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DR 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

Compare DR Congo and Singapore 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.

Singapore
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%
Singapore Population Pyramid
6,407,528
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   Singapore SINGAPORE
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Singapore SINGAPORE
       
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
 
61.7
65.7
63.7
47
50
45
1970
43.6
46.8
45.2
143
141
141
 
65.4
70.2
67.7
45
45
44
1980
46.2
49.4
47.8
154
149
152
 
68.9
74.2
71.5
33
36
29
1990
44.4
48.3
46.3
174
172
174
 
71.9
76.9
74.3
28
30
30
2000
49.8
52.7
51.3
160
160
159
 
75.9
80.9
78.3
11
17
13
2010
55.9
59.0
57.4
164
160
163
 
79.2
84.7
82.0
8
3
3
2019
60.0
64.8
62.4
170
165
170
 
81.0
85.5
83.2
6
4
4
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Singapore SINGAPORE
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
60.0
64.8
170
165
81.0
85.5
6
4
Age 5
66.0
70.3
161
156
81.3
85.6
6
4
Age 10
66.7
71.0
159
153
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 15
67.4
71.5
157
153
81.3
85.7
6
4
Age 20
67.8
71.8
158
153
81.4
85.8
6
4
Age 25
68.3
72.2
157
153
81.5
85.8
6
4
Age 30
68.8
72.6
157
154
81.7
85.9
6
4
Age 35
69.4
73.1
157
156
81.9
86.0
5
4
Age 40
70.1
73.7
157
157
82.1
86.1
5
4
Age 45
71.0
74.5
158
158
82.4
86.3
5
4
Age 50
72.2
75.4
158
157
82.7
86.5
4
4
Age 55
73.6
76.5
160
156
83.2
86.8
4
4
Age 60
75.4
77.9
160
157
83.8
87.2
5
4
Age 65
77.5
79.6
159
155
84.7
87.8
6
5
Age 70
80.0
81.5
156
154
85.8
88.5
8
6
Age 75
82.8
83.9
152
147
87.2
89.4
8
4
Age 80
85.9
86.7
148
143
89.2
90.8
4
3
Age 85
89.4
90.0
139
137
91.7
92.6
3
4
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Singapore SINGAPORE
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
117.32
16
61.08
56
2. Stroke
112.53
56
18.41
175
3. Coronary Heart Disease
108.48
92
60.68
149
4. Tuberculosis
79.20
9
0.34
146
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
55.99
28
0.34
168
6. Hypertension
50.51
14
8.44
138
7. Lung Disease
44.15
23
4.45
183
8. Road Traffic Accidents
39.80
25
1.69
181
9. Diabetes Mellitus
36.82
69
1.28
183
10. Liver Disease
36.25
41
2.40
180
11. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
8.49
138
12. Malaria
28.55
33
0.00
162
13. Measles
24.57
4
0.00
165
14. Kidney Disease
24.38
79
12.04
135
15. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
1.97
167
16. Asthma
20.76
18
0.45
167
17. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.83
52
0.43
183
18. HIV/AIDS
19.43
44
0.20
145
19. Violence
16.45
27
0.22
182
20. Maternal Conditions
16.42
13
0.06
167
21. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
13.37
129
22. Other Injuries
12.62
40
1.03
183
23. Suicide
12.41
45
9.65
75
24. Malnutrition
11.91
24
0.00
181
25. Low Birth Weight
11.44
22
0.65
176
26. Meningitis
11.11
32
0.10
179
27. Birth Trauma
10.95
18
0.07
183
28. Endocrine Disorders
10.69
18
0.49
182
29. Inflammatory/Heart
9.82
29
2.67
148
30. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
8.32
46
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
13.72
36
32. Falls
8.41
41
2.93
153
33. Congenital Anomalies
7.74
35
1.92
178
34. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
4.80
117
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
5.00
58
0.78
161
36. Pertussis
4.63
14
0.00
155
37. Lymphomas
