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Russia
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
RUSSIA VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Russia 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
Russia Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Russia RUSSIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    N/D
    		  
    52.6
    55.8
    54.2
    81
    82
    82
    1970
    63.1
    73.4
    68.1
    60
    27
    42
    		  
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    1980
    61.4
    73.0
    67.0
    85
    47
    67
    		  
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    1990
    63.8
    74.3
    68.9
    98
    55
    79
    		  
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    2000
    58.7
    72.0
    65.0
    132
    98
    119
    		  
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    2010
    62.4
    74.6
    68.4
    134
    97
    115
    		  
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    2019
    68.2
    78.0
    73.2
    118
    74
    96
    		  
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    68.2
    78.0
    118
    74
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    Age 5
    68.6
    78.4
    138
    84
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 10
    68.7
    78.5
    140
    84
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 15
    68.7
    78.5
    143
    84
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    Age 20
    68.9
    78.6
    145
    84
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    Age 25
    69.3
    78.8
    144
    84
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    Age 30
    69.7
    78.9
    144
    83
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    Age 35
    70.4
    79.2
    144
    81
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    Age 40
    71.3
    79.7
    144
    79
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    Age 45
    72.4
    80.2
    137
    76
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    Age 50
    73.7
    80.7
    132
    73
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    Age 55
    75.1
    81.4
    130
    73
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    Age 60
    76.8
    82.2
    121
    70
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    Age 65
    79.0
    83.2
    109
    70
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    Age 70
    81.5
    84.4
    91
    70
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    Age 75
    84.2
    86.0
    79
    71
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    Age 80
    87.3
    88.0
    64
    72
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    Age 85
    90.8
    90.5
    36
    76
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    204.50
    27
    27.78
    183
    2. Stroke
    117.23
    48
    25.48
    155
    3. Inflammatory/Heart
    26.37
    5
    1.55
    172
    4. Liver Disease
    22.50
    82
    7.50
    148
    5. Lung Cancers
    22.20
    39
    20.90
    49
    6. Suicide
    21.60
    11
    21.16
    12
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.55
    16
    10.56
    68
    8. Breast Cancer
    16.34
    98
    6.59
    180
    9. Prostate Cancer
    15.95
    91
    6.10
    155
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    15.22
    134
    25.21
    100
    11. Alzheimers & Dementia
    15.07
    134
    11.04
    154
    12. Alcohol
    15.02
    3
    1.34
    97
    13. Lung Disease
    13.54
    148
    8.14
    175
    14. HIV/AIDS
    12.88
    52
    0.11
    155
    15. Other Injuries
    12.19
    43
    3.88
    154
    16. Stomach Cancer
    11.80
    24
    9.13
    50
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    11.23
    119
    5.76
    150
    18. Pancreas Cancer
    8.15
    20
    7.34
    34
    19. Diabetes Mellitus
    7.12
    157
    6.84
    160
    20. Violence
    7.00
    68
    0.68
    170
    21. Hypertension
    6.77
    149
    3.45
    163
    22. Cervical Cancer
    6.54
    111
    2.29
    160
    23. Ovary Cancer
    5.99
    33
    2.84
    149
    24. Falls
    5.79
    87
    3.34
    142
    25. Drug Use
    5.40
    7
    0.20
    181
    26. Oral Cancer
    4.78
    41
    1.60
    154
    27. Kidney Disease
    4.70
    172
    9.92
    142
    28. Tuberculosis
    4.61
    85
    1.93
    110
    29. Liver Cancer
    4.52
    115
    12.57
    21
    30. Uterin Cancer
    4.45
    25
    0.89
    165
    31. Drownings
    4.19
    41
    0.71
    161
    32. Lymphomas
    3.91
    124
    3.72
    131
    33. Leukemia
    3.74
    85
    2.65
    138
    34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    3.67
    74
    0.54
    171
    35. Congenital Anomalies
    3.54
    146
    1.82
    181
    36. Fires
    3.25
    43
    0.33
    159
    37. Parkinson's Disease
    3.18
    137
    3.78
    114
    38. Poisonings
    3.11
    15
    0.15
    158
