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Cameroon
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
CAMEROON VS RUSSIA

Compare Cameroon and Russia 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.

Russia
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
Cameroon Population Pyramid
50,573,036
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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Russia Population Pyramid
135,824,486
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
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Russia RUSSIA
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Russia RUSSIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
40.5
43.1
41.7
141
134
137
  
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
N/D
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
  
63.1
73.4
68.1
60
27
42
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
  
61.4
73.0
67.0
85
47
67
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
  
63.8
74.3
68.9
98
55
79
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
  
58.7
72.0
65.0
132
98
119
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
  
62.4
74.6
68.4
134
97
115
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
  
68.2
78.0
73.2
118
74
96
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Russia RUSSIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age
60.3
64.5
168
168
68.2
78.0
118
74
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
68.6
78.4
138
84
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
68.7
78.5
140
84
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
68.7
78.5
143
84
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
68.9
78.6
145
84
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
69.3
78.8
144
84
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
69.7
78.9
144
83
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
70.4
79.2
144
81
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
71.3
79.7
144
79
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
72.4
80.2
137
76
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
73.7
80.7
132
73
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
75.1
81.4
130
73
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
76.8
82.2
121
70
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
79.0
83.2
109
70
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
81.5
84.4
91
70
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
84.2
86.0
79
71
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
87.3
88.0
64
72
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
90.8
90.5
36
76
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Russia RUSSIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
204.50
27
2. Stroke
118.87
44
117.23
48
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
15.22
134
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
12.88
52
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
7.12
157
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
0.22
173
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
4.70
172
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
4.61
85
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
11.23
119
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
22.50
82
11. Malaria
34.53
28
0.00
155
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
15.95
91
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
13.54
148
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
16.34
98
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
6.54
111
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
6.77
149
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
15.07
134
18. Suicide
15.92
25
21.60
11
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
12.19
43
20. Asthma
14.72
40
0.72
147
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
0.56
109
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
0.20
131
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
0.56
148
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
1.62
153
25. Falls
10.66
18
5.79
87
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
3.54
146
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
1.08
172
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
26.37
5
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
4.52
115
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
3.18
137
31. Violence
6.68
73
7.00
68
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
3.67
74
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
4.78
41
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
16.55
16
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
0.11
152
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
5.40
7
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
0.00
154
38. Fires
4.38
18
3.25
43
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
11.80
24
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
0.41
181
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
5.99
33
42. Drownings
3.78
50
4.19
41
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
8.15
20
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
3.91
124
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
1.23
104
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
3.11
15
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
22.20
39
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
1.19
102
49. War
2.54
11
0.08
56
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
0.00
159
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Russia RUSSIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
32,404
1.97
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
21,262
1.29
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
403
0.02
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
0
0.00
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
327,199
19.87
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
562,711
34.17
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
714
0.04
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
2,153
0.13
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
17,507
1.06
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
8,422
0.51
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
18,345
1.11
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
4,201
0.26
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
11,581
0.70
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
45,463
2.76
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
1,037
0.06
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
22,517
1.37
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
267
0.02
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
2,004
0.12
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
36,625
2.22
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
36,600
2.22
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
2
0.00
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
18,348
1.11
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
23,242
1.41
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
11,450
0.70
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
1,764
0.11
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
7,423
0.45
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
11,705
0.71
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
242
0.01
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
6,629
0.40
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
19
0.00
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
48,522
2.95
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
0
0.00
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
54,060
3.28
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
14,107
0.86
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
9,113
0.55
36. Fires
908
0.51
6,387
0.39
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
11,165
0.68
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
718
0.04
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
10,880
0.66
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
8,938
0.54
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
5,565
0.34
42. War
643
0.36
123
0.01
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
42,633
2.59
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
8,919
0.54
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
29,386
1.78
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
9,371
0.57
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
43
0.00
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
2,735
0.17
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
2,770
0.17
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
8,123
0.49
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Russia RUSSIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
15.95
91
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
16.34
98
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
6.54
111
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
4.52
115
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
4.78
41
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
16.55
16
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
11.80
24
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
5.99
33
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
8.15
20
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
3.91
124
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
22.20
39
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
2.35
58
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
3.74
85
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
3.07
69
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
4.45
25
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
2.41
73
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.