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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

Compare South Korea and Liberia 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.

Liberia
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
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%
Liberia Population Pyramid
9,339,755
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 Korea SOUTH KOREA   Liberia LIBERIA
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Liberia LIBERIA
       
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
 
38.9
41.3
40.1
149
144
146
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
 
41.3
43.1
42.2
156
156
157
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
 
43.4
45.5
44.4
162
163
162
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
 
41.8
44.1
42.9
177
178
177
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
 
51.2
52.6
51.9
155
163
156
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
 
58.4
61.0
59.7
151
152
152
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
 
63.2
65.0
64.1
149
163
155
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Liberia LIBERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
63.2
65.0
149
163
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
63.2
65.0
149
163
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
69.4
70.4
131
154
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
69.9
70.9
126
155
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
70.3
71.3
123
155
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
70.7
71.6
122
155
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
71.1
72.0
121
155
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
71.6
72.5
121
155
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
72.2
73.1
120
155
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
72.9
73.8
117
153
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
73.7
74.6
112
154
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
74.8
75.5
106
155
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
76.0
76.7
103
154
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
77.4
78.0
102
155
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
79.2
79.7
98
151
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.3
81.7
102
147
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.8
84.1
89
139
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.7
86.9
92
132
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.9
90.1
85
115
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Liberia LIBERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
98.87
112
2. Stroke
25.48
155
79.84
94
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
78.43
44
4. Suicide
21.16
12
7.37
108
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.68
165
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
17.19
11
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
17.56
92
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
3.79
170
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
27.80
69
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
5.47
99
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
15.39
139
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
34.32
44
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
1.56
152
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
31.63
86
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
17.79
81
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
38.87
16
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
55.89
4
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
9.64
70
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.57
66
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
3.62
132
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
18.52
90
22. Falls
3.34
142
7.14
68
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
3.65
123
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.66
178
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
35.18
16
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
5.61
58
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
89.99
7
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.32
134
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.64
174
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
7.74
37
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.83
163
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
11.72
21
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.01
131
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
4.81
91
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
0.98
118
36. Asthma
1.08
129
8.98
68
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
47.97
37
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
2.31
91
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
2.16
56
40. Drownings
0.71
161
2.30
99
41. Violence
0.68
170
13.13
34
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
1.74
80
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
1.16
31
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
2.29
61
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
5.75
50
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
11.43
14
47. Fires
0.33
159
3.65
35
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
125
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
2.08
67
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
1.66
63
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Liberia LIBERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
1,885
5.60
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
2,693
7.99
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
1,578
4.68
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
66
0.20
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
220
0.65
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
235
0.70
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
439
1.30
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
90
0.27
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
609
1.81
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
122
0.36
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
294
0.87
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
38
0.11
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
650
1.93
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
858
2.55
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
1,920
5.70
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
72
0.21
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
371
1.10
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
380
1.13
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
93
0.28
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
155
0.46
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
246
0.73
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
297
0.88
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
23
0.07
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
2,766
8.21
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
245
0.73
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
6
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
19
0.06
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
16
0.05
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
50
0.15
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
50
0.15
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
115
0.34
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
200
0.59
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
25
0.07
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
474
1.41
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
1,592
4.73
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
41
0.12
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
51
0.15
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
126
0.37
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
39
0.12
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
81
0.24
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
833
2.47
42. Drownings
501
0.20
127
0.38
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
28
0.08
44. Violence
386
0.15
477
1.42
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
1,652
4.90
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
153
0.45
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
50
0.15
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
4
0.01
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
42
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Liberia LIBERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.68
165
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
17.19
11
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
3.79
170
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
5.47
99
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
1.56
152
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
17.79
81
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
38.87
16
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
3.62
132
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
3.65
123
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
0.66
178
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
35.18
16
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
0.64
174
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
0.83
163
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.01
131
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
2.31
91
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
2.29
61
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.