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Australia
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 Australia and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
Australia Population Pyramid
32,814,106
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%
DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
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
  Australia AUSTRALIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Australia AUSTRALIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.8
74.0
70.8
11
7
10
 
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
17
19
 
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
 
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
 
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
76.7
82.2
79.5
6
6
5
 
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
79.6
84.1
81.9
4
7
5
 
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
81.3
84.8
83.0
3
9
7
 
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.3
84.8
3
9
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
81.3
84.8
3
9
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
81.6
85.1
3
9
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
81.6
85.1
3
9
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
81.6
85.2
3
9
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
81.7
85.2
3
9
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
81.9
85.3
3
9
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
82.1
85.4
3
8
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
82.3
85.5
2
8
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
82.5
85.6
2
7
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
82.8
85.8
2
7
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
83.2
86.0
1
6
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
83.7
86.4
1
6
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
84.4
86.8
1
7
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
85.2
87.4
1
7
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
86.2
88.1
1
7
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
87.5
89.0
1
9
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
89.2
90.2
3
12
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
91.3
91.9
10
17
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
37.36
176
108.48
92
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.63
23
19.83
52
3. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
3.48
152
4. Stroke
17.13
179
112.53
56
5. Lung Disease
15.32
141
44.15
23
6. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
15.42
112
7. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
31.05
27
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
9.05
87
9. Suicide
11.25
57
12.41
45
10. Diabetes Mellitus
8.50
149
36.82
69
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.99
176
117.32
16
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
2.92
114
13. Drug Use
6.56
3
1.25
88
14. Lymphomas
6.10
38
4.48
101
15. Kidney Disease
5.16
166
24.38
79
16. Falls
4.99
102
8.41
41
17. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
63
10.69
18
18. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
2.16
74
19. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
9.59
31
20. Road Traffic Accidents
4.46
158
39.80
25
21. Leukemia
4.40
52
3.40
102
22. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
3.08
143
23. Liver Disease
3.89
172
36.25
41
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
125
9.82
29
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.35
131
3.70
117
26. Other Injuries
3.28
166
12.62
40
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
2.18
101
28. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
6.55
82
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.62
163
7.74
35
30. Hypertension
2.60
172
50.51
14
31. Other Neoplasms
2.28
47
0.25
151
32. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.21
121
33. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
1.91
111
34. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
0.78
167
35. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
22.64
30
36. Alcohol
1.07
110
1.51
82
37. Low Birth Weight
1.02
166
11.44
22
38. Violence
0.98
156
16.45
27
39. Skin Disease
0.98
111
1.81
79
40. Asthma
0.96
136
20.76
18
41. Epilepsy
0.86
145
2.36
50
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
136
4.14
24
43. Drownings
0.66
165
3.10
72
44. Birth Trauma
0.57
146
10.95
18
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.52
173
5.00
58
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.51
162
55.99
28
47. Hepatitis C
0.51
18
0.14
76
48. Multiple Sclerosis
0.47
37
0.10
153
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.42
72
0.63
32
50. Anemia
0.23
43
0.00
92
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Australia AUSTRALIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,548
15.79
34,713
5.28
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,588
11.42
4,548
0.69
3. Stroke
10,331
7.57
36,596
5.56
4. Lung Cancers
8,769
6.43
1,158
0.18
5. Lung Disease
8,487
6.22
13,527
2.06
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,209
4.55
2,966
0.45
7. Diabetes Mellitus
4,471
3.28
12,902
1.96
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,446
3.26
73,546
11.18
9. Prostate Cancer
3,766
2.76
3,948
0.60
10. Breast Cancer
3,405
2.49
3,416
0.52
11. Suicide
3,150
2.31
5,812
0.88
12. Kidney Disease
3,139
2.30
9,077
1.38
13. Pancreas Cancer
3,118
2.28
1,017
0.15
14. Falls
3,116
2.28
3,483
0.53
15. Lymphomas
3,039
2.23
2,061
0.31
16. Endocrine Disorders
2,328
1.71
7,380
1.12
17. Skin Cancers
2,319
1.70
765
0.12
18. Leukemia
2,126
1.56
1,871
0.28
19. Liver Cancer
2,036
1.49
3,840
0.58
20. Parkinson's Disease
2,036
1.49
1,035
0.16
21. Drug Use
1,783
1.31
638
0.10
22. Other Injuries
1,642
1.20
8,272
1.26
23. Hypertension
1,631
1.20
15,743
2.39
24. Inflammatory/Heart
1,571
1.15
4,045
0.61
25. Oesophagus Cancer
1,494
1.09
790
0.12
26. Liver Disease
1,421
1.04
15,044
2.29
27. Stomach Cancer
1,288
0.94
2,579
0.39
28. Other Neoplasms
1,252
0.92
88
0.01
29. Road Traffic Accidents
1,245
0.91
30,256
4.60
30. Bladder Cancer
1,187
0.87
270
0.04
31. Ovary Cancer
1,003
0.73
656
0.10
32. Oral Cancer
972
0.71
1,003
0.15
33. Congenital Anomalies
711
0.52
16,256
2.47
34. Skin Disease
594
0.44
781
0.12
35. Uterin Cancer
524
0.38
352
0.05
36. Asthma
455
0.33
7,733
1.18
37. Alcohol
380
0.28
635
0.10
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
379
0.28
1,728
0.26
39. Cervical Cancer
342
0.25
4,823
0.73
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
296
0.22
41,301
6.28
41. Epilepsy
285
0.21
1,727
0.26
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.20
1,923
0.29
43. Low Birth Weight
248
0.18
34,668
5.27
44. Violence
243
0.18
11,120
1.69
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
229
0.17
217
0.03
46. Multiple Sclerosis
188
0.14
44
0.01
47. Drownings
177
0.13
3,454
0.52
48. Hepatitis C
173
0.13
69
0.01
49. Anemia
157
0.12
0
0.00
50. Birth Trauma
140
0.10
33,075
5.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
3.48
152
2. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
15.42
112
3. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
31.05
27
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
9.05
87
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
2.92
114
6. Lymphomas
6.10
38
4.48
101
7. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
2.16
74
8. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
9.59
31
9. Leukemia
4.40
52
3.40
102
10. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
3.08
143
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
2.18
101
12. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
6.55
82
13. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.21
121
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
1.91
111
15. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
0.78
167
16. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
22.64
30
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.