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Nepal
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
NEPAL VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Nepal 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
Nepal Population Pyramid
35,323,925
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South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Nepal NEPAL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.0
38.4
38.7
148
156
154
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
43.1
42.8
43.0
145
157
152
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
48.7
48.2
48.4
144
155
149
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
54.7
54.2
54.5
142
155
151
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
61.5
63.5
62.5
121
129
129
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
66.7
69.4
68.0
109
124
119
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
68.9
72.7
70.9
113
119
116
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
68.9
72.7
113
119
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
68.9
72.7
113
119
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
71.2
74.9
102
118
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
71.4
75.1
103
117
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
71.6
75.2
104
118
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
71.8
75.4
104
119
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
72.2
75.6
105
119
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
72.5
75.8
106
118
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
72.9
76.0
106
118
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
73.3
76.3
107
118
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
73.8
76.8
111
117
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
74.5
77.4
112
118
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
75.5
78.2
118
117
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
76.8
79.2
123
120
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
78.5
80.4
123
124
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
80.7
82.0
129
134
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
83.2
84.1
133
137
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
86.1
86.7
132
146
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.4
89.8
145
151
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Disease
149.01
1
8.14
175
2. Coronary Heart Disease
102.19
104
27.78
183
3. Tuberculosis
72.19
12
1.93
110
4. Stroke
67.32
106
25.48
155
5. Asthma
30.93
6
1.08
129
6. Liver Disease
30.02
57
7.50
148
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.68
51
0.91
139
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
29.37
86
25.21
100
9. Kidney Disease
21.28
103
9.92
142
10. Road Traffic Accidents
20.65
72
5.76
150
11. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
20.90
49
12. Diabetes Mellitus
16.12
117
6.84
160
13. Falls
15.55
5
3.34
142
14. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
2.29
160
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.60
145
11.04
154
16. Hypertension
11.58
122
3.45
163
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
11.28
7
0.23
175
18. Suicide
9.77
74
21.16
12
19. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
6.59
180
20. Low Birth Weight
8.46
51
1.62
152
21. Other Injuries
7.36
96
3.88
154
22. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
9.13
50
23. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.60
154
24. Birth Trauma
6.00
55
0.39
164
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
10.56
68
26. Drownings
5.38
23
0.71
161
27. Congenital Anomalies
4.79
117
1.82
181
28. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.84
149
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.37
77
3.78
114
30. Malnutrition
4.05
59
0.09
158
31. Encephalitis
3.79
4
0.05
137
32. Epilepsy
3.57
12
0.72
166
33. Maternal Conditions
3.56
54
0.07
158
34. Lymphomas
3.51
134
3.72
131
35. HIV/AIDS
3.15
91
0.11
155
36. Leukemia
2.61
139
2.65
138
37. Violence
2.57
119
0.68
170
38. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
1.84
115
39. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
7.34
34
40. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
0.60
157
41. Poisonings
1.74
52
0.15
158
42. Meningitis
1.69
68
0.07
181
43. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.74
111
44. Pertussis
1.48
54
0.03
116
45. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
12.57
21
46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.16
144
0.54
171
47. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
171
2.11
148
48. Inflammatory/Heart
1.08
183
1.55
172
49. Appendicitis
1.00
16
0.06
164
50. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
6.10
155
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Nepal NEPAL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Lung Disease
27,027
16.83
8,526
3.40
2. Coronary Heart Disease
19,677
12.26
28,043
11.19
3. Tuberculosis
16,535
10.30
1,950
0.78
4. Stroke
12,909
8.04
25,596
10.21
5. Liver Disease
6,383
3.98
6,348
2.53
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,237
3.88
26,650
10.63
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,071
3.78
929
0.37
8. Asthma
5,930
3.69
1,150
0.46
9. Road Traffic Accidents
4,654
2.90
4,399
1.76
10. Kidney Disease
4,284
2.67
10,107
4.03
11. Low Birth Weight
3,822
2.38
370
0.15
12. Lung Cancers
3,586
2.23
20,293
8.10
13. Falls
3,321
2.07
2,934
1.17
14. Diabetes Mellitus
2,929
1.82
6,812
2.72
15. Birth Trauma
2,676
1.67
88
0.04
16. Suicide
2,571
1.60
14,636
5.84
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,320
1.44
224
0.09
18. Hypertension
2,092
1.30
3,711
1.48
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,022
1.26
12,145
4.85
20. Cervical Cancer
1,969
1.23
1,065
0.42
21. Congenital Anomalies
1,949
1.21
518
0.21
22. Other Injuries
1,655
1.03
3,634
1.45
23. Drownings
1,505
0.94
501
0.20
24. Oral Cancer
1,389
0.87
1,457
0.58
25. Stomach Cancer
1,379
0.86
8,625
3.44
26. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,167
0.73
10,180
4.06
27. Breast Cancer
1,038
0.65
2,880
1.15
28. Maternal Conditions
977
0.61
34
0.01
29. Encephalitis
882
0.55
19
0.01
30. Epilepsy
874
0.54
524
0.21
31. Malnutrition
845
0.53
88
0.04
32. Lymphomas
768
0.48
3,477
1.39
33. Parkinson's Disease
760
0.47
3,951
1.58
34. HIV/AIDS
737
0.46
84
0.03
35. Violence
704
0.44
386
0.15
36. Leukemia
668
0.42
2,140
0.85
37. Ovary Cancer
585
0.36
1,330
0.53
38. Oesophagus Cancer
491
0.31
1,733
0.69
39. Poisonings
474
0.30
115
0.05
40. Pertussis
453
0.28
6
0.00
41. Pancreas Cancer
445
0.28
6,994
2.79
42. Skin Cancers
400
0.25
585
0.23
43. Meningitis
377
0.23
51
0.02
44. Bladder Cancer
325
0.20
1,768
0.71
45. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.16
1,891
0.75
46. Liver Cancer
256
0.16
11,589
4.62
47. Appendicitis
220
0.14
54
0.02
48. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.14
1,325
0.53
49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
191
0.12
540
0.22
50. Fires
184
0.11
263
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Nepal NEPAL   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.16
65
20.90
49
2. Cervical Cancer
15.27
52
2.29
160
3. Breast Cancer
8.50
172
6.59
180
4. Stomach Cancer
6.79
79
9.13
50
5. Oral Cancer
6.52
23
1.60
154
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.77
137
10.56
68
7. Ovary Cancer
4.60
83
2.84
149
8. Lymphomas
3.51
134
3.72
131
9. Leukemia
2.61
139
2.65
138
10. Oesophagus Cancer
2.40
92
1.84
115
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.18
138
7.34
34
12. Skin Cancers
2.13
76
0.60
157
13. Bladder Cancer
1.62
119
1.74
111
14. Liver Cancer
1.19
183
12.57
21
15. Prostate Cancer
0.95
182
6.10
155
16. Uterin Cancer
0.48
176
0.89
165
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.