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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
NORTH KOREA VS TAJIKISTAN

Compare North Korea and Tajikistan 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.

Tajikistan
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%
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Tajikistan Population Pyramid
16,208,246
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   Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN
       
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
  
54.0
58.9
56.4
74
69
72
1970
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
  
57.8
62.6
60.1
82
78
81
1980
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
  
59.9
64.9
62.3
94
90
92
1990
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
  
60.9
66.1
63.4
115
113
114
2000
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
  
60.3
67.6
63.7
125
120
123
2010
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
  
63.8
71.4
67.3
126
115
123
2019
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
  
67.6
71.5
69.5
122
125
124
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.3
75.7
109
97
67.6
71.5
122
125
Age
69.3
75.7
109
97
67.6
71.5
122
125
Age 5
70.6
76.8
116
98
70.2
73.8
120
128
Age 10
70.7
77.0
116
98
70.3
73.8
121
130
Age 15
70.9
77.1
118
98
70.3
73.8
122
130
Age 20
71.2
77.2
117
98
70.5
74.0
125
133
Age 25
71.6
77.4
115
99
70.8
74.1
128
134
Age 30
72.0
77.5
116
100
71.1
74.3
130
134
Age 35
72.4
77.8
116
99
71.5
74.6
132
136
Age 40
72.8
78.1
119
99
71.9
74.9
132
141
Age 45
73.4
78.5
120
97
72.5
75.2
136
147
Age 50
74.2
79.0
121
97
73.1
75.7
147
152
Age 55
75.3
79.8
124
96
73.9
76.3
156
160
Age 60
76.8
80.8
122
97
75.1
77.2
166
169
Age 65
78.6
82.0
119
94
76.7
78.5
172
175
Age 70
80.8
83.6
120
91
78.8
80.4
178
175
Age 75
83.4
85.5
118
87
81.5
82.8
181
176
Age 80
86.4
87.8
113
85
84.6
85.8
183
169
Age 85
89.7
90.5
104
77
88.6
89.5
174
166
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
162.14
15
160.78
16
2. Coronary Heart Disease
105.37
99
389.75
1
3. Lung Disease
87.71
5
29.97
53
4. Tuberculosis
57.14
16
12.24
62
5. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
5.80
133
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.75
104
37.87
71
7. Road Traffic Accidents
22.21
64
19.35
79
8. Hypertension
18.24
92
47.19
17
9. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
4.82
103
10. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.26
122
17.70
88
11. Liver Disease
14.33
111
37.85
31
12. Kidney Disease
12.98
129
8.73
146
13. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
15.97
7
14. Diabetes Mellitus
11.82
137
33.52
81
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
3.56
173
16. Suicide
8.20
95
5.32
135
17. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
6.96
178
18. Rheumatic Heart Disease
6.87
15
3.58
32
19. Falls
6.34
79
4.57
113
20. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.64
51
3.17
84
21. Other Injuries
5.48
125
3.36
163
22. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
2.02
141
23. Asthma
4.81
90
7.97
72
24. Drownings
4.46
35
5.88
19
25. Low Birth Weight
4.39
98
7.15
64
26. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
3.48
141
27. Violence
3.97
101
2.23
127
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
11.07
9
29. Congenital Anomalies
3.79
139
5.99
87
30. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
113
8.27
6
31. Leukemia
3.44
99
1.21
166
32. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
2.01
172
33. Birth Trauma
2.66
86
5.88
57
34. HIV/AIDS
2.53
100
2.75
