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Madagascar
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 Madagascar 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
Madagascar Population Pyramid
54,048,131
North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Madagascar MADAGASCAR   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Madagascar MADAGASCAR   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.5
40.6
40.1
145
149
147
 
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
43.3
44.9
44.1
144
150
147
 
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
47.2
49.2
48.1
149
151
150
 
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
49.9
52.3
51.1
157
161
158
 
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
56.7
59.1
57.9
138
144
141
 
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
61.8
64.8
63.3
137
138
137
 
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
64.1
66.6
65.4
138
153
146
 
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Madagascar MADAGASCAR   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
64.1
66.6
138
153
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
64.1
66.6
138
153
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
67.7
69.7
143
161
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
68.4
70.4
143
160
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
68.9
70.8
140
160
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
69.2
71.0
141
160
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
69.7
71.4
140
160
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
70.2
71.8
140
161
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
70.7
72.3
140
163
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
71.4
73.0
143
163
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
72.2
73.8
142
165
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
73.3
74.7
143
167
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
74.6
75.9
142
169
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
76.2
77.3
140
168
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
78.2
79.1
139
167
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
80.5
81.1
136
166
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
83.2
83.6
131
160
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.2
86.5
125
158
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.5
89.8
127
149
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Madagascar MADAGASCAR   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
160.51
17
162.14
15
2. Coronary Heart Disease
118.09
83
105.37
99
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
87.02
36
22.75
104
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
61.22
24
1.70
109
5. Tuberculosis
61.19
14
57.14
16
6. Hypertension
58.73
5
18.24
92
7. Road Traffic Accidents
42.06
20
22.21
64
8. Cervical Cancer
40.84
13
4.11
136
9. Lung Disease
38.84
30
87.71
5
10. Liver Disease
36.32
39
14.33
111
11. Diabetes Mellitus
29.31
90
11.82
137
12. Prostate Cancer
24.24
49
2.38
178
13. Malnutrition
22.42
8
1.25
93
14. Malaria
22.36
35
0.00
68
15. Measles
20.44
5
0.02
72
16. Kidney Disease
18.76
112
12.98
129
17. Asthma
17.92
25
4.81
90
18. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.65
136
16.26
122
19. Maternal Conditions
11.76
27
1.02
84
20. Other Injuries
11.29
52
5.48
125
21. Meningitis
10.20
33
0.81
89
22. Suicide
9.18
85
8.20
95
23. Oesophagus Cancer
8.67
14
3.80
49
24. Breast Cancer
8.32
173
7.80
177
25. Violence
7.62
63
3.97
101
26. Low Birth Weight
7.61
56
4.39
98
27. Birth Trauma
7.29
49
2.66
86
28. Liver Cancer
6.77
59
16.66
12
29. Inflammatory/Heart
6.62
56
2.40
153
30. HIV/AIDS
6.13
72
2.53
100
31. Congenital Anomalies
5.69
96
3.79
139
32. Falls
5.26
98
6.34
79
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.25
148
10.37
70
34. Oral Cancer
5.16
36
1.62
152
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.00
26
6.87
15
36. Lymphomas
3.99
120
1.84
175
37. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.79
72
5.64
51
38. Skin Cancers
3.69
18
0.55
160
39. Stomach Cancer
3.26
148
11.99
21
40. Parkinson's Disease
3.02
143
3.78
113
41. Fires
3.01
49
0.90
118
42. Drownings
2.63
82
4.46
35
43. Poisonings
2.54
31
1.29
64
44. Endocrine Disorders
2.54
130
1.60
160
45. Bladder Cancer
2.14
88
1.61
120
46. Leukemia
2.03
152
3.44
99
47. Epilepsy
1.90
74
0.98
137
48. Schistosomiasis
1.89
23
0.00
104
49. Ovary Cancer
1.81
175
2.96
147
50. Uterin Cancer
1.52
138
0.78
168
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Madagascar MADAGASCAR   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
17,964
10.95
49,648
23.17
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
14,605
8.90
6,231
2.91
3. Coronary Heart Disease
12,388
7.55
31,342
14.63
4. Tuberculosis
11,606
7.08
17,417
8.13
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,085
6.76
374
0.17
6. Measles
9,172
5.59
4
0.00
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,880
4.80
6,210
2.90
8. Hypertension
6,208
3.78
5,368
2.51
9. Malaria
5,507
3.36
0
0.00
10. Low Birth Weight
5,353
3.26
1,208
0.56
11. Birth Trauma
5,347
3.26
736
0.34
12. Liver Disease
4,803
2.93
4,506
2.10
13. Malnutrition
4,236
2.58
317
0.15
14. Lung Disease
3,957
2.41
26,178
12.22
15. Congenital Anomalies
3,380
2.06
991
0.46
16. Diabetes Mellitus
3,278
2.00
3,671
1.71
17. Cervical Cancer
3,028
1.85
704
0.33
18. Maternal Conditions
2,776
1.69
252
0.12
19. Asthma
2,507
1.53
1,439
0.67
20. Meningitis
2,391
1.46
207
0.10
21. Other Injuries
2,359
1.44
1,531
0.71
22. Kidney Disease
2,202
1.34
3,959
1.85
23. Violence
1,749
1.07
1,082
0.50
24. Suicide
1,476
0.90
2,407
1.12
25. HIV/AIDS
1,341
0.82
753
0.35
26. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,120
0.68
4,340
2.03
27. Oesophagus Cancer
1,080
0.66
1,222
0.57
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,046
0.64
684
0.32
29. Prostate Cancer
996
0.61
219
0.10
30. Liver Cancer
933
0.57
5,326
2.49
31. Drownings
825
0.50
1,126
0.53
32. Oral Cancer
697
0.42
513
0.24
33. Syphilis
680
0.41
54
0.03
34. Lymphomas
675
0.41
560
0.26
35. Fires
661
0.40
253
0.12
36. Falls
653
0.40
1,801
0.84
37. Breast Cancer
629
0.38
1,366
0.64
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
627
0.38
2,093
0.98
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
606
0.37
3,232
1.51
40. Poisonings
571
0.35
366
0.17
41. Pertussis
519
0.32
34
0.02
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
495
0.30
1,712
0.80
43. Skin Cancers
467
0.28
168
0.08
44. Endocrine Disorders
463
0.28
452
0.21
45. Leukemia
401
0.24
965
0.45
46. Epilepsy
385
0.23
266
0.12
47. Stomach Cancer
367
0.22
3,771
1.76
48. Bladder Cancer
286
0.17
500
0.23
49. Parkinson's Disease
266
0.16
1,155
0.54
50. Schistosomiasis
260
0.16
0
0.00
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Madagascar MADAGASCAR   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
40.84
13
4.11
136
2. Prostate Cancer
24.24
49
2.38
178
3. Oesophagus Cancer
8.67
14
3.80
49
4. Breast Cancer
8.32
173
7.80
177
5. Liver Cancer
6.77
59
16.66
12
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.25
148
10.37
70
7. Oral Cancer
5.16
36
1.62
152
8. Lymphomas
3.99
120
1.84
175
9. Skin Cancers
3.69
18
0.55
160
10. Stomach Cancer
3.26
148
11.99
21
11. Bladder Cancer
2.14
88
1.61
120
12. Leukemia
2.03
152
3.44
99
13. Ovary Cancer
1.81
175
2.96
147
14. Uterin Cancer
1.52
138
0.78
168
15. Lung Cancers
1.15
179
37.70
4
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.59
178
4.85
68
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.