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Portugal
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
PORTUGAL VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Portugal and North 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.

North 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
Portugal Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Portugal PORTUGAL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    60.7
    66.3
    63.4
    52
    43
    48
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    64.2
    70.8
    67.4
    51
    43
    45
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    67.9
    75.1
    71.4
    36
    29
    30
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    70.2
    77.3
    73.7
    38
    27
    33
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    73.1
    80.1
    76.6
    34
    24
    29
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    76.4
    82.6
    79.6
    27
    23
    25
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    78.6
    84.4
    81.6
    30
    11
    23
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    78.6
    84.4
    30
    11
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    78.9
    84.7
    31
    11
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    78.9
    84.7
    31
    11
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    78.9
    84.7
    31
    11
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    79.0
    84.8
    31
    11
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    79.1
    84.8
    32
    11
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    79.3
    84.9
    35
    11
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    79.4
    85.0
    35
    11
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    79.6
    85.1
    36
    11
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    79.9
    85.3
    36
    11
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    80.4
    85.5
    35
    12
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    81.2
    85.9
    32
    12
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    82.1
    86.3
    31
    13
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    83.3
    86.8
    32
    13
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    84.6
    87.5
    33
    13
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    86.2
    88.4
    35
    16
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    88.1
    89.7
    41
    19
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    90.5
    91.5
    54
    29
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    39.25
    174
    105.37
    99
    2. Stroke
    34.68
    145
    162.14
    15
    3. Lung Cancers
    19.20
    56
    37.70
    4
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    18.35
    122
    22.75
    104
    5. Alzheimers & Dementia
    17.21
    101
    16.26
    122
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.03
    20
    10.37
    70
    7. Prostate Cancer
    15.78
    92
    2.38
    178
    8. Breast Cancer
    15.15
    114
    7.80
    177
    9. Lung Disease
    11.66
    160
    87.71
    5
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    10.79
    142
    11.82
    137
    11. Stomach Cancer
    9.99
    46
    11.99
    21
    12. Kidney Disease
    7.45
    155
    12.98
    129
    13. Suicide
    7.22
    111
    8.20
    95
    14. Other Injuries
    6.75
    101
    5.48
    125
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    6.50
    49
    4.85
    68
    16. Lymphomas
    6.20
    36
    1.84
    175
    17. Liver Disease
    6.03
    158
    14.33
    111
    18. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.99
    149
    22.21
    64
    19. Liver Cancer
    5.44
    91
    16.66
    12
    20. Endocrine Disorders
    5.21
    61
    1.60
    160
    21. Oral Cancer
    4.60
    45
    1.62
    152
    22. Hypertension
    4.55
    159
    18.24
    92
    23. Leukemia
    4.09
    65
    3.44
    99
    24. Bladder Cancer
    3.88
    27
    1.61
    120
    25. Inflammatory/Heart
    3.66
    118
    2.40
    153
    26. Falls
    3.52
    137
    6.34
    79
    27. Ovary Cancer
    3.17
    140
    2.96
    147
    28. Parkinson's Disease
    3.02
    144
    3.78
    113
    29. Cervical Cancer
    2.95
    149
    4.11
    136
    30. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.93
    75
    3.80
    49
    31. Uterin Cancer
    2.58
    76
    0.78
    168
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    2.39
    170
    3.79
    139
    33. HIV/AIDS
    2.21
    102
    2.53
    100
    34. Other Neoplasms
    2.12
    50
    0.14
    180
    35. Skin Cancers
    1.88
    92
    0.55
    160
    36. Epilepsy
    1.63
    90
    0.98
    137
    37. Low Birth Weight
    1.51
    156
    4.39
    98
    38. Tuberculosis
    0.83
    132
    57.14
    16
    39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.78
