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Burundi
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 Burundi and United States 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.

United States
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
Burundi Population Pyramid
25,324,770
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%
United States Population Pyramid
379,419,097
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
  Burundi BURUNDI   United States UNITED STATES
  Burundi BURUNDI   United States UNITED STATES
       
World Rank
       
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.8
43.0
41.4
144
136
141
 
66.6
73.1
69.8
23
15
16
1970
42.2
45.4
43.8
152
146
148
 
67.1
74.7
70.8
24
12
21
1980
45.1
48.5
46.8
156
153
156
 
70.0
77.5
73.7
22
11
18
1990
44.3
47.9
46.1
175
173
175
 
71.8
78.8
75.2
29
17
21
2000
48.6
53.0
50.8
165
157
161
 
74.0
79.5
76.8
28
29
28
2010
55.1
58.5
56.8
167
163
165
 
76.2
81.1
78.7
30
30
30
2019
61.5
66.1
63.8
157
154
157
 
76.3
80.7
78.5
41
42
40
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   United States UNITED STATES
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
61.5
66.1
157
154
76.3
80.7
41
42
Age 5
65.6
69.8
163
160
76.8
81.2
42
45
Age 10
66.3
70.5
164
158
76.9
81.2
43
45
Age 15
66.9
71.0
163
157
76.9
81.3
43
45
Age 20
67.4
71.3
163
157
77.1
81.4
43
45
Age 25
67.9
71.7
162
158
77.5
81.5
43
45
Age 30
68.5
72.1
162
158
77.9
81.7
41
45
Age 35
69.1
72.6
163
158
78.3
81.9
41
43
Age 40
69.8
73.3
165
161
78.8
82.2
40
43
Age 45
70.7
74.1
165
161
79.3
82.5
40
42
Age 50
71.9
75.0
164
162
79.9
83.0
41
41
Age 55
73.4
76.2
163
163
80.7
83.6
40
40
Age 60
75.2
77.6
162
162
81.8
84.4
37
38
Age 65
77.4
79.4
161
161
83.1
85.3
34
38
Age 70
79.9
81.4
159
158
84.6
86.4
32
38
Age 75
82.8
83.8
153
154
86.5
87.7
23
35
Age 80
85.9
86.7
150
148
88.6
89.4
18
27
Age 85
89.4
90.0
140
134
91.1
91.5
22
30
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   United States UNITED STATES
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
120.74
38
22.27
164
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
108.07
22
8.86
163
3. Coronary Heart Disease
106.91
96
73.49
142
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
82.80
11
1.55
114
5. Cervical Cancer
54.69
4
2.77
151
6. Road Traffic Accidents
52.10
7
11.10
120
7. Malaria
47.79
13
0.00
180
8. Lung Disease
39.25
29
28.49
60
9. Liver Disease
37.93
30
8.98
134
10. Diabetes Mellitus
36.33
72
10.58
144
11. Hypertension
34.16
33
10.26
133
12. Tuberculosis
32.77
33
0.09
178
13. Prostate Cancer
29.71
28
11.64
126
14. Malnutrition
24.88
5
0.90
104
15. Kidney Disease
23.88
87
13.08
127
16. HIV/AIDS
21.41
42
1.37
113
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
18.72
73
33.26
8
18. Asthma
16.37
33
0.84
141
19. Other Injuries
15.70
18
5.11
130
20. Maternal Conditions
14.09
18
0.26
129
21. Meningitis
13.34
22
0.15
166
22. Breast Cancer
12.68
135
15.93
105
23. Suicide
12.12
51
14.51
31
24. Oesophagus Cancer
11.03
10
3.04
71
25. Low Birth Weight
9.11
44
2.37
138
26. Birth Trauma
9.01
35
0.42
157
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.72
92
10.28
71
28. Falls
8.15
48
5.68
90
29. Violence
7.34
64
6.00
81
30. Liver Cancer
7.21
55
4.69
110
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
7.20
29
0.55
170
32. Congenital Anomalies
6.87
55
3.78
140
33. Oral Cancer
5.99
31
2.01
132
34. Lymphomas
5.92
47
6.36
31
35. Stomach Cancer
5.17
103
2.24
173
36. Inflammatory/Heart
4.86
