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France
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
FRANCE VS GERMANY

Compare France and Germany 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.

Germany
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
France Population Pyramid
67,586,729
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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Germany Population Pyramid
80,103,973
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
  France FRANCE   Germany GERMANY
  France FRANCE   Germany GERMANY
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
67.0
73.6
70.2
16
10
13
  
66.9
72.3
69.5
19
21
18
1970
68.4
75.8
72.0
17
8
8
  
67.4
73.7
70.5
23
23
23
1980
70.2
78.4
74.2
19
8
11
  
69.4
76.1
72.6
27
20
26
1990
72.8
80.9
76.7
19
2
10
  
72.0
78.6
75.2
25
19
22
2000
75.0
82.7
78.8
20
2
10
  
74.8
80.9
78.0
23
16
18
2010
78.0
84.6
81.3
18
4
10
  
77.5
82.6
80.1
21
22
22
2019
79.8
85.1
82.5
20
6
11
  
78.7
84.8
81.7
26
10
20
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Germany GERMANY
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
79.8
85.1
20
6
78.7
84.8
26
10
Age
79.8
85.1
20
6
78.7
84.8
26
10
Age 5
80.2
85.4
20
5
79.0
85.1
29
10
Age 10
80.2
85.5
20
5
79.1
85.1
29
10
Age 15
80.2
85.5
20
5
79.1
85.1
29
10
Age 20
80.3
85.5
19
5
79.2
85.2
29
10
Age 25
80.4
85.6
19
5
79.3
85.2
29
10
Age 30
80.6
85.7
21
5
79.4
85.3
32
10
Age 35
80.8
85.7
21
5
79.6
85.4
33
10
Age 40
81.0
85.9
21
5
79.8
85.5
33
9
Age 45
81.3
86.0
22
5
80.0
85.7
34
9
Age 50
81.8
86.3
22
5
80.4
85.9
33
8
Age 55
82.3
86.7
21
5
81.0
86.3
35
7
Age 60
83.3
87.2
17
5
81.9
86.9
35
6
Age 65
84.5
87.8
10
4
83.1
87.7
35
6
Age 70
85.8
88.5
7
4
84.6
88.7
35
3
Age 75
87.3
89.4
5
3
86.3
90.0
30
2
Age 80
89.0
90.5
9
6
88.3
91.6
25
1
Age 85
91.1
91.9
15
16
90.9
94.1
31
1
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Germany GERMANY
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
30.17
182
56.09
155
2. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
24.77
27
3. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
18.80
66
4. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.19
64
15.54
128
5. Stroke
16.74
181
18.75
173
6. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
14.89
102
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
12.18
48
8. Suicide
9.65
76
8.27
93
9. Lung Disease
8.62
172
18.00
116
10. Other Injuries
8.36
82
4.05
151
11. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
8.75
12
12. Influenza and Pneumonia
8.06
167
7.66
170
13. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
4.03
129
14. Liver Disease
6.54
154
9.69
128
15. Lymphomas
6.05
40
5.60
60
16. Diabetes Mellitus
5.71
165
6.48
161
17. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
5.13
60
18. Kidney Disease
4.86
169
7.81
152
19. Endocrine Disorders
4.79
65
5.15
62
20. Leukemia
4.65
33
4.20
59
21. Road Traffic Accidents
4.60
156
2.98
170
22. Other Neoplasms
4.55
18
3.28
29
23. Falls
3.99
125
5.64
93
24. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
3.52
69
25. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
4.80
118
26. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
2.51
70
27. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
3.39
58
28. Inflammatory/Heart
3.35
128
4.30
99
29. Parkinson's Disease
3.31
132
4.25
83
30. Alcohol
3.29
30
4.32
25
31. Congenital Anomalies
3.19
154
2.95
157
32. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
1.95
110
33. Hypertension
2.64
170
8.36
139
34. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
2.68
155
35. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
