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South Africa
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
SOUTH AFRICA VS NORTH KOREA

Compare South Africa 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
South Africa Population Pyramid
75,517,909
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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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
47.4
51.0
49.2
100
96
98
  
53.8
57.1
55.4
76
77
76
1970
50.4
55.8
53.0
118
101
107
  
59.5
64.5
62.0
72
70
71
1980
53.9
60.6
57.2
125
112
119
  
64.6
71.0
67.8
63
63
63
1990
57.9
65.4
61.6
130
118
123
  
66.5
73.6
69.9
71
62
66
2000
54.6
60.1
57.3
148
140
146
  
61.1
69.3
65.4
122
115
117
2010
55.5
60.3
58.0
165
154
159
  
65.4
72.4
69.0
115
110
110
2019
62.2
68.3
65.3
154
145
149
  
69.3
75.7
72.6
109
97
106
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
62.2
68.3
154
145
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age
62.2
68.3
154
145
69.3
75.7
109
97
Age 5
64.6
70.5
168
153
70.6
76.8
116
98
Age 10
64.8
70.7
167
157
70.7
77.0
116
98
Age 15
65.0
70.8
167
158
70.9
77.1
118
98
Age 20
65.3
71.2
167
158
71.2
77.2
117
98
Age 25
66.0
71.8
167
157
71.6
77.4
115
99
Age 30
67.1
72.8
167
152
72.0
77.5
116
100
Age 35
68.5
74.1
165
141
72.4
77.8
116
99
Age 40
70.2
75.4
156
131
72.8
78.1
119
99
Age 45
71.9
76.8
147
118
73.4
78.5
120
97
Age 50
73.6
78.0
133
107
74.2
79.0
121
97
Age 55
75.5
79.2
119
101
75.3
79.8
124
96
Age 60
77.3
80.5
106
100
76.8
80.8
122
97
Age 65
79.4
82.0
91
96
78.6
82.0
119
94
Age 70
81.8
83.6
84
90
80.8
83.6
120
91
Age 75
84.1
85.4
82
88
83.4
85.5
118
87
Age 80
86.6
87.4
95
97
86.4
87.8
113
85
Age 85
89.6
90.1
115
122
89.7
90.5
104
77
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
121.35
9
2.53
100
2. Coronary Heart Disease
83.76
128
105.37
99
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
83.23
40
22.75
104
4. Stroke
80.50
93
162.14
15
5. Diabetes Mellitus
74.67
16
11.82
137
6. Tuberculosis
39.83
26
57.14
16
7. Violence
37.54
8
3.97
101
8. Kidney Disease
35.72
35
12.98
129
9. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
2.38
178
10. Hypertension
33.86
36
18.24
92
11. Diarrhoeal diseases
33.37
46
1.70
109
12. Lung Disease
31.41
47
87.71
5
13. Suicide
23.49
8
8.20
95
14. Road Traffic Accidents
22.70
61
22.21
64
15. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
4.11
136
16. Liver Disease
18.41
95
14.33
111
17. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
37.70
4
18. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
7.80
177
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.44
118
16.26
122
20. Asthma
13.63
45
4.81
90
21. Inflammatory/Heart
12.75
17
2.40
153
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.70
14
1.60
160
23. Other Injuries
10.77
57
5.48
125
24. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
10.37
70
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
3.80
49
26. Low Birth Weight
7.16
63
4.39
98
27. Meningitis
6.74
41
0.81
89
28. Fires
6.64
4
0.90
118
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.23
83
3.79
139
30. Lymphomas
6.08
39
1.84
175
31. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
16.66
12
32. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
4.85
68
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
4.52
65
5.64
51
34. Malnutrition
4.41
56
1.25
93
35. Drownings
4.06
44
4.46
35
36. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
2.96
147
37. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
11.99
21
38. Birth Trauma
3.36
78
2.66
86
