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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 LATVIA

Compare North Korea and Latvia 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.

Latvia
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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Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
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 Korea NORTH KOREA   Latvia LATVIA
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Latvia LATVIA
       
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
  
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
  
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
  
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
  
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Latvia LATVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
70.6
79.8
94
51
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
70.8
80.1
114
59
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
70.9
80.1
116
61
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
71.1
80.2
118
60
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
71.3
80.3
118
61
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
71.6
80.4
119
62
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
72.2
80.6
119
61
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
72.7
80.8
121
61
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
73.5
81.2
119
61
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
74.4
81.6
118
58
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
75.7
82.2
111
57
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
77.3
83.0
108
56
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
79.1
83.9
104
56
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
81.4
85.0
95
56
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
84.0
86.4
87
59
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
86.7
88.1
85
69
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
89.7
90.2
108
107
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Latvia LATVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
99.14
74
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
146.65
49
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
7.50
177
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
2.34
103
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
23.52
33
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
12.01
149
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
7.17
138
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
19.91
83
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
3.97
133
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
9.94
155
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
13.03
113
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
6.43
158
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
11.16
30
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
10.89
141
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
15.41
24
16. Suicide
8.20
95
16.06
24
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
19.03
63
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
0.97
124
19. Falls
6.34
79
4.77
106
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
3.17
85
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
11.98
45
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
10.04
4
23. Asthma
4.81
90
0.88
139
24. Drownings
4.46
35
5.64
21
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
0.57
180
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
7.05
105
27. Violence
3.97
101
4.15
98
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
3.50
55
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
2.45
168
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
2.07
160
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
4.38
53
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
8.99
3
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
0.60
145
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
3.65
82
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
30.32
3
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
28.10
34
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
6.05
41
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
0.26
170
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
6.18
28
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
4.46
17
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
1.76
156
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
0.96
69
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
0.07
164
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
1.72
59
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
0.29
126
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
8.83
9
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
1.76
84
48. Fires
0.90
118
3.48
36
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
0.40
125
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
4.89
20
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Latvia LATVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
5,893
21.83
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
8,099
30.00
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
346
1.28
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
71
0.26
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
956
3.54
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
501
1.86
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
154
0.57
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
1,194
4.42
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
157
0.58
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
365
1.35
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
664
2.46
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
356
1.32
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
470
1.74
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
529
1.96
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
722
2.67
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
384
1.42
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
41
0.15
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
201
0.74
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
142
0.53
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
362
1.34
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
436
1.61
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
42
0.16
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
472
1.75
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
131
0.49
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
11
0.04
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
125
0.46
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
127
0.47
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
94
0.35
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
46
0.17
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
186
0.69
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
74
0.27
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
12
0.04
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
128
0.47
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
921
3.41
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
245
0.91
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
196
0.73
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
214
0.79
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
228
0.84
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
59
0.22
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
14
0.05
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
23
0.09
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
41
0.15
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
2
0.01
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
227
0.84
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
44
0.16
46. Fires
253
0.12
103
0.38
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
5
0.02
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
464
1.72
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
15
0.06
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
20
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Latvia LATVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
23.52
33
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
3.97
133
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
11.16
30
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
15.41
24
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
19.03
63
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
10.04
4
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
7.05
105
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
3.50
55
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
4.38
53
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
8.99
3
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
28.10
34
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
6.05
41
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
6.18
28
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
4.46
17
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
4.89
20
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
3.11
29
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.