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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 YEMEN

Compare South Korea and Yemen 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.

Yemen
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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Yemen Population Pyramid
48,080,012
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   Yemen YEMEN
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Yemen YEMEN
       
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
  
34.5
34.9
34.7
164
167
166
1970
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
  
38.5
38.9
38.7
164
167
167
1980
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
  
46.9
47.4
47.1
150
158
155
1990
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
  
53.8
55.2
54.5
146
150
150
2000
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
  
59.5
62.2
60.8
131
131
131
2010
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
  
63.1
65.8
64.4
129
135
134
2019
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
  
64.4
68.9
66.6
136
139
137
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Yemen YEMEN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
80.3
86.1
16
2
64.4
68.9
136
139
Age
80.3
86.1
16
2
64.4
68.9
136
139
Age 5
80.6
86.4
17
2
68.7
72.8
137
134
Age 10
80.7
86.4
17
2
69.1
73.3
136
134
Age 15
80.7
86.4
17
2
69.5
73.6
137
134
Age 20
80.8
86.5
17
2
69.9
73.9
137
134
Age 25
80.9
86.6
17
2
70.7
74.2
129
133
Age 30
81.0
86.7
17
2
71.3
74.6
123
132
Age 35
81.2
86.8
17
2
71.9
75.0
122
132
Age 40
81.4
86.9
15
2
72.6
75.4
122
134
Age 45
81.7
87.1
16
2
73.3
76.0
122
135
Age 50
82.1
87.3
15
2
74.2
76.7
123
137
Age 55
82.6
87.6
15
2
75.3
77.6
123
140
Age 60
83.4
87.9
12
2
76.8
78.7
124
139
Age 65
84.2
88.2
14
2
78.6
80.2
120
141
Age 70
85.3
88.7
15
2
80.8
82.0
121
137
Age 75
86.6
89.4
21
5
83.4
84.2
121
133
Age 80
88.6
90.5
19
4
86.3
86.9
121
131
Age 85
91.2
92.3
13
5
89.6
90.1
119
128
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Yemen YEMEN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
27.78
183
278.48
14
2. Stroke
25.48
155
127.49
32
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
25.21
100
44.65
63
4. Suicide
21.16
12
7.06
115
5. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
4.89
137
6. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
4.88
102
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
11.04
154
19.18
65
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
7.78
107
9. Kidney Disease
9.92
142
22.46
95
10. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
7.79
67
11. Lung Disease
8.14
175
30.33
49
12. Liver Disease
7.50
148
21.23
84
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
2.35
134
14. Diabetes Mellitus
6.84
160
15.42
120
15. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
14.77
121
16. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
0.88
183
17. Road Traffic Accidents
5.76
150
34.92
36
18. Other Injuries
3.88
154
8.91
78
19. Parkinson's Disease
3.78
114
4.06
95
20. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.30
168
21. Hypertension
3.45
163
52.65
11
22. Falls
3.34
142
6.19
82
23. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.25
166
24. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.41
101
25. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
1.52
178
26. Endocrine Disorders
2.11
148
2.84
118
27. Tuberculosis
1.93
110
9.58
68
28. Other Neoplasms
1.89
55
0.17
175
29. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
6.92
24
30. Congenital Anomalies
1.82
181
8.06
29
31. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.50
129
32. Low Birth Weight
1.62
152
12.37
16
33. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
