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DR Congo
COUNTRY #1
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DR CONGO VS CONGO

Compare DR Congo and 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.

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
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%
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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%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Congo CONGO
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
39.9
43.1
41.4
143
135
140
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.0
64.8
170
165
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
60.0
64.8
170
165
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
66.0
70.3
161
156
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
66.7
71.0
159
153
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
67.4
71.5
157
153
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
67.8
71.8
158
153
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
68.3
72.2
157
153
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
68.8
72.6
157
154
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
69.4
73.1
157
156
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
70.1
73.7
157
157
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
71.0
74.5
158
158
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
72.2
75.4
158
157
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
73.6
76.5
160
156
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
75.4
77.9
160
157
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
77.5
79.6
159
155
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
80.0
81.5
156
154
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
82.8
83.9
152
147
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
85.9
86.7
148
143
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.4
90.0
139
137
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
117.32
16
86.29
37
2. Stroke
112.53
56
120.40
39
3. Coronary Heart Disease
108.48
92
133.74
63
4. Tuberculosis
79.20
9
75.20
10
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.99
28
43.98
42
6. Hypertension
50.51
14
52.27
12
7. Lung Disease
44.15
23
31.45
46
8. Road Traffic Accidents
39.80
25
39.65
27
9. Diabetes Mellitus
36.82
69
51.04
38
10. Liver Disease
36.25
41
36.31
40
11. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
31.52
25
12. Malaria
28.55
33
49.23
9
13. Measles
24.57
4
1.76
26
14. Kidney Disease
24.38
79
29.78
60
15. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
13.92
60
16. Asthma
20.76
18
13.81
44
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.83
52
20.22
43
18. HIV/AIDS
19.43
44
101.72
12
19. Violence
16.45
27
11.99
41
20. Maternal Conditions
16.42
13
12.50
22
21. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
9.95
160
22. Other Injuries
12.62
40
9.74
68
23. Suicide
12.41
45
11.62
55
24. Malnutrition
11.91
24
9.47
31
25. Low Birth Weight
11.44
22
9.29
42
26. Meningitis
11.11
32
6.68
42
27. Birth Trauma
10.95
18
7.30
48
28. Endocrine Disorders
10.69
18
6.36
46
29. Inflammatory/Heart
9.82
29
9.18
32
30. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
6.39
68
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
4.17
161
32. Falls
8.41
41
7.27
66
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
35
6.57
65
34. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
3.94
131
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.00
58
5.10
56
36. Pertussis
4.63
14
3.65
20
37. Lymphomas
4.48
101
2.21
171
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.14
24
2.80
45
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.70
117
4.68
62
40. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
2.77
164
41. Leukemia
3.40
102
1.70
157
42. Drownings
3.10
72
1.92
118
43. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
3.37
130
44. Fires
3.03
48
2.74
56
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
1.96
144
46. Schistosomiasis
2.63
13
1.72
28
47. Poisonings
2.58
30
2.00
44
48. Epilepsy
2.36
50
2.02
67
49. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
1.35
166
50. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
0.87
164
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
73,546
11.18
2,576
7.85
2. Tuberculosis
43,759
6.65
2,781
8.47
3. Measles
42,254
6.42
159
0.48
4. Malaria
41,813
6.35
1,977
6.02
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
41,301
6.28
1,304
3.97
6. Stroke
36,596
5.56
2,267
6.90
7. Coronary Heart Disease
34,713
5.28
2,494
7.60
8. Low Birth Weight
34,668
5.27
1,283
3.91
9. Birth Trauma
33,075
5.03
997
3.04
10. Road Traffic Accidents
30,256
4.60
1,598
4.87
11. Congenital Anomalies
16,256
2.47
729
2.22
12. Hypertension
15,743
2.39
933
2.84
13. Liver Disease
15,044
2.29
931
2.84
14. Lung Disease
13,527
2.06
541
1.65
15. HIV/AIDS
13,286
2.02
4,509
13.73
16. Diabetes Mellitus
12,902
1.96
1,050
3.20
17. Meningitis
11,568
1.76
299
0.91
18. Violence
11,120
1.69
539
1.64
19. Maternal Conditions
10,513
1.60
578
1.76
20. Kidney Disease
9,077
1.38
613
1.87
21. Malnutrition
8,910
1.35
272
0.83
22. Other Injuries
8,272
1.26
333
1.01
23. Pertussis
7,921
1.20
329
1.00
24. Asthma
7,733
1.18
291
0.89
25. Endocrine Disorders
7,380
1.12
208
0.63
26. Suicide
5,812
0.88
349
1.06
27. Cervical Cancer
4,823
0.73
196
0.60
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,548
0.69
230
0.70
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4,045
0.61
220
0.67
30. Prostate Cancer
3,948
0.60
198
0.60
31. Liver Cancer
3,840
0.58
169
0.51
32. Syphilis
3,751
0.57
107
0.33
33. Falls
3,483
0.53
149
0.45
34. Drownings
3,454
0.52
104
0.32
35. Breast Cancer
3,416
0.52
159
0.48
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,966
0.45
89
0.27
37. Stomach Cancer
2,579
0.39
88
0.27
38. Lymphomas
2,061
0.31
61
0.19
39. Fires
2,007
0.31
90
0.27
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,923
0.29
105
0.32
41. Leukemia
1,871
0.28
57
0.17
42. Poisonings
1,729
0.26
71
0.22
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,728
0.26
67
0.20
44. Epilepsy
1,727
0.26
76
0.23
45. War
1,658
0.25
1
0.00
46. Tetanus
1,166
0.18
23
0.07
47. Lung Cancers
1,158
0.18
54
0.16
48. Schistosomiasis
1,071
0.16
45
0.14
49. Parkinson's Disease
1,035
0.16
69
0.21
50. Pancreas Cancer
1,017
0.15
42
0.13
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
31.52
25
2. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
13.92
60
3. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
9.95
160
4. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
6.39
68
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
4.17
161
6. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
3.94
131
7. Lymphomas
4.48
101
2.21
171
8. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
2.77
164
9. Leukemia
3.40
102
1.70
157
10. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
3.37
130
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
1.96
144
12. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
1.35
166
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
0.87
164
14. Skin Cancers
2.16
74
1.82
96
15. Uterin Cancer
1.91
111
1.40
146
16. Bladder Cancer
0.78
167
0.72
168
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.