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North Macedonia
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
NORTH MACEDONIA VS NORWAY

Compare North Macedonia and Norway 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.

Norway
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
North Macedonia Population Pyramid
1,856,775
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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Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
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
  North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA   Norway NORWAY
  North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA   Norway NORWAY
       
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
  
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
  
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
2000
70.5
74.9
72.6
51
68
54
  
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
2010
72.4
77.0
74.7
55
71
60
  
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
2019
72.8
76.9
74.8
73
92
78
  
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA   Norway NORWAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.8
76.9
73
92
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age
72.8
76.9
73
92
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age 5
73.3
77.3
80
95
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 10
73.4
77.4
81
95
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 15
73.4
77.4
82
95
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 20
73.5
77.5
81
95
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 25
73.7
77.5
86
95
81.5
84.5
5
16
Age 30
73.8
77.6
86
97
81.7
84.5
4
17
Age 35
74.0
77.7
89
100
81.9
84.6
6
16
Age 40
74.2
77.9
94
100
82.0
84.7
6
18
Age 45
74.5
78.1
96
102
82.2
84.8
7
18
Age 50
75.1
78.4
98
104
82.5
85.0
8
18
Age 55
75.8
78.9
110
105
82.9
85.3
10
21
Age 60
77.0
79.6
115
106
83.5
85.8
11
22
Age 65
78.5
80.5
126
121
84.2
86.3
13
24
Age 70
80.2
81.7
145
144
85.3
87.1
13
25
Age 75
82.3
83.3
167
169
86.6
88.1
19
28
Age 80
84.9
85.5
180
177
88.3
89.4
28
28
Age 85
88.2
88.6
181
177
90.5
91.2
51
49
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA   Norway NORWAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
165.58
13
18.16
178
2. Coronary Heart Disease
135.53
62
40.10
172
3. Inflammatory/Heart
130.29
1
2.10
162
4. Diabetes Mellitus
32.55
85
4.85
170
5. Lung Cancers
31.93
10
22.09
40
6. Lung Disease
24.14
83
21.82
92
7. Breast Cancer
22.40
40
12.94
132
8. Hypertension
19.07
87
1.54
181
9. Prostate Cancer
17.47
77
20.99
58
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.77
15
15.79
21
11. Kidney Disease
15.54
121
4.28
175
12. Stomach Cancer
13.66
14
3.15
152
13. Pancreas Cancer
8.02
21
7.20
41
14. Liver Cancer
7.85
48
2.59
176
15. Suicide
7.15
114
9.91
71
16. Liver Disease
6.93
152
2.41
179
17. Other Injuries
6.73
104
4.72
137
18. Uterin Cancer
6.29
10
2.29
94
19. Influenza and Pneumonia
5.58
181
11.78
150
20. Ovary Cancer
5.54
50
6.01
31
21. Bladder Cancer
4.82
12
2.80
62
22. Low Birth Weight
4.49
96
0.57
179
23. Cervical Cancer
4.36
133
2.52
157
24. Road Traffic Accidents
4.25
160
1.76
179
25. Parkinson's Disease
4.11
92
4.23
84
26. Skin Cancers
4.00
13
3.96
14
27. Leukemia
3.83
79
3.34
107
28. Lymphomas
3.03
146
5.70
56
29. Falls
2.53
165
5.70
88
30. Oral Cancer
2.27
117
1.64
151
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
2.15
179
28.94
12
32. Congenital Anomalies
