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Spain
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
SPAIN VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Spain 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
Spain Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Spain SPAIN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Spain SPAIN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    66.7
    71.7
    69.1
    22
    25
    22
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    69.3
    74.9
    72.0
    11
    11
    7
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    72.3
    78.5
    75.3
    6
    7
    6
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    73.3
    80.5
    76.8
    14
    5
    9
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    75.6
    82.5
    79.1
    13
    3
    8
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    78.9
    85.0
    81.9
    11
    2
    4
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    80.7
    85.7
    83.2
    11
    3
    5
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Spain SPAIN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.7
    85.7
    11
    3
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    81.0
    85.9
    11
    3
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    81.0
    86.0
    11
    3
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    81.0
    86.0
    11
    3
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    81.1
    86.0
    11
    3
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    81.2
    86.1
    13
    3
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    81.3
    86.1
    13
    3
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    81.4
    86.2
    13
    3
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    81.5
    86.2
    13
    3
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    81.7
    86.4
    14
    3
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    82.0
    86.6
    16
    3
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    82.5
    86.9
    16
    3
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    83.3
    87.3
    16
    3
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    84.3
    87.9
    12
    3
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    85.5
    88.5
    11
    5
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    86.9
    89.3
    12
    6
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    88.8
    90.4
    13
    8
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    91.1
    92.0
    21
    13
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Spain SPAIN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    34.87
    179
    105.37
    99
    2. Lung Cancers
    22.84
    36
    37.70
    4
    3. Alzheimers & Dementia
    21.52
    32
    16.26
    122
    4. Stroke
    18.37
    177
    162.14
    15
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    14.27
    30
    10.37
    70
    6. Breast Cancer
    12.72
    134
    7.80
    177
    7. Lung Disease
    12.26
    157
    87.71
    5
    8. Prostate Cancer
    10.62
    131
    2.38
    178
    9. Influenza and Pneumonia
    7.96
    168
    22.75
    104
    10. Pancreas Cancer
    6.38
    50
    4.85
    68
    11. Kidney Disease
    5.51
    162
    12.98
    129
    12. Suicide
    5.28
    137
    8.20
    95
    13. Stomach Cancer
    5.23
    102
    11.99
    21
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    5.01
    169
    11.82
    137
    15. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    101
    16.66
    12
    16. Liver Disease
    4.79
    163
    14.33
    111
    17. Hypertension
    4.72
    157
    18.24
    92
    18. Lymphomas
    4.68
    92
    1.84
    175
    19. Other Injuries
    4.18
    148
    5.48
    125
    20. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.16
    111
    2.40
    153
    21. Bladder Cancer
    3.99
    26
    1.61
    120
    22. Ovary Cancer
    3.96
    110
    2.96
    147
    23. Endocrine Disorders
    3.95
    83
    1.60
    160
    24. Leukemia
    3.46
    98
    3.44
    99
    25. Other Neoplasms
    3.41
    27
    0.14
    180
    26. Road Traffic Accidents
    3.15
    167
    22.21
    64
    27. Parkinson's Disease
    2.99
    145
    3.78
    113
    28. Oral Cancer
    2.74
    93
    1.62
    152
    29. Uterin Cancer
    2.57
    78
    0.78
    168
    30. Falls
    2.48
    166
    6.34
    79
    31. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.11
    106
    3.80
    49
    32. Congenital Anomalies
    2.05
    174
    3.79
    139
    33. Cervical Cancer
    1.91
    171
    4.11
    136
    34. Skin Cancers
    1.54
    115
    0.55
    160
    35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.15
    106
    6.87
    15
    36. Drug Use
    1.10
    104
    1.24
    89
    37. Skin Disease
    1.03
    109
    0.58
    138
    38. Low Birth Weight
    0.92
    169
    4.39
