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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 Cambodia 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.

Cambodia
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
Cambodia Population Pyramid
21,860,917
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Cambodia CAMBODIA
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Cambodia CAMBODIA
       
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
 
41.2
44.1
42.6
133
131
132
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
 
41.0
43.8
42.4
157
154
156
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
 
41.5
44.6
43.0
167
166
166
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
 
53.3
56.6
54.9
148
145
145
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
 
55.3
59.9
57.7
146
141
142
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
 
64.3
68.6
66.6
123
125
125
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
 
67.2
72.7
70.1
125
120
121
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Cambodia CAMBODIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
67.2
72.7
125
120
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
67.2
72.7
125
120
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
69.3
74.5
132
121
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
69.5
74.7
134
121
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
69.7
74.8
135
121
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
70.0
75.0
134
121
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
70.4
75.2
134
121
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
70.8
75.4
135
121
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
71.2
75.7
135
121
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
71.7
76.1
136
122
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
72.4
76.6
140
124
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
73.2
77.2
144
123
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
74.4
78.1
143
120
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
75.9
79.1
145
123
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
77.9
80.4
146
123
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
80.2
82.1
148
127
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
82.9
84.2
149
136
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
85.9
86.8
152
137
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
89.3
89.8
152
148
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Cambodia CAMBODIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
141.59
27
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
109.52
91
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
35.56
35
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
21.06
51
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
15.83
76
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
90.04
34
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
21.90
66
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
25.06
57
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
25.17
5
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
19.45
58
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
69.03
3
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
19.52
109
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
3.77
135
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
32.98
84
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
9.05
88
16. Suicide
8.20
95
5.49
131
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
12.78
133
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
2.85
44
19. Falls
6.34
79
19.53
2
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
20.80
1
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
5.60
122
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
1.22
162
23. Asthma
4.81
90
12.86
50
24. Drownings
4.46
35
7.01
12
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
6.47
71
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
11.24
75
27. Violence
3.97
101
2.12
131
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.73
80
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
5.26
107
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
4.69
61
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
4.14
61
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
3.64
124
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
4.79
67
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
10.05
59
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
4.18
109
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
4.67
164
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
4.20
112
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
18.34
60
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
6.15
29
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.94
100
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
3.26
100
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
0.50
96
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
4.35
58
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
0.45
163
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
2.94
60
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
1.01
115
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
0.83
150
48. Fires
0.90
118
1.66
87
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
0.50
115
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
1.46
142
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Cambodia CAMBODIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
13,107
14.64
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
10,267
11.47
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
3,056
3.41
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
2,866
3.20
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
1,631
1.82
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
8,794
9.82
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
3,223
3.60
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
2,354
2.63
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
2,713
3.03
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
8,117
9.07
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
1,362
1.52
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
2,114
2.36
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
390
0.44
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
3,362
3.75
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
905
1.01
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
800
0.89
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
375
0.42
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
2,116
2.36
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
1,938
2.16
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
789
0.88
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
135
0.15
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
1,235
1.38
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
856
0.96
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
297
0.33
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
1,826
2.04
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
369
0.41
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
1,113
1.24
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
347
0.39
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
1,289
1.44
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
550
0.61
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
1,340
1.50
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
1,351
1.51
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
728
0.81
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
436
0.49
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
472
0.53
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
249
0.28
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
648
0.72
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
165
0.18
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
384
0.43
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
2,148
2.40
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
77
0.09
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
64
0.07
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
427
0.48
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
133
0.15
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
119
0.13
46. Fires
253
0.12
224
0.25
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
484
0.54
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
128
0.14
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
99
0.11
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
22
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Cambodia CAMBODIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
15.83
76
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
25.17
5
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
3.77
135
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
9.05
88
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
12.78
133
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
1.22
162
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
11.24
75
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
2.73
80
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
4.14
61
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
3.64
124
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
4.67
164
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
4.20
112
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
6.15
29
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.94
100
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
1.46
142
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
1.68
107
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.