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Ecuador
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
ECUADOR VS NIGERIA

Compare Ecuador and Nigeria 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.

Nigeria
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Ecuador Population Pyramid
23,316,455
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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Nigeria Population Pyramid
401,314,997
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
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nigeria NIGERIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
52.1
54.7
53.4
82
86
86
  
37.2
40.3
38.7
157
151
153
1970
56.6
59.6
58.0
87
88
88
  
40.6
43.7
42.1
158
155
158
1980
61.4
65.3
63.3
86
87
87
  
43.8
46.9
45.3
160
159
159
1990
66.7
71.5
69.0
65
81
78
  
46.0
48.6
47.2
170
170
170
2000
69.8
76.0
72.8
57
51
52
  
46.2
48.1
47.1
174
175
175
2010
72.1
78.1
75.0
59
52
55
  
51.2
52.9
52.0
175
176
176
2019
76.4
80.5
78.4
39
45
41
  
61.2
64.1
62.6
160
169
167
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nigeria NIGERIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
76.4
80.5
39
45
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age
76.4
80.5
39
45
61.2
64.1
160
169
Age 5
77.6
81.5
39
41
69.5
71.9
128
140
Age 10
77.7
81.6
39
41
70.4
72.7
120
138
Age 15
77.9
81.7
39
41
70.9
73.1
117
136
Age 20
78.1
81.9
39
41
71.2
73.4
116
136
Age 25
78.5
82.0
39
41
71.6
73.7
116
136
Age 30
78.9
82.2
39
40
72.0
74.1
115
136
Age 35
79.3
82.4
38
39
72.5
74.6
112
135
Age 40
79.7
82.6
35
40
73.2
75.2
109
135
Age 45
80.1
82.8
32
40
74.1
75.9
104
136
Age 50
80.6
83.2
31
39
75.1
76.8
101
133
Age 55
81.2
83.7
31
38
76.2
77.7
95
136
Age 60
82.0
84.3
34
40
77.6
78.9
95
136
Age 65
83.0
85.1
36
40
79.3
80.3
94
133
Age 70
84.4
86.3
37
40
81.3
82.1
101
130
Age 75
86.0
87.5
38
41
83.8
84.4
93
126
Age 80
87.9
89.0
49
45
86.7
87.1
88
107
Age 85
90.2
91.1
66
52
90.0
90.4
81
94
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nigeria NIGERIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
57.99
153
100.91
107
2. Kidney Disease
37.41
28
23.87
88
3. Stroke
32.47
146
88.68
86
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
28.80
87
98.12
28
5. Diabetes Mellitus
26.62
95
33.50
82
6. Liver Disease
20.76
87
41.99
21
7. Road Traffic Accidents
20.60
73
27.25
54
8. Prostate Cancer
18.33
73
20.40
63
9. Lung Disease
14.62
145
20.77
99
10. Hypertension
14.49
109
16.07
103
11. Alzheimers & Dementia
14.34
140
19.45
59
12. Stomach Cancer
12.80
19
2.52
169
13. Cervical Cancer
9.95
84
21.11
35
14. Breast Cancer
9.88
161
20.56
47
15. Suicide
7.68
103
6.87
117
16. Violence
7.07
66
11.97
42
17. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
120
4.32
157
18. Other Injuries
6.75
102
10.98
56
19. Lung Cancers
6.69
125
1.37
178
20. Falls
6.58
77
8.54
40
21. Congenital Anomalies
6.22
84
11.22
5
22. Liver Cancer
5.94
78
6.19
71
23. Lymphomas
5.50
63
5.96
45
24. Leukemia
5.25
16
2.06
151
25. Low Birth Weight
4.66
92
14.70
5
26. Parkinson's Disease
3.88
105
5.60
29
27. Ovary Cancer
3.86
114
3.90
112
28. HIV/AIDS
3.70
81
26.81
36
29. Pancreas Cancer
3.51
100
2.64
126
30. Tuberculosis
3.49
94
99.13
6
31. Malnutrition
3.21
67
2.36
83
32. Endocrine Disorders
2.98
112
7.01
35
33. Drownings
2.71
80
2.17
107
34. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.43
96
7.03
31
35. Diarrhoeal diseases
2.38
103
78.99
13
36. Inflammatory/Heart