89
5.64
73
37. Fires
4.37
19
0.73
124
38. Schistosomiasis
4.29
3
0.00
179
39. Ovary Cancer
4.07
105
4.70
79
40. Drownings
4.01
46
1.19
140
41. Poisonings
3.80
9
0.46
102
42. Parkinson's Disease
3.74
116
4.55
68
43. Endocrine Disorders
3.29
98
8.22
28
44. Skin Cancers
3.16
27
2.36
57
45. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3.07
40
0.55
152
46. Uterin Cancer
2.95
57
3.11
50
47. Epilepsy
2.66
39
0.78
159
48. Bladder Cancer
2.61
67
2.84
61
49. Leukemia
1.96
153
4.43
49
50. Lung Cancers
1.91
174
25.54
24
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Burundi BURUNDI   United States UNITED STATES
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
7,810
11.30
60,317
2.41
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,046
8.75
9,955
0.40
3. Malaria
5,163
7.47
0
0.00
4. Stroke
4,323
6.26
158,520
6.33
5. Road Traffic Accidents
4,089
5.92
41,694
1.66
6. Coronary Heart Disease
3,718
5.38
504,904
20.15
7. Birth Trauma
3,183
4.61
1,233
0.05
8. Low Birth Weight
3,171
4.59
6,924
0.28
9. Malnutrition
2,500
3.62
6,762
0.27
10. Tuberculosis
2,385
3.45
546
0.02
11. HIV/AIDS
1,814
2.63
5,660
0.23
12. Congenital Anomalies
1,788
2.59
11,762
0.47
13. Liver Disease
1,767
2.56
43,402
1.73
14. Cervical Cancer
1,474
2.13
6,984
0.28
15. Other Injuries
1,413
2.04
25,997
1.04
16. Diabetes Mellitus
1,383
2.00
61,418
2.45
17. Lung Disease
1,349
1.95
195,387
7.80
18. Maternal Conditions
1,332
1.93
779
0.03
19. Meningitis
1,322
1.91
606
0.02
20. Hypertension
1,113
1.61
65,960
2.63
21. Kidney Disease
1,001
1.45
85,861
3.43
22. Asthma
836
1.21
3,818
0.15
23. Violence
760
1.10
18,976
0.76
24. Suicide
720
1.04
53,099
2.12
25. Drownings
598
0.87
4,070
0.16
26. Oesophagus Cancer
455
0.66
17,829
0.71
27. Alzheimers & Dementia
426
0.62
287,198
11.46
28. Fires
425
0.62
3,183
0.13
29. Liver Cancer
389
0.56
27,064
1.08
30. Falls
385
0.56
40,418
1.61
31. Lymphomas
379
0.55
40,281
1.61
32. Pertussis
378
0.55
16
0.00
33. Prostate Cancer
374
0.54
35,612
1.42
34. Poisonings
369
0.53
1,674
0.07
35. Breast Cancer
355
0.51
48,671
1.94
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
340
0.49
3,461
0.14
37. Colon-Rectum Cancers
324
0.47
61,827
2.47
38. Inflammatory/Heart
311
0.45
32,529
1.30
39. Oral Cancer
285
0.41
11,555
0.46
40. Endocrine Disorders
275
0.40
46,985
1.87
41. Epilepsy
234
0.34
3,162
0.13
42. Schistosomiasis
211
0.31
1
0.00
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
181
0.26
3,646
0.15
44. Stomach Cancer
180
0.26
13,077
0.52
45. Tetanus
178
0.26
2
0.00
46. Upper Respiratory
136
0.20
229
0.01
47. Leukemia
135
0.20
26,966
1.08
48. Skin Cancers
121
0.18
14,311
0.57
49. Bladder Cancer
109
0.16
19,622
0.78
50. Appendicitis
109
0.16
424
0.02
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Burundi BURUNDI   United States UNITED STATES
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
54.69
4
2.77
151
2. Prostate Cancer
29.71
28
11.64
126
3. Breast Cancer
12.68
135
15.93
105
4. Oesophagus Cancer
11.03
10
3.04
71
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
8.72
92
10.28
71
6. Liver Cancer
7.21
55
4.69
110
7. Oral Cancer
5.99
31
2.01
132
8. Lymphomas
5.92
47
6.36
31
9. Stomach Cancer
5.17
103
2.24
173
10. Ovary Cancer
4.07
105
4.70
79
11. Skin Cancers
3.16
27
2.36
57
12. Uterin Cancer
2.95
57
3.11
50
13. Bladder Cancer
2.61
67
2.84
61
14. Leukemia
1.96
153
4.43
49
15. Lung Cancers
1.91
174
25.54
24
16. Pancreas Cancer
1.71
147
7.26
36
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.