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Congo
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
CONGO VS DR CONGO

Compare Congo and DR Congo 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.

DR Congo
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
Congo Population Pyramid
10,701,991
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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DR Congo Population Pyramid
194,488,663
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
  Congo CONGO   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Congo CONGO   DR Congo DR CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
  
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
1970
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
  
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
1980
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
  
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
1990
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
  
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
2000
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
  
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
2010
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
  
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
2019
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
  
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   DR Congo DR CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.8
65.6
140
158
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age
63.8
65.6
140
158
60.0
64.8
170
165
Age 5
67.3
68.6
147
171
66.0
70.3
161
156
Age 10
67.6
68.9
148
172
66.7
71.0
159
153
Age 15
67.8
69.0
148
172
67.4
71.5
157
153
Age 20
68.2
69.4
147
172
67.8
71.8
158
153
Age 25
68.7
69.7
147
172
68.3
72.2
157
153
Age 30
69.2
70.3
147
172
68.8
72.6
157
154
Age 35
69.8
70.9
147
171
69.4
73.1
157
156
Age 40
70.5
71.8
148
173
70.1
73.7
157
157
Age 45
71.4
72.8
150
174
71.0
74.5
158
158
Age 50
72.6
74.1
151
172
72.2
75.4
158
157
Age 55
74.0
75.5
151
171
73.6
76.5
160
156
Age 60
75.7
77.1
150
171
75.4
77.9
160
157
Age 65
77.8
78.9
149
171
77.5
79.6
159
155
Age 70
80.2
80.9
147
170
80.0
81.5
156
154
Age 75
82.9
83.4
146
167
82.8
83.9
152
147
Age 80
86.0
86.3
140
164
85.9
86.7
148
143
Age 85
89.3
89.5
148
165
89.4
90.0
139
137
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   DR Congo DR CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.74
63
108.48
92
2. Stroke
120.40
39
112.53
56
3. HIV/AIDS
101.72
12
19.43
44
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
86.29
37
117.32
16
5. Tuberculosis
75.20
10
79.20
9
6. Hypertension
52.27
12
50.51
14
7. Diabetes Mellitus
51.04
38
36.82
69
8. Malaria
49.23
9
28.55
33
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
43.98
42
55.99
28
10. Road Traffic Accidents
39.65
27
39.80
25
11. Liver Disease
36.31
40
36.25
41
12. Prostate Cancer
31.52
25
31.05
27
13. Lung Disease
31.45
46
44.15
23
14. Kidney Disease
29.78
60
24.38
79
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.22
43
19.83
52
16. Cervical Cancer
13.92
60
22.64
30
17. Asthma
13.81
44
20.76
18
18. Maternal Conditions
12.50
22
16.42
13
19. Violence
11.99
41
16.45
27
20. Suicide
11.62
55
12.41
45
21. Breast Cancer
9.95
160
15.42
112
22. Other Injuries
9.74
68
12.62
40
23. Malnutrition
9.47
31
11.91
24
24. Low Birth Weight
9.29
42
11.44
22
25. Inflammatory/Heart
9.18
32
9.82
29
26. Birth Trauma
7.30
48
10.95
18
27. Falls
7.27
66
8.41
41
28. Meningitis
6.68
42
11.11
32
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.57
65
7.74
35
30. Liver Cancer
6.39
68
9.59
31
31. Endocrine Disorders
6.36
46
10.69
18
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.10
56
5.00
58
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.68
