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Germany
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
GERMANY VS DENMARK

Compare Germany and Denmark 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.

Denmark
COUNTRY #2
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DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
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%
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Denmark Population Pyramid
6,245,374
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
  Germany GERMANY   Denmark DENMARK
  Germany GERMANY   Denmark DENMARK
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.9
72.3
69.5
19
21
18
  
70.4
74.0
72.2
4
8
4
1970
67.4
73.7
70.5
23
23
23
  
70.9
75.9
73.3
3
7
4
1980
69.4
76.1
72.6
27
20
26
  
71.2
77.2
74.1
13
13
12
1990
72.0
78.6
75.2
25
19
22
  
72.0
77.7
74.8
24
25
26
2000
74.8
80.9
78.0
23
16
18
  
74.5
79.2
76.9
25
30
27
2010
77.5
82.6
80.1
21
22
22
  
77.1
81.3
79.2
25
29
28
2019
78.7
84.8
81.7
26
10
20
  
79.6
83.0
81.3
21
30
26
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Denmark DENMARK
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
78.7
84.8
26
10
79.6
83.0
21
30
Age
78.7
84.8
26
10
79.6
83.0
21
30
Age 5
79.0
85.1
29
10
79.9
83.3
22
31
Age 10
79.1
85.1
29
10
79.9
83.3
22
31
Age 15
79.1
85.1
29
10
80.0
83.3
22
32
Age 20
79.2
85.2
29
10
80.0
83.4
22
32
Age 25
79.3
85.2
29
10
80.1
83.4
24
32
Age 30
79.4
85.3
32
10
80.2
83.4
25
32
Age 35
79.6
85.4
33
10
80.4
83.5
25
33
Age 40
79.8
85.5
33
9
80.5
83.6
25
33
Age 45
80.0
85.7
34
9
80.7
83.8
26
33
Age 50
80.4
85.9
33
8
81.0
84.0
28
34
Age 55
81.0
86.3
35
7
81.5
84.3
30
35
Age 60
81.9
86.9
35
6
82.3
84.9
30
36
Age 65
83.1
87.7
35
6
83.3
85.6
33
37
Age 70
84.6
88.7
35
3
84.6
86.5
34
37
Age 75
86.3
90.0
30
2
86.1
87.6
36
40
Age 80
88.3
91.6
25
1
87.9
89.1
48
43
Age 85
90.9
94.1
31
1
90.2
91.0
67
57
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Denmark DENMARK
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
56.09
155
36.00
178
2. Lung Cancers
24.77
27
28.82
15
3. Breast Cancer
18.80
66
19.03
62
4. Stroke
18.75
173
23.60
160
5. Lung Disease
18.00
116
29.30
56
6. Alzheimers & Dementia
15.54
128
29.41
11
7. Prostate Cancer
14.89
102
22.37
53
8. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.18
48
15.72
23
9. Liver Disease
9.69
128
6.98
151
10. Pancreas Cancer
8.75
12
8.44
16
11. Hypertension
8.36
139
3.86
162
12. Suicide
8.27
93
7.63
106
13. Kidney Disease
7.81
152
5.79
161
14. Influenza and Pneumonia
7.66
170
13.49
144
15. Diabetes Mellitus
6.48
161
9.05
147
16. Falls
5.64
93
3.55
136
17. Lymphomas
5.60
60
5.26
76
18. Endocrine Disorders
5.15
62
4.43
75
19. Ovary Cancer
5.13
60
5.69
41
20. Stomach Cancer
4.80
118
3.96
130
21. Alcohol
4.32
25
6.10
13
22. Inflammatory/Heart
4.30
99
2.39
155
23. Parkinson's Disease
4.25
83
3.79
111
24. Leukemia
4.20
59
4.10
64
25. Other Injuries
4.05
151
2.56
175
26. Liver Cancer
4.03
129
3.71
144
27. Oral Cancer
3.52
69
3.19
79
28. Oesophagus Cancer
3.39
58
3.89
46
29. Other Neoplasms
3.28
29
2.50
41
30. Road Traffic Accidents
2.98
170
3.00
169
31. Congenital Anomalies
2.95
157
2.33
172
32. Cervical Cancer
2.68
155
2.70
154
33. Bladder Cancer
2.51
70
3.85
28
34. Skin Cancers
2.02
84
3.04
31
35. Drug Use
2.00
45
3.09
26
36. Uterin Cancer
1.95
110
2.13
100
37. Epilepsy
1.72
86
1.24
121
38. Diarrhoeal diseases