1.99
175
2.44
169
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.69
127
1.30
139
34. Asthma
1.60
120
0.64
151
35. Oesophagus Cancer
1.42
131
2.37
94
36. Violence
1.27
142
0.56
175
37. Tuberculosis
0.97
129
0.11
175
38. Epilepsy
0.86
146
1.48
100
39. Multiple Sclerosis
0.78
17
1.29
2
40. Drownings
0.73
158
0.90
152
41. Other Neoplasms
0.58
78
2.47
43
42. Endocrine Disorders
0.47
183
3.19
105
43. Alcohol
0.44
146
2.35
51
44. Birth Trauma
0.44
156
0.41
158
45. Fires
0.43
151
0.54
136
46. Poisonings
0.41
109
0.23
146
47. Drug Use
0.39
170
4.45
11
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.39
163
0.47
158
49. Pertussis
0.29
87
0.01
124
50. Hepatitis B
0.24
90
0.04
159
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA   Norway NORWAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
5,521
24.02
2,475
7.26
2. Coronary Heart Disease
4,420
19.23
5,321
15.60
3. Inflammatory/Heart
4,249
18.49
221
0.65
4. Diabetes Mellitus
1,104
4.80
560
1.64
5. Lung Cancers
1,055
4.59
2,320
6.80
6. Lung Disease
807
3.51
2,723
7.98
7. Hypertension
627
2.73
230
0.67
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
560
2.44
1,787
5.24
9. Kidney Disease
516
2.25
611
1.79
10. Stomach Cancer
455
1.98
343
1.01
11. Breast Cancer
386
1.68
698
2.05
12. Pancreas Cancer
267
1.16
770
2.26
13. Liver Cancer
260
1.13
259
0.76
14. Prostate Cancer
259
1.13
1,172
3.44
15. Liver Disease
218
0.95
214
0.63
16. Suicide
196
0.85
633
1.86
17. Other Injuries
183
0.80
583
1.71
18. Bladder Cancer
163
0.71
356
1.04
19. Influenza and Pneumonia
157
0.68
1,797
5.27
20. Parkinson's Disease
141
0.61
554
1.62
21. Skin Cancers
126
0.55
407
1.19
22. Leukemia
114
0.50
354
1.04
23. Uterin Cancer
108
0.47
134
0.39
24. Road Traffic Accidents
107
0.47
114
0.33
25. Lymphomas
96
0.42
646
1.89
26. Ovary Cancer
93
0.40
309
0.91
27. Falls
78
0.34
777
2.28
28. Low Birth Weight
73
0.32
23
0.07
29. Oral Cancer
72
0.31
168
0.49
30. Alzheimers & Dementia
71
0.31
4,464
13.09
31. Cervical Cancer
68
0.30
125
0.37
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.24
160
0.47
33. Asthma
53
0.23
85
0.25
34. Oesophagus Cancer
45
0.20
248
0.73
35. Tuberculosis
32
0.14
15
0.04
36. Violence
31
0.13
32
0.09
37. Congenital Anomalies
29
0.13
136
0.40
38. Epilepsy
23
0.10
119
0.35
39. Multiple Sclerosis
21
0.09
119
0.35
40. Other Neoplasms
19
0.08
324
0.95
41. Drownings
18
0.08
65
0.19
42. Alcohol
14
0.06
205
0.60
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
13
0.06
61
0.18
44. Endocrine Disorders
12
0.05
359
1.05
45. Poisonings
11
0.05
14
0.04
46. Fires
11
0.05
45
0.13
47. Drug Use
9
0.04
264
0.77
48. Hepatitis B
7
0.03
3
0.01
49. Birth Trauma
7
0.03
17
0.05
50. Pertussis
4
0.02
1
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Macedonia NORTH MACEDONIA   Norway NORWAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
31.93
10
22.09
40
2. Breast Cancer
22.40
40
12.94
132
3. Prostate Cancer
17.47
77
20.99
58
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.77
15
15.79
21
5. Stomach Cancer
13.66
14
3.15
152
6. Pancreas Cancer
8.02
21
7.20
41
7. Liver Cancer
7.85
48
2.59
176
8. Uterin Cancer
6.29
10
2.29
94
9. Ovary Cancer
5.54
50
6.01
31
10. Bladder Cancer
4.82
12
2.80
62
11. Cervical Cancer
4.36
133
2.52
157
12. Skin Cancers
4.00
13
3.96
14
13. Leukemia
3.83
79
3.34
107
14. Lymphomas
3.03
146
5.70
56
15. Oral Cancer
2.27
117
1.64
151
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.42
131
2.37
94
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.