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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 GUINEA

Compare South Korea and Guinea 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.

Guinea
COUNTRY #2
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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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Guinea Population Pyramid
25,971,807
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   Guinea GUINEA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea GUINEA
       
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
  
34.3
36.3
35.3
165
164
164
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
37.3
39.1
38.2
168
166
168
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
41.0
43.1
42.0
170
170
171
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
46.0
48.8
47.4
169
169
169
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
51.7
53.2
52.5
153
155
154
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
56.6
59.0
57.8
158
159
160
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
59.5
62.3
61.0
173
177
173
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea GUINEA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
59.5
62.3
173
177
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
59.5
62.3
173
177
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
66.2
68.4
158
172
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
67.0
69.2
156
170
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
67.3
69.5
158
169
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
67.8
69.9
157
169
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
68.3
70.4
158
169
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
68.8
70.9
156
168
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
69.5
71.6
155
168
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
70.3
72.4
155
167
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
71.3
73.3
155
168
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
72.5
74.4
155
170
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
73.9
75.7
155
170
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
75.6
77.2
155
170
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
77.7
79.0
152
169
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
80.1
81.1
152
167
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.0
83.7
144
159
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.0
86.6
136
153
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.6
90.0
123
130
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea GUINEA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
125.50
71
2. Stroke
25.48
155
121.12
37
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
145.90
7
4. Suicide
21.16
12
12.33
48
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.08
171
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
19.78
9
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
20.04
46
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
1.78
182
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
35.30
37
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
4.56
123
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
30.27
51
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
42.03
20
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.30
181
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
43.29
52
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
10.16
156
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
37.70
18
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
38.43
29
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
15.68
19
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
6.02
22
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.40
164
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
27.96
49
22. Falls
3.34
142
8.84
35
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.45
163
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.20
182
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
42.44
11
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
8.99
26
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
27.05
39
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.37
111
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.42
178
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
7.74
36
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.71
169
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
11.00
28
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.29
115
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
7.28
46
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.38
92
36. Asthma
1.08
129
21.49
17
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
78.04
14
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.17
156
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
3.58
11
40. Drownings
0.71
161
3.61
59
41. Violence
0.68
170
10.25
48
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
2.26
50
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.93
13
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
3.00
32
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
7.93
24
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
11.93
12
47. Fires
0.33
159
4.33
20
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
107
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
3.89
28
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
2.17
42
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea GUINEA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
5,665
5.74
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
12,790
12.95
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
5,777
5.85
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
128
0.13
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
892
0.90
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
579
0.59
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
1,167
1.18
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
100
0.10
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
1,939
1.96
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
245
0.25
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
1,373
1.39
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
19
0.02
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
2,138
2.16
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
2,550
2.58
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
3,788
3.83
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
212
0.21
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
1,348
1.36
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
1,504
1.52
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
158
0.16
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
480
0.49
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
345
0.35
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
525
0.53
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
17
0.02
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
2,369
2.40
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
1,140
1.15
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
16
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
32
0.03
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
20
0.02
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
122
0.12
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
93
0.09
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
439
0.44
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
1,179
1.19
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
83
0.08
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
1,491
1.51
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
6,788
6.87
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
127
0.13
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
152
0.15
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
448
0.45
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
162
0.16
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
350
0.35
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
2,181
2.21
42. Drownings
501
0.20
528
0.53
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
38
0.04
44. Violence
386
0.15
1,128
1.14
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
4,319
4.37
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
410
0.42
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
238
0.24
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
22
0.02
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
169
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea GUINEA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.08
171
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
19.78
9
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
1.78
182
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
4.56
123
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.30
181
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
10.16
156
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
37.70
18
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.40
164
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.45
163
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.20
182
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
42.44
11
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.42
178
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.71
169
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.29
115
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.17
156
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
3.00
32
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.