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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 SRI LANKA

Compare Benin and Sri Lanka 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.

Sri Lanka
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
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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Benin BENIN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
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
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
65.7
161
157
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
61.2
65.7
161
157
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
67.7
71.7
144
141
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
68.4
72.5
142
139
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
68.9
72.9
141
138
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
69.3
73.2
140
138
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
69.7
73.5
141
138
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
70.2
73.9
141
138
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
70.7
74.3
141
139
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
71.4
74.9
142
140
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
72.2
75.6
141
142
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
73.3
76.3
142
144
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
74.6
77.3
139
147
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
76.1
78.5
141
144
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
78.1
80.1
142
143
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
80.4
81.9
138
140
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
83.1
84.3
137
130
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
86.2
87.1
127
113
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.6
90.3
118
98
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.03
42
26.55
154
2. Coronary Heart Disease
113.27
90
101.31
106
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
112.94
20
20.42
113
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
67.45
16
2.47
100
5. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
4.61
165
6. Malaria
42.51
22
0.00
166
7. Liver Disease
39.37
27
4.96
160
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.49
67
47.34
45
9. Road Traffic Accidents
33.95
38
18.07
82
10. Kidney Disease
33.45
44
26.23
72
11. Lung Disease
25.54
76
36.99
33
12. HIV/AIDS
25.19
39
0.18
147
13. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
9.49
165
14. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
5.15
125
15. Hypertension
21.93
72
4.08
161
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.23
42
27.62
14
17. Meningitis
15.80
13
0.59
106
18. Asthma
15.55
37
25.43
10
19. Other Injuries
15.04
24
6.41
112
20. Low Birth Weight
13.84
10
2.13
145
21. Suicide
12.71
43
12.89
42
22. Birth Trauma
11.26
16
0.78
135
23. Tuberculosis
10.94
64
3.45
95
24. Endocrine Disorders
10.91
17
1.82
154
25. Maternal Conditions
10.57
31
0.50
110
26. Congenital Anomalies
9.44
13
4.53
125
27. Falls
9.00
32
3.85
129
28. Malnutrition
8.09
38
0.18
142
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.54
27
0.15
183
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7.05
48
1.83
165
31. Violence
6.79
71
2.36
122
32. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.05
128
33. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
4.94
107
34. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
5.72
30
35. Lymphomas
5.99
42
3.88
126
36. Pertussis
5.61
10
0.08
108
37. Parkinson's Disease
5.27
41
0.65
181
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
3.43
175
39. Fires
4.20
25
1.04
112
40. Drownings
3.85
49
3.24
68
41. Measles
3.77
19
0.00
170
42. Epilepsy
3.60
10
1.14
127
43. Leukemia
3.48
96
4.61
35
44. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
1.40
144
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
41
0.20
178
46. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
0.80
171
47. Schistosomiasis
2.90
9
0.00
169
48. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
10.87
7
49. Poisonings
2.64
29
0.39
113
50. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
1.93
174
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Benin BENIN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,205
12.25
5,117
4.41
2. Malaria
7,037
8.45
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,830
8.20
605
0.52
4. Stroke
5,855
7.03
6,805
5.86
5. Coronary Heart Disease
5,397
6.48
26,304
22.66
6. Low Birth Weight
4,908
5.89
536
0.46
7. Birth Trauma
3,950
4.74
193
0.17
8. Road Traffic Accidents
3,162
3.80
4,200
3.62
9. Liver Disease
2,447
2.94
1,303
1.12
10. Congenital Anomalies
2,265
2.72
989
0.85
11. HIV/AIDS
2,263
2.72
39
0.03
12. Meningitis
1,967
2.36
146
0.13
13. Kidney Disease
1,929
2.32
6,858
5.91
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,912
2.29
12,460
10.73
15. Other Injuries
1,532
1.84
1,529
1.32
16. Endocrine Disorders
1,454
1.75
462
0.40
17. Lung Disease
1,220
1.46
9,456
8.15
18. Pertussis
1,168
1.40
15
0.01
19. Hypertension
1,088
1.31
1,055
0.91
20. Maternal Conditions
1,039
1.25
96
0.08
21. Malnutrition
928
1.11
43
0.04
22. Suicide
922
1.11
2,977
2.56
23. Tuberculosis
919
1.10
769
0.66
24. Asthma
891
1.07
6,471
5.57
25. Prostate Cancer
867
1.04
507
0.44
26. Measles
788
0.95
0
0.00
27. Breast Cancer
784
0.94
1,383
1.19
28. Violence
726
0.87
499
0.43
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
715
0.86
6,939
5.98
30. Cervical Cancer
669
0.80
762
0.66
31. Drownings
570
0.68
731
0.63
32. Falls
543
0.65
964
0.83
33. Inflammatory/Heart
457
0.55
425
0.37
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.53
38
0.03
35. Fires
431
0.52
239
0.21
36. Lymphomas
387
0.46
1,027
0.88
37. Epilepsy
369
0.44
269
0.23
38. Stomach Cancer
361
0.43
1,321
1.14
39. Oesophagus Cancer
326
0.39
1,544
1.33
40. Liver Cancer
322
0.39
1,090
0.94
41. Colon-Rectum Cancers
311
0.37
911
0.78
42. Poisonings
307
0.37
93
0.08
43. Parkinson's Disease
212
0.25
168
0.14
44. Drug Use
197
0.24
257
0.22
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
49
0.04
46. Leukemia
196
0.24
1,155
0.99
47. Schistosomiasis
183
0.22
0
0.00
48. Pancreas Cancer
177
0.21
214
0.18
49. Tetanus
156
0.19
27
0.02
50. Oral Cancer
156
0.19
2,893
2.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
4.61
165
2. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
9.49
165
3. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
5.15
125
4. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.05
128
5. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
4.94
107
6. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
5.72
30
7. Lymphomas
5.99
42
3.88
126
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
3.43
175
9. Leukemia
3.48
96
4.61
35
10. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
1.40
144
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
0.80
171
12. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
10.87
7
13. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
1.93
174
14. Skin Cancers
2.06
80
0.22
174
15. Lung Cancers
1.08
180
6.56
126
16. Bladder Cancer
0.67
172
1.63
117
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.