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Tanzania
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
TANZANIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Tanzania 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
Tanzania Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Tanzania TANZANIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Tanzania TANZANIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    42.1
    45.5
    43.7
    129
    126
    127
    		  
    53.8
    57.1
    55.4
    76
    77
    76
    1970
    45.2
    48.6
    46.9
    136
    135
    136
    		  
    59.5
    64.5
    62.0
    72
    70
    71
    1980
    48.7
    52.0
    50.3
    143
    141
    142
    		  
    64.6
    71.0
    67.8
    63
    63
    63
    1990
    49.1
    52.8
    50.9
    160
    157
    160
    		  
    66.5
    73.6
    69.9
    71
    62
    66
    2000
    48.4
    50.0
    49.2
    166
    170
    167
    		  
    61.1
    69.3
    65.4
    122
    115
    117
    2010
    56.4
    58.6
    57.5
    161
    162
    161
    		  
    65.4
    72.4
    69.0
    115
    110
    110
    2019
    65.4
    69.3
    67.3
    134
    136
    135
    		  
    69.3
    75.7
    72.6
    109
    97
    106
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Tanzania TANZANIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    65.4
    69.3
    134
    136
    69.3
    75.7
    109
    97
    Age 5
    69.1
    72.6
    134
    136
    70.6
    76.8
    116
    98
    Age 10
    69.6
    73.1
    133
    135
    70.7
    77.0
    116
    98
    Age 15
    69.8
    73.3
    132
    135
    70.9
    77.1
    118
    98
    Age 20
    70.2
    73.6
    130
    135
    71.2
    77.2
    117
    98
    Age 25
    70.6
    73.9
    131
    135
    71.6
    77.4
    115
    99
    Age 30
    71.1
    74.3
    131
    135
    72.0
    77.5
    116
    100
    Age 35
    71.7
    74.8
    128
    133
    72.4
    77.8
    116
    99
    Age 40
    72.4
    75.4
    124
    133
    72.8
    78.1
    119
    99
    Age 45
    73.3
    76.1
    123
    131
    73.4
    78.5
    120
    97
    Age 50
    74.3
    76.9
    120
    130
    74.2
    79.0
    121
    97
    Age 55
    75.6
    77.9
    113
    126
    75.3
    79.8
    124
    96
    Age 60
    77.1
    79.1
    113
    127
    76.8
    80.8
    122
    97
    Age 65
    78.9
    80.5
    111
    119
    78.6
    82.0
    119
    94
    Age 70
    81.0
    82.3
    115
    117
    80.8
    83.6
    120
    91
    Age 75
    83.5
    84.5
    113
    109
    83.4
    85.5
    118
    87
    Age 80
    86.5
    87.2
    110
    105
    86.4
    87.8
    113
    85
    Age 85
    89.8
    90.4
    97
    92
    89.7
    90.5
    104
    77
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Tanzania TANZANIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Stroke
    91.34
    83
    162.14
    15
    2. Coronary Heart Disease
    76.15
    138
    105.37
    99
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    71.25
    48
    22.75
    104
    4. HIV/AIDS
    64.39
    19
    2.53
    100
    5. Tuberculosis
    60.37
    15
    57.14
    16
    6. Road Traffic Accidents
    49.33
    10
    22.21
    64
    7. Malaria
    48.99
    10
    0.00
    68
    8. Diarrhoeal diseases
    46.84
    38
    1.70
    109
    9. Cervical Cancer
    46.71
    7
    4.11
    136
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    31.47
    87
    11.82
    137
    11. Hypertension
    31.31
    41
    18.24
    92
    12. Prostate Cancer
    29.39
    30
    2.38
    178
    13. Liver Disease
    26.48
    72
    14.33
    111
    14. Kidney Disease
    22.48
    94
    12.98
    129
    15. Alzheimers & Dementia
    18.11
    81
    16.26
    122
    16. Lung Disease
    17.10
    126
    87.71
    5
    17. Maternal Conditions
    14.15
    16
    1.02
    84
    18. Malnutrition
    12.23
    22
    1.25
    93
    19. Violence
    10.35
    47
    3.97
    101
    20. Oesophagus Cancer
    10.06
    11
    3.80
    49
    21. Other Injuries
    9.26
    74
    5.48
    125
    22. Birth Trauma
    9.12
    34
    2.66
    86
    23. Breast Cancer
    8.50
    171
    7.80
    177
    24. Suicide
    8.15
    96
    8.20
    95
    25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    106
    10.37
    70
    26. Congenital Anomalies
    7.48
    42
    3.79
    139
    27. Low Birth Weight
    7.48
    58
    4.39
    98
    28. Asthma
    7.03
    76
    4.81
    90
    29. Falls
    6.85
    70
    6.34
    79
    30. Oral Cancer
    6.73
    20
    1.62
    152
    31. Meningitis
    6.36
    43
    0.81
    89
    32. Stomach Cancer
    5.88
    94
    11.99
    21
    33. Liver Cancer
    5.65
    85
    16.66
    12
    34. Endocrine Disorders
    4.70
    69
    1.60
    160
    35. Inflammatory/Heart
    4.21
    107
    2.40
    153
    36. Parkinson's Disease
    3.49
    124
    3.78
    113
    37. Skin Cancers
    3.42
    22
    0.55
    160
