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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 IRAN

Compare South Korea and Iran 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.

Iran
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
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Iran IRAN
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Iran IRAN
           
    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
    		  
    48.5
    48.5
    48.5
    96
    105
    100
    1970
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
    		  
    54.2
    54.0
    54.1
    95
    111
    102
    1980
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
    		  
    58.3
    59.7
    58.9
    103
    117
    109
    1990
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
    		  
    63.7
    65.9
    64.8
    100
    114
    110
    2000
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
    		  
    69.4
    71.2
    70.3
    66
    102
    90
    2010
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
    		  
    72.7
    75.6
    74.1
    52
    88
    68
    2019
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
    		  
    75.7
    79.1
    77.3
    44
    62
    49
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Iran IRAN
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    75.7
    79.1
    44
    62
    Age 5
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    76.8
    80.1
    43
    57
    Age 10
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    76.9
    80.2
    42
    56
    Age 15
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    77.0
    80.3
    42
    56
    Age 20
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    77.3
    80.5
    42
    56
    Age 25
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    77.7
    80.6
    40
    56
    Age 30
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    78.0
    80.8
    40
    56
    Age 35
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    78.4
    80.9
    40
    57
    Age 40
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    78.7
    81.1
    41
    58
    Age 45
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    79.1
    81.3
    42
    57
    Age 50
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    79.6
    81.6
    42
    59
    Age 55
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    80.3
    81.9
    41
    62
    Age 60
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    81.2
    82.5
    41
    63
    Age 65
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    82.4
    83.3
    40
    69
    Age 70
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    83.8
    84.3
    39
    72
    Age 75
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    85.6
    85.8
    46
    78
    Age 80
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    87.9
    87.8
    46
    81
    Age 85
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    90.6
    90.4
    46
    88
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Iran IRAN
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    27.78
    183
    142.51
    54
    2. Stroke
    25.48
    155
    57.21
    120
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    25.21
    100
    16.00
    132
    4. Suicide
    21.16
    12
    5.13
    140
    5. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    9.96
    104
    6. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    5.46
    89
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    11.04
    154
    18.63
    74
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    6.65
    124
    9. Kidney Disease
    9.92
    142
    17.84
    115
    10. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    14.67
    11
    11. Lung Disease
    8.14
    175
    17.75
    119
    12. Liver Disease
    7.50
    148
    9.41
    130
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    3.56
    99
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    6.84
    160
    20.84
    107
    15. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    9.78
    162
    16. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    10.80
    129
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.76
    150
    22.15
    65
    18. Other Injuries
    3.88
    154
    5.05
    132
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    3.78
    114
    4.17
    89
    20. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    4.01
    118
    21. Hypertension
    3.45
    163
    25.73
    55
    22. Falls
    3.34
    142
    3.88
    128
    23. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    2.62
    158
    24. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    5.50
    14
    25. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    1.43
    179
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    2.11
    148
    2.83
    120
    27. Tuberculosis
    1.93
    110
    1.25
    119
    28. Other Neoplasms
    1.89
    55
    0.16
    176
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    3.58
    53
    30. Congenital Anomalies
    1.82
    181
    4.74
    119
    31. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    2.18
    86
    32. Low Birth Weight
    1.62
    152
    4.04
    103
    33. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    0.95
    176
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.55
    172
    2.29
    157
    35. Alcohol
    1.34
    97
    0.30
    163
    36. Asthma
