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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 EGYPT

Compare South Korea and Egypt 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.

Egypt
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
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Egypt Population Pyramid
159,956,809
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Egypt EGYPT
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Egypt EGYPT
       
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
  
45.1
46.9
46.0
112
115
115
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
49.5
51.3
50.4
121
120
119
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
54.1
55.9
54.9
124
127
127
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
60.8
63.6
62.2
117
123
120
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
66.4
71.4
68.8
96
100
100
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
67.9
72.2
70.0
99
113
105
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
69.6
74.1
71.8
105
111
112
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Egypt EGYPT
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
69.6
74.1
105
111
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
71.1
75.6
106
112
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
71.3
75.8
106
112
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
71.4
75.9
107
112
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
71.7
76.0
107
112
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
72.0
76.2
109
112
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
72.2
76.3
111
113
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
72.5
76.5
114
113
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
72.9
76.7
115
114
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
73.3
77.0
121
115
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
73.9
77.4
126
117
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
75.0
78.1
132
119
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
76.5
79.1
134
122
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
78.5
80.5
131
117
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.0
82.6
116
105
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.4
84.7
119
103
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.5
87.2
109
103
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.8
90.1
98
120
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Egypt EGYPT
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
268.11
15
2. Stroke
25.48
155
65.24
110
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
25.25
99
4. Suicide
21.16
12
3.41
158
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
8.02
115
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
34.11
2
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
13.14
148
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
4.35
156
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
32.58
46
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.54
168
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
20.69
100
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
93.37
1
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
4.11
83
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
27.97
92
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
24.04
33
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
6.17
154
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
11.77
116
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
4.29
144
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.12
91
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
11.00
2
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
34.03
35
22. Falls
3.34
142
2.57
161
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
5.11
61
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
4.53
42
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
1.68
175
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
2.96
113
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
0.54
138
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.17
171
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
1.39
132
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
7.73
38
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
8.13
2
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
6.01
80
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.16
170
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
3.07
135
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
0.17
176
36. Asthma
1.08
129
10.51
59
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
3.32
88
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.19
154
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
0.48
179
40. Drownings
0.71
161
1.09
146
41. Violence
0.68
170
4.42
93
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.35
155
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.29
24
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.52
117
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
1.89
119
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
3.36
79
47. Fires
0.33
159
1.72
83
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
96
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
1.62
82
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
0.13
183
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Egypt EGYPT
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
173,871
32.40
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
20,694
3.86
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
43,839
8.17
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
5,677
1.06
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
3,022
0.56
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
6,975
1.30
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
24,512
4.57
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
3,083
0.57
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
21,087
3.93
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
1,844
0.34
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
13,393
2.50
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
2,906
0.54
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
19,131
3.57
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
60,122
11.20
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
10,141
1.89
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
2,391
0.45
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
21,094
3.93
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
3,819
0.71
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
7,539
1.40
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
2,019
0.38
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
9,180
1.71
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
1,282
0.24
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
3,763
0.70
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
432
0.08
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
2,372
0.44
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
116
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
5,133
0.96
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
951
0.18
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
793
0.15
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
1,944
0.36
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
2,489
0.46
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
7,104
1.32
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
141
0.03
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
625
0.12
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
3,692
0.69
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
219
0.04
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
1,013
0.19
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
1,339
0.25
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
988
0.18
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
451
0.08
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
12,163
2.27
42. Drownings
501
0.20
1,122
0.21
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
422
0.08
44. Violence
386
0.15
4,165
0.78
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
11,391
2.12
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
1,568
0.29
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
1,248
0.23
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
97
0.02
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
116
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Egypt EGYPT
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
8.02
115
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
34.11
2
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
4.35
156
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.54
168
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
4.11
83
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
24.04
33
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
6.17
154
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
11.00
2
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
5.11
61
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
4.53
42
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
1.68
175
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
1.39
132
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
8.13
2
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.16
170
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.19
154
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.52
117
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.