    98
    39. HIV/AIDS
    0.81
    116
    2.53
    100
    40. Epilepsy
    0.81
    155
    0.98
    137
    41. Asthma
    0.72
    145
    4.81
    90
    42. Drownings
    0.69
    163
    4.46
    35
    43. Hepatitis C
    0.63
    12
    0.03
    126
    44. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.61
    157
    1.70
    109
    45. Violence
    0.47
    178
    3.97
    101
    46. Anemia
    0.45
    29
    0.00
    91
    47. Alcohol
    0.41
    150
    1.00
    116
    48. Birth Trauma
    0.40
    162
    2.66
    86
    49. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.38
    179
    5.64
    51
    50. Multiple Sclerosis
    0.35
    47
    0.13
    135
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Spain SPAIN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    51,684
    15.64
    31,342
    14.63
    2. Alzheimers & Dementia
    42,339
    12.81
    4,340
    2.03
    3. Stroke
    29,004
    8.78
    49,648
    23.17
    4. Lung Cancers
    22,131
    6.70
    11,893
    5.55
    5. Lung Disease
    18,926
    5.73
    26,178
    12.22
    6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    16,957
    5.13
    3,232
    1.51
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    13,717
    4.15
    6,231
    2.91
    8. Kidney Disease
    9,725
    2.94
    3,959
    1.85
    9. Hypertension
    9,115
    2.76
    5,368
    2.51
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    7,773
    2.35
    3,671
    1.71
    11. Breast Cancer
    7,067
    2.14
    1,366
    0.64
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6,752
    2.04
    1,525
    0.71
    13. Prostate Cancer
    6,420
    1.94
    219
    0.10
    14. Stomach Cancer
    5,796
    1.75
    3,771
    1.76
    15. Other Injuries
    5,536
    1.68
    1,531
    0.71
    16. Lymphomas
    5,335
    1.61
    560
    0.26
    17. Bladder Cancer
    5,222
    1.58
    500
    0.23
    18. Liver Cancer
    5,098
    1.54
    5,326
    2.49
    19. Inflammatory/Heart
    4,984
    1.51
    684
    0.32
    20. Parkinson's Disease
    4,943
    1.50
    1,155
    0.54
    21. Endocrine Disorders
    4,863
    1.47
    452
    0.21
    22. Other Neoplasms
    4,748
    1.44
    44
    0.02
    23. Liver Disease
    4,231
    1.28
    4,506
    2.10
    24. Leukemia
    3,772
    1.14
    965
    0.45
    25. Suicide
    3,609
    1.09
    2,407
    1.12
    26. Falls
    3,246
    0.98
    1,801
    0.84
    27. Oral Cancer
    2,583
    0.78
    513
    0.24
    28. Ovary Cancer
    2,026
    0.61
    532
    0.25
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    2,011
    0.61
    1,222
    0.57
    30. Skin Disease
    1,840
    0.56
    158
    0.07
    31. Road Traffic Accidents
    1,829
    0.55
    6,210
    2.90
    32. Skin Cancers
    1,803
    0.55
    168
    0.08
    33. Uterin Cancer
    1,612
    0.49
    138
    0.06
    34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1,612
    0.49
    2,093
    0.98
    35. Asthma
    1,133
    0.34
    1,439
    0.67
    36. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,064
    0.32
    374
    0.17
    37. Anemia
    914
    0.28
    0
    0.00
    38. Congenital Anomalies
    863
    0.26
    991
    0.46
    39. Cervical Cancer
    855
    0.26
    704
    0.33
    40. Epilepsy
    824
    0.25
    266
    0.12
    41. Drug Use
    776
    0.23
    356
    0.17
    42. Hepatitis C
    652
    0.20
    10
    0.00
    43. HIV/AIDS
    538
    0.16
    753
    0.35
    44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    475
    0.14
    1,712
    0.80
    45. Drownings
    446
    0.13
    1,126
    0.53
    46. Alcohol
    333
    0.10
    304
    0.14
    47. Malnutrition
    302
    0.09
    317
    0.15
    48. Rheumatoid Arthritis
    294
    0.09
    198
    0.09
    49. Multiple Sclerosis
    287
    0.09
    40
    0.02
    50. Tuberculosis
    270
    0.08
    17,417
    8.13
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Spain SPAIN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    22.84
    36
    37.70
    4
    2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    14.27
    30
    10.37
    70
    3. Breast Cancer
    12.72
    134
    7.80
    177
    4. Prostate Cancer
    10.62
    131
    2.38
    178
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    6.38
    50
    4.85
    68
    6. Stomach Cancer
    5.23
    102
    11.99
    21
    7. Liver Cancer
    4.88
    101
    16.66
    12
    8. Lymphomas
    4.68
    92
    1.84
    175
    9. Bladder Cancer
    3.99
    26
    1.61
    120
    10. Ovary Cancer
    3.96
    110
    2.96
    147
    11. Leukemia
    3.46
    98
    3.44
    99
    12. Oral Cancer
    2.74
    93
    1.62
    152
    13. Uterin Cancer
    2.57
    78
    0.78
    168
    14. Oesophagus Cancer
    2.11
    106
    3.80
    49
    15. Cervical Cancer
    1.91
    171
    4.11
    136
    16. Skin Cancers
    1.54
    115
    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.