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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 JAPAN

Compare Congo and Japan 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.

Japan
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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Japan Population Pyramid
105,804,023
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   Japan JAPAN
  Congo CONGO   Japan JAPAN
       
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
  
65.3
70.1
67.7
31
35
35
1970
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
  
69.4
74.7
72.0
9
13
10
1980
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
  
73.6
78.8
76.1
1
5
1
1990
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
  
75.9
81.9
78.8
1
1
1
2000
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
  
77.6
84.5
81.1
2
1
1
2010
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
  
79.5
86.3
83.0
5
1
1
2019
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
  
81.5
86.9
84.3
2
1
1
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Japan JAPAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.8
65.6
140
158
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age
63.8
65.6
140
158
81.5
86.9
2
1
Age 5
67.3
68.6
147
171
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 10
67.6
68.9
148
172
81.7
87.2
2
1
Age 15
67.8
69.0
148
172
81.8
87.2
2
1
Age 20
68.2
69.4
147
172
81.9
87.2
2
1
Age 25
68.7
69.7
147
172
82.0
87.3
2
1
Age 30
69.2
70.3
147
172
82.1
87.4
2
1
Age 35
69.8
70.9
147
171
82.2
87.4
3
1
Age 40
70.5
71.8
148
173
82.4
87.6
3
1
Age 45
71.4
72.8
150
174
82.6
87.7
3
1
Age 50
72.6
74.1
151
172
82.9
87.9
3
1
Age 55
74.0
75.5
151
171
83.4
88.2
3
1
Age 60
75.7
77.1
150
171
84.0
88.6
3
1
Age 65
77.8
78.9
149
171
84.8
89.0
4
1
Age 70
80.2
80.9
147
170
86.0
89.6
2
1
Age 75
82.9
83.4
146
167
87.3
90.3
6
1
Age 80
86.0
86.3
140
164
89.0
91.3
8
2
Age 85
89.3
89.5
148
165
91.4
92.8
9
3
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Japan JAPAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
133.74
63
30.62
181
2. Stroke
120.40
39
23.21
161
3. HIV/AIDS
101.72
12
0.03
164
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
86.29
37
16.56
129
5. Tuberculosis
75.20
10
0.53
140
6. Hypertension
52.27
12
1.07
183
7. Diabetes Mellitus
51.04
38
1.35
182
8. Malaria
49.23
9
0.00
120
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
43.98
42
0.53
161
10. Road Traffic Accidents
39.65
27
2.21
175
11. Liver Disease
36.31
40
4.78
164
12. Prostate Cancer
31.52
25
6.05
157
13. Lung Disease
31.45
46
12.69
156
14. Kidney Disease
29.78
60
7.61
154
15. Alzheimers & Dementia
20.22
43
7.87
159
16. Cervical Cancer
13.92
60
2.73
152
17. Asthma
13.81
44
0.36
174
18. Maternal Conditions
12.50
22
0.04
175
19. Violence
11.99
41
0.19
183
20. Suicide
11.62
55
12.24
49
21. Breast Cancer
9.95
160
10.31
155
22. Other Injuries
9.74
68
4.92
133
23. Malnutrition
9.47
31
0.41
118
24. Low Birth Weight
9.29
42
0.32
183
25. Inflammatory/Heart
9.18
32
2.08
163
26. Birth Trauma
7.30
48
0.17
180
27. Falls
7.27
66
1.98
173
28. Meningitis
6.68
42
0.09
180
29. Congenital Anomalies
6.57
65
2.49
167
30. Liver Cancer
6.39
68
6.62
62
31. Endocrine Disorders
6.36
46
2.36
135
32. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.10
56
0.61
169
33. Parkinson's Disease
4.68
62
2.33
156
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
161
13.59
37
35. Stomach Cancer
