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South Sudan
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 Sudan and South Korea 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.

South Korea
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 Sudan Population Pyramid
19,962,715
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%
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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
52.6
55.8
54.2
81
82
82
1970
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
58.7
65.1
61.8
80
68
73
1980
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
61.8
70.0
65.8
80
69
76
1990
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
 
67.3
75.5
71.3
59
41
49
2000
47.7
50.2
48.9
169
168
169
 
72.3
79.5
76.0
38
27
33
2010
54.1
56.0
55.0
170
170
170
 
77.2
84.0
80.7
24
8
15
2019
60.8
64.8
62.8
163
164
165
 
80.3
86.1
83.3
16
2
3
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.8
64.8
163
164
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age
60.8
64.8
163
164
80.3
86.1
16
2
Age 5
67.6
71.4
145
145
80.6
86.4
17
2
Age 10
68.4
72.3
141
141
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 15
68.9
72.6
139
141
80.7
86.4
17
2
Age 20
69.3
72.9
139
141
80.8
86.5
17
2
Age 25
69.8
73.3
139
141
80.9
86.6
17
2
Age 30
70.3
73.8
139
139
81.0
86.7
17
2
Age 35
71.0
74.4
136
138
81.2
86.8
17
2
Age 40
71.8
75.1
135
138
81.4
86.9
15
2
Age 45
72.7
75.9
131
137
81.7
87.1
16
2
Age 50
73.8
76.8
128
134
82.1
87.3
15
2
Age 55
75.1
77.8
128
133
82.6
87.6
15
2
Age 60
76.6
78.9
130
130
83.4
87.9
12
2
Age 65
78.5
80.4
128
127
84.2
88.2
14
2
Age 70
80.7
82.2
127
123
85.3
88.7
15
2
Age 75
83.3
84.5
127
113
86.6
89.4
21
5
Age 80
86.3
87.2
117
99
88.6
90.5
19
4
Age 85
89.7
90.4
101
79
91.2
92.3
13
5
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
92.45
14
0.11
155
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
91.82
32
25.21
100
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
89.87
9
0.91
139
4. Stroke
78.18
96
25.48
155
5. Coronary Heart Disease
67.24
147
27.78
183
6. Tuberculosis
53.50
17
1.93
110
7. Road Traffic Accidents
50.94
9
5.76
150
8. Malaria
49.70
6
0.00
67
9. Liver Disease
33.72
46
7.50
148
10. Diabetes Mellitus
28.11
91
6.84
160
11. Hypertension
26.49
52
3.45
163
12. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
2.29
160
13. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
6.59
180
14. Kidney Disease
21.96
98
9.92
142
15. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
6.10
155
16. Violence
20.51
17
0.68
170
17. Lung Disease
20.35
103
8.14
175
18. Malnutrition
17.61
12
0.09
158
19. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.37
120
11.04
154
20. Maternal Conditions
16.14
14
0.07
158
21. Birth Trauma
15.46
3
0.39
164
22. Meningitis
13.97
18
0.07
181
23. Low Birth Weight
13.19
12
1.62
152
24. Other Injuries
12.63
39
3.88
154
25. Asthma
10.14
63
1.08
129
26. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
1.84
115
27. Congenital Anomalies
7.99
32
1.82
181
28. Lymphomas
7.27
16
3.72
131
29. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
10.56
68
30. Suicide
6.69
120
21.16
12
31. Leishmaniasis
6.67
1
0.00
154
32. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
2.84
149
33. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
12.57
21
34. War
5.52
9
0.01
177
35. Falls
5.13
100
3.34
142
36. Leukemia
4.90
23
2.65
138
37. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