95
35. Inflammatory/Heart
2.40
153
1.42
176
36. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
1.80
180
37. Lymphomas
1.84
175
3.00
149
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.70
109
6.04
76
39. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
2.13
128
40. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.15
147
41. Endocrine Disorders
1.60
160
2.11
147
42. Poisonings
1.29
64
0.49
97
43. Malnutrition
1.25
93
0.03
172
44. Drug Use
1.24
89
0.36
174
45. Maternal Conditions
1.02
84
0.69
102
46. Alcohol
1.00
116
1.82
66
47. Epilepsy
0.98
137
4.98
3
48. Fires
0.90
118
3.37
39
49. Meningitis
0.81
89
2.42
57
50. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
3.71
31
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
49,648
23.17
6,170
13.31
2. Coronary Heart Disease
31,342
14.63
14,359
30.98
3. Lung Disease
26,178
12.22
1,177
2.54
4. Tuberculosis
17,417
8.13
733
1.58
5. Lung Cancers
11,893
5.55
305
0.66
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
6,231
2.91
3,121
6.73
7. Road Traffic Accidents
6,210
2.90
1,461
3.15
8. Hypertension
5,368
2.51
1,721
3.71
9. Liver Cancer
5,326
2.49
236
0.51
10. Liver Disease
4,506
2.10
2,062
4.45
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,340
2.03
518
1.12
12. Kidney Disease
3,959
1.85
408
0.88
13. Stomach Cancer
3,771
1.76
754
1.63
14. Diabetes Mellitus
3,671
1.71
1,617
3.49
15. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,232
1.51
202
0.44
16. Suicide
2,407
1.12
399
0.86
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,093
0.98
222
0.48
18. Falls
1,801
0.84
370
0.80
19. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,712
0.80
161
0.35
20. Other Injuries
1,531
0.71
288
0.62
21. Pancreas Cancer
1,525
0.71
97
0.21
22. Asthma
1,439
0.67
276
0.60
23. Breast Cancer
1,366
0.64
215
0.46
24. Oesophagus Cancer
1,222
0.57
543
1.17
25. Low Birth Weight
1,208
0.56
1,562
3.37
26. Parkinson's Disease
1,155
0.54
254
0.55
27. Drownings
1,126
0.53
580
1.25
28. Violence
1,082
0.50
170
0.37
29. Congenital Anomalies
991
0.46
1,084
2.34
30. Leukemia
965
0.45
106
0.23
31. HIV/AIDS
753
0.35
292
0.63
32. Birth Trauma
736
0.34
1,271
2.74
33. Cervical Cancer
704
0.33
114
0.25
34. Inflammatory/Heart
684
0.32
78
0.17
35. Lymphomas
560
0.26
222
0.48
36. Ovary Cancer
532
0.25
59
0.13
37. Oral Cancer
513
0.24
107
0.23
38. Bladder Cancer
500
0.23
51
0.11
39. Endocrine Disorders
452
0.21
204
0.44
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
374
0.17
734
1.58
41. Poisonings
366
0.17
39
0.08
42. Drug Use
356
0.17
21
0.05
43. Malnutrition
317
0.15
3
0.01
44. Alcohol
304
0.14
127
0.27
45. Epilepsy
266
0.12
426
0.92
46. Fires
253
0.12
318
0.69
47. Maternal Conditions
252
0.12
63
0.14
48. Prostate Cancer
219
0.10
33
0.07
49. Meningitis
207
0.10
340
0.73
50. Rheumatoid Arthritis
198
0.09
28
0.06
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  North Korea NORTH KOREA   Tajikistan TAJIKISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
37.70
4
5.80
133
2. Liver Cancer
16.66
12
4.82
103
3. Stomach Cancer
11.99
21
15.97
7
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.37
70
3.56
173
5. Breast Cancer
7.80
177
6.96
178
6. Pancreas Cancer
4.85
68
2.02
141
7. Cervical Cancer
4.11
136
3.48
141
8. Oesophagus Cancer
3.80
49
11.07
9
9. Leukemia
3.44
99
1.21
166
10. Ovary Cancer
2.96
147
2.01
172
11. Prostate Cancer
2.38
178
1.80
180
12. Lymphomas
1.84
175
3.00
149
13. Oral Cancer
1.62
152
2.13
128
14. Bladder Cancer
1.61
120
1.15
147
15. Uterin Cancer
0.78
168
3.71
31
16. Skin Cancers
0.55
160
0.91
140
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.