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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 JAPAN

Compare South Korea and Japan 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.

Japan
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Japan JAPAN
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Japan JAPAN
           
    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
    		  
    65.3
    70.1
    67.7
    31
    35
    35
    1970
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    		  
    69.4
    74.7
    72.0
    9
    13
    10
    1980
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    		  
    73.6
    78.8
    76.1
    1
    5
    1
    1990
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    		  
    75.9
    81.9
    78.8
    1
    1
    1
    2000
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    		  
    77.6
    84.5
    81.1
    2
    1
    1
    2010
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    		  
    79.5
    86.3
    83.0
    5
    1
    1
    2019
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    		  
    81.5
    86.9
    84.3
    2
    1
    1
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Japan JAPAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    81.5
    86.9
    2
    1
    Age 5
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 10
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    81.7
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 15
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    81.8
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 20
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    81.9
    87.2
    2
    1
    Age 25
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    82.0
    87.3
    2
    1
    Age 30
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    82.1
    87.4
    2
    1
    Age 35
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    82.2
    87.4
    3
    1
    Age 40
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    82.4
    87.6
    3
    1
    Age 45
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    82.6
    87.7
    3
    1
    Age 50
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    82.9
    87.9
    3
    1
    Age 55
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    83.4
    88.2
    3
    1
    Age 60
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    84.0
    88.6
    3
    1
    Age 65
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    84.8
    89.0
    4
    1
    Age 70
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    86.0
    89.6
    2
    1
    Age 75
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    87.3
    90.3
    6
    1
    Age 80
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    89.0
    91.3
    8
    2
    Age 85
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    91.4
    92.8
    9
    3
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Japan JAPAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    27.78
    183
    30.62
    181
    2. Stroke
    25.48
    155
    23.21
    161
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    25.21
    100
    16.56
    129
    4. Suicide
    21.16
    12
    12.24
    49
    5. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    18.06
    66
    6. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    6.62
    62
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    11.04
    154
    7.87
    159
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    13.59
    37
    9. Kidney Disease
    9.92
    142
    7.61
    154
    10. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    11.47
    28
    11. Lung Disease
    8.14
    175
    12.69
    156
    12. Liver Disease
    7.50
    148
    4.78
    164
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    8.87
    10
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    6.84
    160
    1.35
    182
    15. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    10.31
    155
    16. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    6.05
    157
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.76
    150
    2.21
    175
    18. Other Injuries
    3.88
    154
    4.92
    133
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    3.78
    114
    2.33
    156
    20. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    4.22
    111
    21. Hypertension
    3.45
    163
    1.07
    183
    22. Falls
    3.34
    142
    1.98
    173
    23. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    3.30
    136
    24. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    2.76
    133
    25. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    2.73
    152
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    2.11
    148
    2.36
    135
    27. Tuberculosis
    1.93
    110
    0.53
    140
    28. Other Neoplasms
    1.89
    55
    3.05
    31
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    3.28
    61
    30. Congenital Anomalies
    1.82
    181
    2.49
    167
    31. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    1.86
    104
    32. Low Birth Weight
    1.62
    152
    0.32
    183
    33. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    2.19
    124
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.55
    172
    2.08
    163
    35. Alcohol
    1.34
    97
    0.24
    170
    36. Asthma
    1.08
    129
    0.36
    174
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.91
