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Ghana
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
GHANA VS MOROCCO

Compare Ghana and Morocco 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.

Morocco
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
Ghana Population Pyramid
52,016,123
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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Morocco Population Pyramid
46,165,497
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
  Ghana GHANA   Morocco MOROCCO
  Ghana GHANA   Morocco MOROCCO
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
44.4
47.3
45.8
118
114
117
  
45.7
48.2
46.9
108
113
109
1970
47.8
50.7
49.2
124
124
125
  
50.4
53.4
51.9
116
117
116
1980
51.6
54.5
53.0
132
134
133
  
56.4
59.9
58.1
113
115
113
1990
55.7
58.1
56.9
138
142
141
  
62.5
66.3
64.4
108
112
112
2000
55.9
58.6
57.2
144
146
147
  
66.9
70.2
68.6
94
111
101
2010
59.6
62.2
60.9
147
149
150
  
71.7
74.0
72.8
66
101
86
2019
63.7
69.2
66.3
142
137
139
  
71.7
74.3
73.0
81
109
102
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Morocco MOROCCO
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
63.7
69.2
142
137
71.7
74.3
81
109
Age
63.7
69.2
142
137
71.7
74.3
81
109
Age 5
67.0
72.1
150
138
73.5
75.8
76
111
Age 10
67.4
72.5
150
140
73.6
75.9
75
110
Age 15
67.7
72.7
152
140
73.6
76.0
77
111
Age 20
68.1
73.0
151
140
73.9
76.1
77
111
Age 25
68.6
73.3
151
139
74.1
76.2
78
111
Age 30
69.1
73.7
150
140
74.4
76.4
82
111
Age 35
69.7
74.3
150
140
74.6
76.6
84
112
Age 40
70.4
75.0
150
139
74.9
76.9
84
111
Age 45
71.4
75.8
152
138
75.3
77.3
86
112
Age 50
72.5
76.7
153
140
75.8
77.8
88
112
Age 55
74.0
77.7
154
138
76.6
78.6
90
110
Age 60
75.7
78.9
153
133
77.7
79.6
92
108
Age 65
77.7
80.4
151
128
79.3
80.9
96
105
Age 70
80.1
82.2
151
124
81.2
82.5
106
107
Age 75
82.9
84.4
147
121
83.6
84.5
109
110
Age 80
86.0
87.0
142
118
86.4
87.0
112
125
Age 85
89.4
90.2
134
113
89.6
89.9
114
143
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Morocco MOROCCO
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Stroke
124.02
35
101.53
69
2. Coronary Heart Disease
119.93
79
242.07
19
3. Influenza and Pneumonia
99.08
26
22.11
106
4. HIV/AIDS
51.92
22
0.79
117
5. Malaria
48.00
12
0.00
140
6. Diabetes Mellitus
44.68
47
22.25
105
7. Tuberculosis
44.25
21
8.35
72
8. Liver Disease
36.74
35
14.62
109
9. Road Traffic Accidents
31.33
46
17.29
86
10. Diarrhoeal diseases
30.48
50
3.52
86
11. Kidney Disease
30.38
56
31.77
50
12. Lung Disease
26.48
69
20.04
106
13. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
13.57
63
14. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
15.38
97
15. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
19.50
55
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
17.79
85
18.11
80
17. Hypertension
17.73
94
34.58
32
18. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
1.24
182
19. Asthma
13.95
42
10.42
60
20. Meningitis
13.70
21
1.40
69
21. Inflammatory/Heart
11.13
23
3.13
133
22. Other Injuries
10.75
58
6.43
109
23. Suicide
10.54
64
7.29
110
24. Low Birth Weight
9.43
38
6.59
70
25. Falls
8.85
34
7.70
60
26. Birth Trauma
8.81
36
4.05
73
27. Malnutrition
8.62
36
0.64
111
28. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
4.29
97
29. Congenital Anomalies
7.03
51
4.67
123
30. Endocrine Disorders
6.88
37
3.35
95
31. Maternal Conditions
6.87
40
1.93
70
32. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
7.39
115
33. Violence
6.73
72
1.75
137
34. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
4.83
113
35. Lymphomas
5.70
55
