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India
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
INDIA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare India 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
India Population Pyramid
1,639,176,036
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  India INDIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
43.2
41.3
42.3
121
145
135
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
50.1
48.5
49.3
119
136
124
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
55.9
55.5
55.7
117
129
124
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
59.3
60.0
59.7
125
134
130
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
61.7
63.4
62.5
119
130
128
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
65.3
67.6
66.4
116
132
126
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
69.5
72.2
70.8
107
122
117
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.5
72.2
107
122
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
69.5
72.2
107
122
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
71.9
74.7
98
119
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
72.1
74.9
98
120
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
72.2
75.1
96
120
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
72.4
75.4
98
118
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
72.8
75.7
97
116
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
73.2
76.0
97
116
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
73.6
76.3
94
115
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
74.2
76.7
93
115
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
74.9
77.1
91
113
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
75.7
77.7
91
115
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
76.7
78.5
87
113
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
78.1
79.5
85
110
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.7
80.9
84
106
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.7
82.6
88
106
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.0
84.7
84
104
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.7
87.1
86
109
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.1
90.4
77
95
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
140.72
55
105.37
99
2. Lung Disease
87.90
3
87.71
5
3. Stroke
64.97
113
162.14
15
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
64.45
20
1.70
109
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
35.30
77
22.75
104
6. Tuberculosis
32.84
32
57.14
16
7. Diabetes Mellitus
25.49
97
11.82
137
8. Liver Disease
22.24
83
14.33
111
9. Falls
21.87
1
6.34
79
10. Kidney Disease
19.90
107
12.98
129
11. Asthma
18.49
24
4.81
90
12. Road Traffic Accidents
16.33
90
22.21
64
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.60
137
16.26
122
14. Breast Cancer
13.62
125
7.80
177
15. Suicide
12.91
41
8.20
95
16. Other Injuries
12.19
44
5.48
125
17. Low Birth Weight
11.98
19
4.39
98
18. Oral Cancer
11.45
6
1.62
152
19. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.94
8
6.87
15
20. Hypertension
10.68
128
18.24
92
21. Lung Cancers
7.82
117
37.70
4
22. Cervical Cancer
7.46
100
4.11
136
23. Stomach Cancer
7.07
76
11.99
21
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
118
10.37
70
25. Prostate Cancer
6.69
147
2.38
178
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.24
42
5.64
51
27. Birth Trauma
5.11
64
2.66
86
28. Congenital Anomalies
4.70
122
3.79
139
29. Parkinson's Disease
4.57
65
3.78
113
30. Encephalitis
4.12
3
0.51
77
31. Violence
3.84
104
3.97
101
32. Drownings
3.76
51
4.46
35
33. Ovary Cancer
3.73
120
2.96
147
34. Lymphomas
3.44
136
1.84
175
35. Oesophagus Cancer
3.40
57
3.80
49
36. HIV/AIDS
3.35
87
2.53
100
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.97
113
4.85
68
38. Leukemia
2.79
129
3.44
99
39. Liver Cancer
2.67
175
16.66
12
40. Meningitis
2.52
55
0.81
89
41. Epilepsy
2.44
47
0.98
137
42. Fires
1.84
79
0.90
118
43. Alcohol
1.81
68
1.00
116
44. Maternal Conditions
1.79
74
1.02
84
45. Skin Disease
1.62
92
0.58
138
46. Dengue
1.51
5
0.00
124
47. Bladder Cancer
1.34
140
1.61
120
48. Endocrine Disorders
1.29
169
1.60
160
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
1.19
4
0.65
30
50. Uterin Cancer
1.19
155
0.78
168
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  India INDIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
1.52m
17.94
31,342
14.63
2. Lung Disease
879,732
10.38
26,178
12.22
3. Stroke
697,038
8.23
49,648
23.17
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
670,315
7.91
374
0.17
5. Tuberculosis
435,882
5.15
17,417
8.13
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
392,425
4.63
6,231
2.91
7. Diabetes Mellitus
271,495
3.20
3,671
1.71
8. Liver Disease
268,580
3.17
4,506
2.10
9. Low Birth Weight
238,739
2.82
1,208
0.56
10. Falls
225,755
2.66
1,801
0.84
11. Kidney Disease
222,903
2.63
3,959
1.85
12. Road Traffic Accidents
212,596
2.51
6,210
2.90
13. Asthma
196,051
2.31
1,439
0.67
14. Suicide
173,347
2.05
2,407
1.12
15. Other Injuries
149,570
1.77
1,531
0.71
16. Oral Cancer
134,187
1.58
513
0.24
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
126,593
1.49
4,340
2.03
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
126,079
1.49
2,093
0.98
19. Hypertension
108,050
1.28
5,368
2.51
20. Birth Trauma
102,819
1.21
736
0.34
21. Lung Cancers
88,276
1.04
11,893
5.55
22. Breast Cancer
82,821
0.98
1,366
0.64
23. Congenital Anomalies
82,769
0.98
991
0.46
24. Stomach Cancer
81,058
0.96
3,771
1.76
25. Colon-Rectum Cancers
77,368
0.91
3,232
1.51
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
68,108
0.80
1,712
0.80
27. Violence
51,767
0.61
1,082
0.50
28. Drownings
48,774
0.58
1,126
0.53
29. Encephalitis
48,080
0.57
117
0.05
30. Cervical Cancer
45,319
0.53
704
0.33
31. HIV/AIDS
44,406
0.52
753
0.35
32. Parkinson's Disease
43,398
0.51
1,155
0.54
33. Lymphomas
40,159
0.47
560
0.26
34. Oesophagus Cancer
38,898
0.46
1,222
0.57
35. Leukemia
33,383
0.39
965
0.45
36. Meningitis
33,337
0.39
207
0.10
37. Pancreas Cancer
32,812
0.39
1,525
0.71
38. Prostate Cancer
30,945
0.37
219
0.10
39. Liver Cancer
30,369
0.36
5,326
2.49
40. Epilepsy
30,307
0.36
266
0.12
41. Maternal Conditions
25,917
0.31
252
0.12
42. Fires
23,265
0.27
253
0.12
43. Alcohol
23,097
0.27
304
0.14
44. Ovary Cancer
21,947
0.26
532
0.25
45. Skin Disease
17,857
0.21
158
0.07
46. Dengue
17,546
0.21
0
0.00
47. Endocrine Disorders
15,264
0.18
452
0.21
48. Bladder Cancer
14,081
0.17
500
0.23
49. Inflammatory/Heart
12,651
0.15
684
0.32
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
11,931
0.14
198
0.09
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  India INDIA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
13.62
125
7.80
177
2. Oral Cancer
11.45
6
1.62
152
3. Lung Cancers
7.82
117
37.70
4
4. Cervical Cancer
7.46
100
4.11
136
5. Stomach Cancer
7.07
76
11.99
21
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
118
10.37
70
7. Prostate Cancer
6.69
147
2.38
178
8. Ovary Cancer
3.73
120
2.96
147
9. Lymphomas
3.44
136
1.84
175
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.40
57
3.80
49
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.97
113
4.85
68
12. Leukemia
2.79
129
3.44
99
13. Liver Cancer
2.67
175
16.66
12
14. Bladder Cancer
1.34
140
1.61
120
15. Uterin Cancer
1.19
155
0.78
168
16. Skin Cancers
0.47
164
0.55
160
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.