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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 Viet Nam 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.

Viet Nam
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   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
           
    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
     
    42.6
    46.3
    44.4
    123
    119
    120
    1970
    58.7
    65.1
    61.8
    80
    68
    73
     
    46.9
    51.9
    49.4
    129
    118
    123
    1980
    61.8
    70.0
    65.8
    80
    69
    76
     
    55.5
    59.9
    57.7
    119
    114
    116
    1990
    67.3
    75.5
    71.3
    59
    41
    49
     
    64.1
    67.7
    65.9
    95
    108
    103
    2000
    72.3
    79.5
    76.0
    38
    27
    33
     
    68.5
    78.2
    73.4
    76
    35
    46
    2010
    77.2
    84.0
    80.7
    24
    8
    15
     
    70.3
    80.1
    75.2
    81
    36
    51
    2019
    80.3
    86.1
    83.3
    16
    2
    3
     
    69.6
    78.1
    73.7
    106
    73
    92
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    80.3
    86.1
    16
    2
    69.6
    78.1
    106
    73
    Age 5
    80.6
    86.4
    17
    2
    71.2
    79.4
    103
    69
    Age 10
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    71.3
    79.4
    107
    69
    Age 15
    80.7
    86.4
    17
    2
    71.4
    79.5
    108
    69
    Age 20
    80.8
    86.5
    17
    2
    71.7
    79.6
    108
    69
    Age 25
    80.9
    86.6
    17
    2
    72.0
    79.7
    108
    69
    Age 30
    81.0
    86.7
    17
    2
    72.4
    79.9
    109
    69
    Age 35
    81.2
    86.8
    17
    2
    72.7
    80.0
    110
    69
    Age 40
    81.4
    86.9
    15
    2
    73.1
    80.2
    112
    69
    Age 45
    81.7
    87.1
    16
    2
    73.7
    80.5
    114
    70
    Age 50
    82.1
    87.3
    15
    2
    74.5
    80.9
    115
    71
    Age 55
    82.6
    87.6
    15
    2
    75.5
    81.4
    116
    74
    Age 60
    83.4
    87.9
    12
    2
    76.9
    82.0
    117
    73
    Age 65
    84.2
    88.2
    14
    2
    78.6
    82.9
    121
    76
    Age 70
    85.3
    88.7
    15
    2
    80.7
    84.1
    125
    79
    Age 75
    86.6
    89.4
    21
    5
    83.2
    85.7
    130
    80
    Age 80
    88.6
    90.5
    19
    4
    86.1
    87.8
    129
    87
    Age 85
    91.2
    92.3
    13
    5
    89.4
    90.4
    132
    83
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    27.78
    183
    86.67
    125
    2. Stroke
    25.48
    155
    155.75
    20
    3. Influenza and Pneumonia
    25.21
    100
    25.84
    97
    4. Suicide
    21.16
    12
    7.22
    112
    5. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    21.48
    46
    6. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    24.37
    7
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    11.04
    154
    23.72
    20
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    8.23
    98
    9. Kidney Disease
    9.92
    142
    24.12
    83
    10. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    15.13
    9
    11. Lung Disease
    8.14
    175
    34.16
    39
    12. Liver Disease
    7.50
    148
    23.34
    81
    13. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    0.92
    167
    14. Diabetes Mellitus
    6.84
    160
    33.78
    78
    15. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    11.36
    148
    16. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    4.61
    166
    17. Road Traffic Accidents
    5.76
    150
    29.81
    50
    18. Other Injuries
    3.88
    154
    5.34
    126
    19. Parkinson's Disease
    3.78
    114
    5.18
    44
    20. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    2.94
    151
    21. Hypertension
    3.45
    163
    18.94
    88
    22. Falls
    3.34
    142
    13.80
    10
    23. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    1.62
    178
    24. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    4.93
    22
    25. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    4.34
    134
    26. Endocrine Disorders
    2.11
    148
    2.08
    149
    27. Tuberculosis
    1.93
    110
    9.33
    70
    28. Other Neoplasms
    1.89
    55
    0.33
    127
    29. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    2.23
    97
    30. Congenital Anomalies
    1.82
    181
    6.59
    63
    31. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    0.90
    160
    32. Low Birth Weight
    1.62
    152
    5.69
    84
    33. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    7.03
    18
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    1.55
    172
    4.93
    88
    35. Alcohol
    1.34
    97
    0.82
    127
    36. Asthma
    1.08
    129
    7.89
    73
    37. Diarrhoeal diseases
    0.91
    139
    4.47
    82
