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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 SOUTH AFRICA

Compare North Korea and South Africa 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 Africa
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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South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
       
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
  
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
  
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
  
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
  
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
62.2
68.3
154
145
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
64.6
70.5
168
153
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
64.8
70.7
167
157
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
65.0
70.8
167
158
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
65.3
71.2
167
158
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
66.0
71.8
167
157
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
67.1
72.8
167
152
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
68.5
74.1
165
141
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
70.2
75.4
156
131
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
71.9
76.8
147
118
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
73.6
78.0
133
107
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
75.5
79.2
119
101
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
77.3
80.5
106
100
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
79.4
82.0
91
96
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
81.8
83.6
84
90
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
84.1
85.4
82
88
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
86.6
87.4
95
97
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
89.6
90.1
115
122
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
80.50
93
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
83.76
128
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
31.41
47
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
39.83
26
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
18.34
64
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
83.23
40
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
22.70
61
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
33.86
36
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
5.46
87
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
16.44
118
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
18.41
95
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
35.72
35
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
3.68
137
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
74.67
16
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
8.90
89
16. Suicide
8.20
95
23.49
8
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
18.21
76
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
2.04
70
19. Falls
6.34
79
2.99
150
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
4.52
65
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
10.77
57
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
4.98
65
23. Asthma
4.81
90
13.63
45
24. Drownings
4.46
35
4.06
44
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
7.16
63
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
20.99
37
27. Violence
3.97
101
37.54
8
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
8.50
16
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
6.23
83
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
3.36
130
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
3.34
108
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
3.85
115
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
3.36
78
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
121.35
9
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
12.75
17
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
35.20
22
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
6.08
39
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
33.37
46
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
3.18
80
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
2.19
83
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
11.70
14
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
1.62
54
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
4.41
56
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
1.52
67
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
2.65
62
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
1.93
61
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
3.28
22
48. Fires
0.90
118
6.64
4
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
6.74
41
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.15
99
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
30,693
6.75
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
32,739
7.20
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
11,895
2.62
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
21,965
4.83
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
7,705
1.70
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
39,341
8.65
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
13,014
2.86
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
12,789
2.81
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
2,383
0.52
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
9,013
1.98
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
4,676
1.03
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
15,302
3.37
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
1,535
0.34
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
30,188
6.64
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
3,587
0.79
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
13,774
3.03
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
1,015
0.22
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
1,399
0.31
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
1,894
0.42
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
6,014
1.32
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
2,007
0.44
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
5,966
1.31
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
4,533
1.00
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
3,486
0.77
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
6,250
1.37
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
1,077
0.24
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
2,403
0.53
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
21,000
4.62
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
4,351
0.96
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
1,464
0.32
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
71,996
15.84
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
3,004
0.66
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
5,555
1.22
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
5,408
1.19
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
2,818
0.62
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
951
0.21
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
1,406
0.31
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
829
0.18
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
5,890
1.30
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
15,843
3.49
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
975
0.21
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
770
0.17
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
2,381
0.52
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
987
0.22
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
1,870
0.41
46. Fires
253
0.12
3,618
0.80
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
1,700
0.37
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
4,374
0.96
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
3,660
0.81
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
376
0.08
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   South Africa SOUTH AFRICA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
18.34
64
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
5.46
87
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
3.68
137
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
8.90
89
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
18.21
76
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
4.98
65
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
20.99
37
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
8.50
16
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
3.34
108
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
3.85
115
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
35.20
22
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
6.08
39
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
3.18
80
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
2.19
83
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.15
99
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
2.47
53
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.