2.02
84
36. Drug Use
1.71
60
2.00
45
37. Malnutrition
1.52
88
0.15
145
38. Epilepsy
1.42
107
1.72
86
39. Low Birth Weight
1.29
162
1.30
161
40. Drownings
0.91
151
0.42
177
41. Diarrhoeal diseases
0.86
146
1.39
119
42. Violence
0.80
162
0.84
161
43. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.70
140
1.34
96
44. Skin Disease
0.67
127
0.62
130
45. Multiple Sclerosis
0.65
25
0.96
11
46. Asthma
0.62
152
0.46
165
47. Birth Trauma
0.60
144
0.40
160
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.49
177
0.90
152
49. Schizophrenia
0.46
9
0.23
25
50. HIV/AIDS
0.45
125
0.30
135
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  France FRANCE   Germany GERMANY
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
63,181
13.22
147,055
20.98
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
53,157
11.12
51,168
7.30
3. Stroke
36,354
7.60
49,794
7.11
4. Lung Cancers
35,657
7.46
46,560
6.64
5. Colon-Rectum Cancers
21,854
4.57
26,026
3.71
6. Influenza and Pneumonia
19,771
4.14
20,712
2.96
7. Lung Disease
18,232
3.81
42,797
6.11
8. Breast Cancer
15,536
3.25
18,842
2.69
9. Other Injuries
15,119
3.16
8,248
1.18
10. Pancreas Cancer
12,360
2.59
17,971
2.56
11. Kidney Disease
11,477
2.40
22,770
3.25
12. Diabetes Mellitus
10,912
2.28
15,560
2.22
13. Prostate Cancer
10,873
2.27
16,487
2.35
14. Lymphomas
10,067
2.11
12,249
1.75
15. Liver Cancer
9,573
2.00
8,057
1.15
16. Suicide
8,961
1.87
10,284
1.47
17. Other Neoplasms
8,771
1.83
8,161
1.16
18. Falls
8,284
1.73
15,325
2.19
19. Endocrine Disorders
8,086
1.69
10,677
1.52
20. Parkinson's Disease
7,570
1.58
12,594
1.80
21. Leukemia
7,457
1.56
8,737
1.25
22. Liver Disease
7,382
1.54
15,194
2.17
23. Hypertension
7,109
1.49
26,796
3.82
24. Bladder Cancer
6,566
1.37
6,193
0.88
25. Inflammatory/Heart
6,065
1.27
8,891
1.27
26. Stomach Cancer
5,530
1.16
9,658
1.38
27. Oral Cancer
4,676
0.98
6,023
0.86
28. Oesophagus Cancer
4,673
0.98
6,212
0.89
29. Malnutrition
4,212
0.88
450
0.06
30. Ovary Cancer
3,964
0.83
5,192
0.74
31. Road Traffic Accidents
3,339
0.70
3,160
0.45
32. Skin Cancers
3,256
0.68
4,055
0.58
33. Alcohol
3,189
0.67
6,257
0.89
34. Uterin Cancer
2,721
0.57
2,231
0.32
35. Congenital Anomalies
2,012
0.42
2,291
0.33
36. Drug Use
1,881
0.39
1,930
0.28
37. Epilepsy
1,865
0.39
3,091
0.44
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1,807
0.38
3,830
0.55
39. Skin Disease
1,598
0.33
1,543
0.22
40. Cervical Cancer
1,574
0.33
2,131
0.30
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1,384
0.29
3,615
0.52
42. Asthma
1,039
0.22
924
0.13
43. Peptic Ulcer Disease
986
0.21
2,166
0.31
44. Anemia
973
0.20
994
0.14
45. Drownings
868
0.18
459
0.07
46. Multiple Sclerosis
752
0.16
1,571
0.22
47. Low Birth Weight
651
0.14
770
0.11
48. Schizophrenia
647
0.14
391
0.06
49. Violence
538
0.11
769
0.11
50. Tuberculosis
435
0.09
281
0.04
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  France FRANCE   Germany GERMANY
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
27.51
19
24.77
27
2. Breast Cancer
19.61
52
18.80
66
3. Prostate Cancer
13.24
118
14.89
102
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
13.10
40
12.18
48
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.22
18
8.75
12
6. Liver Cancer
6.66
61
4.03
129
7. Lymphomas
6.05
40
5.60
60
8. Ovary Cancer
4.97
70
5.13
60
9. Leukemia
4.65
33
4.20
59
10. Oral Cancer
3.84
60
3.52
69
11. Stomach Cancer
3.76
136
4.80
118
12. Bladder Cancer
3.68
35
2.51
70
13. Oesophagus Cancer
3.41
56
3.39
58
14. Uterin Cancer
2.89
65
1.95
110
15. Cervical Cancer
2.55
156
2.68
155
16. Skin Cancers
2.18
71
2.02
84
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.