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Bhutan
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

Compare Bhutan 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
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
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%
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
  Bhutan BHUTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Bhutan BHUTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
 
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
 
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
 
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
 
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
 
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
 
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
 
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
74.4
79
108
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
72.0
74.4
79
108
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
74.3
76.3
67
105
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
74.4
76.4
64
105
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
74.7
76.7
63
104
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
75.0
76.8
63
104
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
75.2
77.0
64
104
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
75.5
77.1
64
104
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
75.8
77.4
64
104
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
76.1
77.6
64
103
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
76.5
78.0
68
103
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
77.1
78.5
70
103
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
77.9
79.1
73
103
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
78.9
80.0
75
104
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
80.3
81.1
75
104
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
82.0
82.5
78
108
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.2
84.4
81
118
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.8
86.9
82
130
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.0
90.1
80
119
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117.54
84
105.37
99
2. Lung Disease
87.76
4
87.71
5
3. Stroke
60.70
117
162.14
15
4. Diabetes Mellitus
27.56
94
11.82
137
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.08
92
22.75
104
6. Liver Disease
26.66
70
14.33
111
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
26.23
55
1.70
109
8. Kidney Disease
24.53
78
12.98
129
9. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
11.99
21
10. Tuberculosis
18.33
53
57.14
16
11. Falls
17.91
4
6.34
79
12. Road Traffic Accidents
17.35
85
22.21
64
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
112
16.26
122
14. Asthma
12.98
49
4.81
90
15. Hypertension
12.74
117
18.24
92
16. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.92
9
6.87
15
17. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
4.11
136
18. HIV/AIDS
8.08
64
2.53
100
19. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
37.70
4
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
3.80
49
21. Low Birth Weight
7.39
59
4.39
98
22. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
1.62
152
23. Other Injuries
6.45
108
5.48
125
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.37
39
5.64
51
25. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
16.66
12
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.36
102
3.79
139
27. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.96
147
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.20
43
3.78
113
29. Suicide
5.07
142
8.20
95
30. Birth Trauma
4.78
68
2.66
86
31. Encephalitis
4.26
2
0.51
77
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
10.37
70
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
4.85
68
34. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
7.80
177
35. Drownings
2.83
76
4.46
35
36. Leukemia
2.69
136
3.44
99
37. Meningitis
2.45
56
0.81
89
38. Violence
2.26
126
3.97
101
39. Epilepsy
2.00
69
0.98
137
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.66
158
1.60
160
41. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
0.55
160
42. Syphilis
1.37
26
0.21
78
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.24
179
2.40
153
44. Skin Disease
1.19
106
0.58
138
45. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
2.38
178
46. Fires
1.13
106
0.90
118
47. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
1.61
120
48. Maternal Conditions
1.04
83
1.02
84
49. Drug Use
0.97
117
1.24
89
50. Alcohol
0.92
123
1.00
116
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bhutan BHUTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
702
17.06
31,342
14.63
2. Lung Disease
524
12.73
26,178
12.22
3. Stroke
360
8.75
49,648
23.17
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
177
4.30
6,231
2.91
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
169
4.11
374
0.17
6. Liver Disease
166
4.03
4,506
2.10
7. Diabetes Mellitus
164
3.99
3,671
1.71
8. Kidney Disease
149
3.62
3,959
1.85
9. Tuberculosis
138
3.35
17,417
8.13
10. Road Traffic Accidents
123
2.99
6,210
2.90
11. Stomach Cancer
118
2.87
3,771
1.76
12. Falls
111
2.70
1,801
0.84
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
105
2.55
4,340
2.03
14. Low Birth Weight
79
1.92
1,208
0.56
15. Asthma
78
1.90
1,439
0.67
16. Hypertension
77
1.87
5,368
2.51
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
1.65
2,093
0.98
18. HIV/AIDS
58
1.41
753
0.35
19. Birth Trauma
51
1.24
736
0.34
20. Congenital Anomalies
50
1.22
991
0.46
21. Lung Cancers
44
1.07
11,893
5.55
22. Oesophagus Cancer
44
1.07
1,222
0.57
23. Oral Cancer
43
1.04
513
0.24
24. Other Injuries
43
1.04
1,531
0.71
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
39
0.95
1,712
0.80
26. Liver Cancer
35
0.85
5,326
2.49
27. Suicide
35
0.85
2,407
1.12
28. Parkinson's Disease
31
0.75
1,155
0.54
29. Cervical Cancer
30
0.73
704
0.33
30. Encephalitis
28
0.68
117
0.05
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24
0.58
3,232
1.51
32. Pancreas Cancer
20
0.49
1,525
0.71
33. Drownings
20
0.49
1,126
0.53
34. Leukemia
19
0.46
965
0.45
35. Violence
18
0.44
1,082
0.50
36. Meningitis
17
0.41
207
0.10
37. Epilepsy
14
0.34
266
0.12
38. Ovary Cancer
14
0.34
532
0.25
39. Endocrine Disorders
11
0.27
452
0.21
40. Syphilis
11
0.27
54
0.03
41. Maternal Conditions
9
0.22
252
0.12
42. Skin Cancers
9
0.22
168
0.08
43. Fires
8
0.19
253
0.12
44. Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.19
684
0.32
45. Breast Cancer
8
0.19
1,366
0.64
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
356
0.17
47. Skin Disease
7
0.17
158
0.07
48. Alcohol
6
0.15
304
0.14
49. Bladder Cancer
6
0.15
500
0.23
50. Appendicitis
5
0.12
57
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
11.99
21
2. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
4.11
136
3. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
37.70
4
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
3.80
49
5. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
1.62
152
6. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
16.66
12
7. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.96
147
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
10.37
70
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
4.85
68
10. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
7.80
177
11. Leukemia
2.69
136
3.44
99
12. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
0.55
160
13. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
2.38
178
14. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
1.61
120
15. Lymphomas
0.81
180
1.84
175
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
182
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.