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Burundi
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 Burundi and South 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.

South 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
Burundi Population Pyramid
25,324,770
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%
South Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
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
  Burundi BURUNDI   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Burundi BURUNDI   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.8
43.0
41.4
144
136
141
 
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
42.2
45.4
43.8
152
146
148
 
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
45.1
48.5
46.8
156
153
156
 
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
44.3
47.9
46.1
175
173
175
 
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
48.6
53.0
50.8
165
157
161
 
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
55.1
58.5
56.8
167
163
165
 
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
61.5
66.1
63.8
157
154
157
 
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.5
66.1
157
154
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
61.5
66.1
157
154
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
65.6
69.8
163
160
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
66.3
70.5
164
158
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
66.9
71.0
163
157
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
67.4
71.3
163
157
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
67.9
71.7
162
158
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
68.5
72.1
162
158
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
69.1
72.6
163
158
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
69.8
73.3
165
161
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
70.7
74.1
165
161
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
71.9
75.0
164
162
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
73.4
76.2
163
163
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
75.2
77.6
162
162
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
77.4
79.4
161
161
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
79.9
81.4
159
158
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
82.8
83.8
153
154
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
85.9
86.7
150
148
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.4
90.0
140
134
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
120.74
38
25.48
155
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
108.07
22
25.21
100
3. Coronary Heart Disease
106.91
96
27.78
183
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
82.80
11
0.91
139
5. Cervical Cancer
54.69
4
2.29
160
6. Road Traffic Accidents
52.10
7
5.76
150
7. Malaria
47.79
13
0.00
67
8. Lung Disease
39.25
29
8.14
175
9. Liver Disease
37.93
30
7.50
148
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.33
72
6.84
160
11. Hypertension
34.16
33
3.45
163
12. Tuberculosis
32.77
33
1.93
110
13. Prostate Cancer
29.71
28
6.10
155
14. Malnutrition
24.88
5
0.09
158
15. Kidney Disease
23.88
87
9.92
142
16. HIV/AIDS
21.41
42
0.11
155
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.72
73
11.04
154
18. Asthma
16.37
33
1.08
129
19. Other Injuries
15.70
18
3.88
154
20. Maternal Conditions
14.09
18
0.07
158
21. Meningitis
13.34
22
0.07
181
22. Breast Cancer
12.68
135
6.59
180
23. Suicide
12.12
51
21.16
12
24. Oesophagus Cancer
11.03
10
1.84
115
25. Low Birth Weight
9.11
44
1.62
152
26. Birth Trauma
9.01
35
0.39
164
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.72
92
10.56
68
28. Falls
8.15
48
3.34
142
29. Violence
7.34
64
0.68
170
30. Liver Cancer
7.21
55
12.57
21
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.20
29
0.54
171
32. Congenital Anomalies
6.87
55
1.82
181
33. Oral Cancer
5.99
31
1.60
154
34. Lymphomas
5.92
47
3.72
131
35. Stomach Cancer
5.17
103
9.13
50
36. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
89
1.55
172
37. Fires
4.37
19
0.33
159
38. Schistosomiasis
4.29
3
0.00
73
39. Ovary Cancer
4.07
105
2.84
149
40. Drownings
4.01
46
0.71
161
41. Poisonings
3.80
9
0.15
158
42. Parkinson's Disease
3.74
116
3.78
114
43. Endocrine Disorders
3.29
98
2.11
148
44. Skin Cancers
3.16
27
0.60
157
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.07
40
0.23
175
46. Uterin Cancer
2.95
57
0.89
165
47. Epilepsy
2.66
39
0.72
166
48. Bladder Cancer
2.61
67
1.74
111
49. Leukemia
1.96
153
2.65
138
50. Lung Cancers
1.91
174
20.90
49
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burundi BURUNDI   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,810
11.30
26,650
10.63
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,046
8.75
929
0.37
3. Malaria
5,163
7.47
1
0.00
4. Stroke
4,323
6.26
25,596
10.21
5. Road Traffic Accidents
4,089
5.92
4,399
1.76
6. Coronary Heart Disease
3,718
5.38
28,043
11.19
7. Birth Trauma
3,183
4.61
88
0.04
8. Low Birth Weight
3,171
4.59
370
0.15
9. Malnutrition
2,500
3.62
88
0.04
10. Tuberculosis
2,385
3.45
1,950
0.78
11. HIV/AIDS
1,814
2.63
84
0.03
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,788
2.59
518
0.21
13. Liver Disease
1,767
2.56
6,348
2.53
14. Cervical Cancer
1,474
2.13
1,065
0.42
15. Other Injuries
1,413
2.04
3,634
1.45
16. Diabetes Mellitus
1,383
2.00
6,812
2.72
17. Lung Disease
1,349
1.95
8,526
3.40
18. Maternal Conditions
1,332
1.93
34
0.01
19. Meningitis
1,322
1.91
51
0.02
20. Hypertension
1,113
1.61
3,711
1.48
21. Kidney Disease
1,001
1.45
10,107
4.03
22. Asthma
836
1.21
1,150
0.46
23. Violence
760
1.10
386
0.15
24. Suicide
720
1.04
14,636
5.84
25. Drownings
598
0.87
501
0.20
26. Oesophagus Cancer
455
0.66
1,733
0.69
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
426
0.62
12,145
4.85
28. Fires
425
0.62
263
0.10
29. Liver Cancer
389
0.56
11,589
4.62
30. Falls
385
0.56
2,934
1.17
31. Lymphomas
379
0.55
3,477
1.39
32. Pertussis
378
0.55
6
0.00
33. Prostate Cancer
374
0.54
2,316
0.92
34. Poisonings
369
0.53
115
0.05
35. Breast Cancer
355
0.51
2,880
1.15
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
340
0.49
540
0.22
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
324
0.47
10,180
4.06
38. Inflammatory/Heart
311
0.45
1,325
0.53
39. Oral Cancer
285
0.41
1,457
0.58
40. Endocrine Disorders
275
0.40
1,891
0.75
41. Epilepsy
234
0.34
524
0.21
42. Schistosomiasis
211
0.31
1
0.00
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
181
0.26
224
0.09
44. Stomach Cancer
180
0.26
8,625
3.44
45. Tetanus
178
0.26
5
0.00
46. Upper Respiratory
136
0.20
26
0.01
47. Leukemia
135
0.20
2,140
0.85
48. Skin Cancers
121
0.18
585
0.23
49. Bladder Cancer
109
0.16
1,768
0.71
50. Appendicitis
109
0.16
54
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
54.69
4
2.29
160
2. Prostate Cancer
29.71
28
6.10
155
3. Breast Cancer
12.68
135
6.59
180
4. Oesophagus Cancer
11.03
10
1.84
115
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.72
92
10.56
68
6. Liver Cancer
7.21
55
12.57
21
7. Oral Cancer
5.99
31
1.60
154
8. Lymphomas
5.92
47
3.72
131
9. Stomach Cancer
5.17
103
9.13
50
10. Ovary Cancer
4.07
105
2.84
149
11. Skin Cancers
3.16
27
0.60
157
12. Uterin Cancer
2.95
57
0.89
165
13. Bladder Cancer
2.61
67
1.74
111
14. Leukemia
1.96
153
2.65
138
15. Lung Cancers
1.91
174
20.90
49
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.71
147
7.34
34
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.