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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 SUDAN

Compare South Korea and Sudan 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.

Sudan
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%
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Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
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   Sudan SUDAN
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Sudan SUDAN
       
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
  
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
231.30
20
2. Stroke
25.48
155
108.71
60
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
30.74
83
4. Suicide
21.16
12
4.76
143
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.40
168
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
4.10
124
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
17.52
94
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
4.61
154
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
24.83
75
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.16
175
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
23.39
85
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
19.11
92
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
1.20
163
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
15.23
122
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
24.70
29
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
7.55
143
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
36.38
33
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
6.73
105
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.17
90
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
6.85
20
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
40.23
23
22. Falls
3.34
142
4.91
104
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
6.51
24
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
6.37
2
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
6.36
112
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
3.60
87
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
14.62
56
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.16
179
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
5.26
36
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
6.55
66
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.94
101
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
14.18
9
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.23
119
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
2.98
140
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
0.31
161
36. Asthma
1.08
129
12.79
51
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
13.22
63
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.67
172
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
1.59
93
40. Drownings
0.71
161
3.02
74
41. Violence
0.68
170
6.81
69
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.60
134
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
2.84
3
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.67
108
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
3.90
70
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
7.45
45
47. Fires
0.33
159
3.17
44
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
162
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
2.53
54
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
3.34
21
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
43,966
20.16
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
12,619
5.79
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
20,582
9.44
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
545
0.25
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
1,644
0.75
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
2,584
1.18
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
946
0.43
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
1,049
0.48
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
5,095
2.34
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
478
0.22
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
4,382
2.01
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
272
0.12
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
3,070
1.41
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
4,348
1.99
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
11,459
5.25
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
705
0.32
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
7,287
3.34
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
2,912
1.34
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
1,533
0.70
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
1,559
0.71
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
3,071
1.41
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
523
0.24
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
1,828
0.84
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
4,250
1.95
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
1,459
0.67
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
35
0.02
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
369
0.17
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
1,126
0.52
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
493
0.23
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
794
0.36
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
839
0.38
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
2,636
1.21
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
84
0.04
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
770
0.35
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
6,277
2.88
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
112
0.05
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
356
0.16
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
775
0.36
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
730
0.33
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
735
0.34
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
5,507
2.53
42. Drownings
501
0.20
1,684
0.77
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
71
0.03
44. Violence
386
0.15
2,478
1.14
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
16,036
7.35
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
1,310
0.60
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
684
0.31
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
17
0.01
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
1,036
0.48
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
2.40
168
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
4.10
124
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
4.61
154
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
2.16
175
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
1.20
163
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
24.70
29
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
7.55
143
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
6.85
20
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
6.51
24
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
6.37
2
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
6.36
112
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
5.26
36
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.94
101
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
2.23
119
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.67
172
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
1.67
108
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.