6.77
24
36. Parkinson's Disease
4.48
70
4.96
50
37. Fires
3.31
41
2.59
63
38. Drug Use
3.31
22
0.94
120
39. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
2.27
116
40. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
0.84
166
41. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
1.29
141
42. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
2.09
139
43. Drownings
2.38
93
1.17
141
44. Peptic Ulcer Disease
2.19
103
3.45
79
45. Poisonings
2.15
42
0.74
79
46. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
3.25
50
47. Skin Disease
1.87
77
0.49
141
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
1.73
80
2.13
66
49. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
18.44
63
50. Encephalitis
1.69
8
0.48
79
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Ghana GHANA   Morocco MOROCCO
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Influenza and Pneumonia
16,262
9.29
7,237
3.17
2. Stroke
15,163
8.67
31,861
13.96
3. Coronary Heart Disease
14,103
8.06
77,340
33.89
4. HIV/AIDS
13,565
7.75
289
0.13
5. Malaria
11,162
6.38
0
0.00
6. Tuberculosis
10,214
5.84
2,870
1.26
7. Road Traffic Accidents
7,808
4.46
6,185
2.71
8. Low Birth Weight
6,662
3.81
3,305
1.45
9. Diarrhoeal diseases
6,538
3.74
1,192
0.52
10. Birth Trauma
6,194
3.54
2,067
0.91
11. Liver Disease
6,053
3.46
4,866
2.13
12. Diabetes Mellitus
5,929
3.39
7,377
3.23
13. Kidney Disease
4,161
2.38
10,216
4.48
14. Congenital Anomalies
3,935
2.25
2,124
0.93
15. Lung Disease
3,120
1.78
6,296
2.76
16. Meningitis
2,983
1.70
542
0.24
17. Liver Cancer
2,851
1.63
423
0.19
18. Other Injuries
2,433
1.39
2,271
1.00
19. Hypertension
2,231
1.28
10,736
4.70
20. Cervical Cancer
2,161
1.24
2,508
1.10
21. Suicide
1,993
1.14
2,617
1.15
22. Maternal Conditions
1,991
1.14
704
0.31
23. Asthma
1,979
1.13
3,342
1.46
24. Endocrine Disorders
1,965
1.12
1,129
0.49
25. Breast Cancer
1,937
1.11
3,604
1.58
26. Malnutrition
1,868
1.07
200
0.09
27. Violence
1,857
1.06
632
0.28
28. Inflammatory/Heart
1,615
0.92
1,022
0.45
29. Alzheimers & Dementia
1,294
0.74
4,967
2.18
30. Falls
1,168
0.67
2,456
1.08
31. Prostate Cancer
1,031
0.59
1,914
0.84
32. Lymphomas
875
0.50
2,274
1.00
33. Stomach Cancer
870
0.50
1,691
0.74
34. Colon-Rectum Cancers
803
0.46
2,556
1.12
35. Pertussis
744
0.43
324
0.14
36. Drownings
740
0.42
426
0.19
37. Fires
729
0.42
904
0.40
38. Ovary Cancer
698
0.40
800
0.35
39. Drug Use
630
0.36
321
0.14
40. Poisonings
522
0.30
266
0.12
41. Syphilis
483
0.28
140
0.06
42. Oral Cancer
483
0.28
780
0.34
43. Parkinson's Disease
387
0.22
1,511
0.66
44. Encephalitis
357
0.20
176
0.08
45. Leukemia
340
0.19
1,035
0.45
46. Pancreas Cancer
334
0.19
747
0.33
47. Epilepsy
329
0.19
336
0.15
48. Peptic Ulcer Disease
321
0.18
1,076
0.47
49. Oesophagus Cancer
285
0.16
439
0.19
50. Skin Disease
264
0.15
149
0.07
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Ghana GHANA   Morocco MOROCCO
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Cervical Cancer
24.53
27
13.57
63
2. Prostate Cancer
24.21
50
15.38
97
3. Breast Cancer
19.09
60
19.50
55
4. Liver Cancer
17.60
10
1.24
182
5. Ovary Cancer
8.00
7
4.29
97
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
6.86
121
7.39
115
7. Stomach Cancer
6.41
86
4.83
113
8. Lymphomas
5.70
55
6.77
24
9. Oral Cancer
2.86
86
2.27
116
10. Uterin Cancer
2.86
68
0.84
166
11. Oesophagus Cancer
2.61
87
1.29
141
12. Pancreas Cancer
2.52
128
2.09
139
13. Bladder Cancer
1.91
102
3.25
50
14. Lung Cancers
1.71
177
18.44
63
15. Skin Cancers
1.57
114
1.50
119
16. Leukemia
1.38
163
3.03
121
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.