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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

Compare Benin and Sudan 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.

Sudan
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
Sudan Population Pyramid
81,192,821
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   Sudan SUDAN
  Benin BENIN   Sudan SUDAN
       
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
 
39.0
41.8
40.4
147
142
145
1970
44.7
47.6
46.1
139
138
138
 
42.9
45.6
44.2
147
144
146
1980
48.6
51.8
50.1
145
142
143
 
48.0
50.8
49.3
147
145
145
1990
52.0
54.5
53.2
152
153
153
 
51.4
54.4
52.9
154
154
155
2000
54.1
56.6
55.4
149
149
149
 
56.8
60.4
58.6
137
137
139
2010
57.5
59.9
58.7
155
157
155
 
60.7
64.3
62.5
140
141
140
2019
61.2
65.7
63.4
161
157
158
 
67.6
70.8
69.1
123
129
125
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sudan SUDAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.2
65.7
161
157
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age
61.2
65.7
161
157
67.6
70.8
123
129
Age 5
67.7
71.7
144
141
72.0
74.7
94
120
Age 10
68.4
72.5
142
139
72.4
75.0
89
118
Age 15
68.9
72.9
141
138
72.6
75.2
87
117
Age 20
69.3
73.2
140
138
72.9
75.4
88
117
Age 25
69.7
73.5
141
138
73.2
75.6
88
117
Age 30
70.2
73.9
141
138
73.6
75.9
89
117
Age 35
70.7
74.3
141
139
74.0
76.2
90
117
Age 40
71.4
74.9
142
140
74.4
76.6
89
116
Age 45
72.2
75.6
141
142
75.0
77.1
90
114
Age 50
73.3
76.3
142
144
75.7
77.7
90
114
Age 55
74.6
77.3
139
147
76.6
78.4
89
114
Age 60
76.1
78.5
141
144
77.8
79.4
89
111
Age 65
78.1
80.1
142
143
79.4
80.7
92
111
Age 70
80.4
81.9
138
140
81.4
82.3
98
113
Age 75
83.1
84.3
137
130
83.8
84.5
97
114
Age 80
86.2
87.1
127
113
86.6
87.1
98
112
Age 85
89.6
90.3
118
98
89.8
90.2
90
106
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sudan SUDAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
119.03
42
108.71
60
2. Coronary Heart Disease
113.27
90
231.30
20
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
112.94
20
30.74
83
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
67.45
16
13.22
63
5. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
7.55
143
6. Malaria
42.51
22
15.39
37
7. Liver Disease
39.37
27
19.11
92
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.49
67
15.23
122
9. Road Traffic Accidents
33.95
38
36.38
33
10. Kidney Disease
33.45
44
24.83
75
11. Lung Disease
25.54
76
23.39
85
12. HIV/AIDS
25.19
39
6.94
69
13. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
24.70
29
14. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
6.36
112
15. Hypertension
21.93
72
40.23
23
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.23
42
17.52
94
17. Meningitis
15.80
13
2.06
61
18. Asthma
15.55
37
12.79
51
19. Other Injuries
15.04
24
6.73
105
20. Low Birth Weight
13.84
10
14.18
9
21. Suicide
12.71
43
4.76
143
22. Birth Trauma
11.26
16
7.45
45
23. Tuberculosis
10.94
64
14.62
56
24. Endocrine Disorders
10.91
17
3.60
87
25. Maternal Conditions
10.57
31
5.36
46
26. Congenital Anomalies
9.44
13
6.55
66
27. Falls
9.00
32
4.91
104
28. Malnutrition
8.09
38
2.39
82
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.54
27
3.90
70
30. Inflammatory/Heart
7.05
48
2.98
140
31. Violence
6.79
71
6.81
69
32. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.10
124
33. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
2.16
175
34. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
5.26
36
35. Lymphomas
5.99
42
6.85
20
36. Pertussis
5.61
10
2.72
27
37. Parkinson's Disease
5.27