    1.08
    129
    5.07
    88
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.91
    139
    2.38
    102
    38. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    1.01
    160
    39. Epilepsy
    0.72
    166
    0.90
    142
    40. Drownings
    0.71
    161
    1.16
    143
    41. Violence
    0.68
    170
    3.01
    113
    42. Skin Disease
    0.67
    126
    0.37
    152
    43. Hepatitis B
    0.61
    58
    0.57
    62
    44. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    0.77
    147
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.54
    171
    1.90
    115
    46. Birth Trauma
    0.39
    164
    2.23
    89
    47. Fires
    0.33
    159
    2.30
    67
    48. Anemia
    0.30
    41
    0.00
    113
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.23
    175
    1.41
    94
    50. Drug Use
    0.20
    181
    2.62
    31
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Iran IRAN
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    28,043
    11.19
    93,308
    28.07
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26,650
    10.63
    11,243
    3.38
    3. Stroke
    25,596
    10.21
    36,730
    11.05
    4. Lung Cancers
    20,293
    8.10
    6,784
    2.04
    5. Suicide
    14,636
    5.84
    4,334
    1.30
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    12,145
    4.85
    11,046
    3.32
    7. Liver Cancer
    11,589
    4.62
    3,714
    1.12
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10,180
    4.06
    4,575
    1.38
    9. Kidney Disease
    10,107
    4.03
    11,810
    3.55
    10. Stomach Cancer
    8,625
    3.44
    9,822
    2.96
    11. Lung Disease
    8,526
    3.40
    11,409
    3.43
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6,994
    2.79
    2,418
    0.73
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    6,812
    2.72
    13,910
    4.18
    14. Liver Disease
    6,348
    2.53
    6,637
    2.00
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,399
    1.76
    17,803
    5.36
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    3,951
    1.58
    2,545
    0.77
    17. Hypertension
    3,711
    1.48
    16,415
    4.94
    18. Other Injuries
    3,634
    1.45
    4,048
    1.22
    19. Lymphomas
    3,477
    1.39
    2,882
    0.87
    20. Falls
    2,934
    1.17
    2,821
    0.85
    21. Breast Cancer
    2,880
    1.15
    3,736
    1.12
    22. Prostate Cancer
    2,316
    0.92
    3,583
    1.08
    23. Leukemia
    2,140
    0.85
    3,966
    1.19
    24. Tuberculosis
    1,950
    0.78
    882
    0.27
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    1,891
    0.75
    2,092
    0.63
    26. Other Neoplasms
    1,807
    0.72
    112
    0.03
    27. Bladder Cancer
    1,768
    0.71
    1,410
    0.42
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,733
    0.69
    2,371
    0.71
    29. Oral Cancer
    1,457
    0.58
    655
    0.20
    30. Ovary Cancer
    1,330
    0.53
    937
    0.28
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,325
    0.53
    1,611
    0.48
    32. Asthma
    1,150
    0.46
    3,360
    1.01
    33. Alcohol
    1,081
    0.43
    253
    0.08
    34. Cervical Cancer
    1,065
    0.42
    501
    0.15
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    929
    0.37
    1,836
    0.55
    36. Skin Disease
    704
    0.28
    237
    0.07
    37. Skin Cancers
    585
    0.23
    518
    0.16
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    540
    0.22
    1,246
    0.37
    39. Hepatitis B
    526
    0.21
    425
    0.13
    40. Epilepsy
    524
    0.21
    719
    0.22
    41. Congenital Anomalies
    518
    0.21
    4,844
    1.46
    42. Drownings
    501
    0.20
    930
    0.28
    43. Uterin Cancer
    420
    0.17
    355
    0.11
    44. Violence
    386
    0.15
    2,535
    0.76
    45. Low Birth Weight
    370
    0.15
    4,861
    1.46
    46. Anemia
    329
    0.13
    0
    0.00
    47. Fires
    263
    0.10
    1,823
    0.55
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    224
    0.09
    996
    0.30
    49. Hepatitis C
    168
    0.07
    1
    0.00
    50. Drug Use
    154
    0.06
    2,242
    0.67
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Iran IRAN
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    9.96
    104
    2. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    5.46
    89
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    6.65
    124
    4. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    14.67
    11
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    3.56
    99
    6. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    9.78
    162
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    10.80
    129
    8. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    4.01
    118
    9. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    2.62
    158
    10. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    5.50
    14
    11. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    1.43
    179
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    3.58
    53
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    2.18
    86
    14. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    0.95
    176
    15. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    1.01
    160
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    0.77
    147
    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.