    139
    0.53
    161
    38. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    2.02
    106
    39. Epilepsy
    0.72
    166
    0.51
    176
    40. Drownings
    0.71
    161
    2.12
    109
    41. Violence
    0.68
    170
    0.19
    183
    42. Skin Disease
    0.67
    126
    0.47
    142
    43. Hepatitis B
    0.61
    58
    0.34
    77
    44. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    0.42
    167
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.54
    171
    0.61
    169
    46. Birth Trauma
    0.39
    164
    0.17
    180
    47. Fires
    0.33
    159
    0.33
    161
    48. Anemia
    0.30
    41
    0.14
    52
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.23
    175
    0.40
    162
    50. Drug Use
    0.20
    181
    0.33
    177
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Japan JAPAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    28,043
    11.19
    163,905
    14.84
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26,650
    10.63
    107,899
    9.77
    3. Stroke
    25,596
    10.21
    121,823
    11.03
    4. Lung Cancers
    20,293
    8.10
    79,688
    7.21
    5. Suicide
    14,636
    5.84
    19,466
    1.76
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    12,145
    4.85
    56,937
    5.15
    7. Liver Cancer
    11,589
    4.62
    29,384
    2.66
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10,180
    4.06
    57,340
    5.19
    9. Kidney Disease
    10,107
    4.03
    44,779
    4.05
    10. Stomach Cancer
    8,625
    3.44
    50,433
    4.57
    11. Lung Disease
    8,526
    3.40
    78,169
    7.08
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6,994
    2.79
    37,027
    3.35
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    6,812
    2.72
    5,433
    0.49
    14. Liver Disease
    6,348
    2.53
    14,195
    1.29
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,399
    1.76
    4,566
    0.41
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    3,951
    1.58
    14,007
    1.27
    17. Hypertension
    3,711
    1.48
    6,673
    0.60
    18. Other Injuries
    3,634
    1.45
    22,068
    2.00
    19. Lymphomas
    3,477
    1.39
    19,273
    1.74
    20. Falls
    2,934
    1.17
    9,736
    0.88
    21. Breast Cancer
    2,880
    1.15
    15,805
    1.43
    22. Prostate Cancer
    2,316
    0.92
    13,515
    1.22
    23. Leukemia
    2,140
    0.85
    9,607
    0.87
    24. Tuberculosis
    1,950
    0.78
    3,459
    0.31
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    1,891
    0.75
    11,486
    1.04
    26. Other Neoplasms
    1,807
    0.72
    15,120
    1.37
    27. Bladder Cancer
    1,768
    0.71
    9,936
    0.90
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,733
    0.69
    12,316
    1.11
    29. Oral Cancer
    1,457
    0.58
    8,333
    0.75
    30. Ovary Cancer
    1,330
    0.53
    5,061
    0.46
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,325
    0.53
    8,232
    0.75
    32. Asthma
    1,150
    0.46
    1,922
    0.17
    33. Alcohol
    1,081
    0.43
    576
    0.05
    34. Cervical Cancer
    1,065
    0.42
    3,799
    0.34
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    929
    0.37
    2,731
    0.25
    36. Skin Disease
    704
    0.28
    2,806
    0.25
    37. Skin Cancers
    585
    0.23
    1,843
    0.17
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    540
    0.22
    2,922
    0.26
    39. Hepatitis B
    526
    0.21
    1,423
    0.13
    40. Epilepsy
    524
    0.21
    1,558
    0.14
    41. Congenital Anomalies
    518
    0.21
    2,473
    0.22
    42. Drownings
    501
    0.20
    8,409
    0.76
    43. Uterin Cancer
    420
    0.17
    3,461
    0.31
    44. Violence
    386
    0.15
    266
    0.02
    45. Low Birth Weight
    370
    0.15
    202
    0.02
    46. Anemia
    329
    0.13
    875
    0.08
    47. Fires
    263
    0.10
    1,007
    0.09
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    224
    0.09
    2,555
    0.23
    49. Hepatitis C
    168
    0.07
    2,220
    0.20
    50. Drug Use
    154
    0.06
    732
    0.07
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Japan JAPAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    18.06
    66
    2. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    6.62
    62
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    13.59
    37
    4. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    11.47
    28
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    8.87
    10
    6. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    10.31
    155
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    6.05
    157
    8. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    4.22
    111
    9. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    3.30
    136
    10. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    2.76
    133
    11. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    2.73
    152
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    3.28
    61
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    1.86
    104
    14. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    2.19
    124
    15. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    2.02
    106
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    0.42
    167
    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.