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South 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
SOUTH KOREA VS BRUNEI

Compare South Korea and Brunei 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.

Brunei
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
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%
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Brunei Population Pyramid
492,391
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
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Brunei BRUNEI
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Brunei BRUNEI
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
  
61.9
62.9
62.4
45
56
52
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
65.8
68.4
67.0
40
54
49
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
69.3
72.7
71.0
28
51
33
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
72.1
76.4
74.2
23
35
31
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
73.1
76.0
74.4
35
50
41
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
75.5
78.3
76.9
36
47
35
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
73.4
75.4
74.3
65
100
83
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Brunei BRUNEI
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
73.4
75.4
65
100
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
74.4
76.2
63
106
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
74.5
76.3
63
106
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
74.6
76.3
64
107
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
74.7
76.4
66
107
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
74.9
76.5
71
108
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
75.2
76.7
71
108
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
75.5
76.8
72
109
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
75.9
77.1
72
109
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
76.4
77.5
73
109
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
77.1
78.0
69
109
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
78.0
78.5
71
112
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
79.0
79.4
74
114
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
80.1
80.4
78
129
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.6
81.6
90
150
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.6
83.3
106
170
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.3
85.9
118
167
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.1
88.5
160
178
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Brunei BRUNEI
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
90.67
122
2. Stroke
25.48
155
87.37
89
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
25.00
101
4. Suicide
21.16
12
2.54
172
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
24.77
28
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
10.79
26
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
33.87
6
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
21.30
5
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
33.89
42
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
8.69
55
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
27.00
67
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
1.90
182
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
4.50
76
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
56.41
32
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
21.80
41
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
15.24
100
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
7.38
136
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
8.96
75
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
7.90
7
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
9.76
5
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
15.15
108
22. Falls
3.34
142
6.36
78
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
5.66
43
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
5.44
15
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
8.94
89
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
25.19
1
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
7.47
73
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
6.58
6
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.91
160
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
9.40
14
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.60
122
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
3.38
118
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
6.55
22
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
6.93
50
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
0.43
147
36. Asthma
1.08
129
4.75
91
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
1.31
122
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
6.19
11
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
1.15
124
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.21
106
41. Violence
0.68
170
0.65
172
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
7.61
8
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
2.36
6
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.49
163
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
1.78
124
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
0.90
128
47. Fires
0.33
159
0.85
121
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.49
23
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
1.58
87
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
0.73
139
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Brunei BRUNEI
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
295
15.60
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
69
3.65
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
240
12.69
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
73
3.86
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
12
0.63
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
73
3.86
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
38
2.01
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
69
3.65
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
105
5.55
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
25
1.32
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
61
3.23
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
13
0.69
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
179
9.47
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
9
0.48
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
32
1.69
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
18
0.95
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
46
2.43
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
29
1.53
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
32
1.69
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
20
1.06
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
39
2.06
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
19
1.00
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
19
1.00
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
21
1.11
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
86
4.55
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
19
1.00
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
4
0.21
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
3
0.16
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
22
1.16
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
11
0.58
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
25
1.32
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
14
0.74
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
1
0.05
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
18
0.95
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
4
0.21
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
20
1.06
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
2
0.11
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
6
0.32
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
7
0.37
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
4
0.21
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
37
1.96
42. Drownings
501
0.20
9
0.48
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
11
0.58
44. Violence
386
0.15
3
0.16
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
15
0.79
46. Anemia
329
0.13
1
0.05
47. Fires
263
0.10
3
0.16
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
4
0.21
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
6
0.32
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
3
0.16
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Brunei BRUNEI
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
24.77
28
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
10.79
26
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
21.30
5
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
8.69
55
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
4.50
76
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
21.80
41
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
15.24
100
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
9.76
5
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
5.66
43
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
5.44
15
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
8.94
89
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.91
160
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.60
122
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
6.55
22
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
6.19
11
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.49
163
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.