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Croatia
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
CROATIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Croatia 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
Croatia Population Pyramid
3,364,799
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%
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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
  Croatia CROATIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Croatia CROATIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
63.7
68.5
66.0
37
37
37
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
65.8
72.3
69.0
37
35
37
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
66.4
74.2
70.2
46
37
45
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
68.6
75.9
72.2
48
38
41
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
71.1
78.2
74.7
45
36
37
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
73.3
79.8
76.6
44
38
37
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
75.5
81.6
78.6
45
37
38
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
75.5
81.6
45
37
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
75.5
81.6
45
37
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
75.9
82.0
46
38
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
76.0
82.0
46
38
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
76.0
82.0
46
38
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
76.1
82.1
47
39
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
76.3
82.1
51
39
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
76.4
82.2
53
39
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
76.6
82.3
55
40
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
76.8
82.4
58
42
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
77.1
82.5
61
43
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
77.6
82.8
63
43
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
78.3
83.2
61
44
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
79.4
83.8
62
44
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
80.9
84.5
63
46
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
82.7
85.5
63
48
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.7
86.7
65
53
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
87.0
88.7
75
53
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.1
91.2
74
46
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
104.12
101
105.37
99
2. Stroke
52.82
124
162.14
15
3. Lung Cancers
32.33
9
37.70
4
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.13
4
10.37
70
5. Prostate Cancer
19.92
66
2.38
178
6. Breast Cancer
19.55
53
7.80
177
7. Lung Disease
17.68
121
87.71
5
8. Diabetes Mellitus
16.50
116
11.82
137
9. Liver Disease
11.97
116
14.33
111
10. Kidney Disease
11.17
138
12.98
129
11. Suicide
11.01
61
8.20
95
12. Hypertension
8.69
136
18.24
92
13. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.40
164
22.75
104
14. Stomach Cancer
8.24
60
11.99
21
15. Falls
8.06
49
6.34
79
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
7.99
158
16.26
122
17. Pancreas Cancer
7.92
24
4.85
68
18. Road Traffic Accidents
6.58
142
22.21
64
19. Ovary Cancer
6.29
28
2.96
147
20. Lymphomas
5.84
50
1.84
175
21. Liver Cancer
5.38
93
16.66
12
22. Inflammatory/Heart
5.30
79
2.40
153
23. Other Injuries
4.76
136
5.48
125
24. Leukemia
4.76
28
3.44
99
25. Bladder Cancer
4.59
15
1.61
120
26. Oral Cancer
4.18
55
1.62
152
27. Cervical Cancer
3.58
139
4.11
136
28. Congenital Anomalies
3.57
144
3.79
139
29. Uterin Cancer
3.52
35
0.78
168
30. Skin Cancers
3.49
21
0.55
160
31. Parkinson's Disease
3.45
129
3.78
113
32. Alcohol
2.92
37
1.00
116
33. Other Neoplasms
2.51
40
0.14
180
34. Oesophagus Cancer
2.27
96
3.80
49
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.91
114
5.64
51
36. Epilepsy
1.45
104
0.98
137
37. Drownings
1.44
130
4.46
35
38. Drug Use
1.38
75
1.24
89
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.16
105
6.87
15
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.14
170
1.60
160
41. Schizophrenia
1.02
1
0.00
88
42. Violence
0.89
158
3.97
101
43. Multiple Sclerosis
0.78
18
0.13
135
44. Hepatitis C
0.72
9
0.03
126
45. Tuberculosis
0.65
135
57.14
16
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.63
156
1.70
109
47. Asthma
0.61
154
4.81
90
48. Birth Trauma
0.47
154
2.66
86
49. Fires
0.44
150
0.90
118
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.43
70
0.65
30
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Croatia CROATIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
12,307
27.14
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
6,275
13.84
49,648
23.17
3. Lung Cancers
2,842
6.27
11,893
5.55
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,189
4.83
3,232
1.51
5. Lung Disease
2,111
4.65
26,178
12.22
6. Diabetes Mellitus
1,963
4.33
3,671
1.71
7. Kidney Disease
1,392
3.07
3,959
1.85
8. Hypertension
1,102
2.43
5,368
2.51
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,066
2.35
4,340
2.03
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,021
2.25
6,231
2.91
11. Breast Cancer
1,019
2.25
1,366
0.64
12. Falls
974
2.15
1,801
0.84
13. Liver Disease
924
2.04
4,506
2.10
14. Prostate Cancer
852
1.88
219
0.10
15. Stomach Cancer
786
1.73
3,771
1.76
16. Pancreas Cancer
754
1.66
1,525
0.71
17. Suicide
676
1.49
2,407
1.12
18. Lymphomas
556
1.23
560
0.26
19. Liver Cancer
501
1.10
5,326
2.49
20. Bladder Cancer
499
1.10
500
0.23
21. Inflammatory/Heart
457
1.01
684
0.32
22. Leukemia
435
0.96
965
0.45
23. Other Injuries
428
0.94
1,531
0.71
24. Parkinson's Disease
423
0.93
1,155
0.54
25. Oral Cancer
338
0.75
513
0.24
26. Skin Cancers
332
0.73
168
0.08
27. Road Traffic Accidents
328
0.72
6,210
2.90
28. Ovary Cancer
308
0.68
532
0.25
29. Other Neoplasms
283
0.62
44
0.02
30. Alcohol
219
0.48
304
0.14
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
207
0.46
1,712
0.80
32. Uterin Cancer
199
0.44
138
0.06
33. Oesophagus Cancer
189
0.42
1,222
0.57
34. Cervical Cancer
156
0.34
704
0.33
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
137
0.30
2,093
0.98
36. Epilepsy
94
0.21
266
0.12
37. Congenital Anomalies
94
0.21
991
0.46
38. Drownings
86
0.19
1,126
0.53
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
82
0.18
374
0.17
40. Schizophrenia
79
0.17
0
0.00
41. Asthma
74
0.16
1,439
0.67
42. Endocrine Disorders
72
0.16
452
0.21
43. Drug Use
70
0.15
356
0.17
44. Tuberculosis
61
0.13
17,417
8.13
45. Multiple Sclerosis
55
0.12
40
0.02
46. Rheumatoid Arthritis
47
0.10
198
0.09
47. Hepatitis C
45
0.10
10
0.00
48. Violence
45
0.10
1,082
0.50
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
43
0.09
0
0.00
50. Fires
34
0.07
253
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Croatia CROATIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
32.33
9
37.70
4
2. Colon-Rectum Cancers
22.13
4
10.37
70
3. Prostate Cancer
19.92
66
2.38
178
4. Breast Cancer
19.55
53
7.80
177
5. Stomach Cancer
8.24
60
11.99
21
6. Pancreas Cancer
7.92
24
4.85
68
7. Ovary Cancer
6.29
28
2.96
147
8. Lymphomas
5.84
50
1.84
175
9. Liver Cancer
5.38
93
16.66
12
10. Leukemia
4.76
28
3.44
99
11. Bladder Cancer
4.59
15
1.61
120
12. Oral Cancer
4.18
55
1.62
152
13. Cervical Cancer
3.58
139
4.11
136
14. Uterin Cancer
3.52
35
0.78
168
15. Skin Cancers
3.49
21
0.55
160
16. Oesophagus Cancer
2.27
96
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.