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Bangladesh
COUNTRY #1
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BANGLADESH VS GAMBIA

Compare Bangladesh and Gambia 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.

Gambia
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
Bangladesh Population Pyramid
192,567,779
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%
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Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Gambia GAMBIA
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Gambia GAMBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
41.0
39.9
40.5
136
153
144
  
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
1970
44.8
44.3
44.5
138
153
144
  
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
1980
48.9
48.7
48.8
142
152
147
  
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
1990
54.5
55.1
54.8
144
151
146
  
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
2000
64.9
65.6
65.3
103
124
118
  
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
2010
68.9
71.1
69.9
95
118
106
  
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
2019
73.0
75.6
74.3
71
98
85
  
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Gambia GAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
73.0
75.6
71
98
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age
73.0
75.6
71
98
63.4
67.7
144
148
Age 5
75.4
77.8
51
91
67.2
71.0
149
151
Age 10
75.7
78.1
50
91
67.5
71.3
149
152
Age 15
76.0
78.2
48
91
67.8
71.5
147
152
Age 20
76.2
78.4
46
89
68.2
71.8
149
154
Age 25
76.4
78.6
46
89
68.6
72.1
150
154
Age 30
76.6
78.8
48
89
69.1
72.5
151
156
Age 35
76.9
79.0
48
89
69.7
73.1
151
157
Age 40
77.2
79.2
48
87
70.4
73.8
149
155
Age 45
77.6
79.6
51
88
71.5
74.6
149
155
Age 50
78.2
80.0
50
88
72.7
75.6
150
154
Age 55
79.2
80.7
50
87
74.1
76.7
149
153
Age 60
80.3
81.5
49
86
75.8
78.0
148
154
Age 65
81.7
82.6
48
84
77.8
79.6
148
153
Age 70
83.5
84.1
49
82
80.2
81.5
146
152
Age 75
85.4
85.8
49
75
83.0
83.8
143
153
Age 80
87.5
87.8
57
80
86.0
86.6
141
155
Age 85
90.3
90.5
60
73
89.3
89.7
147
155
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Gambia GAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.20
41
108.94
59
2. Coronary Heart Disease
94.27
118
142.59
53
3. Lung Disease
41.72
25
29.40
54
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
29.61
52
41.12
43
5. Tuberculosis
25.88
42
28.42
38
6. Diabetes Mellitus
25.49
98
37.65
66
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
22.96
103
113.77
18
8. Road Traffic Accidents
16.74
88
51.34
8
9. Liver Disease
16.64
101
33.48
48
10. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
0.48
177
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
13.89
142
19.89
49
12. Hypertension
13.27
114
22.89
68
13. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
0.01
181
14. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
4.44
182
15. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
3.62
150
16. Kidney Disease
9.14
143
32.04
48
17. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
25.76
23
18. Asthma
7.70
74
15.88
35
19. Low Birth Weight
7.38
60
9.17
43
20. Birth Trauma
5.68
58
10.44
21
21. Other Injuries
5.56
123
11.81
46
22. Measles
5.50
13
0.30
38
23. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
1.43
178
24. Congenital Anomalies
4.70
121
6.72
59
25. Drownings
4.55
33
2.58
84
26. Suicide
3.85
153
9.64
77
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
1.05
183
28. Parkinson's Disease
3.49
125
6.31
18
29. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
0.44
183
30. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
6.08
156
31. Violence
2.89
115
11.94
43
32. Falls
2.64
159
9.85
22
33. Drug Use
2.34
37
2.38
