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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 ETHIOPIA

Compare South Korea and Ethiopia 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.

Ethiopia
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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Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
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   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
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
  
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
78.39
134
2. Stroke
25.48
155
83.71
90
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
79.86
42
4. Suicide
21.16
12
9.45
80
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
4.05
145
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
3.00
167
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
21.74
30
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
6.59
127
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
24.20
81
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.77
163
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
25.66
75
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
50.31
11
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.83
170
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
33.58
80
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
26.35
21
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
6.02
158
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
42.41
19
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
14.07
29
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
3.68
119
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
5.49
64
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
29.73
46
22. Falls
3.34
142
8.65
38
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
7.86
9
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
6.06
6
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
16.48
49
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
2.30
141
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
25.31
44
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.30
139
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
3.35
59
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.38
73
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
2.06
92
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
9.52
37
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.58
101
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
3.59
120
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.38
91
36. Asthma
1.08
129
8.13
71
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
63.15
22
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.54
136
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
2.02
65
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.44
90
41. Violence
0.68
170
8.85
58
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
1.67
88
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.25
27
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.82
97
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
3.22
83
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
10.53
20
47. Fires
0.33
159
3.73
33
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
100
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
2.22
60
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
0.71
140
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
36,530
6.48
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
59,931
10.63
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
39,362
6.98
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
2,202
0.39
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
6,030
1.07
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
8,258
1.46
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
1,730
0.31
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
3,755
0.67
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
12,103
2.15
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
1,519
0.27
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
11,870
2.11
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
488
0.09
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
16,258
2.88
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
27,270
4.84
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
31,564
5.60
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
1,578
0.28
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
13,470
2.39
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
11,735
2.08
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
3,590
0.64
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
4,510
0.80
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
8,485
1.51
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
1,244
0.22
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
4,222
0.75
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
21,455
3.81
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
1,623
0.29
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
148
0.03
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
1,080
0.19
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
1,839
0.33
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
1,477
0.26
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
2,424
0.43
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
2,168
0.38
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
4,484
0.80
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
750
0.13
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
5,019
0.89
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
44,361
7.87
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
904
0.16
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
1,006
0.18
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
1,758
0.31
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
742
0.13
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
1,625
0.29
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
15,638
2.77
42. Drownings
501
0.20
3,133
0.56
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
421
0.07
44. Violence
386
0.15
8,076
1.43
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
28,020
4.97
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
3,255
0.58
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
1,339
0.24
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
115
0.02
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
513
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
4.05
145
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
3.00
167
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
6.59
127
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.77
163
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.83
170
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
26.35
21
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
6.02
158
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
5.49
64
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
7.86
9
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
6.06
6
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
16.48
49
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
3.35
59
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
2.06
92
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.58
101
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.54
136
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.82
97
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.