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Ethiopia
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 Ethiopia and Norway 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.

Norway
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
Norway Population Pyramid
6,600,338
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Norway NORWAY
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Norway NORWAY
       
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
 
71.3
75.9
73.6
2
1
1
1970
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
 
71.0
77.3
74.1
2
1
2
1980
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
 
72.3
79.2
75.7
5
2
4
1990
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
 
73.4
79.8
76.5
13
10
13
2000
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
 
75.7
81.3
78.5
12
10
12
2010
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
 
78.8
83.1
81.0
12
13
12
2019
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
 
81.1
84.1
82.6
5
14
10
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Norway NORWAY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
66.9
70.5
126
130
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age
66.9
70.5
126
130
81.1
84.1
5
14
Age 5
70.8
73.8
112
127
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 10
71.2
74.2
108
125
81.3
84.3
5
16
Age 15
71.5
74.4
105
124
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 20
71.9
74.7
103
124
81.4
84.4
5
16
Age 25
72.2
74.9
103
123
81.5
84.5
5
16
Age 30
72.6
75.2
103
123
81.7
84.5
4
17
Age 35
73.1
75.6
103
122
81.9
84.6
6
16
Age 40
73.6
76.1
102
121
82.0
84.7
6
18
Age 45
74.2
76.7
102
121
82.2
84.8
7
18
Age 50
75.1
77.5
102
116
82.5
85.0
8
18
Age 55
76.1
78.4
101
115
82.9
85.3
10
21
Age 60
77.4
79.4
101
112
83.5
85.8
11
22
Age 65
79.1
80.7
105
110
84.2
86.3
13
24
Age 70
81.2
82.4
108
111
85.3
87.1
13
25
Age 75
83.6
84.5
107
106
86.6
88.1
19
28
Age 80
86.5
87.2
105
101
88.3
89.4
28
28
Age 85
89.8
90.4
94
91
90.5
91.2
51
49
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Norway NORWAY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
83.71
90
18.16
178
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
79.86
42
11.78
150
3. Coronary Heart Disease
78.39
134
40.10
172
4. Diarrhoeal diseases
63.15
22
0.92
138
5. Liver Disease
50.31
11
2.41
179
6. Road Traffic Accidents
42.41
19
1.76
179
7. Diabetes Mellitus
33.58
80
4.85
170
8. Hypertension
29.73
46
1.54
181
9. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
12.94
132
10. Lung Disease
25.66
75
21.82
92
11. Tuberculosis
25.31
44
0.11
175
12. Kidney Disease
24.20
81
4.28
175
13. Alzheimers & Dementia
21.74
30
28.94
12
14. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
2.52
157
15. Other Injuries
14.07
29
4.72
137
16. HIV/AIDS
13.62
51
0.15
151
17. Meningitis
13.13
25
0.17
162
18. Malnutrition
11.17
26
0.87
105
19. Birth Trauma
10.53
20
0.41
158
20. Low Birth Weight
9.52
37
0.57
179
21. Suicide
9.45
80
9.91
71
22. Maternal Conditions
9.44
34
0.02
180
23. Violence
8.85
58
0.56
175
24. Falls
8.65
38
5.70
88
25. Asthma
8.13
71
0.64
151
26. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
6.01
31
27. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
15.79
21
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.38
73
2.44
169
29. Leukemia
6.06
6
3.34
107
30. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
20.99
58
31. Lymphomas
5.49
64
5.70
56
32. Malaria
5.39
42
0.00
146
33. Poisonings
4.29
7
0.23
146
34. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
22.09
40
35. Pertussis
3.77
18
0.01
124
36. Fires
3.73
33
