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Botswana
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
BOTSWANA VS SRI LANKA

Compare Botswana 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
Botswana Population Pyramid
3,509,813
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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Sri Lanka Population Pyramid
21,813,964
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
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
48.9
52.5
50.7
95
91
92
  
62.1
62.1
62.1
43
59
54
1970
53.0
56.7
54.8
100
98
98
  
63.7
66.2
64.9
54
64
61
1980
58.5
62.6
60.5
101
102
101
  
65.7
70.4
68.0
55
66
60
1990
60.5
65.6
63.0
118
116
116
  
66.9
73.5
70.1
61
63
62
2000
47.9
47.7
47.8
168
177
173
  
68.2
75.1
71.5
78
65
74
2010
58.7
63.7
61.1
150
143
149
  
70.9
78.1
74.5
72
50
62
2019
59.0
65.5
62.2
174
160
171
  
73.8
79.8
76.9
61
52
54
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
59.0
65.5
174
160
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age
59.0
65.5
174
160
73.8
79.8
61
52
Age 5
61.8
68.1
176
173
74.4
80.3
64
53
Age 10
62.0
68.3
177
174
74.4
80.4
65
53
Age 15
62.1
68.4
177
174
74.5
80.4
65
54
Age 20
62.6
68.7
177
174
74.7
80.6
64
54
Age 25
63.2
69.2
178
174
75.1
80.7
67
54
Age 30
63.9
69.8
178
174
75.3
80.9
68
54
Age 35
64.9
70.7
177
173
75.6
81.0
71
55
Age 40
66.1
71.9
177
172
75.8
81.1
74
55
Age 45
67.7
73.3
176
169
76.2
81.4
77
56
Age 50
69.6
74.8
176
164
76.7
81.6
76
57
Age 55
71.8
76.4
174
159
77.6
82.1
79
59
Age 60
74.2
78.0
172
156
78.6
82.6
79
60
Age 65
76.7
79.7
171
150
80.1
83.4
79
66
Age 70
79.4
81.7
170
148
81.5
84.2
93
73
Age 75
82.4
84.0
166
145
83.8
85.8
96
76
Age 80
85.7
86.7
159
145
87.0
88.3
74
62
Age 85
89.2
89.9
155
144
90.8
91.2
35
44
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. HIV/AIDS
252.76
3
0.18
147
2. Coronary Heart Disease
133.53
65
101.31
106
3. Stroke
133.30
30
26.55
154
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
110.71
21
20.42
113
5. Diabetes Mellitus
99.86
9
47.34
45
6. Lung Disease
40.61
28
36.99
33
7. Hypertension
39.78
24
4.08
161
8. Kidney Disease
38.81
24
26.23
72
9. Tuberculosis
34.54
30
3.45
95
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.71
49
2.47
100
11. Road Traffic Accidents
30.39
48
18.07
82
12. Liver Disease
30.38
56
4.96
160
13. Suicide
20.22
14
12.89
42
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.91
71
27.62
14
15. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
5.15
125
16. Violence
18.25
22
2.36
122
17. Asthma
17.13
28
25.43
10
18. Inflammatory/Heart
13.33
15
1.83
165
19. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
4.61
165
20. Other Injuries
11.76
48
6.41
112
21. Low Birth Weight
10.36
34
2.13
145
22. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
9.49
165
23. Malnutrition
8.21
37
0.18
142
24. Congenital Anomalies
8.12
28
4.53
125
25. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
5.72
30
26. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.00
32
0.15
183
27. Endocrine Disorders
6.51
44
1.82
154
28. Fires
6.18
5
1.04
112
29. Birth Trauma
5.97
56
0.78
135
30. Meningitis
5.86
45
0.59
106
31. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
10.87
7
32. Maternal Conditions
4.92
49
0.50
110
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.69
60
0.65
181
34. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
0.22
174
35. Falls
4.45
115
3.85
129
36. Lymphomas
4.43
104
3.88
126
37. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
4.05
128
38. Drownings
3.71
54
3.24
68
39. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
6.56
126
40. Epilepsy
2.90
31
1.14
127
41. Skin Disease
2.52
37
1.14
107
42. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
1.93
174
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.43
57
0.20
178
44. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
3.43
175
45. Alcohol
1.92
62
0.33
159
46. Poisonings
1.90
48
0.39
113
47. Pertussis
1.48
55
0.08
108
48. Drug Use
1.40
73
1.16
96
49. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
0.80
171
50. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.40
144
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,950
25.51
39
0.03
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,674
8.63
5,117
4.41
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,632
8.41
26,304
22.66
4. Stroke
1,588
8.18
6,805
5.86
5. Diabetes Mellitus
1,273
6.56
12,460
10.73
6. Tuberculosis
649
3.34
769
0.66
7. Road Traffic Accidents
608
3.13
4,200
3.62
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
527
2.72
605
0.52
9. Kidney Disease
506
2.61
6,858
5.91
10. Lung Disease
482
2.48
9,456
8.15
11. Hypertension
471
2.43
1,055
0.91
12. Liver Disease
459
2.37
1,303
1.12
13. Low Birth Weight
447
2.30
536
0.46
14. Violence
389
2.00
499
0.43
15. Suicide
370
1.91
2,977
2.56
16. Congenital Anomalies
287
1.48
989
0.85
17. Birth Trauma
261
1.34
193
0.17
18. Asthma
232
1.20
6,471
5.57
19. Other Injuries
216
1.11
1,529
1.32
20. Inflammatory/Heart
177
0.91
425
0.37
21. Malnutrition
171
0.88
43
0.04
22. Cervical Cancer
164
0.85
762
0.66
23. Alzheimers & Dementia
164
0.85
6,939
5.98
24. Maternal Conditions
118
0.61
96
0.08
25. Meningitis
108
0.56
146
0.13
26. Fires
108
0.56
239
0.21
27. Oesophagus Cancer
103
0.53
1,544
1.33
28. Endocrine Disorders
103
0.53
462
0.40
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
90
0.46
38
0.03
30. Drownings
83
0.43
731
0.63
31. Lymphomas
77
0.40
1,027
0.88
32. Oral Cancer
70
0.36
2,893
2.49
33. Breast Cancer
68
0.35
1,383
1.19
34. Falls
62
0.32
964
0.83
35. Liver Cancer
57
0.29
1,090
0.94
36. Epilepsy
56
0.29
269
0.23
37. Skin Cancers
52
0.27
58
0.05
38. Parkinson's Disease
47
0.24
168
0.14
39. Pertussis
45
0.23
15
0.01
40. Lung Cancers
45
0.23
1,775
1.53
41. Prostate Cancer
45
0.23
507
0.44
42. Poisonings
42
0.22
93
0.08
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
37
0.19
49
0.04
44. Syphilis
36
0.19
15
0.01
45. Alcohol
31
0.16
82
0.07
46. Skin Disease
30
0.15
293
0.25
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
28
0.14
911
0.78
48. Drug Use
26
0.13
257
0.22
49. Ovary Cancer
19
0.10
281
0.24
50. Pancreas Cancer
16
0.08
214
0.18
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Botswana BOTSWANA   Sri Lanka SRI LANKA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
18.90
40
5.15
125
2. Prostate Cancer
13.09
119
4.61
165
3. Breast Cancer
8.55
170
9.49
165
4. Oesophagus Cancer
8.01
18
5.72
30
5. Oral Cancer
5.52
33
10.87
7
6. Skin Cancers
4.55
11
0.22
174
7. Lymphomas
4.43
104
3.88
126
8. Liver Cancer
4.32
118
4.05
128
9. Lung Cancers
3.39
153
6.56
126
10. Ovary Cancer
2.44
164
1.93
174
11. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2.09
181
3.43
175
12. Pancreas Cancer
1.33
159
0.80
171
13. Uterin Cancer
1.23
153
1.40
144
14. Leukemia
0.76
174
4.61
35
15. Stomach Cancer
0.74
182
4.94
107
16. Bladder Cancer
0.52
178
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.