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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 NORTH KOREA

Compare South Korea and North Korea 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.

North Korea
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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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
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
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
105.37
99
2. Stroke
25.48
155
162.14
15
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
22.75
104
4. Suicide
21.16
12
8.20
95
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
37.70
4
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
16.66
12
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
16.26
122
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
10.37
70
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
12.98
129
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
11.99
21
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
87.71
5
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
14.33
111
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
4.85
68
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
11.82
137
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
7.80
177
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
2.38
178
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
22.21
64
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
5.48
125
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
3.78
113
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
1.84
175
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
18.24
92
22. Falls
3.34
142
6.34
79
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.96
147
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.44
99
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
4.11
136
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
1.60
160
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
57.14
16
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.14
180
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
3.80
49
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
3.79
139
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.61
120
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
4.39
98
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.62
152
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
2.40
153
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.00
116
36. Asthma
1.08
129
4.81
90
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
1.70
109
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.78
168
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
0.98
137
40. Drownings
0.71
161
4.46
35
41. Violence
0.68
170
3.97
101
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.58
138
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
0.23
94
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.55
160
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
5.64
51
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
2.66
86
47. Fires
0.33
159
0.90
118
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
91
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
6.87
15
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
1.24
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
31,342
14.63
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
6,231
2.91
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
49,648
23.17
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
11,893
5.55
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
2,407
1.12
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
4,340
2.03
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
5,326
2.49
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
3,232
1.51
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
3,959
1.85
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
3,771
1.76
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
26,178
12.22
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
1,525
0.71
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
3,671
1.71
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
4,506
2.10
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
6,210
2.90
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
1,155
0.54
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
5,368
2.51
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
1,531
0.71
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
560
0.26
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
1,801
0.84
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
1,366
0.64
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
219
0.10
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
965
0.45
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
17,417
8.13
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
452
0.21
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
44
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
500
0.23
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
1,222
0.57
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
513
0.24
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
532
0.25
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
684
0.32
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
1,439
0.67
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
304
0.14
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
704
0.33
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
374
0.17
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
158
0.07
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
168
0.08
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
1,712
0.80
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
68
0.03
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
266
0.12
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
991
0.46
42. Drownings
501
0.20
1,126
0.53
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
138
0.06
44. Violence
386
0.15
1,082
0.50
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
1,208
0.56
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
253
0.12
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
2,093
0.98
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
10
0.00
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
356
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
37.70
4
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
16.66
12
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
10.37
70
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
11.99
21
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
4.85
68
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
7.80
177
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
2.38
178
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
1.84
175
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.96
147
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.44
99
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
4.11
136
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
3.80
49
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.61
120
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
1.62
152
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.78
168
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.55
160
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.