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Sweden
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
SWEDEN VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Sweden 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
Sweden Population Pyramid
11,389,198
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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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
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
  Sweden SWEDEN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Sweden SWEDEN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
71.2
74.9
73.0
3
3
3
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
72.2
77.2
74.6
1
2
1
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
72.8
78.9
75.7
2
3
3
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
74.8
80.4
77.5
4
6
2
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
77.3
81.9
79.6
3
7
4
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
79.5
83.5
81.5
6
11
9
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
80.8
84.0
82.4
8
18
13
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.8
84.0
8
18
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
80.8
84.0
8
18
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
81.1
84.2
9
20
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
81.1
84.2
9
20
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
81.1
84.2
9
21
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
81.2
84.3
10
21
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
81.4
84.3
9
21
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
81.6
84.4
8
20
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
81.8
84.5
7
20
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
82.0
84.6
8
20
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
82.2
84.7
8
20
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
82.4
84.9
10
22
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
82.8
85.2
11
24
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
83.3
85.6
14
25
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
84.1
86.2
16
26
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
85.2
87.0
17
27
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.5
88.0
25
30
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.2
89.3
36
35
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.3
91.0
59
54
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
50.98
161
105.37
99
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30.96
10
16.26
122
3. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
2.38
178
4. Stroke
19.81
170
162.14
15
5. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
37.70
4
6. Lung Disease
14.83
144
87.71
5
7. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
7.80
177
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
10.37
70
9. Suicide
12.37
47
8.20
95
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.29
165
22.75
104
11. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
4.85
68
12. Diabetes Mellitus
6.85
159
11.82
137
13. Hypertension
5.32
154
18.24
92
14. Lymphomas
5.29
73
1.84
175
15. Kidney Disease
5.07
167
12.98
129
16. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
2.96
147
17. Other Injuries
4.92
134
5.48
125
18. Drug Use
4.10
18
1.24
89
19. Liver Disease
3.99
170
14.33
111
20. Falls
3.92
127
6.34
79
21. Other Neoplasms
3.65
24
0.14
180
22. Leukemia
3.40
103
3.44
99
23. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
16.66
12
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.12
140
3.78
113
25. Endocrine Disorders
3.09
106
1.60
160
26. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
0.55
160
27. Congenital Anomalies
2.78
162
3.79
139
28. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
11.99
21
29. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
1.61
120
30. Inflammatory/Heart
2.58
150
2.40
153
31. Road Traffic Accidents
2.57
174
22.21
64
32. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
0.78
168
33. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
3.80
49
34. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
4.11
136
35. Alcohol
2.09
58
1.00
116
36. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
1.62
152
37. Violence
1.22
143
3.97
101
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.08
148
5.64
51
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.88
143
1.70
109
40. Multiple Sclerosis
0.84
15
0.13
135
41. Drownings
0.83
156
4.46
35
42. Epilepsy
0.78
158
0.98
137
43. Skin Disease
0.70
124
0.58
138
44. Low Birth Weight
0.61
178
4.39
98
45. Asthma
0.56
158
4.81
90
46. Anemia
0.47
24
0.00
91
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
71
0.65
30
48. Fires
0.40
154
0.90
118
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.38
167
6.87
15
50. Birth Trauma
0.38
165
2.66
86
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Sweden SWEDEN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,136
19.91
31,342
14.63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
10,917
14.36
4,340
2.03
3. Stroke
6,035
7.94
49,648
23.17
4. Lung Disease
4,344
5.72
26,178
12.22
5. Lung Cancers
3,722
4.90
11,893
5.55
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,049
4.01
3,232
1.51
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,659
3.50
6,231
2.91
8. Prostate Cancer
2,622
3.45
219
0.10
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,849
2.43
1,525
0.71
10. Hypertension
1,838
2.42
5,368
2.51
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,834
2.41
3,671
1.71
12. Kidney Disease
1,629
2.14
3,959
1.85
13. Breast Cancer
1,582
2.08
1,366
0.64
14. Suicide
1,479
1.95
2,407
1.12
15. Other Injuries
1,374
1.81
1,531
0.71
16. Lymphomas
1,357
1.79
560
0.26
17. Falls
1,109
1.46
1,801
0.84
18. Other Neoplasms
1,036
1.36
44
0.02
19. Parkinson's Disease
943
1.24
1,155
0.54
20. Leukemia
825
1.09
965
0.45
21. Bladder Cancer
760
1.00
500
0.23
22. Liver Cancer
752
0.99
5,326
2.49
23. Liver Disease
723
0.95
4,506
2.10
24. Endocrine Disorders
702
0.92
452
0.21
25. Skin Cancers
650
0.86
168
0.08
26. Stomach Cancer
612
0.81
3,771
1.76
27. Ovary Cancer
553
0.73
532
0.25
28. Inflammatory/Heart
547
0.72
684
0.32
29. Oesophagus Cancer
538
0.71
1,222
0.57
30. Drug Use
423
0.56
356
0.17
31. Oral Cancer
379
0.50
513
0.24
32. Alcohol
359
0.47
304
0.14
33. Uterin Cancer
345
0.45
138
0.06
34. Road Traffic Accidents
315
0.41
6,210
2.90
35. Congenital Anomalies
308
0.41
991
0.46
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
289
0.38
374
0.17
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
277
0.36
1,712
0.80
38. Cervical Cancer
228
0.30
704
0.33
39. Skin Disease
220
0.29
158
0.07
40. Anemia
175
0.23
0
0.00
41. Multiple Sclerosis
170
0.22
40
0.02
42. Asthma
158
0.21
1,439
0.67
43. Rheumatoid Arthritis
129
0.17
198
0.09
44. Epilepsy
121
0.16
266
0.12
45. Malnutrition
117
0.15
317
0.15
46. Drownings
114
0.15
1,126
0.53
47. Violence
113
0.15
1,082
0.50
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
110
0.14
2,093
0.98
49. Fires
65
0.09
253
0.12
50. Schizophrenia
63
0.08
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Sweden SWEDEN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
20.40
64
2.38
178
2. Lung Cancers
16.11
75
37.70
4
3. Breast Cancer
13.55
127
7.80
177
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.51
44
10.37
70
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.84
25
4.85
68
6. Lymphomas
5.29
73
1.84
175
7. Ovary Cancer
5.06
65
2.96
147
8. Leukemia
3.40
103
3.44
99
9. Liver Cancer
3.36
156
16.66
12
10. Skin Cancers
2.90
35
0.55
160
11. Stomach Cancer
2.75
164
11.99
21
12. Bladder Cancer
2.74
65
1.61
120
13. Uterin Cancer
2.44
87
0.78
168
14. Oesophagus Cancer
2.39
93
3.80
49
15. Cervical Cancer
2.28
161
4.11
136
16. Oral Cancer
1.75
146
1.62
152
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.