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Guatemala
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
GUATEMALA VS SOUTH KOREA

Compare Guatemala 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
Guatemala Population Pyramid
26,920,714
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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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
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.2
46.6
45.9
110
117
116
  
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
51.0
53.8
52.4
111
114
113
  
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
55.4
59.5
57.4
120
118
117
  
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
59.6
65.5
62.5
122
117
117
  
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
64.3
71.0
67.7
108
103
104
  
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
67.3
74.0
70.7
104
100
100
  
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
69.0
75.0
72.0
112
105
110
  
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.0
75.0
112
105
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
69.0
75.0
112
105
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
70.8
76.7
111
100
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
70.9
76.8
112
100
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
71.1
76.9
111
100
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
71.6
77.2
109
100
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
72.4
77.4
100
97
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
73.2
77.7
95
95
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
73.9
78.0
91
95
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
74.7
78.3
86
94
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
75.6
78.8
80
95
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
76.6
79.4
78
94
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
77.9
80.2
74
93
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
79.4
81.4
63
89
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
81.0
82.8
62
80
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
83.1
84.6
55
65
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
85.1
86.2
58
66
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
87.4
88.4
58
58
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
90.0
90.8
78
63
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
85.26
127
27.78
183
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
70.32
51
25.21
100
3. Diabetes Mellitus
63.24
23
6.84
160
4. Kidney Disease
55.14
8
9.92
142
5. Liver Disease
48.70
12
7.50
148
6. Stroke
42.01
137
25.48
155
7. Violence
27.04
13
0.68
170
8. Road Traffic Accidents
26.54
56
5.76
150
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
18.72
59
0.91
139
10. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
6.10
155
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.66
114
11.04
154
12. Lung Disease
16.50
130
8.14
175
13. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
12.57
21
14. Other Injuries
15.26
22
3.88
154
15. Malnutrition
14.81
15
0.09
158
16. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
9.13
50
17. Alcohol
13.98
4
1.34
97
18. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
2.29
160
19. Falls
10.84
17
3.34
142
20. HIV/AIDS
9.24
61
0.11
155
21. Peptic Ulcer Disease
8.86
17
0.54
171
22. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
6.59
180
23. Suicide
6.23
124
21.16
12
24. Hypertension
5.92
153
3.45
163
25. Congenital Anomalies
5.53
98
1.82
181
26. Low Birth Weight
5.13
87
1.62
152
27. Birth Trauma
4.47
70
0.39
164
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
10.56
68
29. Leukemia
4.02
69
2.65
138
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.67
85
2.11
148
31. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
20.90
49
32. Parkinson's Disease
3.48
126
3.78
114
33. Epilepsy
2.89
33
0.72
166
34. Asthma
2.78
102
1.08
129
35. Drownings
2.75
79
0.71
161
36. Maternal Conditions
2.61
63
0.07
158
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
7.34
34
38. Tuberculosis
2.31
105
1.93
110
39. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
2.84
149
40. Lymphomas
1.95
174
3.72
131
41. Skin Disease
1.94
72
0.67
126
42. Drug Use
1.89
50
0.20
181
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.73
169
1.55
172
44. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
0.60
157
45. Meningitis
1.71
67
0.07
181
46. Poisonings
1.66
53
0.15
158
47. Fires
1.36
96
0.33
159
48. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
1.84
115
49. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
1.60
154
50. Appendicitis
1.12
13
0.06
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,825
11.28
28,043
11.19
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,245
10.61
26,650
10.63
3. Diabetes Mellitus
6,932
7.96
6,812
2.72
4. Kidney Disease
6,277
7.21
10,107
4.03
5. Liver Disease
5,684
6.53
6,348
2.53
6. Stroke
4,849
5.57
25,596
10.21
7. Violence
4,411
5.06
386
0.15
8. Road Traffic Accidents
4,026
4.62
4,399
1.76
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
2,617
3.00
929
0.37
10. Other Injuries
2,466
2.83
3,634
1.45
11. Malnutrition
1,981
2.27
88
0.04
12. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,957
2.25
12,145
4.85
13. Lung Disease
1,901
2.18
8,526
3.40
14. Alcohol
1,799
2.07
1,081
0.43
15. Liver Cancer
1,765
2.03
11,589
4.62
16. Low Birth Weight
1,658
1.90
370
0.15
17. Stomach Cancer
1,570
1.80
8,625
3.44
18. Congenital Anomalies
1,517
1.74
518
0.21
19. Birth Trauma
1,466
1.68
88
0.04
20. Falls
1,371
1.57
2,934
1.17
21. HIV/AIDS
1,173
1.35
84
0.03
22. Suicide
1,039
1.19
14,636
5.84
23. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,029
1.18
540
0.22
24. Prostate Cancer
846
0.97
2,316
0.92
25. Cervical Cancer
808
0.93
1,065
0.42
26. Hypertension
679
0.78
3,711
1.48
27. Leukemia
601
0.69
2,140
0.85
28. Breast Cancer
495
0.57
2,880
1.15
29. Endocrine Disorders
486
0.56
1,891
0.75
30. Maternal Conditions
468
0.54
34
0.01
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
464
0.53
10,180
4.06
32. Epilepsy
463
0.53
524
0.21
33. Drownings
463
0.53
501
0.20
34. Parkinson's Disease
393
0.45
3,951
1.58
35. Lung Cancers
391
0.45
20,293
8.10
36. Asthma
335
0.38
1,150
0.46
37. Tuberculosis
301
0.35
1,950
0.78
38. Pancreas Cancer
282
0.32
6,994
2.79
39. Poisonings
275
0.32
115
0.05
40. Drug Use
272
0.31
154
0.06
41. Meningitis
271
0.31
51
0.02
42. Skin Disease
232
0.27
704
0.28
43. Lymphomas
229
0.26
3,477
1.39
44. Inflammatory/Heart
225
0.26
1,325
0.53
45. Fires
207
0.24
263
0.10
46. Skin Cancers
195
0.22
585
0.23
47. Appendicitis
164
0.19
54
0.02
48. Oesophagus Cancer
144
0.17
1,733
0.69
49. Oral Cancer
142
0.16
1,457
0.58
50. Ovary Cancer
133
0.15
1,330
0.53
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Guatemala GUATEMALA   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
16.99
80
6.10
155
2. Liver Cancer
16.25
13
12.57
21
3. Stomach Cancer
14.12
13
9.13
50
4. Cervical Cancer
12.90
67
2.29
160
5. Breast Cancer
7.97
176
6.59
180
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.10
167
10.56
68
7. Leukemia
4.02
69
2.65
138
8. Lung Cancers
3.51
151
20.90
49
9. Pancreas Cancer
2.59
127
7.34
34
10. Ovary Cancer
2.09
171
2.84
149
11. Lymphomas
1.95
174
3.72
131
12. Skin Cancers
1.71
105
0.60
157
13. Oesophagus Cancer
1.31
138
1.84
115
14. Oral Cancer
1.29
168
1.60
154
15. Bladder Cancer
0.52
179
1.74
111
16. Uterin Cancer
0.46
177
0.89
165
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.