    39. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.07
    69
    1.84
    115
    40. Bladder Cancer
    2.41
    73
    1.74
    111
    41. Skin Cancers
    2.35
    58
    0.60
    157
    42. Low Birth Weight
    1.62
    153
    1.62
    152
    43. Skin Disease
    1.23
    104
    0.67
    126
    44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.19
    102
    0.23
    175
    45. Endocrine Disorders
    1.08
    172
    2.11
    148
    46. Asthma
    0.72
    147
    1.08
    129
    47. Encephalitis
    0.61
    59
    0.05
    137
    48. Meningitis
    0.56
    109
    0.07
    181
    49. Birth Trauma
    0.56
    148
    0.39
    164
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.44
    39
    0.01
    178
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Russia RUSSIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    562,711
    34.17
    28,043
    11.19
    2. Stroke
    327,199
    19.87
    25,596
    10.21
    3. Lung Cancers
    54,361
    3.30
    20,293
    8.10
    4. Inflammatory/Heart
    54,060
    3.28
    1,325
    0.53
    5. Alzheimers & Dementia
    48,522
    2.95
    12,145
    4.85
    6. Liver Disease
    45,463
    2.76
    6,348
    2.53
    7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    42,633
    2.59
    10,180
    4.06
    8. Suicide
    36,625
    2.22
    14,636
    5.84
    9. Lung Disease
    36,600
    2.22
    8,526
    3.40
    10. Influenza and Pneumonia
    32,404
    1.97
    26,650
    10.63
    11. Stomach Cancer
    29,386
    1.78
    8,625
    3.44
    12. Alcohol
    27,984
    1.70
    1,081
    0.43
    13. Breast Cancer
    23,242
    1.41
    2,880
    1.15
    14. Other Injuries
    22,517
    1.37
    3,634
    1.45
    15. HIV/AIDS
    21,262
    1.29
    84
    0.03
    16. Pancreas Cancer
    20,282
    1.23
    6,994
    2.79
    17. Hypertension
    18,348
    1.11
    3,711
    1.48
    18. Diabetes Mellitus
    18,345
    1.11
    6,812
    2.72
    19. Road Traffic Accidents
    17,507
    1.06
    4,399
    1.76
    20. Prostate Cancer
    14,107
    0.86
    2,316
    0.92
    21. Falls
    11,705
    0.71
    2,934
    1.17
    22. Kidney Disease
    11,581
    0.70
    10,107
    4.03
    23. Violence
    11,450
    0.70
    386
    0.15
    24. Liver Cancer
    11,165
    0.68
    11,589
    4.62
    25. Oral Cancer
    10,880
    0.66
    1,457
    0.58
    26. Parkinson's Disease
    9,371
    0.57
    3,951
    1.58
    27. Drug Use
    9,113
    0.55
    154
    0.06
    28. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    8,938
    0.54
    540
    0.22
    29. Lymphomas
    8,919
    0.54
    3,477
    1.39
    30. Tuberculosis
    8,422
    0.51
    1,950
    0.78
    31. Leukemia
    8,238
    0.50
    2,140
    0.85
    32. Ovary Cancer
    8,123
    0.49
    1,330
    0.53
    33. Oesophagus Cancer
    7,431
    0.45
    1,733
    0.69
    34. Cervical Cancer
    7,423
    0.45
    1,065
    0.42
    35. Uterin Cancer
    6,867
    0.42
    420
    0.17
    36. Drownings
    6,629
    0.40
    501
    0.20
    37. Fires
    6,387
    0.39
    263
    0.10
    38. Bladder Cancer
    6,307
    0.38
    1,768
    0.71
    39. Skin Cancers
    5,612
    0.34
    585
    0.23
    40. Poisonings
    5,565
    0.34
    115
    0.05
    41. Congenital Anomalies
    4,201
    0.26
    518
    0.21
    42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    2,770
    0.17
    224
    0.09
    43. Skin Disease
    2,735
    0.17
    704
    0.28
    44. Low Birth Weight
    2,153
    0.13
    370
    0.15
    45. Endocrine Disorders
    2,004
    0.12
    1,891
    0.75
    46. Asthma
    1,764
    0.11
    1,150
    0.46
    47. Encephalitis
    1,076
    0.07
    19
    0.01
    48. Meningitis
    1,037
    0.06
    51
    0.02
    49. Multiple Sclerosis
    827
    0.05
    11
    0.00
    50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    750
    0.05
    150
    0.06
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Russia RUSSIA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    22.20
    39
    20.90
    49
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16.55
    16
    10.56
    68
    3. Breast Cancer
    16.34
    98
    6.59
    180
    4. Prostate Cancer
    15.95
    91
    6.10
    155
    5. Stomach Cancer
    11.80
    24
    9.13
    50
    6. Pancreas Cancer
    8.15
    20
    7.34
    34
    7. Cervical Cancer
    6.54
    111
    2.29
    160
    8. Ovary Cancer
    5.99
    33
    2.84
    149
    9. Oral Cancer
    4.78
    41
    1.60
    154
    10. Liver Cancer
    4.52
    115
    12.57
    21
    11. Uterin Cancer
    4.45
    25
    0.89
    165
    12. Lymphomas
    3.91
    124
    3.72
    131
    13. Leukemia
    3.74
    85
    2.65
    138
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    3.07
    69
    1.84
    115
    15. Bladder Cancer
    2.41
    73
    1.74
    111
    16. Skin Cancers
    2.35
    58
    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.