3.94
131
11.47
28
36. Pertussis
3.65
20
0.00
149
37. Ovary Cancer
3.37
130
3.30
136
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.80
45
0.40
162
39. Lung Cancers
2.77
164
18.06
66
40. Fires
2.74
56
0.33
161
41. Lymphomas
2.21
171
4.22
111
42. Epilepsy
2.02
67
0.51
176
43. Skin Disease
2.02
62
0.47
142
44. Poisonings
2.00
44
0.14
160
45. Pancreas Cancer
1.96
144
8.87
10
46. Drownings
1.92
118
2.12
109
47. Drug Use
1.92
49
0.33
177
48. Skin Cancers
1.82
96
0.42
167
49. Measles
1.76
26
0.00
137
50. Schistosomiasis
1.72
28
0.00
125
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Congo CONGO   Japan JAPAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. HIV/AIDS
4,509
13.73
48
0.00
2. Tuberculosis
2,781
8.47
3,459
0.31
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
2,576
7.85
107,899
9.77
4. Coronary Heart Disease
2,494
7.60
163,905
14.84
5. Stroke
2,267
6.90
121,823
11.03
6. Malaria
1,977
6.02
0
0.00
7. Road Traffic Accidents
1,598
4.87
4,566
0.41
8. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,304
3.97
2,731
0.25
9. Low Birth Weight
1,283
3.91
202
0.02
10. Diabetes Mellitus
1,050
3.20
5,433
0.49
11. Birth Trauma
997
3.04
104
0.01
12. Hypertension
933
2.84
6,673
0.60
13. Liver Disease
931
2.84
14,195
1.29
14. Congenital Anomalies
729
2.22
2,473
0.22
15. Kidney Disease
613
1.87
44,779
4.05
16. Maternal Conditions
578
1.76
39
0.00
17. Lung Disease
541
1.65
78,169
7.08
18. Violence
539
1.64
266
0.02
19. Suicide
349
1.06
19,466
1.76
20. Other Injuries
333
1.01
22,068
2.00
21. Pertussis
329
1.00
1
0.00
22. Meningitis
299
0.91
308
0.03
23. Asthma
291
0.89
1,922
0.17
24. Malnutrition
272
0.83
1,910
0.17
25. Alzheimers & Dementia
230
0.70
56,937
5.15
26. Inflammatory/Heart
220
0.67
8,232
0.75
27. Endocrine Disorders
208
0.63
11,486
1.04
28. Prostate Cancer
198
0.60
13,515
1.22
29. Cervical Cancer
196
0.60
3,799
0.34
30. Liver Cancer
169
0.51
29,384
2.66
31. Measles
159
0.48
0
0.00
32. Breast Cancer
159
0.48
15,805
1.43
33. Falls
149
0.45
9,736
0.88
34. Syphilis
107
0.33
16
0.00
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
105
0.32
2,922
0.26
36. Drownings
104
0.32
8,409
0.76
37. Fires
90
0.27
1,007
0.09
38. Colon-Rectum Cancers
89
0.27
57,340
5.19
39. Stomach Cancer
88
0.27
50,433
4.57
40. Epilepsy
76
0.23
1,558
0.14
41. Poisonings
71
0.22
255
0.02
42. Parkinson's Disease
69
0.21
14,007
1.27
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
67
0.20
2,555
0.23
44. Drug Use
65
0.20
732
0.07
45. Lymphomas
61
0.19
19,273
1.74
46. Leukemia
57
0.17
9,607
0.87
47. Lung Cancers
54
0.16
79,688
7.21
48. Ovary Cancer
49
0.15
5,061
0.46
49. Alcohol
46
0.14
576
0.05
50. Skin Disease
46
0.14
2,806
0.25
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Congo CONGO   Japan JAPAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.52
25
6.05
157
2. Cervical Cancer
13.92
60
2.73
152
3. Breast Cancer
9.95
160
10.31
155
4. Liver Cancer
6.39
68
6.62
62
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
4.17
161
13.59
37
6. Stomach Cancer
3.94
131
11.47
28
7. Ovary Cancer
3.37
130
3.30
136
8. Lung Cancers
2.77
164
18.06
66
9. Lymphomas
2.21
171
4.22
111
10. Pancreas Cancer
1.96
144
8.87
10
11. Skin Cancers
1.82
96
0.42
167
12. Leukemia
1.70
157
2.76
133
13. Uterin Cancer
1.40
146
2.02
106
14. Oral Cancer
1.35
166
2.19
124
15. Oesophagus Cancer
0.87
164
3.28
61
16. Bladder Cancer
0.72
168
1.86
104
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.