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Finland
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
FINLAND VS AFGHANISTAN

Compare Finland and Afghanistan 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.

Afghanistan
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
Finland Population Pyramid
5,486,152
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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Afghanistan Population Pyramid
64,682,976
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
  Finland FINLAND   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Finland FINLAND   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
65.4
72.4
68.8
30
20
25
  
31.6
31.0
31.3
171
172
172
1970
66.2
74.4
70.2
34
19
25
  
35.5
35.0
35.3
171
173
172
1980
69.2
77.9
73.4
30
10
19
  
39.5
39.1
39.3
172
175
173
1990
70.9
78.9
74.8
34
14
25
  
41.4
41.3
41.3
178
181
180
2000
74.0
80.9
77.5
29
15
23
  
53.7
56.1
54.8
150
150
150
2010
76.6
83.1
79.9
26
15
24
  
57.7
60.1
58.8
154
155
154
2019
79.2
84.0
81.6
25
17
22
  
63.3
63.2
63.2
147
174
160
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.2
84.0
25
17
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age
79.2
84.0
25
17
63.3
63.2
147
174
Age 5
79.4
84.2
26
19
67.5
66.9
146
177
Age 10
79.4
84.2
26
19
67.7
67.0
147
178
Age 15
79.4
84.3
27
19
67.8
67.1
150
178
Age 20
79.5
84.3
27
18
68.1
67.4
150
179
Age 25
79.7
84.4
27
19
68.6
67.8
149
180
Age 30
80.0
84.5
27
18
69.2
68.3
149
180
Age 35
80.2
84.6
27
17
69.7
68.9
149
180
Age 40
80.4
84.7
27
16
70.4
69.6
151
180
Age 45
80.7
84.9
28
16
71.3
70.6
156
180
Age 50
81.1
85.1
26
17
72.3
71.8
157
180
Age 55
81.6
85.4
27
18
73.7
73.2
157
180
Age 60
82.4
85.8
28
21
75.4
75.1
157
181
Age 65
83.4
86.4
26
20
77.5
77.2
160
181
Age 70
84.7
87.2
29
22
79.9
79.6
158
181
Age 75
86.3
88.1
32
24
82.7
82.4
156
180
Age 80
88.2
89.5
35
26
85.8
85.6
154
174
Age 85
90.6
91.2
48
45
89.2
89.1
156
171
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
58.60
152
301.71
6
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
54.65
1
22.34
26
3. Stroke
24.54
157
149.10
25
4. Lung Cancers
17.24
71
6.90
122
5. Prostate Cancer
14.53
107
4.49
167
6. Breast Cancer
14.52
123
20.24
48
7. Suicide
13.43
38
5.96
129
8. Liver Disease
11.51
117
27.20
67
9. Hypertension
11.23
123
65.86
4
10. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.24
73
4.09
169
11. Pancreas Cancer
9.12
8
1.54
153
12. Lung Disease
8.59
173
37.01
32
13. Falls
8.17
47
5.13
99
14. Lymphomas
5.82
51
4.32
108
15. Alcohol
5.17
17
0.68
133
16. Ovary Cancer
5.00
67
4.07
106
17. Parkinson's Disease
4.84
56
5.98
24
18. Inflammatory/Heart
4.58
94
3.32
130
19. Drug Use
4.52
10
1.36
77
20. Other Injuries
4.29
143
13.02
36
21. Liver Cancer
4.01
131
4.22
119
22. Diabetes Mellitus
3.51
179
40.94
58
23. Stomach Cancer
3.37
142
10.39
42
24. Congenital Anomalies
3.26
151
6.42
70
25. Road Traffic Accidents
3.09
168
19.81
76
26. Uterin Cancer
2.84
70
3.66
32
27. Influenza and Pneumonia
2.80
183
49.80
62
28. Leukemia
2.76
132
1.95
154
29. Oesophagus Cancer
2.50
91
8.78
13
30. Endocrine Disorders
2.38
132
4.30
80
31. Other Neoplasms
2.26
48
0.20
166
32. Skin Cancers
2.23
68
1.03
138
33. Kidney Disease
2.05
183
46.10
15
34. Bladder Cancer
1.97
97
1.95
98
35. Oral Cancer
1.72
147
8.18
9
36. Drownings
1.20