    160
    5.64
    51
    40. Violence
    0.76
    164
    3.97
    101
    41. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.66
    153
    1.70
    109
    42. Drug Use
    0.64
    147
    1.24
    89
    43. Skin Disease
    0.61
    132
    0.58
    138
    44. Alcohol
    0.60
    138
    1.00
    116
    45. Drownings
    0.60
    166
    4.46
    35
    46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.58
    145
    6.87
    15
    47. Fires
    0.56
    135
    0.90
    118
    48. Hepatitis C
    0.49
    20
    0.03
    126
    49. Asthma
    0.49
    162
    4.81
    90
    50. Birth Trauma
    0.41
    159
    2.66
    86
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Portugal PORTUGAL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    12,878
    14.14
    31,342
    14.63
    2. Stroke
    12,339
    13.55
    49,648
    23.17
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    7,191
    7.89
    4,340
    2.03
    4. Influenza and Pneumonia
    6,851
    7.52
    6,231
    2.91
    5. Lung Cancers
    4,406
    4.84
    11,893
    5.55
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    4,389
    4.82
    3,232
    1.51
    7. Lung Disease
    4,286
    4.71
    26,178
    12.22
    8. Diabetes Mellitus
    3,601
    3.95
    3,671
    1.71
    9. Kidney Disease
    2,803
    3.08
    3,959
    1.85
    10. Stomach Cancer
    2,532
    2.78
    3,771
    1.76
    11. Prostate Cancer
    2,124
    2.33
    219
    0.10
    12. Breast Cancer
    1,997
    2.19
    1,366
    0.64
    13. Other Injuries
    1,937
    2.13
    1,531
    0.71
    14. Hypertension
    1,880
    2.06
    5,368
    2.51
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    1,669
    1.83
    1,525
    0.71
    16. Lymphomas
    1,608
    1.77
    560
    0.26
    17. Endocrine Disorders
    1,547
    1.70
    452
    0.21
    18. Liver Cancer
    1,270
    1.39
    5,326
    2.49
    19. Suicide
    1,172
    1.29
    2,407
    1.12
    20. Bladder Cancer
    1,171
    1.29
    500
    0.23
    21. Parkinson's Disease
    1,139
    1.25
    1,155
    0.54
    22. Liver Disease
    1,126
    1.24
    4,506
    2.10
    23. Falls
    1,033
    1.13
    1,801
    0.84
    24. Leukemia
    1,015
    1.11
    965
    0.45
    25. Oral Cancer
    912
    1.00
    513
    0.24
    26. Inflammatory/Heart
    909
    1.00
    684
    0.32
    27. Road Traffic Accidents
    838
    0.92
    6,210
    2.90
    28. Other Neoplasms
    652
    0.72
    44
    0.02
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    623
    0.68
    1,222
    0.57
    30. Skin Cancers
    523
    0.57
    168
    0.08
    31. Epilepsy
    415
    0.46
    266
    0.12
    32. Uterin Cancer
    406
    0.45
    138
    0.06
    33. Ovary Cancer
    397
    0.44
    532
    0.25
    34. Cervical Cancer
    329
    0.36
    704
    0.33
    35. HIV/AIDS
    320
    0.35
    753
    0.35
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    231
    0.25
    374
    0.17
    37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    229
    0.25
    1,712
    0.80
    38. Tuberculosis
    213
    0.23
    17,417
    8.13
    39. Skin Disease
    202
    0.22
    158
    0.07
    40. Congenital Anomalies
    196
    0.22
    991
    0.46
    41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    169
    0.19
    2,093
    0.98
    42. Anemia
    151
    0.17
    0
    0.00
    43. Asthma
    146
    0.16
    1,439
    0.67
    44. Drug Use
    128
    0.14
    356
    0.17
    45. Alcohol
    111
    0.12
    304
    0.14
    46. Fires
    108
    0.12
    253
    0.12
    47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    99
    0.11
    198
    0.09
    48. Violence
    96
    0.11
    1,082
    0.50
    49. Hepatitis C
    87
    0.10
    10
    0.00
    50. Prostatic Hypertrophy
    82
    0.09
    0
    0.00
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Portugal PORTUGAL   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    19.20
    56
    37.70
    4
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.03
    20
    10.37
    70
    3. Prostate Cancer
    15.78
    92
    2.38
    178
    4. Breast Cancer
    15.15
    114
    7.80
    177
    5. Stomach Cancer
    9.99
    46
    11.99
    21
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    6.50
    49
    4.85
    68
    7. Lymphomas
    6.20
    36
    1.84
    175
    8. Liver Cancer
    5.44
    91
    16.66
    12
    9. Oral Cancer
    4.60
    45
    1.62
    152
    10. Leukemia
    4.09
    65
    3.44
    99
    11. Bladder Cancer
    3.88
    27
    1.61
    120
    12. Ovary Cancer
    3.17
    140
    2.96
    147
    13. Cervical Cancer
    2.95
    149
    4.11
    136
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.93
    75
    3.80
    49
    15. Uterin Cancer
    2.58
    76
    0.78
    168
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.88
    92
    0.55
    160
    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.