9.13
50
38. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
1.60
154
39. Pertussis
4.19
16
0.03
116
40. Fires
3.92
30
0.33
159
41. Tetanus
3.75
4
0.00
135
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.46
78
0.54
171
43. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
20.90
49
44. Inflammatory/Heart
3.15
132
1.55
172
45. Parkinson's Disease
3.13
139
3.78
114
46. Drownings
3.07
73
0.71
161
47. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
0.60
157
48. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
0.89
165
49. Poisonings
2.36
37
0.15
158
50. Endocrine Disorders
2.34
137
2.11
148
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
9,918
11.82
26,650
10.63
2. HIV/AIDS
7,915
9.44
84
0.03
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
7,270
8.67
929
0.37
4. Malaria
5,342
6.37
1
0.00
5. Birth Trauma
5,210
6.21
88
0.04
6. Low Birth Weight
4,339
5.17
370
0.15
7. Road Traffic Accidents
4,063
4.84
4,399
1.76
8. Tuberculosis
3,771
4.50
1,950
0.78
9. Stroke
3,541
4.22
25,596
10.21
10. Coronary Heart Disease
2,930
3.49
28,043
11.19
11. Congenital Anomalies
2,020
2.41
518
0.21
12. Liver Disease
1,823
2.17
6,348
2.53
13. Meningitis
1,780
2.12
51
0.02
14. Malnutrition
1,660
1.98
88
0.04
15. Violence
1,584
1.89
386
0.15
16. Maternal Conditions
1,521
1.81
34
0.01
17. Diabetes Mellitus
1,312
1.56
6,812
2.72
18. Other Injuries
1,207
1.44
3,634
1.45
19. Hypertension
1,131
1.35
3,711
1.48
20. Kidney Disease
1,090
1.30
10,107
4.03
21. Leishmaniasis
1,005
1.20
0
0.00
22. Tetanus
937
1.12
5
0.00
23. Lung Disease
894
1.07
8,526
3.40
24. Pertussis
784
0.93
6
0.00
25. Cervical Cancer
761
0.91
1,065
0.42
26. Breast Cancer
695
0.83
2,880
1.15
27. War
614
0.73
5
0.00
28. Asthma
587
0.70
1,150
0.46
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
543
0.65
12,145
4.85
30. Drownings
466
0.56
501
0.20
31. Oesophagus Cancer
435
0.52
1,733
0.69
32. Fires
433
0.52
263
0.10
33. Suicide
425
0.51
14,636
5.84
34. Lymphomas
422
0.50
3,477
1.39
35. Prostate Cancer
409
0.49
2,316
0.92
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
360
0.43
10,180
4.06
37. Syphilis
351
0.42
27
0.01
38. Liver Cancer
346
0.41
11,589
4.62
39. Measles
334
0.40
0
0.00
40. Leukemia
314
0.37
2,140
0.85
41. Falls
269
0.32
2,934
1.17
42. Poisonings
259
0.31
115
0.05
43. Oral Cancer
259
0.31
1,457
0.58
44. Stomach Cancer
241
0.29
8,625
3.44
45. Inflammatory/Heart
217
0.26
1,325
0.53
46. Endocrine Disorders
192
0.23
1,891
0.75
47. Ovary Cancer
188
0.22
1,330
0.53
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
186
0.22
540
0.22
49. Lung Cancers
164
0.20
20,293
8.10
50. Epilepsy
152
0.18
524
0.21
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  South Sudan SOUTH SUDAN   South Korea SOUTH KOREA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
26.49
21
2.29
160
2. Breast Cancer
24.61
32
6.59
180
3. Prostate Cancer
20.76
59
6.10
155
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.47
17
1.84
115
5. Lymphomas
7.27
16
3.72
131
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
7.03
119
10.56
68
7. Ovary Cancer
6.66
22
2.84
149
8. Liver Cancer
6.30
69
12.57
21
9. Leukemia
4.90
23
2.65
138
10. Stomach Cancer
4.83
115
9.13
50
11. Oral Cancer
4.79
40
1.60
154
12. Lung Cancers
3.26
155
20.90
49
13. Skin Cancers
2.57
49
0.60
157
14. Uterin Cancer
2.48
81
0.89
165
15. Pancreas Cancer
2.21
137
7.34
34
16. Bladder Cancer
1.83
105
1.74
111
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.