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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 LESOTHO

Compare South Korea and Lesotho 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.

Lesotho
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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Lesotho Population Pyramid
2,665,265
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Lesotho LESOTHO
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Lesotho LESOTHO
       
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
  
44.9
48.3
46.6
115
111
114
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
47.5
50.8
49.1
126
122
127
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
52.2
55.5
53.8
130
128
131
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
56.7
60.5
58.6
135
131
134
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
48.2
50.3
49.3
167
167
166
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
49.4
52.6
51.1
179
178
179
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
47.7
54.2
50.7
183
183
183
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Lesotho LESOTHO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
47.7
54.2
183
183
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
52.5
58.8
183
183
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
52.8
59.1
183
183
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
52.9
59.2
183
183
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
53.6
59.7
183
183
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
54.5
60.6
183
183
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
55.6
62.0
183
183
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
57.2
63.8
183
183
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
59.4
66.0
183
183
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
62.0
68.3
183
183
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
65.0
70.7
183
183
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
68.1
73.0
183
181
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
71.2
75.2
183
180
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
74.4
77.5
182
180
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
77.7
79.9
182
179
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
81.2
82.6
183
178
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
84.8
85.7
181
172
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
88.6
89.1
175
172
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Lesotho LESOTHO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
155.85
43
2. Stroke
25.48
155
211.66
3
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
192.07
1
4. Suicide
21.16
12
87.48
1
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
3.87
146
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
4.78
106
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
17.24
99
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
2.77
180
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
69.87
4
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
0.76
181
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
83.85
6
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
51.33
9
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.90
168
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
147.55
5
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
11.68
143
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
24.42
47
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
36.62
32
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
28.67
2
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.56
67
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
4.86
86
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
74.75
1
22. Falls
3.34
142
8.24
44
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
3.01
145
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
2.43
144
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
44.59
9
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
14.08
10
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
68.85
13
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.66
73
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
5.57
33
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
11.28
4
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.70
170
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
18.96
1
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
3.76
61
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
21.17
6
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
4.54
21
36. Asthma
1.08
129
45.32
3
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
142.10
2
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
2.88
66
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
7.57
1
40. Drownings
0.71
161
9.67
7
41. Violence
0.68
170
43.38
5
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
5.11
14
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.71
15
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
3.61
19
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
18.88
3
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
13.70
7
47. Fires
0.33
159
14.67
1
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
124
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
7.68
13
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
1.67
61
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
2,101
6.31
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
3,214
9.65
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
2,817
8.45
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
51
0.15
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
1,539
4.62
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
194
0.58
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
71
0.21
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
40
0.12
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
1,015
3.05
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
11
0.03
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
1,102
3.31
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
12
0.04
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
2,000
6.00
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
792
2.38
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
678
2.03
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
55
0.17
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
990
2.97
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
533
1.60
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
78
0.23
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
128
0.38
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
97
0.29
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
81
0.24
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
39
0.12
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
1,208
3.63
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
235
0.71
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
9
0.03
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
10
0.03
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
73
0.22
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
52
0.16
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
24
0.07
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
305
0.92
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
678
2.03
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
71
0.21
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
372
1.12
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
2,354
7.06
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
70
0.21
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
46
0.14
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
279
0.84
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
27
0.08
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
143
0.43
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
389
1.17
42. Drownings
501
0.20
200
0.60
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
23
0.07
44. Violence
386
0.15
924
2.77
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
957
2.87
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
269
0.81
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
126
0.38
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
2
0.01
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
32
0.10
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Lesotho LESOTHO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
3.87
146
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
4.78
106
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
2.77
180
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
0.76
181
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
0.90
168
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
11.68
143
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
24.42
47
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
4.86
86
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
3.01
145
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
2.43
144
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
44.59
9
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
5.57
33
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.70
170
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
3.76
61
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
2.88
66
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
3.61
19
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.