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Benin
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
BENIN VS CUBA

Compare Benin and Cuba 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.

Cuba
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
Benin Population Pyramid
24,280,484
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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Cuba Population Pyramid
10,162,395
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
  Benin BENIN   Cuba CUBA
  Benin BENIN   Cuba CUBA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.5
42.9
41.7
140
137
138
  
62.6
65.9
64.2
39
46
43
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
  
68.5
71.7
70.0
16
40
27
1980
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
  
72.2
75.5
73.8
9
26
15
1990
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
  
72.9
76.7
74.7
18
33
27
2000
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
  
74.9
78.9
76.9
21
32
26
2010
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
  
75.9
80.2
78.0
32
35
32
2019
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
  
75.4
80.3
77.8
46
48
46
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Cuba CUBA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
65.7
161
157
75.4
80.3
46
48
Age
61.2
65.7
161
157
75.4
80.3
46
48
Age 5
67.7
71.7
144
141
75.8
80.6
47
50
Age 10
68.4
72.5
142
139
75.9
80.7
47
50
Age 15
68.9
72.9
141
138
76.0
80.8
47
50
Age 20
69.3
73.2
140
138
76.1
80.9
48
50
Age 25
69.7
73.5
141
138
76.3
81.0
49
50
Age 30
70.2
73.9
141
138
76.5
81.1
50
49
Age 35
70.7
74.3
141
139
76.8
81.2
50
50
Age 40
71.4
74.9
142
140
77.1
81.4
52
50
Age 45
72.2
75.6
141
142
77.5
81.7
54
51
Age 50
73.3
76.3
142
144
78.1
82.0
55
53
Age 55
74.6
77.3
139
147
78.8
82.5
57
53
Age 60
76.1
78.5
141
144
80.0
83.2
56
51
Age 65
78.1
80.1
142
143
81.4
84.1
53
50
Age 70
80.4
81.9
138
140
83.1
85.4
53
50
Age 75
83.1
84.3
137
130
85.3
87.0
52
48
Age 80
86.2
87.1
127
113
87.8
89.0
50
49
Age 85
89.6
90.3
118
98
90.6
91.3
45
39
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Cuba CUBA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.03
42
47.47
133
2. Coronary Heart Disease
113.27
90
97.65
113
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
112.94
20
36.59
76
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
67.45
16
1.04
134
5. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
32.22
24
6. Malaria
42.51
22
0.00
96
7. Liver Disease
39.37
27
10.30
126
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.49
67
8.47
151
9. Road Traffic Accidents
33.95
38
7.39
135
10. Kidney Disease
33.45
44
8.34
148
11. Lung Disease
25.54
76
24.23
81
12. HIV/AIDS
25.19
39
3.76
80
13. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
15.77
107
14. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
7.15
102
15. Hypertension
21.93
72
15.63
107
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.23
42
21.90
28
17. Meningitis
15.80
13
0.58
107
18. Asthma
15.55
37
1.59
121
19. Other Injuries
15.04
24
8.43
81
20. Low Birth Weight
13.84
10
1.31
160
21. Suicide
12.71
43
10.19
69
22. Birth Trauma
11.26
16
0.61
142
23. Tuberculosis
10.94
64
0.26
153
24. Endocrine Disorders
10.91
17
2.70
124
25. Maternal Conditions
10.57
31
0.46
116
26. Congenital Anomalies
9.44
13
3.64
142
27. Falls
9.00
32
11.48
14
28. Malnutrition
8.09
38
0.32
123
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.54
27
1.94
112
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7.05
48
6.07
66
31. Violence
6.79
71
5.02
87
32. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.02
130
33. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
4.86
111
34. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
4.50
40
35. Lymphomas
5.99
42
5.96
44
36. Pertussis
5.61
10
0.00
159
37. Parkinson's Disease
5.27
41
2.97
146
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
13.88
34
39. Fires
4.20
25
0.33
160
40. Drownings
3.85
49
2.02
115
41. Measles
3.77
19
0.00
119
42. Epilepsy
3.60
10
0.78
160
43. Leukemia
3.48
96
3.76
82
44. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
5.57
12
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
41
0.93
125
46. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
4.44
78
47. Schistosomiasis
2.90
9
0.00
101
48. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
4.45
46
49. Poisonings
2.64
29
0.11
168
50. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
3.35
132
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Benin BENIN   Cuba CUBA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,205
12.25
8,564
8.55
2. Malaria
7,037
8.45
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,830
8.20
206
0.21
4. Stroke
5,855
7.03
10,725
10.70
5. Coronary Heart Disease
5,397
6.48
22,079
22.03
6. Low Birth Weight
4,908
5.89
98
0.10
7. Birth Trauma
3,950
4.74
49
0.05
8. Road Traffic Accidents
3,162
3.80
1,007
1.00
9. Liver Disease
2,447
2.94
1,873
1.87
10. Congenital Anomalies
2,265
2.72
368
0.37
11. HIV/AIDS
2,263
2.72
471
0.47
12. Meningitis
1,967
2.36
83
0.08
13. Kidney Disease
1,929
2.32
1,700
1.70
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,912
2.29
1,791
1.79
15. Other Injuries
1,532
1.84
1,869
1.87
16. Endocrine Disorders
1,454
1.75
412
0.41
17. Lung Disease
1,220
1.46
5,492
5.48
18. Pertussis
1,168
1.40
0
0.00
19. Hypertension
1,088
1.31
3,469
3.46
20. Maternal Conditions
1,039
1.25
43
0.04
21. Malnutrition
928
1.11
64
0.06
22. Suicide
922
1.11
1,638
1.63
23. Tuberculosis
919
1.10
45
0.04
24. Asthma
891
1.07
301
0.30
25. Prostate Cancer
867
1.04
3,365
3.36
26. Measles
788
0.95
0
0.00
27. Breast Cancer
784
0.94
1,673
1.67
28. Violence
726
0.87
584
0.58
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
715
0.86
5,841
5.83
30. Cervical Cancer
669
0.80
666
0.66
31. Drownings
570
0.68
231
0.23
32. Falls
543
0.65
2,810
2.80
33. Inflammatory/Heart
457
0.55
1,156
1.15
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.53
420
0.42
35. Fires
431
0.52
55
0.05
36. Lymphomas
387
0.46
1,089
1.09
37. Epilepsy
369
0.44
108
0.11
38. Stomach Cancer
361
0.43
991
0.99
39. Oesophagus Cancer
326
0.39
879
0.88
40. Liver Cancer
322
0.39
815
0.81
41. Colon-Rectum Cancers
311
0.37
2,958
2.95
42. Poisonings
307
0.37
17
0.02
43. Parkinson's Disease
212
0.25
691
0.69
44. Drug Use
197
0.24
82
0.08
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
162
0.16
46. Leukemia
196
0.24
633
0.63
47. Schistosomiasis
183
0.22
0
0.00
48. Pancreas Cancer
177
0.21
905
0.90
49. Tetanus
156
0.19
1
0.00
50. Oral Cancer
156
0.19
876
0.87
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Cuba CUBA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
32.22
24
2. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
15.77
107
3. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
7.15
102
4. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.02
130
5. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
4.86
111
6. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
4.50
40
7. Lymphomas
5.99
42
5.96
44
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
13.88
34
9. Leukemia
3.48
96
3.76
82
10. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
5.57
12
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
4.44
78
12. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
4.45
46
13. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
3.35
132
14. Skin Cancers
2.06
80
2.28
63
15. Lung Cancers
1.08
180
29.41
14
16. Bladder Cancer
0.67
172
3.33
48
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.