34
34. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
30.83
3
35. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.25
58
2.55
52
36. Maternal Conditions
2.19
67
18.68
8
37. Lymphomas
2.05
173
0.74
181
38. Malnutrition
1.70
86
7.13
39
39. Meningitis
1.37
70
13.27
23
40. Leukemia
1.29
164
0.09
183
41. Pertussis
1.24
60
2.22
39
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1.20
180
6.44
58
43. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
0.54
179
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.01
149
6.56
37
45. Skin Disease
1.01
110
2.12
59
46. Endocrine Disorders
0.98
176
11.17
16
47. Epilepsy
0.97
138
2.78
36
48. Appendicitis
0.93
21
0.44
76
49. Fires
0.89
119
3.83
32
50. Hepatitis B
0.85
43
1.06
36
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Gambia GAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Stroke
134,166
18.74
802
6.24
2. Coronary Heart Disease
108,528
15.16
1,007
7.83
3. Lung Disease
45,699
6.38
206
1.60
4. Tuberculosis
37,175
5.19
445
3.46
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
36,111
5.05
626
4.87
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
29,586
4.13
1,340
10.42
7. Diabetes Mellitus
28,976
4.05
290
2.25
8. Road Traffic Accidents
25,023
3.50
695
5.40
9. Liver Disease
21,024
2.94
323
2.51
10. Oesophagus Cancer
19,525
2.73
5
0.04
11. Low Birth Weight
17,457
2.44
662
5.15
12. Oral Cancer
15,511
2.17
0
0.00
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
14,993
2.09
89
0.69
14. Hypertension
14,776
2.06
172
1.34
15. Birth Trauma
13,392
1.87
754
5.86
16. Lung Cancers
12,174
1.70
34
0.26
17. Kidney Disease
10,841
1.51
266
2.07
18. Congenital Anomalies
10,113
1.41
383
2.98
19. Measles
9,021
1.26
13
0.10
20. Asthma
8,893
1.24
134
1.04
21. Other Injuries
7,629
1.07
194
1.51
22. Drownings
7,094
0.99
69
0.54
23. Breast Cancer
6,808
0.95
26
0.20
24. Stomach Cancer
6,799
0.95
14
0.11
25. Suicide
5,998
0.84
113
0.88
26. Cervical Cancer
5,132
0.72
145
1.13
27. Violence
4,623
0.65
195
1.52
28. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4,534
0.63
11
0.09
29. Maternal Conditions
3,920
0.55
345
2.68
30. Parkinson's Disease
3,782
0.53
34
0.26
31. Falls
3,328
0.46
83
0.65
32. Drug Use
2,967
0.41
28
0.22
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2,922
0.41
24
0.19
34. Liver Cancer
2,884
0.40
377
2.93
35. Lymphomas
2,667
0.37
12
0.09
36. Malnutrition
2,418
0.34
110
0.86
37. Ovary Cancer
2,231
0.31
2
0.02
38. Meningitis
2,105
0.29
229
1.78
39. Pertussis
2,011
0.28
99
0.77
40. Leukemia
1,895
0.26
2
0.02
41. Prostate Cancer
1,664
0.23
21
0.16
42. Inflammatory/Heart
1,485
0.21
59
0.46
43. Pancreas Cancer
1,414
0.20
6
0.05
44. Epilepsy
1,353
0.19
43
0.33
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,335
0.19
230
1.79
46. Fires
1,271
0.18
67
0.52
47. Appendicitis
1,262
0.18
5
0.04
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,251
0.17
56
0.44
49. Syphilis
1,227
0.17
55
0.43
50. Skin Disease
1,131
0.16
19
0.15
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bangladesh BANGLADESH   Gambia GAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Oesophagus Cancer
15.32
4
0.48
177
2. Oral Cancer
12.13
4
0.01
181
3. Breast Cancer
10.69
152
4.44
182
4. Lung Cancers
10.24
102
3.62
150
5. Cervical Cancer
7.75
97
25.76
23
6. Stomach Cancer
5.45
100
1.43
178
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3.57
172
1.05
183
8. Ovary Cancer
3.34
133
0.44
183
9. Prostate Cancer
3.07
173
6.08
156
10. Liver Cancer
2.29
178
30.83
3
11. Lymphomas
2.05
173
0.74
181
12. Leukemia
1.29
164
0.09
183
13. Pancreas Cancer
1.15
164
0.54
179
14. Bladder Cancer
0.84
162
0.44
181
15. Skin Cancers
0.68
153
0.01
177
16. Uterin Cancer
0.68
170
0.23
180
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.