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Burkina Faso
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 Burkina Faso and Bahamas 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.

Bahamas
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
Burkina Faso Population Pyramid
43,432,174
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%
Bahamas Population Pyramid
463,329
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
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Bahamas BAHAMAS
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.3
36.0
36.7
154
165
160
 
60.9
65.9
63.3
51
47
49
1970
42.2
42.7
42.4
151
158
155
 
63.1
69.4
66.2
59
48
55
1980
46.3
48.4
47.3
153
154
154
 
63.8
71.8
67.7
73
59
64
1990
48.4
51.6
50.0
161
163
161
 
66.0
73.3
69.5
76
69
70
2000
48.8
51.4
50.1
164
165
163
 
69.5
75.7
72.6
65
53
55
2010
56.6
58.3
57.5
159
164
162
 
71.7
78.1
75.0
65
51
56
2019
60.1
65.2
62.7
169
162
166
 
69.9
76.6
73.2
101
94
98
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Bahamas BAHAMAS
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.1
65.2
169
162
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age
60.1
65.2
169
162
69.9
76.6
101
94
Age 5
66.1
71.0
159
150
70.7
77.4
115
94
Age 10
66.7
71.7
160
146
70.8
77.5
115
94
Age 15
67.1
72.1
159
147
70.9
77.6
114
94
Age 20
67.6
72.4
159
147
71.3
77.8
113
93
Age 25
68.1
72.8
159
146
71.9
78.0
110
93
Age 30
68.7
73.2
159
146
72.6
78.4
102
92
Age 35
69.3
73.7
158
147
73.5
78.8
97
91
Age 40
70.0
74.2
159
149
74.4
79.3
90
86
Age 45
71.0
74.9
159
150
75.4
79.9
85
82
Age 50
72.1
75.7
162
150
76.5
80.6
80
75
Age 55
73.5
76.8
162
151
77.7
81.4
77
71
Age 60
75.2
78.1
161
152
79.1
82.4
70
66
Age 65
77.4
79.7
163
152
80.8
83.6
67
61
Age 70
79.8
81.6
161
149
82.8
85.0
61
57
Age 75
82.7
84.1
157
140
85.0
86.6
61
56
Age 80
85.9
86.9
151
128
87.5
88.7
56
52
Age 85
89.5
90.3
128
104
90.2
91.3
64
38
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Bahamas BAHAMAS
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
131.79
66
89.11
124
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
122.30
12
27.39
90
3. Stroke
95.70
77
60.37
118
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
83.63
10
1.45
115
5. Malaria
49.69
7
0.00
79
6. Road Traffic Accidents
43.30
16
7.42
134
7. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
8.93
90
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.67
65
40.27
61
9. Liver Disease
32.34
53
16.20
103
10. Hypertension
31.19
42
53.15
10
11. Kidney Disease
31.16
51
30.95
52
12. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
44.70
10
13. Endocrine Disorders
25.05
2
16.00
7
14. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.98
34
16.83
110
15. HIV/AIDS
20.42
43
32.20
32
16. Lung Disease
18.73
110
9.23
170
17. Meningitis
18.01
8
0.61
105
18. Other Injuries
16.52
15
16.64
13
19. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
30.82
10
20. Tuberculosis
15.11
55
0.08
180
21. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
3.07
163
22. Suicide
14.38
33
3.37
159
23. Malnutrition
14.30
17
1.19
94
24. Asthma
11.80
54
2.16
112
25. Violence
11.16
45
36.36
10
26. Low Birth Weight
10.86
31
3.70
109
27. Birth Trauma
10.42
22
1.47
107
28. Falls
10.27
19
4.97
103
29. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
4.71
120
30. Inflammatory/Heart
9.08
35
11.79
20
31. Maternal Conditions
8.05
37
1.63
75
32. Congenital Anomalies
7.94
34
4.13
133
33. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
