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Belgium
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 Belgium and Thailand 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.

Thailand
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
Belgium Population Pyramid
12,220,769
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%
Thailand Population Pyramid
65,940,494
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
  Belgium BELGIUM   Thailand THAILAND
  Belgium BELGIUM   Thailand THAILAND
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.5
73.4
70.4
13
12
11
 
53.4
57.0
55.1
77
78
77
1970
68.0
74.5
71.2
20
15
17
 
57.4
62.1
59.7
84
84
83
1980
69.9
76.7
73.2
23
15
20
 
60.9
67.1
63.9
89
82
85
1990
72.7
79.4
76.0
20
12
15
 
63.6
70.6
67.0
101
88
96
2000
74.3
80.8
77.6
26
19
22
 
67.8
74.6
71.1
83
72
79
2010
77.3
82.5
80.0
23
24
23
 
70.9
77.1
73.9
74
68
70
2019
79.3
83.5
81.4
23
25
24
 
74.4
81.0
77.7
56
40
47
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Thailand THAILAND
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.3
83.5
23
25
74.4
81.0
56
40
Age
79.3
83.5
23
25
74.4
81.0
56
40
Age 5
79.6
83.8
24
27
75.1
81.7
57
40
Age 10
79.6
83.8
25
27
75.2
81.8
57
40
Age 15
79.7
83.8
25
27
75.4
82.0
56
39
Age 20
79.7
83.9
25
27
75.8
82.1
53
38
Age 25
79.9
83.9
26
27
76.3
82.2
50
38
Age 30
80.0
84.0
26
27
76.9
82.4
46
38
Age 35
80.2
84.1
26
27
77.6
82.7
44
36
Age 40
80.4
84.2
26
28
78.4
83.0
42
36
Age 45
80.7
84.4
27
28
79.2
83.3
41
36
Age 50
81.1
84.7
27
28
80.1
83.7
39
36
Age 55
81.5
85.0
29
28
81.0
84.2
34
37
Age 60
82.3
85.6
29
26
82.1
84.8
32
37
Age 65
83.4
86.3
29
23
83.4
85.7
30
36
Age 70
84.8
87.2
28
21
84.9
86.7
24
33
Age 75
86.4
88.2
28
20
86.8
88.1
13
27
Age 80
88.3
89.5
30
24
89.1
89.8
7
14
Age 85
90.6
91.3
49
43
91.6
92.0
6
14
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Thailand THAILAND
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
44.62
167
46.80
165
2. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
21.30
47
3. Alzheimers & Dementia
22.30
27
19.33
61
4. Stroke
21.11
166
46.81
134
5. Lung Disease
20.24
104
17.59
122
6. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
11.63
144
7. Influenza and Pneumonia
14.69
138
29.71
85
8. Suicide
13.93
35
7.95
100
9. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
6.50
150
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
9.60
81
11. Kidney Disease
7.64
153
25.13
74
12. Liver Disease
7.38
149
17.93
96
13. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
2.30
135
14. Other Injuries
6.43
110
5.93
119
15. Falls
5.68
89
5.66
91
16. Lymphomas
5.59
61
4.61
94
17. Other Neoplasms
5.38
11
0.18
169
18. Road Traffic Accidents
5.10
154
30.48
47
19. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
3.83
116
20. Endocrine Disorders
4.82
64
2.02
150
21. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.55
40
22. Diabetes Mellitus
4.21
177
17.78
112
23. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
23.18
8
24. Parkinson's Disease
3.89
104
3.82
108
25. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
3.06
70
26. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
1.70
114
27. Inflammatory/Heart
3.38
126
2.98
137
28. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
3.41
141
29. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
4.94
38
30. Alcohol
2.78
43
0.62
135
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.57
165
4.31
129
32. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
1.54
135
33. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
9.60
86
34. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
1.12
133
