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Algeria
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
ALGERIA VS NIGERIA

Compare Algeria and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
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
Algeria Population Pyramid
 
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    LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Algeria ALGERIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      Algeria ALGERIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
           
    World Rank
    		        
    World Rank
      M F All M F All   M F All M F All
    1960
    46.3
    48.4
    47.3
    103
    108
    103
    		  
    37.2
    40.3
    38.7
    157
    151
    153
    1970
    52.3
    54.3
    53.3
    104
    110
    106
    		  
    40.6
    43.7
    42.1
    158
    155
    158
    1980
    58.9
    61.2
    60.0
    99
    109
    105
    		  
    43.8
    46.9
    45.3
    160
    159
    159
    1990
    65.8
    68.3
    67.0
    80
    102
    95
    		  
    46.0
    48.6
    47.2
    170
    170
    170
    2000
    69.6
    73.2
    71.3
    61
    91
    77
    		  
    46.2
    48.1
    47.1
    174
    175
    175
    2010
    73.0
    76.5
    74.7
    49
    78
    61
    		  
    51.2
    52.9
    52.0
    175
    176
    176
    2019
    76.2
    78.1
    77.1
    43
    72
    51
    		  
    61.2
    64.1
    62.6
    160
    169
    167
    LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Algeria ALGERIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
          World Rank       World Rank
      M F M F M F M F
    At Birth
    76.2
    78.1
    43
    72
    61.2
    64.1
    160
    169
    Age 5
    78.1
    79.8
    36
    65
    69.5
    71.9
    128
    140
    Age 10
    78.2
    79.9
    36
    63
    70.4
    72.7
    120
    138
    Age 15
    78.4
    80.0
    36
    63
    70.9
    73.1
    117
    136
    Age 20
    78.5
    80.2
    36
    63
    71.2
    73.4
    116
    136
    Age 25
    78.8
    80.3
    38
    62
    71.6
    73.7
    116
    136
    Age 30
    79.0
    80.4
    38
    60
    72.0
    74.1
    115
    136
    Age 35
    79.3
    80.6
    39
    60
    72.5
    74.6
    112
    135
    Age 40
    79.6
    80.9
    37
    60
    73.2
    75.2
    109
    135
    Age 45
    79.9
    81.2
    37
    60
    74.1
    75.9
    104
    136
    Age 50
    80.3
    81.5
    37
    60
    75.1
    76.8
    101
    133
    Age 55
    80.8
    82.0
    37
    60
    76.2
    77.7
    95
    136
    Age 60
    81.5
    82.6
    39
    62
    77.6
    78.9
    95
    136
    Age 65
    82.5
    83.4
    39
    63
    79.3
    80.3
    94
    133
    Age 70
    83.7
    84.5
    41
    69
    81.3
    82.1
    101
    130
    Age 75
    85.1
    85.8
    57
    79
    83.8
    84.4
    93
    126
    Age 80
    86.9
    87.6
    77
    93
    86.7
    87.1
    88
    107
    Age 85
    88.9
    90.2
    167
    114
    90.0
    90.4
    81
    94
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Algeria ALGERIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
    TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    154.36
    45
    100.91
    107
    2. Stroke
    66.29
    108
    88.68
    86
    3. Hypertension
    23.82
    62
    16.07
    103
    4. Road Traffic Accidents
    21.81
    67
    27.25
    54
    5. Kidney Disease
    21.12
    104
    23.87
    88
    6. Breast Cancer
    18.09
    77
    20.56
    47
    7. Influenza and Pneumonia
    17.36
    125
    98.12
    28
    8. Alzheimers & Dementia
    16.08
    124
    19.45
    59
    9. Lung Disease
    13.25
    150
    20.77
    99
    10. Diabetes Mellitus
    13.25
    134
    33.50
    82
    11. Lung Cancers
    11.00
    100
    1.37
    178
    12. Liver Disease
    9.52
    129
    41.99
    21
    13. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.74
    91
    4.32
    157
    14. Tuberculosis
    6.72
    77
    99.13
    6
    15. Low Birth Weight
    6.68
    68
    14.70
    5
    16. Prostate Cancer
    6.45
    151
    20.40
    63
    17. Congenital Anomalies
    6.20
    85
    11.22
    5
    18. Cervical Cancer
    5.97
    113
    21.11
    35
    19. Asthma
    5.72
    83
    10.71
    58
    20. Stomach Cancer
    5.61
    97
    2.52
    169
    21. Lymphomas
    5.07
    79
    5.96
    45
    22. Birth Trauma
    4.61
    69
    15.51
    2
    23. Bladder Cancer
    4.05
    24
    0.81
    166
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    3.57
    122
    5.60
    29
    25. Falls
    3.38
    141
    8.54
    40
    26. Ovary Cancer
    3.31
    135
    3.90
    112
    27. Other Injuries
    3.26
    167
    10.98
    56
    28. Leukemia
    3.03
    120
    2.06
    151
    29. Pancreas Cancer
    2.72
    122
    2.64
    126
    30. Suicide
    2.60
    169
    6.87
    117
    31. Drug Use
    2.46
    32
    5.81
    5
    32. Diarrhoeal diseases
    2.25
    104
    78.99
    13
    33. Endocrine Disorders
    2.23
    144
    7.01
    35
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    2.19
    160
    5.49
    76
    35. Maternal Conditions
    2.07
    69
    14.14
    17
    36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    2.03
    109
    7.03
