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Bangladesh
COUNTRY #1
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BANGLADESH VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Bangladesh 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
Bangladesh Population Pyramid
192,567,779
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.0
39.9
40.5
136
153
144
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
44.8
44.3
44.5
138
153
144
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
48.9
48.7
48.8
142
152
147
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
54.5
55.1
54.8
144
151
146
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
64.9
65.6
65.3
103
124
118
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
68.9
71.1
69.9
95
118
106
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
73.0
75.6
74.3
71
98
85
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.0
75.6
71
98
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
73.0
75.6
71
98
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
75.4
77.8
51
91
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
75.7
78.1
50
91
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
76.0
78.2
48
91
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
76.2
78.4
46
89
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
76.4
78.6
46
89
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
76.6
78.8
48
89
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
76.9
79.0
48
89
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
77.2
79.2
48
87
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
77.6
79.6
51
88
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
78.2
80.0
50
88
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
79.2
80.7
50
87
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
80.3
81.5
49
86
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
81.7
82.6
48
84
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
83.5
84.1
49
82
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
85.4
85.8
49
75
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
87.5
87.8
57
80
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.3
90.5
60
73
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.20
41
162.14
15
2. Coronary Heart Disease
94.27
118
105.37
99
3. Lung Disease
41.72
25
87.71
5
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.61
52
1.70
109
5. Tuberculosis
25.88
42
57.14
16
6. Diabetes Mellitus
25.49
98
11.82
137
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.96
103
22.75
104
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.74
88
22.21
64
9. Liver Disease
16.64
101
14.33
111
10. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
3.80
49
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.89
142
16.26
122
12. Hypertension
13.27
114
18.24
92
13. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
1.62
152
14. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
7.80
177
15. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
37.70
4
16. Kidney Disease
9.14
143
12.98
129
17. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
4.11
136
18. Asthma
7.70
74
4.81
90
19. Low Birth Weight
7.38
60
4.39
98
20. Birth Trauma
5.68
58
2.66
86
21. Other Injuries
5.56
123
5.48
125
22. Measles
5.50
13
0.02
72
23. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
11.99
21
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.70
121
3.79
139
25. Drownings
4.55
33
4.46
35
26. Suicide
3.85
153
8.20
95
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
10.37
70
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.49
125
3.78
113
29. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
2.96
147
30. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
2.38
178
31. Violence
2.89
115
3.97
101
32. Falls
2.64
159
6.34
79
33. Drug Use
2.34
37
1.24
89
34. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
16.66
12
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.25
58
6.87
15
36. Maternal Conditions
2.19
67
1.02
84
37. Lymphomas
2.05
173
1.84
175
38. Malnutrition
1.70
86
1.25
93
39. Meningitis
1.37
70
0.81
89
40. Leukemia
1.29
164
3.44
99
41. Pertussis
1.24
60
0.17
96
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.20
180
2.40
153
43. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
4.85
68
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.01
149
5.64
51
45. Skin Disease
1.01
110
0.58
138
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.98
176
1.60
160
47. Epilepsy
0.97
138
0.98
137
48. Appendicitis
0.93
21
0.19
108
49. Fires
0.89
119
0.90
118
50. Hepatitis B
0.85
43
0.23
94
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
134,166
18.74
49,648
23.17
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108,528
15.16
31,342
14.63
3. Lung Disease
45,699
6.38
26,178
12.22
4. Tuberculosis
37,175
5.19
17,417
8.13
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
36,111
5.05
374
0.17
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
29,586
4.13
6,231
2.91
7. Diabetes Mellitus
28,976
4.05
3,671
1.71
8. Road Traffic Accidents
25,023
3.50
6,210
2.90
9. Liver Disease
21,024
2.94
4,506
2.10
10. Oesophagus Cancer
19,525
2.73
1,222
0.57
11. Low Birth Weight
17,457
2.44
1,208
0.56
12. Oral Cancer
15,511
2.17
513
0.24
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
14,993
2.09
4,340
2.03
14. Hypertension
14,776
2.06
5,368
2.51
15. Birth Trauma
13,392
1.87
736
0.34
16. Lung Cancers
12,174
1.70
11,893
5.55
17. Kidney Disease
10,841
1.51
3,959
1.85
18. Congenital Anomalies
10,113
1.41
991
0.46
19. Measles
9,021
1.26
4
0.00
20. Asthma
8,893
1.24
1,439
0.67
21. Other Injuries
7,629
1.07
1,531
0.71
22. Drownings
7,094
0.99
1,126
0.53
23. Breast Cancer
6,808
0.95
1,366
0.64
24. Stomach Cancer
6,799
0.95
3,771
1.76
25. Suicide
5,998
0.84
2,407
1.12
26. Cervical Cancer
5,132
0.72
704
0.33
27. Violence
4,623
0.65
1,082
0.50
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,534
0.63
3,232
1.51
29. Maternal Conditions
3,920
0.55
252
0.12
30. Parkinson's Disease
3,782
0.53
1,155
0.54
31. Falls
3,328
0.46
1,801
0.84
32. Drug Use
2,967
0.41
356
0.17
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,922
0.41
2,093
0.98
34. Liver Cancer
2,884
0.40
5,326
2.49
35. Lymphomas
2,667
0.37
560
0.26
36. Malnutrition
2,418
0.34
317
0.15
37. Ovary Cancer
2,231
0.31
532
0.25
38. Meningitis
2,105
0.29
207
0.10
39. Pertussis
2,011
0.28
34
0.02
40. Leukemia
1,895
0.26
965
0.45
41. Prostate Cancer
1,664
0.23
219
0.10
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1,485
0.21
684
0.32
43. Pancreas Cancer
1,414
0.20
1,525
0.71
44. Epilepsy
1,353
0.19
266
0.12
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,335
0.19
452
0.21
46. Fires
1,271
0.18
253
0.12
47. Appendicitis
1,262
0.18
57
0.03
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,251
0.17
1,712
0.80
49. Syphilis
1,227
0.17
54
0.03
50. Skin Disease
1,131
0.16
158
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
3.80
49
2. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
1.62
152
3. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
7.80
177
4. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
37.70
4
5. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
4.11
136
6. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
11.99
21
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
10.37
70
8. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
2.96
147
9. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
2.38
178
10. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
16.66
12
11. Lymphomas
2.05
173
1.84
175
12. Leukemia
1.29
164
3.44
99
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
4.85
68
14. Bladder Cancer
0.84
162
1.61
120
15. Skin Cancers
0.68
153
0.55
160
16. Uterin Cancer
0.68
170
0.78
168
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.