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Gambia
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
GAMBIA VS SOMALIA

Compare Gambia and Somalia 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.

Somalia
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
Gambia Population Pyramid
4,882,099
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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Somalia Population Pyramid
34,922,449
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
  Gambia GAMBIA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Gambia GAMBIA   Somalia SOMALIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
33.1
33.3
33.2
168
171
170
  
34.7
37.7
36.2
163
158
163
1970
36.9
37.7
37.3
169
170
169
  
38.7
41.8
40.2
162
159
162
1980
43.3
44.9
44.1
163
164
164
  
41.0
44.2
42.6
171
169
169
1990
50.3
52.4
51.3
156
160
157
  
40.0
43.3
41.6
180
179
179
2000
54.8
57.1
55.9
147
148
148
  
49.1
51.8
50.5
163
164
162
2010
58.3
60.5
59.3
152
153
153
  
50.8
54.1
52.4
176
173
174
2019
63.4
67.7
65.5
144
148
145
  
54.0
59.2
56.5
180
181
181
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Somalia SOMALIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.4
67.7
144
148
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age
63.4
67.7
144
148
54.0
59.2
180
181
Age 5
67.2
71.0
149
151
61.4
66.4
177
178
Age 10
67.5
71.3
149
152
62.3
67.4
176
177
Age 15
67.8
71.5
147
152
62.8
67.8
175
176
Age 20
68.2
71.8
149
154
63.4
68.2
175
176
Age 25
68.6
72.1
150
154
64.1
68.6
175
176
Age 30
69.1
72.5
151
156
64.8
69.2
175
177
Age 35
69.7
73.1
151
157
65.5
69.8
176
178
Age 40
70.4
73.8
149
155
66.4
70.6
176
178
Age 45
71.5
74.6
149
155
67.6
71.6
177
178
Age 50
72.7
75.6
150
154
69.1
72.8
177
178
Age 55
74.1
76.7
149
153
71.0
74.3
179
178
Age 60
75.8
78.0
148
154
73.2
76.0
179
178
Age 65
77.8
79.6
148
153
75.8
78.1
179
178
Age 70
80.2
81.5
146
152
78.7
80.3
179
176
Age 75
83.0
83.8
143
153
81.9
83.0
178
172
Age 80
86.0
86.6
141
155
85.4
86.1
171
166
Age 85
89.3
89.7
147
155
89.1
89.5
159
163
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Somalia SOMALIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
142.59
53
129.66
67
2. Influenza and Pneumonia
113.77
18
155.59
3
3. Stroke
108.94
59
150.17
23
4. HIV/AIDS
70.82
17
6.27
71
5. Road Traffic Accidents
51.34
8
38.94
28
6. Malaria
46.43
15
16.08
36
7. Diarrhoeal diseases
41.12
43
128.81
3
8. Diabetes Mellitus
37.65
66
48.19
41
9. Liver Disease
33.48
48
57.15
7
10. Kidney Disease
32.04
48
31.84
49
11. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
3.62
148
12. Lung Disease
29.40
54
44.55
22
13. Tuberculosis
28.42
38
109.27
5
14. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
23.71
28
15. Hypertension
22.89
68
50.05
15
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
19.89
49
18.02
82
17. Maternal Conditions
18.68
8
38.60
1
18. Asthma
15.88
35
25.62
9
19. Meningitis
13.27
23
31.66
1
20. Violence
11.94
43
6.81
70
21. Other Injuries
11.81
46
31.38
1
22. Endocrine Disorders
11.17
16
3.58
88
23. Birth Trauma
10.44
21
16.45
1
24. Falls
9.85
22
7.93
52
25. Suicide
9.64
77
14.66
29
26. Low Birth Weight
9.17
43
11.34
25
27. Malnutrition
7.13
39
42.27
1
28. Congenital Anomalies
6.72
59
8.94
20
29. Peptic Ulcer Disease
6.56
37
8.06
22
30. Inflammatory/Heart
6.44
58
5.86
70
31. Parkinson's Disease
6.31
18
3.95
100
32. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
12.27
123
33. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
33.65
7
34. Fires
3.83
32
6.16
6
35. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
3.67
149
36. Epilepsy
2.78
36
3.50
15
37. Drownings
2.58
84
6.47
16
38. Rheumatic Heart Disease
2.55
52
5.27
20
39. Poisonings
2.48
34
5.99
1
40. Drug Use
2.38
34
0.62
150
41. Schistosomiasis
2.34
17
6.08
2
42. Pertussis
2.22
39
6.89
3
43. Skin Disease
2.12
59
1.92
73
44. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
4.92
109
45. Alcohol
1.23
103
2.22
54
46. Hepatitis B
1.06
36
4.08
2
47. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
8.09
101
48. Syphilis
0.97
38
1.41
22
49. Encephalitis
0.84
37
0.70
52
50. Lymphomas
0.74
181
7.68
12
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Gambia GAMBIA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
1,340
10.42
21,712
13.71
2. HIV/AIDS
1,125
8.75
610
0.39
3. Coronary Heart Disease
1,007
7.83
7,233
4.57
4. Stroke
802
6.24
8,595
5.43
5. Birth Trauma
754
5.86
9,573
6.04
6. Road Traffic Accidents
695
5.40
4,231
2.67
7. Malaria
674
5.24
1,942
1.23
8. Low Birth Weight
662
5.15
6,250
3.95
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
626
4.87
15,363
9.70
10. Tuberculosis
445
3.46
10,261
6.48
11. Congenital Anomalies
383
2.98
3,410
2.15
12. Liver Cancer
377
2.93
256
0.16
13. Maternal Conditions
345
2.68
4,127
2.61
14. Liver Disease
323
2.51
3,917
2.47
15. Diabetes Mellitus
290
2.25
2,888
1.82
16. Kidney Disease
266
2.07
2,051
1.29
17. Endocrine Disorders
230
1.79
406
0.26
18. Meningitis
229
1.78
5,381
3.40
19. Lung Disease
206
1.60
2,442
1.54
20. Violence
195
1.52
828
0.52
21. Other Injuries
194
1.51
3,602
2.27
22. Hypertension
172
1.34
2,643
1.67
23. Cervical Cancer
145
1.13
883
0.56
24. Asthma
134
1.04
1,878
1.19
25. Suicide
113
0.88
1,219
0.77
26. Malnutrition
110
0.86
4,825
3.05
27. Pertussis
99
0.77
2,054
1.30
28. Alzheimers & Dementia
89
0.69
647
0.41
29. Falls
83
0.65
548
0.35
30. Drownings
69
0.54
1,272
0.80
31. Fires
67
0.52
810
0.51
32. Inflammatory/Heart
59
0.46
521
0.33
33. Peptic Ulcer Disease
56
0.44
559
0.35
34. Syphilis
55
0.43
378
0.24
35. Epilepsy
43
0.33
419
0.26
36. Poisonings
42
0.33
758
0.48
37. Lung Cancers
34
0.26
233
0.15
38. Parkinson's Disease
34
0.26
184
0.12
39. Drug Use
28
0.22
54
0.03
40. Breast Cancer
26
0.20
1,232
0.78
41. Rheumatic Heart Disease
24
0.19
446
0.28
42. Schistosomiasis
23
0.18
435
0.27
43. Prostate Cancer
21
0.16
285
0.18
44. Skin Disease
19
0.15
151
0.10
45. Tetanus
18
0.14
2,648
1.67
46. Encephalitis
14
0.11
91
0.06
47. Hepatitis B
14
0.11
315
0.20
48. Stomach Cancer
14
0.11
310
0.20
49. Measles
13
0.10
11,576
7.31
50. Lymphomas
12
0.09
605
0.38
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Gambia GAMBIA   Somalia SOMALIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Liver Cancer
30.83
3
3.62
148
2. Cervical Cancer
25.76
23
23.71
28
3. Prostate Cancer
6.08
156
12.27
123
4. Breast Cancer
4.44
182
33.65
7
5. Lung Cancers
3.62
150
3.67
149
6. Stomach Cancer
1.43
178
4.92
109
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
1.05
183
8.09
101
8. Lymphomas
0.74
181
7.68
12
9. Pancreas Cancer
0.54
179
1.69
148
10. Oesophagus Cancer
0.48
177
7.97
19
11. Ovary Cancer
0.44
183
8.19
6
12. Bladder Cancer
0.44
181
2.40
74
13. Uterin Cancer
0.23
180
2.44
83
14. Leukemia
0.09
183
6.38
1
15. Skin Cancers
0.01
177
2.55
50
16. Oral Cancer
0.01
181
4.64
44
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.