4.48
101
4.76
87
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
4.14
24
0.28
173
39. Parkinson's Disease
3.70
117
1.09
174
40. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
17.56
69
41. Leukemia
3.40
102
3.16
115
42. Drownings
3.10
72
0.44
175
43. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
4.49
89
44. Fires
3.03
48
0.09
182
45. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
6.08
55
46. Schistosomiasis
2.63
13
0.00
164
47. Poisonings
2.58
30
0.02
181
48. Epilepsy
2.36
50
0.42
180
49. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
3.49
71
50. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
1.56
122
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
73,546
11.18
5,189
21.83
2. Tuberculosis
43,759
6.65
26
0.11
3. Measles
42,254
6.42
0
0.00
4. Malaria
41,813
6.35
0
0.00
5. Diarrhoeal diseases
41,301
6.28
28
0.12
6. Stroke
36,596
5.56
1,559
6.56
7. Coronary Heart Disease
34,713
5.28
5,292
22.26
8. Low Birth Weight
34,668
5.27
25
0.11
9. Birth Trauma
33,075
5.03
3
0.01
10. Road Traffic Accidents
30,256
4.60
121
0.51
11. Congenital Anomalies
16,256
2.47
80
0.34
12. Hypertension
15,743
2.39
732
3.08
13. Liver Disease
15,044
2.29
209
0.88
14. Lung Disease
13,527
2.06
383
1.61
15. HIV/AIDS
13,286
2.02
18
0.08
16. Diabetes Mellitus
12,902
1.96
108
0.45
17. Meningitis
11,568
1.76
8
0.03
18. Violence
11,120
1.69
15
0.06
19. Maternal Conditions
10,513
1.60
3
0.01
20. Kidney Disease
9,077
1.38
1,028
4.32
21. Malnutrition
8,910
1.35
0
0.00
22. Other Injuries
8,272
1.26
79
0.33
23. Pertussis
7,921
1.20
0
0.00
24. Asthma
7,733
1.18
37
0.16
25. Endocrine Disorders
7,380
1.12
30
0.13
26. Suicide
5,812
0.88
650
2.73
27. Cervical Cancer
4,823
0.73
85
0.36
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
4,548
0.69
32
0.13
29. Inflammatory/Heart
4,045
0.61
215
0.90
30. Prostate Cancer
3,948
0.60
303
1.27
31. Liver Cancer
3,840
0.58
746
3.14
32. Syphilis
3,751
0.57
0
0.00
33. Falls
3,483
0.53
218
0.92
34. Drownings
3,454
0.52
29
0.12
35. Breast Cancer
3,416
0.52
605
2.55
36. Colon-Rectum Cancers
2,966
0.45
1,203
5.06
37. Stomach Cancer
2,579
0.39
405
1.70
38. Lymphomas
2,061
0.31
397
1.67
39. Fires
2,007
0.31
7
0.03
40. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,923
0.29
69
0.29
41. Leukemia
1,871
0.28
249
1.05
42. Poisonings
1,729
0.26
1
0.00
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,728
0.26
22
0.09
44. Epilepsy
1,727
0.26
25
0.11
45. War
1,658
0.25
2
0.01
46. Tetanus
1,166
0.18
0
0.00
47. Lung Cancers
1,158
0.18
1,540
6.48
48. Schistosomiasis
1,071
0.16
0
0.00
49. Parkinson's Disease
1,035
0.16
90
0.38
50. Pancreas Cancer
1,017
0.15
537
2.26
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  DR Congo DR CONGO   Singapore SINGAPORE
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
31.05
27
8.49
138
2. Cervical Cancer
22.64
30
1.97
167
3. Breast Cancer
15.42
112
13.37
129
4. Liver Cancer
9.59
31
8.32
46
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
9.05
87
13.72
36
6. Stomach Cancer
6.55
82
4.80
117
7. Lymphomas
4.48
101
4.76
87
8. Lung Cancers
3.48
152
17.56
69
9. Leukemia
3.40
102
3.16
115
10. Ovary Cancer
3.08
143
4.49
89
11. Pancreas Cancer
2.92
114
6.08
55
12. Oral Cancer
2.21
121
3.49
71
13. Oesophagus Cancer
2.18
101
1.56
122
14. Skin Cancers
2.16
74
0.71
150
15. Uterin Cancer
1.91
111
3.27
42
16. Bladder Cancer
0.78
167
1.40
133
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.