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North Korea
COUNTRY #1
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NORTH KOREA VS TOGO

Compare North Korea and Togo 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.

Togo
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
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Togo Population Pyramid
15,415,505
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Togo TOGO
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Togo TOGO
       
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
  
41.3
44.4
42.8
132
130
131
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
46.9
50.2
48.5
128
128
129
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
52.7
56.3
54.4
128
125
129
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
55.7
59.7
57.6
139
135
136
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
  
53.3
55.9
54.6
151
151
151
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
  
56.6
58.2
57.4
160
165
164
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
  
61.5
67.2
64.3
158
150
153
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Togo TOGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
61.5
67.2
158
150
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
61.5
67.2
158
150
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
66.3
71.6
156
143
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
66.7
72.1
161
144
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
67.1
72.3
161
142
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
67.5
72.6
161
142
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
68.0
73.0
160
142
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
68.5
73.4
160
143
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
69.2
73.9
160
143
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
69.9
74.6
162
144
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
70.9
75.4
161
145
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
72.2
76.3
159
145
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
73.7
77.4
158
145
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
75.4
78.7
156
141
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
77.6
80.2
156
139
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
80.0
82.1
155
129
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
82.8
84.4
150
125
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
86.0
87.1
144
111
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
89.5
90.3
130
103
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Togo TOGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
116.50
52
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
143.23
52
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
29.00
58
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
3.67
92
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
2.15
170
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
122.55
11
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
33.94
39
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
21.50
74
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
7.53
51
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
19.75
54
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
37.10
33
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
33.57
43
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
7.49
70
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
37.36
68
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
6.33
129
16. Suicide
8.20
95
14.81
28
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
15.95
103
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
3.01
43
19. Falls
6.34
79
9.27
23
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
8.30
21
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
14.32
27
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
1.05
165
23. Asthma
4.81
90
16.62
31
24. Drownings
4.46
35
2.78
77
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
9.36
40
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
20.48
38
27. Violence
3.97
101
10.19
50
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.68
83
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
7.21
48
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
5.41
38
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
0.75
175
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
3.92
111
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
10.60
19
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
45.39
26
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
7.26
47
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
17.31
78
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
4.73
90
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
61.24
23
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
3.49
73
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.53
125
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
11.83
13
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
2.42
36
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
5.31
52
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
3.02
27
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
8.51
36
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
1.51
83
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
3.51
14
48. Fires
0.90
118
3.92
29
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
13.13
24
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.76
71
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Togo TOGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
3,574
7.20
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
4,142
8.35
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
823
1.66
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
216
0.44
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
76
0.15
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
5,739
11.56
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
2,316
4.67
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
672
1.35
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
312
0.63
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
1,517
3.06
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
328
0.66
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
1,159
2.34
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
280
0.56
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
1,181
2.38
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
224
0.45
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
711
1.43
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
115
0.23
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
307
0.62
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
297
0.60
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
834
1.68
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
40
0.08
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
587
1.18
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
362
0.73
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
96
0.19
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
2,005
4.04
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
111
0.22
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
225
0.45
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
723
1.46
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
1,170
2.36
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
39
0.08
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
3,007
6.06
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
2,309
4.65
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
421
0.85
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
276
0.56
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
190
0.38
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
88
0.18
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
131
0.26
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
52
0.10
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
881
1.78
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
3,190
6.43
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
153
0.31
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
158
0.32
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
254
0.51
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
64
0.13
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
210
0.42
46. Fires
253
0.12
215
0.43
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
601
1.21
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
186
0.37
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
941
1.90
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
7
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Togo TOGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
2.15
170
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
7.53
51
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
7.49
70
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
6.33
129
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
15.95
103
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
1.05
165
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
20.48
38
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.68
83
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
0.75
175
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
3.92
111
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
17.31
78
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
4.73
90
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
3.49
73
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.53
125
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.76
71
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
4.71
5
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.