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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-BISSAU

Compare South Korea and Guinea-Bissau 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-Bissau
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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Guinea-Bissau Population Pyramid
3,557,202
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
       
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
  
32.6
35.6
34.1
169
166
167
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
34.6
37.6
36.1
172
171
171
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
37.1
40.2
38.6
174
173
174
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
40.9
44.2
42.5
179
177
178
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
51.3
53.0
52.1
154
159
155
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
55.4
58.0
56.7
166
166
166
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
57.4
63.0
60.2
177
175
176
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
57.4
63.0
177
175
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
57.4
63.0
177
175
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
62.6
67.9
174
174
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
63.2
68.5
174
173
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
63.5
68.7
174
173
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
64.0
69.0
174
173
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
64.6
69.5
174
173
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
65.2
70.0
174
173
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
66.0
70.7
174
174
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
67.0
71.5
174
174
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
68.3
72.5
174
175
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
69.9
73.7
174
175
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
71.8
75.1
175
176
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
73.9
76.7
175
175
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
76.4
78.6
175
174
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
79.2
80.8
175
172
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
82.3
83.4
168
168
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
85.6
86.3
161
161
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.2
89.7
157
157
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
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  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
139.46
57
2. Stroke
25.48
155
121.60
36
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
123.23
10
4. Suicide
21.16
12
12.38
46
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.00
172
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
13.32
18
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
17.99
83
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
6.32
130
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
34.24
40
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
7.34
72
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
29.21
57
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
45.28
15
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
1.52
154
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
44.22
50
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
18.31
74
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
19.86
68
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
40.96
23
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
15.81
16
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
5.62
28
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.89
153
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
25.92
54
22. Falls
3.34
142
9.15
29
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
3.71
121
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.48
181
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
30.59
18
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
11.86
12
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
117.91
3
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.37
112
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
2.84
77
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
9.17
17
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
2.10
90
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
12.80
14
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.55
156
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
6.15
65
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.35
96
36. Asthma
1.08
129
19.10
23
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
77.43
15
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.76
123
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
3.33
20
40. Drownings
0.71
161
4.02
45
41. Violence
0.68
170
12.49
37
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
1.99
69
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.60
18
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
2.20
69
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
9.83
14
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
14.15
6
47. Fires
0.33
159
4.32
21
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
108
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
3.74
29
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
1.45
71
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
907
6.10
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
1,390
9.34
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
829
5.57
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
18
0.12
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
134
0.90
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
69
0.46
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
116
0.78
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
50
0.34
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
268
1.80
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
55
0.37
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
191
1.28
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
14
0.09
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
313
2.10
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
405
2.72
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
619
4.16
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
27
0.18
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
177
1.19
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
234
1.57
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
28
0.19
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
71
0.48
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
93
0.63
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
41
0.28
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
6
0.04
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
1,387
9.32
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
221
1.49
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
2
0.01
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
17
0.11
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
19
0.13
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
13
0.09
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
19
0.13
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
53
0.36
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
150
1.01
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
12
0.08
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
154
1.03
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
913
6.14
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
16
0.11
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
17
0.11
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
77
0.52
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
20
0.13
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
48
0.32
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
373
2.51
42. Drownings
501
0.20
89
0.60
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
8
0.05
44. Violence
386
0.15
173
1.16
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
705
4.74
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
64
0.43
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
33
0.22
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
3
0.02
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
13
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Guinea-Bissau GUINEA-BISSAU
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.00
172
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
13.32
18
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
6.32
130
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
7.34
72
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
1.52
154
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
18.31
74
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
19.86
68
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.89
153
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
3.71
121
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.48
181
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
30.59
18
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
2.84
77
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
2.10
90
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.55
156
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.76
123
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
2.20
69
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.