1.82
166
5.49
76
37. Skin Cancers
1.80
100
2.29
62
38. Alcohol
1.74
70
1.16
106
39. Epilepsy
1.60
92
3.25
23
40. Uterin Cancer
1.53
137
1.60
132
41. Drug Use
1.30
87
5.81
5
42. Birth Trauma
1.20
114
15.51
2
43. Oesophagus Cancer
1.12
149
0.75
171
44. Bladder Cancer
1.03
157
0.81
166
45. Oral Cancer
1.02
175
2.44
107
46. Fires
1.01
113
3.44
37
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
123
2.05
69
48. Maternal Conditions
0.93
88
14.14
17
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.72
21
0.26
99
50. Appendicitis
0.66
41
0.55
59
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
9,805
13.71
61,374
4.14
2. Kidney Disease
6,184
8.65
18,189
1.23
3. Stroke
5,429
7.59
57,744
3.90
4. Influenza and Pneumonia
5,083
7.11
207,281
14.00
5. Diabetes Mellitus
4,321
6.04
22,497
1.52
6. Road Traffic Accidents
3,490
4.88
41,693
2.82
7. Liver Disease
3,330
4.66
38,326
2.59
8. Lung Disease
2,576
3.60
12,569
0.85
9. Alzheimers & Dementia
2,565
3.59
6,786
0.46
10. Hypertension
2,507
3.51
10,692
0.72
11. Stomach Cancer
2,089
2.92
2,129
0.14
12. Prostate Cancer
1,362
1.90
5,914
0.40
13. Congenital Anomalies
1,335
1.87
49,696
3.36
14. Suicide
1,326
1.85
7,019
0.47
15. Violence
1,210
1.69
18,407
1.24
16. Low Birth Weight
1,172
1.64
95,959
6.48
17. Other Injuries
1,161
1.62
22,696
1.53
18. Falls
1,114
1.56
7,528
0.51
19. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,109
1.55
4,152
0.28
20. Lung Cancers
1,075
1.50
1,295
0.09
21. Liver Cancer
954
1.33
5,289
0.36
22. Lymphomas
883
1.23
5,202
0.35
23. Leukemia
882
1.23
2,257
0.15
24. Cervical Cancer
840
1.17
10,574
0.71
25. Breast Cancer
825
1.15
11,884
0.80
26. Parkinson's Disease
658
0.92
2,473
0.17
27. HIV/AIDS
609
0.85
44,124
2.98
28. Malnutrition
578
0.81
5,896
0.40
29. Tuberculosis
574
0.80
127,335
8.60
30. Pancreas Cancer
562
0.79
1,975
0.13
31. Endocrine Disorders
507
0.71
15,799
1.07
32. Drownings
470
0.66
6,584
0.44
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
417
0.58
5,846
0.39
34. Diarrhoeal diseases
410
0.57
144,724
9.77
35. Ovary Cancer
322
0.45
2,133
0.14
36. Skin Cancers
308
0.43
1,933
0.13
37. Inflammatory/Heart
308
0.43
4,826
0.33
38. Birth Trauma
302
0.42
100,186
6.76
39. Alcohol
280
0.39
1,031
0.07
40. Epilepsy
273
0.38
5,001
0.34
41. Drug Use
214
0.30
6,273
0.42
42. Oesophagus Cancer
180
0.25
560
0.04
43. Fires
175
0.24
7,132
0.48
44. Bladder Cancer
168
0.23
670
0.05
45. Oral Cancer
166
0.23
2,238
0.15
46. Maternal Conditions
164
0.23
23,540
1.59
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
163
0.23
1,946
0.13
48. Uterin Cancer
129
0.18
679
0.05
49. Rheumatoid Arthritis
124
0.17
165
0.01
50. Appendicitis
110
0.15
760
0.05
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ecuador ECUADOR   Nigeria NIGERIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
18.33
73
20.40
63
2. Stomach Cancer
12.80
19
2.52
169
3. Cervical Cancer
9.95
84
21.11
35
4. Breast Cancer
9.88
161
20.56
47
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
120
4.32
157
6. Lung Cancers
6.69
125
1.37
178
7. Liver Cancer
5.94
78
6.19
71
8. Lymphomas
5.50
63
5.96
45
9. Leukemia
5.25
16
2.06
151
10. Ovary Cancer
3.86
114
3.90
112
11. Pancreas Cancer
3.51
100
2.64
126
12. Skin Cancers
1.80
100
2.29
62
13. Uterin Cancer
1.53
137
1.60
132
14. Oesophagus Cancer
1.12
149
0.75
171
15. Bladder Cancer
1.03
157
0.81
166
16. Oral Cancer
1.02
175
2.44
107
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.