11.03
61
34. Parkinson's Disease
5.51
35
4.97
49
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.07
57
2.69
90
36. War
4.60
10
0.16
42
37. Fires
4.29
22
2.66
59
38. Poisonings
3.69
10
0.16
155
39. Drownings
3.55
61
6.38
17
40. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
0.62
174
41. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
4.61
82
42. Measles
3.12
21
0.00
105
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.06
42
1.06
112
44. Epilepsy
3.04
29
1.91
73
45. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
7.39
119
46. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
0.23
173
47. Schistosomiasis
2.73
10
0.00
83
48. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
0.83
179
49. Lymphomas
2.58
161
6.37
30
50. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
2.66
125
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,807
12.47
98
4.18
2. Malaria
14,602
10.84
0
0.00
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,887
8.82
5
0.21
4. Coronary Heart Disease
8,117
6.02
334
14.26
5. Low Birth Weight
6,809
5.05
16
0.68
6. Birth Trauma
6,426
4.77
6
0.26
7. Stroke
6,324
4.69
224
9.56
8. Road Traffic Accidents
6,303
4.68
30
1.28
9. Endocrine Disorders
4,794
3.56
62
2.65
10. Congenital Anomalies
3,515
2.61
16
0.68
11. Meningitis
3,375
2.50
2
0.09
12. HIV/AIDS
3,100
2.30
134
5.72
13. Malnutrition
2,868
2.13
4
0.17
14. Liver Disease
2,722
2.02
67
2.86
15. Other Injuries
2,637
1.96
67
2.86
16. Diabetes Mellitus
2,609
1.94
154
6.58
17. Kidney Disease
2,398
1.78
120
5.12
18. Cervical Cancer
2,122
1.57
21
0.90
19. Hypertension
2,020
1.50
198
8.45
20. Tuberculosis
1,968
1.46
0
0.00
21. Violence
1,943
1.44
148
6.32
22. Suicide
1,521
1.13
14
0.60
23. Maternal Conditions
1,379
1.02
6
0.26
24. Liver Cancer
1,309
0.97
12
0.51
25. Measles
1,196
0.89
0
0.00
26. Lung Disease
1,161
0.86
33
1.41
27. Asthma
941
0.70
9
0.38
28. Drownings
910
0.68
26
1.11
29. War
884
0.66
1
0.04
30. Breast Cancer
862
0.64
69
2.95
31. Falls
828
0.61
18
0.77
32. Stomach Cancer
777
0.58
18
0.77
33. Alzheimers & Dementia
767
0.57
53
2.26
34. Pertussis
746
0.55
0
0.00
35. Inflammatory/Heart
743
0.55
47
2.01
36. Fires
704
0.52
10
0.43
37. Poisonings
620
0.46
1
0.04
38. Prostate Cancer
514
0.38
65
2.78
39. Colon-Rectum Cancers
478
0.35
42
1.79
40. Epilepsy
477
0.35
8
0.34
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
410
0.30
10
0.43
42. Syphilis
294
0.22
0
0.00
43. Lymphomas
280
0.21
25
1.07
44. Rheumatic Heart Disease
269
0.20
4
0.17
45. Bladder Cancer
265
0.20
2
0.09
46. Parkinson's Disease
252
0.19
17
0.73
47. Schistosomiasis
249
0.18
0
0.00
48. Lung Cancers
242
0.18
29
1.24
49. Oral Cancer
227
0.17
3
0.13
50. Skin Cancers
220
0.16
1
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO   Bahamas BAHAMAS
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
42.15
12
8.93
90
2. Prostate Cancer
27.33
35
44.70
10
3. Breast Cancer
16.06
101
30.82
10
4. Liver Cancer
14.45
15
3.07
163
5. Stomach Cancer
9.32
49
4.71
120
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.07
134
11.03
61
7. Bladder Cancer
3.26
49
0.62
174
8. Ovary Cancer
3.23
139
4.61
82
9. Lung Cancers
3.02
158
7.39
119
10. Skin Cancers
2.91
34
0.23
173
11. Oral Cancer
2.71
95
0.83
179
12. Lymphomas
2.58
161
6.37
30
13. Pancreas Cancer
2.01
142
2.66
125
14. Uterin Cancer
1.67
129
6.41
9
15. Oesophagus Cancer
1.17
147
2.12
105
16. Leukemia
0.82
172
2.45
143
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.