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Canada
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 Canada 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
Canada Population Pyramid
45,669,453
North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Canada CANADA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
68.3
74.2
71.1
8
5
8
 
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
69.3
76.3
72.7
10
4
6
 
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
71.6
78.7
75.1
12
6
7
 
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
74.3
80.7
77.4
6
4
3
 
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
76.4
81.7
79.1
7
8
7
 
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
79.0
83.4
81.2
10
12
11
 
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
80.4
84.1
82.2
14
16
15
 
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.4
84.1
14
16
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
80.4
84.1
14
16
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
80.8
84.4
13
14
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
80.8
84.4
13
14
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
80.9
84.5
13
14
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
81.0
84.6
12
14
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
81.2
84.7
11
14
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
81.5
84.8
11
14
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
81.7
84.9
10
13
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
82.0
85.0
7
12
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
82.3
85.2
6
12
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
82.7
85.5
6
13
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
83.1
85.9
5
13
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
83.8
86.4
4
12
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
84.8
87.1
3
10
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
85.9
87.9
3
9
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
87.4
89.0
2
8
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
89.2
90.4
2
9
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
91.6
92.2
5
9
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
45.15
166
105.37
99
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
27.87
13
16.26
122
3. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
37.70
4
4. Lung Disease
15.91
133
87.71
5
5. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
7.80
177
6. Stroke
15.12
182
162.14
15
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
10.37
70
8. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
2.38
178
9. Suicide
10.34
67
8.20
95
10. Drug Use
8.70
2
1.24
89
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.69
169
22.75
104
12. Diabetes Mellitus
7.22
156
11.82
137
13. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
4.85
68
14. Lymphomas
6.52
26
1.84
175
15. Liver Disease
5.73
159
14.33
111
16. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
2.96
147
17. Falls
5.07
101
6.34
79
18. Kidney Disease
4.99
168
12.98
129
19. Road Traffic Accidents
4.58
157
22.21
64
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.41
77
1.60
160
21. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
16.66
12
22. Leukemia
4.06
67
3.44
99
23. Parkinson's Disease
3.46
128
3.78
113
24. Other Injuries
3.35
164
5.48
125
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
3.80
49
26. Congenital Anomalies
2.99
156
3.79
139
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2.94
141
2.40
153
28. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
0.78
168
29. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
1.61
120
30. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
11.99
21
31. Hypertension
2.79
169
18.24
92
32. Alcohol
2.76
44
1.00
116
33. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
0.55
160
34. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
1.62
152
35. Other Neoplasms
1.99
51
0.14
180
36. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
4.11
136
37. Low Birth Weight
1.90
148
4.39
98
38. Violence
1.60
139
3.97
101
39. Multiple Sclerosis
1.09
6
0.13
135
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.90
140
1.70
109
41. Epilepsy
0.81
153
0.98
137
42. Skin Disease
0.76
122
0.58
138
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.73
135
6.87
15
44. Drownings
0.71
160
4.46
35
45. Birth Trauma
0.65
140
2.66
86
46. Hepatitis C
0.60
15
0.03
126
47. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
172
5.64
51
48. Fires
0.41
153
0.90
118
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.38
80
0.65
30
50. Asthma
0.37
173
4.81
90
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Canada CANADA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
40,063
17.18
31,342
14.63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
30,970
13.28
4,340
2.03
3. Lung Cancers
20,937
8.98
11,893
5.55
4. Lung Disease
14,212
6.09
26,178
12.22
5. Stroke
14,159
6.07
49,648
23.17
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9,651
4.14
3,232
1.51
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,431
3.19
6,231
2.91
8. Breast Cancer
5,910
2.53
1,366
0.64
9. Diabetes Mellitus
5,718
2.45
3,671
1.71
10. Lymphomas
5,146
2.21
560
0.26
11. Pancreas Cancer
5,057
2.17
1,525
0.71
12. Falls
4,829
2.07
1,801
0.84
13. Prostate Cancer
4,711
2.02
219
0.10
14. Kidney Disease
4,578
1.96
3,959
1.85
15. Suicide
4,417
1.89
2,407
1.12
16. Drug Use
3,686
1.58
356
0.17
17. Liver Disease
3,624
1.55
4,506
2.10
18. Parkinson's Disease
3,359
1.44
1,155
0.54
19. Endocrine Disorders
3,233
1.39
452
0.21
20. Liver Cancer
3,113
1.33
5,326
2.49
21. Leukemia
3,098
1.33
965
0.45
22. Hypertension
2,563
1.10
5,368
2.51
23. Bladder Cancer
2,521
1.08
500
0.23
24. Other Injuries
2,392
1.03
1,531
0.71
25. Oesophagus Cancer
2,230
0.96
1,222
0.57
26. Stomach Cancer
2,177
0.93
3,771
1.76
27. Inflammatory/Heart
2,060
0.88
684
0.32
28. Road Traffic Accidents
1,998
0.86
6,210
2.90
29. Ovary Cancer
1,902
0.82
532
0.25
30. Skin Cancers
1,756
0.75
168
0.08
31. Other Neoplasms
1,679
0.72
44
0.02
32. Oral Cancer
1,592
0.68
513
0.24
33. Alcohol
1,491
0.64
304
0.14
34. Uterin Cancer
1,183
0.51
138
0.06
35. Congenital Anomalies
1,081
0.46
991
0.46
36. Diarrhoeal diseases
840
0.36
374
0.17
37. Multiple Sclerosis
692
0.30
40
0.02
38. Skin Disease
679
0.29
158
0.07
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
636
0.27
2,093
0.98
40. Violence
605
0.26
1,082
0.50
41. Cervical Cancer
578
0.25
704
0.33
42. Low Birth Weight
553
0.24
1,208
0.56
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.19
1,712
0.80
44. Epilepsy
384
0.16
266
0.12
45. Hepatitis C
363
0.16
10
0.00
46. Anemia
343
0.15
0
0.00
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
322
0.14
198
0.09
48. Drownings
283
0.12
1,126
0.53
49. Asthma
262
0.11
1,439
0.67
50. Birth Trauma
193
0.08
736
0.34
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Canada CANADA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.23
22
37.70
4
2. Breast Cancer
15.43
111
7.80
177
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.23
46
10.37
70
4. Prostate Cancer
11.92
124
2.38
178
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.57
47
4.85
68
6. Lymphomas
6.52
26
1.84
175
7. Ovary Cancer
5.08
63
2.96
147
8. Liver Cancer
4.21
120
16.66
12
9. Leukemia
4.06
67
3.44
99
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.01
73
3.80
49
11. Uterin Cancer
2.91
63
0.78
168
12. Bladder Cancer
2.89
59
1.61
120
13. Stomach Cancer
2.86
161
11.99
21
14. Skin Cancers
2.27
65
0.55
160
15. Oral Cancer
2.18
126
1.62
152
16. Cervical Cancer
1.94
169
4.11
136
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.