0.54
136
37. Parkinson's Disease
3.68
119
4.23
84
38. Inflammatory/Heart
3.59
120
2.10
162
39. Measles
3.40
20
0.00
154
40. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
2.37
94
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.22
83
1.30
139
42. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
2.59
176
43. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
3.15
152
44. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
1.64
151
45. Drownings
2.44
90
0.90
152
46. Endocrine Disorders
2.30
141
3.19
105
47. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.22
60
0.47
158
48. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
2.80
62
49. Epilepsy
2.02
65
1.48
100
50. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
3.96
14
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Norway NORWAY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
59,931
10.63
1,797
5.27
2. Diarrhoeal diseases
44,361
7.87
128
0.38
3. Stroke
39,362
6.98
2,475
7.26
4. Coronary Heart Disease
36,530
6.48
5,321
15.60
5. Road Traffic Accidents
31,564
5.60
114
0.33
6. Birth Trauma
31,107
5.52
17
0.05
7. Low Birth Weight
28,020
4.97
23
0.07
8. Liver Disease
27,270
4.84
214
0.63
9. Tuberculosis
21,455
3.81
15
0.04
10. Diabetes Mellitus
16,258
2.88
560
1.64
11. Congenital Anomalies
15,638
2.77
136
0.40
12. Hypertension
13,470
2.39
230
0.67
13. Kidney Disease
12,103
2.15
611
1.79
14. Meningitis
12,019
2.13
14
0.04
15. Lung Disease
11,870
2.11
2,723
7.98
16. Other Injuries
11,735
2.08
583
1.71
17. HIV/AIDS
11,471
2.03
10
0.03
18. Maternal Conditions
8,887
1.58
1
0.00
19. Malnutrition
8,643
1.53
135
0.40
20. Breast Cancer
8,485
1.51
698
2.05
21. Alzheimers & Dementia
8,258
1.46
4,464
13.09
22. Violence
8,076
1.43
32
0.09
23. Pertussis
6,896
1.22
1
0.00
24. Measles
6,324
1.12
0
0.00
25. Suicide
6,030
1.07
633
1.86
26. Malaria
5,626
1.00
0
0.00
27. Cervical Cancer
5,019
0.89
125
0.37
28. Falls
4,510
0.80
777
2.28
29. Asthma
4,484
0.80
85
0.25
30. Leukemia
4,222
0.75
354
1.04
31. Colon-Rectum Cancers
3,755
0.67
1,787
5.24
32. Poisonings
3,668
0.65
14
0.04
33. Lymphomas
3,590
0.64
646
1.89
34. Fires
3,255
0.58
45
0.13
35. Drownings
3,133
0.56
65
0.19
36. Ovary Cancer
2,424
0.43
309
0.91
37. Tetanus
2,203
0.39
0
0.00
38. Lung Cancers
2,202
0.39
2,320
6.80
39. Inflammatory/Heart
2,168
0.38
221
0.65
40. Oesophagus Cancer
1,839
0.33
248
0.73
41. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1,758
0.31
160
0.47
42. Liver Cancer
1,730
0.31
259
0.76
43. Syphilis
1,699
0.30
1
0.00
44. Epilepsy
1,625
0.29
119
0.35
45. Endocrine Disorders
1,623
0.29
359
1.05
46. Parkinson's Disease
1,578
0.28
554
1.62
47. Stomach Cancer
1,519
0.27
343
1.01
48. Oral Cancer
1,477
0.26
168
0.49
49. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,339
0.24
61
0.18
50. Prostate Cancer
1,244
0.22
1,172
3.44
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ethiopia ETHIOPIA   Norway NORWAY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Breast Cancer
26.35
21
12.94
132
2. Cervical Cancer
16.48
49
2.52
157
3. Ovary Cancer
7.86
9
6.01
31
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.59
127
15.79
21
5. Leukemia
6.06
6
3.34
107
6. Prostate Cancer
6.02
158
20.99
58
7. Lymphomas
5.49
64
5.70
56
8. Lung Cancers
4.05
145
22.09
40
9. Oesophagus Cancer
3.35
59
2.37
94
10. Liver Cancer
3.00
167
2.59
176
11. Stomach Cancer
2.77
163
3.15
152
12. Oral Cancer
2.58
101
1.64
151
13. Bladder Cancer
2.06
92
2.80
62
14. Skin Cancers
1.82
97
3.96
14
15. Uterin Cancer
1.54
136
2.29
94
16. Pancreas Cancer
0.83
170
7.20
41
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.