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Bhutan
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
BHUTAN VS ZAMBIA

Compare Bhutan and Zambia 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.

Zambia
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
Bhutan Population Pyramid
904,614
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Zambia Population Pyramid
39,120,906
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Zambia ZAMBIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
36.9
37.7
37.3
158
159
158
  
43.8
46.8
45.3
119
116
118
1970
40.2
41.7
40.9
159
160
159
  
47.6
50.8
49.2
125
123
126
1980
45.6
47.8
46.7
155
156
157
  
50.0
53.4
51.7
139
138
137
1990
51.6
54.7
53.1
153
152
154
  
45.9
50.3
48.0
171
165
166
2000
60.0
60.3
60.2
128
138
132
  
42.1
45.6
43.8
181
181
181
2010
67.7
68.2
67.9
100
128
120
  
56.1
60.0
58.0
163
156
158
2019
72.0
74.4
73.1
79
108
99
  
59.5
65.4
62.5
172
161
168
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Zambia ZAMBIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
72.0
74.4
79
108
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age
72.0
74.4
79
108
59.5
65.4
172
161
Age 5
74.3
76.3
67
105
63.8
69.3
172
164
Age 10
74.4
76.4
64
105
64.2
69.7
172
164
Age 15
74.7
76.7
63
104
64.5
69.9
172
166
Age 20
75.0
76.8
63
104
64.9
70.2
171
166
Age 25
75.2
77.0
64
104
65.5
70.7
172
166
Age 30
75.5
77.1
64
104
66.1
71.3
172
166
Age 35
75.8
77.4
64
104
66.9
72.0
172
166
Age 40
76.1
77.6
64
103
67.9
72.9
171
165
Age 45
76.5
78.0
68
103
69.2
74.0
170
162
Age 50
77.1
78.5
70
103
70.8
75.2
170
159
Age 55
77.9
79.1
73
103
72.6
76.6
170
155
Age 60
78.9
80.0
75
104
74.7
78.1
171
153
Age 65
80.3
81.1
75
104
77.0
79.7
168
149
Age 70
82.0
82.5
78
108
79.7
81.7
167
146
Age 75
84.2
84.4
81
118
82.6
84.0
160
144
Age 80
86.8
86.9
82
130
85.8
86.7
155
139
Age 85
90.0
90.1
80
119
89.3
89.9
150
142
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Zambia ZAMBIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
117.54
84
85.40
126
2. Lung Disease
87.76
4
25.95
72
3. Stroke
60.70
117
156.50
19
4. Diabetes Mellitus
27.56
94
42.93
53
5. Influenza and Pneumonia
27.08
92
87.45
35
6. Liver Disease
26.66
70
63.86
4
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
26.23
55
54.75
30
8. Kidney Disease
24.53
78
29.46
63
9. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
3.21
149
10. Tuberculosis
18.33
53
49.91
19
11. Falls
17.91
4
9.14
30
12. Road Traffic Accidents
17.35
85
32.93
43
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
16.73
112
18.87
72
14. Asthma
12.98
49
10.81
57
15. Hypertension
12.74
117
56.20
6
16. Rheumatic Heart Disease
10.92
9
2.70
47
17. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
48.42
6
18. HIV/AIDS
8.08
64
132.99
8
19. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
4.41
142
20. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
5.61
32
21. Low Birth Weight
7.39
59
9.64
36
22. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
2.39
110
23. Other Injuries
6.45
108
13.38
34
24. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.37
39
3.48
77
25. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
2.22
179
26. Congenital Anomalies
5.36
102
8.15
24
27. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.00
173
28. Parkinson's Disease
5.20
43
4.09
94
29. Suicide
5.07
142
14.43
32
30. Birth Trauma
4.78
68
10.07
26
31. Encephalitis
4.26
2
0.58
67
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
2.98
177
33. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
0.68
175
34. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
9.51
164
35. Drownings
2.83
76
3.21
69
36. Leukemia
2.69
136
2.93
124
37. Meningitis
2.45
56
15.31
15
38. Violence
2.26
126
7.04
67
39. Epilepsy
2.00
69
2.68
38
40. Endocrine Disorders
1.66
158
3.28
99
41. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
1.87
93
42. Syphilis
1.37
26
2.49
3
43. Inflammatory/Heart
1.24
179
6.33
60
44. Skin Disease
1.19
106
1.69
87
45. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
37.64
19
46. Fires
1.13
106
3.87
31
47. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
2.36
75
48. Maternal Conditions
1.04
83
7.77
38
49. Drug Use
0.97
117
1.19
92
50. Alcohol
0.92
123
1.90
63
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
702
17.06
4,432
3.97
2. Lung Disease
524
12.73
1,273
1.14
3. Stroke
360
8.75
7,948
7.12
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
177
4.30
9,517
8.52
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
169
4.11
6,275
5.62
6. Liver Disease
166
4.03
4,501
4.03
7. Diabetes Mellitus
164
3.99
2,395
2.14
8. Kidney Disease
149
3.62
1,760
1.58
9. Tuberculosis
138
3.35
5,941
5.32
10. Road Traffic Accidents
123
2.99
3,654
3.27
11. Stomach Cancer
118
2.87
206
0.18
12. Falls
111
2.70
596
0.53
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
105
2.55
590
0.53
14. Low Birth Weight
79
1.92
4,857
4.35
15. Asthma
78
1.90
741
0.66
16. Hypertension
77
1.87
2,616
2.34
17. Rheumatic Heart Disease
68
1.65
190
0.17
18. HIV/AIDS
58
1.41
17,234
15.43
19. Birth Trauma
51
1.24
5,062
4.53
20. Congenital Anomalies
50
1.22
3,146
2.82
21. Oesophagus Cancer
44
1.07
359
0.32
22. Lung Cancers
44
1.07
226
0.20
23. Oral Cancer
43
1.04
155
0.14
24. Other Injuries
43
1.04
1,729
1.55
25. Peptic Ulcer Disease
39
0.95
246
0.22
26. Liver Cancer
35
0.85
177
0.16
27. Suicide
35
0.85
1,303
1.17
28. Parkinson's Disease
31
0.75
164
0.15
29. Cervical Cancer
30
0.73
1,799
1.61
30. Encephalitis
28
0.68
70
0.06
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
24
0.58
203
0.18
32. Pancreas Cancer
20
0.49
42
0.04
33. Drownings
20
0.49
689
0.62
34. Leukemia
19
0.46
261
0.23
35. Violence
18
0.44
1,153
1.03
36. Meningitis
17
0.41
1,976
1.77
37. Ovary Cancer
14
0.34
82
0.07
38. Epilepsy
14
0.34
332
0.30
39. Syphilis
11
0.27
885
0.79
40. Endocrine Disorders
11
0.27
354
0.32
41. Maternal Conditions
9
0.22
1,188
1.06
42. Skin Cancers
9
0.22
108
0.10
43. Breast Cancer
8
0.19
366
0.33
44. Inflammatory/Heart
8
0.19
501
0.45
45. Fires
8
0.19
546
0.49
46. Drug Use
7
0.17
122
0.11
47. Skin Disease
7
0.17
126
0.11
48. Bladder Cancer
6
0.15
132
0.12
49. Alcohol
6
0.15
140
0.13
50. Lymphomas
5
0.12
548
0.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Bhutan BHUTAN   Zambia ZAMBIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stomach Cancer
20.62
2
3.21
149
2. Cervical Cancer
10.80
80
48.42
6
3. Lung Cancers
7.68
118
4.41
142
4. Oesophagus Cancer
7.67
20
5.61
32
5. Oral Cancer
7.12
15
2.39
110
6. Liver Cancer
5.90
80
2.22
179
7. Ovary Cancer
5.31
57
2.00
173
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.09
168
2.98
177
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.57
97
0.68
175
10. Breast Cancer
2.89
183
9.51
164
11. Leukemia
2.69
136
2.93
124
12. Skin Cancers
1.61
109
1.87
93
13. Prostate Cancer
1.13
181
37.64
19
14. Bladder Cancer
1.12
149
2.36
75
15. Lymphomas
0.81
180
6.38
29
16. Uterin Cancer
0.00
182
0.90
164
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.