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South 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
SOUTH KOREA VS BOLIVIA

Compare South Korea and Bolivia 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.

Bolivia
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 Korea Population Pyramid
46,829,924
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Bolivia Population Pyramid
15,839,561
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
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  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
  
40.8
45.0
42.8
138
129
130
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
43.9
48.3
46.1
142
137
140
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
50.4
54.4
52.4
136
135
135
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
57.2
60.7
58.9
132
130
133
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
60.8
64.6
62.6
124
125
126
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
66.4
71.1
68.7
111
117
114
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
71.1
73.1
72.1
88
116
109
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
71.1
73.1
88
116
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
71.1
73.1
88
116
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
73.3
74.9
82
117
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
73.4
75.0
78
119
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
73.5
75.2
79
119
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
73.8
75.3
78
120
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
74.1
75.5
79
120
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
74.4
75.7
78
120
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
74.7
76.0
82
120
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
75.1
76.3
82
120
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
75.5
76.7
83
120
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
76.1
77.3
83
121
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
76.9
78.1
84
121
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
78.0
79.1
86
126
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
79.6
80.3
89
132
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.5
82.0
94
138
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.8
84.1
95
142
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.5
86.7
103
150
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.7
89.8
113
150
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
100.61
108
2. Stroke
25.48
155
67.18
107
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
69.51
52
4. Suicide
21.16
12
6.82
119
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
8.69
110
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
7.02
56
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
19.86
51
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
4.16
163
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
55.82
7
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
7.85
65
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
32.44
43
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
40.11
26
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
3.21
105
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
48.27
40
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
8.96
168
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
11.46
127
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
23.15
58
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
11.76
47
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
7.53
9
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.26
170
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
17.15
97
22. Falls
3.34
142
9.92
21
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.16
170
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.43
100
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
21.09
36
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
3.50
91
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
10.73
65
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.41
97
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
1.35
135
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.91
53
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.47
180
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
6.79
66
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
0.89
178
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
3.45
123
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
4.05
26
36. Asthma
1.08
129
2.32
108
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
7.44
71
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
3.06
52
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
1.87
76
40. Drownings
0.71
161
3.64
57
41. Violence
0.68
170
9.68
54
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.88
114
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
0.06
153
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.76
102
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
6.21
45
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
5.19
63
47. Fires
0.33
159
1.62
88
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
77
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
2.78
46
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
2.34
36
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
11,051
14.68
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
8,069
10.72
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
7,206
9.57
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
901
1.20
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
715
0.95
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
2,479
3.29
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
720
0.96
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
407
0.54
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
5,879
7.81
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
785
1.04
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
3,735
4.96
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
332
0.44
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
4,927
6.54
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
3,987
5.29
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
2,430
3.23
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
852
1.13
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
1,927
2.56
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
1,279
1.70
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
219
0.29
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
1,066
1.42
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
482
0.64
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
550
0.73
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
380
0.50
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
1,187
1.58
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
384
0.51
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
43
0.06
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
43
0.06
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
133
0.18
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
91
0.12
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
102
0.14
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
374
0.50
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
258
0.34
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
384
0.51
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
1,071
1.42
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
883
1.17
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
101
0.13
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
190
0.25
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
678
0.90
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
6
0.01
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
199
0.26
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
1,080
1.43
42. Drownings
501
0.20
406
0.54
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
151
0.20
44. Violence
386
0.15
1,097
1.46
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
1,265
1.68
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
181
0.24
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
292
0.39
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
3
0.00
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
244
0.32
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Bolivia BOLIVIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
8.69
110
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
7.02
56
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
4.16
163
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
7.85
65
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
3.21
105
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
8.96
168
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
11.46
127
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.26
170
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.16
170
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.43
100
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
21.09
36
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
1.35
135
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.47
180
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
0.89
178
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
3.06
52
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.76
102
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.