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Ethiopia
COUNTRY #1
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ETHIOPIA VS CONGO

Compare Ethiopia 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
Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
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
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Congo CONGO
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Congo CONGO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
  
44.8
49.4
47.1
116
99
106
1970
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
  
51.6
56.0
53.8
107
100
105
1980
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
  
54.1
58.5
56.3
123
121
122
1990
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
  
54.4
59.5
56.9
145
137
140
2000
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
  
51.9
54.0
52.9
152
153
152
2010
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
  
60.7
63.2
62.0
141
147
144
2019
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
  
63.8
65.6
64.7
140
158
151
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Congo CONGO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
70.5
126
130
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age
66.9
70.5
126
130
63.8
65.6
140
158
Age 5
70.8
73.8
112
127
67.3
68.6
147
171
Age 10
71.2
74.2
108
125
67.6
68.9
148
172
Age 15
71.5
74.4
105
124
67.8
69.0
148
172
Age 20
71.9
74.7
103
124
68.2
69.4
147
172
Age 25
72.2
74.9
103
123
68.7
69.7
147
172
Age 30
72.6
75.2
103
123
69.2
70.3
147
172
Age 35
73.1
75.6
103
122
69.8
70.9
147
171
Age 40
73.6
76.1
102
121
70.5
71.8
148
173
Age 45
74.2
76.7
102
121
71.4
72.8
150
174
Age 50
75.1
77.5
102
116
72.6
74.1
151
172
Age 55
76.1
78.4
101
115
74.0
75.5
151
171
Age 60
77.4
79.4
101
112
75.7
77.1
150
171
Age 65
79.1
80.7
105
110
77.8
78.9
149
171
Age 70
81.2
82.4
108
111
80.2
80.9
147
170
Age 75
83.6
84.5
107
106
82.9
83.4
146
167
Age 80
86.5
87.2
105
101
86.0
86.3
140
164
Age 85
89.8
90.4
94
91
89.3
89.5
148
165
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Congo CONGO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
83.71
90
120.40
39
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.86
42
86.29
37
3. Coronary Heart Disease
78.39
134
133.74
63
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
63.15
22
43.98
42
5. Liver Disease
50.31
11
36.31
40
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.41
19
39.65
27
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.58
80
51.04
38
8. Hypertension
29.73
46
52.27
12
9. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
9.95
160
10. Lung Disease
25.66
75
31.45
46
11. Tuberculosis
25.31
44
75.20
10
12. Kidney Disease
24.20
81
29.78
60
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.74
30
20.22
43
14. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
13.92
60
15. Other Injuries
14.07
29
9.74
68
16. HIV/AIDS
13.62
51
101.72
12
17. Meningitis
13.13
25
6.68
42
18. Malnutrition
11.17
26
9.47
31
19. Birth Trauma
10.53
20
7.30
48
20. Low Birth Weight
9.52
37
9.29
42
21. Suicide
9.45
80
11.62
55
22. Maternal Conditions
9.44
34
12.50
22
23. Violence
8.85
58
11.99
41
24. Falls
8.65
38
7.27
66
25. Asthma
8.13
71
13.81
44
26. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
3.37
130
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
4.17
161
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
73
6.57
65
29. Leukemia
6.06
6
1.70
157
30. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
31.52
25
31. Lymphomas
5.49
64
2.21
171
32. Malaria
5.39
42
49.23
9
33. Poisonings
4.29
7
2.00
44
34. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
2.77
164
35. Pertussis
3.77
18
3.65
20
36. Fires
3.73
33
2.74
56
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.68
119
4.68
62
38. Inflammatory/Heart
3.59
120
9.18
32
39. Measles
3.40
20
1.76
26
40. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
0.87
164
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.22
83
5.10
56
42. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
6.39
68
43. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
3.94
131
44. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
1.35
166
45. Drownings
2.44
90
1.92
118
46. Endocrine Disorders
2.30
141
6.36
46
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
60
2.80
45
48. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
0.72
168
49. Epilepsy
2.02
65
2.02
67
50. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
1.82
96
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Congo CONGO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
59,931
10.63
2,576
7.85
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
44,361
7.87
1,304
3.97
3. Stroke
39,362
6.98
2,267
6.90
4. Coronary Heart Disease
36,530
6.48
2,494
7.60
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31,564
5.60
1,598
4.87
6. Birth Trauma
31,107
5.52
997
3.04
7. Low Birth Weight
28,020
4.97
1,283
3.91
8. Liver Disease
27,270
4.84
931
2.84
9. Tuberculosis
21,455
3.81
2,781
8.47
10. Diabetes Mellitus
16,258
2.88
1,050
3.20
11. Congenital Anomalies
15,638
2.77
729
2.22
12. Hypertension
13,470
2.39
933
2.84
13. Kidney Disease
12,103
2.15
613
1.87
14. Meningitis
12,019
2.13
299
0.91
15. Lung Disease
11,870
2.11
541
1.65
16. Other Injuries
11,735
2.08
333
1.01
17. HIV/AIDS
11,471
2.03
4,509
13.73
18. Maternal Conditions
8,887
1.58
578
1.76
19. Malnutrition
8,643
1.53
272
0.83
20. Breast Cancer
8,485
1.51
159
0.48
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
8,258
1.46
230
0.70
22. Violence
8,076
1.43
539
1.64
23. Pertussis
6,896
1.22
329
1.00
24. Measles
6,324
1.12
159
0.48
25. Suicide
6,030
1.07
349
1.06
26. Malaria
5,626
1.00
1,977
6.02
27. Cervical Cancer
5,019
0.89
196
0.60
28. Falls
4,510
0.80
149
0.45
29. Asthma
4,484
0.80
291
0.89
30. Leukemia
4,222
0.75
57
0.17
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,755
0.67
89
0.27
32. Poisonings
3,668
0.65
71
0.22
33. Lymphomas
3,590
0.64
61
0.19
34. Fires
3,255
0.58
90
0.27
35. Drownings
3,133
0.56
104
0.32
36. Ovary Cancer
2,424
0.43
49
0.15
37. Tetanus
2,203
0.39
23
0.07
38. Lung Cancers
2,202
0.39
54
0.16
39. Inflammatory/Heart
2,168
0.38
220
0.67
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1,839
0.33
19
0.06
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,758
0.31
105
0.32
42. Liver Cancer
1,730
0.31
169
0.51
43. Syphilis
1,699
0.30
107
0.33
44. Epilepsy
1,625
0.29
76
0.23
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,623
0.29
208
0.63
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,578
0.28
69
0.21
47. Stomach Cancer
1,519
0.27
88
0.27
48. Oral Cancer
1,477
0.26
33
0.10
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,339
0.24
67
0.20
50. Prostate Cancer
1,244
0.22
198
0.60
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Congo CONGO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
9.95
160
2. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
13.92
60
3. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
3.37
130
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
4.17
161
5. Leukemia
6.06
6
1.70
157
6. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
31.52
25
7. Lymphomas
5.49
64
2.21
171
8. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
2.77
164
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
0.87
164
10. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
6.39
68
11. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
3.94
131
12. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
1.35
166
13. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
0.72
168
14. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
1.82
96
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
136
1.40
146
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.83
170
1.96
144
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.