41
4.17
90
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
4.61
154
39. Fires
4.20
25
3.17
44
40. Drownings
3.85
49
3.02
74
41. Measles
3.77
19
13.26
7
42. Epilepsy
3.60
10
1.59
93
43. Leukemia
3.48
96
6.37
2
44. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
0.67
172
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
41
2.53
54
46. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
1.20
163
47. Schistosomiasis
2.90
9
0.30
45
48. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
2.23
119
49. Poisonings
2.64
29
1.59
55
50. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
6.51
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Benin BENIN   Sudan SUDAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
10,205
12.25
12,619
5.79
2. Malaria
7,037
8.45
5,614
2.57
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,830
8.20
6,277
2.88
4. Stroke
5,855
7.03
20,582
9.44
5. Coronary Heart Disease
5,397
6.48
43,966
20.16
6. Low Birth Weight
4,908
5.89
16,036
7.35
7. Birth Trauma
3,950
4.74
8,526
3.91
8. Road Traffic Accidents
3,162
3.80
11,459
5.25
9. Liver Disease
2,447
2.94
4,348
1.99
10. Congenital Anomalies
2,265
2.72
5,507
2.53
11. HIV/AIDS
2,263
2.72
2,331
1.07
12. Meningitis
1,967
2.36
1,092
0.50
13. Kidney Disease
1,929
2.32
5,095
2.34
14. Diabetes Mellitus
1,912
2.29
3,070
1.41
15. Other Injuries
1,532
1.84
2,912
1.34
16. Endocrine Disorders
1,454
1.75
1,459
0.67
17. Lung Disease
1,220
1.46
4,382
2.01
18. Pertussis
1,168
1.40
1,899
0.87
19. Hypertension
1,088
1.31
7,287
3.34
20. Maternal Conditions
1,039
1.25
1,961
0.90
21. Malnutrition
928
1.11
1,089
0.50
22. Suicide
922
1.11
1,644
0.75
23. Tuberculosis
919
1.10
4,250
1.95
24. Asthma
891
1.07
2,636
1.21
25. Prostate Cancer
867
1.04
523
0.24
26. Measles
788
0.95
9,301
4.26
27. Breast Cancer
784
0.94
3,071
1.41
28. Violence
726
0.87
2,478
1.14
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
715
0.86
2,584
1.18
30. Cervical Cancer
669
0.80
770
0.35
31. Drownings
570
0.68
1,684
0.77
32. Falls
543
0.65
1,559
0.71
33. Inflammatory/Heart
457
0.55
839
0.38
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
442
0.53
775
0.36
35. Fires
431
0.52
1,310
0.60
36. Lymphomas
387
0.46
1,533
0.70
37. Epilepsy
369
0.44
735
0.34
38. Stomach Cancer
361
0.43
478
0.22
39. Oesophagus Cancer
326
0.39
1,126
0.52
40. Liver Cancer
322
0.39
946
0.43
41. Colon-Rectum Cancers
311
0.37
1,049
0.48
42. Poisonings
307
0.37
744
0.34
43. Parkinson's Disease
212
0.25
705
0.32
44. Drug Use
197
0.24
1,036
0.48
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
197
0.24
684
0.31
46. Leukemia
196
0.24
1,828
0.84
47. Schistosomiasis
183
0.22
68
0.03
48. Pancreas Cancer
177
0.21
272
0.12
49. Tetanus
156
0.19
378
0.17
50. Oral Cancer
156
0.19
493
0.23
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Benin BENIN   Sudan SUDAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
47.73
8
7.55
143
2. Breast Cancer
23.23
37
24.70
29
3. Cervical Cancer
22.59
31
6.36
112
4. Liver Cancer
6.58
63
4.10
124
5. Stomach Cancer
6.49
83
2.16
175
6. Oesophagus Cancer
6.30
26
5.26
36
7. Lymphomas
5.99
42
6.85
20
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.06
150
4.61
154
9. Leukemia
3.48
96
6.37
2
10. Uterin Cancer
3.34
38
0.67
172
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
111
1.20
163
12. Oral Cancer
2.67
96
2.23
119
13. Ovary Cancer
2.43
165
6.51
24
14. Skin Cancers
2.06
80
1.67
108
15. Lung Cancers
1.08
180
2.40
168
16. Bladder Cancer
0.67
172
1.94
101
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.