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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 MOROCCO

Compare South Korea and Morocco 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.

Morocco
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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Morocco Population Pyramid
46,165,497
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Morocco MOROCCO
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Morocco MOROCCO
       
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
  
45.7
48.2
46.9
108
113
109
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
50.4
53.4
51.9
116
117
116
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
56.4
59.9
58.1
113
115
113
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
108
112
112
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
66.9
70.2
68.6
94
111
101
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
71.7
74.0
72.8
66
101
86
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
71.7
74.3
73.0
81
109
102
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Morocco MOROCCO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
71.7
74.3
81
109
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
71.7
74.3
81
109
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
73.5
75.8
76
111
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
73.6
75.9
75
110
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
73.6
76.0
77
111
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
73.9
76.1
77
111
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
74.1
76.2
78
111
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
74.4
76.4
82
111
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
74.6
76.6
84
112
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
74.9
76.9
84
111
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
75.3
77.3
86
112
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
75.8
77.8
88
112
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
76.6
78.6
90
110
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
77.7
79.6
92
108
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
79.3
80.9
96
105
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.2
82.5
106
107
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.6
84.5
109
110
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.4
87.0
112
125
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.6
89.9
114
143
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Morocco MOROCCO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
242.07
19
2. Stroke
25.48
155
101.53
69
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
22.11
106
4. Suicide
21.16
12
7.29
110
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
18.44
63
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
1.24
182
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
18.11
80
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
7.39
115
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
31.77
50
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
4.83
113
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
20.04
106
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
14.62
109
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
2.09
139
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
22.25
105
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
19.50
55
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
15.38
97
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
17.29
86
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
6.43
109
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.96
50
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
6.77
24
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
34.58
32
22. Falls
3.34
142
7.70
60
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
4.29
97
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.03
121
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
13.57
63
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
3.35
95
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
8.35
72
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.21
159
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
1.29
141
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
4.67
123
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
3.25
50
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
6.59
70
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.27
116
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
3.13
133
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
0.31
162
36. Asthma
1.08
129
10.42
60
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
3.52
86
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.84
166
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
0.95
140
40. Drownings
0.71
161
1.17
141
41. Violence
0.68
170
1.75
137
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.49
141
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
0.90
41
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.50
119
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
3.45
79
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
4.05
73
47. Fires
0.33
159
2.59
63
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
136
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
2.13
66
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
0.94
120
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Morocco MOROCCO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
77,340
33.89
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
7,237
3.17
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
31,861
13.96
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
6,585
2.89
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
2,617
1.15
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
4,967
2.18
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
423
0.19
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
2,556
1.12
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
10,216
4.48
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
1,691
0.74
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
6,296
2.76
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
747
0.33
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
7,377
3.23
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
4,866
2.13
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
6,185
2.71
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
1,511
0.66
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
10,736
4.70
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
2,271
1.00
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
2,274
1.00
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
2,456
1.08
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
3,604
1.58
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
1,914
0.84
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
1,035
0.45
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
2,870
1.26
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
1,129
0.49
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
70
0.03
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
1,069
0.47
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
439
0.19
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
780
0.34
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
800
0.35
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
1,022
0.45
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
3,342
1.46
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
109
0.05
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
2,508
1.10
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
1,192
0.52
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
149
0.07
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
477
0.21
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
1,076
0.47
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
316
0.14
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
336
0.15
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
2,124
0.93
42. Drownings
501
0.20
426
0.19
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
154
0.07
44. Violence
386
0.15
632
0.28
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
3,305
1.45
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
904
0.40
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
718
0.31
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
7
0.00
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
321
0.14
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Morocco MOROCCO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
18.44
63
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
1.24
182
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
7.39
115
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
4.83
113
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
2.09
139
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
19.50
55
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
15.38
97
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
6.77
24
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
4.29
97
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.03
121
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
13.57
63
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
1.29
141
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
3.25
50
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.27
116
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.84
166
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.50
119
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.