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Bulgaria
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
BULGARIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Bulgaria 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
Bulgaria Population Pyramid
5,385,444
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.6
71.0
69.2
12
29
20
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
69.1
73.5
71.3
12
25
15
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
68.5
74.0
71.2
35
40
32
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
68.3
75.2
71.6
52
47
46
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
67.8
74.7
71.1
84
71
78
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
69.9
76.9
73.4
89
73
82
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
71.6
78.6
75.1
82
68
75
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.6
78.6
82
68
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
71.6
78.6
82
68
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
72.2
79.1
89
72
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
72.2
79.1
92
72
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
72.3
79.2
93
72
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
72.5
79.3
96
72
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
72.6
79.3
99
73
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
72.9
79.5
100
74
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
73.1
79.6
101
75
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
73.5
79.8
103
75
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
74.0
80.1
105
78
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
74.8
80.5
108
78
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
75.9
81.1
107
76
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.4
82.0
103
74
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.3
83.0
97
73
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.5
84.1
92
77
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
83.9
85.6
88
84
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.5
87.5
104
96
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.6
90.1
121
125
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
210.78
26
105.37
99
2. Stroke
116.86
50
162.14
15
3. Hypertension
32.82
39
18.24
92
4. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
37.70
4
5. Lung Disease
22.97
89
87.71
5
6. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
7.80
177
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
10.37
70
8. Liver Disease
15.44
106
14.33
111
9. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
2.38
178
10. Kidney Disease
11.77
137
12.98
129
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
10.70
157
22.75
104
12. Road Traffic Accidents
8.59
129
22.21
64
13. Diabetes Mellitus
8.11
153
11.82
137
14. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
11.99
21
15. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
4.85
68
16. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
4.11
136
17. Suicide
6.50
122
8.20
95
18. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
2.96
147
19. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
0.78
168
20. Other Injuries
4.55
141
5.48
125
21. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
16.66
12
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.28
100
2.40
153
23. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
1.61
120
24. Lymphomas
3.82
127
1.84
175
25. Congenital Anomalies
3.67
141
3.79
139
26. Leukemia
3.61
89
3.44
99
27. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
1.62
152
28. Falls
2.99
149
6.34
79
29. Low Birth Weight
2.58
133
4.39
98
30. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
0.55
160
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.76
125
5.64
51
32. Drownings
1.55
128
4.46
35
33. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
3.80
49
34. Parkinson's Disease
1.44
169
3.78
113
35. Endocrine Disorders
1.33
168
1.60
160
36. Epilepsy
1.03
133
0.98
137
37. Violence
1.00
155
3.97
101
38. Fires
0.97
116
0.90
118
39. Tuberculosis
0.95
130
57.14
16
40. Birth Trauma
0.87
130
2.66
86
41. Drug Use
0.87
126
1.24
89
42. Alzheimers & Dementia
0.79
182
16.26
122
43. Other Neoplasms
0.66
72
0.14
180
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.50
35
0.13
135
45. Alcohol
0.43
148
1.00
116
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.40
165
1.70
109
47. Skin Disease
0.39
149
0.58
138
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.36
168
6.87
15
49. Poisonings
0.34
120
1.29
64
50. Meningitis
0.32
135
0.81
89
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
36,513
38.86
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
21,347
22.72
49,648
23.17
3. Hypertension
5,916
6.30
5,368
2.51
4. Lung Disease
3,993
4.25
26,178
12.22
5. Lung Cancers
3,288
3.50
11,893
5.55
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,591
2.76
3,232
1.51
7. Kidney Disease
1,855
1.97
3,959
1.85
8. Liver Disease
1,804
1.92
4,506
2.10
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,396
1.49
6,231
2.91
10. Breast Cancer
1,358
1.45
1,366
0.64
11. Diabetes Mellitus
1,344
1.43
3,671
1.71
12. Stomach Cancer
1,175
1.25
3,771
1.76
13. Pancreas Cancer
1,063
1.13
1,525
0.71
14. Prostate Cancer
1,016
1.08
219
0.10
15. Suicide
681
0.72
2,407
1.12
16. Liver Cancer
664
0.71
5,326
2.49
17. Road Traffic Accidents
647
0.69
6,210
2.90
18. Bladder Cancer
637
0.68
500
0.23
19. Lymphomas
499
0.53
560
0.26
20. Leukemia
460
0.49
965
0.45
21. Other Injuries
437
0.47
1,531
0.71
22. Cervical Cancer
422
0.45
704
0.33
23. Ovary Cancer
420
0.45
532
0.25
24. Inflammatory/Heart
409
0.44
684
0.32
25. Oral Cancer
408
0.43
513
0.24
26. Falls
381
0.41
1,801
0.84
27. Uterin Cancer
369
0.39
138
0.06
28. Skin Cancers
328
0.35
168
0.08
29. Parkinson's Disease
284
0.30
1,155
0.54
30. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.29
1,712
0.80
31. Oesophagus Cancer
195
0.21
1,222
0.57
32. Congenital Anomalies
160
0.17
991
0.46
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
147
0.16
4,340
2.03
34. Endocrine Disorders
146
0.16
452
0.21
35. Drownings
129
0.14
1,126
0.53
36. Fires
124
0.13
253
0.12
37. Low Birth Weight
116
0.12
1,208
0.56
38. Tuberculosis
104
0.11
17,417
8.13
39. Other Neoplasms
93
0.10
44
0.02
40. Epilepsy
93
0.10
266
0.12
41. Violence
84
0.09
1,082
0.50
42. Drug Use
76
0.08
356
0.17
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
56
0.06
2,093
0.98
44. Skin Disease
53
0.06
158
0.07
45. Multiple Sclerosis
52
0.06
40
0.02
46. Alcohol
44
0.05
304
0.14
47. Birth Trauma
40
0.04
736
0.34
48. Poisonings
38
0.04
366
0.17
49. Meningitis
31
0.03
207
0.10
50. Asthma
28
0.03
1,439
0.67
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bulgaria BULGARIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
23.63
32
37.70
4
2. Breast Cancer
17.57
86
7.80
177
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
16.50
18
10.37
70
4. Prostate Cancer
14.25
109
2.38
178
5. Stomach Cancer
7.80
66
11.99
21
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.11
42
4.85
68
7. Cervical Cancer
6.87
108
4.11
136
8. Ovary Cancer
5.80
39
2.96
147
9. Uterin Cancer
4.59
23
0.78
168
10. Liver Cancer
4.53
114
16.66
12
11. Bladder Cancer
3.82
30
1.61
120
12. Lymphomas
3.82
127
1.84
175
13. Leukemia
3.61
89
3.44
99
14. Oral Cancer
3.32
74
1.62
152
15. Skin Cancers
2.17
72
0.55
160
16. Oesophagus Cancer
1.46
129
3.80
49
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.