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Bahamas
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 Bahamas and Botswana 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.

Botswana
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
Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Botswana BOTSWANA
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
 
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
1970
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
 
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
1980
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
 
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
1990
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
 
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
2000
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
 
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
2010
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
 
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
2019
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
 
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Botswana BOTSWANA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
69.9
76.6
101
94
59.0
65.5
174
160
Age 5
70.7
77.4
115
94
61.8
68.1
176
173
Age 10
70.8
77.5
115
94
62.0
68.3
177
174
Age 15
70.9
77.6
114
94
62.1
68.4
177
174
Age 20
71.3
77.8
113
93
62.6
68.7
177
174
Age 25
71.9
78.0
110
93
63.2
69.2
178
174
Age 30
72.6
78.4
102
92
63.9
69.8
178
174
Age 35
73.5
78.8
97
91
64.9
70.7
177
173
Age 40
74.4
79.3
90
86
66.1
71.9
177
172
Age 45
75.4
79.9
85
82
67.7
73.3
176
169
Age 50
76.5
80.6
80
75
69.6
74.8
176
164
Age 55
77.7
81.4
77
71
71.8
76.4
174
159
Age 60
79.1
82.4
70
66
74.2
78.0
172
156
Age 65
80.8
83.6
67
61
76.7
79.7
171
150
Age 70
82.8
85.0
61
57
79.4
81.7
170
148
Age 75
85.0
86.6
61
56
82.4
84.0
166
145
Age 80
87.5
88.7
56
52
85.7
86.7
159
145
Age 85
90.2
91.3
64
38
89.2
89.9
155
144
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Botswana BOTSWANA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
89.11
124
133.53
65
2. Stroke
60.37
118
133.30
30
3. Hypertension
53.15
10
39.78
24
4. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
13.09
119
5. Diabetes Mellitus
40.27
61
99.86
9
6. Violence
36.36
10
18.25
22
7. HIV/AIDS
32.20
32
252.76
3
8. Kidney Disease
30.95
52
38.81
24
9. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
8.55
170
10. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.39
90
110.71
21
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.83
110
18.91
71
12. Other Injuries
16.64
13
11.76
48
13. Liver Disease
16.20
103
30.38
56
14. Endocrine Disorders
16.00
7
6.51
44
15. Inflammatory/Heart
11.79
20
13.33
15
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
2.09
181
17. Lung Disease
9.23
170
40.61
28
18. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
18.90
40
19. Road Traffic Accidents
7.42
134
30.39
48
20. Skin Disease
7.42
9
2.52
37
21. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
3.39
153
22. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
1.23
153
23. Drownings
6.38
17
3.71
54
24. Lymphomas
6.37
30
4.43
104
25. Falls
4.97
103
4.45
115
26. Parkinson's Disease
4.97
49
4.69
60
27. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
0.74
182
28. Alcohol
4.67
20
1.92
62
29. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
2.44
164
30. Congenital Anomalies
4.13
133
8.12
28
31. Low Birth Weight
3.70
109
10.36
34
32. Suicide
3.37
159
20.22
14
33. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
4.32
118
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.69
90
7.00
32
35. Fires
2.66
59
6.18
5
36. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
1.33
159
37. Leukemia
2.45
143
0.76
174
38. Asthma
2.16
112
17.13
28
39. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
8.01
18
40. Epilepsy
1.91
73
2.90
31
41. Maternal Conditions
1.63
75
4.92
49
42. Birth Trauma
1.47
107
5.97
56
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.45
115
30.71
49
44. Malnutrition
1.19
94
8.21
37
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.06
112
2.43
57
46. Other Neoplasms
0.87
63
0.75
67
47. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
5.52
33
48. Drug Use
0.62
149
1.40
73
49. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
0.52
178
50. Meningitis
0.61
105
5.86
45
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
334
14.26
1,632
8.41
2. Stroke
224
9.56
1,588
8.18
3. Hypertension
198
8.45
471
2.43
4. Diabetes Mellitus
154
6.58
1,273
6.56
5. Violence
148
6.32
389
2.00
6. HIV/AIDS
134
5.72
4,950
25.51
7. Kidney Disease
120
5.12
506
2.61
8. Influenza and Pneumonia
98
4.18
1,674
8.63
9. Breast Cancer
69
2.95
68
0.35
10. Liver Disease
67
2.86
459
2.37
11. Other Injuries
67
2.86
216
1.11
12. Prostate Cancer
65
2.78
45
0.23
13. Endocrine Disorders
62
2.65
103
0.53
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
53
2.26
164
0.85
15. Inflammatory/Heart
47
2.01
177
0.91
16. Colon-Rectum Cancers
42
1.79
28
0.14
17. Lung Disease
33
1.41
482
2.48
18. Road Traffic Accidents
30
1.28
608
3.13
19. Lung Cancers
29
1.24
45
0.23
20. Skin Disease
27
1.15
30
0.15
21. Drownings
26
1.11
83
0.43
22. Lymphomas
25
1.07
77
0.40
23. Cervical Cancer
21
0.90
164
0.85
24. Alcohol
20
0.85
31
0.16
25. Stomach Cancer
18
0.77
10
0.05
26. Falls
18
0.77
62
0.32
27. Parkinson's Disease
17
0.73
47
0.24
28. Low Birth Weight
16
0.68
447
2.30
29. Congenital Anomalies
16
0.68
287
1.48
30. Uterin Cancer
14
0.60
9
0.05
31. Suicide
14
0.60
370
1.91
32. Liver Cancer
12
0.51
57
0.29
33. Pancreas Cancer
10
0.43
16
0.08
34. Ovary Cancer
10
0.43
19
0.10
35. Leukemia
10
0.43
13
0.07
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
10
0.43
90
0.46
37. Fires
10
0.43
108
0.56
38. Oesophagus Cancer
9
0.38
103
0.53
39. Asthma
9
0.38
232
1.20
40. Epilepsy
8
0.34
56
0.29
41. Maternal Conditions
6
0.26
118
0.61
42. Birth Trauma
6
0.26
261
1.34
43. Diarrhoeal diseases
5
0.21
527
2.72
44. Malnutrition
4
0.17
171
0.88
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4
0.17
37
0.19
46. Oral Cancer
3
0.13
70
0.36
47. Other Neoplasms
3
0.13
9
0.05
48. Meningitis
2
0.09
108
0.56
49. Encephalitis
2
0.09
7
0.04
50. Bladder Cancer
2
0.09
6
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bahamas BAHAMAS   Botswana BOTSWANA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
44.70
10
13.09
119
2. Breast Cancer
30.82
10
8.55
170
3. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.03
61
2.09
181
4. Cervical Cancer
8.93
90
18.90
40
5. Lung Cancers
7.39
119
3.39
153
6. Uterin Cancer
6.41
9
1.23
153
7. Lymphomas
6.37
30
4.43
104
8. Stomach Cancer
4.71
120
0.74
182
9. Ovary Cancer
4.61
82
2.44
164
10. Liver Cancer
3.07
163
4.32
118
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.66
125
1.33
159
12. Leukemia
2.45
143
0.76
174
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.12
105
8.01
18
14. Oral Cancer
0.83
179
5.52
33
15. Bladder Cancer
0.62
174
0.52
178
16. Skin Cancers
0.23
173
4.55
11
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.