3.26
77
34. Inflammatory/Heart
1.55
172
3.58
121
35. Alcohol
1.34
97
0.44
145
36. Asthma
1.08
129
17.56
26
37. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.91
139
13.11
64
38. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.05
181
39. Epilepsy
0.72
166
1.86
77
40. Drownings
0.71
161
3.37
65
41. Violence
0.68
170
10.22
49
42. Skin Disease
0.67
126
0.40
148
43. Hepatitis B
0.61
58
2.02
7
44. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.81
144
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.54
171
7.19
30
46. Birth Trauma
0.39
164
8.05
39
47. Fires
0.33
159
4.01
27
48. Anemia
0.30
41
0.00
181
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.23
175
4.35
21
50. Drug Use
0.20
181
2.68
29
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Yemen YEMEN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
28,043
11.19
30,158
19.39
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
26,650
10.63
11,978
7.70
3. Stroke
25,596
10.21
13,570
8.72
4. Lung Cancers
20,293
8.10
569
0.37
5. Suicide
14,636
5.84
1,699
1.09
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
12,145
4.85
1,405
0.90
7. Liver Cancer
11,589
4.62
609
0.39
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10,180
4.06
913
0.59
9. Kidney Disease
10,107
4.03
2,679
1.72
10. Stomach Cancer
8,625
3.44
902
0.58
11. Lung Disease
8,526
3.40
3,196
2.05
12. Pancreas Cancer
6,994
2.79
283
0.18
13. Diabetes Mellitus
6,812
2.72
1,794
1.15
14. Liver Disease
6,348
2.53
2,891
1.86
15. Road Traffic Accidents
4,399
1.76
8,561
5.50
16. Parkinson's Disease
3,951
1.58
362
0.23
17. Hypertension
3,711
1.48
5,293
3.40
18. Other Injuries
3,634
1.45
2,225
1.43
19. Lymphomas
3,477
1.39
433
0.28
20. Falls
2,934
1.17
1,170
0.75
21. Breast Cancer
2,880
1.15
1,134
0.73
22. Prostate Cancer
2,316
0.92
39
0.03
23. Leukemia
2,140
0.85
776
0.50
24. Tuberculosis
1,950
0.78
1,899
1.22
25. Endocrine Disorders
1,891
0.75
738
0.47
26. Other Neoplasms
1,807
0.72
21
0.01
27. Bladder Cancer
1,768
0.71
160
0.10
28. Oesophagus Cancer
1,733
0.69
765
0.49
29. Oral Cancer
1,457
0.58
547
0.35
30. Ovary Cancer
1,330
0.53
188
0.12
31. Inflammatory/Heart
1,325
0.53
585
0.38
32. Asthma
1,150
0.46
2,106
1.35
33. Alcohol
1,081
0.43
78
0.05
34. Cervical Cancer
1,065
0.42
119
0.08
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
929
0.37
4,372
2.81
36. Skin Disease
704
0.28
44
0.03
37. Skin Cancers
585
0.23
100
0.06
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
540
0.22
833
0.54
39. Hepatitis B
526
0.21
299
0.19
40. Epilepsy
524
0.21
539
0.35
41. Congenital Anomalies
518
0.21
4,291
2.76
42. Drownings
501
0.20
1,142
0.73
43. Uterin Cancer
420
0.17
5
0.00
44. Violence
386
0.15
2,839
1.83
45. Low Birth Weight
370
0.15
8,810
5.66
46. Anemia
329
0.13
0
0.00
47. Fires
263
0.10
991
0.64
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
224
0.09
707
0.45
49. Hepatitis C
168
0.07
8
0.01
50. Drug Use
154
0.06
613
0.39
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Yemen YEMEN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
20.90
49
4.89
137
2. Liver Cancer
12.57
21
4.88
102
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.56
68
7.78
107
4. Stomach Cancer
9.13
50
7.79
67
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.34
34
2.35
134
6. Breast Cancer
6.59
180
14.77
121
7. Prostate Cancer
6.10
155
0.88
183
8. Lymphomas
3.72
131
2.30
168
9. Ovary Cancer
2.84
149
2.25
166
10. Leukemia
2.65
138
3.41
101
11. Cervical Cancer
2.29
160
1.52
178
12. Oesophagus Cancer
1.84
115
6.92
24
13. Bladder Cancer
1.74
111
1.50
129
14. Oral Cancer
1.60
154
3.26
77
15. Uterin Cancer
0.89
165
0.05
181
16. Skin Cancers
0.60
157
0.81
144
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.