    38. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    2.12
    103
    39. Epilepsy
    0.72
    166
    0.58
    171
    40. Drownings
    0.71
    161
    5.36
    24
    41. Violence
    0.68
    170
    1.81
    136
    42. Skin Disease
    0.67
    126
    1.34
    102
    43. Hepatitis B
    0.61
    58
    0.37
    75
    44. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    0.46
    165
    45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    0.54
    171
    0.86
    155
    46. Birth Trauma
    0.39
    164
    1.86
    94
    47. Fires
    0.33
    159
    0.58
    132
    48. Anemia
    0.30
    41
    0.00
    180
    49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.23
    175
    1.57
    89
    50. Drug Use
    0.20
    181
    1.31
    83
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    28,043
    11.19
    91,939
    13.41
    2. Influenza and Pneumonia
    26,650
    10.63
    27,836
    4.06
    3. Stroke
    25,596
    10.21
    159,032
    23.20
    4. Lung Cancers
    20,293
    8.10
    21,294
    3.11
    5. Suicide
    14,636
    5.84
    7,249
    1.06
    6. Alzheimers & Dementia
    12,145
    4.85
    29,307
    4.27
    7. Liver Cancer
    11,589
    4.62
    24,995
    3.65
    8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10,180
    4.06
    8,258
    1.20
    9. Kidney Disease
    10,107
    4.03
    25,251
    3.68
    10. Stomach Cancer
    8,625
    3.44
    15,134
    2.21
    11. Lung Disease
    8,526
    3.40
    35,875
    5.23
    12. Pancreas Cancer
    6,994
    2.79
    929
    0.14
    13. Diabetes Mellitus
    6,812
    2.72
    33,860
    4.94
    14. Liver Disease
    6,348
    2.53
    23,900
    3.49
    15. Road Traffic Accidents
    4,399
    1.76
    29,475
    4.30
    16. Parkinson's Disease
    3,951
    1.58
    5,338
    0.78
    17. Hypertension
    3,711
    1.48
    19,880
    2.90
    18. Other Injuries
    3,634
    1.45
    5,539
    0.81
    19. Lymphomas
    3,477
    1.39
    2,964
    0.43
    20. Falls
    2,934
    1.17
    15,427
    2.25
    21. Breast Cancer
    2,880
    1.15
    6,187
    0.90
    22. Prostate Cancer
    2,316
    0.92
    1,911
    0.28
    23. Leukemia
    2,140
    0.85
    4,899
    0.71
    24. Tuberculosis
    1,950
    0.78
    9,446
    1.38
    25. Endocrine Disorders
    1,891
    0.75
    2,082
    0.30
    26. Other Neoplasms
    1,807
    0.72
    325
    0.05
    27. Bladder Cancer
    1,768
    0.71
    896
    0.13
    28. Oesophagus Cancer
    1,733
    0.69
    2,265
    0.33
    29. Oral Cancer
    1,457
    0.58
    7,088
    1.03
    30. Ovary Cancer
    1,330
    0.53
    864
    0.13
    31. Inflammatory/Heart
    1,325
    0.53
    5,357
    0.78
    32. Asthma
    1,150
    0.46
    8,150
    1.19
    33. Alcohol
    1,081
    0.43
    867
    0.13
    34. Cervical Cancer
    1,065
    0.42
    2,391
    0.35
    35. Diarrhoeal diseases
    929
    0.37
    4,390
    0.64
    36. Skin Disease
    704
    0.28
    1,515
    0.22
    37. Skin Cancers
    585
    0.23
    467
    0.07
    38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    540
    0.22
    957
    0.14
    39. Hepatitis B
    526
    0.21
    379
    0.06
    40. Epilepsy
    524
    0.21
    583
    0.09
    41. Congenital Anomalies
    518
    0.21
    7,064
    1.03
    42. Drownings
    501
    0.20
    5,097
    0.74
    43. Uterin Cancer
    420
    0.17
    1,159
    0.17
    44. Violence
    386
    0.15
    1,785
    0.26
    45. Low Birth Weight
    370
    0.15
    7,132
    1.04
    46. Anemia
    329
    0.13
    0
    0.00
    47. Fires
    263
    0.10
    595
    0.09
    48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    224
    0.09
    1,708
    0.25
    49. Hepatitis C
    168
    0.07
    78
    0.01
    50. Drug Use
    154
    0.06
    1,366
    0.20
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      South Korea SOUTH KOREA   Viet Nam VIET NAM
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Lung Cancers
    20.90
    49
    21.48
    46
    2. Liver Cancer
    12.57
    21
    24.37
    7
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    10.56
    68
    8.23
    98
    4. Stomach Cancer
    9.13
    50
    15.13
    9
    5. Pancreas Cancer
    7.34
    34
    0.92
    167
    6. Breast Cancer
    6.59
    180
    11.36
    148
    7. Prostate Cancer
    6.10
    155
    4.61
    166
    8. Lymphomas
    3.72
    131
    2.94
    151
    9. Ovary Cancer
    2.84
    149
    1.62
    178
    10. Leukemia
    2.65
    138
    4.93
    22
    11. Cervical Cancer
    2.29
    160
    4.34
    134
    12. Oesophagus Cancer
    1.84
    115
    2.23
    97
    13. Bladder Cancer
    1.74
    111
    0.90
    160
    14. Oral Cancer
    1.60
    154
    7.03
    18
    15. Uterin Cancer
    0.89
    165
    2.12
    103
    16. Skin Cancers
    0.60
    157
    0.46
    165
    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.