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Luxembourg
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
LUXEMBOURG VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Luxembourg 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
Luxembourg Population Pyramid
789,943
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
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.1
71.9
68.9
26
23
23
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
67.0
73.8
70.3
25
22
24
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
69.3
76.3
72.7
29
18
23
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
71.8
78.8
75.2
30
15
23
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
74.5
80.9
77.8
24
14
19
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
78.0
83.1
80.6
17
16
17
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
80.6
84.2
82.4
12
13
12
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.6
84.2
12
13
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
80.6
84.2
12
13
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
80.9
84.4
12
15
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
80.9
84.4
12
15
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
80.9
84.4
12
15
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
81.0
84.5
14
15
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
81.1
84.5
14
15
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
81.1
84.6
14
15
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
81.2
84.6
15
18
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
81.4
84.7
17
17
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
81.6
84.8
19
17
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
81.9
85.1
19
16
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
82.4
85.4
19
16
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
82.9
85.8
22
20
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
83.8
86.4
21
21
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
85.2
87.2
16
19
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
86.8
88.3
14
17
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
88.7
89.8
15
18
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
90.9
91.6
32
21
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
48.90
164
105.37
99
2. Lung Cancers
25.47
25
37.70
4
3. Breast Cancer
20.22
49
7.80
177
4. Lung Disease
18.82
109
87.71
5
5. Stroke
18.65
174
162.14
15
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.33
77
16.26
122
7. Prostate Cancer
11.88
125
2.38
178
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.34
57
10.37
70
9. Suicide
8.62
88
8.20
95
10. Liver Disease
8.07
141
14.33
111
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.58
171
22.75
104
12. Pancreas Cancer
7.48
30
4.85
68
13. Other Injuries
7.14
99
5.48
125
14. Kidney Disease
6.35
159
12.98
129
15. Ovary Cancer
5.99
32
2.96
147
16. Lymphomas
5.72
54
1.84
175
17. Diabetes Mellitus
4.83
171
11.82
137
18. Leukemia
4.71
31
3.44
99
19. Falls
4.59
111
6.34
79
20. Liver Cancer
4.48
116
16.66
12
21. Stomach Cancer
4.48
125
11.99
21
22. Endocrine Disorders
4.44
74
1.60
160
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.17
88
3.78
113
24. Other Neoplasms
4.02
21
0.14
180
25. Inflammatory/Heart
3.87
116
2.40
153
26. Road Traffic Accidents
3.62
165
22.21
64
27. Bladder Cancer
3.49
41
1.61
120
28. Hypertension
3.39
164
18.24
92
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3.03
72
3.80
49
30. Alcohol
2.81
40
1.00
116
31. Uterin Cancer
2.58
77
0.78
168
32. Cervical Cancer
1.93
170
4.11
136
33. Oral Cancer
1.92
137
1.62
152
34. Skin Cancers
1.92
90
0.55
160
35. Congenital Anomalies
1.87
179
3.79
139
36. Epilepsy
1.53
95
0.98
137
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.36
95
6.87
15
38. Malnutrition
1.15
96
1.25
93
39. Drug Use
1.05
113
1.24
89
40. Low Birth Weight
0.65
175
4.39
98
41. Schizophrenia
0.56
6
0.00
88
42. Anemia
0.51
22
0.00
91
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.51
174
5.64
51
44. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.44
163
1.70
109
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.42
40
0.13
135
46. Violence
0.42
180
3.97
101
47. Asthma
0.39
170
4.81
90
48. Hepatitis C
0.39
23
0.03
126
49. HIV/AIDS
0.32
132
2.53
100
50. Skin Disease
0.31
159
0.58
138
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
655
18.64
31,342
14.63
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
298
8.48
4,340
2.03
3. Lung Cancers
260
7.40
11,893
5.55
4. Stroke
257
7.31
49,648
23.17
5. Lung Disease
242
6.89
26,178
12.22
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
131
3.73
3,232
1.51
7. Breast Cancer
113
3.22
1,366
0.64
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
111
3.16
6,231
2.91
9. Kidney Disease
91
2.59
3,959
1.85
10. Other Injuries
88
2.50
1,531
0.71
11. Pancreas Cancer
82
2.33
1,525
0.71
12. Liver Disease
75
2.13
4,506
2.10
13. Suicide
69
1.96
2,407
1.12
14. Lymphomas
64
1.82
560
0.26
15. Prostate Cancer
64
1.82
219
0.10
16. Parkinson's Disease
62
1.76
1,155
0.54
17. Falls
61
1.74
1,801
0.84
18. Diabetes Mellitus
61
1.74
3,671
1.71
19. Hypertension
54
1.54
5,368
2.51
20. Leukemia
53
1.51
965
0.45
21. Endocrine Disorders
53
1.51
452
0.21
22. Stomach Cancer
51
1.45
3,771
1.76
23. Liver Cancer
49
1.39
5,326
2.49
24. Inflammatory/Heart
49
1.39
684
0.32
25. Other Neoplasms
49
1.39
44
0.02
26. Bladder Cancer
44
1.25
500
0.23
27. Ovary Cancer
35
1.00
532
0.25
28. Oesophagus Cancer
32
0.91
1,222
0.57
29. Road Traffic Accidents
25
0.71
6,210
2.90
30. Alcohol
25
0.71
304
0.14
31. Skin Cancers
22
0.63
168
0.08
32. Malnutrition
19
0.54
317
0.15
33. Oral Cancer
19
0.54
513
0.24
34. Rheumatic Heart Disease
19
0.54
2,093
0.98
35. Epilepsy
17
0.48
266
0.12
36. Uterin Cancer
16
0.46
138
0.06
37. Congenital Anomalies
10
0.28
991
0.46
38. Cervical Cancer
10
0.28
704
0.33
39. Drug Use
9
0.26
356
0.17
40. Anemia
8
0.23
0
0.00
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7
0.20
1,712
0.80
42. Schizophrenia
6
0.17
0
0.00
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
6
0.17
374
0.17
44. Skin Disease
5
0.14
158
0.07
45. Asthma
5
0.14
1,439
0.67
46. Multiple Sclerosis
4
0.11
40
0.02
47. Hepatitis C
4
0.11
10
0.00
48. Violence
3
0.09
1,082
0.50
49. Fires
3
0.09
253
0.12
50. Low Birth Weight
3
0.09
1,208
0.56
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
25.47
25
37.70
4
2. Breast Cancer
20.22
49
7.80
177
3. Prostate Cancer
11.88
125
2.38
178
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.34
57
10.37
70
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.48
30
4.85
68
6. Ovary Cancer
5.99
32
2.96
147
7. Lymphomas
5.72
54
1.84
175
8. Leukemia
4.71
31
3.44
99
9. Liver Cancer
4.48
116
16.66
12
10. Stomach Cancer
4.48
125
11.99
21
11. Bladder Cancer
3.49
41
1.61
120
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.03
72
3.80
49
13. Uterin Cancer
2.58
77
0.78
168
14. Cervical Cancer
1.93
170
4.11
136
15. Oral Cancer
1.92
137
1.62
152
16. Skin Cancers
1.92
90
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.