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North Korea
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 North Korea and Bhutan 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.

Bhutan
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
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%
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
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
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Bhutan BHUTAN
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
 
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
 
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
 
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
 
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
 
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
 
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
 
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Bhutan BHUTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
72.0
74.4
79
108
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
74.3
76.3
67
105
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
74.4
76.4
64
105
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
74.7
76.7
63
104
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
75.0
76.8
63
104
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
75.2
77.0
64
104
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
75.5
77.1
64
104
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
75.8
77.4
64
104
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
76.1
77.6
64
103
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
76.5
78.0
68
103
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
77.1
78.5
70
103
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
77.9
79.1
73
103
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
78.9
80.0
75
104
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
80.3
81.1
75
104
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
82.0
82.5
78
108
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
84.2
84.4
81
118
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
86.8
86.9
82
130
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
90.0
90.1
80
119
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Bhutan BHUTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
60.70
117
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
117.54
84
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
87.76
4
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
18.33
53
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
7.68
118
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
27.08
92
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
17.35
85
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
12.74
117
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
5.90
80
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
16.73
112
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
26.66
70
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
24.53
78
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
20.62
2
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
27.56
94
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
4.09
168
16. Suicide
8.20
95
5.07
142
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
2.89
183
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
10.92
9
19. Falls
6.34
79
17.91
4
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
6.37
39
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
6.45
108
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
3.57
97
23. Asthma
4.81
90
12.98
49
24. Drownings
4.46
35
2.83
76
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
7.39
59
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
10.80
80
27. Violence
3.97
101
2.26
126
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
7.67
20
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
5.36
102
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
5.20
43
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
2.69
136
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
5.31
57
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
4.78
68
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
8.08
64
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
1.24
179
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
1.13
181
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
0.81
180
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
26.23
55
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
7.12
15
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.12
149
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
1.66
158
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
0.26
133
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
0.49
116
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
0.97
117
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
1.04
83
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
0.92
123
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
2.00
69
48. Fires
0.90
118
1.13
106
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
2.45
56
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
0.00
182
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
360
8.75
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
702
17.06
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
524
12.73
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
138
3.35
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
44
1.07
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
177
4.30
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
123
2.99
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
77
1.87
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
35
0.85
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
166
4.03
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
105
2.55
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
149
3.62
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
118
2.87
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
164
3.99
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
24
0.58
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
35
0.85
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
68
1.65
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
111
2.70
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
39
0.95
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
43
1.04
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
20
0.49
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
78
1.90
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
8
0.19
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
44
1.07
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
79
1.92
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
31
0.75
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
20
0.49
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
18
0.44
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
50
1.22
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
19
0.46
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
58
1.41
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
51
1.24
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
30
0.73
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
8
0.19
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
5
0.12
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
14
0.34
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
43
1.04
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
6
0.15
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
11
0.27
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
169
4.11
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
2
0.05
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
7
0.17
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
3
0.07
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
6
0.15
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
14
0.34
46. Fires
253
0.12
8
0.19
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
9
0.22
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
3
0.07
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
17
0.41
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
5
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Bhutan BHUTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
7.68
118
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
5.90
80
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
20.62
2
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
4.09
168
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
2.89
183
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
3.57
97
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
10.80
80
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
7.67
20
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
2.69
136
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
5.31
57
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
1.13
181
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
0.81
180
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
7.12
15
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.12
149
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
0.00
182
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
1.61
109
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.