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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 PAKISTAN

Compare South Korea and Pakistan 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.

Pakistan
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
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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Pakistan Population Pyramid
338,013,194
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   Pakistan PAKISTAN
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
       
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
  
47.8
45.9
46.9
99
120
110
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
51.7
50.5
51.1
106
126
118
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
55.6
55.1
55.3
118
131
125
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
59.7
60.1
59.9
121
133
129
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
62.0
63.6
62.8
117
128
124
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
64.1
66.1
65.1
125
134
133
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
64.6
66.7
65.6
135
152
144
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
64.6
66.7
135
152
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
64.6
66.7
135
152
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
69.5
71.1
129
149
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
69.8
71.4
130
150
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
70.0
71.6
130
151
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
70.3
71.9
128
151
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
70.8
72.3
127
151
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
71.3
72.7
124
153
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
71.8
73.2
123
154
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
72.4
73.8
123
154
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
73.2
74.5
124
157
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
74.1
75.3
124
158
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
75.3
76.4
125
158
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
76.8
77.8
120
160
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
78.7
79.5
116
157
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
80.9
81.5
118
155
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.5
83.9
115
149
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.4
86.7
114
140
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.7
90.0
103
132
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
193.56
30
2. Stroke
25.48
155
116.52
51
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
37.37
72
4. Suicide
21.16
12
9.77
73
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
7.37
120
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
3.19
159
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
16.30
121
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
3.71
171
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
42.04
19
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.97
157
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
77.79
8
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
38.05
29
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.79
172
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
52.40
35
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
25.28
26
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
5.99
159
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
15.18
95
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
13.00
37
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
5.79
27
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
4.73
89
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
20.05
82
22. Falls
3.34
142
6.29
80
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
4.95
71
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
2.78
130
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
5.56
119
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
6.05
52
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
23.21
49
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.33
126
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
5.67
31
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.64
62
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
2.19
82
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
17.20
2
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
11.65
5
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
1.61
171
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
1.57
78
36. Asthma
1.08
129
16.73
30
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
65.76
19
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.80
121
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
2.83
35
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.12
110
41. Violence
0.68
170
6.16
78
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.08
177
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.44
21
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.16
132
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
4.53
64
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
11.30
15
47. Fires
0.33
159
1.95
76
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
144
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
17.89
2
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
0.54
156
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
240,720
16.49
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
83,483
5.72
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
141,432
9.69
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
9,688
0.66
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
19,331
1.32
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
15,216
1.04
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
4,427
0.30
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
5,279
0.36
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
56,796
3.89
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
4,044
0.28
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
86,968
5.96
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
1,069
0.07
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
63,852
4.37
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
54,835
3.76
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
28,170
1.93
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
6,145
0.42
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
22,917
1.57
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
27,010
1.85
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
7,020
0.48
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
8,642
0.59
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
18,009
1.23
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
3,559
0.24
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
5,254
0.36
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
42,103
2.88
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
11,439
0.78
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
412
0.03
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
2,727
0.19
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
7,866
0.54
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
17,181
1.18
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
3,533
0.24
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
2,318
0.16
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
20,750
1.42
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
2,520
0.17
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
4,009
0.27
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
104,383
7.15
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
132
0.01
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
1,539
0.11
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
5,450
0.37
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
2,267
0.16
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
4,873
0.33
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
26,320
1.80
42. Drownings
501
0.20
5,376
0.37
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
1,191
0.08
44. Violence
386
0.15
12,925
0.89
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
93,373
6.40
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
4,305
0.29
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
26,017
1.78
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
1,227
0.08
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
829
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Pakistan PAKISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
7.37
120
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
3.19
159
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
3.71
171
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.97
157
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.79
172
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
25.28
26
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
5.99
159
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
4.73
89
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
4.95
71
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
2.78
130
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
5.56
119
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
5.67
31
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
2.19
82
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
11.65
5
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
1.80
121
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.16
132
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.