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Philippines
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
PHILIPPINES VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Philippines 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
Philippines Population Pyramid
144,488,171
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 Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
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
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
51.6
55.3
53.4
85
83
85
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
55.7
59.2
57.4
88
90
89
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
59.4
63.3
61.3
95
97
96
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
63.6
67.8
65.6
102
107
106
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
63.9
69.9
66.8
110
113
111
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
64.8
71.2
67.9
118
116
121
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
67.4
73.6
70.4
124
113
119
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
67.4
73.6
124
113
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
67.4
73.6
124
113
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
69.6
75.5
125
113
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
69.8
75.7
131
113
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
69.9
75.8
131
113
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
70.1
75.9
132
113
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
70.4
76.1
133
113
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
70.8
76.3
133
112
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
71.3
76.6
133
111
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
71.9
76.9
133
110
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
72.6
77.4
134
110
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
73.4
78.0
139
110
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
74.6
78.7
140
109
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
75.8
79.6
147
109
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
77.6
80.7
155
112
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
79.9
82.2
160
120
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
82.3
83.7
169
158
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
84.8
85.4
182
179
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
86.8
87.4
183
182
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
192.11
32
27.78
183
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
146.92
6
25.21
100
3. Stroke
104.08
66
25.48
155
4. Kidney Disease
51.96
10
9.92
142
5. Lung Disease
51.31
14
8.14
175
6. Hypertension
49.65
16
3.45
163
7. Diabetes Mellitus
44.43
49
6.84
160
8. Tuberculosis
26.98
40
1.93
110
9. Breast Cancer
21.58
42
6.59
180
10. Prostate Cancer
17.74
76
6.10
155
11. Asthma
15.56
36
1.08
129
12. Endocrine Disorders
15.28
8
2.11
148
13. Violence
14.87
28
0.68
170
14. Lung Cancers
13.46
85
20.90
49
15. Road Traffic Accidents
13.42
109
5.76
150
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.50
69
10.56
68
17. Peptic Ulcer Disease
9.95
12
0.54
171
18. Liver Cancer
9.73
30
12.57
21
19. Liver Disease
8.65
135
7.50
148
20. Skin Disease
6.88
10
0.67
126
21. Cervical Cancer
6.78
110
2.29
160
22. Other Neoplasms
6.71
5
1.89
55
23. Malnutrition
6.71
42
0.09
158
24. Diarrhoeal diseases
6.44
75
0.91
139
25. Low Birth Weight
6.40
72
1.62
152
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.74
95
1.82
181
27. Falls
5.41
95
3.34
142
28. Birth Trauma
5.07
65
0.39
164
29. Anemia
4.91
2
0.30
41
30. Ovary Cancer
4.41
93
2.84
149
31. Inflammatory/Heart
4.37
96
1.55
172
32. Leukemia
3.83
80
2.65
138
33. Other Injuries
3.79
156
3.88
154
34. Drownings
3.74
53
0.71
161
35. Oral Cancer
3.74
62
1.60
154
36. Alzheimers & Dementia
3.10
172
11.04
154
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.81
120
7.34
34
38. Lymphomas
2.77
155
3.72
131
39. Suicide
2.54
173
21.16
12
40. Stomach Cancer
2.47
171
9.13
50
41. Maternal Conditions
1.87
72
0.07
158
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.81
75
0.23
175
43. Uterin Cancer
1.71
128
0.89
165
44. Pertussis
1.52
53
0.03
116
45. Prostatic Hypertrophy
1.22
5
0.05
57
46. Epilepsy
1.10
129
0.72
166
47. Osteoarthritis
0.99
2
0.04
46
48. Meningitis
0.97
81
0.07
181
49. Syphilis
0.93
39
0.10
96
50. Dengue
0.93
8
0.00
162
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
129,955
19.27
28,043
11.19
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
93,807
13.91
26,650
10.63
3. Stroke
74,167
11.00
25,596
10.21
4. Kidney Disease
39,380
5.84
10,107
4.03
5. Hypertension
34,500
5.12
3,711
1.48
6. Lung Disease
32,559
4.83
8,526
3.40
7. Diabetes Mellitus
32,260
4.78
6,812
2.72
8. Tuberculosis
27,061
4.01
1,950
0.78
9. Violence
14,835
2.20
386
0.15
10. Road Traffic Accidents
13,017
1.93
4,399
1.76
11. Asthma
11,404
1.69
1,150
0.46
12. Endocrine Disorders
10,464
1.55
1,891
0.75
13. Lung Cancers
10,296
1.53
20,293
8.10
14. Low Birth Weight
10,141
1.50
370
0.15
15. Breast Cancer
9,802
1.45
2,880
1.15
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8,063
1.20
10,180
4.06
17. Congenital Anomalies
8,051
1.19
518
0.21
18. Birth Trauma
7,960
1.18
88
0.04
19. Liver Cancer
7,663
1.14
11,589
4.62
20. Liver Disease
7,076
1.05
6,348
2.53
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6,865
1.02
540
0.22
22. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,189
0.92
929
0.37
23. Other Neoplasms
5,146
0.76
1,807
0.72
24. Malnutrition
4,311
0.64
88
0.04
25. Skin Disease
4,229
0.63
704
0.28
26. Prostate Cancer
4,149
0.62
2,316
0.92
27. Drownings
3,881
0.58
501
0.20
28. Falls
3,861
0.57
2,934
1.17
29. Leukemia
3,596
0.53
2,140
0.85
30. Inflammatory/Heart
3,545
0.53
1,325
0.53
31. Other Injuries
3,536
0.52
3,634
1.45
32. Anemia
3,435
0.51
329
0.13
33. Cervical Cancer
3,076
0.46
1,065
0.42
34. Oral Cancer
2,916
0.43
1,457
0.58
35. Suicide
2,325
0.34
14,636
5.84
36. Lymphomas
2,279
0.34
3,477
1.39
37. Pancreas Cancer
2,121
0.31
6,994
2.79
38. Maternal Conditions
2,042
0.30
34
0.01
39. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,010
0.30
12,145
4.85
40. Ovary Cancer
1,994
0.30
1,330
0.53
41. Stomach Cancer
1,868
0.28
8,625
3.44
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,807
0.27
224
0.09
43. Pertussis
1,760
0.26
6
0.00
44. Syphilis
1,157
0.17
27
0.01
45. Epilepsy
1,120
0.17
524
0.21
46. Dengue
1,060
0.16
0
0.00
47. Meningitis
1,041
0.15
51
0.02
48. Measles
894
0.13
0
0.00
49. War
817
0.12
5
0.00
50. Uterin Cancer
761
0.11
420
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Philippines PHILIPPINES   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
21.58
42
6.59
180
2. Prostate Cancer
17.74
76
6.10
155
3. Lung Cancers
13.46
85
20.90
49
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.50
69
10.56
68
5. Liver Cancer
9.73
30
12.57
21
6. Cervical Cancer
6.78
110
2.29
160
7. Ovary Cancer
4.41
93
2.84
149
8. Leukemia
3.83
80
2.65
138
9. Oral Cancer
3.74
62
1.60
154
10. Pancreas Cancer
2.81
120
7.34
34
11. Lymphomas
2.77
155
3.72
131
12. Stomach Cancer
2.47
171
9.13
50
13. Uterin Cancer
1.71
128
0.89
165
14. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
166
1.84
115
15. Bladder Cancer
0.82
164
1.74
111
16. Skin Cancers
0.52
161
0.60
157
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.