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Morocco
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
MOROCCO VS NORTH KOREA

Compare Morocco 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
Morocco Population Pyramid
46,165,497
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North Korea Population Pyramid
26,561,614
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Morocco MOROCCO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Morocco MOROCCO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
45.7
48.2
46.9
108
113
109
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
50.4
53.4
51.9
116
117
116
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
56.4
59.9
58.1
113
115
113
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
62.5
66.3
64.4
108
112
112
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
66.9
70.2
68.6
94
111
101
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
71.7
74.0
72.8
66
101
86
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
71.7
74.3
73.0
81
109
102
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Morocco MOROCCO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
71.7
74.3
81
109
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
71.7
74.3
81
109
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
73.5
75.8
76
111
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
73.6
75.9
75
110
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
73.6
76.0
77
111
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
73.9
76.1
77
111
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
74.1
76.2
78
111
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
74.4
76.4
82
111
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
74.6
76.6
84
112
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
74.9
76.9
84
111
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
75.3
77.3
86
112
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
75.8
77.8
88
112
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
76.6
78.6
90
110
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.7
79.6
92
108
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.3
80.9
96
105
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.2
82.5
106
107
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
83.6
84.5
109
110
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.4
87.0
112
125
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.6
89.9
114
143
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Morocco MOROCCO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
242.07
19
105.37
99
2. Stroke
101.53
69
162.14
15
3. Hypertension
34.58
32
18.24
92
4. Kidney Disease
31.77
50
12.98
129
5. Diabetes Mellitus
22.25
105
11.82
137
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.11
106
22.75
104
7. Lung Disease
20.04
106
87.71
5
8. Breast Cancer
19.50
55
7.80
177
9. Lung Cancers
18.44
63
37.70
4
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.11
80
16.26
122
11. Road Traffic Accidents
17.29
86
22.21
64
12. Prostate Cancer
15.38
97
2.38
178
13. Liver Disease
14.62
109
14.33
111
14. Cervical Cancer
13.57
63
4.11
136
15. Asthma
10.42
60
4.81
90
16. Tuberculosis
8.35
72
57.14
16
17. Falls
7.70
60
6.34
79
18. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.39
115
10.37
70
19. Suicide
7.29
110
8.20
95
20. Lymphomas
6.77
24
1.84
175
21. Low Birth Weight
6.59
70
4.39
98
22. Other Injuries
6.43
109
5.48
125
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.96
50
3.78
113
24. Stomach Cancer
4.83
113
11.99
21
25. Congenital Anomalies
4.67
123
3.79
139
26. Ovary Cancer
4.29
97
2.96
147
27. Birth Trauma
4.05
73
2.66
86
28. Diarrhoeal diseases
3.52
86
1.70
109
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.45
79
5.64
51
30. Endocrine Disorders
3.35
95
1.60
160
31. Bladder Cancer
3.25
50
1.61
120
32. Inflammatory/Heart
3.13
133
2.40
153
33. Leukemia
3.03
121
3.44
99
34. Fires
2.59
63
0.90
118
35. Oral Cancer
2.27
116
1.62
152
36. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.13
66
6.87
15
37. Pancreas Cancer
2.09
139
4.85
68
38. Maternal Conditions
1.93
70
1.02
84
39. Violence
1.75
137
3.97
101
40. Skin Cancers
1.50
119
0.55
160
41. Meningitis
1.40
69
0.81
89
42. Oesophagus Cancer
1.29
141
3.80
49
43. Liver Cancer
1.24
182
16.66
12
44. Drownings
1.17
141
4.46
35
45. Epilepsy
0.95
140
0.98
137
46. Drug Use
0.94
120
1.24
89
47. Hepatitis B
0.90
41
0.23
94
48. Pertussis
0.87
68
0.17
96
49. Uterin Cancer
0.84
166
0.78
168
50. HIV/AIDS
0.79
117
2.53
100
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Morocco MOROCCO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
77,340
33.89
31,342
14.63
2. Stroke
31,861
13.96
49,648
23.17
3. Hypertension
10,736
4.70
5,368
2.51
4. Kidney Disease
10,216
4.48
3,959
1.85
5. Diabetes Mellitus
7,377
3.23
3,671
1.71
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,237
3.17
6,231
2.91
7. Lung Cancers
6,585
2.89
11,893
5.55
8. Lung Disease
6,296
2.76
26,178
12.22
9. Road Traffic Accidents
6,185
2.71
6,210
2.90
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,967
2.18
4,340
2.03
11. Liver Disease
4,866
2.13
4,506
2.10
12. Breast Cancer
3,604
1.58
1,366
0.64
13. Asthma
3,342
1.46
1,439
0.67
14. Low Birth Weight
3,305
1.45
1,208
0.56
15. Tuberculosis
2,870
1.26
17,417
8.13
16. Suicide
2,617
1.15
2,407
1.12
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,556
1.12
3,232
1.51
18. Cervical Cancer
2,508
1.10
704
0.33
19. Falls
2,456
1.08
1,801
0.84
20. Lymphomas
2,274
1.00
560
0.26
21. Other Injuries
2,271
1.00
1,531
0.71
22. Congenital Anomalies
2,124
0.93
991
0.46
23. Birth Trauma
2,067
0.91
736
0.34
24. Prostate Cancer
1,914
0.84
219
0.10
25. Stomach Cancer
1,691
0.74
3,771
1.76
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,511
0.66
1,155
0.54
27. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,192
0.52
374
0.17
28. Endocrine Disorders
1,129
0.49
452
0.21
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,076
0.47
1,712
0.80
30. Bladder Cancer
1,069
0.47
500
0.23
31. Leukemia
1,035
0.45
965
0.45
32. Inflammatory/Heart
1,022
0.45
684
0.32
33. Fires
904
0.40
253
0.12
34. Ovary Cancer
800
0.35
532
0.25
35. Oral Cancer
780
0.34
513
0.24
36. Pancreas Cancer
747
0.33
1,525
0.71
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
718
0.31
2,093
0.98
38. Maternal Conditions
704
0.31
252
0.12
39. Violence
632
0.28
1,082
0.50
40. Meningitis
542
0.24
207
0.10
41. Skin Cancers
477
0.21
168
0.08
42. Oesophagus Cancer
439
0.19
1,222
0.57
43. Drownings
426
0.19
1,126
0.53
44. Liver Cancer
423
0.19
5,326
2.49
45. Epilepsy
336
0.15
266
0.12
46. Pertussis
324
0.14
34
0.02
47. Drug Use
321
0.14
356
0.17
48. Hepatitis B
316
0.14
68
0.03
49. HIV/AIDS
289
0.13
753
0.35
50. Poisonings
266
0.12
366
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Morocco MOROCCO   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
19.50
55
7.80
177
2. Lung Cancers
18.44
63
37.70
4
3. Prostate Cancer
15.38
97
2.38
178
4. Cervical Cancer
13.57
63
4.11
136
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.39
115
10.37
70
6. Lymphomas
6.77
24
1.84
175
7. Stomach Cancer
4.83
113
11.99
21
8. Ovary Cancer
4.29
97
2.96
147
9. Bladder Cancer
3.25
50
1.61
120
10. Leukemia
3.03
121
3.44
99
11. Oral Cancer
2.27
116
1.62
152
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.09
139
4.85
68
13. Skin Cancers
1.50
119
0.55
160
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.29
141
3.80
49
15. Liver Cancer
1.24
182
16.66
12
16. Uterin Cancer
0.84
166
0.78
168
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.