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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 GAMBIA

Compare South Korea and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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   Gambia GAMBIA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Gambia GAMBIA
       
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
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
142.59
53
2. Stroke
25.48
155
108.94
59
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
113.77
18
4. Suicide
21.16
12
9.64
77
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
3.62
150
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
30.83
3
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
19.89
49
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
1.05
183
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
32.04
48
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
1.43
178
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
29.40
54
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
33.48
48
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.54
179
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
37.65
66
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
4.44
182
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
6.08
156
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
51.34
8
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
11.81
46
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
6.31
18
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
0.74
181
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
22.89
68
22. Falls
3.34
142
9.85
22
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
0.44
183
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.09
183
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
25.76
23
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
11.17
16
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
28.42
38
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.42
95
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.48
177
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.72
59
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.44
181
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
9.17
43
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
0.01
181
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
6.44
58
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.23
103
36. Asthma
1.08
129
15.88
35
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
41.12
43
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.23
180
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
2.78
36
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.58
84
41. Violence
0.68
170
11.94
43
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
2.12
59
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.06
36
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.01
177
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
6.56
37
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
10.44
21
47. Fires
0.33
159
3.83
32
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
103
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
2.55
52
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
2.38
34
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
1,007
7.83
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
1,340
10.42
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
802
6.24
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
34
0.26
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
113
0.88
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
89
0.69
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
377
2.93
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
11
0.09
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
266
2.07
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
14
0.11
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
206
1.60
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
6
0.05
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
290
2.25
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
323
2.51
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
695
5.40
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
34
0.26
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
172
1.34
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
194
1.51
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
12
0.09
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
83
0.65
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
26
0.20
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
21
0.16
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
2
0.02
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
445
3.46
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
230
1.79
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
3
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
4
0.03
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
5
0.04
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
0
0.00
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
2
0.02
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
59
0.46
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
134
1.04
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
12
0.09
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
145
1.13
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
626
4.87
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
19
0.15
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
0
0.00
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
56
0.44
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
14
0.11
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
43
0.33
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
383
2.98
42. Drownings
501
0.20
69
0.54
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
1
0.01
44. Violence
386
0.15
195
1.52
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
662
5.15
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
67
0.52
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
24
0.19
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
1
0.01
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
28
0.22
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
3.62
150
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
30.83
3
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
1.05
183
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
1.43
178
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.54
179
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
4.44
182
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
6.08
156
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
0.74
181
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
0.44
183
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.09
183
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
25.76
23
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.48
177
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.44
181
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
0.01
181
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.23
180
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.01
177
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.