1.39
119
0.88
142
39. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.34
96
0.58
147
40. Low Birth Weight
1.30
161
2.39
136
41. Multiple Sclerosis
0.96
11
1.19
3
42. Peptic Ulcer Disease
0.90
152
1.46
134
43. Violence
0.84
161
1.08
151
44. Skin Disease
0.62
130
0.51
140
45. Asthma
0.46
165
0.59
157
46. Drownings
0.42
177
0.46
174
47. Birth Trauma
0.40
160
0.44
155
48. Hepatitis C
0.33
33
0.10
89
49. Anemia
0.32
39
0.42
31
50. HIV/AIDS
0.30
135
0.24
141
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Germany GERMANY   Denmark DENMARK
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
147,055
20.98
5,341
11.90
2. Alzheimers & Dementia
51,168
7.30
5,218
11.62
3. Stroke
49,794
7.11
3,662
8.16
4. Lung Cancers
46,560
6.64
3,721
8.29
5. Lung Disease
42,797
6.11
4,387
9.77
6. Hypertension
26,796
3.82
642
1.43
7. Colon-Rectum Cancers
26,026
3.71
2,147
4.78
8. Kidney Disease
22,770
3.25
911
2.03
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
20,712
2.96
2,244
5.00
10. Breast Cancer
18,842
2.69
1,299
2.89
11. Pancreas Cancer
17,971
2.56
1,096
2.44
12. Prostate Cancer
16,487
2.35
1,480
3.30
13. Diabetes Mellitus
15,560
2.22
1,284
2.86
14. Falls
15,325
2.19
541
1.21
15. Liver Disease
15,194
2.17
692
1.54
16. Parkinson's Disease
12,594
1.80
600
1.34
17. Lymphomas
12,249
1.75
730
1.63
18. Endocrine Disorders
10,677
1.52
575
1.28
19. Suicide
10,284
1.47
617
1.37
20. Stomach Cancer
9,658
1.38
484
1.08
21. Inflammatory/Heart
8,891
1.27
284
0.63
22. Leukemia
8,737
1.25
558
1.24
23. Other Injuries
8,248
1.18
347
0.77
24. Other Neoplasms
8,161
1.16
378
0.84
25. Liver Cancer
8,057
1.15
464
1.03
26. Alcohol
6,257
0.89
598
1.33
27. Oesophagus Cancer
6,212
0.89
477
1.06
28. Bladder Cancer
6,193
0.88
545
1.21
29. Oral Cancer
6,023
0.86
371
0.83
30. Ovary Cancer
5,192
0.74
367
0.82
31. Skin Cancers
4,055
0.58
388
0.86
32. Diarrhoeal diseases
3,830
0.55
145
0.32
33. Rheumatic Heart Disease
3,615
0.52
96
0.21
34. Road Traffic Accidents
3,160
0.45
213
0.47
35. Epilepsy
3,091
0.44
125
0.28
36. Congenital Anomalies
2,291
0.33
153
0.34
37. Uterin Cancer
2,231
0.32
156
0.35
38. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2,166
0.31
216
0.48
39. Cervical Cancer
2,131
0.30
153
0.34
40. Drug Use
1,930
0.28
197
0.44
41. Multiple Sclerosis
1,571
0.22
132
0.29
42. Skin Disease
1,543
0.22
79
0.18
43. Anemia
994
0.14
73
0.16
44. Asthma
924
0.13
82
0.18
45. Low Birth Weight
770
0.11
116
0.26
46. Violence
769
0.11
63
0.14
47. Rheumatoid Arthritis
543
0.08
84
0.19
48. Hepatitis C
507
0.07
9
0.02
49. Drownings
459
0.07
37
0.08
50. Malnutrition
450
0.06
14
0.03
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Germany GERMANY   Denmark DENMARK
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Lung Cancers
24.77
27
28.82
15
2. Breast Cancer
18.80
66
19.03
62
3. Prostate Cancer
14.89
102
22.37
53
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
12.18
48
15.72
23
5. Pancreas Cancer
8.75
12
8.44
16
6. Lymphomas
5.60
60
5.26
76
7. Ovary Cancer
5.13
60
5.69
41
8. Stomach Cancer
4.80
118
3.96
130
9. Leukemia
4.20
59
4.10
64
10. Liver Cancer
4.03
129
3.71
144
11. Oral Cancer
3.52
69
3.19
79
12. Oesophagus Cancer
3.39
58
3.89
46
13. Cervical Cancer
2.68
155
2.70
154
14. Bladder Cancer
2.51
70
3.85
28
15. Skin Cancers
2.02
84
3.04
31
16. Uterin Cancer
1.95
110
2.13
100
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.