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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

Compare Cameroon and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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%
Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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   Somalia SOMALIA
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Somalia SOMALIA
       
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
 
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
44.9
47.5
46.2
137
140
137
 
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
50.1
53.1
51.5
138
139
139
 
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
53.1
56.3
54.6
150
146
147
 
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
50.2
52.6
51.4
158
162
158
 
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
54.1
56.4
55.3
169
169
169
 
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
60.3
64.5
62.4
168
168
169
 
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.3
64.5
168
168
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
65.5
69.3
164
165
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
66.4
70.1
163
163
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
66.9
70.5
164
162
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
67.3
70.9
164
162
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
67.8
71.3
164
162
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
68.4
71.9
164
160
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
69.1
72.6
164
160
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
70.0
73.5
160
159
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
71.1
74.6
157
156
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
72.5
75.7
156
151
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
74.0
77.0
150
150
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
75.8
78.4
149
148
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
77.9
80.0
147
146
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
80.2
81.9
144
139
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
83.0
84.3
140
129
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
86.1
87.1
133
114
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
89.6
90.3
124
100
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
122.39
77
129.66
67
2. Stroke
118.87
44
150.17
23
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
116.04
17
155.59
3
4. HIV/AIDS
73.92
16
6.27
71
5. Diabetes Mellitus
57.00
30
48.19
41
6. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.91
29
128.81
3
7. Kidney Disease
46.48
14
31.84
49
8. Tuberculosis
40.86
25
109.27
5
9. Road Traffic Accidents
40.18
24
38.94
28
10. Liver Disease
36.47
37
57.15
7
11. Malaria
34.53
28
16.08
36
12. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
12.27
123
13. Lung Disease
26.42
70
44.55
22
14. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
33.65
7
15. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
23.71
28
16. Hypertension
21.74
73
50.05
15
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.71
37
18.02
82
18. Suicide
15.92
25
14.66
29
19. Other Injuries
15.43
20
31.38
1
20. Asthma
14.72
40
25.62
9
21. Meningitis
14.28
16
31.66
1
22. Maternal Conditions
11.24
29
38.60
1
23. Birth Trauma
11.19
17
16.45
1
24. Low Birth Weight
11.05
26
11.34
25
25. Falls
10.66
18
7.93
52
26. Congenital Anomalies
10.13
7
8.94
20
27. Endocrine Disorders
9.27
24
3.58
88
28. Inflammatory/Heart
7.89
42
5.86
70
29. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
3.62
148
30. Parkinson's Disease
6.68
15
3.95
100
31. Violence
6.68
73
6.81
70
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.68
35
8.06
22
33. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
4.64
44
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
8.09
101
35. Malnutrition
5.84
47
42.27
1
36. Drug Use
5.35
8
0.62
150
37. Pertussis
5.10
13
6.89
3
38. Fires
4.38
18
6.16
6
39. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
4.92
109
40. Epilepsy
4.11
7
3.50
15
41. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
8.19
6
42. Drownings
3.78
50
6.47
16
43. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
1.69
148
44. Lymphomas
2.94
152
7.68
12
45. Skin Disease
2.88
31
1.92
73
46. Poisonings
2.80
23
5.99
1
47. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
3.67
149
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.67
48
5.27
20
49. War
2.54
11
9.09
5
50. Schistosomiasis
2.30
19
6.08
2
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,694
11.00
21,712
13.71
2. HIV/AIDS
13,888
7.75
610
0.39
3. Diarrhoeal diseases
11,849
6.62
15,363
9.70
4. Malaria
11,233
6.27
1,942
1.23
5. Stroke
11,199
6.25
8,595
5.43
6. Coronary Heart Disease
10,695
5.97
7,233
4.57
7. Birth Trauma
8,243
4.60
9,573
6.04
8. Low Birth Weight
7,950
4.44
6,250
3.95
9. Road Traffic Accidents
7,810
4.36
4,231
2.67
10. Tuberculosis
7,414
4.14
10,261
6.48
11. Diabetes Mellitus
5,468
3.05
2,888
1.82
12. Congenital Anomalies
5,258
2.94
3,410
2.15
13. Kidney Disease
5,140
2.87
2,051
1.29
14. Liver Disease
4,531
2.53
3,917
2.47
15. Meningitis
3,441
1.92
5,381
3.40
16. Other Injuries
3,289
1.84
3,602
2.27
17. Maternal Conditions
2,615
1.46
4,127
2.61
18. Endocrine Disorders
2,474
1.38
406
0.26
19. Suicide
2,333
1.30
1,219
0.77
20. Lung Disease
2,310
1.29
2,442
1.54
21. Pertussis
2,288
1.28
2,054
1.30
22. Hypertension
2,035
1.14
2,643
1.67
23. Breast Cancer
1,874
1.05
1,232
0.78
24. Violence
1,666
0.93
828
0.52
25. Asthma
1,619
0.90
1,878
1.19
26. Cervical Cancer
1,582
0.88
883
0.56
27. Falls
1,235
0.69
548
0.35
28. Malnutrition
1,218
0.68
4,825
3.05
29. Drownings
1,178
0.66
1,272
0.80
30. Syphilis
1,170
0.65
378
0.24
31. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,157
0.65
647
0.41
32. Measles
1,028
0.57
11,576
7.31
33. Inflammatory/Heart
986
0.55
521
0.33
34. Prostate Cancer
940
0.52
285
0.18
35. Drug Use
928
0.52
54
0.03
36. Fires
908
0.51
810
0.51
37. Liver Cancer
875
0.49
256
0.16
38. Epilepsy
867
0.48
419
0.26
39. Oral Cancer
845
0.47
328
0.21
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
754
0.42
559
0.35
41. Poisonings
666
0.37
758
0.48
42. War
643
0.36
1,318
0.83
43. Colon-Rectum Cancers
569
0.32
546
0.34
44. Lymphomas
489
0.27
605
0.38
45. Stomach Cancer
458
0.26
310
0.20
46. Parkinson's Disease
449
0.25
184
0.12
47. Hepatitis B
336
0.19
315
0.20
48. Skin Disease
324
0.18
151
0.10
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
323
0.18
446
0.28
50. Ovary Cancer
303
0.17
295
0.19
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Cameroon CAMEROON   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
29.36
31
12.27
123
2. Breast Cancer
23.24
36
33.65
7
3. Cervical Cancer
23.20
29
23.71
28
4. Liver Cancer
6.88
58
3.62
148
5. Oral Cancer
6.50
24
4.64
44
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
5.92
135
8.09
101
7. Stomach Cancer
4.30
128
4.92
109
8. Ovary Cancer
4.11
102
8.19
6
9. Pancreas Cancer
3.03
112
1.69
148
10. Lymphomas
2.94
152
7.68
12
11. Lung Cancers
2.77
162
3.67
149
12. Skin Cancers
1.92
89
2.55
50
13. Leukemia
1.52
160
6.38
1
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.32
137
7.97
19
15. Uterin Cancer
1.27
152
2.44
83
16. Bladder Cancer
0.54
177
2.40
74
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.