62
3.70
117
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
161
9.05
87
35. Stomach Cancer
3.94
131
6.55
82
36. Pertussis
3.65
20
4.63
14
37. Ovary Cancer
3.37
130
3.08
143
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.80
45
4.14
24
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
164
3.48
152
40. Fires
2.74
56
3.03
48
41. Lymphomas
2.21
171
4.48
101
42. Epilepsy
2.02
67
2.36
50
43. Skin Disease
2.02
62
1.81
79
44. Poisonings
2.00
44
2.58
30
45. Pancreas Cancer
1.96
144
2.92
114
46. Drownings
1.92
118
3.10
72
47. Drug Use
1.92
49
1.25
88
48. Skin Cancers
1.82
96
2.16
74
49. Measles
1.76
26
24.57
4
50. Schistosomiasis
1.72
28
2.63
13
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Congo CONGO   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,509
13.73
13,286
2.02
2. Tuberculosis
2,781
8.47
43,759
6.65
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,576
7.85
73,546
11.18
4. Coronary Heart Disease
2,494
7.60
34,713
5.28
5. Stroke
2,267
6.90
36,596
5.56
6. Malaria
1,977
6.02
41,813
6.35
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,598
4.87
30,256
4.60
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,304
3.97
41,301
6.28
9. Low Birth Weight
1,283
3.91
34,668
5.27
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,050
3.20
12,902
1.96
11. Birth Trauma
997
3.04
33,075
5.03
12. Hypertension
933
2.84
15,743
2.39
13. Liver Disease
931
2.84
15,044
2.29
14. Congenital Anomalies
729
2.22
16,256
2.47
15. Kidney Disease
613
1.87
9,077
1.38
16. Maternal Conditions
578
1.76
10,513
1.60
17. Lung Disease
541
1.65
13,527
2.06
18. Violence
539
1.64
11,120
1.69
19. Suicide
349
1.06
5,812
0.88
20. Other Injuries
333
1.01
8,272
1.26
21. Pertussis
329
1.00
7,921
1.20
22. Meningitis
299
0.91
11,568
1.76
23. Asthma
291
0.89
7,733
1.18
24. Malnutrition
272
0.83
8,910
1.35
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
230
0.70
4,548
0.69
26. Inflammatory/Heart
220
0.67
4,045
0.61
27. Endocrine Disorders
208
0.63
7,380
1.12
28. Prostate Cancer
198
0.60
3,948
0.60
29. Cervical Cancer
196
0.60
4,823
0.73
30. Liver Cancer
169
0.51
3,840
0.58
31. Measles
159
0.48
42,254
6.42
32. Breast Cancer
159
0.48
3,416
0.52
33. Falls
149
0.45
3,483
0.53
34. Syphilis
107
0.33
3,751
0.57
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
105
0.32
1,923
0.29
36. Drownings
104
0.32
3,454
0.52
37. Fires
90
0.27
2,007
0.31
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
89
0.27
2,966
0.45
39. Stomach Cancer
88
0.27
2,579
0.39
40. Epilepsy
76
0.23
1,727
0.26
41. Poisonings
71
0.22
1,729
0.26
42. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.21
1,035
0.16
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
67
0.20
1,728
0.26
44. Drug Use
65
0.20
638
0.10
45. Lymphomas
61
0.19
2,061
0.31
46. Leukemia
57
0.17
1,871
0.28
47. Lung Cancers
54
0.16
1,158
0.18
48. Ovary Cancer
49
0.15
656
0.10
49. Alcohol
46
0.14
635
0.10
50. Skin Disease
46
0.14
781
0.12
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   DR Congo DR CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.52
25
31.05
27
2. Cervical Cancer
13.92
60
22.64
30
3. Breast Cancer
9.95
160
15.42
112
4. Liver Cancer
6.39
68
9.59
31
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
161
9.05
87
6. Stomach Cancer
3.94
131
6.55
82
7. Ovary Cancer
3.37
130
3.08
143
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
164
3.48
152
9. Lymphomas
2.21
171
4.48
101
10. Pancreas Cancer
1.96
144
2.92
114
11. Skin Cancers
1.82
96
2.16
74
12. Leukemia
1.70
157
3.40
102
13. Uterin Cancer
1.40
146
1.91
111
14. Oral Cancer
1.35
166
2.21
121
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
164
2.18
101
16. Bladder Cancer
0.72
168
0.78
167
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.