    38. Fires
    2.84
    53
    0.90
    118
    39. Bladder Cancer
    2.76
    63
    1.61
    120
    40. Pertussis
    2.58
    30
    0.17
    96
    41. Lymphomas
    2.46
    162
    1.84
    175
    42. Poisonings
    2.34
    38
    1.29
    64
    43. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    167
    2.96
    147
    44. Drownings
    2.22
    105
    4.46
    35
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    1.98
    110
    5.64
    51
    46. Uterin Cancer
    1.84
    117
    0.78
    168
    47. Epilepsy
    1.76
    83
    0.98
    137
    48. Syphilis
    1.75
    14
    0.21
    78
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    1.58
    86
    6.87
    15
    50. Drug Use
    1.48
    68
    1.24
    89
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Tanzania TANZANIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. HIV/AIDS
    27,402
    9.29
    753
    0.35
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26,028
    8.83
    6,231
    2.91
    3. Malaria
    21,758
    7.38
    0
    0.00
    4. Tuberculosis
    20,269
    6.87
    17,417
    8.13
    5. Road Traffic Accidents
    18,054
    6.12
    6,210
    2.90
    6. Diarrhoeal diseases
    17,587
    5.96
    374
    0.17
    7. Stroke
    16,894
    5.73
    49,648
    23.17
    8. Birth Trauma
    15,086
    5.12
    736
    0.34
    9. Coronary Heart Disease
    13,215
    4.48
    31,342
    14.63
    10. Low Birth Weight
    12,173
    4.13
    1,208
    0.56
    11. Congenital Anomalies
    9,791
    3.32
    991
    0.46
    12. Maternal Conditions
    6,835
    2.32
    252
    0.12
    13. Liver Disease
    6,586
    2.23
    4,506
    2.10
    14. Cervical Cancer
    6,424
    2.18
    704
    0.33
    15. Diabetes Mellitus
    6,247
    2.12
    3,671
    1.71
    16. Malnutrition
    5,574
    1.89
    317
    0.15
    17. Hypertension
    5,209
    1.77
    5,368
    2.51
    18. Violence
    4,713
    1.60
    1,082
    0.50
    19. Kidney Disease
    4,547
    1.54
    3,959
    1.85
    20. Other Injuries
    4,270
    1.45
    1,531
    0.71
    21. Meningitis
    3,188
    1.08
    207
    0.10
    22. Lung Disease
    3,051
    1.03
    26,178
    12.22
    23. Pertussis
    2,774
    0.94
    34
    0.02
    24. Suicide
    2,474
    0.84
    2,407
    1.12
    25. Oesophagus Cancer
    2,247
    0.76
    1,222
    0.57
    26. Syphilis
    2,115
    0.72
    54
    0.03
    27. Alzheimers & Dementia
    2,048
    0.69
    4,340
    2.03
    28. Prostate Cancer
    1,819
    0.62
    219
    0.10
    29. Endocrine Disorders
    1,778
    0.60
    452
    0.21
    30. Asthma
    1,700
    0.58
    1,439
    0.67
    31. Oral Cancer
    1,646
    0.56
    513
    0.24
    32. Drownings
    1,642
    0.56
    1,126
    0.53
    33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    1,567
    0.53
    3,232
    1.51
    34. Falls
    1,533
    0.52
    1,801
    0.84
    35. Fires
    1,424
    0.48
    253
    0.12
    36. Liver Cancer
    1,413
    0.48
    5,326
    2.49
    37. Breast Cancer
    1,285
    0.44
    1,366
    0.64
    38. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,227
    0.42
    684
    0.32
    39. Stomach Cancer
    1,190
    0.40
    3,771
    1.76
    40. Poisonings
    1,170
    0.40
    366
    0.17
    41. Lymphomas
    805
    0.27
    560
    0.26
    42. Skin Cancers
    744
    0.25
    168
    0.08
    43. Epilepsy
    707
    0.24
    266
    0.12
    44. Bladder Cancer
    667
    0.23
    500
    0.23
    45. Parkinson's Disease
    513
    0.17
    1,155
    0.54
    46. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    462
    0.16
    1,712
    0.80
    47. Leukemia
    416
    0.14
    965
    0.45
    48. Drug Use
    404
    0.14
    356
    0.17
    49. Tetanus
    402
    0.14
    28
    0.01
    50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    401
    0.14
    2,093
    0.98
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Tanzania TANZANIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Cervical Cancer
    46.71
    7
    4.11
    136
    2. Prostate Cancer
    29.39
    30
    2.38
    178
    3. Oesophagus Cancer
    10.06
    11
    3.80
    49
    4. Breast Cancer
    8.50
    171
    7.80
    177
    5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    7.78
    106
    10.37
    70
    6. Oral Cancer
    6.73
    20
    1.62
    152
    7. Stomach Cancer
    5.88
    94
    11.99
    21
    8. Liver Cancer
    5.65
    85
    16.66
    12
    9. Skin Cancers
    3.42
    22
    0.55
    160
    10. Bladder Cancer
    2.76
    63
    1.61
    120
    11. Lymphomas
    2.46
    162
    1.84
    175
    12. Ovary Cancer
    2.25
    167
    2.96
    147
    13. Uterin Cancer
    1.84
    117
    0.78
    168
    14. Leukemia
    1.24
    165
    3.44
    99
    15. Pancreas Cancer
    0.71
    174
    4.85
    68
    16. Lung Cancers
    0.60
    181
    37.70
    4
    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.