35. Drug Use
1.97
46
1.11
103
36. Hypertension
1.78
179
1.97
177
37. Epilepsy
1.63
89
0.85
147
38. Violence
1.19
147
4.23
97
39. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.14
131
6.97
72
40. Skin Disease
0.98
112
3.15
25
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.81
129
0.45
159
42. Low Birth Weight
0.79
170
2.91
127
43. Malnutrition
0.71
108
0.84
106
44. Multiple Sclerosis
0.67
24
0.09
169
45. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.65
167
1.54
132
46. Birth Trauma
0.53
151
1.01
122
47. Drownings
0.52
168
5.49
22
48. Fires
0.46
146
0.73
123
49. Asthma
0.46
166
3.93
96
50. Anemia
0.45
27
0.00
166
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Belgium BELGIUM   Thailand THAILAND
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
15,281
16.50
51,305
11.53
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
9,416
10.17
22,851
5.13
3. Stroke
7,408
8.00
50,273
11.30
4. Lung Cancers
6,777
7.32
22,296
5.01
5. Lung Disease
6,438
6.95
19,474
4.38
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,677
6.13
31,289
7.03
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,329
3.59
9,908
2.23
8. Kidney Disease
2,952
3.19
26,822
6.03
9. Breast Cancer
2,587
2.79
6,053
1.36
10. Suicide
2,111
2.28
6,147
1.38
11. Other Injuries
2,006
2.17
4,869
1.09
12. Other Neoplasms
1,828
1.97
192
0.04
13. Prostate Cancer
1,824
1.97
3,013
0.68
14. Pancreas Cancer
1,809
1.95
2,383
0.54
15. Falls
1,756
1.90
5,409
1.22
16. Lymphomas
1,552
1.68
4,539
1.02
17. Liver Disease
1,433
1.55
17,596
3.95
18. Endocrine Disorders
1,432
1.55
1,888
0.42
19. Parkinson's Disease
1,378
1.49
4,292
0.96
20. Diabetes Mellitus
1,269
1.37
18,776
4.22
21. Leukemia
1,199
1.29
3,902
0.88
22. Bladder Cancer
1,078
1.16
1,798
0.40
23. Inflammatory/Heart
1,060
1.14
2,879
0.65
24. Liver Cancer
976
1.05
23,883
5.37
25. Oesophagus Cancer
898
0.97
3,156
0.71
26. Stomach Cancer
863
0.93
3,451
0.78
27. Hypertension
740
0.80
2,179
0.49
28. Oral Cancer
675
0.73
4,961
1.11
29. Road Traffic Accidents
666
0.72
22,428
5.04
30. Ovary Cancer
653
0.71
2,003
0.45
31. Skin Cancers
522
0.56
1,133
0.25
32. Alcohol
500
0.54
548
0.12
33. Diarrhoeal diseases
418
0.45
6,863
1.54
34. Uterin Cancer
384
0.41
864
0.19
35. Skin Disease
380
0.41
3,375
0.76
36. Epilepsy
348
0.38
689
0.15
37. Rheumatic Heart Disease
293
0.32
436
0.10
38. Malnutrition
291
0.31
962
0.22
39. Drug Use
287
0.31
794
0.18
40. Congenital Anomalies
282
0.30
2,107
0.47
41. Cervical Cancer
243
0.26
5,110
1.15
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
213
0.23
1,679
0.38
43. Anemia
199
0.21
0
0.00
44. Violence
149
0.16
2,965
0.67
45. Multiple Sclerosis
147
0.16
86
0.02
46. Asthma
128
0.14
4,182
0.94
47. Drownings
79
0.09
3,956
0.89
48. Fires
75
0.08
617
0.14
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
73
0.08
194
0.04
50. Low Birth Weight
70
0.08
1,548
0.35
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Belgium BELGIUM   Thailand THAILAND
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
28.49
16
21.30
47
2. Breast Cancer
19.18
58
11.63
144
3. Prostate Cancer
13.32
117
6.50
150
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
11.97
51
9.60
81
5. Pancreas Cancer
7.06
43
2.30
135
6. Lymphomas
5.59
61
4.61
94
7. Ovary Cancer
4.84
74
3.83
116
8. Leukemia
4.44
48
4.55
40
9. Liver Cancer
3.89
137
23.18
8
10. Oesophagus Cancer
3.84
48
3.06
70
11. Bladder Cancer
3.54
39
1.70
114
12. Stomach Cancer
3.31
144
3.41
141
13. Oral Cancer
3.11
81
4.94
38
14. Uterin Cancer
2.39
88
1.54
135
15. Cervical Cancer
2.23
163
9.60
86
16. Skin Cancers
2.14
75
1.12
133
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.