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.36
130
3.78
113
40. Leukemia
3.34
108
3.44
99
41. Epilepsy
3.28
22
0.98
137
42. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
1.62
152
43. Falls
2.99
150
6.34
79
44. Skin Disease
2.91
30
0.58
138
45. Maternal Conditions
2.65
62
1.02
84
46. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
0.55
160
47. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
1.61
120
48. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
0.78
168
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.04
70
6.87
15
50. Alcohol
1.93
61
1.00
116
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
71,996
15.84
753
0.35
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
39,341
8.65
6,231
2.91
3. Coronary Heart Disease
32,739
7.20
31,342
14.63
4. Stroke
30,693
6.75
49,648
23.17
5. Diabetes Mellitus
30,188
6.64
3,671
1.71
6. Tuberculosis
21,965
4.83
17,417
8.13
7. Violence
21,000
4.62
1,082
0.50
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
15,843
3.49
374
0.17
9. Kidney Disease
15,302
3.37
3,959
1.85
10. Suicide
13,774
3.03
2,407
1.12
11. Road Traffic Accidents
13,014
2.86
6,210
2.90
12. Hypertension
12,789
2.81
5,368
2.51
13. Lung Disease
11,895
2.62
26,178
12.22
14. Liver Disease
9,013
1.98
4,506
2.10
15. Lung Cancers
7,705
1.70
11,893
5.55
16. Low Birth Weight
6,250
1.37
1,208
0.56
17. Other Injuries
6,014
1.32
1,531
0.71
18. Asthma
5,966
1.31
1,439
0.67
19. Endocrine Disorders
5,890
1.30
452
0.21
20. Cervical Cancer
5,555
1.22
704
0.33
21. Inflammatory/Heart
5,408
1.19
684
0.32
22. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,676
1.03
4,340
2.03
23. Breast Cancer
4,533
1.00
1,366
0.64
24. Prostate Cancer
4,374
0.96
219
0.10
25. Congenital Anomalies
4,351
0.96
991
0.46
26. Meningitis
3,660
0.81
207
0.10
27. Fires
3,618
0.80
253
0.12
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,587
0.79
3,232
1.51
29. Oesophagus Cancer
3,486
0.77
1,222
0.57
30. Birth Trauma
3,004
0.66
736
0.34
31. Lymphomas
2,818
0.62
560
0.26
32. Drownings
2,403
0.53
1,126
0.53
33. Liver Cancer
2,383
0.52
5,326
2.49
34. Malnutrition
2,381
0.52
317
0.15
35. Pancreas Cancer
2,007
0.44
1,525
0.71
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,894
0.42
1,712
0.80
37. Epilepsy
1,870
0.41
266
0.12
38. Maternal Conditions
1,700
0.37
252
0.12
39. Stomach Cancer
1,535
0.34
3,771
1.76
40. Leukemia
1,464
0.32
965
0.45
41. Oral Cancer
1,406
0.31
513
0.24
42. Falls
1,399
0.31
1,801
0.84
43. Pertussis
1,142
0.25
34
0.02
44. Syphilis
1,130
0.25
54
0.03
45. Skin Disease
1,101
0.24
158
0.07
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,077
0.24
1,155
0.54
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,015
0.22
2,093
0.98
48. Skin Cancers
993
0.22
168
0.08
49. Alcohol
987
0.22
304
0.14
50. Poisonings
975
0.21
366
0.17
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Africa SOUTH AFRICA   North Korea NORTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
35.20
22
2.38
178
2. Cervical Cancer
20.99
37
4.11
136
3. Lung Cancers
18.34
64
37.70
4
4. Breast Cancer
18.21
76
7.80
177
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.90
89
10.37
70
6. Oesophagus Cancer
8.50
16
3.80
49
7. Lymphomas
6.08
39
1.84
175
8. Liver Cancer
5.46
87
16.66
12
9. Pancreas Cancer
4.98
65
4.85
68
10. Ovary Cancer
3.85
115
2.96
147
11. Stomach Cancer
3.68
137
11.99
21
12. Leukemia
3.34
108
3.44
99
13. Oral Cancer
3.18
80
1.62
152
14. Skin Cancers
2.47
53
0.55
160
15. Bladder Cancer
2.19
83
1.61
120
16. Uterin Cancer
2.15
99
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.