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North Korea
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 KOREA VS GHANA

Compare North Korea and Ghana 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.

Ghana
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 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%
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Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Ghana GHANA
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Ghana GHANA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
  
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
  
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
  
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
  
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Ghana GHANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
63.7
69.2
142
137
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
67.0
72.1
150
138
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
67.4
72.5
150
140
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
67.7
72.7
152
140
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
68.1
73.0
151
140
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
68.6
73.3
151
139
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
69.1
73.7
150
140
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
69.7
74.3
150
140
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
70.4
75.0
150
139
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
71.4
75.8
152
138
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
72.5
76.7
153
140
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
74.0
77.7
154
138
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
75.7
78.9
153
133
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
77.7
80.4
151
128
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
80.1
82.2
151
124
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
82.9
84.4
147
121
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
86.0
87.0
142
118
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
89.4
90.2
134
113
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Ghana GHANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
124.02
35
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
119.93
79
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
26.48
69
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
44.25
21
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
1.71
177
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
99.08
26
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
31.33
46
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
17.73
94
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
17.60
10
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
17.79
85
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
36.74
35
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
30.38
56
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
6.41
86
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
44.68
47
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
6.86
121
16. Suicide
8.20
95
10.54
64
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
19.09
60
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
1.73
80
19. Falls
6.34
79
8.85
34
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
2.19
103
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
10.75
58
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
2.52
128
23. Asthma
4.81
90
13.95
42
24. Drownings
4.46
35
2.38
93
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
9.43
38
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
24.53
27
27. Violence
3.97
101
6.73
72
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.61
87
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
7.03
51
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
4.48
70
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
1.38
163
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
8.00
7
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
8.81
36
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
51.92
22
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
11.13
23
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
24.21
50
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
5.70
55
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
30.48
50
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
2.86
86
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.91
102
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
6.88
37
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
2.15
42
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
8.62
36
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
3.31
22
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
6.87
40
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
1.37
94
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
1.45
103
48. Fires
0.90
118
3.31
41
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
13.70
21
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.86
68
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Ghana GHANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
15,163
8.67
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
14,103
8.06
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
3,120
1.78
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
10,214
5.84
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
237
0.14
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
16,262
9.29
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
7,808
4.46
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
2,231
1.28
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
2,851
1.63
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
6,053
3.46
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
1,294
0.74
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
4,161
2.38
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
870
0.50
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
5,929
3.39
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
803
0.46
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
1,993
1.14
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
256
0.15
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
1,168
0.67
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
321
0.18
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
2,433
1.39
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
334
0.19
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
1,979
1.13
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
1,937
1.11
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
285
0.16
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
6,662
3.81
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
387
0.22
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
740
0.42
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
1,857
1.06
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
3,935
2.25
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
340
0.19
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
13,565
7.75
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
6,194
3.54
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
2,161
1.24
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
1,615
0.92
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
875
0.50
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
698
0.40
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
483
0.28
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
245
0.14
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
1,965
1.12
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
6,538
3.74
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
522
0.30
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
630
0.36
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
1,868
1.07
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
244
0.14
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
329
0.19
46. Fires
253
0.12
729
0.42
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
1,991
1.14
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
1,031
0.59
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
2,983
1.70
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
16
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Ghana GHANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
1.71
177
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
17.60
10
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
6.41
86
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
6.86
121
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
19.09
60
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
2.52
128
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
24.53
27
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.61
87
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
1.38
163
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
8.00
7
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
24.21
50
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
5.70
55
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
2.86
86
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.91
102
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.86
68
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
1.57
114
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.