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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 Zambia 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.

Zambia
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%
Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
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   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
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
 
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
67.8
74.4
71.0
22
17
19
 
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
70.9
78.0
74.3
14
9
10
 
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
74.0
80.2
77.0
8
8
5
 
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
76.7
82.2
79.5
6
6
5
 
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
79.6
84.1
81.9
4
7
5
 
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
81.3
84.8
83.0
3
9
7
 
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
81.3
84.8
3
9
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
81.6
85.1
3
9
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
81.6
85.1
3
9
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
81.6
85.2
3
9
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
81.7
85.2
3
9
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
81.9
85.3
3
9
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
82.1
85.4
3
8
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
82.3
85.5
2
8
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
82.5
85.6
2
7
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
82.8
85.8
2
7
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
83.2
86.0
1
6
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
83.7
86.4
1
6
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
84.4
86.8
1
7
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
85.2
87.4
1
7
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
86.2
88.1
1
7
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
87.5
89.0
1
9
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
89.2
90.2
3
12
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
91.3
91.9
10
17
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
37.36
176
85.40
126
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.63
23
18.87
72
3. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
4.41
142
4. Stroke
17.13
179
156.50
19
5. Lung Disease
15.32
141
25.95
72
6. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
9.51
164
7. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
37.64
19
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
2.98
177
9. Suicide
11.25
57
14.43
32
10. Diabetes Mellitus
8.50
149
42.93
53
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
6.99
176
87.45
35
12. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
0.68
175
13. Drug Use
6.56
3
1.19
92
14. Lymphomas
6.10
38
6.38
29
15. Kidney Disease
5.16
166
29.46
63
16. Falls
4.99
102
9.14
30
17. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
63
3.28
99
18. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
1.87
93
19. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
2.22
179
20. Road Traffic Accidents
4.46
158
32.93
43
21. Leukemia
4.40
52
2.93
124
22. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
2.00
173
23. Liver Disease
3.89
172
63.86
4
24. Inflammatory/Heart
3.42
125
6.33
60
25. Parkinson's Disease
3.35
131
4.09
94
26. Other Injuries
3.28
166
13.38
34
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
5.61
32
28. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
3.21
149
29. Congenital Anomalies
2.62
163
8.15
24
30. Hypertension
2.60
172
56.20
6
31. Other Neoplasms
2.28
47
0.36
116
32. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.39
110
33. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
0.90
164
34. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
2.36
75
35. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
48.42
6
36. Alcohol
1.07
110
1.90
63
37. Low Birth Weight
1.02
166
9.64
36
38. Violence
0.98
156
7.04
67
39. Skin Disease
0.98
111
1.69
87
40. Asthma
0.96
136
10.81
57
41. Epilepsy
0.86
145
2.68
38
42. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.71
136
2.70
47
43. Drownings
0.66
165
3.21
69
44. Birth Trauma
0.57
146
10.07
26
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.52
173
3.48
77
46. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.51
162
54.75
30
47. Hepatitis C
0.51
18
0.24
45
48. Multiple Sclerosis
0.47
37
0.17
108
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.42
72
0.60
37
50. Anemia
0.23
43
0.00
182
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
21,548
15.79
4,432
3.97
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
15,588
11.42
590
0.53
3. Stroke
10,331
7.57
7,948
7.12
4. Lung Cancers
8,769
6.43
226
0.20
5. Lung Disease
8,487
6.22
1,273
1.14
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6,209
4.55
203
0.18
7. Diabetes Mellitus
4,471
3.28
2,395
2.14
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
4,446
3.26
9,517
8.52
9. Prostate Cancer
3,766
2.76
561
0.50
10. Breast Cancer
3,405
2.49
366
0.33
11. Suicide
3,150
2.31
1,303
1.17
12. Kidney Disease
3,139
2.30
1,760
1.58
13. Pancreas Cancer
3,118
2.28
42
0.04
14. Falls
3,116
2.28
596
0.53
15. Lymphomas
3,039
2.23
548
0.49
16. Endocrine Disorders
2,328
1.71
354
0.32
17. Skin Cancers
2,319
1.70
108
0.10
18. Leukemia
2,126
1.56
261
0.23
19. Liver Cancer
2,036
1.49
177
0.16
20. Parkinson's Disease
2,036
1.49
164
0.15
21. Drug Use
1,783
1.31
122
0.11
22. Other Injuries
1,642
1.20
1,729
1.55
23. Hypertension
1,631
1.20
2,616
2.34
24. Inflammatory/Heart
1,571
1.15
501
0.45
25. Oesophagus Cancer
1,494
1.09
359
0.32
26. Liver Disease
1,421
1.04
4,501
4.03
27. Stomach Cancer
1,288
0.94
206
0.18
28. Other Neoplasms
1,252
0.92
20
0.02
29. Road Traffic Accidents
1,245
0.91
3,654
3.27
30. Bladder Cancer
1,187
0.87
132
0.12
31. Ovary Cancer
1,003
0.73
82
0.07
32. Oral Cancer
972
0.71
155
0.14
33. Congenital Anomalies
711
0.52
3,146
2.82
34. Skin Disease
594
0.44
126
0.11
35. Uterin Cancer
524
0.38
30
0.03
36. Asthma
455
0.33
741
0.66
37. Alcohol
380
0.28
140
0.13
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
379
0.28
190
0.17
39. Cervical Cancer
342
0.25
1,799
1.61
40. Diarrhoeal diseases
296
0.22
6,275
5.62
41. Epilepsy
285
0.21
332
0.30
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
276
0.20
246
0.22
43. Low Birth Weight
248
0.18
4,857
4.35
44. Violence
243
0.18
1,153
1.03
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
229
0.17
30
0.03
46. Multiple Sclerosis
188
0.14
13
0.01
47. Drownings
177
0.13
689
0.62
48. Hepatitis C
173
0.13
18
0.02
49. Anemia
157
0.12
0
0.00
50. Birth Trauma
140
0.10
5,062
4.53
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Australia AUSTRALIA   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
18.97
58
4.41
142
2. Breast Cancer
14.85
119
9.51
164
3. Prostate Cancer
14.71
105
37.64
19
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.81
43
2.98
177
5. Pancreas Cancer
6.62
46
0.68
175
6. Lymphomas
6.10
38
6.38
29
7. Skin Cancers
4.76
4
1.87
93
8. Liver Cancer
4.61
112
2.22
179
9. Leukemia
4.40
52
2.93
124
10. Ovary Cancer
4.28
99
2.00
173
11. Oesophagus Cancer
3.26
62
5.61
32
12. Stomach Cancer
2.80
162
3.21
149
13. Oral Cancer
2.22
120
2.39
110
14. Uterin Cancer
2.12
101
0.90
164
15. Bladder Cancer
2.11
89
2.36
75
16. Cervical Cancer
1.78
173
48.42
6
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.