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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 Somalia 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.

Somalia
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%
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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   Somalia SOMALIA
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
150.17
23
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
129.66
67
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
44.55
22
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
109.27
5
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
3.67
149
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
155.59
3
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
38.94
28
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
50.05
15
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
3.62
148
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
18.02
82
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
57.15
7
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
31.84
49
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
4.92
109
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
48.19
41
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
8.09
101
16. Suicide
8.20
95
14.66
29
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
33.65
7
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
5.27
20
19. Falls
6.34
79
7.93
52
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
8.06
22
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
31.38
1
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
1.69
148
23. Asthma
4.81
90
25.62
9
24. Drownings
4.46
35
6.47
16
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
11.34
25
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
23.71
28
27. Violence
3.97
101
6.81
70
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
7.97
19
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
8.94
20
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
3.95
100
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
6.38
1
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
8.19
6
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
16.45
1
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
6.27
71
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
5.86
70
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
12.27
123
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
7.68
12
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
128.81
3
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
4.64
44
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
2.40
74
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
3.58
88
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
5.99
1
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
42.27
1
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
0.62
150
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
38.60
1
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
2.22
54
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
3.50
15
48. Fires
0.90
118
6.16
6
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
31.66
1
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.44
83
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
8,595
5.43
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
7,233
4.57
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
2,442
1.54
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
10,261
6.48
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
233
0.15
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
21,712
13.71
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
4,231
2.67
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
2,643
1.67
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
256
0.16
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
3,917
2.47
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
647
0.41
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
2,051
1.29
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
310
0.20
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
2,888
1.82
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
546
0.34
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
1,219
0.77
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
446
0.28
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
548
0.35
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
559
0.35
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
3,602
2.27
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
108
0.07
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
1,878
1.19
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
1,232
0.78
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
516
0.33
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
6,250
3.95
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
184
0.12
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
1,272
0.80
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
828
0.52
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
3,410
2.15
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
562
0.35
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
610
0.39
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
9,573
6.04
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
883
0.56
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
521
0.33
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
605
0.38
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
295
0.19
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
328
0.21
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
149
0.09
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
406
0.26
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
15,363
9.70
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
758
0.48
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
54
0.03
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
4,825
3.05
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
151
0.10
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
419
0.26
46. Fires
253
0.12
810
0.51
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
4,127
2.61
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
285
0.18
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
5,381
3.40
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
35
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
3.67
149
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
3.62
148
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
4.92
109
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
8.09
101
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
33.65
7
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
1.69
148
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
23.71
28
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
7.97
19
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
6.38
1
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
8.19
6
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
12.27
123
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
7.68
12
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
4.64
44
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
2.40
74
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
2.44
83
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
2.55
50
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.