55
14. Congenital Anomalies
493
1.96
991
0.46
15. Other Injuries
432
1.72
1,531
0.71
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
427
1.70
3,232
1.51
17. Drug Use
371
1.48
356
0.17
18. Low Birth Weight
359
1.43
1,208
0.56
19. Suicide
304
1.21
2,407
1.12
20. Asthma
297
1.18
1,439
0.67
21. HIV/AIDS
224
0.89
753
0.35
22. Leukemia
217
0.86
965
0.45
23. Pancreas Cancer
209
0.83
1,525
0.71
24. Falls
204
0.81
1,801
0.84
25. Breast Cancer
190
0.76
1,366
0.64
26. Lymphomas
189
0.75
560
0.26
27. Parkinson's Disease
159
0.63
1,155
0.54
28. Liver Cancer
153
0.61
5,326
2.49
29. Endocrine Disorders
153
0.61
452
0.21
30. Violence
145
0.58
1,082
0.50
31. Bladder Cancer
136
0.54
500
0.23
32. Cervical Cancer
135
0.54
704
0.33
33. Stomach Cancer
134
0.53
3,771
1.76
34. Birth Trauma
132
0.53
736
0.34
35. Maternal Conditions
124
0.49
252
0.12
36. Fires
115
0.46
253
0.12
37. Inflammatory/Heart
107
0.43
684
0.32
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
99
0.39
1,712
0.80
39. Prostate Cancer
96
0.38
219
0.10
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
92
0.37
374
0.17
41. Oral Cancer
81
0.32
513
0.24
42. Ovary Cancer
75
0.30
532
0.25
43. Drownings
74
0.29
1,126
0.53
44. Epilepsy
67
0.27
266
0.12
45. Poisonings
56
0.22
366
0.17
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
49
0.19
2,093
0.98
47. Meningitis
41
0.16
207
0.10
48. Hepatitis B
34
0.14
68
0.03
49. Oesophagus Cancer
33
0.13
1,222
0.57
50. Alcohol
22
0.09
304
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Libya LIBYA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
13.37
86
37.70
4
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.87
90
10.37
70
3. Breast Cancer
6.73
179
7.80
177
4. Prostate Cancer
6.62
148
2.38
178
5. Cervical Cancer
5.45
120
4.11
136
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.87
67
4.85
68
7. Leukemia
4.41
51
3.44
99
8. Lymphomas
4.24
109
1.84
175
9. Liver Cancer
3.69
145
16.66
12
10. Bladder Cancer
3.67
36
1.61
120
11. Ovary Cancer
3.10
142
2.96
147
12. Stomach Cancer
2.96
158
11.99
21
13. Oral Cancer
1.71
148
1.62
152
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.80
170
3.80
49
15. Skin Cancers
0.50
162
0.55
160
16. Uterin Cancer
0.42
179
0.78
168
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.