138
2.78
78
37. Cervical Cancer
1.19
183
5.73
117
38. Epilepsy
1.19
122
2.70
37
39. Peptic Ulcer Disease
1.15
147
10.64
9
40. Violence
1.06
153
9.87
52
41. Low Birth Weight
0.74
174
12.07
17
42. Multiple Sclerosis
0.72
21
0.42
41
43. Fires
0.69
126
1.60
89
44. Schizophrenia
0.65
5
0.00
61
45. Rheumatoid Arthritis
0.53
44
0.19
133
46. Asthma
0.48
164
24.23
13
47. Poisonings
0.26
132
1.58
56
48. Birth Trauma
0.21
177
10.16
24
49. Tuberculosis
0.17
166
41.14
24
50. Skin Disease
0.17
170
0.77
121
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Finland FINLAND   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Alzheimers & Dementia
11,120
23.00
1,765
0.76
2. Coronary Heart Disease
9,831
20.33
40,195
17.35
3. Stroke
4,115
8.51
19,060
8.23
4. Lung Cancers
2,312
4.78
1,076
0.46
5. Hypertension
2,030
4.20
7,995
3.45
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1,433
2.96
741
0.32
7. Falls
1,325
2.74
905
0.39
8. Lung Disease
1,289
2.67
4,650
2.01
9. Pancreas Cancer
1,247
2.58
229
0.10
10. Liver Disease
1,068
2.21
4,600
1.99
11. Prostate Cancer
970
2.01
258
0.11
12. Breast Cancer
948
1.96
1,822
0.79
13. Parkinson's Disease
853
1.76
628
0.27
14. Lymphomas
851
1.76
946
0.41
15. Suicide
846
1.75
1,573
0.68
16. Liver Cancer
545
1.13
657
0.28
17. Inflammatory/Heart
518
1.07
527
0.23
18. Alcohol
464
0.96
150
0.06
19. Stomach Cancer
447
0.92
1,501
0.65
20. Other Injuries
437
0.90
3,241
1.40
21. Influenza and Pneumonia
436
0.90
14,649
6.32
22. Diabetes Mellitus
418
0.86
5,750
2.48
23. Other Neoplasms
377
0.78
29
0.01
24. Leukemia
371
0.77
610
0.26
25. Ovary Cancer
344
0.71
369
0.16
26. Kidney Disease
342
0.71
6,590
2.85
27. Oesophagus Cancer
320
0.66
1,314
0.57
28. Bladder Cancer
308
0.64
272
0.12
29. Skin Cancers
297
0.61
145
0.06
30. Drug Use
269
0.56
328
0.14
31. Endocrine Disorders
257
0.53
1,364
0.59
32. Uterin Cancer
225
0.47
289
0.12
33. Road Traffic Accidents
215
0.44
6,033
2.60
34. Oral Cancer
207
0.43
1,467
0.63
35. Congenital Anomalies
192
0.40
5,001
2.16
36. Peptic Ulcer Disease
151
0.31
1,505
0.65
37. Drownings
106
0.22
996
0.43
38. Epilepsy
104
0.22
993
0.43
39. Schizophrenia
93
0.19
0
0.00
40. Asthma
85
0.18
3,403
1.47
41. Rheumatoid Arthritis
83
0.17
25
0.01
42. Multiple Sclerosis
80
0.17
84
0.04
43. Violence
64
0.13
3,217
1.39
44. Cervical Cancer
62
0.13
541
0.23
45. Fires
62
0.13
348
0.15
46. Tuberculosis
32
0.07
9,839
4.25
47. Skin Disease
27
0.06
94
0.04
48. Low Birth Weight
26
0.05
12,631
5.45
49. Poisonings
25
0.05
384
0.17
50. Rheumatic Heart Disease
19
0.04
1,041
0.45
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Finland FINLAND   Afghanistan AFGHANISTAN
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
17.24
71
6.90
122
2. Prostate Cancer
14.53
107
4.49
167
3. Breast Cancer
14.52
123
20.24
48
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
10.24
73
4.09
169
5. Pancreas Cancer
9.12
8
1.54
153
6. Lymphomas
5.82
51
4.32
108
7. Ovary Cancer
5.00
67
4.07
106
8. Liver Cancer
4.01
131
4.22
119
9. Stomach Cancer
3.37
142
10.39
42
10. Uterin Cancer
2.84
70
3.66
32
11. Leukemia
2.76
132
1.95
154
12. Oesophagus Cancer
2.50
91
8.78
13
13. Skin Cancers
2.23
68
1.03
138
14. Bladder Cancer
1.97
97
1.95
98
15. Oral Cancer
1.72
147
8.18
9
16. Cervical Cancer
1.19
183
5.73
117
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.