    31
    37. Skin Cancers
    2.00
    86
    2.29
    62
    38. Oral Cancer
    1.90
    139
    2.44
    107
    39. Violence
    1.71
    138
    11.97
    42
    40. Fires
    1.54
    90
    3.44
    37
    41. Liver Cancer
    1.52
    181
    6.19
    71
    42. Drownings
    1.01
    149
    2.17
    107
    43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    0.97
    122
    2.05
    69
    44. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.87
    165
    0.75
    171
    45. Epilepsy
    0.82
    151
    3.25
    23
    46. Meningitis
    0.71
    95
    17.54
    9
    47. Poisonings
    0.65
    85
    2.82
    22
    48. Hepatitis B
    0.44
    70
    1.19
    29
    49. HIV/AIDS
    0.43
    126
    26.81
    36
    50. Uterin Cancer
    0.42
    178
    1.60
    132
    TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
    PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
      Algeria ALGERIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      Deaths % Deaths %
    1. Coronary Heart Disease
    54,547
    29.46
    61,374
    4.14
    2. Stroke
    23,393
    12.63
    57,744
    3.90
    3. Road Traffic Accidents
    8,996
    4.86
    41,693
    2.82
    4. Hypertension
    8,369
    4.52
    10,692
    0.72
    5. Kidney Disease
    7,528
    4.07
    18,189
    1.23
    6. Influenza and Pneumonia
    7,289
    3.94
    207,281
    14.00
    7. Alzheimers & Dementia
    5,635
    3.04
    6,786
    0.46
    8. Low Birth Weight
    5,441
    2.94
    95,959
    6.48
    9. Diabetes Mellitus
    4,678
    2.53
    22,497
    1.52
    10. Lung Disease
    4,668
    2.52
    12,569
    0.85
    11. Congenital Anomalies
    4,357
    2.35
    49,696
    3.36
    12. Lung Cancers
    3,931
    2.12
    1,295
    0.09
    13. Birth Trauma
    3,800
    2.05
    100,186
    6.76
    14. Breast Cancer
    3,465
    1.87
    11,884
    0.80
    15. Liver Disease
    3,464
    1.87
    38,326
    2.59
    16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    3,139
    1.70
    4,152
    0.28
    17. Tuberculosis
    2,840
    1.53
    127,335
    8.60
    18. Asthma
    2,040
    1.10
    8,192
    0.55
    19. Stomach Cancer
    2,032
    1.10
    2,129
    0.14
    20. Lymphomas
    1,833
    0.99
    5,202
    0.35
    21. Bladder Cancer
    1,423
    0.77
    670
    0.05
    22. Other Injuries
    1,401
    0.76
    22,696
    1.53
    23. Falls
    1,315
    0.71
    7,528
    0.51
    24. Parkinson's Disease
    1,249
    0.67
    2,473
    0.17
    25. Leukemia
    1,157
    0.62
    2,257
    0.15
    26. Diarrhoeal diseases
    1,111
    0.60
    144,724
    9.77
    27. Cervical Cancer
    1,088
    0.59
    10,574
    0.71
    28. Suicide
    1,072
    0.58
    7,019
    0.47
    29. Prostate Cancer
    1,069
    0.58
    5,914
    0.40
    30. Drug Use
    983
    0.53
    6,273
    0.42
    31. Pancreas Cancer
    973
    0.53
    1,975
    0.13
    32. Endocrine Disorders
    926
    0.50
    15,799
    1.07
    33. Maternal Conditions
    917
    0.50
    23,540
    1.59
    34. Inflammatory/Heart
    825
    0.45
    4,826
    0.33
    35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
    721
    0.39
    5,846
    0.39
    36. Violence
    713
    0.39
    18,407
    1.24
    37. Skin Cancers
    711
    0.38
    1,933
    0.13
    38. Oral Cancer
    695
    0.38
    2,238
    0.15
    39. Fires
    636
    0.34
    7,132
    0.48
    40. Ovary Cancer
    611
    0.33
    2,133
    0.14
    41. Liver Cancer
    551
    0.30
    5,289
    0.36
    42. Drownings
    451
    0.24
    6,584
    0.44
    43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
    362
    0.20
    1,946
    0.13
    44. Epilepsy
    355
    0.19
    5,001
    0.34
    45. Meningitis
    320
    0.17
    43,651
    2.95
    46. Oesophagus Cancer
    313
    0.17
    560
    0.04
    47. Poisonings
    287
    0.16
    6,570
    0.44
    48. HIV/AIDS
    193
    0.10
    44,124
    2.98
    49. Pertussis
    169
    0.09
    23,282
    1.57
    50. Hepatitis B
    165
    0.09
    1,488
    0.10
    CANCER RANK BY TYPE
    AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
    PER 100,000 POPULATION
    GOOD
     
     
     
    POOR
      Algeria ALGERIA   Nigeria NIGERIA
      Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
    1. Breast Cancer
    18.09
    77
    20.56
    47
    2. Lung Cancers
    11.00
    100
    1.37
    178
    3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
    8.74
    91
    4.32
    157
    4. Prostate Cancer
    6.45
    151
    20.40
    63
    5. Cervical Cancer
    5.97
    113
    21.11
    35
    6. Stomach Cancer
    5.61
    97
    2.52
    169
    7. Lymphomas
    5.07
    79
    5.96
    45
    8. Bladder Cancer
    4.05
    24
    0.81
    166
    9. Ovary Cancer
    3.31
    135
    3.90
    112
    10. Leukemia
    3.03
    120
    2.06
    151
    11. Pancreas Cancer
    2.72
    122
    2.64
    126
    12. Skin Cancers
    2.00
    86
    2.29
    62
    13. Oral Cancer
    1.90
    139
    2.44
    107
    14. Liver Cancer
    1.52
    181
    6.19
    71
    15. Oesophagus Cancer
    0.87
    165
    0.75
    171
    16. Uterin Cancer
    0.42
    178
    1.60
    132
    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.